Hi there all over the world!
Since last Wednesday there have been many (!) more hits and visitors on my story than before.
Maybe it´s because of episode 119? I really don´t know.
But what I know is that there´s one thing the whole world has in common: Reading without writing reviews. The one and only thing we all seem to agree with. Isn´t that fabulous? Whether we´re white or black, Catholic or Jewish or even Islamic (etc.), gay or straight – good to know that all of us just like to consume for free. Don´t get me wrong, I don´t want to complain about that fact, I´m really happy that we finally found something to unite!
"If I was a social scientist instead of a cytology assistant (and author of some stupid ffs/ofs), there´s one thing I´d like to research." – look above! ;-)
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Well, have fun with the new chap now * wink *
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By the way – I wrote that about three weeks ago, just wanted to point out that I´m not writing after watching some previews or any other stuff of the show ^^ It´s my very own fantasy (except names).
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Jealousy
Meanwhile Julian talked to Travis about the re-opening of his case and when Dan finally left the bar, he ordered himself a beer. Wanda came over and looked him in the eye. He suddenly realized that she must already know. His hands were trembling like hell when asking her for a private conversation. Wanda nodded, left the bar in Travis´ hands and went off to a table in a silent corner.
"Sit down, please!" She said quietly.
"It´s not about Travis, it´s about Marti." Julian began carefully.
"I thought so. It´s not right, you know that."
Julian didn´t enlarge on her declaration. "She wants me to locate her dad."
"She wants you to do what?" Wanda screamed, nearly falling of the chair.
"I said I wouldn´t do it without your permission. That´s what I´m here for tonight."
That wasn´t what she´d expected him to talk about and so she really had no words for a few minutes. Her daughter had always been kind of persistent, but this time Wanda was really surprised about her way to get what she wanted.
"You can´t do this." She answered shaking all over.
"Why not?"
"I don´t want you to."
"Why not?"
"Are you a parrot?" She was kidding in real fear.
"Why not?" He repeated like some persistent talking bird.
"You definitely are."
"Wanda? Why not?" His eyes watched her intensely, getting more and more nervous.
"I don´t know you, so why the hell should I tell you something about my personal background? Huh?"
"You tell me about yours, I tell you about mine. Deal?"
Wanda sat there in total surprise. This man obviously wanted to drive her crazy. "I don´t get it. Why should I do this?"
"To make your little girl happy."
"So, now she´s a little girl in your eyes again?" She countered.
"She´s always been. Deal?"
"You´re a couple, aren´t you?"
"I´m still waiting for your answer."
"So do I.."
Julian suddenly thought of wanting to go to jail for murder, but he appreciated her persistence, too. "What are we talking about, Wanda? Finding Marti´s dad or your suspicion of me having a dirty affair with your daughter?"
"Maybe both?"
"First of all, we´re not having a dirty affair, not even an affair. It´s your turn."
"So... What do you call it a professor having sex with his student? Physical pleasure?"
Julian battered on the table in sudden agitation. "Wanda!" He snubbed her. "We´re two grown-ups, aren´t we? I expect you to reason, got it!"
She winced at him reacting so rude. "I´m acting reasonably. You can´t locate Marti´s dad. That´s a fact."
"Because he´s dead?"
"No, he´s not. I told her so, but she knows already that maybe he´s not."
"Okay, go on..."
"Do we still have this deal?"
"Sure."
"He´s in jail."
Julian sighed. He nearly had expected something like that. "For what reason? Drug dealing?"
"Murder."
"Okay... That´ll be really difficult as far as I can see."
"It´s your turn, professor!" Wanda smirked. "The deal, remember?"
"First I want to know if you allow me to take a look at your husband's case."
"Feel free to investigate. He´s guilty. And you´ll see that it´ll be better Marti doesn´t know all about that terrible murder."
"Okay, that´ll be my decision then. Tell me his name and date of birth, please."
"Your personal background in exchange to his name."
"Now I know from whom Marti got her talent for pleading." He paused. "Look, I´m divorced for about three years now because I had to look after my little girl and didn´t succeed.. She fell into the pool and drowned." His hands still began to tremble whenever he told the story of his life.
Eyes wide open, Wanda had to hold her breath. "I´m so sorry..." She stammered. "I don´t know what to say to that..." Suddenly she remembered Marti´s question about what present she should take to the cemetery. It must have been Julian´s little daughter who had her seventh birthday.
