She hung up the phone and went to change into her pj’s. That’s when she realized there was a problem. She couldn’t get out of the dress on her own. She needed help to unzip the back of it. She tried to call Donnie, but got voicemail. Maybe he had turned it off to try to sleep. She grabbed her pj’s, room key, and phone and threw them in a bag and headed upstairs to his room. She knocked. There was no answer. She wasn’t sure what she should do. It was then that Officer came down the hall.
“Where did you get that gorgeous dress?”
“Donnie got it for me as a gift today. But I’m having a little problem with it.” Officer looked at her closely.
“You can’t get out of it by yourself so you came up here to ask D to help?”
“Exactly. But he didn’t answer his phone and he’s not coming to the door. Can you help me with the dress?”
“Of course I can. But first let’s just see where Mr. D is. I have keys to all the boy’s rooms so I can drop off wardrobe. Once the door was open, it was apparent that Donnie was in the shower. Officer told her to just have a seat and wait. He slipped back thru the door and was gone. She could hear the water running and the sound relaxed her. She popped out her earbuds and started listening to some music on her phone while waiting for Donnie to get out of the shower. Since she was listening to music, she didn’t hear him turn off the shower. Nor did she hear him open the bathroom door. Her heart nearly stopped when he walked out of that bathroom naked except for a towel over his left shoulder. He was so stunningly beautiful to her that she did stop breathing. And because of where she was sitting in the room, he didn’t see her right away. It wasn’t until she said “Oh my God,” out loud that he turned and saw her. He reflexively pulled the towel down and wrapped it around his waist. She could see his lips moving as he walked towards her, but she couldn’t hear what he was saying.
He leaned down in front of her and pulled her ear buds out. “Now, can you hear me?” She nodded. “What are you doing here? I thought you were gone to bed?”
She cleared her throat. “I was going to go to bed. But I couldn’t get out of my dress without help. I called you, but you didn’t answer…and it looks like our shower incident has been reversed. I knocked on the door and you were in the shower. Officer came by and let me in here. I think he thought you’d rather help me out of my dress than let him, even if he is gay.”
“I’m so giving him a raise.”
“Donnie, you are so beautiful. I mean, just…wow.”
He blushed. “Thank you.”
“So can you help me with this dress? I brought my pjs so I can change and then go back to my room.”
“I’m all about getting you out of this dress.” He winked at her.
“Donnie, behave!”
“Me??? You were the one damn near licking your lips when you saw me naked. You behave.”
“I was not licking my lips! Was I?” He just smiled. “I should just give in to you now and save both of us a lot of frustration.”

“Yep, it’s because I’m irresistible.”
“And sex-rated.”
“And sex-rated.” He pulled her out of the chair and turned her around so he could get to the zipper on the dress. She could see their reflection in the mirror over the desk. He was wearing that towel and it wasn’t hiding the way he was feeling. He ran his hands over her shoulders and then slowly unzipped her dress. He quickly reached and unfastened her strapless bra as well. “Just trying to help,” he explained when she met his eyes in the mirror. It was a good thing she was holding the dress in place against her chest.

