OK, so I owe a great big "Sorry" for not updating this story in ages…life got in the way and I sadly didn't get around to it. But better late than never, right? Well, I just want to thank all of those who read and reviewed the last chapter,
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Warning: Adult content in this chapter at the start.
Chapter Ten: For Me It's You
Ray yawned and turned over in the bed, dazed for a moment when he felt himself bump into something, or rather, someone. The events of the previous night came pouring back to him; and he smiled, glad that they had finally confessed to one another how they felt. He didn't think that telling Neela how he really felt about her, telling her how much he loved her, would make him feel like he did right now. He felt better than he had in months, and he couldn't stop smiling. Lying back down, Ray wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her close to him. Nuzzling his nose into the crook of her neck, Ray smiled when he felt her tighter her hold on his arm slightly before turning over in his arms so that she was facing him.
"Here there" Neela said with a smile, cupping Ray's cheek with her hand before leaning forward slightly and placing a soft kiss on his lips. Pulling back, she smiled at the look of happiness on his face, the same look reflected on her own. It had been so long since Neela had seen him look that happy, something she felt guilty for. She had known that Ray had feelings for her when they were living together, and that was what had prompted her decision to move out, the events of that morning proving to her that maybe living with another man who she had growing feelings for when the man she was supposed to be in love with was fighting half way across the world wasn't the best situation to be in. She had hated herself every time that she would go out with Gates, knowing that she was probably just using him as much as he was using her, trying to find a way to keep her mind off Ray. But now that he was smiling, Neela was glad that she had something to do with putting it back on his face; his smile being one of the things that she loved about him, and also one of the few things that she noticed about him when they had met three years ago on Ray's first day at County.
"Hey" Ray said before leaning forward and kissing her again, pulling back after a few moments and resting his forehead against hers.
"What time is it?" Neela asked, pushing herself up slightly so that she could see the clock on the bedside table. Lying back down beside Ray, she resumed her previous position, and with a smile on her face,
"Still early, we don't have to get up yet"
"Thank God" Ray said with a soft laugh, kissing her once more.
Neela deepened the kiss, her arms snaking around Ray's neck and pulling him on top of her, his hands resting on her waist. Moving her arms from around his neck, Neela pushed at the t-shirt he was wearing, pushing it up his back, causing him to break the kiss and pull back, allowing her to pull it off and throw it to the floor.
Leaning back down, Ray kissed her again, his hands exploring the skin under her top as she moved her kisss along his jaw and down his neck, Ray pushing her own tank top higher, causing her to be the one to break the kiss this time.
Looking at her with sparkling green eyes, Ray smiled as he said in a soft voice,
"I love you"
Cupping his cheek with her hand, Neela smiled back, her heart swelling, and kissed him before replying,
"I love you too"
Pulling him down for another kiss, Neela closed her eyes as Ray moved his kissed along her jaw and down her neck, nipping lightly and leaving his mark on her collar bone. Moving back to her mouth, Ray pushed at her sweat pants, throwing them to the floor along with both of their tops. Flipping them so that she was on top now, Neela sat up, straddling his waist and said,
"You know that I just want you to be happy right?"
Nodding his head, Ray smiled as he leaned up slightly and said,
"Being with you makes me happy…the happiest I've ever been"
Smiling, Neela grinned as she reached her hands behind her back, unclasping her bra and throwing in to the growing pile of clothes on Ray's floor. Leaning down she captured his lips in a passionate kiss, her own hands working on his bottoms, sliding them over his hips and tossing them to the floor.
Ray smiled into the kiss, cupping her cheeks with his hands. Pulling back from the kiss, Neela moved her lips down her neck and chest, to just above the waist band of his boxers, before moving up again. Moving her lips back to his, Neela pushed his boxers down, the last piece of clothing that separated them gone, and tossed them to the side. Pulling her down into a kiss, Ray moved so that he was on top again, never breaking the kiss, and entered her, crying out her name.
