Their short vacation was ending faster than Riley would’ve hoped. She was beginning to like the small time that she had off from work, and the time that she was spending with the Seguins. She was finding out stuff about Tyler that even the biggest Seguin fan would’ve never known, like when he was four he lived in a Buzz Light-year Halloween costume because that’s what he wanted to be when he grew up, and he went around the house screaming “To infinity and beyond.”

But as the day dawned to the wedding of Tyler’s aunt and future uncle, Riley sat in Candace’s room in her powder blue off the shoulder dress, staring at the packed suitcase.

There was a knock at the door but Riley was too lost in her thoughts to hear it.

“Hey Riles,” Tyler poked his head in, before letting himself in and taking a seat beside her on the bed. “You almost ready, we still have to stop at my apartment to drop our bags off before we go.”

Riley looked over at him, her eyes glossing over before she let her head fall to his shoulder. “I don’t wanna go home,” she whined.

He smirked at her, before wrapping his arm around her shoulder and pressing a kiss to her forehead. “I’ll take you back, I promise. But we have to go.”

She nodded her head before swatting away the single tear that had dripped down her cheek.

She had been too busy sulking to notice Tyler in his black suit, it made her cheeks deepen in the scarlet red color, that through this past week she had gotten used too.

“Well don’t you just look handsome,” she chirped as they made their way down the stairs.

Tyler kissed her cheek before taking in her own appearance. He knew that she was beautiful from the time that he met her but now, he was at a loss of words; she was breathtaking. He honestly didn’t think she could’ve gotten anymore beautiful than she was right now, the way the sun danced off her face highlighting the colors in her eyes, having him absolutely lost in them.

“Oh my goodness, look at you two!”

Tyler licked his lips, before noticing that his mother was standing there with her camera pointed at them, like they were off to their senior prom.

“You both look stunning.”

Riley blushed again, dropping her head sheepishly. “Thank you Jackie, you look beautiful as well.”

“Riley, sweetie you always know what to say. Tyler, I like her. Keep her around.”

Riley and Tyler laughed as his mother left the room both of their cheeks matching now in the deep shade of red.

“We should go,” he said, extending his arm toward her.

She placed her small hand in his massive one, “Lead the way.”

XXX

She sat at their table alone, Tyler had left her to go dance with his four year old cousin who had begged him with her pretty blue puppy dogs eyes to dance with him, he couldn’t refuse. This left her to watch him, as he moved across the dance floor with the four year old. She couldn’t help the smile that formed on her face as their eyes met, but just for a moment.

She pressed the beer that he had gotten her to her lips, giving him one last glance before noticing that his sisters had joined her.

“Oh,” she said surprised. “How long have you been sitting there?”

The two sisters shared a glance before looking back to Riley. “Long enough,” Cassidy smiled.

Tyler sauntered across the dance floor as the music faded out; he was exhausted after dancing to four songs with his youngest cousin, but the more she begged the less and less he could refuse.

“Hey,” he smiled taking a sip of his beer that she had been watching.

He took his seat beside her and rested his arm across the back of her chair.

“How was the dance floor?” she laughed.

He cracked a smile, before taking another sip. “Lovely.”

The music blared again, and this time a slower song had played through the speakers, than the ones that he was used to dancing to before.

“Oh my god,” Riley squealed giving Cass and Candace a glance. “I love this song!”

Her eyes fell to the dance floor as all the couples had scattered across the wooden floor.
His legs were tired, but after all she was his date for the evening. He stretched taking another sip before standing and extending his arm toward her.

“Wanna dance?” he asked, cheesily.

Sheepishly she shook her head no before noticing that the two girls that were sitting with them were egging her on to go ahead. She took a sip of her drink, before placing her hand into his.

He wrapped his arm around her waist as she draped hers across his neck, leaving them with very little space between them.
He looked at her, not wanting to let her go.

“Thanks for coming with me,” he whispered.

She captured her bottom lip between her teeth. “It was my pleasure.”

