It was late evening when Kate rolled onto her side in the bed. She noticed that Rick wasn't next to her anymore, so she propped herself up on her elbows and scanned the room. She saw his figure over at the table, typing away on his laptop at an incredible speed.
Since she could tell that he didn't realize she was awake, she slid off the mattress and silently walked over to him. Her arms draped down his chest as she rested her chin on his shoulder.
"What are you writing?" she murmured into his ear, sensing the chills that just ran through him because of the breaths she let out onto his neck.
"J-just something that I can't get out of my mind. I have to write it down before I forget," Rick stammered as he saved the Word document and closed his laptop. "Should we venture outdoors?"
"I like the whole idea of one day inside, just us," she deeply spoke before kissing his ear. She pulled away and headed for the bathroom. "We can venture out tomorrow."
"We've got a whole week in France. We can do whatever you want since it's your first time here," he said while following her to the doorway. He leaned against the doorframe and folded his arms across his bare chest. "Even though I like the fun that we've been having in our room."
Kate picked up her toothbrush on the sink and wet it. "Do you?" she questioned while she squeezed toothpaste on it. "Me too."
"I just can't keep my hands off you," he growled from the back of his throat as he stepped more into the bathroom and behind her. He placed his hands on her hips and moved her hair from her neck, lightly kissing up it. "It's impossible."
"Let me brush my teeth." She gently backhanded him, making a devious laugh escape his lips.
"Should we check on the kids since we aren't doing anything anymore?" He stood beside her and leaned against the sink. She was brushing her teeth and here he was asking questions.
"If you want to. What time would it be there?" she asked before spitting and rinsing her mouth. She set her toothbrush to the side and followed him out of the room since he didn't say anything. "Are you going to answer me?"
"It would be about noon, I think," he uncertainly answered while he searched for his phone in the bed. Once he found it under the pillows, he pulled it out and scrolled through the names. "Who has them right now? Your dad?"
"Yeah," she warmly replied. As much as she enjoyed their time away from the house, just the two of them, she missed her little boy and the energy that radiated off him.
Rick patted the spot next to him on the bed until she was closer. He wrapped his arm around her lower back and pressed Jim's speed dial. He put the phone on speaker and set it on his thigh, so they both could hear clearly.
Several rings later and they were greeted with Jim's enthusiastic voice.
"Hey, Dad," Kate gleefully responded with a smile, even though he couldn't exactly see her.
"How's it going in France?" Jim happily questioned.
"Pretty good. We spent the day in the hotel room and plan to venture out tomorrow. How's everything there?"
"Ohh," he teased on the other line. "Everything's good. Do you want to do that Skype thing you showed me last week? I bet the kids would like to see and hear you."
Kate tilted her head to look at Rick who shrugged as his answer. She shook her head with a smug grin.
"Give us ten minutes and we'll be online," she spoke to her dad. She could sense that he was nodding, which made her smile.
"Alrighty. I'll see you two soon. Ten minutes." Jim ended the call, which made Rick place his phone on the side table.
"Let's get dressed," Rick suggested while laughing since they were still in their underwear.
Kate nodded her head in agreement as she searched the floor for the clothes they were wearing only a couple hours ago. They weren't dirty or anything, so she didn't really care.
It took her a few minutes to locate her blouse and put it on. Then, she found her capris under the bed, which made her chuckle.
"What's so funny?" Rick asked in an amused manner.
"How exactly did my capris get under the bed?" she questioned him back as she pulled them out and held them to him. "Did you toss them under here because I sure don't remember."
"Probably?" He gave her a slight shrug, which made her laugh for some strange reason. He'd have to be inside her mind to understand why she was, but that was okay. As long as he made her smile daily, he didn't care. "All set, then?"
"Where's the laptop?" She stood up straight and used the hair-tie from around her wrist to put her hair into a ponytail. That way she wouldn't look like she just had sex about a million times. "Kind of need it. Don't you think?"
