I'm not ready to lose my pants. Not tonight.

Her eyes bored into mine continually asking me if I was okay with this. Her lips had started putting wet and sloppy kisses along the insides of my legs but leaving my crotch alone. I wasn't really ready to give up all of my modesty just yet. I'd only met this girl today, not even an hour ago. I personally, think it's a bit disrespectful to lose your pants less than an hour into knowing them.

"I don't think I'm ready for that yet. I'd like to keep my pants on," I said softly. Amanda slowly stopped kissing my thighs and crawled back up to meet me face to face. Her eyes never left mine the whole time.

"I will always respect your wishes," she confirmed. "I swear, I won't do a single thing until you're ready and asking me to do it," she continued. I was on the verge of tears from her assurance. I don't exactly know what had brought it on, if it was being afraid that she'd reject me for not being ready or if was not wanting to let her down, or any number of things, but the soft and loving words she said to me sent me over the edge as tears quietly ran down my face. I smiled back at her and thanked her for understanding. She held me for a long time after that, even after I'd stopped crying after a few minutes. She was very gentle as she dried my tears and continued to reassure me that I she wasn't going to do anything I didn't want to happen. Wrapped in her loving embrace, I felt like I was in the safest place on Earth.

After a while of sitting in silence, we started talking. She told me about how her parents owned a modest company and how she'd gotten a full ride to this school, just like I did. Her family sounded great, and she asked me if I wanted to share about mine. I told her about my parents and my cat Abigail. Amanda kindly listened to everything I had to say and didn't pry where I didn't want to continue. We sat like that for hours. I could have stayed in her loving arms all night, talking about anything we wanted to. She told me about her dreams of being a mermaid but settled for majoring in accounting instead. She was weird and quirky like that, and I loved it. Her favorite planet was Uranus because of the obvious ass joke and that she loved orchids. I made mental note after mental note on everything she said, determined to have it come back up someday. It had to be after midnight when we shifted into a more horizontal position and talked ourselves to sleep. Luckily it was still a warm August night or I would have frozen without a blanket, especially because I was still topless. I'd totally forgotten all about that. The last few hours were so innocent and loving that I had forgotten why I was in her bed to begin with. I nestled into Amanda's ample breasts and fell asleep, completely content.