Rose finished her drink and picked up her purse. He had decided it was worth the risk of getting a slap on the face and put his arm around her shoulder and risked kissing her cheek again and nuzzled her ear. He really liked her perfume. He was pleasantly surprised she didn't bother pushing him away. It had been a warm night and she'd not bothered to bring her jacket but as they stepped outside near the harbour-side, a cool breeze was blowing inland and Rose forgot how the weather could be cold at night even in June. She involuntarily shivered as they walked through the pub car park to the pavement to follow the road around to where she lived.
Alec decided he would play the gentleman and took off his jacket and placed it around her shoulders and Rose smiled. He knew he should really keep warm, he couldn't risk getting ill but he figured a five minute walk would keep him warm enough as long as she didn't keep him standing outside for too long. What he really hoped was that she would invite him in and maybe, just maybe he'd get to more than kiss her on her cheek. Not that he could do much about it, who was he kidding? He had taken his medication before leaving and he had his pills with him, he should be ok, he could take an extra one if needed. He was hoping he might need it.
With his arm around her shoulder and Rose clutching his jacket, he was silently wishing she wouldn't notice the strip of pills in the top inside pocket but they were small, she probably wouldn't. They walked past the Police Station and Rose smiled. Should she tell him that the woman she had been sat with worked there? She decided she would leave it, he would find out on Monday morning. It never occurred to her he might also be up for the job Ellie had put in for, he hadn't said what rank he held. Maybe he was Ellie's replacement and he would be working under her. That would be embarrassing, a male officer working under Ellie Miller, he wouldn't know what had hit him. Her friend was the bossy type which had got her where she was now and after taking time off after her son was born, she'd had to work fast to be in line for the promotion.
Rose didn't want to spoil the evening so she just asked if that was where he was going to work and hoped he might drop a few clues. They had just walked past the steps. "So this is where you'll be working then Alec?" she asked, now kicking herself for stating the obvious.
Alec smiled. "Yes, I suppose, I got here too late to introduce myself, I'll have to call in tomorrow morning for a while, fill out all the necessary forms and so on." He was just hoping they wouldn't insist on a medical exam but his friendly own doctor had given him all the correct reports so that should be enough for now but there would come a time he might not be so lucky. He was also worried about getting more of his pills. Without them his time would be up but he didn't think his doctor would refuse to send him more.
He was still with his arm around Rose's shoulder as they rounded the corner of the road that led out onto the seafront and a few minutes later Rose turned into a pathway at the side of a block of apartments and stopped at a door then went in her purse for her key, still trying the keep the jacket around her. Alec took hold of it and she let going just saying "Thanks."
She opened the door which led to a flight of stairs and stood with the door open, taking Alec's jacket off and handing it to him.
"Well, thanks for seeing me home safely and for the jacket, you must be frozen now, would you like some tea or coffee? It's the least I can do."
He was about to say something really cheesy like he would rather her warm him up but thought that would get him thrown out without another word and decided to opt for the warm drink. Putting his jacket back on and making sure his pills were still there he accepted her invitation.
"Tea would be nice, thanks," and let her lead the way upstairs, hoping she hadn't seen him checking his pocket.
Rose opened another door and put the light on. It was a rather spacious apartment overlooking the seafront and she crossed over to the window, looking out at the sea that was lit up by the moonlight and Alec went to stand beside her. "Nice view, is that why you chose this place?" he asked as he slipped his arm around her shoulder again.
Rose knew why she had chosen it, she associated the sea with Bad Wolf Bay where she had last seen her Doctor, the man she had loved and never told until he was about to fade away and the reason she could never go out with another man on more than one or two dates but Alec was different, he could easily have been The Doctor and life just wasn't fair. Why did someone who looked like him exist in this world when he didn't? Why wasn't there a Doctor here?
Alec noticed the sudden change in her and backed off. "Maybe I should just go Rose, you seem like you're somewhere out there, at sea," he mused.
Rose snapped out of it and pulled the blinds over. "I'm sorry Alec, it's just the sea reminds me of something that happened long ago. Please stay, I've not made you that tea yet." She put on her best smile that used to melt The Doctor.
Alec followed her through a doorway and into the kitchen. "It's ok, the sea reminds me of something too, something not so good and I really don't know why I let myself get sent to live by it when I hate it so much. What about you, is it a good or bad something?" He sat down on one of the chairs and watched her move around making the drinks. He'd kill for a cup of coffee but wasn't allowed to drink it and asked if she had decaff tea.
