Wow, I have to say that I am so, so sorry for not updating this story in over at year! I can't believe it's been that long and trust me when I say that I will never leave another story this long again. I have no idea how I forgot about this story...I guess with all of the hype when Shane West came back I ended up writing all my others and this one got pushed to the back. So please forgive me and I hope that you like this chapter! I would also like to thank all of you who read/reviewed the last chapter, it really does mean a lot to me.

Chapter 11 – Stay Like This Forever

Jaycee had left to go back home to Baton Rouge a week ago and Neela, although she felt selfish for the thought, loved having the apartment for just her and Ray without having to worry about anyone walking in on them...again. Their first few days alone together had mainly been spent in bed as they made up for lost time with one another, not wanting to be apart even again. Of course now that the fridge was empty and Neela was beginning to grow tired of fast food, only being able to handle so much Chinese and pizza within a short space of time, she decided that they would need to do some shopping if they wanted to eat anything more sustainable than the leftovers in the fridge, which Neela wasn't even sure where safe for human consumption anymore.

Turning on her side in bed she looked at Ray, his face half buried in the pillow and his hair sticking up in various directions. In her opinion he had the cutest bed head she had ever seen. A small smile on her face she ran her finger down the bridge of his nose gently, laughing softly as he moved his head away from her in his sleep, trying to get away from the tickling.

"Ray" Neela whispered softly as she ran her finger down his nose once again, stopping when he opened his eyes slightly, looking at her with cloudy grin eyes and a soft smile. Running her hand along his cheek, she lay her head down on the pillow, her nose nearly touching his as she said in a quiet voice, not wanting to break the peaceful atmosphere,

"Hey sleep head, time to get up and go out if you want to eat again this week"

Wrapping his arm around her waist, Ray leaned closer to her, his nose touching hers, before closing his eyes again and saying,

"I can think of better things to do than eat", the tone of his voice sexy to Neela even though it was still laden with sleep, his soft southern drawl more noticeable to her now.

Running her hand through his hair, Neela pulled back slightly and kissed him on the tip of the nose before saying,

"But we can't do that if we don't have anything to eat" Sitting up, Ray opening his eyes and looking at her once again, she slapped him lightly on the backside before adding with a grin, "Need to keep your energy up baby", laughing as she stood from the bed and pulled on one of Rays sweatshirts before making her way to the living room. She knew that if she stayed in bed then Ray would get his way and they would be eating pizza again tonight...and as tempting as that was she couldn't eat another portion of special fried rice or she would die.

Turning over onto his back, Ray rubbed the slight from his eyes before pushing himself up and swinging his legs over the side of the bed. Massaging the muscles on his right calve, trying to work out the tightness in it, Ray stood and pulled on his t-shirt that was lying on the floor from the previous night before making his way to the kitchen where Neela was making them breakfast.

Walking over to her he wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned down, kissing her on the neck. Resting his chin lightly on her shoulder he asked,

"So where are we going today?"

Lifting her hand up to his cheek, Neela poured out two cups of coffee with her other hand as she replied,

"Probably Target...I think we might need some new shower curtains anyway...someone half ripped the other ones down yesterday", she replied with a mock glare, remembering the heated session in the shower.

Ignoring the glare Ray kissed her on the cheek before saying with a smile,

"Want a repeat show before we go out?"

Shaking her head, Neela turned around her kissed him before taking his hand and saying,

"Well, since they're already ruined"

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"Do we have this?" Ray asked as he held up a copy of "Silence of the Lambs" up at Neela, the latter shaking her head as she said,

"Probably since you're some sort of horror movie junkie"

Shrugging his shoulders he set it back to where he got it before pushing their very heavy and very full shopping cart down the aisle after Neela. So much for coming out for a few things Ray thought as he looked at half of the stuff that they were buying.

A lot of it was crap stuff, well in Ray's opinion anyway, such as pillow covers, duvets and the likes. He wished that they had just gone to the jumbo mart instead as then there would have been less temptation for Neela to buy more things than they actually needed and then they could have been tucked up in bed together already.

"We're almost done" Neela said with a smile, almost as if she had read his mind.

Nodding his head and trying to suppress the smile on his face Ray followed Neela for the next ten minutes as she picked up a few more items they needed and tossed them into the cart before they made their way the check-out.

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It was later that evening and Neela and Ray were curled up on the couch together, Neela's head resting on Ray's chest as they watched an old movie. Moving slightly to get more comfortable, Ray groaned slightly in pain as the muscles in his leg tightened, pain shooting up his leg.

"What is it?" Neela asked as she moved so that she was no longer lying on Ray but sitting so that she could look him in the face.

Shaking his head, Ray leaned forward and massaged the back of his right leg, much like he had done earlier that morning, as he said, "Nothing, just a little sore", looking up a Neela with a small smile to show her that it was nothing serious.

Feeling that it was her fault for dragging him out all day, Neela lifted his leg so that it was lying across her lap and began to rub the back of his leg, Ray looking at her with a raised eyebrow as he said,

"You don't have to do that"

But Neela just shook her head as she said, "I know, I want to...you look after me whenever I'm sick so let me look after you now. You just lie back and relax", turning her head to look at him with a smile as he smiled back at her before doing as she said and lying back against the pillows, one hand behind his head, the other lying across his stomach.

After a few minutes his leg felt better, and Ray was going to sit back up again when he felt Neela moving his hand further up his leg slowly.

"Neela" Ray said in a soft voice, just above a whisper.

"Yes?" Neela replied, her hand at the bottom of his thigh and slowly moving upwards, a small smile on her face. She knew exactly what she was doing to him, the rise and fall of his chest faster as she moved higher up his leg. Usually Ray was the one who got her worked up, and Neela had to admit she loved knowing that she could make him react this way.

Closing his eyes, Ray bit his lip before saying,

"Nothing" Hell, who would he be kidding if he said he wasn't enjoying the attention she was giving him, and he would be mad to ask her to stop.

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Ray and Neela where lying beside each other on the couch, wrapping in blanket. Ray's head was on Neela's chest, his eyes closed as she ran her fingers through his hair, kissing him lightly on the forehead before whispering,

"I love you, you know that"

Lifting her hand up to his mouth his kissed her wrist, feeling her pulse beating beneath before replying,

"I love you too"

As they lay together both of them thought how they wished that they could stay like that forever, wrapping up in each other's arms.

A/N – I hope that you liked the chapter and please let me know what you think!