Okay guys, I'm honestly trying to get these chapters out quicker. Thank you so much for the reviews, I really appreciate them! So here it goes, Chapter 4!
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"I'm going to leave you soon if you don't hurry up!" Walker shouted up the stairs, standing at the bottom of them.
"I'm coming! Hold your dang horses!" Alex shouted back, sounding annoyed.
Walker chuckled as he walked to toward the living room; he knew from personal experience that Alex wasn't afraid to hit him if he didn't back off. He was just so nervous. The idea of a first date was nerve racking for Walker; he wasn't really a big 'going out' person. He decided on wearing a black button up shirt with blue jeans and his usual black cowboy hat. Sitting on the couch, Walker tried to be patient, but after five minutes of sitting, all patience was gone. Walker stood, heading to the bottom of the stairs again. He saw Alex coming down and all nervousness vanished on the spot as he stared up at her.
"You aren't going to yell at me again, are you?" Alex asked, her voice sounding both exasperated and teasing.
Walker didn't answer as he took in her chosen outfit for the evening. She had picked out a baby blue dress that hid the fact she was starting to show from the pregnancy and ended at her knees. Walker's gaze trailed back up to her face and smiled when he saw that she had chose just natural makeup and no jewelry. Noticing her hair was pulled up into an elegant bun, Walker frowned.
"What? Too much?" Alex asked looking down at her outfit when Walker didn't answer her.
Pulling her close, Walker took the clip out of her hair so that her hair was in curls falling at her shoulders and gently kissed her on the lips. Alex smiled, taking the clip from him to set on the table and grabbing her purse. Walker gave her another kiss before leading her out to his truck, which was now washed. As Alex climbed into truck and waited on Walker to get in on the driver's side, she suddenly felt nervous. This was their first date and Alex wasn't good at the whole first date concept; she usually tended to screw things up.
'Stop being stupid.' Alex chided herself as Walker got in on his side, starting up the engine.
Walker resisted urging to laugh as Alex fidgeted with her hands and looked everywhere, but him- obviously nervous. The couple drove in silence as they drove out towards the highway. Walker finally had enough of the silence and, hoping to draw Alex into a conversation, asked, "Where do you want to eat?"
Alex swallowed the lump in her throat before answering, "How about C.D.'s?"
Walker reached over the seat to gently grab her hands to stop fidgeting and told her, "That sounds great."
Alex looked into Walker's eyes, lacing her fingers with his, Alex felt all of her nervousness vanishes on the spot. Smiling at her own silliness, Alex relaxed into the seat. Walker smiled, relived that she was relaxed.
"How's work going? Getting any better?" Walker asked, throwing a worried glance in her direction.
Alex knew he wasn't talking about her work load and answered, "Better, people aren't insulting me to my face, just behind my back."
Walker could practically hear the eye roll in her voice and agreed. Ever since word slipped that Alex and Walker were married with a baby on the way, it gave the idea that they could come up and yell at Alex at work; they thought of her as a slut. People had been coming up to her office to scream at her, calling her a gold-digger, saying that she wasn't good enough for Walker, and one person trashed her office. Walker called an entire building staff meeting about it after that incident.
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Everyone from the second floor was sitting in the large conference room, wondering what was going on. Alex was sitting with Jimmy, who was trying to hide a smile and comfort Alex at the same time, who was trying to hide her own tears from her co-workers. Someone had trashed her office, leaving the word slut written everywhere. She had called Walker immediately, but hadn't been able to see him and it was really getting to her. As Alex sat in silence, Walker walked in with a loud bang of the door and everyone got quiet at once. Walking up to the podium, Walker glared at his audience.
"Okay, I've been a ranger for a little over seven years now and I've never done anything to anyone, I've minded my own business and left ya'll alone. So now it's time for you to do the same." Walker started, letting it sink in before he continued.
"If anyone comes up to my wife to yell, insult, attack or anything else about our marriage, I'm coming after you. I don't give a damn if you're in my department or not. This is absolutely unacceptable. She did nothing to you and I don't recall ever having to get you alls opinion about anything so why should I start now? Oh and when I found who trashed her office, you'd better have a new job lined up." Walker concluded, before dismissing everyone.
Alex waited until her, Walker and Jimmy was the only ones left before walking up to Walker with a huge smile on her face. Smiling up at him, Alex just said, "Wow."
