Honeymoon
A/N
So this is a sequel to "Reunited", it picks up a few weeks afterwards. Multi chapter :-)
Cheeky, hopefully funny, probably soppy, and most definitely a T!
Reviews welcome,
Laura xxx
"I'm so exhausted." Zoe sighed.
She and Max were cuddled up on the chair in his cupboard. Zoe had come up half an hour ago, she felt like going to sleep.
"Well, why don't we take some time off then?" The porter asked.
"Oh, I'm not sure... They need me here, I just need a day off and I'll be fine." Zoe insisted.
"Zoe, you really do need a rest." Max said.
His wife sighed again. "I guess it's the last couple of months catching up with me." She closed her eyes.
Max rubbed her back gently and pressed a kiss on her forehead. "Probably. I think that we should have 2 weeks off, we didn't have a honeymoon after all." He suggested.
"That would be nice." Responded the consultant, warming to the idea . Work had been manic recently, the couple hadn't had any time to just enjoy each other and to be in solely each other's company.
"We're taking two weeks' leave, effective immediately." Zoe decided, detaching herself from him and standing up.
"What about Connie?*
"She's been saying how stressed I've been, she's actually encouraged me to take some time off." Zoe said. "Come on!"
A while later...
"So two weeks?" Asked Connie.
"Yes, effective immediately." Responded Zoe.
"Well, I have been saying that you need a break..."
"Yes, Max and I are also counting it as our honeymoon, even though we're not actually jetting off anywhere."
"I'm going to grant you both leave." Connie said with a smile. "You both deserve it, especially after what you've gone through. Although I'm not best pleased with your husband for leaving early, I'll let him off, I'm sure that he's planning something special for you." She said with a knowing smile.
Zoe blushed. "I had no idea- you didn't ruin the surprise, though." She answered, standing up. "Thank you, Connie."
Zoe's phone buzzed as a text came through. It was from Max. "Hey Spiderman, as much as I'd love to be at work with you, I'm preparing everything for tonight- and a little surprise for you tomorrow. I love you, so much, and I'll see you soon. Love, your husband. Xxx."
The consultant smiled down at the screen like a teenager. "I'm looking forward to it ;) see you later, it can't come quickly enough! Love you too, a lot. Z xxxx"
"Zoe?" Rita tried to catch her attention.
"Yes, I'm here. What have we got?"
A few hours later...
Zoe's shift had ended, and she couldn't wait to get home.
"D'you fancy a drink?" asked Rita.
"No, not tonight. In two weeks, though. I'm taking some time off to be with Max, we've got two weeks off." The consultant grinned.
"Ooh, lucky you! Enjoy." Said the nurse.
"Thank you." Responded her friend.
Zoe drove home as fast as she dared, and drew up at the block of flats.
The female got out, holding her handbag. With her other hand, she locked the car up and dropped her keys into her bag.
The journey upstairs was quick, thankfully.
Zoe knocked on the front door, something told her not to let herself in.
"Hello, beautiful." Said her husband as he opened the door.
"Max" she said simply, stepping inside. "I've missed you."
"My sentiments exactly." He responded, taking her coat from her and hanging it up. He cupped her face in his hands and kissed her, his kisses were laden with love and promises of things to come.
Zoe wrapped her hands loosely around his neck and kissed him wholeheartedly back, little moans escaping from her mouth whenever they paused briefly for air.
Max led her towards their bedroom. Zoe noticed flower petals scattered on the floor. "Just like the..."
"Hotel room at the Maldives would have been, yes." Max smiled as they entered the bedroom, petals were scattered all over the floor and all around them were battery operated tea lights.
"Wow." Was all Zoe could say.
She began to moan as Max's fingers reached between her legs, under her dress and under her knickers as he began to touch her. "Excuse me, I thought that there wasn't meant to be any teasing?!" she managed to stutter out, all in one go.
Max picked his wife up and laid her down on the bed. "There won't be, now... " he replied, raining kisses all over her body. "Although, at the moment, I think that we're both wearing too many clothes..."
Zoe awoke, some time later, slightly disgruntled as she discovered that there was no Max next to her. Instead though, there was a note.
"Don't panic, Zoe. I'm in the living room."
Zoe smiled, grabbed her dressing gown, wrapped it around herself and made her way into the living room.
Max was sitting on the sofa, also wearing his dressing gown. "Hey" he smiled, getting up and placing a kiss on his wife's lips.
"Hello." She said, cuddling into him.
"I'm making dinner." He said.
Zoe smiled as the smell of spaghetti bolognaise, one of her favourite meals, caught her nostrils. "Oh Max, you didn't?"
He kissed her, the gentle smile on his face full of love. "Of course I did. I intend to spoil you absolutely rotten during the next two weeks, this is our honeymoon, after all."