"Perfect, you and Jim Reeves" Patrick replied as he extended his arm as a silent invitation to dance. She took his hand and he pulled her into his embrace. He put his hand on her back as she put her hand on his shoulder. They held each other's free hand as they danced to the sweet melody.

"This might just be a very appropriate choice" Shelagh told him with a smile

The pain of disastrous adoption interview followed by the cold distance between them evaporated as she looked at the way Patrick was beaming at her. She could not remember the last time that they shared a carefree moment like this, just enjoying each other's company. She looked down briefly at this revelation, giving herself a chance to compose herself before looking back at him with the huge smile that she wore before. She loved being this close to him for the first time in a while, but she wanted more. "But what if he doesn't want to?" she thought to herself, she didn't want to ruin this moment. After a moment of pondering, she realized that she was being silly so she leaned up to him, closed her eyes and kissed him softly. He kissed her back immediately, and pressed his tongue against her lips to deepen the kiss. She opened her mouth to him as she ran her hands up and down his back. His hands were in her hair, trying to unpin it in a frenzy. Moments later he freed it and ran her fingers through her hair as they snogged which made her knees go weak. She took two steps back to the wall and they pressed against each other. She could feel his desire for her pressing against her. He pushed her cardigan off of her and she then unbuttoned his vest and he slipped it onto the ground. Patrick broke their kiss and although they promised to communicate more openly together with words, Shelagh knew by a look what Patrick wanted to do and she couldn't of been happier.

He scooped her up in his arms which made her shriek which made Patrick laughed and he said "You're going to wake Timothy up"

"I wasn't expecting that" she replied with laughter

They went to their bedroom and he put her down gently on their bed. He locked the door and came back to the bed and removed his shoes as she kicked hers off from the bed to the floor. He removed his tie and hopped onto the bed.

"I've missed you" he said

"Me too" she replied

She placed her lips on his neck and kissed him as she unbuttoned his shirt. She pushed it off of him and placed kisses on his chest, swirling her tongue around his skin. She heard him moan as she made his way to his stomach and then kissed the skin just above his belt. She lifted her head up and Patrick pulled her close and grabbed the zipper to her dress. He slid it down far enough so that Shelagh could wiggle her way out of it. He kissed her shoulders as he unhooked her bra and made his way down to her breasts. She sighed as his lips touched her smooth skin. He made his way down to her stomach and moved his hands to take off her knickers off along with her stockings. He threw her knickers and stockings to the floor and she undid his belt and pulled his pants and boxers off as fas as she could. He kicked them off the rest of the way and threw them to the other side of the bed. Their lips met and they moved against one another as the snogged. Shelagh realized how hard it really was to not do this for so long during the dark time that they were emotionally detached from one another. His hands roamed up and down her body as she explored his. He entered her and when she reached completion, she felt a part of her that she had only known for a couple of months come alive again and it was amazing. He quickly followed enthusiastically and they broke their embrace to catch their breath.

"I don't think I can go that long again" Patrick said as he gasped for air

"Me neither" she told him

"I know that we will have more arguments, but as long as we tell each other how we are feeling and talk it out we're going to be okay" she added

"We're going to be fine my love" he replied and kissed her on the forehead

Patrick started to laugh and Shelagh asked "What's so funny?"

"I just remembered that you never took the record out of the record player and that my vest and your cardigan are on the sitting room floor" he answered with a laugh

"We did get a little carried away, didn't we?" she said laughing

"I'll put on my robe and take care of it" he told her

As he was about to walk out of their bedroom Shelagh said "Hurry back because I'm ready for another round"