"His name?" Julian took a sip of his beer and Wanda watched his trembling fingers.
"Rex Perkins. Born on November 10th in 1964."
"Thank you."
"Do you love her?"
"I do."
"I trust you. Don´t tell her about her dad, it´s way too cruel for a young girl her age."
"I´ve come to you, haven´t I?" He murmured, still shaking all over. "She means everything to me. Be sure that I won´t let anybody hurt her."
"There´s one more thing... Marti didn´t realize me knowing about the two of you."
"So, who got you the information?" Julian asked hectically.
"Travis presumed there must be something going on between you and her. You have to be more careful, son-in-law to-be!"
Julian´s corners of the mouth quivered for just one second. "Mr. Guthrie´s vocabulary seems to be kind of futuristic, doesn´t it?"
"Maybe...?" Wanda smiled for the first time during this conversation.
"Have to go now. Thank you for talking to me that openly. I´ll be careful, I promise. With both of them, Marti and the facts revealing about her dad."
Wanda smiled a second time, laying her hand upon Julian´s on the table. „You´re a good guy."
"I´m a lawyer, it´s mandatory."
He left the café without looking at Marti again. There still was the opportunity to call her on the phone later. The first thing he did was writing down the name and date of birth of her dad. The second thought was about her kissing that damned Harry Potter! He was jealous as hell. And the way Morgan looked at him for just one second didn´t even make it easier. He tried to pick on him for sure. It worked. It worked really well. His stomach told him to forget about it, but he wasn´t able to. So he felt really bad being back home again and decided to pick up the phone to do himself a favor.
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"Stop it!" Marti shouted at Morgan, standing outside the campus pub, being hugged by him too tight again. "Nobody´s here watching us right now!"
Morgan grinned. "It´s been worth a try!"
She rolled her eyes. "I really thank you for playing that awful game. Listen, Dan made me so angry, I couldn´t help lying to him."
"Well, you´re a nice girl, looking not that bad – no, let me be honest, you look fantastic – and your kisses are... Wohoooooo!" He remarked smirking. Still being totally excited about his lips having been touched by hers. "I mean..."
"Oh my goodness! Shut up Harry Potter! You make me feel really ashamed. But don´t think of any future growth of my feelings for you! Nancy Drew`s out! Got it!"
Morgan laughed although he felt hurt emotionally. "Hell, ya! Julian must be in heaven... I hope he knows exactly what he´s got. So, if not, I´m going to break his nose! Got it, too?"
"You´re willing to protect me? That´s kinda cool...! But you know he won´t disappoint me, don´t you? He´s not a teenage anymore, he knows exactly what he wants."
"And he wants you – I got it. Well, who could blame him for that?" Morgan sighed. "Don´t worry, Marti. I´m not crazy. It´s just that I like you. A lot..."
"As if we didn´t know... Listen, I have to go now, will you walk me home, please?"
"Sure I do. Not because of Dan or Alice or whoever the fuck else. It´s because I care about you."
"Thanks, Potter... You´re a true friend. And I care about you, too..." She took his arm and they left the campus, talking about Julian´s latest case and their progress in investigating. The professor didn´t want them to do dangerous spying anymore and Marti definitely didn´t want to follow this rule. Morgan tried to talk her out of that, but he had no chance at all. She seemed like a bloodhound smelling his favorite fluid...
"Okay, you won! I won´t tell him what we´re planning. But you´re really crazy, Nancy Drew! This could be really dangerous, you know?"
"And exciting, too. Don´t you want to change how things are going? I want to change the world, make it a little better." Marti smiled, hoping on his understanding. Julian tried the same when he was her age and she always admired him for this attitude. Suddenly her cell phone rang and she looked at the display. "It´s him, I have to accept the call..." She said to Morgan. "Hi, Julian..." Her voice immediately turned softly when answering the phone.
"Marti, where are you right now?" Julian just got to the point. He had to deal with thinking of her being still together with that black curly-haired teenage dream.
"On my way home. Why?" She turned away from Morgan, blushing.
"Alone?"
"No, Morgan´s with me. He walks me home because it´s late."
Julian clenched his teeth in jealousy. He hated himself for that reaction, but couldn´t help going on with it. "Did you recognize me talking to your mum at the café? She´s okay with me locating your dad."
"Really? How did you do that! Oh my goodness! I´m just shaking all over..."
"She was kind of cooperative. But I had to promise her not to let anybody hurt you."
