Sophie stirred from her sleep when she felt something moving under her head. More specifically that something was Nate who was trying to slide from under her.
"Nate?" her voice groggy. With a hand she stopped his movements trapping him back to bed.
"Sorry," he apologized. "I didn't mean to wake you"
"What time is it?" she asked her face nuzzling in his chest. She loved the ticklish feeling of his chest hair.
"Just gone 12"
"Uff…" she groaned. "You, Nathan Ford, need to learn how to relax and sleep in. It was past 4 am by the time we went to sleep. There's no one and nothing waiting for us"
He ran a hand up and down her naked hip. "I can't help it, I'm awake. I was going to cook us something and bring it here"
"Food?" Now that caught her interest. She was a bit hungry.
When he tried getting out of bed this time, she didn't stop him. He quickly grabbed his sweatpants and a t-shirt. "Anything in particular?"
"Surprise me"
"Okay" he bent down and kissed her briefly. "You try to get some more sleep" he walked to the kitchen.
But now that she was awake, Sophie pulled the covers off and picked her bathrobe from the floor and slide it around her. She went to bathroom to brush her teeth and then went through Nate's drawers to check what clothes she had left from the last time she sleep over or if she could snatch one of Nate's t-shirt. She found her black yoga pants, but no clean tops. Without thinking twice about it, she picked one of Nate's white t-shirts and ran back under the covers.
Nate came back minutes later carrying a tray and with a newspaper tucked under his arm. Sophie helped him by getting the paper and laying it on the end of bed as Nate put the tray in the middle of the bed and got inside it.
"Hmm…." Sophie eyed the plates. "Omelets" she smiled. Nate's omelets were very good. She particularly liked the cheese and mushroom ones. Something that Nate knew very well, so she wasn't surprised when at her first bite she could taste the perfect combination of the ingredients. Together with the omelets, Nate prepared some chopped tomatoes, a couple of sausages and fresh toast. He brought tea for Sophie and coffee for him.
"I could get use to this" she said between bites.
"Oh please, I bring you breakfast in bed every time you stay over" he pointed out.
"That's true"
"How come I have to cook at your place too?"
"Do you remember what happened the last time I tried to cook for you?" she arched her eyebrow.
Oh, he could definitely remember. He tried to eat what she had prepared, but he really couldn't stop himself when he had to rush to the bathroom because he got sick. What Nate didn't know was that she was secretly taking cooking lessons from Eliot, so that she could surprise him one day with a good home cooked meal. After they finished eating, Nate got the paper and leaned back against the headboard of the bed and Sophie soon curled up his side so they could do the morning crossword together.
"What's the Roman name for the God of wine and vegetation? I thought it was Dionysus but it doesn't fit" Nate had the paper laying on his chest while the other arm around Sophie held the pen.
"I'm pretty sure that's the Greek name." Sophie answered. "Since 12 across is Obsess, it starts with the letter B"
Nate thought about it for a minute. "Bacchus" He wrote it down.
"How did you get that?"
He smirked. "I'm just smart!"
She pinched him on his side. "Yeah, a smartass"
They stayed in bed for the rest of the afternoon. After they finished the crossword, Nate put on a film.
"Entrapment, seriously?" Sophie asked amused once she saw the title.
"You know you like it" he crawled back towards her and Sophie quickly settled in his embrace.
"Yes, Sean Connery still has his charm" she said dreamily.
"Well, watching Catherine Zeta Jones doing all those sexy movements is not bad either."
"I'll pretend I haven't heard that"
He just chuckled and tightened his hold on her. "You're definitely sexier" he told her in his husky voice.
They watched the movie, sometimes making comments at some scenes.
"See, he thought of a perfect plan by reaching only letter C. How come you have to have plan M, R, S or Z?"
"Because there are five of us." He pouted. "Also, I'm smarter. I can create a bigger picture and have a solution for everything that can go badly"
"Yes, you're the perfect mastermind" she said sarcastically.
"I know" he smirked.
Sophie looked at the time. "Well, I'd better start going" she got up from the bed.
"Where are you going?" he frowned.
"To my apartment" She glared at him. "I don't have the things I need to get ready for our date in here. I need at least two hours to get ready"
"Seriously?" he looked at her in disbelieve.
She groaned. "You know when you tell me I look good or that you love my dress? That just doesn't happen by magic. I'll meet you at the brewery at 6.30."
"Why can't I come and pick you up?"
"Because I'm going to bring a change of clothes so I can spend another night here" Really? Did she have to explain everything? She bend down to give him a quick kiss, but Nate caught her by the hand and pulled her on the bed with him and then rolled on top of her.
"Stay here" he whispered in between kisses.
Sophie just giggled, delighted by his playful side. "Nate" she tried to say in the middle of his kissing attack. "I really need to go"
But Nate wasn't listening. He started running his hands under her shirt and caressing her bare skin while nibbling at her neck.
Sophie moaned. Part of her brain was telling her to stay and get carried away by the feelings Nate was creating. but a part of her knew she couldn't get distracted. With a surprising movement, she slapped his behind and then she rolled over until Nate was on his back and she was straddling him. She gave him a deep and heated kiss and then she got up. "I need to go. Tonight, I promise"
Nate just groaned and watched her leave the bedroom. Frustrated he slumped back on the bed and wondered what he could do in the next hours.
A/N This chapter is a bit shorter than I expected. Actually most of it are extra scenes I came up with. It was supposed to be shorter and then include their date, but this seemed like a good place to end the chapter. So in the next one there'll be Sophie and Nate's date :)