They stayed silent as they swayed across the dance floor. Her hands ran across his broad shoulders noticing the evident muscles that resided beneath his shirt. The desire that she had to touch him was strong; it was like she couldn’t get enough by just holding him in her arms. She let out a yawn as the song faded, and it wasn’t until then did she realize that she was exhausted.

Tyler let out a laugh as she closed her eyes and stretched her mouth once more. “We should head home,” he said, collecting her coat.

She nodded before slipping her arms into the sleeves, and taking a grasp onto his arm as he led his way back to their car.

XXX

He unlocked the door to his apartment with ease, not having been there since the previous summer, he could’ve sworn the renters had done something to it to make it look different than it was, but then again he could’ve been imagining things.

“You can take my bedroom tonight, I’ll just sleep on the couch,” he said slipping her coat off and hanging it on the hanger by the door.

She shook her head, feeling guilty that she was pushing him out of his own bed, but she was exhausted and sleeping sounded so good to her right now. “Are you sure?”

“Yeah, I’ll be fine. Goodnight”

“Night,” she whispered, as she left closing the bedroom door behind her.

He collapsed into the sofa, flipping through the channels with the remote beside him. He had taken in how comfortable the sofa actually was, as he got more comfortable even with his wedding clothes still attached to his body.

From where he was sitting he heard his bedroom door open, and it was safe for him to assume that Riley was just leaving the room to use the bathroom just outside the door. Not bothering to let his eyes wander from the television screen in front of him, he barely noticed her call his name catching his attention.

“Ty,” she whispered, her voice raspy.

It was like this new found desire that she had never experienced before while she stood there completely allowing him to see all of her, while her powder blue dress that she wore just an hour before sat in a puddle at her feet.

He looked at her for a moment not realizing before he left the sofa and took a step toward her his temptation getting to the best of him. He cupped her cheek in his hands, before allowing one of them to drop, tracing her bare back hitting every vertebra on the way down.

“Riley,” he breathed, nose grazing hers.

She let out a hum before letting her lips to fall to his.
His grip on her hips had grown noticeably tighter, as he continued to kiss her, grazing his mouth across the sweet spots on her neck just under her earlobe.

She melted in his arms as he lifted her up cradling her sweet bare body against his.

Swiftly, he moved across the apartment floor to his bedroom, one that he planned on giving her for
the night but now it looked as if it was going to be shared. She undressed him in the midst of it all, pulling at his tie and the buttons on his shirt as he fell into the soft mattress with her still atop him.
It wasn’t until they were in the bedroom where he could get a good look at her, completely naked in front of him as she worked her way to get him undressed, kissing each newly unclothed spot as she did so. The moonlight danced off her body, as they just stared at one another in the midst of the night. He wanted to touch her, hold her, the desire from below growing all too familiar, as she worked her way on top of him.

Her hair clouded over her face as she looked down upon him, pressing her palms into his chest, he took her hand in his giving them a slight squeeze before rolling himself over, leaving her now on her back, and him atop her. She grazed her fingers across his back, stopping just before the hemming of the last of his garments.

“Ty,” she whispered, almost inaudible.

He leaned down to kiss her again. She had never felt more loved than she had now, all the passion and care that he had for her showed, as he pressed his fingers into her hips, as he moved his body on top of her. He knew exactly how to touch her, how to satisfy what she needed with the steady strides his body left leaving her trembling in anticipation for more. She felt as if she couldn’t get close enough to him, that she strained against his body, against the press of his broad chest, his muscles solid as she was driven up against the mattress and all of him pressed harder against her. He knew that she was almost there, he could tell by the way her body twitched from beneath him, he wanted her to remember this, remember him in every way possible. Her breathing grew more labored as he moved faster trying to get them there at the same time. Her nails dragged across his back again, this time leaving evidence that they were there. His body fell into hers, as she draped her arm across his waist. He placed a chaste kiss atop her head and closed his eyes, taking in the smell of peaches beside him.