Leather And Lace Part 28

"You might as well come on in, I know you're there." Raven commented without stopping the rhythm of her exercise.

"Hi, I didn't mean to interrupt. It's just that no one else is up yet and I thought we could talk." He moved closer and leaned his shoulder against one of the support pillars and crossed his arms and ankles.

"Talk about what?" Raven took in his arrogant posturing in the blink of an eye and knew Kris had been right, Martin was up to something and she was about to find out what that something was. 'Oh lucky me.' She rolled her eyes.

"Is that where you got shot?" His eyes had roamed up and down her body and settled in the general area of her abdomen. He was referring to the scar that disappeared below the waistband of her shorts.

"Yes." She replied in a voice that Kris would have recognized as slightly impatient, but Martin didn't.

"You seem to be something of a wildcat. How can my sister keep you satisfied?" He leered as his eyes once again roamed over the flesh before him. "She's missing the most important...accessory, if you know what I mean." He watched as she leaned over and placed the weight she had been lifting on the floor, then straighten up and grab the towel that was on the weight bench. "There's no way she could please you like I can." He continued to watch as she slowly used the towel to wipe her face and neck. 'G.o.d, I want her.' He felt manhood grow hard.

Through the entire monologue, Raven had been thinking of and discarding things that she would like to do to the imbecile. 'Can't do any permanent damage. He is, unfortunately, Kris' brother.' She sighed her displeasure and wiped the sweat from her face. Raven loosened the tie holding her hair back and ran her hands through it. As she tossed the towel to the weight bench she faced she decided to just explain things to him, in detail. Raven's facial expression took on the look of a predator as she slowly stalked across the floor towards her prey.

"Your sister keeps me very well satisfied, Martin." Raven stopped a few feet in front of him and smirked. "She knows all my...special places." She told him in a low sultry voice. "I love the way she...touches me in all my...special places." She leaned towards him. "The way her hands caress my...body." She pulled back. "As for accessories," she glanced down at his crotch and back to his face. "Those are a dime a dozen at any 'toy' store." 'Well, slightly more than a dime, but I think he gets the message.' She grinned devilishly. "And believe me, she definitely knows how to use it. Probably better than you do, since she's a woman and knows what a woman's body wants." She could've continued her chat with Martin, but the poor boy was sweating and breathing hard. "She pleases me in more ways than you could possibly think of, Martin because of one important thing."

"What?" He finally managed to collect enough moisture in his mouth to ask.

"Because we love each other more than anything else in this world." She walked past him and up the stairs leaving him to contemplate her words and his deflated ego and manhood.

That night Raven and Kris were cuddled up together in front of the fire. Kris was sitting in front of Raven leaning back into her chest for support. "It was great to spend time with them, but I'm glad they're gone." Kris admitted as she stared into the fire.

"Even Martin?" Raven chuckled. She had waited until their visitor's left before telling Kris about Martin's inquires. It was a good thing she did, Kris wanted to catch the next flight out so she could kill her brother.

"I'm going to have a nice talk with him next time I see him." She shook her head. "Although I wish I could've seen his face when you explained things to him."

"Yeah, it was a cross between excited and insulted. His hormones were going crazy but at the same time his manhood was being snubbed." Raven chuckled. "If I hadn't been so irritated with him I probably would have laughed."

A comfortable silence fell between them as they watched the fire burn. The last log burned in half and dropped from its metal supports sending sparks skyward. "Raven, are you sure about not going back out on a.s.signments?"

They had also talked about Raven's work related options. "Yes, I want to be able to come home to you every day. I think training cla.s.ses will keep me busy enough. I think John and I were trying to out wait each other anyway. Neither of us wanted to quit and leave the other one out there alone."

"Believe me, I'll be more than happy not to have you out there but I want you to be sure you're doing this for you and not me." Kris turned her head to study her partner's face.

"I'm doing this for both of us. I want us to be together for a very long time and that's not going to happen if I get myself killed. You're the most important thing in my life." She tightened her hold on the smaller woman. "You about ready for bed, love?" Raven asked.

"Yeah, I am." Kris responded and rubbed the arm that was circling her upper chest.

Raven spread out the hot coals so they would burn themselves out quicker and closed the fire screen. She stood up and offered her hand to her partner. They walked out of the living room and up the stairs arm in arm.

"I love you so much." Raven brought Kris' hand to her mouth and kissed the palm.

