Chapter 2

There was a musty smell in the air from the cabin being locked up for so long. I know that Uncle Brendan hadn't been up here since Aunt Val died and well with everything else that has happed with Nash and Scott, I don't think that Sophie has had much reason to sneak away up here for some alone time with her boyfriend.

Tod let go of my hand and walked up the stairs to the bedrooms to put my stuff in. The feeling of loneliness washed over me and it took everything I had not to run to him.

I know that Tod died trying to save me and that Levi brought him back, but without the contact of our skin I start to think that maybe I imagined him coming back, that it was too late and Levi couldn't save him from recycling.

Just as I am about to run up the stairs in search of him, he blinks back into the room right in front of me and takes me in his and kisses me with a passion I have never felt before. I guess that I am not the only one that thinks this is a dream and that any minute we are going to wake up and our worst nightmares will come true.

We break from our embrace both breathing heaving, which is funny since we are both technically dead and don't need to breath any more, and when I look into Tod's beautiful blue eyes, all is see is lust swirling in them.

I take his hand, and say "so ready for the grand tour?"

He looks at me as if I have grown an extra head. I know that I am stalling, I want Tod, and I want him tonight, but after everything else that has happened tonight, I just need some normal time to get my head around the concepts that

I am dead and now a reaper, probably not the most ideal role for a Bean Sidhe;

Tod was dead (again since he was already a reaper) but now he is back here with me. I don't care what anyone says about Levi, I really thinks that he does care about Tod, and Me,

I framed Nash for murder, and he hates me more now than he did when he found me kissing Tod. I don't think there is anything I can do to get Nash to talk to me again.

Tod sees the emotions that I am feeling swirling in my eyes and he says "Sure. Let's start down here. I have already checked out the rooms upstairs, and I put your stuff up in the master bedroom."

So I show him around, the large sitting room with the open fire place and bear skin rug, the rumpus room, decked out with a big screen TV, pool table and fully stocked bar.

Next down to the kitchen with the double stove, island in the middle of the benches and big walk in cool room and freezer.

I point out the laundry, the downstairs bathroom, and the dining room. Then with a flick of the switch, I illuminate the large patio area that overlooks a lake. It ever has a wooden path that leads down to the jetty that we used to jump of as kids.

I slide the big glass door open and get him to follow me to the side of the house where there is an infinity pool which was definitely something my Aunt Val had added to the place, and there at the end of the patio sat the hot tub.

I wondered over to it and lifted the lid, the water was warm and clean, as if someone, was making sure that it was well looked after. I know that uncle Brendan paid people to come and look after the property regularly, I guess that meant making sure that the hot tub was ready for use at any time.

I turned and gave Tod a sly look and said "so what do you think?"

"I am thinking that I should have packed you a bikini so that we could take full advantage of that hot tub before the family invades us in the morning."

"If my memory serves there were always costumes left in the laundry so that we would have them whenever we came up here and I know that Sophie bought Scott here a couple of times so maybe they left something behind."

I flick the switch on the Hot Tub to get the bubbles going and run into the house in search of something that I could wear. I know that I could have suggested that we didn't need swimmers but I don't want to give Tod the wrong impression if I decide that I can't go through with it tonight. I know that I want to, but I also thought that I wanted to with Nash and look how well that turned out. I decided that if you try and plan these things that just don't work out so I figure that tonight, I will see where the night takes us and if it happens then it happens but if not there will be time. That's all that Tod and I have now, so why rush things and force something that we can slowly build up to.

Up in the spare room, I find a pair of boardies that I can only assumed belonged to Scott and were left behind on one of their trysts up here. There also appears to be a bikini there to. Looking at it, it looks a little revealing, and with it being Sophie's I don't know if it will be the best fit but I suppose it's better than nothing right.

I go in to the master bedroom where Tod is laying back on the bed resting on his elbows, I throw the shorts to him and head in the ensuite to change.

When I get the Bikini on, I look in the mirror and I was right, this think barely covers anything, but at least all the important parts are hidden.

I grab a towel from the rack and wrap it around me, too self-conscious of walking out in front of Tod in these 4 scraps of material that are held together by a little bit of string. But when I walk into the room, Tod's not there. I guess he must have already gone downstairs.

As I make way to the hot tub, I can hear music coming from the speakers that go around the patio, it's not loud, just enough to give us some background noise.

I turn the corner to the hot tub and see Tod, as he's getting in. I have never really seen him without a shirt on and I just stop and stare. I think damn I have been missing out.

He is not as big as Nash but he is definitely toned, The muscles in his chest arms and abs are clearly defined. No wonder, he could pull a girl like Addy when he was alive. He was definitely beautiful.

As he sits down in the warm bubbles he notices me staring, with a cheeky smirk he raises an eyebrow and asks "Like something you see?"

I shrug it off like seeing him without a shirt hasn't phased me and casually say "I suppose it's okay"

I suddenly start to feel really self-conscious as I am walking towards him, his eyes taking in every movement I make. I don't know how I am going to work up the courage to take the towel off and, get into the hot tub with his eyes on me.

I figure that the best approach is to play it off likes it's not bothering me, so I decide to play up the situation. Maybe if act overly confident about what I am doing that he won't notice how nervous I am about what may or may not happen tonight while we are guaranteed to have the place to ourselves.

So I slowly unwrap the towel from my body and drop it behind me and walk up the stairs to get into the hot top, when I get to the top step, I pause in a super model pose and look him in the eye and ask "You Like?"