Then, pausing she walked to the CD player and changed the CD to the 1 artist Sarah never listened to when Kevin was home...Backstreet Boys. Finding the song she wanted, Sarah walked back to the mirror to apply her make-up as "Lay Down Beside Me" drifted out of the speakers, and through the room. As she picked up her tube of lip-gloss, she closed her eyes for a moment, and whispered along with the music. This truly was one of her favorite songs, it spoke straight to her heart, and could say things she never could. She ran the pink tinted lip-gloss over her lips, and pressed them together, licking the gloss off the edges of her lips, and tasting strawberry. Singing along still, under her breath, she brushed on mascara, and lined her eyes with a smoky gray pencil. "If you lay down / lay down beside me / you can get all inside me, I can get all inside you too / and if you lay down..."
Sarah ran a brush through her hair, and poked and prodded her unruly curls until they framed her face, and made the littlest bits of hair grab at her cheeks and lips, drawing attention to her face, and then up to her eyes. Standing back, and looking into the mirror to admire her work, Sarah decided she had done well. She was dressed simply, but classy, and her make-up looked good. "Now the finishing touch..." She thought to herself as she sprayed on her favorite scent, and Kevin's too, Dream by GAP. Just as the CD turned itself off, and the perfume settled on Sarah, she heard Kevin open the door and yell out:
"Sarah?? Hey, come and see the guys......."
"Hey boy...." Sarah smiled at Kevin as she ran lightly down the stairs towards the door, and opened her arms to receive his hug. Then she turned towards the boys, truly glad to see them again. After she had exchanged hugs with all of them, she saw Katie run into the room.
"Sarah!!" she yelled "I missed you!" The 2 girls embraced, giggling, while the other guys looked on and laughed at them. Then Sarah turned towards Brian and smiled at the girl who was with him, Leighanne. She was tall, and very thin, with long blond hair. She responded quietly and quickly to Sarah's questions, and clung to Brian. Then Sarah was introduced to a girl named Erin, and by the way Nick looked at her, Sarah instantly knew Nick liked her. She was also introduced to a girl named Sheila, and apparently Howie liked her. After chatting with the boys for a while, Kevin took Sarah's arm and steered her up the stairs to help with the food.
Once the 2 were in the kitchen, Kevin backed her up against a wall and kissed her. Intensely, passionately, he held her, kissing her, and Sarah could feel that he loved her just by the way his hands moved up and down her sides. "My god." Kevin moaned after he had broken away from her. "You have no idea...I thought I could stand a few hours away from you, but damn, I guess I can't." Kevin tilted Sarah's head up, and kissed her under her chin, letting his tongue slip through his lips, and onto her skin. "Not being near you sucks." Sarah laughed at him, then gently pushed him back, and went to help set up the veggies and dip, and crackers and cheese.
She walked back out to the entrance hall, and led the guys down the hall to the rec room. The guys all dug into the food as Kevin stumbled into the room, and dropped an armful of CD's on the shelf next to the stereo. AJ raised an eyebrow at Kevin, "Bro, you planning to listen to all of those CD's?"
"Hey Bone." Kevin sniped back at him. "Why don't you be quiet and kiss your girlfriend?" Sarah rolled her eyes as AJ thought for a moment, then turned and planted a big kiss on Katie.
"Your turn Kev." AJ teased. Without hesitating, Kevin walked across the room to Sarah tipped her back in his arms, and kissed her. The guys all laughed, except for Nick, who was sitting in the corner and talking to Erin, totally engrossed. Sarah pushed herself up on her toes, and whispered in Kevin's ear.
"Nick likes Erin...ooh, yea!" She giggled. Kevin eyed her, chuckling out of the side of his mouth.?
"Act a little more immature Sarah. How old are you acting right now?"
"13." She whispered in his ear. "But if you're good, I might grow a little older so our relationship isn't illegal. And if I'm older...." She winked at Kevin, then walked away to put on a CD.
"Girl, why do you tease me?!" Kevin half-moaned, half-laughed, falling to his knees, reaching out his arms to her. "Because it's so fun to get to you." Sarah whispered to him as she walked back across the room, and leaned over until their faces were just inches apart. "I enjoy it." She hissed playfully as the song "Holding You" by Dru Hill came on. Then she kissed Kevin, not caring if anyone was looking, just wanting to slide her tongue in his mouth, and feel his. Kevin held Sarah's face to his as he got up onto his feet, and slowly caressed her back as he kissed her. Then he pulled her into a hug and whispered in her ear.
"Why do they have to be here?? I don't want them over anymore!"
