CH10

Rick checked on Kate before going downstairs after showering finding her asleep. He knew by the sound that Alexis was already up and had showered. An alien, how cool was this?

Rick found her in the kitchen trying to think of what to eat for breakfast. Fresh milk was long gone, leaving only the powdered, canned or condensed milk so cold cereal, even though they still had a couple of boxes was out. Fresh eggs were down in the basement freezer(s).

Kate's arrival and their early return from camping had meant they had forgotten to take some out of the freezer and put them in the refrigerator.

"I'll go get the eggs." Rick offered. "We can make omelets tomorrow." And Rick kisses her head and heads downstairs.

They had some frozen cream cheese down there too, but they had learned when you did that it was only good if you used it to bake something with it. So bagels with cream cheese was also out.

They needed eggs for pancake mix too.

There were some Pillsbury Cinnamon buns in the refrigerator so Alexis got those out and put them in the oven. Orange juice was easy, they had a lot of Donald Duck frozen orange juice, so Alexis started stirring that in a pitcher.

Rick came back with the eggs (18 in the carton) along with some frozen bread, along with some frozen cinnamon twist bread. He knew Alexis loved that bread. Not surprised when he found cinnamon buns in the oven. If it has cinnamon in it Alexis ate it.

Even homemade chili had to have a touch of cinnamon in it. So while Rick was thinking of that he checked to see if he needed anything from the freezer again to make it later.

"HELLO?" Came from upstairs.

"I'll go you watch the oven." Rick offered.

"You just want to go so she can kiss you again." Alexis was off to a fast start this morning taking jabs at her dad.

"Well it beats having you kiss her." Rick countered.

"Oooo gross dad." Alexis scrunched up her face. Rick just chuckled and went upstairs.

"Hi how are you feeling this morning?" Rick approached and came in close so she could see him.

"A little pain but not bad. Something smells good." Kate could feel her stomach rumbling.

"I can let you try one, but I don't want to overload your system. You've been through a lot lately and our food may not agree with you." Rick wanted to be careful. She was an alien from outer space after all.

"I'll risk it." Kate was hungry which told her she was getting better.

"I'll bring one up along with this morning's antibiotic shot. Then I'll get Alexis to give you a sponge bath and then we can clean you wounds and change the bandages." Rick offers.

"You sure you don't want to give me the sponge bath?" Kate teases him.

"I uhm, … I think, … I'll let Alexis do it." Rick was lost here, she had gotten him good.

"Spoil sport." Kate was looking forward to him giving her a bath. Speaking of bath. "Do you have a bathtub?" Kate asks praying mightily. Kate has been dreaming of using a tub.

"There is only the one bathroom in the house and it's through that door." And Rick points. "And it's a combo bath/shower with a tub, so yes." Rick tells her.

JACKPOT! Kate hadn't had a bath since they left their planet, all the ship had were showers.

Rick could see her face light up. "IF we can come up with a way to keep your leg wound dry you can use it. Otherwise you are going to have to wait." Rick breaks the bad news.

Kate was willing to stick her whole leg out of the tub if it meant she could get in it. Miracles do happen.

"Ready dad." Alexis calls up.

"Be right back, one cinnamon bun and orange juice coming right up." Rick gets up and goes downstairs.

First however he prepares an antibiotic shot. "Do we have enough dad?" Alexis asks meaning the shots they have been giving her.

"We have enough to do this for weeks yet for all three of us. Blood however is another story. Hopefully it won't come to that." Rick tells her. Plasma wasn't blood.

Rick took a couple of cinnamon buns and two glasses of orange juice upstairs. First he gave Kate her shot then he lifted her up a little and used pillows to prop her up.

Kate felt the pain when she moved but she was listening mostly to her stomach.

"Here, you might want to eat it slowly just to be safe. I've also got you a glass of orange juice to wash it all down with." Rick puts the glass down next to the bed.

Kate takes the cinnamon bun and takes a giant bite out of it ignoring Rick and his advice.

"Hhmmm, dis is good." Kate liked it a lot and ate the whole thing in no time. Rick had to hand her the glass since her broken arm was on the same side as the glass.

"Hhmmmm, this is good too." Kate had half of it gone in no time.

"Can I ask what that is on your arm?" Rick asks pointing at her good arm holding the glass.

Kate suddenly looks worried. "On the ship I was the chief security officer. As such I was the only one on the ship who was armed." Kate offers testing his reaction.

"So that is a weapon. Lethal or non-lethal?" Rick wonders.

"Both actually. It can fire a stun burst that overloads the targets sensory receptors rendering the target unconscious and it can fire a defender round made up of a mini ball of plasma that is encased in magnetic membrane," Kate tries to explain.

"You're not going to find one of those here, so I hope for your sake you know how to make the rounds for it." Rick tells her thinking they are like bullets.

"The power cell is regenerating so it actually has an unlimited number of shots to it." Kate tells him cringing what he would think.

"That's cool!" Rick would love to have one. "Have you got another one?" Rick will take it if she does.

Kate looks at him like he's nuts. "Sorry just the one." Kate tells him convinced he's crazy.

Rick looks dejected, just his luck.

"Is there another one of those." Kate asks meaning cinnamon bun.

"Sure let me go get you one." Rick us up and back in no time.

Kate actually takes her time with this one and washes it down with the last of her orange juice.

"You ready for your sponge bath, I'll go see if Alexis is ready." Rick takes her empty glass and goes downstairs.

Alexis was soon upstairs. "We need you lying down." And Alexis removes the pillows and helps Kate lay down with just a little pain.