Walker wrapped his arms around her, telling her, "It's not their life."
Alex snuggled into his embrace while Jimmy was watching. He smiled at them and thought, 'They're actually going to be okay…'
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Alex smiled at the memory as Walker rolled his eyes, "They all need to get lives of their own."
"But don't you know? We're the most interesting thing since sliced bread!" Alex retorted, rolling her eyes again with a playful smile on her face.
"Yea, so interesting. How about I fire every single one of them? Would that be interesting enough for them?" Walker asked, sounding annoyed by the entire situation.
Alex giggled, shifting so that she was facing him, "Something else will happen to somebody else and then they'll leave us alone. Just give it some time."
Walker couldn't help but smile back at his wife as they pulled into C.D.'s parking lot. Noticing all the cars, Walker realized that most of the people they worked with would be here at this time. Glancing over at Alex, Walker knew he couldn't suggest they just go home- Alex was just too excited. Parking the truck, Walker leaned over to kiss her. Alex smiled as his lips made contact with hers. Pulling back, Walker told her, "Get ready for a great first date!"
Alex laughed as he got out of the truck and came around to her side to help her out. Keeping her hand laced with his, Alex gave Walker an encouraging smile as they headed up the restaurant. Walker smiled back as they reached the door. As they entered, Alex noticed the only two seats open at the bar and pointed them out to Walker since all the tables were full. Walker nodded and pushed his way through the crowd so they could sit. Walker held Alex's seat out as she spotted C.D.
"Hey C.D." Alex greeted as Walker sat next to her.
C.D. smiled as he spotted the couple and made his way over to talk to them, "Hey Darlin'. What brings you two out here on this lovely Friday night?"
Alex smiled and told him, excitedly, "We're having our first date!"
C.D. tried to look excited, but the confusion was showing through. Looking over at Walker, C.D. asked the unspoken question and Walker told him, "It was Alex's idea, not mine."
C.D. nodded as if that explained everything and Alex rolled her eyes, muttering something about 'sexist'. Walker chuckled as he put his arm around her waist, pulling her closer. Alex pretended to be mad until Walker kissed her on the lips and all of her defenses fell. Pulling away, Walker kissed her on the cheek as Alex flushed when she realized C.D. had been watching.
Ignoring the blush on Alex's face, as to not embarrass her anymore, C.D. asked, "What do ya'll wan to eat?"
"I want a steak, with fries!" Alex told him, the blush disappearing as she got excited again.
Walker chuckled at the mood swings that he had already adjusted to in the short period that they had been together and told C.D., "I want fried chicken."
C.D. nodded as he walked away, writing the orders down as he went. Walker turned to face Alex, taking her hand, asking, "So we came, ordered, what do we do now?"
Alex playfully rolled her eye at him as she responded with a question of her own, "When was the last time you went on a date?"
Walker chuckled, running his thumb across her knuckles, admitting, "It's been a while."
Alex smiled and told him, "Well, that's okay; once you do something you really don't forget. We have to get to know each other, that makes a healthy marriage."
Nodding, Walker had a thoughtful look on his face. Alex waited patiently as she watched the people around her. It seemed like no one cared that she and Walker had showed up or they were just scared that Walker would take his threat to heart. Whichever it was, Alex was happy; she didn't want to deal with drama tonight, she just wanted to focus on her and Walker.
"I've got one." Walker told her, bringing her attention back to the cowboy beside her.
"Got one what?" Alex asked, raising her eyebrows in confusion.
Walker smiled, leaning closer as he answered her question, "A question; do you want to hear it or not?"
Alex mentally shook her head; she was feeling the effects of Walker being so close. Regaining her head, Alex nodded for him to continue and Walker asked, "What's your favorite color?"
"Blue and green." Alex answered automatically, smiling at the easiness of the question.
Walker nodded as Alex asked, "What's your favorite part of living on a ranch?"
"The openness, defiantly. I love how it seems like nobody can touch you when it's just you and the horses." Walker told her after a second of thought.
It went on like that all evening, both asking questions back and forth. The questions went from favorite colors, to where they grew up, to how their ex's are and so forth and so on. Alex asked why he chose to be a Texas Ranger and he went on to explain how he wanted to make a difference in the lives of others. Walker asked why Alex chose to be an ADA when she could've been a great lawyer anywhere in the country; she told him that he dad was a lawyer for the other side and, like him, she wanted to make a difference in people's lives instead of hurting them. The questioning didn't even stop when C.D. brought over their dinner; the couple went on for over two hours, each coming up with more questions as they went.
