When She Wants It Easy, He Makes It Hard
Chapter One
"Work! I command you to work! Damn it why won't you work?"
Jane Goodall yelled angrily at the coffee machine that was stubbornly dripping thick muddy looking coffee into the clear glass bowl in Eddie Alden's apartment she had now been living in for 5 months. Eddie strolled leisurely out of his room at Jane's shouting and smiled smugly as he came up behind her and flipped the switch on the back of the black machine.
"I hate you"
Jane grumbled as the hot coffee began to splatter into the bowl.
"No you don't"
Eddie said as he grabbed his beloved leather jacket that was draped on the counter.
"Where ya going?"
Jane called after him as he walked out the door.
"H&H for coffee"
"But I just made coffee"
Eddie popped his incredibly handsome self back in the door way and grinned
"I know, I saw it, I feel like having some coffee that won't transform to a monster in my stomach and kill me"
Jane sniffed the coffee in question and quickly agreed with him.
"Well wait for me!"
She cried as he left and was waiting at the elevators. He wrapped his arms comfortably around her thin waist that Scarlet O'Hara would kill for and kissed the top of her head. She reached her hand up under his shirt and began stroking his strong abs and feeling the fine dark hairs that covered his muscled chest.
"Not now Jane"
Eddie growled softly in her ear, that on it's own, made her want to jump him in the elevator. Eddie inhaled Jane's soft scent of lavender and sunshine. It overwhelmed his senses and nipped on her ear lobe gently. The bell on the elevator dinged and the doors opened. Eddie backed Jane into them and their bodies slammed against the wall as they kissed feverishly.
"Hi Jane"
A man's voice said. Jane looked over and smiles, slightly blushing
"Hey Ray. What are you doing here?"
"I came to ask you if you wanted to go out to dinner tonight, but I can see you're busy"
"Well Ray, you see the thing is, you know how you have a D? Well now I have an E. So I'll see you at work on Monday"
Eddie sent Ray disarmingly charming smiles as he wrapped protective arm around Jane. The doors opened again and Ray stalked out. Eddie smiled and kissed Jane again as they got to the bottom floor.
"I love you"
Eddie whispered in her ruby-studded ear she lifted her pretty face up to him
"Do you mean it?"
Eddie took her hand and kissed it as he led her on to pavement.
"Of course I do baby"
"Good, because I love you"
They stopped and smiled at each other brightly a moment before they walked a block to H&H. The bakery was almost empty expect for a few early morning patrons like themselves.
"Hey Louie"
Jane greeted the young man behind the counter
"Hi Ms.Goodall, Hey Mr.Alden, the usual?"
"Sure"
"Two cappuccinos and sesame seed bagels"
Louie called over the shoulder to the men in the back putting racks of seasoned round dough in the huge ovens. Jane and Eddie took their favorite table that Rob always saved for them on Saturday mornings by the windows as the sun poured in like liquid gold. They ate in relative silence, but under the table their knees bumped compatibly together. They walked along the sidewalk when it began to snow.
"Well would you look at that?"
Eddie said with a laugh as he lifted his head to the gray sky and let the snow melt on his face. He looked over to his side and grabbed Jane's hand swung her into a dance on the snow. She was laughing and calling him crazy at the same time, but she was totally in love with him.
"You're in an uncharacteristically good mood today"
Jane said as Eddie linked their chilled hands
"And why shouldn't I be? It's Saturday, we have fresh snow, and I have the love of a beautiful girl"
He said as he stole a quick kiss from her lips.
"Ah my dead Janey, what shall we do today?"
Jane studied Eddie's handsome face and mentally noted all his features, ~Flawless skin Thick black hair Golden brown eyes He's perfect~
"It's not polite to stare Jane"
Eddie said in his constant light tone of voice.
"Sorry, I'm just amazed that I could work with you for more then 10 years and not notice how incredibly hot you actually are"
Eddie laughed
"What do go to the zoo?"
Jane asked
"The zoo?"
"Sure, I haven't been to the zoo since I was 5"
"That is sad. Alright"
Eddie walked to Broadway and 5th to the subway and got on the underground bus to the Brooklyn Zoo
Chapter One
"Work! I command you to work! Damn it why won't you work?"