"I'll be right back." And she goes into the bathroom and comes back with a large bowl, a sponge and a towel.

"I need to unwrap you from all this. If it hurts too much let me know." And Alexis begins exposing Kate. Wets her sponge rings it out and starts cleaning using the towel to dry her immediately.

"All done, feel better?"

"Thanks Alexis it's kind of you." Kate would prefer a nice hot bath but that was still good.

"Can I ask a question?" Alexis is curious.

"Of course, ask away." Kate owes them.

"Why did you kiss my dad?" Alexis is sure there is a reason.

Kate wasn't expecting that question. "Uhm, well, …. On our trip there was always this person in my dreams. I'd never seen him before and I didn't know his name. I'm not even sure I ever gave him one. And he would, …. I mean we would, …. it's complicated.

Then suddenly he was staring at me right in front of my face and his face was soooo clear compared to my dreams. I kissed him because I couldn't resist. I honestly didn't think he was real. I'm still not 100% sure that he or even you are real.

If the guy in my dreams is real that's just, …. I don't know, it's scary." Kate tells her hoping Rick wasn't listening in. Kate felt she owed his daughter an explanation.

"Please don't hurt him, he's my dad."

"I promise not to intentionally hurt him. …. Is this where you two live?" Kate was wondering just where she was. She remembered something about a main water pipe problem.

"Our main home is in downtown New York City, this is our summer vacation home. New York City is huge and very busy and loud. We come out here to get away from it all. It's very isolated out here, there isn't anyone for countless miles. We're all alone out here." Alexis explains.

"Is my being here causing problems?" Kate asks knowing things on the ship were in some ways limited.

"We have lots of food and water for the summer, nothing to worry about. Plus we have two greenhouse's out back and a garden to grow still more things. Plus a number of fruit trees. Our propane tanks for cooking and A/C is limited but we'll last the summer without trouble.

We have solar power cells on the roof and a pair of windmills with battery backup so power isn't a problem. If we stay here too long the propane will run out but that's all.

Plus dad goes hunting to make our meat last longer. You're being here isn't a problem, honest." Alexis tells her.

And when Kate was up and mobile again Alexis was looking forward to having someone to share her summer vacation with.

"Your dad said something about a camping trip when you found me." Kate remembers.

"Yea were were a little over a day away from here to go camping next to a lake. You interrupted it. We may not get to go again this summer. We only have two quads and we fill them just for the two of us." Alexis figured they wouldn't get to go back unless Kate left.

"I'm sorry Alexis." Kate knew her arrival was interfering with their fun.

"It's ok honest. We can still go camping; we have the space to include you when you are better. We just can't get back to the lake since it's too far. It's no big deal."

Alexis got up and went to the railing overlooking downstairs. "I'm done you can come up dad."

Rick was upstairs shortly. "Let's take a look at your chest, I want to make sure you are not bleeding internally. Then move on to changing your bandages."

"I'll be downstairs if you need me dad." And Alexis is gone leaving them alone.

Kate smiles and lifts up everything to expose her chest so Rick can look at her ribs and her chest.

Rick swallows noticeably and proceeds to search her ribs below her exposed chest area trying to keep his eyes on what he is doing.

"It seems you are good. I'll get the bandages to replace yours and clean your wounds." Rick starts to get up and leave.

"You haven't checked all my ribs you know." And Kate uses her good arm to grab one of his hands and place it directly on her exposed breast.

Rick swallows a little harder. Was she trying to kill him?

Kate still has her hand in his and moves his around from breast to breast and in-between. This was better than any dream so far.

"FEEL anything?" Kate asks him looking down to see if she is getting a response. "No damage?" Kate moves his hand to cover her left breast and then uses her hand to get his fingers to give her nipple a little squeeze.

However Kate's moves were getting her to start breathing heavier than before and doing so was hurting but it seemed worth it at the moment. But she knew if she kept this up the pleasure and fun was going to change to pain.

Rick however had reached his end and decided that payback for this teasing was required. So he cupped her breast in his hand and lifted himself up and kissed her.

His tongue was soon caressing her lower lip while he squeezed her breast and Kate opened her mouth allowing him entrance. He immediately started to explore her mouth and her taste.

Rick broke from the kiss to get some air then gave her a couple of quick kisses.

Kate got just what she wanted but the kiss was lasting a little too long and breathing after he stopped was painful at first. Kate now knew that she was going to have to stick with light kissing until her ribs healed.

"I'm going to go get the first aid supplies I need." Rick tells her and starts to get up. However he gives her nipple under his hand a hard squeeze catching Kate by surprise.

After Rick disappeared into the bathroom Kate started to wiggle a little. The man in her dreams was apparently real and she could touch him and he was a little bashful about touching her. He was sweet and she liked his kisses.

His real kisses were better than her dream kisses. Still was he real. She had been praying for him to be real for some time now.

Rick was soon back and cleaned her wounds again looking to make sure there was no infection then bandaged her back up again. Then he wrapped her up in her little cocoon.

"You should get some more sleep. Only rest is going to heal those ribs. When you wake again we'll see if you are ready to eat something." Rick leans down and gives Kate a quick kiss and then goes downstairs.

Rick didn't find Alexis downstairs and guessed she was outside somewhere. So he sat down and started to think about what had just happened and make sense of it all.

Kate was obviously interested. Alexis was teasing him, had the two talked and she knew something he didn't?

More importantly what was he going to do when she could get around easier? Oh he was in big trouble. But he had a topic he needed to talk with Alexis about so he got up and went looking for her. Starting with the greenhouses.