"You two have been sitting there for hours! Get up and move before you go into comas!" C.D. playfully told them as he cleared their empty plates.
Alex laughed as Walker smiled. Looking over at Alex swaying slightly to the slow song on, Walker got an idea. He stood up next to Alex and held out his hand. Alex looked at him, confusion written on her face until he asked, "Would you like to dance"
Alex's entire face lit up with joy as she eagerly took his hand. Walker led her out to the crowded dance floor before turning to place his hands on her waist, pulling her close. Alex wrapped her arms around his neck, laying her head on his shoulder. They swayed back and forth to the rhythm of the song. Alex felt very content just as someone came up to them, obviously upset.
"She left!" Jimmy shouted, folding his arms over his chest, upset.
Alex separated herself from Walker, giving Jimmy a sympathetic smile. Jimmy shrugged, still pouting. Giving him a hug, Alex spoke words of encouragement as Walker wrapped his arms around Alex's waist. After a while of hanging out with Jimmy at the bar, Walker suggested that they leave and Alex eagerly accepted. Walker paid the bill while Alex thanked C.D. and they were outside in less than five minutes.
The couple walked in silence for a minute until Alex commented, "That was quite an evening."
Wrapping his arms around her shoulders, Walker laughed, "Sure was; that's a first date I'm never going to forget, that's for sure."
Alex
smiled in satisfaction as she wrapped her arm around his waist.
Walker walked her around to the passenger side of the truck, but
didn't open the door. Alex leaned against the door, pulling him
closer with her other arm.
"May I help you?" Walker asked,
playfully, leaning on his hand, against the truck so their bodies
didn't touch.
Alex rolled her eyes at the teasing tone in his voice making Walker smile. Walker leaned closer so that he paused just above her lips, but Alex didn't. She leaned forward enough to press her lips to his gently. Leaning forward even more, Walker wrapped his free arm around her waist, pulling her closer. Allowed access to her mouth, Alex's knees buckled when she felt Walker's hot breath on her lips. Walker kept his hold on her and only pulled away when air was necessary.
Resting her forehead against his, breathing heavily, Alex whispered, "Wow…"
Walker
smiled and leaned in to kiss her again. This kiss was gentler as
Walker slowly probed his tongue into Alex's mouth. Alex kissed back
for a minute before pulling away. Walker gave her a confused look,
mixed with disappointment and Alex explained, "We don't want to
start something that we can't finish here."
Walker smiled,
opening her door, "Well let's go somewhere where we can finish
it."
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Alex
shifted as she slowly woke herself up. When she opened her eyes, Alex
realized her day had already started. Closing her eyes again, she
remembered the night before; unlike C.D.'s party, last night wasn't
rushed and they both enjoyed it, and would actually remember it
today. Alex reached across the bed for Walker, but all her hand came
in contact with was empty sheets. Remembering this was how she woke
up the day after C.D.'s party, Alex quickly sat up in bed, keeping
the sheet to her chest.
"Did I wake you up? I was trying to be quiet." Walker told her coming out of the steamy bathroom, wearing only a towel.
Alex gave him a relieved smile as he climbed into bed next to her, "You were, I just woke up, it's not your fault."
Walker took a look at her face and moved to lay beside her, pulling Alex down with him. Alex protested playfully before cuddling into his chest. Walker kept his arm around while shifting so he could see her face, "What were you thinking about when I came in?"
Alex gave a guilty smile and looked away, not answering his question. Walker waited, watching her face, but not letting her get out of the bed. Alex sighed, finally looking into his eyes, "When you weren't here when I woke up, I immediately thought of C.D.'s party."
Walker felt a stab of guilty as he took in the guilty look on her face. Pulling her close, Walker kissed her head, whispering, "I'm so sorry."
Alex twisted her body so she looked into his eyes, "We just have to learn to trust each other."
Walker smiled at her logic, kissing her full on the lips. Alex moaned as Walker deepened the kiss, moving them so she was under him.
"We're going to be late for work." Alex told him between kisses.
Walker didn't respond immediately as he kept kissing her. After a moment, he said, "There's no turning back now."
what do you guys think? Sorry it took so long, it's been super busy in my life lately. Review please.
