Cherry

Cherry
Chapter 12
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The second storey of the Quincy household was beautiful. It was home to all six bedrooms, the boy’s rooms and the master bedroom. The lower halves of the walls were covered with wood panelling, the top half was papered with cream and green stripes. Pictures of the boys as they were kids lined the walls and Autumn smiled as she spotted a picture of Jackson and her when they were about six or seven playing on a jungle gym both in Disney t-shirts. She paused to look at the picture and she smiled as she was hit with a wave of nostalgia.

"You guys have known each other for a while yeah?" Autumn glanced over her shoulder at Dominick as he looked at the picture.

"Yeah." Autumn answered softly as she pulled her keys out of her pocket. She looked at the tag attached to them and smiled. Every time Autumn was at Jackson's house and their study sessions ran late he always set her up in the same room.

It was a pretty room with wide, east facing windows that allowed the early morning light to shine in. Autumn was, by habit, an early riser. April and their parents tended to sleep in as much as possible and Autumn had learnt to enjoy the quiet of the morning. The room Jackson gave her was pretty and a little too girly. It was decorated in a million different shades of pink and when combined with the light dimmer and the white candles it was rather romantic and ultra feminine.

"Oh wow. It's really...pink." Dominick said as Autumn shut the door behind him.

"Whenever I spend the night here Jackson always puts me here because it's the most girly. All the other rooms are pretty neutral." Autumn answered as she locked the door.

"Do you spend the night here often?" Dominick asked his voice fairly even. Autumn looked at him and noted that his face was tight and he was struggling to control himself.

"Whenever study sessions go too long and I'm too tired to drive home. We aren't like that." She explained and his face softened a fraction.

"Jealousy is an insatiable bitch goddess." Dominick said apologetically.

"I thought it was success."

"Yeah, her too." He smiled as he shoved his hands into his jean pockets. He pulled his wallet and his mobile phone out and turned to the dresser. He began to empty his pockets out, placing his belongings on the mahogany surface and Autumn took his lead. She placed her keys, her mobile and the small card carrier that had her licence, her Medicare card and a few notes of cash stuffed in it.

Autumn stood, facing the wall near the bed, her pockets empty, nervous butterflies rising in her stomach. She started violently as she felt Dominick's warm, heavy hand on her shoulder. She didn't turn around, instead choosing to look down at their feet. He had taken his shoes and socks off and Autumn noted that even his feet were pretty. Dominick's other hand came up and pushed her hair gently over her shoulders.

He had magic fingers, she determined, trying to suppress a moan as his hands came up massage her back. His fingers were pressing and rubbing and gently easing away the tense knots in her back that she hadn't realised were there. Her head lolled forward and she moaned, her eyes fluttering shut.

Dominick's hands moved down her back and he pushed her forward. Autumn bent at the waist, her hands resting on the end table in front of her as she supported herself. Dominick moved back, a hand on her hip easing her backwards. His hands began to massage her lower back, easing away the tension. He pulled her jacket off of her, tossing it aside before bringing his hands up to massage her shoulders again.

With the thick denim of her jacket gone, Dominick's warm hands seemed to burn through the loose wool weave of her peach sweater and his movements seemed even more heavenly with the increased contact. Autumn sighed as his hands moved down her back to massage at the small of her back. His hands slid down to the hem of her sweater and Autumn felt her whole body stiffen as she was once again flooded with nerves.

"Relax." Dominick pressed himself against her as his warm breath tickled her ear. Autumn took a few deep breaths and closed her eyes, struggling to relax. Dominick dragged her sweater upwards, the wool scratching along her stomach. She felt cool air blossom along her stomach, his warm body keeping her back heated.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" He whispered as he gently massaged her shoulders. Autumn froze, his words seeping into her like poison. Deadly, sweet, saccharine poison.

"W-w-why..? Did you change you’re..?" Autumn pulled away from him and Dominick pulled her back as he nuzzled into her neck.

"I will want you for as long as the sky is blue and the grass is green. But, I don't want you to force you or make you feel obligated. Losing your virginity is an important thing and how you lose it is entirely up to you. If you want that to be now, then let's go. But if you don't, just tell me." His breath smelt like stale scotch and she was strangely relieved to discover that he had regained his cute, other-world charm.

"I want to do this." Autumn answered quietly and with a soft kiss to the base of her neck, Dominick slid his hands around to the front of her jeans. He undid the button and undid the zipper, her body pulled flush against his chest.

