She took one more look at herself in the mirror. "You can do this," she told herself. "It's really no big deal." She was trying her hardest to convince herself, but knew she wasn't fooling the guilt she felt deep down.

She opened the door to Nick's anxious smile once again. "Promise me you won't go back in there until it's absolutely necessary," he purred, embracing her in his arms. "I've waited...a whole year...just to own you...like this," he managed in between kisses.

The further she was pushed back on the bed, the more she lost all her thoughts.

"Mmmm," he sighed. "I can't wait to see what ya have to teach me," he smirked.

"What?" she said breathlessly.

"I have so many things to teach you." His tone was almost evil. "Can we role play?" he asked like a child.

"Role play?" She was becoming more confused by the minute.

"Yea, like where I'm big 'ole Tarzan and you can be the helpless Jane," he giggled. He noticed the questioning look on her face. "What, you never heard of that?" She sheepishly shook her head. "Man, looks like that's one for me to teach. Did those ogres keep ya in the missionary position?" He questioned while grinding his pelvis lightly against hers.

"Yeah, guess so," she breathed while feeling his soft lips on her neck.

"You guess so? Honey, you knew what it was that you were doin', didn't ya?" he smiled.

Cinder froze, knowing she was caught. How would she explain it? "I...I..." She was at a loss for words suddenly.

"Cinder, what's wrong? This is our wedding night. The night we've been waiting all this time for. The night, my dear, where we become one," he said sweetly.

'Yeah, and the night I tear us apart,' she thought. "Nick, I'm scared."

His face softened even more. "There's nothing to be scared of. I'd never hurt you, you know that. I'm aimin' to make you feel good," he smirked.

She did her best to push things into the back of her mind. Maybe she could actually get away with this. Maybe, just maybe, he wouldn't question. Just play along and things will seem normal. "Make me feel good, baby," she sighed with excitement.