Rory lay warm in bed, in that beautiful place halfway between sleep and waking. She was just about aware enough to realise how comfortable she was and the warmth Jess was emitting by her side. She shifted to look at him. His eyes were closed, his thick lashes almost brushing his cheeks. Content, she wormed her way closer to him. He responded by reaching out an arm and pulling her towards his body. Rory twisted into him and rested her head on his shoulder. They lay there for a while not saying anything just breathing gently in unison and smiling.

"We need to go shopping." Rory mumbled, "We are running dangerously low on coffee."

"What, only enough to last a year?" Jess joked and ruffled her hair but made no move to get up.

Rory sat up and swung her legs over the bed sitting half tangled in sheets trying to muster up the commitment to actually stand. She was half way through thinking seriously about it when a lean tan arm snaked its way around her waist and pulled her back down. Jess kissed her hard and all thoughts of getting up vanished.

***

Rory sighed and then crumpled her brow thinking. "I was getting up! You distracted me!"

Jess grinned rakishly "Hey, I take full credit for that distraction!"

Rory hit him playfully, "We really do need to go to the shops you know, we don't have anything to eat."

Jess scoffed, "We have loads! We have rice and pasta and salad, chicken and fish and potatoes and we have some of that frozen pizza you like."

Rory looked incredulously at him, "Like I said we have nothing! No marshmallows, no popcorn, not chocolate, no poptarts! It's a wonder we haven't just dies from malnutrition."

Jess rolled over so he was hovering above her, "Do… we…. really… really… need… any… of …that …stuff?" he punctuated his words with a kiss on her neck after each one. Rory sighed and smiled up at the ceiling.

Suddenly Jess was not there. He had rolled over, jumped up and was halfway to the bathroom in one smooth movement. Rory moaned at the loss of warmth and stood up herself. She stretched languidly and looked around for her dressing gown. A low wolf whistle jerked her awake. Jess was watching her from the bathroom doorway. She threw a sock at him and he shut the door quickly. "Perv!"

***

Rory leaned against the trolley comparing two brands of shampoo, a bottle of hair gel sailed over her shoulder and landed in her trolley. "Oh come on! Full marks for the hair gel!" Jess rounded the corner, "And I was on the other side of the shelves which means extra points!" Rory grinned up at him.

Jess smirked back and followed her into the cakes section. His hand rested gently in the small of her back and Rory smiled softly to herself. It was something Jess did. He enjoyed contact between the two of them, it was an unconscious thing that he did when they were together. Whether it was a hand in the small of her back or their fingers interlaced as they walked or him planting a kiss on the back of her neck when she reached up for a bag of marshmallows on a higher shelf. There was a small giggle and he turned around, two teenage girls were watching him, they jerked around the corner when he looked up and he heard one say to the other "They're just sooooooo cute!" he sighed.

Rory looked at him, "What was that?"

"We have attracted an audience, apparently the girls in the next aisle think we're 'cute'." He put the speech marks around cute with his fingers. In the next aisle there was another high giggle.

Rory moved two boxes and peeked through, "Thanks for the compliment girls, but I should warn you this guys taken!" the girls giggled again and blushed red.

Rory grinned up at Jess, "Crisis averted, now there will be no double homicide in the cereal aisle."

Jess laughed, "Well it may have got to that, cute just doesn't fit in with my James Dean look. One must protect ones reputation."

Rory reached up and kissed him gently. He put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. There was a disapproving clucking noise. Two old women with baskets full of cat food were glaring at them, "Just not necessary…" one muttered to the other.

Jess rolled his eyes to Rory, "Can a guy not kiss his girlfriend without all passer-bys commenting!"

Rory grinned, "We're all done here. Lets pay and get out."

"Well they get so annoyed when you don't pay."

Rory nodded, "It's just not necessary!"