Jane Goodall yelled angrily at the coffee machine that was stubbornly dripping thick muddy looking coffee into the clear glass bowl in Eddie Alden's apartment she had now been living in for 5 months. Eddie strolled leisurely out of his room at Jane's shouting and smiled smugly as he came up behind her and flipped the switch on the back of the black machine.
"I hate you"
Jane grumbled as the hot coffee began to splatter into the bowl.
"No you don't"
Eddie said as he grabbed his beloved leather jacket that was draped on the counter.
"Where ya going?"
Jane called after him as he walked out the door.
"H&H for coffee"
"But I just made coffee"
Eddie popped his incredibly handsome self back in the door way and grinned
"I know, I saw it, I feel like having some coffee that won't transform to a monster in my stomach and kill me"
Jane sniffed the coffee in question and quickly agreed with him.
"Well wait for me!"
She cried as he left and was waiting at the elevators. He wrapped his arms comfortably around her thin waist that Scarlet O'Hara would kill for and kissed the top of her head. She reached her hand up under his shirt and began stroking his strong abs and feeling the fine dark hairs that covered his muscled chest.
"Not now Jane"
Eddie growled softly in her ear, that on it's own, made her want to jump him in the elevator. Eddie inhaled Jane's soft scent of lavender and sunshine. It overwhelmed his senses and nipped on her ear lobe gently. The bell on the elevator dinged and the doors opened. Eddie backed Jane into them and their bodies slammed against the wall as they kissed feverishly.
"Hi Jane"
A man's voice said. Jane looked over and smiles, slightly blushing
"Hey Ray. What are you doing here?"
"I came to ask you if you wanted to go out to dinner tonight, but I can see you're busy"
"Well Ray, you see the thing is, you know how you have a D? Well now I have an E. So I'll see you at work on Monday"
Eddie sent Ray disarmingly charming smiles as he wrapped protective arm around Jane. The doors opened again and Ray stalked out. Eddie smiled and kissed Jane again as they got to the bottom floor.
"I love you"
Eddie whispered in her ruby-studded ear she lifted her pretty face up to him
"Do you mean it?"
Eddie took her hand and kissed it as he led her on to pavement.
"Of course I do baby"
"Good, because I love you"
They stopped and smiled at each other brightly a moment before they walked a block to H&H. The bakery was almost empty expect for a few early morning patrons like themselves.
"Hey Louie"
Jane greeted the young man behind the counter
"Hi Ms.Goodall, Hey Mr.Alden, the usual?"
"Sure"
"Two cappuccinos and sesame seed bagels"
Louie called over the shoulder to the men in the back putting racks of seasoned round dough in the huge ovens. Jane and Eddie took their favorite table that Rob always saved for them on Saturday mornings by the windows as the sun poured in like liquid gold. They ate in relative silence, but under the table their knees bumped compatibly together. They walked along the sidewalk when it began to snow.
"Well would you look at that?"
Eddie said with a laugh as he lifted his head to the gray sky and let the snow melt on his face. He looked over to his side and grabbed Jane's hand swung her into a dance on the snow. She was laughing and calling him crazy at the same time, but she was totally in love with him.
"You're in an uncharacteristically good mood today"
Jane said as Eddie linked their chilled hands
"And why shouldn't I be? It's Saturday, we have fresh snow, and I have the love of a beautiful girl"
He said as he stole a quick kiss from her lips.
"Ah my dead Janey, what shall we do today?"
Jane studied Eddie's handsome face and mentally noted all his features, ~Flawless skin Thick black hair Golden brown eyes He's perfect~
"It's not polite to stare Jane"
Eddie said in his constant light tone of voice.
"Sorry, I'm just amazed that I could work with you for more then 10 years and not notice how incredibly hot you actually are"
Eddie laughed
"What do go to the zoo?"
Jane asked
"The zoo?"
"Sure, I haven't been to the zoo since I was 5"
"That is sad. Alright"
Eddie walked to Broadway and 5th to the subway and got on the underground bus to the Brooklyn Zoo