She never broke the eye contact as she reached and pulled her hair out of the way and said “If you want to help, don’t forget this necklace.”
He reached and easily unclasped the necklace and sat it on the desk in front of her, all the while keeping one hand on her neck. She hadn’t yet found the presence of mind to let her hair fall back in place and he took advantage of that weak moment to stand behind her and kiss her neck again. If her response earlier was any indication, she definitely liked it. “Stay with me tonight. We won’t have sex, I promise. But stay with me and let me love you tonight. Let me prove to you that you can trust me.“
She almost dropped her dress. “I think I should go put on my pajamas.”
“Ok, but will you stay with me?” He turned her around to face him. “Marina, I have enough self control to handle this. I don’t want you to go back downstairs.”
It was like the man was reading her thoughts. He said and did exactly all the right things. There was no way she could tell him no. “I don’t want to go back downstairs.” And then she quickly ducked into the bathroom and closed the door. Donnie smiled. He hadn’t lied. He had no intention of having sex with her…but he intended to explore every inch of her body and make her want him as much as he wanted her. He went and folded down the sheets on the bed and was just about to lose the towel and get in it when he heard her say “Crap” from the bathroom. “Crap,” was quickly followed by “Um, Donnie? I left my pajamas out there on the desk. Can you hand them in to me?” He saw the bathroom door crack.
“Sure I can. But you really don’t need them. I won’t be wearing anything myself.” He quickly grabbed her pajamas and walked to the bathroom door. Just when he was about to just hold his arm inside the cracked door, he had a better idea. He opened the door and joined her in the bathroom. She was only wearing a pair of burgundy panties, not that he looked. He made a point to only look at her eyes. She was trying to cover herself with her arms. He dropped the pajamas and put his hands on her face. “You are so beautiful.” He kissed her. “I promise you won’t regret tonight.” With that, he kissed her again, but he didn’t stop this time. Soon she had her arms around his neck and her breasts crushed against his chest. She never wanted him to stop. When he finally did stop and moved back from her a bit, she didn’t cover herself back up. This time he looked. He would never forget what she looked like. Never. He left the bathroom and let her decide to dress or not dress and join him. He waited in the bed, naked, but under the cover.
Marina was trying to get a grip on herself. There was no way she was going out there naked. No way. She put on her pajamas and looked in the mirror. She ran her fingers through her hair and had a harsh realization. Donnie would keep his word. She had no doubt. She would be the one that initiated sex and she wouldn’t give him any way out of it. She had to decide right now what to do. She knew that if she walked out of here and got in the bed with him, she’d have sex with him…and it would be amazing. But deep down, she knew she wasn’t ready. Yes, she wanted to, but there were still so many things missing.

She picked up her dress and her bra. She walked out of the bathroom and saw Donnie laying there in the bed waiting for her. She was nearly overwhelmed with desire. There was no doubt that he would be an amazing lover. She took a deep breath. “I’m sorry Donnie. I can’t stay with you.” She grabbed her purse and ran out of his room before he could even respond to her.
He knew her well enough to know not to follow her. If she didn’t trust him, she just didn’t. It would take more time. He sent her a text. ‘I hope it’s not too much longer before you can trust me with you.’
Marina was back in her room sitting on the bed when she got his text.
She hadn’t meant to make him feel like she didn’t trust him. ‘I do trust you with me. But I know exactly how much I want you tonight and I don’t trust me to not persuade you to help me out.’
Donnie hadn’t really expected a reply from her, but this was not what he expected at all. ‘If I promised that I wouldn’t do it, I won’t. I’d be more than happy to help you relieve some of those frustrations though. Come back?’
‘Maybe persuade was not the right word? I know me, Donnie. I will wait till you are asleep and you will wake up to me on top of you with you already inside me. Do you understand that I do want you to make love to me? And I never want you to stop.’
A few minutes later, her phone rang. He was apparently tired of texting. “Tired of texting?” she said when she answered the call.
“I’d rather hear your voice if you’re gonna talk dirty like that.” She blushed. “I get why you aren’t going to come back here tonight. I’d rather spend the rest of the night kissing you, all of you, and doing everything I could to help you relax and fall into an exhausted sleep so you couldn’t take advantage of me in my weak state of slumber.. But I can wait. You’re more than worth waiting for Marina.
“Donnie. You’re not helping me out here.”
“You really want me to help you?” His voice had dropped an octave. His words sounded like a caress.
“What happens if I say yes?”

“You stay where you are and I stay where I am, but we do what the other one tells us to do.”
“Are you saying what I think you’re saying?”
He laughed. “I’m saying phone sex is better than laying here frustrated all night.”
She didn’t say anything for a minute and he was almost worried that he might have gone too far. Phone sex wasn’t for everyone. “Are you still naked?” she softly said finally. He grinned.
“Yes, I am. How long will it take you to be?” Donnie would never forget that phone call, that night, or the way Marina sounded when she screamed his name.