"O-kaaay...? What does that mean in particular?"
Julian thought of being honest to her. "It´s my turn to decide whether you should know more about your dad or not."
"Fuck! I´m not your little kid, you know! I´m already adult!" Marti answered being offended. "I have a right to know everything about him!" She nearly tore up. Morgan touched her carefully on her back and tried to calm her down this way. She just whispered to him to stay out of it.
"Yes, you have the right to know all about him." Julian answered. "But maybe it´ll do no good, believe me, I´ve seen too many families breaking up on hidden secrets being suddenly revealed."
"You´re pathetic! We´ll see... Did you talk to Travis, too?"
„Not too much. But I saw you..."
"Really?"
"You kissed him." Julian murmured.
Marti smiled about his notification. "I had to, he´s my official boyfriend." She said, grinning like a Cheshire cat. "Didn´t you know that?"
"You´re kidding, right?" He sat down on the couch in front of the fireplace and got pale all over. Ridiculous, he told himself.
"No, I´m not kidding."
"You´re not...?"
They just stood in front of his house and Marti decided to let him in suspense. She took out the key and showed it to Morgan who nearly fainted therefore.
"We´re together. I never kiss anybody without a reason, you know?" She spoke into the phone, opened the door silently, giving Morgan a short goodbye and thank you hug. He left her, shaking his head in disbelief because of Julian having given her the key to his house.
"Marti, you´re joking, I know. Maybe I´m old, but I´m not stupid. You like me getting jealous, right? And just to make it clear – you did it!" He hung up immediately, clenching his teeth again.
Marti closed the door, smiling all over. He sounded so sweet when being totally enraged. She sneaked off to the living-room and held her ear onto the double-winged wooden room door. There was no noise at all. But she had heard the sound of the gong of the long case clock on the phone, so he must have been in the living-room when talking to her. Carefully she opened the door and went in. He sat on the couch, his head lying on the backrest, not even having been noticing her coming in. Marti carefully went towards him and suddenly put her arms around his neck from behind. She really made him start.
"Oh my fucking god! Marti? What the hell...?" He stumbled, turning his head around quickly and watching her with eyes wide open. His heart beating like a drum.
"... am I doing here instead of being with Morgan?" She interrupted him, smiling and circling the couch, kneeling right over his lap and stroking his cheek with sparkling eyes. "Don't ya still know that, yet, professor?" She didn´t let him answer and kissed him passionately on the lips instead.
Julian embraced her with all of his hunger and tried to make himself unforgettable once more. There were no words for what he felt at that moment, feeling her so close and sexy all over. Even though he knew that she was kidding before, he felt awful and hurt. The more she used her tongue, the more he got wild. They undressed their upper parts of the body in a real hurry without stopping to kiss, gasping in agitation. Marti opened his zipper of the jeans, watching him moan when tearing out his erection with her warm hand. Julian rummaged around in his trouser pocket, searching excitedly for a condom. Latterly he carried one along wherever he had been going.
"Where the heck...?" He murmured. "Got it!" With a big smile on his face he handed her the so-called safety net to slip it over his hard-on. "You´re good at it." He remarked, smiling once more.
Marti only wanted to position it as fast as possible because she couldn´t wait any longer feeling him inside of her body. "Better I´ll do it quickly." She smirked and enjoyed Julian moaning the moment she touched him.
"Only a hellcat wears a skirt at the right moment." He stumbled gasping, letting his hand get hectically under her dress to stash the panties away.
She positioned herself above his crotch and let him enter her rapidly, moaning herself in pleasure. His lips kissing her nipples, his tongue touching her all over while she buried her nose in his hair, embracing him and finally slipping rhythmically up and down his penis.
"How – could – you – ever – think – I´d – prefer – Potter?" She stammered snatchy, gasping right next to his open mouth.
Julian growned with effort. "He´s – young – and – quite – sexy. Just – perfect – for – you."
"Shut – up! You´re – more – man – he – could – ever be!" Marti answered and came right after her statement, screaming full of relish.
Julian followed her right away, burying his fingers in her curly blond hair. It felt so damned right. Warm and secure – simply unique. They stayed breathless in a deep embrace, kissing softly and stroking themselves tenderly all over. The best side of their relationship – not to have the wish to flee immediately from each other after having had sex together.
"Time for truth. What about my dad that you don´t want me to know?" Marti suddenly whispered in his ear, hugging him stronger even more.
