Chapter 4: Romantic Night

"I hope you're ready, my love," Jim put his arm around Ruby's shoulders in the car on the way home. She was a bit tense so he would give her a shoulder massage later on. "I'm going to give you what you asked for."

"Oooohhh," was all Ruby said. She caught Seb's eye in the rearview mirror, giggling as he winked at her.

When they got into the villa, Ruby was surprised to see that their dinner was all laid out for them. Jim knew Ruby loved spaghetti and meatballs so he ordered it from a local restaurant (though not the one they had been at during lunch!). Seb had picked it up and it sat for them, still warming on the counter. Two wine glasses and a bottle of champagne was chilled in a bucket, two brass candlestick holders had elegant looking red tapered candles in them, matches by their side.

Jim lit the candles as Ruby poured out champagne for them. They had their dinner, Jim pulled out chocolate covered strawberries with the crowns cut off, then took Ruby by the hand.

"Out on the porch, my dear love." he flicked on the wall sconce light, giving the porch a dim glow.

"Oh hang on. I bought something for this and I want to show it to you."

"Really?"

"I need to go put it on! Hang on a second." when Ruby reappeared, she was wearing a bathrobe, but it was see through and only went down to her mid thighs.

Jim whistled. "You look wonderful."

"Thanks." he'd stripped down while he waited for her; now only an old pair of swim trunks covered him up. The two of them sat on the chaise lounge at first, eating the strawberries like Lady and the Tramp. When those were gone, Jim got up, pushed Ruby to lay down, then sat on the edge of the lounge. He began to neck her, gently at first then faster, putting a little bite in it the way she liked.

The ocean breeze wafted by as a cruise ship slowly came into the bay. Neither Jim nor Ruby noticed anything. The villa was high up enough so the passengers wouldn't be accidentally gazing at a couple having sex. It was nighttime anyway and the sheer drapes enclosing the porch could always give them some protection.

Twenty uninterrupted minutes later, Ruby stroked Jim's hair as he paused for a minute to catch his breath.

"Don't make yourself light headed." she cautioned.

"Do you want us to go all the way right here on the porch or on the bed inside?"

"Preferably on the bed." Jim leaned over Ruby and gave her a couple rough dry humps uncomfortably. "We can always have sex here later."

"All righty!" the criminal picked up his wife, they went into the bedroom, there he dumped her right onto the bed. Ruby pulled off her robe, playfully swinging it at Jim. He took his swim trunks off, pouncing on her.

Neither one of them said anything as Jim entered Ruby in one thrust, knowing she was plenty slick enough for him this time. She initially put her legs around his waist but he wanted to see if he could go deeper. Jim put her knees on his shoulders but she could only tolerate that for a few minutes.

The positions they tried were many but they preferred good old fashioned missionary. Ruby used her legs to thrust her pelvis up every time Jim rocked his pelvis forward and he grunted with pleasure.

"Oh God, Jim! Shoot it inside me!" Ruby cried out, quivering in anticipation. That was all Jim needed as he thrust forward once more and released his load. Both of them covered in sweat, panting heavily, Ruby came with her husband; both collapsing on the bed.

Ruby's imagination fired up as they took a few moments to get their breathing under control. Sperm racing across her uterus, half going up each fallopian tube, meeting the mature egg she had as a reward for the best candidate, then her egg chose which sperm was the winner. Once fertilized, the egg would roll down to the uterus and implant itself.

The rest would be history. Jim, his breath still coming in huffs and puffs, asked Ruby what she was thinking of.

"Conception."

"Oh? How long does my sperm stay alive inside you?"

"One week. Damn! When you say stay alive inside me I just get so randy! I have no idea why!"

Jim started laughing as he allowed her to straddle him. "Now I know your trigger!"

Ruby was unabashed. "I always thought the best sex was from when I was pregnant." she allowed Jim to play with her boobs.

"Yeah? You liked that big bump getting in the way?" he eyed her pelvis, his mind now on similar pathways to hers. Jim always thought of his sperm like super sperm, always hitting its target and never failing. Both of them were in their thirties now, not essentially their reproductive peak years, but both of them had been proven fertile.

"It's hard to explain." Ruby edged up as Jim brought his legs up at his knees, made her lie on his thighs, her head at his knees, her hair streaming down his legs, exposing her pelvis to him.

"Let's see.. hello to the being inside my wife," he teased. "if you're a boy we will call you Anthony Sebastian and if you're a girl we will call you Elizabeth Antonia, Liz for short."

"You're mocking me!" Ruby sniggered but stayed put.

"What's that?" Jim put an ear to her pelvis. "You think your mommy's being weird? Try living with her!" both of his hands were on her pelvis now as if he could caress what was inside of her.

"Jim!"

"You like being inside your mom? Think of it-you'll be getting a rent free apartment for nine months, your food will be pre masticated, and you go wherever she goes! Sweet deal!"

"Sweet for him. You know what happens now."

"You go for an ultrasound tomorrow?"

"No," Ruby pulled herself off of Jim. "we have to wait about a month to see if the egg got fertilized and implanted OK. We go from there. Give me a break, Jim. I know your sperm is great but it's not that fast."

"Right. I don't know when we go back to England but it might be awhile."

"That's OK. I should at least be able to sort out all the networking and technical problems in a month's time."

"I knew I made the right choice with you." Jim smirked. The two of them spent the next few minutes catching their breath, Ruby went to brush her teeth, then got into bed with him naked.

Ruby made Jim turn over so she could spoon him that night. Jim surrendered himself to her feminine touch, hoping that he could stay calm enough to become sleepy. His wife's sweet breath on the nape of his neck soothed and comforted him so he relaxed more freely. Before he or Ruby knew it, both of them were asleep.

-"Mommy!" a little blonde haired girl shrieked as she stepped off the bus from school. She had gray eyes, her hair was beginning to darken with brown and red at the roots, and she was about four years old.

Ruby laughed as she picked up the little girl. "My darling! Have fun in school today?"

"We learned numbers! See, one, two, free-"

"Three, honey," Ruby told her daughter patiently. "three."

"Th-free." the child spit out the word like it didn't taste good. Ruby just giggled as she and the child went into the house.

"There's my little Jenny!" Jim came out of the living room where he was entertaining their two-year-old son Tony. Tony was shaping up to be another mixture of his parents, his father's brown eyes and his mother's curly hair. The toddler got up on his legs, bowlegged and wobbly, began to walk erratically towards his mother.

"Daddy!" Jim put Tony in his playpen, taking his daughter from his wife. Ruby fetched Tony from the playpen, installed him in his high chair, then gave him food to eat. Jim put Jenny in a booster seat, gave her supper, sitting opposite her after he'd gotten his own.

"Eat up, my lovelies!" Jim chirped, thinking there was nothing better than his daughter calling him daddy. He could see Ruby thought likewise.