🇬🇧 Once Upon a Time #Herophine 🇬🇧 (English version)

Chapter 24 - The storm

Josephine

My mother always says that opportunities should be seized upon, especially if we feel something in our gut.
A tingling. Here, yes. A particular tingling in your belly that makes you act instinctively. If there's that, there's everything. And in that case, you don't need to think about anything except living in the present.

Oh god, I doubt my mother was referring to this situation, honestly.

My hand wanders over the lean and defined body of a boy so tall that he towers over me with extreme ease.
Hero has taken off his rain-soaked t-shirt and looks at me amused, while rebellious drops fall from his hair, wetting my hands.
I caress him slowly, as if I were trying to understand if he's really here with me or if I'm dreaming of him.
Maybe I hit my head and...

"Jo?" When he whispers my name in this hoarse voice, a rush of adrenaline rushes through my body at full speed. His eyes search me, lowering his head slightly towards me. He has a mischievous smile that drives me crazy!
I blink quickly stopping my hand on his pecs.
"Everything is fine?" He moves a lock of hair from my face, stroking my neck gently.
It's real. It's definitely real.
And the tingling is all there. Yes mom.
I hear it loud and clear!
I nod decisively looking into his eyes.
I would do things with him that I never dreamed of even thinking about.
It's shocking!
"You seem distracted" He whispers looking at me with his amazing green eyes. Eyes that today appear to be an almost blue shade.

"No, not at all" I shake my head "I'm calm and very concentrated!"

He chuckles in amusement, caressing my face. He sighs before saying anything.
“If you've had second thoughts, we don't have to do this.”
And I love that he takes such good care of me. He is waiting for me and I respect him for this too. Despite the crazy hormones, we both manage to maintain a semblance of clarity.
Probably the fact that we have a lot of work to do helps a lot.

"Pfff..." I shrug "You and me naked in a shower? What could possibly happen?" I say as if I don't care. I don't really know how to behave on these occasions.

He chuckles again and pulls me closer, placing his hands on my hips.
“Nothing will happen that you don't want” He looks at me so intently that my breath stops in my lungs.

"That we. That we don't want" I want to clarify. “There are two of us in this thing!” I nod decisively. It's probably the only thing I'm sure of right now.

"Of course!" Continue caressing my face. "But the final say is yours. Always!"

I nod, looking down. I take a deep breath as he wraps me in his arms.
Our intimacy shocks me. I didn't think I would ever feel anything like this for someone. Of course, I always hoped so. Especially after seeing my parents all my life and how much they love each other, even after so many years together.
They are my role model!
With Hero everything is so natural, exciting and adrenaline-filled, that I'm shocked every time I stop to think about how good I feel with him.
How good we are together!

“Hey, shall we go back there?” He bends down again to catch my gaze. How tall is this guy?!?

"No!" I swallow "No... We... Here we are..." I turn towards the small shower of this tiny bathroom and open the entrance, pulling the curtain with force. I'm so nervous and excited that I wouldn't be surprised if the tent came down, falling at our feet.

“Okay, so you're calm and focused,” He smiles, “You definitely are.”
He's kidding me, I know. I take a deep breath and stick my tongue out at him. Very mature of me.
Well done Jo. Seriously!