"Right! Laptop!" He ran out of the bedroom and into their little living room. The laptop was on the couch, so he picked it up and was ready to head back to the bedroom until he saw Kate walking toward him. "Out here?"
"Yeah, because I don't want my dad to see our messy bedroom." She quickly raised her eyebrows, so he would understand.
"Good idea. We kind off went at it, didn't we?" he questioned while he plopped down on the couch. He patted the spot next to him until she sat down. "Let's see our little rugrats."
She watched him open the laptop and turn it on, the whole while with her head snug on his shoulder. After everything loaded, he navigated to Skype and clicked it. Her password was saved on it, so he signed in without a problem.
"How do I do this again?" he asked, clearly confused as to what he was doing.
"Click contacts and then double click my dad's name. After that, you hit the phone thing and do video chat," she explained with a smile.
Rick did everything she said and waited for Jim to pick up the call. Once he did, he waved at the screen.
"How's it going there, Jim?"
"Pretty good. Just gave the kids a bath."
"Who's that?" Noah's little voice was heard from the other room.
"Come and see," Jim slightly yelled to get the boy near him.
Noah came barreling into the living room and over to his grandpa. He still had his Spongebob towel around him because he didn't want to get dressed yet. He preferred being naked.
He climbed onto the couch and leaned over his grandpa's legs to see what was on the laptop.
"Mommy!" he screeched with a big, bright smile.
"Hey, big guy," Kate enthused at his level of excitement.
"How are you in there?" He poked the laptop screen a few times with furrowed brows and pursed lips. "Can you come out?"
Rick couldn't help but laugh at Noah's confusion because it was cute that he believed them to actually be in the computer. Maybe watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory before they left was a bad idea. Oh well, he absolutely loved the idea of a candy world, so it didn't matter too much.
"We aren't in the computer. We are using video like people on TV," Rick attempted to explain to the boy's growing mind. "Do you understand that?"
"Like the news lady?" Noah asked, leaning closer to the camera part. His eye was directly in front of it, trying to see into the computer.
"Stay back a bit," Jim gently commanded as he pulled his grandson away from the laptop screen, so they both could see better.
Noah sat as close to his grandpa as possible. He began to chew on the corner of his towel before he moved his wet curls away from his face because they made it itch.
"When are you coming home, Mommy and Rick?" Noah inquired with a pout.
"Daddy?" Alexis questioned while running over to Noah and his grandpa. She stood on the couch beside Jim and leaned over to see her dad and Kate on the screen. "Hi!"
"Hey, Pumpkin," Rick greeted with a playful smile. "How are you doing?"
"I took a bath." Alexis nodded her head and patted her damp hair because she took hers before Noah's.
"I see that," Rick chuckled while slightly shaking his head.
"I did too!" Noah loudly butted in while grinning at Alexis. He shook his head side to side really fast to whip his hair and make water fly off.
"Noah, stop," Kate sternly said, which made him come to a halt the second after she spoke. His eyes held hers until he smiled and brought the towel back into his mouth. "Have you been a good boy for Grandpa so far?"
"Yes," Noah nodded, not wanting to take the towel out of his mouth.
"Has he, Alexis?" Kate decided to ask her little friend since she never told lies, and she was extremely bad at it.
"He screamed earlier, but that was because there was this giant spider." Alexis illustrated the size of the spider with her hands. The wide eyes she used made both Kate and Rick laugh. "It's not funny! It was scary!"
"Where did you see the spider?" Rick decided to ask.
"In the shower," Noah answered before Alexis could even open her mouth. "It was crawling up the walls!"
"Did you capture it and put it outside?" Rick kissed the side of Kate's head since she rested it against him again.
"Nope. I squished it!" Noah smacked his hands together with a strict nod and devious look behind his blue eyes.
"I thought we weren't supposed to kill any types of bugs?" Kate asked, which made her son let out a long sigh.