"Yeah, it's what I always use, I can't taste any difference but it's better for you and I only have soya milk, is that ok?" as she went to the fridge.
"Fine, I prefer it, I'm sort of on a non-dairy product regime at the moment, you as well?" he smiled.
Rose laughed. "You could say that although it's a bit of a pain sometimes, I've had to find all the local cafés that serve decaff tea and then have to have normal milk in it, seems a bit double Dutch really."
Alec laughed. "I know what you mean. Maybe you can point out all the cafés that serve it then? I mean if it isn't any trouble."
Rose finished making the drinks and put one in front of him then sat opposite. It was now almost ten thirty and she thought when she had gone out earlier she would have time to call her mother and then get an early night, she had to work Saturday morning.
"No, it's no trouble, I can take you on a tour if you like, I know them all." She took a drink and looked at him. "You never said what brought you down here, apart from a transfer and if you don't like the sea, why accept it?"
Alec put his mug of tea down. How could he explain without giving the game away? "Let me put it this way Rose, something happened a while back where I was and they made me lay low for a while and tried to find somewhere to send me but no-one would offer to take me on until the Chief Superintendent here in Broadchurch agreed to give me a six month trial and after that I'm eligible for another transfer but personally, I think she'll be glad to palm me off somewhere else when my six months are up." He picked his cup up again, he was just beginning to warm up and knew he shouldn't have risked taking his jacket off but he couldn't walk her home and see her being cold, he had been willing to risk it.
Rose wondered what he could have possibly have done that no-one wanted him but didn't want to scare him off by asking him.
"Well I suppose that answers my question then, doesn't it?" she smiled, reaching across the table and taking his other hand. "So you're a long way from home, in a place you don't want to be and you don't know anyone?"
"That just about covers it since you put it that way," he replied, taking her hand and stroking the back of it.
Rose thought how sad and lonely he looked and how he was so like The Doctor, surrounded by people and yet so alone. "Well Alec Hardy, who doesn't like his first name, you may be a long way from home in a place you don't want to be but now you know someone, don't you?" she smiled.
Alec smiled back and got up. Rose thought he was going to leave but he pulled his chair around to be closer to her. "Thanks Rose, I could really use a friend right now."
He leaned forward and put his finger under her chin and pulled her to face him, pursing his lips towards her, waiting to see if she backed away. She didn't. She leaned slightly forward towards his lips. "Can I take advantage of our new friendship Rose?" he asked.
Rose gave him her answer as her lips touched his and felt her heart flutter, then she deepened the kiss as she relaxed into his lips then slid across the chair to sit on his lap and put her arms around his neck as they continued kissing. She loosened his tie and unfastened the top button of his shirt.
He whispered her name into her neck as he began kissing it. "Rose, I really do like your perfume," he said, then went back to kissing her neck.
Rose nudged him and sought his lips again and they kissed even deeper than before, she was leaning back as he sought a better angle and then moved his tongue between her lips and slipped it inside her mouth. Her own tongue welcomed it and tangled with his as they got deeper until Rose broke away, out of breath. Alec was sort of relieved as he was beginning to struggle but didn't want to be the first to pull away, she might think he was losing interest and he was far from it.
He reached down to kiss her neck again, this time moving the straps of her top out of the way and exposing her shoulders, her top was loosening and he glanced down to see her the part of her that wasn't quite covered by her what he now knew was her strapless bra and taking advantage of the angle he had now placed her in, eased his free hand, the one that wasn't supporting her back and reached downwards to the top of her bra. Rose responded by freeing one of her arms and began trying to unfasten more of his shirt buttons one-handed and making very little progress as she was becoming more impatient to free him of his shirt.
He looked up from what he was doing. "Rose, I really don't want to stop this but maybe we would be more comfortable on your sofa?" he dared to suggest.
Rose thought it was an excellent idea and got up, her straps still down over her shoulders as he leaned down to kiss one of them as he got up from the chair. Rose took further advantage and saw her chance to unfasten his shirt while she had both her hands free and made short work of it, touching the hairs on his chest. He would have picked her up and carried her into the living room but he needed all his strength to resume what they had been doing but carry it over onto the sofa so instead, he leaned down to kiss her and steered her across to the waiting sofa so she wouldn't notice. He felt his heart going a little faster but it was under control, there was nothing to worry about just yet. Maybe she would make him leave before it got beyond the kissing stage but he was determined to at least get her bra off and kiss the parts that were now showing even more and to feel them against his own chest.
