The Not Gate (Tom and Alice #1) by Tammy Bench Page A

a second you ever feel uncomfortable we stop, okay? We stop it all,’ he needed her to understand what they were doing wasn’t normal and she had a way out anytime she needed it.
    ‘It’s really weird to hear you swear all the time, you don’t expect it from a teacher,’ she laughed.
    Oh .
    ‘Sorry, I didn’t think. It’s an Irish thing I guess. I’ll try and kerb it.’
    Tom felt like a bit of a fool. He hadn’t even realised he was letting that happen, with all the heated conversation it must have been slipping out. His father swore like a trooper and it seemed he was starting to follow suit.
    ‘Don’t, I like it. The side of you that isn’t a teacher I mean. I like that you’re yourself. The way you talk, the words, it… it kind of excites me,’ she looked away slightly embarrassed.
    ‘You’re amazing,’ he grabbed her round the waist and pulled her close to him.
    ‘I know in a while you’re going to say, “you have to go back to your room soon, Alice”, she mimicked his accent to perfection then laughed.
    He laughed too.
    ‘So this is going to sound really adolescent… but… can you take this off?’ she said and lightly tugged at his top.
    Tom was shocked, ‘we don’t want to take this too fast, we’re on a school trip, someone could knock on this door at any time, baby.’
    He still didn’t know how to do this and with six other teachers only metres away from them he felt massively on edge.
    ‘I’m not asking for anything else, Tom. I just want to see you,’ her eyes pleaded.
    ‘Want to inspect the merchandise do you?’ he joked pulling the t-shirt over his head and tossing it on the bed behind them.
    He watched Alice back away from him slowly. The back of her knees found his bed, she sat abruptly, and she just looked at him. He had always been fairly confident about his body but no one had ever really studied him before as she seemed to be doing now.
    ‘Wow,’ she said after long moments.
    ‘Wow?’
    ‘You’re perfect. So, I don’t know… manly?’ she smiled but didn’t look away from his body. Her eyes moved slowly south to his jeans. He knew his erection would be very visible but he didn’t move to hide it, they both knew what was happening. The time for hiding things was done.
    ‘Manly… that’s lucky,’ he tried to lighten the atmosphere even though every muscle in his body was corded and ready pounce. Ready to push her back on the little single bed and give her a different type of education.
    ‘Can I touch you?’
    The uncertainty in her voice serving as a reminder of her inexperience.
    ‘Alice, I don’t know how much self-control you think I have?’
    He walked to her anyway. He wanted to do everything she asked, however hard it would test him. He needed her to feel that she was an equal in this thing that was developing between them.
    ‘What do you mean?’ she said smiling seductively. She knew what he meant. She just wanted him to say it.
    Okay, two could play at that game. He stopped in front of her, his knees touching hers and looked down at her. Alice’s face was alive with passion and in the lamp light she looked more angelic than ever.
    God help him.
    ‘Well if you touch me I might not be able to control my reaction. I might turn alpha male on you, push you back on this pillow,’ he cast a look behind him at the pillows and her eyes followed his, captivated, ‘I might climb on the bed with you,’ he was wondering how far he could take this, but the look on her face told him she was enjoying hearing the words, so he continued, ‘…on top of you and push your knees open,’ he nudged his knees against hers and she shuddered. This was by far the most erotic experience of his life and all he was doing was talking. He couldn’t get over the way he felt when he was with her, ‘…cover your small body with mine…’
    Alice lifted her right hand to his chest and moved it slowly down over his belly, his muscles flexed under her touch.
    ‘My fingers