"Are you shaking?" Dominick asked as he pushed her pants down. Autumn, who was trembling nervously, nodded and closed her eyes as she stepped out of her pants.

"Nervous?"

Autumn nodded as Dominick bent, picking her up, bridal style before laying her on the middle of the bed, rocking her a little as the mattress dipped under their combined weight. Autumn opened her eyes, staring up at the rose pink canopy of the bed. Autumn moved her hand upwards, her hand pressing against the soft bed sheets as she watched Dominick stand by the bed.

His hands were on his belt, unbuckling it as Autumn’s hand came into contact with the mound of pillows at the head of the bed. She dragged herself upwards until she could rest her head on the pillow as Dominick's fingers slowly undid the numerous buttons that held the front of his shirt together. The charcoal silk fell to the sides, framing the olive skin of his chest. A fine, thin layer of dark chest hair was scattered across his chest and an even darker thatch of hair led from his belly button down to the clasp of his pants.

"Did you want to be on the top or on the bottom?" Dominick asked as he shrugged out of his shirt. He had massive pecs and she was relieved to discover that his stomach wasn't heavily defined. He turned back to the dresser and Autumn felt the breath catch in the back of her throat as she took in the taut muscles of his shoulders and the firmness of his lower back.

Dominick picked up his wallet and opened it. He pulled a white square out and Autumn blushed as she realised that it was a condom. He put his wallet back down on the dresser before turning back to her. He crossed to the light switch by the door and fiddled with the dimmer. The lighting was changed to a soft glow that added to the ambience of the room.

"Autumn, top or bottom?" Autumn blinked as he approached the bed, a dark, muted silhouette in the dim light.

"Which would hurt more?" She asked, blushing as he climbed onto the bed, clumsily crawling towards her.

"Depends, the general consensus is that top hurts the most but I was talking to my cousin the other day and apparently, for her anyway, the bottom hurt too much so she switched to the top." He told her as he straddled her legs, before coming to rest on his knees, his hips hovering above her own.

"I don't know." Autumn said shyly as he leant in to kiss her. He shifted and Autumn felt the mattress dip around her as she closed her eyes. He was incredibly warm, his body heat rolling off of him waves around her as she brought her hands up to grip his bare shoulders tightly.

Her fingers dug into his skin, hard enough to bruise and she knew that some morning his shoulders would sport dark bruises. It thrilled her in a strange kind of way that she'd never admit and simply dug her fingers in even more. She dropped her lower jaw and his tongue curled in slyly. He tasted like scotch and fruit juice and Autumn tilted her head back to ease the pain in her neck as he kissed her.

Dominick shifted and the angle changed. He adjusted the pillows around them so that Autumn lay flat and he pinned her down, his teeth scraping along her lower lip. Autumn slid a hand boldly down his side before pulling his hips closer by the belt loops of his pants. She slid her hands around to the front of his pants to undo the top button. His jeans were fastened with a row of buttons rather than a button and a zipper. Autumn got to the third button of seven when he stopped her. Dominick pulled away sharply, fluttering his dark eyelashes delicately.

"Stop it. We're supposed to be doing this right." He told her irritably.

"There's a right way to do it?" Autumn asked, quickly pulling her hands away.

"Do you want to just get right down to it?" He asked, smiling down at her nervously. Autumn looked up at him, mentally taking in his chest.

"Will it make it a little less nerve-racking?" She asked quietly, her stomach uncomfortably tight and her underwear sticky.

"No, nothing will. But I'm getting a little antsy."

"Will it hurt much?" Autumn asked as her chest tightened. She closed her eyes and tried to control her breathing. She felt like she did every time she had an oral presentation to present or she had an assignment due that she hadn't completed to the best of her abilities. Magnified.

"Yeah. But I'll try my best to minimize that as much as possible." He'd make a good salesmen. All gentle words and soft tones and he was certainly pretty enough to sell ice to the Eskimos. Inuit’s.

"Inuit sounds more insulting than Eskimo." She blurted nervously as Dominick's fingers gripped the buttons on his pants.

"Pardon?" He paused, clearly confused.

"I'm sorry." Autumn covered her face, embarrassed.

"Nervous?"

Autumn nodded and cringed as she heard the pop of his buttons coming out of the button holes on his jeans.

"Don't be. I know what I'm doing." He shifted and when Autumn opened her eyes he was struggling out of his pants. He awkwardly eased out of them and she tried not giggle as he huffed impatiently. He was wearing leopard print boxers and Autumn did giggle. She brought a hand up to her mouth to try and stifle it but he heard it anyway. He tossed his pants aside and rolled his eyes at her.

