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"I basically broke up with Test tonight..." Dawn Marie blurted, her eyes closed.  She hoped the tears would not come again as she made the revelation.  As she quickly reopened them, she noted the look of surprised registering on Sean's handsome face.

"What happened?  If you don't mind me asking..."

"I don't mind you asking," the brunette responded softly, and she became painfully aware of the fact that he was still holding firmly onto both of her hands as he continued to kneel before her.  If she really wanted to, she could just lean down and kiss him.  And oh, God... How tempting a thought that was at the moment...

"I...confronted him," she finally spoke.  "I threw a pair of underwear I'd found at him.  The bastard tried to convince me they were mine, but he must have had me mistaken for some brainless bimbo..."

O'Haire kept his gaze fixed on hers.

"I got so angry at him for that, for trying to patronize me - for everything..." Dawn Marie continued.  "Then, I just sort of snapped - I attacked him... I started hitting him, and I scratched his face..."

Sean arched an eyebrow at the last part of the diva's monologue.  One thing was certain - Dawn Marie was definitely on the fiesty side.

"And then, he grabbed me and...and...he just threw me on the ground!" she cried, her eyes beginning to fill up again despite herself.

"Did he hurt you?" the dark-haired man asked, his hands tightening their grip on hers ever so slightly as he began to get angry at the mental image of Test shoving this beautiful woman down carelessly.

"Not...not really," she replied.  "At least not physically..."

Despite Dawn Marie's response, Sean was angry nonetheless.  He couldn't help but imagine approaching Test sometime in the very near future and beating the holy hell out of him.

"Damn him to hell..." he muttered, and without really thinking about it, he released her hands and put his arms around the diva, drawing her against him in a tight hug.  However, he felt her arms go around him, returning the embrace with welcome.

Dawn Marie felt as though she were melting, O'Haire's strong arms feeling somehow so very natural as they were around her.  He was suddenly doing a very good job of making her forget her troubles.

After a moment or so, Sean stood up, gently pulling the brunette up with him, and he gazed down into her brown, sparkling eyes tenderly.  He'd always found her exceptionally beautiful and had always felt an attraction toward her, but after spending some real time with her, he suddenly realized it was more...

Dawn Marie's moist lips parted just a bit as she gazed into his intense eyes.

O'Haire didn't hesitate for a beat to dip his head down to hers, pressing his lips against the brunette's.  She parted her lips even more, returning his kiss eagerly, her breath coming warm and soft.  As the kiss continued and was drawn out, all Sean could think was how very good Dawn felt in his arms.

The diva let out a soft sight as her lips were still being dominated by Sean's, and she felt slightly light-headed and turned on.  Every nerve ending in her body was wide awake and alert, and she moaned a bit at the delicious rock-hardness of his body.  And oh, God... One part of him in particular felt harder than anything else...

Dawn Marie's breath caught in her throat as she pulled back slightly to gaze up into the man's eyes.

Sean raised both hands to the sides of her face, cupping it.

"You're very vulnerable right now, so maybe we shouldn't..."

Dawn Marie responded by reaching up for his head, tangling her fingers into his shaggy dark hair as she kissed him fervently.  She didn't hesitate to push her hot, moist tongue up against his.

O'Haire kissed her back passionately, and he slid his hands down the curves of her sides.  One moved back to gather one buttock, and he squeezed and kneaded it, pleased when Dawn Marie only seemed to melt further into his touch.

The next thing they knew, they had shed their clothing, and Dawn held her breath as they collapsed together on one of the beds.  Sean trailed kisses all over her, lingering the longest on her breasts until he went lower...

Dawn marie kept her eyes tightly shut as she soon after felt him enter her, and she gasped at the sensation.

"Dawn...Look at me..."

The brunette opened her eyes slowly upon the words, and she gazed up, mesmerized, into Sean's eyes as he began rhythmically pumping in and out of her body.  If anything, the eye contact made her reach that delicious brink faster.  In moments, she was crying out as she came.

O'Haire reached that peak as well immediately after, and he let her name slip through his lips as he emptied into her.

Afterward, they lay in one another's arms, silent except for their breathing.  As they held one another, each reflected on what had just happened between them...