She whispered, “Me either. It’s too fast, too much … I only meant — ” She stopped and took a deep breath, trying anyhow to get her thoughts in order. “I’m not sorry. Okay? So don’t think — only that I didn’t expect you to respond?” Delicately she stroked his back. “I don’t — where do we go from here?”
Tenderly silencing her with a kiss, Isaac smiled and pressed their foreheads together, eyes locked with hers as he hovered above her. Hands remaining under her shirt and placed on her skin, he arched into her hand and hummed thoughtfully. “Just take it slower, maybe?”
She parted her mouth from his with reluctance, catching at the corner of it with tiny kisses. “Ye~es, but what is it we’re taking slower? I don’t — ” Her breath caught a little. Her hands went still, and she said, reluctantly, “I don’t do friends with benefits. I want … I want everything?”