Chapter 16

James happily pulled me closer and met my lips.

It got a bit hot and heavy for the next couple of minutes. I was learning that kissing James was no hardship. He licked, nibbled and sucked on my lips and tongue, and he encouraged me to reciprocate.

I didn’t even realise I was rubbing against him until he groaned into my mouth. He pulled my hips into his and ground against me harder to tell me of the effect I was having on him. I broke the kiss and stepped back a little.

I was somewhat dazed. My whole body was tingling. I wasn’t even aware I had been holding onto the lapels of his coat to keep myself upright. It was just as well he had hold of my hips as my knees were shaky.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to get so carried away,” I breathed out and shuddered a little.

“I’m not complaining. At least I know you’re interested,” James replied happily.

I smiled at him and said, “I’d better go to bed. Good night, James.”

I turned and walked away before I couldn’t. I swung my hips a little in happiness and giggled when James’ voice reached me.

“Bloody hell woman, you’re going to be the death of me.”

I turned, wiggled my hips a little more and smiled broadly at his groan. I’m not sure what stopped me from pulling him after me. I guessed knowing Dad was here had something to do with it. I also was still unsure just how involved I wanted to be with James.

It had been easy to put him off before we had kissed. However, the wetness between my thighs told me that my body had no objections to him touching me. I stripped down to my underwear and looked in the full-length mirror critically.

I certainly couldn’t be called voluptuous. My lower ribs and hip bones were discernible. At least I didn’t look anorexic. The muscles in my thighs and arms clearly showed I worked out and that I was well-toned.

I looked at a side profile of my arse and decided it was bigger; it had been so skinny before, but at last, it looked like I now had an arse. James had certainly liked rubbing it when he kissed me.

I frowned at my breasts and noticed that the new bra seemed a lot tighter than when I first tried it on earlier in the day. I was sure that my flesh was bulging out of the top of the low cups a lot further. No wonder James’s eyes had flicked at them several times during the evening.

I smiled a wicked little smile. I liked that we had three months away from here to sort out where our relationship would go. No one knew us in Brisbane, and I’d be able to spend time really getting to know him. While we had been studying together for months, I’d not let the conversations get personal.

I guessed it was time to find out whether he was my man or not.

I didn’t have any nightmares that night; in fact, I slept like a croc on a sunny riverbank.

The alarm woke me at six, and I bounded out of bed. I slipped on my running clothes and headed out. I do my 10-K run in an easy forty minutes. I use the other twenty minutes for a bit of warming up, cooling down and martial arts practice.

I’d not run for a couple of mornings, so I really needed to go. I was a bit surprised that by the time I got back. I was a good five minutes faster than normal, yet I didn’t particularly feel as if I’d run hard.

I showered quickly and checked my suitcase. Since we were going to have a few extra days at the theme park, I tossed in a couple of spare shirts, some dressier shorts, and a spare pair of jeans as Brissy got a lot colder than Port Douglas in winter.

I added my new white coat to my hanging coat bag, along with my uniforms. Dad had brought my service belt home, and I had my pistol back, so I happily packed that too. I made sure the permit was in my handbag. I could carry my pistol in my suitcase as long as I declared that I had it.

Since we were going to the Army training facility, I should be able to use their range, so I was definitely taking it. I was also supposed to be on duty even though in training, hence, the dress uniforms and the regular uniforms. I was sure I would need both.

I checked out the new radio but left it in the clip and added the charger for it to my port. The radios were specially encrypted for Police and had large batteries that were good for three weeks of continuous use. I also checked that the taser was charged, and my bum-pack had the usual items that I carried in it.

We could have taken the Emu to Cairns, but James had decided he wanted to take his new Linger. We would be catching a Greyhound flight to Brisbane. I liked the new Airbuses as they provided a lot more room for taller people. They were surprisingly quiet and handled turbulence a lot better than the old jet planes.