"Did it hurt?" Lily asked sleepily as she softly ran her fingertips up and down Rufus's left arm. He was busy running his hands through her blonde, soft curls, a routine he had gotten into after every time they made love.

"Getting my tattoo?" Rufus asked after he realized what she was referring to, he moved his hands under his face to see her better.

"Mmhmm," she said, her eyes becoming heavy.

"No, not really, it just feels like someone is scrapping over your skin." He moved his hand and caressed her arm like she had been doing to him.

"Umm, that sounds painful Rufus." she replied, waking up from her almost slumber and moving to lay down on her back.

"It was just bothersome, not painful," he replied moving his legs to tangle with hers.

"I want one, I just don't know what to get," she told him as she moved her feet to play with his.

"NO."

"Why not?" she asked as she moved to rest on her forearm and look at him.

"You're too..." he paused trying to find the right words looking in her eyes.

"Too what Humphrey?" she asked in a raised tone.

"Too beautiful, I think a tattoo on you would take away from your beauty, not enhance it."

She kissed him for the compliment, and as a thank you for not putting his foot in his mouth.

"You're welcome," he said with a smile.

"What?"

"I just saved you from making a mistake."

"I still want one, but maybe I won't get one where anyone can see."

"Really? Like where?" he asked curious to see where she would get it.

"I don't know, it actually would work better if no one could see it that way I wouldn't have to explain it to my mother."

"I agree. Do it."

"Really? why?"

"Well, I'd probably be able to see it," he said as he moved closer to her and started kissing down her neck.

"Don't be so sure Rufus."

"But I am," he said. "What would happen if I just have a slip in front of your mom and told her all about your tattoo?"

"You wouldn't?"

"Wouldn't I?" he started to bunch up the t-shirt she was wearing in his palm.

"You wouldn't, because first, you would never betray me that way and second, well, you don't even talk to CeCe Rhodes."

"I might just to be able to see it." he looked up at her and smiled

"Fine, no one else can see it, but you."

"Lift your arms."

Lily sat up and took her shirt off and preceded to push Rufus back and straddle him.

"Where could I get it that no one else could see?"

"Well, there's things you need to consider."

"Like what?" she asked, as she placed soft kisses along his neck up to his ear.

"Well, what exactly are you thinking of getting?"

"I'm not getting your name if that's what you're suggesting I do," she started sucking on his ear lobe.

"Mmmm, I'm not." he started running his hands up her thighs.

"You're not?" She sat up, surprised.

"Nope, I know it's not a good idea to get your boyfriends or girlfriends name tattooed on your skin." he sat up too, starting to suck gently on her neck

"Good, well, I want something girly, like a butterfly or a star," she wrapped her arms around his waist

"What about something meaningful?"

"Cute and meaningful, ok. How about two stars, one will represent me and the other... oh my God," she gasped as he started massaging her breasts.

He smiled and kissed her. "The other?"

"Ummm," she kissed him and sucked on his tongue.

"I love when you do that, but Lily, What would the other represent?"

She smiled, "you of coarse."

"Me?"

"Yes, you, my Rufus Humphrey, my personal rock star," she ran her hands through his hair.

He picked her up and placed her on her back, and she wrapped her legs around his waist.

"I love you," he told her.

"I love you."

"Ok, stalker, next question..."

She cut him off, "I don't think you're supposed to be sleeping with your stalker, what if I physically hurt you?"

"I can only hope I enjoy it," he said as he started kissing down her neck

"Mmmmm, Rufus." She ran her hands up and down his sides.

He flinched, "hahaha, Lil, that tickles."

"What was your next question?" she asked as she ran her hands up his chest

"Oh, right, how big do you want them?" he grabbed her hands with his and held 'em above her head interlacing their fingers.

She held his hands tightly and arched her back, "It depends where I get them, I guess."

He slowly removed his hold on her hands, and began running his fingertips down her arm and neck until he reached her nipple, slowly running circular figures around it until it became hard.

She moaned, "that feels good."

He grinned, and asked, "want some suggestions on places only I can see?"

"Show me."

"How about right here," and leaned down to kiss right below her left breast near her side.

"Mmmm, no, you could probably see them during the summer when I wear my bathing suit."

"Ok, what about right above this," he demonstrated where by taking her nipple in his mouth.

She gasped and tightened her grip around his hair. "Nope, I think that'd be too painful and trashy."

He laughed.

"Ok, what about on your thigh," he ran his hands high up her thigh.

"Hmmm, maybe, would that turn you on?"

"Oh, yeah! But it shouldn't be about what I want," he said.

He was so thoughtful, she thought, and she grabbed his face and kissed him fiercely.

