Author's note: This is the first in (I think) a short multi-chapter fic surrounding Jill and Eddie. It is set about 10 years after my Forever With You (Sydrian fic). The title comes from the Adele song I'll be Waiting. Please feel free to review and let me know what you think.

Happy reading!

Build Your World Around Me

A Jill/Eddie Fanfiction

By Danielle Cheri

Chapter One

Her heart pounded in her chest as she ran. She looked over her shoulder. He was gaining on her. She smiled and ducked around the corner. She was in the bedroom. She turned and her smile grew seductive.

"Winded yet?" Jill asked, slinking onto the bed.

Eddie shook his head. "No. Part of being who I am." He leaned over her and kissed her softly. "Why are you still dressed?" He slid his hands under her shirt.

She sat up as he tugged on it and pulled it over her head. He wadded it up and threw it across the room. She giggled and caught his mouth as his hands moved behind her back to unhook her bra.

And then she froze.

He lifted his head away and watched her. "What?"

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. A smile spread across her face and her eyes opened. "Sorry. New baby. He wanted to show me."

"Oh." He sat down on the edge of the bed. "How many is that now?"

"It's just the second. It's not like they're Lissa and Christian. A new baby almost every couple years." She wrapped her arm around his waist. "Sorry I ruined the mood."

"You didn't." He pressed his eyes into her neck. "I'm sorry, Jill." He rubbed his face and stood and headed for the dresser. "I had a long day. I'm tired."

"Don't do that." She begged softly as he rummaged in his drawer.

"Do what?"

"Do we need to have the baby talk again?"

"We've talked it to the ground."

"Then I think we both know where we stand. I'm ready, you're not."

He sighed. "I am. But I hate that look your sister gives me. Like I'm not good enough because I can't help the quorum."

"Well, what do you expect me to do? Your genetic makeup isn't going to change."

"No, it's not."

"So why do you care. I want a family. You want a family. So let's just start one."

"We're too far from Adrian for you to travel. And with the new baby—"

"Stop making excuses." Tears sprung to her eyes. "I don't want a fight. But it always comes down to one. You don't feel good enough. But you are. I could care less about the quorum right now. We've been together long enough. I've waited long enough, we both have." Her voice finally broke. "We don't need one right at this minute—"

"Hey." He kneeled in front of her and took her hands in his own. "Look, I know. But I don't want you to have another fight with your sister."

"She just wants me to be happy, Eddie. She doesn't care." She put her hands on the side of his face. "I love you. She knows a thing or two about being in love with someone."

He stood and pulled his shirt off and gave her a smirk. "Care to join me in the shower?"

Jill laughed and followed him, kicking off the rest of her clothes as she made her way through their apartment. Eddie chuckled and removed the last of his clothes as she turned on the water and stepped under the spray. She ran her hands over her body as she water ran over her.

"Are you coming or not?" she asked, pushing wet hair out of her eyes.

"Well, not just yet." He teased, stepping into the large enclosure with her, pulling the glass door closed behind him.

He pressed her against the wall and kissed her hard. She ran her hands over his body. He grabbed her wrists and held her arms firmly at her sides as he continued to kiss her. She rubbed her breasts against his chest, forcing him to break his brief hold on her.

She wrapped her hand around his hard length and stroked him slowly. She pushed him down on the seat in the corner, the water still splashing down on them. He had originally thought it odd for two capable adults to have a seat in their shower until Jill explained its practical use for them.

She straddled him. She sat back on his knees and pressed her mouth to his again and again. He rubbed his nose against hers. He held her face close to his and gave her a lingering kiss.

"God, you're beautiful." He mumbled against her lips. He ran his hands down her back and cupped her bottom, pulling her hips closer. He lifted her and, with her help, guided himself inside her.

They sat still for a long time, their lips locked. Their tongues slid together. A moan escaped Eddie's throat and he bucked underneath her.

She lifted her head away. "Talk to me."

"Move." He moaned. "Let's move."

She smiled and closed her mouth around his once more. She raised herself up to the tip of him and then lowered herself down slowly. She repeated the process, setting up a delicious rhythm that he followed.

After several long minutes in this fashion, Eddie wrapped his hands around Jill's hips and held her firmly as he increased his speed. She raised her head and watched his face. He smiled and stood. He pressed her against the wall once more, holding her around the waist with one arm and gripping the nearby towel bar. He drove into her, panting and grunting like an animal.

She said his name over and over like a prayer. She tightened her grip on his hair and threw her head back, a long scream escaping her in the moment of her release.

He very quickly followed with a strangled, incoherent cry of his own. He remained pressed against her as they worked together to regain their breathing. He looked up at her and she stroked his cheeks with her fingertips. They shared a kiss before he slowly let her down. He picked up the soap and started to lather up.

"Turn around." She said as she squirted shampoo into her hand.

He smiled and did as she asked. She massaged the soap into his hair.

"So what did you do today?" She asked casually, all the passion gone by way of domestication.

He stepped more properly under the spray. "I had the class to myself. Isn't that nice? Rose had to go deal with one of the kids. Lissa and Christian both being out of town for their diplomatic tour, she and Dimitri are pretty much mom and dad this week." He rinsed the last of the shampoo out of his hair and watched Jill bend over with a soapy loofa in her hand. "Your legs go on forever."

She laughed. "Andrea isn't behaving again, is she?"

"No, it was Chris this time. He brought a lighter into class and was pretending to be his father. When the teacher tried to take it away, he said he was a prince and didn't have to do what she said. Needless to say, he's not in good shape after Dimitri's punishment."

"What did he have to do? Run laps?"

"Sit in his room after Dimitri and Rose took all of his things out of it."

She laughed again. "That poor boy."

"Yeah, right." He stepped out of the shower and picked up a towel. "They grounded him, Rose said. But he insisted on calling his dad. He was furious when Christian backed them up."

"Can we have them over? The kids? I want to spend some time with them." She turned off the water and stepped out.

"I think that would be great. Sleepover. Pizza, junk food, stay up all day?" He wrapped a towel around her shoulders. He kissed the tip of her nose. "I like the sound of that."

"I'll call Lissa later."

A phone rang in the other room and Eddie wrapped the towel around his waist as he walked out to check it. "It's yours. Adrian."

"Answer it." She called. "I'll be right there."

He slid his finger across the screen and answered the call. "Hello, Proud Papa."

Adrian chuckled on the other end. "So she saw?"

"Yes, she did. Very inconvenient timing, I might add. How are mother and baby?"

"Doing very well. A girl. We're still debating the name, but she has me mostly convinced of one."

"And are you going to tell me?"

"Not yet. I want to mull it around a little more."

Jill walked into the room, barely wearing a towel. He swallowed hard. "Here's Jill. But don't take forever. She's my wife."

"Yeah, yeah." Adrian laughed. "Talk to you later."

He handed over the phone and started dressing. He watched as Jill reclined on the bed.

"Is she pretty?" She asked, a huge smile on her face. "It's a little biased through your eyes, you know." She laughed. "Well, we'll try to come see you. I need to anyway. You gave a lot to her."

Eddie got into the bed with her and slid his hand up her leg. He pressed his mouth to her neck. "You can talk to him more later." He mumbled as he kissed his way up to her ear. He took her earlobe in his mouth a moment. "Say goodbye."

"I'll talk to you later, Adrian. You need to get back to your family anyway." She finished the conversation and then put the phone on the bedside table. "Ready for me again already?"

"Not completely. But I don't have to work tomorrow and you don't have any plans, so we can take our time and see what happens." He pulled her on top of him.

She smiled and untangled the towel from herself. "Hmm, I think I like the sound of that."