Wrapping her arms around him, Neela kissed him along his jaw and neck, moaning his name. Moving so that she was straddling his waist, Neela leaned down and kissed him, quicken the rocking of her hips, and closed her eyes as they both reached their climax. Resting her head on his chest, Ray's arms wrapped around her, Neela kissed him on the cheek as she said,
"That was amazing Ray"
Looking at her with a grin, Ray kissed the tip of her nose before lying his head back down on the pillow. Moving so that she was lying beside him, her head on his chest, Neela wrapped her arm around Ray's lean waist and closed her eyes, and they both fell into a peaceful sleep, wrapped in each others arms.
It was a few hours later and Neela woke to the sound of someone knocking on the bedroom door. Pushing herself up, she called out, her voice still laced with sleep,
"Hold on a sec"
Looking at Ray, who hadn't even stirred, Neela shook his shoulder gently and said,
"Ray…Ray, you're mother's at the bedroom door", her voice quiet so that Jacy couldn't hear.
Opening his eyes, Ray looked over at the door and then back at Neela, realizing why she had a slight blush over her cheeks, and a slightly worried expression. His face took on the same look, and he ran his hand through his hair as he called out,
"Hold on mom…comin' now!"
Standing on the other side of the door, Jacy thought that Ray had shouted to her, "come in now", and proceeded to open the door, only to slam it shut very quickly upon seeing her son and his roommate, or apparently more than a roommate, Neela, sitting in bed with nothing to cover them but a blanket, Ray shouting out in a voice a few pitches higher than his normal,
"MOM!"
Ray watched as the door slammed closed before falling back onto the bed and covering his face with his hands as he said,
"God, why me…why now, of all days?"
Neela laughed, although she herself was still a rather lovely shade of pink. Pulling his hands away from his face, Neela said,
"Well, she probably heard you anyway…you were that loud"
Pulling a face Ray said,
"The thought of my mother hearing me have sex is worse than her knowing that I did…it's just…wrong"
Wrapping her arms around his neck as he pushed himself up, Neela kissed him on the cheek as she said,
"Well, you may as well go and see what it was she needed to talk to you about"
Ray nodded his head and got out of bed, pulling a pair of boxers from his drawers and pulling them over his hips as he said,
"I can't believe that just happened"
Neela laughed as she got out of the bed, the sheet wrapped around her, and padded over to him, wrapped her arms around him as she said,
"It could have been worse…she could've walked in on us actually having sex"
Ray shivered slightly as he said,
"God, don't go there"
Pulling a pair of sweats and a clean t-shirt out of his wardrobe, Ray pulled them on, and sat down on the bed, waiting for Neela to get dressed. Running his hand over his leg, Ray grimaced in pain when he felt how tight the muscles were. Pushing himself up, he took slow steps out to the living room where Jacy was, Neela beside him.
"Hello sweetie" Jacy said as she looked at both Ray and Neela, addressing them both with the same pet name. Running a hand through his hair, Ray sat down on the couch beside his mother, Neela sitting in the armchair beside him.
"What was it you needed to talk about, am, earlier?" Ray asked a blush on his neck.
Looking at her son with a smile, Jacy took his hand in her own, running her thumb over the back of it as she said,
"I know that we didn't really get on that well the past few years Ray…and staying with you now is what makes up for it, but I can't stop the feeling that I'm getting in yours and Neela's way"
Ray shook his head and quickly answered,
"You're not…really"
Looking over at Neela, and then back to Ray, Jacy said,
"I still want to be here for you Ray…but I was thinking that maybe I could stay at a hotel, give you and Neela some time together"
Looking at Jacy, Neela said with a small smile,
"Jacy, we couldn't let you do that. You're not getting in the way here, and it's not right that you can't stay with your son"
Jacy grinned, and Neela couldn't help but notice that it was quite resemblance of Ray's grin, and said,
"After this morning, I think that I am"
Ray's eyes widened and his cheeks flushed pink as he said,
"Mom!" earning a laugh from Jacy, Neela herself was blushing.
