I raised the rating on this due to this chapter. Be warned, this chapter is basically all smut. You can skip it if you want, nothing integral to the overall story happens here.
Part 10
Another 2 months passed without any more confrontations with Jason, or about him. It was New Year's Eve before any of the family even saw him again, and that was at the party at the MertoCourt. Well, that wasn't entirely accurate. Michael and Kristina had spent portions of Thanksgiving and Christmas with him, as had Molly, but he hadn't pried about Liz or Jake at all. Carly had read Michael the riot act about his knowledge, and Sam had guilt tripped the girls pretty hard, but none of them really took that seriously, since they had both lied about paternity before, and Carly had moved heaven and earth to keep Michael from AJ.
Michael and Kristina continued to spend any and all of their break time on the Island, which pissed Sonny and Carly off. The kids loved it though. Jake spent hours playing hide and seek all throughout the castle with Michael and Molly. Spencer, Cameron and Kristina had huge snowball fights followed by baking cookies and muffins. Kristina obviously got her culinary gene from her father.
And during all that time, Nikolas and Elizabeth….took their time. They flirted over dinner, and over the kids' heads. They made out in closets like a pair of high school kids, much to Alfred's dismay. They took walks in the snow, and had romantic picnics in the turret room. The only thing they didn't do was have sex, and it was driving them both crazy.
Every time it seemed as if things would escalate, something came along and stopped them. Hell, Kristina and Michael had practically made a game of catching them in compromising positions. There was even a hand drawn map of the castle with the rooms they had been caught in checked off in pink marker. Of course, they weren't telling anyone what was going on, they liked having a nice place to stay for the holidays and the odd weekend.
Luckily the little kids had no clue at all. Liz's mom radar was working overtime when they were wandering the house.
Of course all of this wouldn't have been an issue if they had moved their romantic moments to the bedroom. The chart even had those two rooms circled in red. The problem with that was that neither Liz, nor Nik, was ready to put themselves under quite that much pressure. It wasn't like they were planning to have wild sex on the turret room floor or anything. Sure, if they got to the 'let's take this to the bedroom" point, it would be great, but to start out there was… a bit forced at that point.
That was the reason Nikolas was pacing inside his bedroom door in nothing but his silk sleep pants at 11 o'clock the night before Christmas. He kept picturing Liz's smile, her laugh, her curves… it was making it impossible for him to sleep
Suddenly there was a shriek from Liz's room, and Nik was out the door and standing in her room in a flash. But Liz wasn't in her room. Finally he saw the cracked bathroom door and the light shining out. He hurried over and stuck his head through the door.
"Liz, what's wrong? I heard a scream, are you ok?" He looked around as he spoke and nearly laughed when he saw her.
Liz was standing on the built in vanity table that was set low in the bathroom counter, wearing nothing but a towel.
"Don't you dare laugh." She scolded him with a pout. "There's a spider down there, and you know how much I hate spiders."
And he did know, she had run from the most harmless and tiny spiders many times before. Of course her attire had him struck more dumb than humored. Her hair was pulled up and back by a large claw clip, her skin was damp from where she had just been lounging in the tub, and her towel, while wrapping neatly around her, was barely long enough to cover the curve of her ass when view from his angle. He shook his head slightly and moved his eyes to the floor. Now he did laugh.
The big scary spider she was hiding from was the tiniest little thing he had ever seen, barely the size of the nail on his pinky finger. It took him less than a minute to pick it up and flush it down the toilet. When he looked back at her, she was still standing there, pouting at him.
"It's not funny, really." She said with her arms crossed. Apparently she either didn't realize, or didn't care, what her state of undress was doing to him.
"No. The spider isn't funny." He said with a smirk. "But the fact that you still haven't noticed what you're wearing, and what's at eye level for me right now? That's funny."
Liz looked down and blushed. She hurriedly dropped herself down so that she was now sitting on the vanity instead of standing on it. She was about to jump to the floor when Nikolas crowded into her and held her in place.
"Do you have any idea how sexy you are right now?" he purred into her ear.
Liz broke out in goose bumps all over her body. "Well, I have to say, your outfit doesn't leave much to the imagination either, and I'm not exactly complaining."
It was Nik's turn to blush and shiver. He shifted until he was standing between her parted legs, only the silk of his pants and a corner of terrycloth separating them. Ever so slowly he leaned in and drew her mouth into a fiery kiss.
Liz wrapped her arms around Nik's neck as he trailed his fingers along her bare thighs. She moaned into his mouth as the caresses moved higher and higher up and under the towel. She arched her back and he moved his lips to kiss down her neck and across her collar bone. His hands danced along her skin, one hand moving to her center, the other skimming its way up her taught stomach. Her towel came loose and fell from her writhing body as he reached her breasts with both his hand and his mouth.
Her fists were clenched in his hair as she made incoherent noises, her head leaning back into the mirror.
In short order Nikolas was on his knees on the cold marble floor, her legs draped over his shoulders, lapping at her warmth greedily. His hands massaged her ass as he worked, the sound of her deep moans spurring him on.
As she came, she slammed her head back so hard she saw stars. Her hands and forearms were straining to hold her weight on the countertop. She screamed his name in a way that nearly sent him over the edge himself.
As she slowly came down from her high he kissed his way lightly back up to her lips. He groaned as their bodies pressed together, his hardness coming into contact with her warm flesh.
Liz let out a light laugh. She was still breathing hard. "I think… I need… a shower." She pushed him back a bit before she reached down and ran her hands down his hips, taking his pants with them until the fabric was so far down his thighs that it fell to the floor. He stood there, naked and erect, and aching to press forward and into her. She gave him a teasing smile. "Wanna join me?"