"Show me." Kris requested as she backed towards the bed. She stopped when the back of her legs touched the mattress and frame. Her hands grasped the bottom of her shirt and pulled it up and over her head.

Raven stopped a few feet in front of Kris and watched as the shirt was removed. She stood spellbound as the bra her partner was wearing, went the way of the shirt. "Wait." Raven almost shouted as Kris' hands moved towards her pants. "Let me." Raven pleaded.

Kris reached for Raven's hands and placed them on her hips. "Yes, please." She answered as she looked into warm blue eyes that conveyed more love than a mult.i.tude of words ever could.

Raven closed the distance between them and leaned in, covering Kris' mouth with hers. Her tongue accepted the invitation as Kris parted her lips and entered the warm moist familiar area.

Kris felt the soft, sensual muscle searching her mouth as their tongues danced a familiar rhythm and put her arms around her partner's neck, pulling her closer.

Raven ended the kiss by brushing her lips against Kris' eyelids, nose and cheeks before inching her way down to her lover's neck. She paused to gently nip and suck her earlobe before continuing her journey to the base of Kris' neck where she sucked the soft skin until it showed signs of her attention. While her hands moved up Kris' sides and softly caressed her b.r.e.a.s.t.s.

Kris moaned when she felt the suction against her neck and moved her hands to the back of Raven's head where her fingers tangled in the dark luxurious strands.

Raven moved her palms over ridged nipples, teasing them and causing them to become even harder. She heard Kris moan again and moved her mouth downward, her tongue and lips leaving a trail of moisture in their wake.

"Oh yes, love...that feels good." Kris moaned when Raven's mouth devoured as much of her breast as she could take in. She shivered in ecstasy as teeth lightly raked the soft skin before gently closing on her nipple.

Raven's teeth held Kris' nipple while her tongue repeatedly flicked back and forth across it, causing it to become almost painfully taut. As she duplicated her actions with Kris' other breast, she had unb.u.t.toned the young woman's pants and pushed them down her legs.

The first time Kris noticed her bare legs, was when Raven dropped to her knees and slowly pulled her panties down. Her breath was coming fast and her heart was beating heavy when Raven lifted first one leg then the other, helping her step out of the material that was bunched around her ankles. She left her hands resting on her partner's shoulders to steady herself. Even though both her feet were back on the floor her legs felt rubbery and weak. "I need you now...I can't wait." She begged.

Raven looked up from her kneeling position into pleading eyes. She could smell Kris' need and kissed the curly, glistening hair, showing her eyes what her nose had already discovered, that her lover was very aroused. Hips moved toward her lips, pleading for more contact. Legs obediently opened wider when Raven placed her hands on Kris' thighs and nudged them apart. Her hands slid slowly upwards and using her thumbs, she parted her lover's folds.

Kris sucked in air as Raven's tongue darted out and made contact with her s.e.x. She was uncertain if the moans she heard were coming from her or her partner who continued to tease her with the tip of her tongue moving torturously slow through her folds and across her pulsating nub. "I...I can't stand." Kris said as her legs began to shake with the effort to hold her upright.

Raven paused in her pleasurable mission long enough to let Kris sit on the edge of the bed. "I want you to watch me love you. See the satisfaction that you give me when you let me make love to you." She looked up into desire filled green eyes while she resumed her previous position.

Kris could see Raven's tongue dart out, inquisitively searching between her legs and clutched at her lover's shoulders, bunching the material of Raven's shirt in her hands. She fought her natural instinct to close her eyes and kept them riveted on the activity below. "Please, baby...inside." She pleaded.

"You taste so good, Sagira." Raven stated between feather light kisses she placed on the inside of her lover's thighs. She pulled back and watched Kris' face as she slowly inserted two fingers. "I love to see the pleasure that you feel while I make love to you." Raven twisted her hand, palm up and curled her fingers to brush against the spot that drove Kris wild.

"Oh good G.o.d, love." Kris was breathing hard. "You feel...so good...inside me." Her hips bucked forward, requesting more.

Raven moved her other hand up to Kris' breast, using her thumb to rub across the hard nipple, taking some of Kris' attention away from the activities involving the lower half of her body. "I love the way your nipples feel when you're aroused. So firm and erect."

Kris whimpered and closed her eyes as her head fell forward, chin resting on her chest.

"Open your eyes, baby." Raven requested as she wiggled her fingers to get Kris' attention.

Green eyes opened wide and stayed that way, glued to the fingers that now moved in a slow thrusting motion between her spread legs. "Ugh...mo...more." She clutched Raven's wrist with her hand trying to speed up the pumping activity.

