Silver Creek Chestnuts roasting on an open fire [m]

For a long moment she felt beyond stupid.  He would say no, that he didn't feel the same way, or worst yet that he could never imagine being with her.  As these dark thoughts plagued her mind, her eyes still searched his face, as if searching for the answer to a puzzle.

He felt the same.  At the sound of those words she felt a rush of thick emotion, she wanted him now, needed him... but he wasn't done speaking... not yet.  She listened to him, hanging on to every word, even though her heat demanded her to take him!  Take him now!  She couldn't, she had to listen to him, for her love for him was to strong, she wouldn't let these hormones take her... not yet.  She would let Heston finish speaking first.

He finished speaking and for a few moments she was silent, unmoving.  She wanted to take the chance, she wouldn't regret it, no she couldn't.  Heston was better than Zander, he had to be, for things with Zander had never been like this.  Zander had never asked her what she thought... he just did what he wanted.  Heston was different.

"I won't regret anything Heston, not with you.  You're one in a billion."  She whispered, her eyes watching, awaiting his reaction.  What had once been a spark within her had transformed into a fire.