Chapter 4:

The next morning, Hope woke first. Aiden was still sleeping. She looked at the clock. They had to get up and ready soon if they wanted to make it in time to say goodbye to Ciara and Chase. Still, she wasn't quite ready to wake him yet. She watched him sleep and couldn't help but smile. He was hers—all hers. He was her husband and she was his wife. She loved the thought of it! She gently pushed some hair out of his eyes. His hair was getting long again, but she didn't mind. She loved it long. She gently ran her thumb over his lips, and couldn't help herself. She couldn't resist kissing him. Of course, as soon as she kissed him, he woke up.

He moaned, and wrapped his arms around her, returning her kiss, which turned into several more kisses.

He broke a kiss, and smiled at her. "I could definitely get used to waking up to kisses from you."

She smiled too, and gently stroked his cheek. "I'm still finding it hard to believe we're finally husband and wife. I'm so happy! I never thought I could be this happy, and here I am, insanely, deliriously happy."

He stroked her cheek. "Me too. I never thought I'd find happiness again once Meredith died, and then I found you, and I still thought I'd never find love."

Hope gently swatted his chest. "You weren't exactly man of the year."

They both grinned.

"But then, I got to know you a lot better, and it didn't take long for me to fall hard for you," Aiden continued.

"Fall in love with me?" Hope asked, a big grin on her face.

"Yes," fall in love with you," Aiden said with a grin. He kissed her cheek, and ran his fingers through her hair. "And now that I've finally made you mine, I'm never letting you go."

Hope's eyes lowered with love for Aiden. "I've always been yours, Aiden. Even before we were married, I was all yours, believe me."

Aiden's eyes lowered with love as well. "Oh, Baby, I love you so much!"

"And I love you, my Love. More than you could ever imagine," Hope said, his face between her hands.

They kissed again, and soon Aiden had moved on top of her. "Do we have time?" he asked, glancing at the clock.

Hope nodded. "Ciara won't let Bo take off until we've had out goodbyes, and Chase won't let Kayla take him to camp until he's said goodbye to us."

"And our flight to Paris isn't for another three hours," Aiden added.

"Anyway, l it's our first morning together as husband and wife, so I say…" Hope ran her hands down Aiden's back, and brushed her lips up against his ear, "we do exactly what freshly married couples do, and forget about all other responsibilities."

"You won't get an argument out of me," Aiden murmured.

Hoped smiled. "Somehow, I knew I wouldn't!"

Aiden grinned before pulling her into a deep and passionate kiss that led to so much more.

Hope and Aiden arrived at the dock, hand-in-hand, and ready to bid their children adieu for the summer.

"There she is!" Ciara ran over to Hope and hugged her tightly. "I was afraid you wouldn't come."

Hope hugged her daughter back just as tightly. "Are you kidding me? I wouldn't miss saying goodbye to you for the world."

"Well, I know you and Aiden are married now…" Ciara trailed off.

"It doesn't mean I'm not going to be there for you just as often. Nothing changes between you and me. " Hope said, forcing Ciara to look her in the eyes. "All right?"

Ciara nodded. "All right. I'll miss you."

"I'll miss you too, my sweet daughter! So much!" Hope kissed the top of Ciara's head and held her close for a moment, then reluctantly let her go. "You have fun with your dad, all right?"

Ciara grinned. "Oh, I will! Dad promised Hawaii, Paris, and a few surprises along the way!"

Hope smiled at Ciara then Bo. "Just don't spoiler her, okay?"

Bo shrugged. "I can't promise you that. I have a lot of spoiling to make up for!" He then hugged Hope. "Congratulations. I really am happy for you. I'm not a hundred percent thrilled you're married to Aiden instead of me, but I'll get over it. You're always going to hold a special place in my heart though. I'll never be able to get rid of it."

"And I'll always hold a special place for you in my heart that I'll never be able to get rid of," Hope assured him.

Aiden watched, looking uncomfortable.

Hope broke the hug. "All right, have fun! Did you say goodbye to Chase?"

Ciara nodded. "Last night. He keeps talking about baseball camp. That's all he wants to talk about! It's so boring. I'm really glad I get to travel the world on a boat instead of being stuck at boring old baseball camp!"

"But I thought you said you wanted to be an umpire?" Hope asked, an eyebrow raised.

"That was before I realized how boring baseball was. Now I don't know what I want to be, but I'm sure I'll figure it out." Ciara smiled and winked.

Bo, Hope, and Aiden all laughed.

"I'm sure you will," Hope said, lovingly stroking her hair.

"Well, it's time to go!" Bo said.

Ciara gave Hope one last hug, then hugged Aiden. "You treat my mom right, and buy her lots of nice things. It's your honeymoon. You're supposed to," Ciara said to Aiden.

Aiden hugged her back and laughed. "No worries there." He looked at Hope. "While your dad plans on spoiling you, I plan on spoiling your mother."

Ciara grinned. "Good!"

Hope smiled as well. She would have kissed Aiden, but out of respect to Bo, she didn't.

"See you guys around," Bo said, getting onto the boat.

Ciara got on the boat as well, and then she waved to Hope and Aiden and called out goodbyes until the boat was too far to see or hear them.