"Shhhh." Sarah admonished him. "Be good, or no desert for you baby." She giggled as she walked over to the ice chest that Howie and Brian had lugged in. She heard Kevin yelp after her,
"Why are you so mean to me?!"
"Kevin!!" Sarah laughed, as she tossed him a beer, "What is up with you?"
"Just playing your game girl!" Then he frowned as she reached into the chest for a beer of her own. Kevin narrowed his eyes at her, and gave her a look as if to say "What do you think you're doing?"
"Come on Kevin, 1 beer, I'm not stupid or anything."
"Fine." Kevin consented, then sat down in a large chair, and pulled Sarah over so that she perched on the arm of it. The guys all sat and talked, and Sarah got to know what was going on with all of them. As the night went on though, the talking drifted off, and more and more of them began to just talk quietly with their girlfriends or boyfriends.
After a while Sarah didn't know exactly how much time had passed since all the guys had came over. All she knew was that AJ and Katie were in the back of the room...doing something, Nick and Erin were making out on the couch next to Sarah and Kevin, Howie and Sheila were in another corner, and Brian and Leighanne were nowhere in sight. Knowing Brian he'd taken Leighanne out of the room the minute anything started happening.
Sarah sat in Kevin's lap, her legs thrown over the arm of the chair, her ear against his chest, listening to his heartbeat. Every few minutes Kevin would lean over and kiss her forehead, and breathe in the smell of her hair, humming along to the song on the CD player, "Lately" by Tyrese. "I love this song." Sarah whispered, wrapping her arms around his neck, and pulling his head down to her.
"I love you." Kevin whispered back, kissing her gently, just barely brushing his lips against hers.
"I love you too."
"Sarah..." Kevin mumbled hoarsely, his lips against her cheek now, "You look so good. I just want to eat you up....." Sarah felt his hands move up her shirt, and trace patterns on her stomach. "But not when the guys are here....in fact I want them out of my house."
"Kevin, for the second time tonight, that is so mean, you can't do that." Sarah replied, rolling her eyes at him.
"Ok." Kevin said, biting his lip "But I got an idea, follow me." Kevin picked Sarah up, and carried her out of the room, setting her down outside, and closing the door behind them. "Brian!" Kevin yelled as he walked back towards the kitchen, "You in here?"
"Yeah man, what's up?" Brian yelled back from the music room.
"Listen." Kevin said quietly, under his breath "I don't want to sound rude, but it's late, and maybe you guys should head home...ya know."
"I understand." Brian nodded, rising to his feet, "I'll get the guys."
Sarah watched half awake as Brian hustled the group out the door, as they all yelled goodbye, and AJ threw them a glance which obviously said "I know what you wanna do with her Kev." Once they were gone, Sarah walked back down to the rec room, and cleaned up, with Kevin helping her silently. Once most of the mess was gone, Sarah walked to the stereo and turned on the BSB preview CD that Kevin had brought home. She turned on "Who Do You Love?" as Kevin moaned to himself.
"God, please not my music..." But his voice trailed down to nothing as Sarah walked across the room to him, and wrapped her arms around his neck, leaning her head against his chest, and began to slow dance with him. Kevin wrapped his arms around her waist just as the chorus came on, and grabbed the remote, switching the stereo to house-wide, and taking Sarah out to the huge foyer to dance. As he held her, and moved with her against him, he felt her tears dampen his black undershirt, and saw her back jump with a sob. "Sarah, what's wrong?" He asked, his voice soft with his care and tenderness for her.
"Nothing's wrong Kevin, I'm happy, so happy. I love you, and you love me, and everything is perfect, and I don't want anything to change....ever. I want to stay like this with you forever."
"We can do that." Kevin murmured in her ear as he lowered himself to his knees, bringing Sarah down to the floor with him. "We can love forever, I know we can." They both were kneeling on the carpet now, Sarah's head buried in Kevin's shoulder, her arms around his neck.
"How do you know Kevin?" She whispered.
"I know because I met you for a reason Sarah, and I know now what that is. You're the love of my life, more than anyone I've ever met. We're going to love forever because I'm never going to get tired of you, the way you look when you wake up in the morning, the way you have wild ideas, the way you play with me. And I'm not about to let you grow tired of me in any way." And Kevin sang softly into her ear "If I don't have you / to hold onto / I can't go on in this world alone / if I don't have you..."
"Kevin how come you're so perfect?" Sarah yawned in his arms. Kevin just laughed back at her, and carried her up the stairs, and into the bedroom, where they both collapsed on the bed, just able to wiggle out of their shoes and jeans, before falling asleep together.