“I don’t either, but I have to. Just think we’ll be back together in four days. I’ve already made reservations for dinner for New Year’s Eve.” Being in New York City for New Years is actually fun when you live there. You do less of the touristy shit but can still have an enjoyable night on this completely overrated holiday. I made reservations for dinner at a restaurant that overlooks the city, more specifically Times Square, so we can see the hustle and bustle down below. But, I’m planning for us to be back in my apartment by eleven so I can be inside her when the ball drops and not amidst the chaos.

“Baby, we’re talking about having this for…” The word forever is on the tip of my tongue, but I don’t want her to feel like I’m pressuring her into committing to something she’s not sure about. She’s eighteen and could be impetuous and may not know what she wants out of her life right this second, despite things said in the height of our orgasms. I, on the other hand, have some semblance of a plan and although Gabrielle wasn’t always a part of it in this capacity, I always knew that I’d end up with a woman like her. A woman I could talk to about anything. Laugh for hours with about nothing and everything. A woman I could share my hopes and dreams with and my fears and my apprehensions. Gabrielle has always been that person, and it took me until right now to realize that I’ve spent the past year looking for Gabrielle in every woman I courted. “For a long time,” I finish my statement. “We can handle a few days, can’t we?” God knows I’m already missing the taste of her pussy, but I have to keep it together. She doesn’t need to know I’m dreading this just as much as she is.

“I know, but we’ve hardly had any time together where we’ve truly been alone since we started this and I’m just annoyed we have to wait another four days now. I’m going to miss your dick.” She chuckles before turning her gaze to me. “And you.” She lets out a breath and I pull into an abandoned parking lot a few miles from our house. I put the car in park and begin to move my seat back slowly.

“Should I fuck you before I leave?”

“Here?” she shrieks, but I can hear the tone in her voice that tells me this isn’t going to take much convincing at all.

“Right here.”

She looks around the parking lot. “James, it’s broad daylight.”