Raven added a third finger at Kris' desperate plea. With each thrust into her lover, she added a twist of her wrist. "I can feel how close you are, baby." Raven quickened her pace and pinched Kris' nipple each time she penetrated her lover. "Let go, love. I'll catch you."

Kris watched in a trance as her partner's fingers moved in and out of her. She felt Raven's love blanket her body and soul as her climax poured through her like a raging river kept too long confined.

When Kris was again aware of her surroundings, she was still sitting on the edge of the bed, leaning heavily on Raven who had both arms wrapped around her waist.

"I've got you, Kris. I love you, baby." Raven whispered over and over until her lover showed signs of consciousness by running her hands though Raven's hair and kissing her cheeks and forehead.

"I love you too." She said and kissed Raven deeply and pa.s.sionately. "Now come up here and let me show you how much." She grinned as she gathered fistfuls of her partner's shirt and pulled.

Raven, caught off guard by the sudden movement, ended up sprawled across her lover's smaller body. She grinned as Kris wrapped her legs around her waist and rolled them over. "You going to have your way with me, Sagira?"

"You bet I am, buster." Kris grabbed the shirt covering her lover and ripped it open, sending b.u.t.tons flying when they gave up their hold on the flannel material. She hurriedly moved down, roughly opening the jeans that kept her from Raven's body. Backing off the bed, she tugged them down the long legs and tossed them out of the way.

Raven struggled out of her shirt and peeled her sports bra over her head as Kris moved down her body. She raised her hips as Kris pulled on her pants, helping to quickly get rid of the unwanted obstacle.

Kris crawled back up between Raven's legs and licked her lips. Only using her teeth she grasped the cotton briefs, peeling them from her lover to reveal the prize underneath. "Looks like you sprung a leak, Taz." Kris could see the flood of desire coming from between her lover's legs and knew Raven hadn't climaxed when she had.

Raven watched Kris remove her underwear and moaned. "I want you inside me...filling me completely." She spread her legs to accommodate her lover's body between them.

"You want my tongue or my fingers?" Kris asked before she licked some of her partner's desire that coated her thighs.

"I want your, ugh, hand." Her hips lifted off the bed when she felt her lover's hot tongue on her.

"My hand?" Kris looked up. "I've never...I don't think..."

"Please, baby." Raven's hips were bucking in the air, even without any stimulation. "Use the lube." She bent her knees and placed her feet flat on the bed, spreading her legs wide and opening herself to her partner.

Kris was a little hesitant, but coated her hand in the gel. She knelt between her lover's legs and slowly worked her fingers into her partner. "G.o.d, love, I've never seen you so open and so wet." She twisted and pushed her hand until her fingers and thumb disappeared up to her knuckles. Then her hand easily slipped all the way in. "Oh f.u.c.k, baby." Kris didn't have the words to describe the feeling Raven's smooth, soft walls wrapping around her fist, or that watching her hand pump in and out of Raven's body, invoked in her.

"G.o.ds." Raven lifted her hips, meeting her lover's hand as it entered her body. She had never felt this complete before. She moaned loudly when Kris curled her fingers and pushed slowly, thrusting her fist fully into her. "So good...so full."

Kris felt the o.r.g.a.s.m pulse around her fist, first pushing against it, then grasping it and pulling back into Raven's body. It seemed like it took several minutes for the tremors to stop. "Baby?" She wasn't sure if Raven was still with her or not. "I need to pull out."

"Go slow, very slow." She was still trying to catch her breath and groaned when Kris eased out. "Thank you, Sagira. That was unbelievable."

Kris snuggled up against her lover's side. "Have you had that done to you a lot?" She draped her leg and arm across her partner.

"No, I've never trusted anyone else enough to let them try." She kissed the tip of Kris' nose when she lifted her head to stare at Raven in wonder.

"Thank you, love, for believing in me." She laid her head back down. "Love you."

"Love you too." Raven's body kept her awake a while longer. She was still floating in a euphoric bliss.

The two lovers slept late the next morning, with Kris actually waking before her partner. Kris used these rare occurrences to study Raven's relaxed appearance. She thought back to the previous evening and shivered at the erotic desire that pa.s.sed through her body.

"You cold, love?" Raven asked, yawning and opening her sleep laden blue eyes.