Looking at Ray with a loving look, Jacy cupped his cheek in her hand as she said,
"Well then maybe I should go home and you can visit me when you're well enough" Looking over at Neela with a smile she added, "You've already got a wonderful woman who loves you and can take care of you"
Neela smiled over at Jacy before getting up from her seat and walking over and sitting on the arm of the couch behind Ray, her hand resting on his back.
"I do Jacy, but I don't want you to feel that you have to leave because Ray and I are"
Jacy cut Neela off before she could finish and said,
"No, dear, that's not why. I just think that you two need some time together, after all you've both been through."
Ray looked at her with a sad gaze in his eyes. Over the past few weeks he and his mother had both bonded a lot, the fragile relationship that they had shared being repaired. Stoking her thumb over Ray's cheek, Jacy said with a guilty smile,
"Well, I've already booked a flight for tomorrow morning"
Ray looked at Neela and then back to Jacy, and said with a smile,
"Well, if that's what you want to do, then we're happy for you"
Jacy smiled and pulled Ray into a hug before standing up and hugging Neela. Looking at them, she said with a small smile,
"Well, I better get packing then"
Ray wrapped his arm around Neela's waist and looked at her with a sad smile as he said,
"I'm gonna miss having her around…but if she want to go home I'm not gonna stop her"
Kissing his forehead, Neela rested her cheek against his head as she said in a soft voice,
"I know…but like she said Ray, we can go and visit her when you're more able to"
Smiling, Ray moved so that Neela was sitting on the couch beside him and said with a bright smile, his eyes lighting up,
"Yeah, then you can meet the rest of my crazy family"
Pulling Ray into a hug, Neela laughed as she said,
"I'd love that…especially if their anything like you and your mother"
It was the next morning and Jacy, Ray and Neela were all sitting in the chairs at the airport, waiting for Jacy's flight to be called. They had gone out to a restaurant the night before to give Jacy a proper meal before she had to leave, Neela not wanting to poison Jacy with her own cooking or subject her to a take-out. After that they had all went back to the apartment to watch a movie, and Jacy had picked, "Nightmare on Elm Street", Neela now aware of where Ray had gotten his liking for horror films.
"Flight 48B To Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is now boarding" The loudspeaker called out.
Ray, Neela and Jacy all stood up, Ray having to use his crutches, his leg still too sore to be walking unaided just yet.
"You call me anytime, O.K baby", Jacy said with tears in her eyes as she pulled Ray into a hug. Holding him there, she whispered in his ear quietly so as Neela couldn't hear,
"Take care of her Ray"
Nodding his head, Ray pulled back from the embrace and said,
"You know I will"
Jacy then moved over to Neela, and pulled her into a warm embrace, pulling back and saying with a slight smirk, although there was still a trace of tears lingering in her eyes,
"He steps out of line and you let me know, I'll tell you what to do"
Neela laughed as she nodded her head, and replied,
"I will, Jacy."
Hearing the final announcement for her flight, Jacy picked up her bags and walked to the terminal, glancing back at Neela and Ray every few seconds. Both waited until she was out of sight before they began to leave, getting into their own car and beginning the drive home.
Neela, who was driving, looked at the road as she placed her hand on Ray's leg and said,
"You O.K", noticing that he had been quiet ever since they had left the airport twenty minutes ago.
Placing his hand on top of hers and interlocking their fingers, Ray looked at her as he said,
"Yeah, I was just thinking"
Stopping at a red light, Neela turned her face to look at him as she asked,
"About what, your mom?"
Shaking his head, Ray looked at her with a cheeky grin as he said,
"Nope…thinking how we can have sex now without anyone to hear us"
"Ray!"
A/N Well, there you go, chapter ten! I hope that you liked it and please review and let me know what you think!