"We didn't want it to get us tonight and it was really scary," Alexis defended her stepbrother and shot him a smile, which she, of course, got one in return.
"How about no more killing of the spiders?" Rick got a shrug from Noah and an uneasy expression from Alexis. "Alright, Pumpkin?"
"But, Daddy, they are scary. What if they get me when I'm upstairs and reading a book? They are quiet!" she speedily spoke since she was nervous about seeing another big spider.
"Then you call Jim up and have him capture it under a cup, so you guys can safely put it outside. Okay?"
"Okay," Alexis agreed, even though she didn't want to.
"I wanna show them my new watch!" Noah practically dove off the couch to retrieve his watch in the kitchen. He could hear Alexis behind him, so he slowed down for her to catch up.
"I'm glad that they're behaving for you," Kate spoke to her dad with a smile. "It makes me feel a lot more relieved than before."
"I can handle them." Jim gave a light shrug and grin. "They are loads of fun to be with and they keep your mind off everything that shouldn't matter."
"That's good," Kate agreed with a bright smile. "We're going to let you guys go after Noah shows us his watch. We are both beyond hungry and we need to find something to eat. Is that alright?"
"That's fine by me, Katie."
"It was nice speaking with you, Jim," Rick interjected, which made him receive a pleasing smile from the man.
"See!" Noah interrupted and held his watch in front of the camera. "It's Batman!"
"That's so cool!" Rick loudly exclaimed, making Noah bounce in his spot.
"This is mine." Alexis held it a little ways from the camera, unlike Noah. "It's Hello Kitty."
"You finally found a Hello Kitty watch," Kate said as she got a continuous nod from Alexis.
"We're going to let you guys go now," Rick said since it was silent. "We can do this every morning if you guys want to."
"See Mommy on the computer all the time!" Noah basically screamed, which got his grandpa's finger over his mouth to silence him. "Sorry."
"See you in the morning and we will be calling before you go to bed," Rick said as he noticed the upset look in Alexis' facial expression. "What's wrong, Pumpkin?"
"I miss you, Daddy," she unhappily spoke with a frown.
"We will be home soon, I promise."
Alexis hesitantly waved her hand, which made Noah copy her.
"I love you," Kate and Rick said at the same time.
"Love you too, Mommy and Rick," Noah cheerfully responded.
"I love you guys too," Alexis agreed with a strict nod.
Rick quit out of Skype and closed the laptop. He turned his head, so he could clearly see Kate's beautiful face.
"That was interesting," he stated until he realized that there were tears forming behind her green eyes. "What's the matter, love?"
"I really miss them. Both of them," Kate sorrowfully spoke as she bit down on her bottom lip to stop herself from crying. "I'm having fun and all, but I miss him so much."
"Aw, come here." He put his arm up, so it'd be easier for her to snuggle into his side.
He tightly wrapped it around her, holding her as close as possible. He wanted to take away her pain, but he didn't know how to do so. She was a mother, a damn good one, and she missed her kid. Hell, he missed his too, but he knew they would be going home in a week.
"Do you want to get something to eat and call them later?" he murmured into her ear, getting a gradual nod in response.
"Yes," she replied with her exhale. "You…" She teasingly trailed her fingers up his arm and to his ear where she placed her lips. "Should distract me."
That was all he needed to be aroused. He laid her back on the couch, causing a throaty laugh to escape from her, which made his lips hungrily meet hers.
This was what he loved about their honeymoon. They could have endless sex without worrying about the kids walking in on them or some other sort of distraction. Here in France, it was only them, so they had no limits. Absolutely none, and he could live this way for the rest of his life. Happy.
Not saying he wasn't happy at home, but this was a different kind. The kind only another woman could give him, not his daughter. Combine the two and he would never be able to understand how to live without one or the other.
But man was he the happiest person alive. He had everything he wanted and so much more.
AN: Sorry for the delay. I've been neglecting lots of things, but not anymore!