"Ah, no, definitely not cold." Kris grinned and leaned up for a good morning kiss. "What say we continue your dance lessons after breakfast...make that lunch." She corrected after glancing at the clock.

"You really think I'm doing well enough not to embarra.s.s us at the reception?" Raven stretched and threw the cover off their bodies. She eyed her lover's nakedness and admired the body lying beside her.

"You'll be fine, Taz." Kris went through her own stretching routine before standing and heading for the bathroom. "We also need to see about getting your tux before long. Are all of you supposed to match?" Exaggerating the swing of her hips, knowing she had a captive audience.

Raven gave a wolf whistle and grinned at the display. "All of who?" She asked as she pulled her sweatshirt over her head.

"John, the ushers and you." Kris answered before turning on the water in the shower.

"Don't know." Raven raised her voice to be heard over the running water. "You'll have to ask John." She responded as she entered the bathroom.

"Never mind, I'll call Sharon. They probably decided on black. But I happen to think you'd look good in a pink tux, Taz." Kris referred to the threat John's mother had made. "Can I interest you in a shower?" She asked, holding out her hand in invitation.

Raven grinned and pulled the sweatshirt off a lot quicker than it had gone on. "Always."

Chapter Twenty-Eight:.

After a late lunch and a few spins around the makeshift dance floor, Raven and Kris ended up with their arms around each other swaying to the slow rhythm of the lift jazz station Kris had selected. Raven hummed along with the song while her cheek rested on Kris' head. "This is nice, isn't it?"

"Very." Kris responded and sighed deeply. "So is the impromptu serenade." She debated on calling Raven's attention to it.

"I thought about practicing and maybe surprising you at the reception with a song, but every time I thought about opening my mouth, I'd freeze up." Raven didn't mind owning up to her shortcomings, but she hated to admit to fear of any kind.

Kris leaned back to look up at her partner. "It's going to take a while to get past the all the mental abuse you went through. Give yourself some time, love." She laid her head back against the welcoming shoulder. "You've taken the first step just now and I'm very honored that you feel safe enough with me to try."

Raven hadn't even realized what she was doing until Kris had mentioned it. And Kris was right, it was the first time since the night her mother caught her singing to Lisa that she felt safe enough to try and express herself, even if it was just humming in her lover's ear. "I think you're right. Give me a little time and I'll stand below your balcony and serenade you one night."

"It's a date." Kris turned her head and grinned at her partner. "By the way, I talked to Sharon and she said that you're more than welcome to wear a pink tux if you want to."

"You're joking...right?" Raven looked into the serious green eyes.

"Why would I be joking? I called a rental place on Capital Hill, they said they had pink tuxes and rainbow colored c.u.mmerbund that look great with an accompanying rainbow colored ascot." Kris had to bite her tongue to keep from laughing at the wide-eyed expression on Raven's face. "They have lavender also if you think that would be better. But I really think that the pink, with your coloring and dark hair would be the right choice." Kris was quickly losing her composure. "Gotcha."

"Brat."

February 14th dawned clear and cool. The wedding was scheduled to start at 10 am, with photo sessions at 9 and 9:30 for the wedding party and family.

"You look very handsome, my friend." Raven hugged a surprised John. "No pink tux huh?"

"You don't know how close it was." John was wearing traditional black with tails. A white shirt, white c.u.mmerbund and black bowtie completed the outfit. "You look mighty spiffy yourself, Captain. Or should I say Major?"

Raven was wearing a bushed silk tux, also with tails, light rose in color. A light grey ruffled shirt, grey c.u.mmerbund and matching ascot with darker grey pin stripes. The middle of the ascot sported a stickpin made from black opal, with the outline of a raven. "It won't be official until you get back from your honeymoon. I told him I wanted you there when it was announced."

"Thanks, I wouldn't want to miss that. Is that new?" John pointed to the pin.

"Yeah, a surprise from Kris and Granny." Raven fidgeted with her collar then tugged on the hem of her coat to straighten it.

"You know, if I didn't know better, I'd think it was you who was getting married. You sure are nervous." John wrinkled his brow in confusion.

"Huh? Me? No...I just...you know how uncomfortable I get when I have to dress up." She glared at her friend and knew that he knew darn well there was more to it than that. She unconsciously felt the small box that was in the inside pocket of her coat.

"Uh huh...if you say so." John replied.

Raven was saved from more questions by the arrival of Kris and Granny. She met Kris just inside the vestibule of the church. "You look beautiful." Raven hadn't yet seen Kris in her dress.