This fan fiction was emailed to me by someone who had read my effort and felt that the *crucial* scene between Peter and Assumpta had to be included so they decided to write it themselves. This *missing scene* was written by Eleonora.

Assumpta froze on the landing as she heard the key turn in the lock downstairs. "Peter . . ." she thought, and her heart made a jump.
Then all was silent for a while, a very short while, but it felt like hours. When Peter finally spoke it was in a very soft voice, barely audiable: " I want you . . . I can't bear to wait any longer . . . ".
At the sound of Peter's voice Assumpta had turned around and she now stood looking down at him, but it was almost dark downstairs and she couldn't make out his face. She had noticed though, the slight tremble in his voice.
Suddenly frightened by the sheer happiness his words had inflicted in her Assumpta said in a rather brisk tone, "Well you've certainly been incredibly patient this far. More so than you could ask of any man. But then of course you weren't just any man, were you, you . . . " At this point she suddenly interrupted herself and said quitely, "I want you too . . . "
That was all he needed to hear, Peter took the stairs in two strides and joined Assumpta on the landing, seizing her in his arms. They stood thus for a long time, locked in a silent embrace, both a bit hesitant in taking the next step.
Peter was almost scared of moving, in case he would suddenly wake up and find that it had all been a dream, as so many times before.
But then the sensation of her body against his own, her arms about him, finally convinced him that he wasnīt dreaming any more. This was really happening, the woman he loved more than anything was about to become his.
When Assumpta had given Peter the keys to the pub it was as an act of confidence, to show that she trusted him completely. And also because she didnīt want to rush him in any way. He knew where she was and would come when it felt right, she was glad though he hadnīt left it any longer . . .
It was Assumpta that first made a move as she broke loose the embrace and took Peterīs hand to lead him through a door on the left. She opened it and Peter found himself standing in Assumptaīs bedroom for the first time.
"Well here it is" Assumptas said, sounding much more confident than she felt, "my private part of this public house, not many people have seen it"
"But Leo has" Peter thought, with a slight sting of jealousy. He soon brushed such thoughts away and simply said: "Itīs very nice"
Despite the situation he looked around curiously, eager to learn more about Assumpta, her likes and dislikes. He felt that there was so much he didn't know about her. Fascinating as he did find it Peter's survey of the room didn't last more than a few seconds - how could it when he was so accutely aware of Assumpta's presence, the nearness of her almost made him dizzy. She had come up behind him and started to stroke his neck gently, leaning her head against his back for a moment.
Peter felt Assumpta's hands reaching round him and starting to unbutton his shirt...then as she was slowly pulling it off, Peter turned round and looked at her, his eyes so full of love that Assumpta almost flinched, no man had ever looked at her like that before.
Assumpta touched his chest, enjoying the feel of his warm smooth skin. Moving closer she buried her face for a second before resting her cheek on his chest. In doing this she could hear his heart beating so fast it nearly frightened her. What if she couldn't live up to his expectations?
Peter now gently pushed her off, just far enough for him to be able to kiss her, and then he started to pull off her T-shirt. As she had already been in bed earlier this was all she had on at top. Swifly and silently Assumpta took of the rest of her clothes and slipped into bed, pulling up the sheets.Before long Peter followed her example and carefully lay himself down beside her.
Sensing that the initiative had to come from her right now, Assumpta moved closer to Peter and lay with one arm across him just enjoying the feeling of his warm body against her own.
Peter soon gained a little more confidence, and said, as he slowly pulled down the sheet a bit:
"Please let me look at you", and then all he could say was "God, you're so beautiful...!" He reached out and gently touched her breast. For a long time Assumpta lay almost still, letting Peter explore this hitherto undiscovered landscape - a woman's body. The feeling of his hand was almost electric and it sent waves of pleasure through her.
Peter wanted to get to know every inch of Assumpta, he couldn't believe that he had come this far in life without ever knowing about this ! Although extremly excited and impatient and wanting it all, now, at once, he could still enjoy this slow discovering, of Assumpta, but also of himself, of feelings he didn't know he had in him. This, he had been taught, and had also believed for a long time, to be a sin. How could it be ? How could something so beautiful be wrong ?
Peter raised his head to look at Assumpta, his eyes meeting hers. He still found it hard to speak, but no words were needed, his eyes said it all.
"I love you Peter", it was Assumpta that spoke first, "I love you so much that it hurts. Please say this is forever !" Even as she said it Assumpta smiled inwardly at herself, was this really her, 'the self-assured Assumpta' that was pleading to a man this way...? It was all very unlike her but she really felt like her life depended on this !
And Peter didn't let her down but gave her the answer she wanted in his simple but firm reply: "Yes this is forever. You can't get away from me now."
At this Assumpta took him by the shoulders to pull him down and kiss him, his response was immediate and the kiss got long and deep. Wanting to do a little exploring herself now Assumpa broke loose and sat up beside Peter. She started by tracing the lines in his face. First round his gorgeous green eyes, down his nose towards his soft lips and when she got there he kissed the palm of her hand. Assumpta then continued further down across his chest and his stomach until she suddenly came upon a very ticklish spot along his side, on both sides actually as she soon found out.
It was good to hear Peter laugh Assumpta thought and it also helped take some of the tension away.
This was not an easy situation to deal with, they were both acccutely aware of that - they both wanted so much that it could easily misfire. Though at least Assumpta knew, deep down, that it didn't matter what happened tonight, there would be no shortage of time in the future, time for them to be together, to learn and to explore.
In thinking this she moved her hand a bit further down. This was more than Peter could cope with, he reached out for her and they rolled over till he got on top, and then, with a bit of guidance, Peter finally . . .
"Oh God " he thought, "this is too much, I can't take this, I'm going to . . ."
"Iceberg", Assumpta suddenly said.
"What ??" Peter had no clue what she was on about and he found it very hard to think about anything else exept the most burning issue.
"You need to cool down a little. Think about something else, something cold, like an iceberg" Assumpta explained her remark.
It might be worth a try, Peter thought, anything to divert his mind, so he tried to focus really hard on a snowcovered iceberg, and actually managed to stear himself away from the edge a little.
"I think there's a polarbear on top of the iceberg" Assumpta said, "a baby polarbear, and he's all on his own , I wonder how he's feeling . . .?"
Peter soon caught on and said that the bear "certainly wasn't freezing anymore, he was warm now, as warm as he would ever be !!" And also totally unable to hold back anymore.
'The polarbear took a jump off the edge of the icy cliff but he didn't fall, instead he went flying, up and up' till Peter didn't think it was possible to get any higher and then . . .
"I'm sorry" Peter said in a low voice, not daring to look at Assumpta. "DON'T apologise !" her reply came fast , "you have absolutely nothing to be sorry for, you mustn't think that."
She gently stroked Peter's face and ran her fingers through his damp hair that had gone all curly at his forehead.
"I love you so much . . . !" Peter's voice wasn't quite steady and he felt tears rise in his eyes.
Assumpta saw this, held him close and whispered "I love you too , just as much !"

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