"It isn't that funny." He told her.

"It kind of is." Autumn replied apologetically.

"And you're kind of overdressed." Autumn looked down at plain, pretty panties with Garfield on the front and her equally plain purple bra and she frowned.

"The purple is nice. I like purple." He said as he pinned her to the mattress and reached for her. He pressed his shoulder into hers and she moved up against him as he skimmed a hand around her waist. His warm hands slid up her spine and he tried to unclasp her bra. The elastic of her bra snapped sharply against her skin and she winced.

"Sorry babe." He murmured and he pulled away, resting on his knees and taking his weight off of her. Autumn reached behind her and with a habitual twist undid her bra. She eased the straps down her shoulders and threw it aside. He hooked his fingers in the waistband of her underwear and tugged. Autumn lifted her hips and shut her eyes and with a deep breath tried to ignore the strangely surreal feel of being totally naked but not being alone.

"Autumn, breathe." Dominick cupped her chin and kissed her, holding her head in place as he worked a knee between her legs. His thigh pressed against her intimately and Autumn moaned, her cheeks burning as she moved against him.

He was warm and the muscles of his back were firm and smooth and they bunched under her hands when he moved. Autumn dug her fingers into his back as he moved, sliding his body upwards. He pulled away and Autumn coughed as she ingested a large quantity of air. Dominick knelt above her and removed his leopard print boxers. Autumn closed her eyes and with a deep breath tried to ignore the sound of the foil packet of the condom ripping.

"Autumn. We won't do anything you don't feel right doing, 'kay?" His breath was warm on her face and she tried not to wince at the stale scotch scent on his breath.

"I know." Dominick shifted above her and Autumn opened her eyes as he eased her body into a better position. He brought a hand up to his mouth and slid his thumb into his mouth. His cheeks hollowed and Autumn could hear the slick sound of him sucking on the digit.

He pulled his thumb out and gently ran it along her intimately. Autumn sucked a deep breath in through her teeth as her tummy tightened. She felt warmth spread through her as the rough pad of his thumb slid along her wet skin. She could feel tension coiling in her body and her breathing became more erratic as Dominick pressed his thumb near a particularly sensitive area.

"I'm going to count back from ten and then I'm going to, you know, go." Dominick said quietly.

"Okay."

"Ten." Dominick said as Autumn closed her eyes. He had re-settled himself between her thighs and Autumn could feel heat radiating off of him in waves. He pulled her leg up and slung it around his waist, tilting her lower half towards him.

"Nine." His warm fingers found the skin near her hip while his other hand slid down to cup her bum in his warm hand. His thumb fit nicely into the curve between her butt and her leg and he leant in to kiss her collar bone.

"Eight." Autumn reached up and gripped his shoulders, her fingers closing in over the smooth skin as Dominick pressed a kiss to the skin near her earlobe.

"Seven." Dominick eased their hips closer as he brought a hand down again to brush against her intimate parts. Once he was sure that she was lubricated enough he removed his hand as he hummed against the soft skin of his neck.

"Six." Dominick breathed his voice cracking a little as Autumn tried to stop from trembling.

"Five." Dominick shifted his hips and with a sharp jerk pushed inside her. Autumn whimpered as she felt pain flare up and after a few moments of gentle working of his hips, Autumn opened her eyes and looked down. He wasn't in completely yet and the pain continued as Autumn felt her inner muscles stretching around him.

"You did it early." She whined as her eyes teared up.

"You would have tensed up the closer we got. Would have been more painful."

"It hurts." Dominick leant in close and kissed her teary cheeks as he rolled his hips in a wide circle, pulling out a little to ease the motion of his hips.

“I’m sorry baby. I know it hurts, but it’ll get better. I promise.” Dominick pressed a kiss to her jaw as he gripped the thigh slung around his hips and dug his fingers in as he started thrusting against her. Autumn felt the pain increase as he murmured to her various promises that she hoped to God he would keep as she dug her fingers into his shoulder.

“Oh god.” Autumn murmured as the pain faded and was replaced by the familiar tension in her belly that seemed to culminate whenever he was around.

It was almost like an orchestral score. The slow, low score of gentle thrusts as he kissed away her tears before moving up into the musical swell of increasing speed as the pain faded and Autumn rocked her hips up to meet his.

