Now it was his turn to gasp aloud and blurt out a couplet of breathless gibberish. Pressed together skin to skin from collarbones to ankles, each movement of Sarah's arching, twisting body was a caress. Both of them had grown dewy with sweat, and the light film of their commingled perspiration intensified every sensation.<br/><br/>How was this even possible? If there were a more awkward way they could have made each others' acquaintance, Cooper sure hell couldn't imagine it. Yet here they were now, touching each other in a way that went far beyond what he had experienced with a lot - damn, maybe most - of the girls he had slept with before. It was as if their mutual embarassment had opened them up in a way a more confident meeting wouldn't have been able to.<br/><br/>Whatever the reason, he was grateful, and determined to show her just how much so. Little by little he drew his knees up until his feet were flat on the mattress. The extra leverage let him redouble his efforts and, hands gripping her shoulders to keep her pinned against him, he thrust up into her with even greater power.