Morning Ritual
The morning started out like any other. Sure they had been spending a lot of time together and for Calleigh Duquesne there was no better feeling in the morning than waking up in Eric Delko's arms. They had been dating for about a couple of months and Eric had just recently begun staying over. Truth be told, she actually preferred him staying at her house instead of at some motel.
She unraveled herself from Eric's arms at 6 a.m. to begin her daily ritual. Since the stay at the hospital Alexx told her to take it easy on the jogging so she opted for the treadmill instead. A half hour later Eric heard the shower running which meant it was time for him to wake up.
He slid out of the now cold bed that they shared into the kitchen to prepare coffee for them. It was his special Cubano blend and he knew that Calleigh would be lost without it.
He walked into the bathroom with two cups of coffee as Calleigh had wrapped herself in her robe.
"Good morning," she said to him as she kissed him ever so lightly on the lips.
"Mmmm….it is now." He said as he slid the robe off her shoulder to kiss her skin.
"Eric….if you don't stop that, we are going to be late to work, again." She laughed.
Not that she was complaining about Eric soft kisses caressing her shoulder but she was more than sure that people were starting to talk about them since they had been 10 minutes late almost every day for the past two weeks.
"Do you really want me to stop?" He asked in a seductive whisper.
"Yes, she sighed. "Now get in the shower and get ready before you make us late." She told him.
Eric pouted. "Fine."
Ten minutes later Eric emerged from the shower. He wrapped a towel around his waist. Calleigh was still in her robe fixing her hair in the mirror. He walked past her ever so lightly brushing up against her. She stopped him before he made his way out of the bathroom and placed a kiss on his lips.
She smiled at him. "I love the way you look when you get out of the shower."
Eric couldn't help himself as he picked her up and started to make his way to her bedroom. Calleigh laughed as Eric took off her robe and began to kiss her all over her body. The stubble from his unshaven face tickling every inch of her body.
She looked over at the clock and realized that being 5 minutes late wouldn't hurt them.
As her and Eric tangled their bodies together, she thought to herself that this was one morning ritual she could get used to.