“I want to thank you …,” she said softly.

           “For?”

           “Just how you handle me. I mean, I’ve been hurt before, and yet you are so gentle with me. I love how you’re patient and seem like the kind of guy who doesn’t rush into anything. Someone I really liked once literally stopped dating me last year because I wouldn’t perform certain, ahem, duties on him. You’re not like that at all.”

           “You’re right. I’m not. In fact, by morning tomorrow, you’re going to be able to say the exact same thing you just said about me just now again. Word for word.”

           “But, what if I wanted to, you know, what if I … you know, wanted to ravage your body and take advantage of you? How would you respond? Would you take advantage of me?”

           “I would receive, respect, and play with your advances in a way that would only want you to want me that much more,” he said with a smile. “I will say this, though, to the degree you want to do anything to me, with me, in the way that I think you’re thinking, ahem, I say, we’ll cross that bridge when we get there. Why rush it? Remember this: I will always be more interested in you wanting to let me know when you’re ready for me to do anything to you, I mean for you, together, but again only when you’re ready. I won’t rush anything. By taking our time, when that time does come, and you choose to open yourself up to me, which could be five minutes from now, haha - I’m kidding, that’s when I’ll get the best out of you and all of you. For that special moment in time, I’m quite capable of waiting. Besides, I don’t like to rush into things. I’d rather they come to us when we’re ready. Then, we swing into action and do what we do best.”

           “See? That’s what I mean. I love that about you. You make me want to jump you right now. It’s like, you want it, but you’re waiting for me to want it, too. That is so sexy, to be honest with you, and romantic at the same time.”

           “Well, when you do attack me, lovingly, I might put up a little resistance to hold you back some. Knowing that I am stronger than you, I would hold you back, just a little, making you want me even more, as you make some ground. I would only give you an inch before I give you a mile!”

           “How do you do that?”

           “Do what?”

           “Reverse how a man makes love to a woman.”

           “What do you mean?”

           “I mean, you’re so patient, waiting on me to climb all over you, and only give me a little bit of you to make me want you even more. I can see it might reach a point where I can’t stand it any longer and then I would want you to, ahem, you know, …”

           “What?”

           “... to rip my clothes off and climb all over me and, well, you can imagine where that might lead to.”

           “Well, it’s just something I’ve grown to like about my approach for our first time, you know, our physically romantic encounter together, if you know what I mean.”

           “Oh, I do, I do,” she says eagerly with a great big smile while she closed her eyes to imagine how that might be.

           Taking a break from chatting it up, and enjoying the romantic candle ambiance of the bedroom, she laid her head back down on his chest where she became enveloped in his arms and loving every warm moment of them lying next to each other under the covers of his super comfy bed.

           “Wow, this bed is really comfortable. Where’d you get it?”

           “Actually, you’d be surprised. It’s just your average, everyday home department store. I chose this particular brand and not some fancy-dancy bed with all the form-to-your-body features or special gadgets for three very specific reasons that cater mostly to my needs: relaxation, sleeping, and making love. I even remember buying a bed once at a mattress store where I had to educate the sales clerk why I wasn’t interested in the most advanced bed that conforms to your body.”

           “Wow, I gotta hear this story. Tell me.”

           “Well, I told him that kind of bed was terrible for having sex on. Right there in the store. I explained that there’s no spring, no bounce. You just sink into it like quicksand. That’s terrible for the guy who’s wanting to leverage a little bounce from the perfect mattress with his own gyrating actions and physical movements while on top of his gal. He can save bodily energy and avoid fatigue while making love to her for hours on end with the help of a really great mattress in that manner. I don’t know if you’ve ever made love on a water bed, but it’s the same thing. You sink and can’t get up and bounce up and down so easily. Maybe sometime I’ll share with you what the ‘bullet train’ technique is when making love to a woman.”

           “Bullet train? I’m curious, yes, do tell.”

           “So, that bed was a total ‘no go’ in my book. The clerk looked at me and said, ‘Uh, oookayyy, come this way, I think I have what you might be looking for.’ It was hilarious. I went with a friend and he was just laughing his butt off at how I schooled the mattress clerk with my unforeseen consumer buyer’s response and knowledge. I think he wanted me to work there with him and sell mattresses. It was funny.”

           “I bet. I just got a real education on how to buy the perfect mattress for having sex. Thank you. You need to do a public service announcement about this. The world needs to know. For the best sex, you need to buy x-mattress.”

           “I know, right? Sheesh!”

           He kissed her on the side of her lips just as she finished her statement. As they maneuvered around under the covers for a new and better snuggling position, she felt so good to be held in his arms in the way he held her. Legs entwined, bodies as close as they can be, and her feet touching his feet to keep warm. It couldn’t get much better for the two of them at this lil’ point in time.

           She moved her head up slightly again and kissed him on the lips. Not wanting to stop, they kissed for a few moments longer. She reached her hand over to his and clasped it. He knew the significance of holding her hand as often as he can, so to him, this was just something he loved to do. She sensed it and held on to it while she closed her eyes and kissed him again.

           Before getting into bed, he had put on a space-like, ambient soundtrack from the 1982 movie, Blade Runner, to play in the background all night to set the right mood for falling asleep or making out or making love to.

           Throughout the night, he was careful not to touch her in any of her sexually sensitive areas. They’d synchronize turning over and he’d keep his arms around her pulling her closer to him making her feel safe and secure all night long. There’s a sense of anxiety and vulnerability most women have when they first sleep with a man. That is, they’re testing you, secretly. How thirsty are you to touch their parts? How long can you go? Can you wait for her to make the first move? Will you be all over her like an octopus like so many (thirsty) men are?               

           These are the areas that most men wanna touch as soon as they lay this close to a woman. Well, not our Casanova. He’d rather win her trust before unleashing the tsunami of romantic love, erotic foreplay, and sensuous moves only he knows to bestow on her when the time is right. You see, he’s not so much interested in “getting his” share of the sexual experience. No. He’s more interested in her getting more than she’s ever experienced from a man before. This is only done by NOT doing those things that might push her away (in the night; or the next day), but by drawing her in, closer, with trust established over time.

           Patience, they say, is a virtue. Also, good things come to those who wait, right? He doesn’t buy into the, ‘if you snooze you lose,’ mentality either, or you ‘have to strike while the iron’s hot and she’s in your presence.’ Uh, no. He trusts this process because it is the perfect approach for him. Maybe some guys want to rush into things or go for what they can get or be all grabby-grabby. Again, not our Don Juan. He likes to take his time, take things slowly, and let her make all the moves when she’s ready no matter how long it takes.

           There’s no rushing what she might experience when SHE’S ready. He knows all too well. Besides, he obeys the Laws Of The Bedroom, which states, he must allow her body, mind and heart time to warm up to the idea of making love and be equally ready to enjoy the act of making love together in a style he will introduce to her. Through the years, this rule has never failed him (for her). A true win-win situation between two love beings when they’re ready to join one another, in the flesh and together as ONE!

           What’s more, throughout the night, they would each wake up to notice they were still snuggling tightly. This would move them to kiss each other more when their mouths were close enough to steal a kiss from one another in the night.

           “I am in heaven right now,” she said, thinking to herself. “I cannot get over how warm he is, how soft his touch is, how thoughtful his moves are, and how quiet a sleeper he is. He doesn’t snore. I can barely almost hear him breathe. I have to say, I have no complaints thus far. I love falling asleep with all these candles around us. He even got me a water to have by my side in case I got thirsty during the night. The single rose on the nightstand near me was