He was stunned silent, giving her the opening she needed to shove him back with one hand, grab her towel with the other and climb down from the vanity. She giggled as she pulled him behind her to the glass enclosed shower stall. He had barely kept his footing, getting slightly snagged in his discarded pants.
Liz flicked on the water and pushed Nik into the cool spray. He pulled her with him and kissed her. They stayed there, kissing unter the warming water for what seemed like hours. Their hands touched, pinched, caressed and teased at each other. Eventually Liz's hands found their way to Nik's cock. He closed his eyes and groaned as she pumped him gently. After a minute he had to move back against the shower wall just to stay upright. She knelt down and took him into her mouth with the same relish he has shown her earlier. She got him almost there… before she pulled herself away and grabbed a bottle from the tiled niche in the wall. She was teasing him, and he liked it.
Elizabeth lathered her hands and directed Nikolas to sit down on the tiled bench at the back of the shower. It was just outside the direct spray of the waterfall showerhead. Nik raised an eyebrow, but did as he was told. Liz sat sideways on his lap and reached back to run her hands through his wet hair. She thought for a minute and then moved to sit behind him on the oversized bench. She washed his hair and massaged his scalp for a long few minutes before making him get up and rinse out his hair. She sat and watched him as he stood under the shower, his body still tense from need and his cock still semi erect. She was lost in thoughts of how exactly to use that when he caught her off guard in a kiss.
He manovered her legs around his waist and picked her up by her ass as he continued kissing her roughly. He turned and sat on the bench again, so that now she was kissing him and straddling his lap. They kept the kisses going, hot, needy kisses. He moved his hands and began to caress her nipples with his thumbs, then he moved one hand down to touch her and set her off again, but she pulled out of a kiss and moved his hands away. She quickly adjusted and pulled his once again erect cock into her for the very first time.
They both sighed in almost relief.
His hands went to her hips and began to assist her in moving up and down in the somewhat awkward position. After a few minutes he turned and laid himself out flat on the bench and she was able to continue on her own, setting a demanding rhythm.
He almost embarrassed himself by coming before she did. Thankfully he was able to coax her into an orgasm before he went sailing over the edge. She lay on his chest for a few minutes, gathering her witts and catching her breath before she said the first words between thim since they entered the shower.
"Wow. The water is still hot. That's impressive."
She felt stupid for saying it, but she really was extremely impressed by the water heater. It had been at least an hour, judging by the old clock hanging on the wall across the room, and the water was just as hot as when they got in.
Nikolas just laughed.
When they finally managed to wash and drag themselves out of the shower they crawled into Elizabeth's bed and snuggled close together. They had dried their hair and dressed, him back in his sleep pants and her in a cami and jammie pants of her own. He had brushed out her hair and put it up in a ponytail at the nape of her neck. And all the while they talked.
They talked about the kids, and how distant he had made himself from Spencer. They talked about their families, revealing little things that hadn't ever come up in conversation before, like how they spent Christmas as kids, or the reason Elizabeth couldn't stand the sight of split pea soup. They talked about Lucky, and the movies that they had seen recently, and their favorite books. Little things that made them who they were and bigger things that shaped their world.
They were just together. The tension was gone and they could relax. That big hurdle that they had been anticipating and dreading for more than a month was behind them. Of course they were still drawn to each other. They still had that spark, and that desire to be together, to make love and hold each other, but they weren't nervous anymore.
Eventually they fell asleep, her head on his chest, his hand on her back. That didn't last long though. Three little boys were anxious to start their Christmas morning.
Cameron was the first to bust through the door. "Mommy, it's Christmas, wa-" he stopped in his tracks and stared, "Hi Uncle Nik. What are you doing in here with mommy?"
Nikolas smiled at him and patted the bed next to him. Cam jumped up and sat where he had patted. Nik put his finger over his lips, indicating to be quiet, and pointed to the still sleeping Liz. Cam nodded and whispered, "Did you have a sleepover, like Michael and Krissy do sometimes?"
Nikolas raised an eyebrow at that, but decided to ignore the innocent insinuation. "Yeah, sort of." He whispered back, "We were telling stories, and we fell asleep. Why don't you go get Spence and Jake and we can wake up your mommy together."
Cam nodded enthusiastically and jumped down from the bed to run down the hall to the other kids' bedrooms.
"Whatever you're planning, I'm not amused." Came the sleepy, muffled, voice of Elizabeth from where her head rested on his chest.
Nik smiled and ran his hand through her hair. "Just giving us time to brace ourselves. Spencer is enough of a handful on holidays, all three of them together… "
"Ok, I like that plan." She lifted her head and pulled out the scrunchie that held her hair back. She ran her hands through her hair, to loosen it, and tried to wake herself up a bit before the kids got back. When she heard giggling coming down the hall she laid herself back down and closed her eyes in feigned sleep.
The boys came in the door as quietly as a group of excited little boys on Christmas morning really could. Nik motioned them over to the bed and whispered. "Ok, on three, pounce. Ready?"
The boys nodded and Jake covered his mouth to stifle a giggle. "One, two…..three!" and the kids jumped up on the bed and started bouncing all over Liz. She pretended to wake up and grabbed Spencer by the legs and pulled him in to tickle him.
"What's so important that you guys had to wake me up?" she said with an exaggerated pout.
He laughed as she tickled his belly. "It's Christmas Aunt Liz."
She stopped. "Oh, Christmas? Well, where are my presents?"
Jake laughed. "Under the tree mommy!"
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go get some presents."