He laid her down gently on the sofa against a cushion and sat over her, trying to get her pink top off without her noticing as she moved her hands across his chest and pulled his shirt over his shoulders, unfastening the cuffs and sliding it off. He succeeded, revealing her black strapless bra and he leaned over to start kissing the top of her as she put her arms around his back and pulled him down. He reached around her back and easily unfastened the clasp of her bra, pulling it away and taking in the sight of her and cursed himself for getting in such a bad state of health he couldn't do any more but he couldn't tell her that.
No, he would make her think he was concerned about him moving too fast for her and insist they took their time, that would keep her coming back for more. Just enough to keep her satisfied with the promise there would be more to follow but what if she did want more than he could actually offer? Well he would cross that particular bridge if and when he came to it. All he wanted to do now was take those parts of her into his mouth.
Rose looked up, smiling at him as he teased her with one hand and the other hand trying to ease down her black trousers so he had more room to manoeuvre, avoiding her chest and nipping down at her tummy, trying to grip the other side of her trousers with his teeth and also trying to calm his now faster than it should be heart but he was still ok, he was just getting over-excited at the thought of her and how she would taste in his mouth once he finally got to them, he was saving them until he couldn't wait any longer then he would go for the killing and take one then the other in turn and make her moan his name and bite into her.
Rose was now also getting herself excited as he was showing more than a passing interest in getting her trousers off now he had got her bra off and began going for his belt and was unfastening his trousers zip and trying to get them down at the back. She eased herself up from the sofa so he could pull her trousers down more easily although she thought he was having more fun gripping them with his teeth and didn't want to spoil it for him but she was running out of patience, he was taking too long so he needed to get a move on. Not that she was going to let him go all the way, not tonight anyway but get this bit started and hopefully if there was a second time, get down to the more serious stuff.
Who was she kidding? She never let a man get to first base, not as long as she had been here, she never let them get further than the kissing her top half and a bit of touching that didn't involve intrusion lower down but after all this time, she was hoping she would find a man she actually wanted to go further with and just maybe if things went ok tonight, Alec Hardy might be that man.
Before they both knew it, Alec had succeeded in getting rid of Rose's trousers after she had wriggled out of them, tossing them away somewhere and Rose had got his over his hips and halfway down his legs and had pulled them off somehow and both of them smiled. Alec leaned down and began kissing across her tummy, just under her chest, he was still saving them until the last minute and hoped he'd last until he could get to them as he slid one hand further down to just under the waistband of her rather skimpy knickers and played his thumb over it, debating if she was going to stop him going any further but when she didn't, he moved his hand further down until he heard her moan as she let out a contented 'mmm' and he stayed just there before moving again and going to get what he had been saving before it was too late for him.
He moved himself slightly so he was lying directly on her lower area and she could feel his manhood as he leaned on her which made her sigh and raising himself slightly on his arms, he went for the kill. Taking one in his hand then going towards the other breast, he gently kissed it before taking it into his mouth and Rose, whose hands were now firmly on his bum, gripped hold of him even tighter, making him land right on her spot which made her do it again as she could feel his hardness against her.
They were both getting very aroused and Rose knew she was going to give in to him, maybe not tonight but this was further that she had even got on a second date and tonight wasn't even really a date. Alec was smiling as he let her breast out of his mouth, taking one last suck before moving over to the other one, looking down at her smiling face as she teasingly moved her hand from over his shorts and slipped it under, feeling his skin, then letting her other hand join it, digging her fingers into him. He shifted from one arm to the other and repeated the process of first kissing her breast then trying to take it all into his mouth at once.
Rose moaned again and this time dug even deeper into his bum, digging her finger nails into him, making him moan and he thought he had died and gone to heaven. No-one had done this to him before, not even his ex-wife. Reluctantly, he eased her breast out of his mouth and kissed it again as Rose realised he needed to move and with a sigh moved her hands from his bum and let him move off her but not before nipping his bum again that made him smile.
He moved over onto his back and tried to calm himself down. He'd not even had sex with her and he felt amazing apart from his heart that was now causing him some pain and he laid still, hoping it would pass and that Rose would think he was just getting his breath back and leave him be. He didn't know her very well.
When he had suddenly stopped and wanted to move, she wondered what was wrong until she realised it wasn't her, there seemed to be something wrong with him. She just hoped she hadn't caused it so she let him move over onto his back and let him have a minute to recover.
TBC