It was poetic and it was magical and Autumn could feel the crescent moon of his fingernails digging into her thighs. His arms shook as he propped himself up on either side of her and Autumn slid down a little to wrap her other leg around his waist.

“Oh I knew it.” Dominick ground out, causing Autumn to look up at him through lowered lashes as he snuck a hand between them to press against her clit. Autumn rolled her head back as she arched into him and her head struck the head board painfully.

“Watch yourself.” Dominick said as he steadied his hips and applied pressure to the sensitive area of her clit. Autumn's fingers clenched and unclenched around his shoulders as teetered on the edge of something that she knew was significant. Dominick pulled out almost completely as he pressed a soft kiss to her temple.

"What do you know?" She rasped as he slid back in, his eyes fluttering delicately.

"Eh?" He asked distracted as he pulled out and slipped back in, his hips working in a steadily increasing rhythm.

"What do you know?" She asked a little louder as she ran the backs of her fingers down his cheeks.

"Oh. A little about a lot, which isn't very much at all." He answered with a grin as Autumn took a deep, shuddering breath.

"You said you knew it. Knew what?" Autumn asked as her belly tightened tightly.

"Autumn, this isn't really the time." Autumn found herself agreeing as the coiled tension in her belly snapped and she was filled with a familiar rush of endorphins that made her vision swim and her legs buckle. Dominick thrust into her gently and after a few moments she felt him stiffen and there was a warm rush of liquid between her legs as Dominick rested boneless on top of her. Autumn took a short breath as she felt the edge of the endorphins wear off.

"Was it as good for you as it was for me?" He whispered as he shifted and rested his forearms on the bed to help relieve her of his heavy, suffocating weight. Autumn strained her ears, she could hear the music from downstairs and she frowned.

"Can you hear that?" She asked, surprised by the clarity of the music.

"It's my ring tone." Dominick answered into her neck as Autumn pressed a tentative kiss to the shoulder before her.

"You're phone's ringing?"

"Yeah."

"Are you going to answer it?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Cause I don't want to."

"What if it's important?"

"It isn't."

"How will you know if it is or if it isn't unless you answer it?"

"If I answer it will you shut up so we can make with the cuddling?" Dominick propped himself up entirely and Autumn was confronted with a large expanse of warm muscle.

"Yes." Autumn answered and Dominick sighed before climbing over the bed and ambling over to his phone on the mahogany dresser. He picked his phone up and flipped it open before bringing it up to his ear.

"This better be fucking good." There was a pause and Dominick sighed as he listened. Autumn slid off the bed and began to pull off the bed covers so she could climb beneath the sheets to stay warm until Dominick came back. She felt a goofy grin slide into place. He wanted to cuddle.

"Sorry. Hello, Dominick d'Abreau speaking. Hey mum. I'm okay. Yes. No mum I don't plan on driving home, how are you? No I'm not changing the subject I'm genuinely interested. Mum. Okay Mum, I'm not that interested. Eh? Eh? Wha...? He is? Okay, I'll just get dressed. Mum, I'm warning you." Autumn tugged the blankets around her as she tried to fill in the blanks in the conversation she had heard as Dominick hung his phone up.

"Is everything okay?" She asked him as he stood stock still and stark naked in the middle of the room.

"Yeah, it's just I have to go." He answered quietly. Autumn sat up and pulled the blankets up to cover herself as he reached over to the dimmer and changed the lighting.

"Go? Go where?" Autumn asked as he began to hunt around for his clothes.

"There's a neurosurgeon in Switzerland, might be able to help my baby sister. But we have to go there ASAP. My brother's on his way to pick me up and we'll go straight to the airport." Dominick pulled on his underwear and pants as he answered and Autumn felt her heart swell as he struggled into his jeans.

"I hope he's able to help." She offered as he shrugged into the charcoal button up.

"Me too." he crossed to the bed and leant down, cupping her chin. He kissed her gently before pulling away to shove his belongings into his pockets before picking up his shoes.

"I really hoped something would happen between us. Something more than physical, you know?" He tossed over his shoulder, his hand on the door knob.

"Maybe next time." She said as he opened the door.

"Well, 'til next time." He saluted at her as he closed the door behind her, adjusting the dimmer as he did so the room was enveloped in cool, comforting darkness.

Autumn suspected that next time was a long way away.

******

Hey there,
Long time no see yes?
So this is the end.
Now keepin mind that this was written AGES after eveything else was, hence the change in mood and such.
So do we like?

Love always,
Alice
P.s: I have cartoons of my characters on livejournal and there will be a sequel sweeties.