PROBLEM(ATIC)
Torn Between the Two
Chapter Nine
"Something in Common"
Rated R for Sexual Content

"Passion... it's the atmosphere, the noise, it's the time, the taste, the smell, and the sense of being. I think it's being alive at a point where it's so joyful it can almost be painful."

Gates and Sam's date started out well. They went to a nice little restaurant and sat away from everyone else, the request of Gates who said he wanted no distractions. And they had no distractions besides one phone call, which came from Sarah who asked if she could go to a movie and spend the night at a friend's house. Gates agreed after Sam told him that 'You only get to be young once'. To be honest, if Sam said anything to Gates right now, he would have agreed to it. She

"What are you looking at?"

"Umm… what?" Gates sputtered out, looking at Sam whose eyebrow was raised questioningly.

"You keep staring at me… what are you looking at?" she repeated, taking a tiny bite from her penne noodles.

Gates shrugged, "I'm just trying to figure you out…"

Sam raised her eyebrow again and took a sip from her wine glass before speaking, "What do you want to know?"

"Everything," he replied simply and Sam smiled at him.

"That's a lot for a first date," she said quietly as she watched him from across the table, his eyes dancing over her features. Sam felt herself shutter as he looked her over and she found herself trying to keep composed.

"What is your worst quality?" he asked her, trying to sound like a therapist and Sam chuckled.

"I have an impulse control problem," she replied, "Kerry told me so."

Gates nodded, "I have that problem too," he smiled and Sam leaned forward in her chair, staring intently at him. Her shirt fell forward a bit and Tony was greeted with an open view of her cleavage. He bit his lip for a moment and Sam smiled at him as he continued to babble on about something.

Sam secretly slipped off her shoe as Gates spoke and gently placed it under his pant leg, rubbing it gently with her warm, soft foot. Gates looked up at her shocked for a moment as she gently rubbed his leg and he found himself arguing with his own body and mind. His mind told him that he should get her to stop but his body told him that it wasn't going to happen.

He looked at her wide-eyed and Sam smiled at him innocently, gently moving her foot out of his pant leg and placing it a bit farther up his calf.

"I hate you, ya know?" Gates managed to say and Sam smiled.

"Mmhmm," she nodded and removed her foot from his leg with a smile as the waitress appeared and asked them how their meal was. Gates was about to respond when Sam put her foot on his thigh and he gulped for a moment as she began to gently caress him, "It's fine, thank you!" she said to the waitress and the woman nodded and walked away.

Sam laughed as Gates stared at her wide-eyed, "You gonna be okay?" she asked with a grin.

"No," he said with a gulp and Sam smiled, leaving her foot on his lap. She continued to eat her dinner as if nothing was happening and Gates attempted to keep himself occupied with his drink as Sam gently rubbed his thigh. She sat there angelically and sipped her wine again, allowing the liquid to sit on her lips for a moment before she slowly licked it off.

"You… really suck," Gates managed to say, as his mind was swept with thoughts of taking Sam right there in the restaurant.

"I'm excellent at first dates," she said with a smile, slowly trailing her foot down his leg before she put it back her shoe. She smiled innocently at him again as he sighed of relief.

"Yeah… excellent at taking it slow too," he replied, trying to keep himself composed as she gently sipped her drink.

"What are you talking about? I'm not doing anything," Sam replied sarcastically and smiled. Gates chuckled at her.

"You? Never. You're completely innocent," he grinned as Sam sat back in her chair.

"Totally innocent," she agreed.

The waitress appeared again and asked if they wanted to see the dessert menu. Gates looked at Sam and she smiled rubbing her foot against his leg again. Gates shook his head at the waitress who said she'd return with the bill.

…

Tony slowly pulled the car to a stop as the light in front of him changed to red. He found himself thinking the red lights were too long and the green ones not long enough. He couldn't sit in that car with her. Her scent was invading him, he could hear her breathe gently, could still feel her foot on his leg. He couldn't contain himself much longer and he tried to think of everything in the world to make himself forget about attacking Sam right then and there at the light.

But it was Sam who started the slow and steady assault on Gates, for she smiled at him sweetly and moved her hand from her own lap to his, rubbing his thigh gently, starting closer at his knee but moving farther up as the moments passed. Gates groaned deep in his throat as her hand moved farther and farther up his thigh and he kicked the car into gear as the light changed to green. She remained at the same spot on his thigh until he hit another red light and then proceeded to move farther up his thigh. Gates' breath began to get shorter as she rubbed her fingers over the zipper of his pants and began to fiddle with his belt.

"I thought we were taking it slow," Gates groaned as he tapped his foot against the gas petal, waiting impatiently for the light to change.

"Shut up," Sam replied as she undid his belt and began to fiddle with the button of his pants. Gates hit the gas petal again as the light changed, and sped down the street. He swore as he hit another red light and Sam smiled as she slid her hands in the crotch of his pants and began to gently rub him through his boxers. Gates groaned again and closed his eyes, trying to keep himself composed.

"Green light," Sam whispered gently and Gates hit the gas petal again and was relieved when he seen Sam's apartment building in his line of vision. He pulled into the back parking lot and Sam quickly undid her seatbelt and lunged at him. She groaned into his mouth and smiled as she kissed him when he returned the same vocalization. She forcefully removed his coat from his body, pushing it back over his shoulders in a single, swift motion as she continued to kiss him passionately.

Gates ran his hands from her hips, up her back and into her hair as she stripped him of his clothing. He couldn't believe what was happening and found himself wondering if it was real. He gently bit her lip and she smiled at him, moving her hands to undo the buttons of his shirt quickly. Sam pushed the invading piece of clothing off and ran her hands down his chest, over his abdomen and to his pants again. Gates groaned and found himself trying to remove her pants from her position on top of him. Sam had his undone first and raised her hips to help him undo her pants.

Gates grew frustrated of trying to get them off of her and he pushed her back into her seat and gently tugged on her clothing, trying to pull them off. Once he managed he climbed on top of her and kissed her gently again, first at the lips and then trailing down to her neck. Sam groaned, wrapping her legs around him and ran her fingers through his hair. He continued to kiss down her neck and when he hit a soft spot between her shoulder and neck, Sam moaned his name. Gates couldn't contain himself and he quickly pushed himself inside of her.

The two moved in unison, their hips hitting each other slowly and gently as they stared into each other's eyes. It was like they couldn't break the gaze. It was almost too intense for the two and they found themselves moving quicker not too long after. Sam's fingernails dug deep into Gates' shoulders and he groaned as he felt her growing tighter around him. Sam finally broke their gaze as her mind started to haze and she leaned her head in to the crook of her neck as she pulled him tighter around her with her legs. Gates smiled and kissed her shoulder gently as he heard her mumble incoherently and his mind started to go blank as Sam pulled him deeper into her. Sam was the first to go, moaning Gates' name as her nails grazed his skin. Gates was soon after and he fell in a panting mess on top of Sam.

The pair lay there for a while, not caring where they were and not having enough will to move into the apartment just yet. Sam closed her eyes slowly and Gates looked up at her a couple minutes later before he wiped her damp bangs from her forehead. Sam smiled and looked down and him and Tony moved up to kiss her gently.

"You really are good at first dates," Gates managed to say finally and Sam smiled, resting her forehead against his as he smiled down at her.

Teaser

" I..I…" Sam stuttered over her words, " Are you okay with all of this? I mean we kind of went into this fast which wasn't what I had planned but…" Sam rambled on trying not to sound crazy but was slowly driving herself closer to it.