Julian got frightened by that question. In his opinion, to love her and not to be honest with her at the same time was definitely not right. "Please don´t do that to me, Marti. I promised your mum."
She kissed him time and again, letting her tongue show him some tenderness anew. "I´m a grown-up, Julian. Believe me, I won´t break on any information, you know?"
"Fuck! I missed to call my client once more!" He remembered by noticing her as a grown-up, suddenly changing topic. "Why didn´t you stop me...?"
Marti opened her eyes in surprise and got off of his crotch, sitting next to him on the couch. "Stop you from having sex with me?" She laughed out loud and cuddled up to him. "No way!"
Julian sighed, removing the condom by actually letting it fall on the floor and closed his zipper. "I know. I´m sorry, honey..." He took her hand, stroking it lovingly. "It´s my own fault. I´m the senior of the two of us. The counselor. And I definitely should be able to control myself. To stay reasonable and hard working though." Julian ran his fingers through her hair, looking deep into her eyes. "It´s just... I´ve never felt so jealous before..."
"And that´s the reason why you`ve neglected your duty?"
"Seems like... I´ve lost myself in romance."
"I like that, you know?" Marti whispered in his ear, smiling all over. "Julian? Why didn´t you bin the condom? I mean..." She asked quietly, looking disgustedly on the floor.
"You once told me not to run away after we have had sex. I thought it would be more comfortable for you. Why are you so captious all of a sudden?"
"I´m not captious. I´m just nauseated by that kind of behavior. I like it clean and tidy."
"You´ve never told me about that..." Julian lifted her chin with his hand, looking deep into her eyes.
Marti smiled. "´Cause I forgot..."
"How could you forget?"
"How could you forget your client?" Marti countered. "I only thought about letting you know how much I love you. That I won´t choose Morgan at any time."
Julian sighed once again. "Are you sure about that?"
"Yes, of course. I shouldn´t have told you that he´s my boyfriend. That was childish and unnecessary. And I kissed him only because of Dan. He wants to reveal my secrets like Morgan did before and I tried to make him believe that I´m dating Potter instead of you..." Marti kissed him softly. This man seemed to suffer from a real heartache and she didn´t know how to ease his pain in a useful way.
Julian hated himself for being so flimsy. "I don´t know what to say... Potter gave me that mischievous glance at the pub. That made me think of punching him right into his face. You have no idea of the feelings I had to fight ever since. It maybe sounds ridiculous, but I´m way too sensible and this goes back a long way with me. Heather, my ex wife, we´ve already met at High School. Once she cheated on me before we got married. I suffered agonies. And I´ve never forgotten this guy's face, I swear."
Marti just realized that Julian had a long unknown personal background. He had lived his life. And she was quite young with no experiences at all. At least not that intense ones. Cheating certainly rang a bell, but she had never felt that hurt. Not the way he did.
"Her name´s Heather? How could you forgive her?"
"Maybe I´m not looking like a serious guy, but I am. She was my first and only love, not my first girlfriend, of course. We had been damned happy until the accident happened."
Marti nodded. "I promise not to cheat on you as long as we´re together. By the way, I´m a serious girl, too. My one and only love once cheated on me, too, and I know exactly how you felt. Only that he abandoned me for that crazy bitch, so I´ve never had the chance to forgive him."
"That´s terrible. How long have you been together?"
"Two years. Quite a long time for a young girl."
"Yeah. Heather and I have been together for fourteen years. She has been my life."
"You did it!"
"Did what?"
"Making me feel jealous as hell."
Julian grinned, prodding with his nose on her cheek. "I´m hungry, what about you?" He felt his stomach rumbling, but it sounded more like thinking of something else...
Marti smiled. "Let´s get something to eat. I love your recipes. Secondary to your other skills..."
Julian stood up, laughing out loud. "We definitely share a common sense of humor. You won´t get rid of me, Marti!" He took the condom off the floor and went away to put it into the trash bin.
"I even don´t want to!" She answered smirking, following him with her eyes.
Marti decided to go to the bathroom herself before starting to cook together with him. They both washed their hands, smiling by getting lost in sweet memories about some hot moments ago. When Marti came back into the kitchen, he just sighed again, staring at her in rapture.
"You´re so beautiful..." He murmured.
"Thanks... And hungry. So, what are we going to rustle up?"
Tbc...
©Mrs. NiG, 30.04.2011
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