Hope sighed once her daughter was gone. "I miss her already."

Aiden wrapped his arms around her from behind, and kissed her neck. "I guess I'm just going to have to take your mind off how much you miss her then, aren't I?"

Hope smile, and turned around. "I guess you will." They kissed. She broke the kiss. "But first we have to say goodbye to Chase."

Aiden nodded. "Ah, yes. But not before I do this." He kissed her again, more passionately this time.

Hope kissed him back, then licked her lips and smiled. She took his hand in her own. "Come on. Let's go."

Aiden smiled, and happily followed his wife to Kayla's.

They sat on the plane, ready to take off. They had said their goodbyes to Chase earlier, and then had gone to the airport, gotten a quick lunch, and were now on their flight to Paris.

"I can hardly wait to arrive in Paris. It's such a beautiful city!" Hope said.

"As beautiful as it may be, it doesn't hold a candle to your beauty," Aiden told her.

Hope strokes his cheek. "You always say such sweet things to me."

"I mean every word, my beautiful wife," he said before kissing her.

Hope hungrily kissed him back.

Five minutes later, the plane took off, and it wasn't long before they were safely in the air.

"I just wish it wasn't such a long flight. Eight hours is brutal," Hope said as she sat back in her chair.

"At least we're not stuck in coach," Aiden quipped.

Hope nodded. "True."

"The bathrooms are bigger too," he said, his voice a little lower.

Hope looked over at him. She nodded. "Yes, they are. There's more room to maneuver around if you wanted."

"Have you ever done anything other than go to the bathroom in an airplane bathroom?" he asked, slowly running his hand up her inner left thigh.

Hope licked her lips. "Surprisingly, no." She raised an eyebrow at him. "Have you?"

He shook his head. "No. I didn't really travel with Meredith much, and there was never really anyone I traveled with before her either. And of course, you were my first after Meredith…" His hand traveled a little further up.

"Do you want to now?" Hope asked, watching his hand's movements.

"It would certainly make the flight go by faster…" Aiden said, moving his hand inward.

Hope licked her lips, her eyes still on his hand. "I'll go first, and you follow after."

He nodded. "All right."

So, Hope got up and headed to the bathroom, glad when she found an unoccupied bathroom. She slipped into the bathroom, and waited for Aiden to join her.

He joined her a brief moment later, shutting the door behind him.

Hope slowly unbuttoned her shirt in front of him. "Hurry up and lock the door because now, you really got me in the mood," she purred, walking over to him, taking his hand, and placing it over one of her black lace clad breasts.

Aiden moaned. He quickly turned around and locked the door, then went to work at undoing his pants. "I hope the plane engine is loud enough because, baby…" He pulled her closer, and ground up against her, his lips brushed against her ear, "I'm going to make you scream in pleasure."

She moaned, and locked her eyes with Aiden's. "Only if you earn it."

He moaned, and gently pushed her against the sink. "Do you want to make me lose it before we even begin?" he murmured, reaching around her to undo her bra.

"You better hurry then, huh?" she purred.

Aiden moaned again, and quickly made work of getting his pants down to his ankles, while Hope did the same with her own pants.

Hope stepped out of her pants, then, pulled him closer to her. "Make love to me, now, Aiden," she ordered.

She didn't have to tell Aiden twice! It wasn't long before he was making love to her, lifting her up slightly as he made love to her, her back against the sink.

They tried to be quiet so as not to let the passengers overhear, but just as Aiden had told Hope, she was finding it hard not to scream. She didn't know why being married changed anything, but it did. He was even better at making love to her than he had been before they got married.

"Aiden…" she murmured, her eyes slightly rolling backward. He took her more forcefully, encouraged by her moans, and soon, he couldn't help but scream his name. She didn't care if anyone heard. Well, she did, but in the moment, nothing but Aiden and the pleasure he was giving her mattered.

His moans were increasing as well, and soon, he was screaming out her name. "Hope, yes!"

I didn't take much longer for them to be sent over the edge.

Aiden gently set Hope down after a moment to catch his breath. "We have got to do this more often!" he said.

Hope smiled. "I'm willing to fly just to we can do that!"

They both laughed.

"Is your back okay? I'm sorry. I should have had you against the door," Aiden turned Hope around and massaged her back. "Not against the sink."

"It's fine, Aiden. Are you kidding me?" She turned around and pulled him closer. "After all that pleasure you just gave me, pain wasn't even registering."

Aiden nodded. "I know exactly what you mean. You were incredible. Mm…" He kissed her. "So incredible…"

Hope kissed him back. "It makes me wanna do it again."

Aiden licked his lips. "Mm… As much as I would like to, people are probably already suspecting. We should take a break and let people use the bathroom."

Hope sighed. "I suppose you're right."

"But don't worry. When we get to Paris, you can have it all day and all night if you'd like," he murmured, holding her close and gently grinding himself up against her again.

She closed her eyes and moaned. "You can't be saying and doing things like that and expect me to be able to wait do this again…" she murmured.

Aiden grinned, and leaned his back against the bathroom door. "Well, then, let's do it again! Who cares if everyone knows what we're—"Aiden was cut off as the door flung open, and he fell out the door and landed on his back on the floor outside the bathroom, pants down.