Chapter Ten As they entered the hotel room, both riders suddenly felt shy. After what had happened earlier in the day, neither one was certain about what the night would bring. Finally, Buck spoke, "We can just sleep if you want."

Lou smiled at him. "I want to be with you again," she said. "I know we'll probably never have another time like earlier, but still..." She let the sentence drop and simply smiled at him.

Buck nodded his understanding. "I'm glad," he said, as he moved to remove her necklace.

As he stood behind her to untie the ribbon, he gently ran his fingers through her hair. He then moved his hands so that he was holding her close to him. He breathed deeply of her scent before beginning to undo the hidden buttons on her dress.

Lou stood perfectly still, enjoying the sensation of his touch. When all the buttons were undone, she stepped carefully out of her dress and turned to face Buck. "My turn," she whispered, as she started to undo his shirt. As she worked the buttons, she gently pushed him until he was standing with the back of his legs pressed against the bed.

As Lou pulled off his shirt; she pushed gently so that Buck fell back onto the bed. "I want to try something," she said, leaning over him and gently brushing her lips against his.

"Anything," Buck responded; his breath catching in his throat as her fingers trailed lightly down his chest to the top of his pants.

Lou smiled. "You just lay there," she said. "I want to repay you for all the attention you gave me earlier."

She quickly undid the ties that held up his pants, and then reached her hands under his back to raise his hips and pull both his pants and long johns down until the were around his knees. She quickly straddled him, pleased to see that he was already responding to her ministrations.

Buck reached up and placed his hands on her shoulders. As he started to remove her camisole, Lou took his hands in hers and pulled them to her lips. She kissed them and then pushed them back to the bed over his head. She shook her head, smiling wickedly. "No touching," she said, as she pulled her camisole over her head.

Buck watched in amazement as she then touched her own breasts until they were taunt and her nipples were hard. "You like that?" she asked.

All he could do was nod; it was impossible to speak - almost to breathe.

When she bent forward and captured his mouth with her own, Lou made sure she rubbed herself gently against Buck's now enlarged member. When Buck moaned, she began to trail kisses down his chest until she came to his waist. Here she moved herself so she was no longer on top of him, but kneeling on the floor.

As she touched him, he quivered. Lou smiled. She'd never felt so alive, and so in control of a situation. She looked up and saw that Buck was gripping the bed covers next to him and had his eyes closed. His breaths were coming in short, quick gasps. She smiled to herself as she took him into her mouth.

Buck let out a gasp of surprise, and then groaned, as he felt her lips close around him. He was shocked. He didn't have much more experience than Lou, and the girls he had been with had never taken much time to focus on his needs. Part of him wanted to give in and enjoy it, but, it felt almost too good.

As she took him into her mouth, Lou could feel Buck tense beneath her. She'd never done this before, so she wasn't exactly sure how to proceed or what Buck's reaction would be. She brought her lips up to the tip of his member, and then moved up to look at him. He almost looked like he was in pain.

Buck was looking back at her.

"Are you alright?" she asked softly.

Buck swallowed, and tried to focus his mind on another part of his body. "You don't have to do that," he said in a hoarse whisper.

"Don't you like it? Kid was always trying to get me to...." Lou stopped herself. She hadn't meant to bring up Kid - especially not now.

Buck watched her, trying to read her face in the dim lantern light. He didn't want to admit that he'd thought about the things that she and Kid might have done together, but he had. Did she mean that she'd never done this before?

Almost as if she were reading his mind, Lou spoke, "I never wanted to. It didn't seem right."

"Louise..."

"But it does with you. You make me feel so much, it's like I can't hold it inside." She leaned down and kissed him tenderly on the lips, then smiled wickedly.

"If you don't like it I'll stop," she said, repeating his earlier words to her.

Then, she kissed his neck, and his chest, stopping to take a nipple into her mouth. By the time she got to his lower stomach, Buck was fighting to keep his breathing under control.

Holding him in her hand, Lou ran her tongue slowly along the underneath side of him, from the base of his member all the way to the tip. She felt him surge against her palm, and she smiled. She did it again, barely letting her tongue touch him. This time, when she got to the tip, she took him into her mouth again.

Buck's hips jerked, and he fought to stay still. He had thought nothing would feel as good as being inside her. But the intensity of having her warm tongue against him and then feeling her mouth close around him...it felt like warm, wet velvet. It was almost too much to bear.

He felt her mouth moving over him and the caress of her tongue, and he thought he was going to cum right then. He didn't want to, but if she didn't stop...

Lou could tell by his breathing that Buck was close. She took her mouth from him and he groaned, his hands gripping the sheets tightly. Looking down, she saw a drop of cum on the tip of his member. Before she could give it another thought, she bent down and flicked her tongue over him. He tasted musky.