He kissed her back and started grinding agains her hips.

She broke the kiss, "Mmmm Rufus, not yet."

"Seriously? You're always the first to want to go Lil."

"I really want a tattoo and if we start now, well, you know I won't stop and will probably forget and..."

"Ok, ok, we won't go at it just yet. I am the patient one."

"Thank you."

He kissed her cheek, "of coarse. Now, well, the only other two places that only I can see," he said as he got on his knees, "would be," he held out his hand for her and she grabbed it and got on her knees as well.

"Would be?"

He held her tight around her waist and kissed along her jaw as he started to roam his hands downward and squeezed her buttocks.

"No, no, no, no."

He immediately let go. "Sorry."

She reached around and placed his hands back to where they were. "No, I like that, I just don't want a tattoo on my ass Humphrey!"

I think it would look cute, two little stars on one of your butt cheeks, and then anytime you walk away when you're naked I could stare at them.

"Nope, then have them expand when I get old and fat, no way, besides, I want to be able to see them too!"

"Makes sense, well, then my beautiful Lily, there's only one other place on this gorgeous fit body that only I get to have access to and that you can see whenever you choose to," he started to smile and held onto her hips.

"Where?" she asked knowing full well where he meant

"Smart ass."

"We already dismissed that possibility Rufus," she said sternly and looking at him with one of her serious Lily face expressions while rolling her eyes.

He knew what she wanted, but was making her crave it a bit more.

"I'm getting cold, way to let me down HUMPhrey!"

"Oh, really? You're going to insult me with my own name? Let me remind you Rhodes that one day it'll be yours, so get your little insults out of your system."

"Well, when I have that name, I'll live up to it, with or with OUT you. Lillian "the best" HUMPhrey there is."

He stayed quiet, just looking at her.

She raised one of her eyebrows, "what?"

"You can be so cruel."

She smiled at him and tried to kiss him.

He didn't move.

"Rufus!"

"What?"

"You love me?" she asked hugging him tightly, placing her chin on his shoulder.

He held her tight to his body, his arms around her waist.

"I was kidding Rufus, you're the only person for me and the BEST Humphrey."

He kissed her shoulder, and then with one hand started making his way down to the front of her body and between her legs.

She bit her lip, still hugging him and said "I love you Rufus."

He was about to start stroking her, but she moved his hand, pulled herself up and wrapped her legs around his waist and started kissing him passionately.

He kissed her back and bit her lip.

"My knees were killing me."

"So are mine," he said softly and slowly started leaning back, she moved her legs so he could lay down, straddling him.

"You're so beautiful," he said as he stared up at her.

She pushed her hair behind her ears and smiled at him. He smiled. She bit her bottom lip, "your smile is so hot! Makes me want to jump your bones."

He pushed his hips up. She smiled at him and reached down and guided his erection inside of her.

He pushed his hips off the bed and back down when she started to thrust her hips forward.

"Mm..." absolutely the best.

He smiled and just stared at her moving her hips in a circular motion. "Ah, Rufus," she yelled.

"That's where you should get your tattoo," he said.

She stopped suddenly, surprised by his calmness, "what?" she said in her heightened breath.

He sat up and rolled them over so he was on top of her.

He pulled out, and started kissing down her body.

"You're such a tease."

"I'm trying to prove a point," he gently bit at her stomach

"Ooo, ouch, ok, make it quick!"

"So bossy," he got to her lower abdomen, kissing her as he went lower.

"Or not," she said in a soft voice.

He looked up and smiled. "Do you want to hear my point at this point?"

"Hu?, Umm.." her breath was becoming heavy and fast, "sure."

He put his arm behind her thigh and with the other was drawing little star figures to the left of her hip, below the lower abdomen, in between her legs.

"Why there?"

"It's the only place left that no else, but me could be able to see and besides if the stars represent us, I can think of no other place where we are more connected."

She smiled at him, "that actually sounds perfect."

He was looking at her and leaned down just the slightest and blew

"Rufus!," she squirmed, "that tickles!"

He started laughing, moved her leg up and put it over his shoulder while he wrapped the other one around his waist.

"Come here," she said. They started kissing and he re-entered her slowly and started to thrust his hips.

"Oh my God," she reached for his hands needing something to hang on to.

He stretched out her hands on each side of her head, interlaced their fingers and squeezed them, he then leaned down to suck her bottom lip as he kept thrusting.

She started moving her hips underneath him and tightened her leg around his waist, "Ah, Rufus, yes!"

He turned his head and bit her leg hard, "oh God, Lil," you feel so good.

"Fuck, right there. Harder."

