He hesitates again

“You can tou…touch them if you want!”

The words wrung in Zack’s ears like a church bell on Sunday. Vicky bit her lip nervously as she waited for his hand to slide up her torso towards her bare chest. She sighed when his hand didn’t move. Vicky looked into his eyes trying to read his thoughts as he stared back at her.

“What…What’s wrong?” she whispered.

“Are you sure you’re ready for this? I don’t want to rush you Vicky,” Zack replied as he kissed her cheek.

“I appreciate the concern Zack, but you don’t have to keep asking me,” Vicky smiled. “I’ll tell you if you go too far.”

With that, Vicky leaned in and kissed Zack on the neck again. The contact sent a shudder up his spine. However, his hand still remained at the waist of the girl in his lap.

“What’s wrong, Zack?” the blonde asked.

“It…” the words died in Zack’s throat almost as fast as they formed.

“You’ve touched a girl’s breasts before, right? With Lisa and your Mystery Woman in Ashley’s closet?” Zack winced as Victoria brought up the best and worst moments of his relationship with Lisa in one sentence.

“Yes,” Zack answered as Vicky kissed his forehead.

“Then, why are you so nervous Baby? Don’t you want to touch me?”

“I do. It’s just…It’s just that I’ve wanted to be with you for a while now. And now that I am, I don’t want to screw it up,” Zack’s hear raced as he finally informed Vicky of his feelings for her.

It took a moment for Zack’s revelation to sink in. When it did, Vicky’s eyes opened wide and the smile she flashed went from ear to ear.

“AWW! You have a crush on me? For how long?” Vicky inquired.

“Since the day Ash and Brandon introduced us,” Zack groaned.

“TWO YEARS?” Vicky shouted.

“Yeah. I’m sorry. I just could never gather up the courage to say anything to you,” Zack stated as he felt his heart sink in his chest.

“We could have been together this whole time, Zack!” Vicky stated absent-mindedly. Zack felt like sinking under the couch as her words repeated in his ears.

“She’s right, you idiot. She got treated like shit by all those morons because you didn’t have the balls to say anything to her!” Zack said to himself.

Vicky saw the self-loathing that had suddenly developed in Zack and her hand immediately covered her mouth.

“I’m sorry Zack. I didn’t mean for it to sound like that,” she apologized and began brushing his cheek with her right hand. “Let’s never mind about what could have been. The important thing is that we’re together now.”

Zack’s eyes closed as Vicky’s caresses quickly eased the pain away. The brown-haired teen sighed as Vicky resumed kissing his neck. Suddenly, his crush shifted her butt fully onto his right leg and sat up. Zack felt a tingling sensation all over his body as Vicky’s nails gently dug into his left shoulder and worked their way down his arm.

“And since we’re together now,” she whispered as her nails made their way to Zack’s fingertips.” Let’s make up for lost time!”

With that, Vicky’s finger’s curled around Zack’s left wrist and raised his hand. The two teens gasped in unison as Vicky planted the boy’s hand on her right breast.