When she felt him relax slightly, Lou moved up onto the bed and taking hold of both of his wrists, she moved his arms back up over his head and straddled him again. As she did so, she rubbed her body against his, catching her breath at the sensation.

Buck opened his eyes to see Lou above him. She still gripped his wrists gently.

"Tell me about your dreams," she said.

Buck stared at her. He saw his own desire reflected in her eyes.

"Did you dream of touching me?"

"Yes," Buck whispered.

"Would you like to touch me now?"

He nodded, and Lou moved so that her breasts were just out of reach of his mouth.

"Please..." he breathed. Lou felt a thrill as she moved again and Buck's mouth came in contact with her skin.

Buck felt like every nerve ending in his body was on fire. Lou had taken him to the brink of release, then backed off. Now, to have her so close, yet not be able to touch her was torture.

Just when he thought he could take no more, she relented, and sighed with pleasure as he took her nipple into his mouth. He suckled her, and thrust against the smooth skin of her thigh. Then she moved again, and at his cry of disappointment, moved down his body, trailing kisses as she went.

Never in his life had he allowed himself to be this vulnerable to another human being. She could stop anytime she wished, and leave him with nothing. He had learned not to count on anyone for much, and certainly not to think that a white woman would ever do more than tease him.

Being with Lou was like having everything, his feelings and his needs, taken from him, and yet having them fulfilled at the same time. It was intoxicating.

Lou kissed his stomach now, and felt his muscles flutter beneath her touch. She brought her mouth just to the base of his manhood, then kissed his inner thighs. She did everything but touch him where he ached to be touched.

She watched him, his eyes closed and his body taut and moved up to straddle him. She laced her fingers in his, and brought his hands from his sides, up over his head for the third time.

Lou looked at him and Buck opened his eyes. She could see the beads of sweat across the bridge of his nose.

"Did you make love to me in your dreams Buck?"

When she said his name, Buck felt it in his stomach. Lou felt him surge against her and she lowered her mouth almost to his.

"Did you?"

Buck felt like he was drowning. He didn't think he could speak, but he answered. "Yes..."

"I'm going to make love to you now. I want to feel it when you..."

Buck lifted his head and captured her lips with his. It was kiss full of need, and passion. Their tongues touched and Lou took her hands from his, to touch his face.

She knew that Buck had felt the pain of loss and abandonment, just as she had. She wanted him to know that there was someone who wanted him, and loved him, for everything that he was.

Finally, Lou broke the kiss, and smiled to herself when she saw that Buck still had his hands above his head. His eyes were closed, and he sighed as he felt her fingers trace a path over his chest, down to his waist and then his hips. Lou touched her tongue to him and he twitched. She did it again, licking him with a gentle pressure, along the sensitive underneath side of his member.

Then, she took him in her hand, and let her lips slide up and down that same path. Buck was moaning now, his hips moving restlessly beneath her. Lou took him in her mouth, and closed her lips around him. She kept still for just a moment, then she began to move, slowly up and down his shaft. He felt incredibly hard, yet very soft at the same time. She'd never felt anything like it.

She sucked harder and Buck groaned. It was a guttural sound that made Lou wonder if she was hurting him. She moved her mouth all the way to the tip of his shaft, circling it with her tongue, and then took all of him inside her mouth again.

Every muscle in his body was tense. The warm magic of Lou's mouth was unbelievable. She moved over him, circling him with her tongue and then she took all of him in. His orgasm came on in a rush, and he cried out, his whole body spasming with complete release. It seemed to go on and on. It left him breathless.

All in the same moment, Lou realized that Buck was suddenly silent; his body completely still. Then with a loud cry, he came.

Somehow, she managed to stay with him, and keep herself still until his body had calmed. Then she sat up, and tried to catch her own breath, as she listened to Buck's still ragged breathing.

Now that it was over, Lou was surprised at herself. She'd always thought that it would be horrible, but it wasn't. Instead of being frightening, it made her feel like she was in control. And seeing Buck experience so much pleasure was wonderful in itself.

She decided this was definitely something she would need to ask Emma about.

After a few more minutes, Lou realized that Buck's breathing had returned to normal. She smiled up at him as she removed his boots.

"I've never..." he started to say, but she stopped him by kissing him.

"Don't say anything," she said, as she adjusted her camisole so that it once more covered her. She then helped Buck get his clothing arranged so that he could be comfortable while they slept. She then crawled up next to him in the bed. "Just hold me."

Buck wrapped his arms around her and held her close. She lay with her head resting on his chest, listening to his heartbeat as it returned to normal. She smiled as she realized that she was the reason it had been racing. "I love you," she whispered as they both drifted off to sleep.