He increased the pace of his hips, crashing them against hers.

"Mmmmm," she released his hands and moved them around his waist, pushing him closer, wanting to feel as much of him as possible.

He placed one arm underneath her, his hand gripping the back of her neck, and his lips roaming against her jaw line, moaning against it. His other hand gripping the pillow on the bed.

"Oh my God, don't stop." She dug her fingertips into his back.

"I won't," he smiled against her lips then kissed her passionately. "I love you."

"I...Oh, fuck, I... Rufus!" She moved her leg off his shoulder and interlocked her ankles around his back. "Faster, faster."

He did as told and had her toes curling, one hand gripping his hair, the other dug in his back, and her teeth clenching his shoulder a few seconds later.

"Mmmmm, Lily, shit." Rufus held her tight to his body as he felt the jolt of pleasure coarse through his body and kissed her mouth, moaning as their tongues collided.

"I love you," she said as she tried to catch her breath, and wiped the beads of sweat off her forehead.

He rolled them over on his back and she sat up, getting up slowly.

"Lil!,ahhh," he took a deep breath, "Where are you going?"

She didn't answer.

"Can you lower the temp?" he asked.

"Maybe if you weren't so good at raising our body temperatures Humphrey, your bill wouldn't be so high," she yelled from the living room.

"I like, ironically, getting a high electricity bill, lets me know we've done some nice, fun work and I didn't throw money down the drain."

"Mmhmm," she smiled walking back to his bed with a pen in her hand. "Here" she said, handing him the pen.

He smiled, "want a sample tattoo?"

"Yes please!" She sat down on the edge of the bed.

He got up, put his boxers on and knelt on the floor in front of her.

"Spread 'em."

"Ha ha ha." She opened her legs slowly.

"Hmmm?" he looked at her with a perplexed face.

"What?," she asked him looking down to see if something was wrong.

"I don't know that I want the tattooist to see this and be this close to you."

"My body, my choice, besides I'll be wearing underwear, I'm sure you can help me hold them to the side long enough to get my stars. Yes?" She asked innocently

"Uh, yes."

She grinned her pearly whites at him, "ok go."

He took the cap off the pen and started writing across her thigh, catching her off guard.

"Rufus what are you doing?" She started laughing and trying to get him to stop. "It tickles so badly, quit! What are you writing?"

"Hold still I'm almost done."

"No, now I can't wear shorts tomorrow, Rufus," she kept laughing not being able to take the strokes of the pen against her sensitive skin.

He was able to hold her leg down long enough to write "Rufus Humphrey was here!"

"Oh my God! Oh my God! Your nerve, I cannot believe you just... Oh my God. You're such a geek."

He mimicked her "Oh my God, it's like not a big deal."

She started laughing and took the pen away from him, "I hate you."

"What, its just the truth. Give me the pen, I'll draw your stars on your little lily so you can see what our symbol will look like."

"Symbol?"

"You said the stars would represent you and me, so yes, our symbol."

She looked at him with a puzzled face.

"The other star doesn't have to represent me, I want you to get something for yourself."

She leaned forward and kissed him, "I love you. And I want something for us, I don't know, I just don't think stars can cut it."

"Ok, how about some music notes? You love music and I play music and if it weren't for music, we wouldn't have met."

"Maybe." They stayed quiet, looking at each other.

"My heart? he asked.

"Your heart! Really?"

"It's already yours, forever."

"And you'd draw it, your own special design, you think they could tattoo over it?"

"I don't see why not." He smiled.

"I'll literally have your heart forever and ever."

"And ever," he sat up and kissed her, pulling her close to him.

She kissed him back and then heard the a/c come on. She pulled away, "I don't want get cold."

He pulled away, "ok, lean back on your forearms a little bit."

She did as told and felt the tip of the pen make contact with her skin. She bit her lower lip. He concentrated on her, making sure he didn't hurt her and that the heart, his heart, would come out perfect.

"You look so focused."

"Shhh."

"Ok, ok, I'm just saying that you look hot when you're concentrating," she bit her lip, a little harder this time.

"Lil!"

"What? you do!"

He smiled, she had already forgotten he told her to stay quiet so he could finish without messing up.

"Are you almost done?, I want to see"

"One second."

"You're taking a lot longer than the average time you spend on my quote little lily."

"Don't make me laugh," he said with a smile.

"You know, this doesn't really hurt whatsoever!"

"It's not a needle," he reminded her.

"Right. "

He looked up, "getting nervous?"

"No, I'll do it. Think you can get me some liquor before we go?"

"Of coarse, I don't want you to be in pain. Ok, all done, what do you think?"

She looked down to see how her heart came out.