a new kind of kiss

Abbie ran a little bit ahead of Jake, almost prancing through the lawn a little bit. She turned back, all smiles.

"Isn't this just gorgeous, Jake?" she asked.

He stopped just short of catching up to her, watching her with the trees behind her. It was a beautiful day, and the mid-morning sun looked radiant against Abbie's light dress, freckled skin, and red hair.

"Gorgeous," he agreed, nodding.

Abbie stood in place, waiting expectantly for Jake to come to her. She held out her hands to him, and he reached back for her. She pulled him to her.

"I'm going to kiss you now, Jake Lewis."

Jake smiled. "Sounds nice, I'd like that."

Abbie moved her hands up to the sides of his face, touching his cheeks, feeling the strength of his jawbone. She stood up on her tiptoes and pulled him toward her. She pressed her lips against his, her tongue gently pushing forward, touching his lips, teeth, and tongue. She moved her mouth slightly, shifting the shape of the kiss, and as she did, slid her hands back from his face to behind his head, his neck, and then wrapping her arms around him.

Jake reciprocated every step. His arms were behind Abbie's back. His right hand wrapped fully around her body and holding against her shoulder blade; his left on her lower back, close to (but not quite touching) the top of her ass. He could feel the swell of her skin under his left hand, that the curve of her bottom was just beneath his pinky finger. Part of him wanted to slide his hand down and touch her ass, part of him knew he could and she would embrace it, and part of him appreciated that in this moment, he chose not to.

They stood together, arms entangled around each other's bodies, hands lightly swarming around them, eyes closed.

Neither knew how to break from this particular kiss. Despite everything else they had done -- and they had done just about everything else, it seemed -- this kiss was new, and rare.

At some point, and after some time, they separated. Their eyes opened. Abbie averted her eyes downward, but then looked back up at Jake. She smiled and her cheeks reddened a bit.

"That was utterly delicious," she said quietly.