It was a long, gentle but passionate, mutual kiss. This was the most pleassure I had felt up to that point in my life. I stepped back, smiled at her... and just stared at her beauty for a few seconds. I led her to the bed where we slipped off our shoes and climbed onto the bed. After a few more minutes of kissing, we helped each other out of our tops. Both naked to the waist, we spent another few minutes kissing and fondling each other. There was not much talking. I think we were both just. "That statement shook the sleepiness out of me quickly. "My Love?" I asked with my eyebrows raised and a tentative smile."Yes, Grady," sighed Laurel as she lay her head on my chest, "My Love."From that point onward, we knew that not only were we exclusive; but, things were probably going remain that way for the rest of our lives.It was during Spring Break, several months after our ski trip, when we committed formally to marrying and to spending the rest of our lives together. That summer after. She smiledcompanionably. "Thanks, Jim. For everything."Jim glowed at her words. He was chivalrous, and not in a puton way. He had the old-fashioned kind of courtliness,ingrained so deeply that it came automatically to him. Whichwas one of the main reasons his siblings' lumping him inwith men like his father bothered him so much. The tinybeauty before him might be his formerly male best friend butin his gut she was a girl. And to his way of thinking shedeserved the very best. He knew how cranky. Then we'll keep that simple so won't even count it in. Just some modern coloring then." Cleo didn't bother to count that in. "The underthings will take the most time. Oddly. We'll have to take turns getting into our corsets. Then getting the gowns adjusted and fastened in the back. With the two of us I'd give us an hour, which is a bit much but will allow for makeup time as well. So that's what? 3 hours?" Hmm I could bathe at 3 and let my hair dry. I'd rather that than try to kill it with a.