Chapter 11: Calling the Bluff

"Simon."

"5 minutes."

Gary chuckled and shook my shoulder. "Wake up!"

I opened one eye blearily and looked into his brown eyes. "What?"

"Doc discharged me." He said proudly holding his fresh, neatly bandaged arm up.

"'Kay." I closed my eyes again but Gary poked the soft spot on my side. No-one knew about it except him, and he found it by accident. I laughed as he started poking my sides until I fell off the chair. "Ok, ok I'm up!"

Gary laughed and stood up. "Good."

I stood up and pulled him close, burying my head in his hair. He wrapped his arms around my waist and pressed his head into my shoulder.

"C'mon. Let's go back to my room."

He looked up eyebrows raised. "Really, now?"

I laughed. "I don't mean for sex. I'm tired and I'm sure you still need to sleep. But I'm not letting you go yet so I'm compromising."

He smiled. "Ok."

I pulled him into my room and into my arms. He curled up and sighed happily before his breathing deepened and he started lightly snoring. I chuckled and kissed the top of his head lightly before falling back asleep.

I was woken by someone knocking on the door and Gary stirred too. I untangled myself and jerked the door open.

"Yes?"

Soap looked at me. "Roach's with you isn't he."

"Yeah. So what?"

He sighed heavily and pushed his way into my room. He took in Gary's still sleeping form and turned to me. "What about Price?"

"What about him?"

"He specifically ordered you two to stop your relationship!"

I shrugged. "So. When you love someone you be with them."

Soap sighed. "Dammit you're stubborn."

I laughed and Gary shifted. "Simon?"

Smiling I went over to him and stroked his cheek. "Hey Gary. I'm going with Soap so I'll be back in a bit."

"'Kay..." He sighed and buried his head in the pillow and I walked outside hearing Soap follow.

"You really love him don't you?"

I turned to Soap. "Yeah, I do. Price can't order me not to."

He shook his head. "He's in my office. Good luck." He clapped my shoulder and walked off.

I watched him turn the corner before heading to his office and knocking on the door.

"Come in."

I opened the door, walked in and faced Price. "I need to talk to you."

He raised an eyebrow as he glanced up. "Ok. What about?"

"Roach."

He sighed and shuffled his papers. "What about him?"

"I'm going to be with him."

Price stopped and stared at me. "Excuse me?"

"Me and Roach. We're together."

"After I specifically told you to finish your relationship?"

"Yes."

"There's going to be consequences for this."

"I know. So if I have to I'll resign."

His eyebrows practically disappeared into his hairline. "You'd resign?"

"Yes."

"What if I got rid of Roach?"

"Then I'd still resign."

"Ghost we can't afford to lose you."

"Our relationship has never interfered with our work. So why do you make a big deal out of it?"

"Because if something happened to one of you the other would be broken. You didn't see Roach when Soap came back without you. He practically broke down!"

"We knew the risk when we started. Roach knows that I might not come back." I shrugged. "I know he might not come back. So I make every damn day count. But I can't if you order us to stop."

He sighed. "I'm going to regret this..." He muttered. "Fine." He raised his hands in defeat. "Fine. Continue your relationship but don't effect the teams work. No matter what happens."

I nodded. "Understood." I walked to the door and turned as I opened it. "Thanks." Before he answered I walked out and shut the door behind me.

I practically bounced back into my room and Gary bolted upright. "What is it? What's wrong? Are we under attack?!"

I grinned and bounced onto the bed next to him. "Nothing's wrong."

"Then why are you running around like a headless chicken?!"

I shrugged and pulled my mask off. "I guess I'm just happy."

"Happy?"

"Yeah." I ran my hand just above his knee. "Price had agreed that we can be together."

He looked at me in surprise. "How did you manage that?"

"I called his bluff."

"What?"

"I said I'd resign if he didn't let us."

"Really?"

"Of course."

"I thought the job meant more to you than me." He said teasingly running a hand down my chest.

"Maybe I was wrong."

He raised an eyebrow. "Wrong?"

"Yeah but don't tell no-one." He laughed and pulled my head down to kiss me. His hand moved further down and started unbuckling my belt. I broke the kiss and smiled.

"I thought you didn't want to have sex."

He kissed me again. "That was last night. Right now, I want you."

He pushed me down and straddled me. Smiling he bent down and started kissing me again, finally unbuckling the belt. I swapped our positions and removed both our trousers.

Gary wrapped his legs around my waist and I kissed down his neck.

"Simon, please." He moaned gently.

I bit his neck hard enough to leave a mark and thrust into him. He cried out and bucked against me so I groaned. I started moving slowly but he gripped my shoulder harder.

"Fuck it Simon move faster!"

I laughed but obliged and he moaned louder.

"Dammit Gary. You're being loud." I whispered into his ear making him shiver.

"Well it's hard not to be when the sex's this good." He cried out between moans.

I laughed and thrust harder making him cry out louder. I'm pretty sure the whole base could hear us. But that just made it even more of a turn on.

"Simon!" Gary gasped as it hit him.

"Fuck Gary..." I moaned biting down on him as the edges of my vision went black. We both collapsed on the bed and it took my several minutes to be able to form coherent speech.

I rolled over and kissed his shoulder, hearing him chuckle.

"What's so funny?" I murmured against the bare skin.

"I was just thinking, that if a couple of years ago if someone told me that at this moment I'd been lying in bed naked with Ghost after having sex. I would've laughed and told them they're nuts."

I looked down at him. "Well if someone told me I'd be engaged to a Sergeant, specifically Roach. I would've probably punched them."

He smiled and kissed me. "I'm glad though."

"What for?"

"Being with you. I'm glad we told each other."

"Yeah, eventually." I kissed him again.

Before Gary could answer the comms went off. "Just to let everyone know we've got a four week break starting in three days. So pack your bags and get the fuck out." Soap turned the comms off and Gary looked at me smiling.

"What?"

"Come with me." He murmured tracing a pattern on my chest.

"Where?"

"To mine. My family don't know about us. Well, except mum. But she doesn't know we're engaged."

My arms tightened around him as I realised what he was saying. He wants to tell his family. Gary must've realised I'd started freaking because he quickly stroked my cheek.

"We don't have to yet if you're not ready. But we will have to tell them eventually."

I knew what he was saying was true. "I've never done this before." I said out loud without thinking.

Gary frowned in confusion. "Done what?"

"Been engaged, met the family. All that stuff. It means commitment, real commitment."

"You are ready to commit aren't you?"

I looked down at Gary's worried face. I can't loose him again, I'll do whatever it takes.

I smiled and nodded. "Sure."

He grinned and kissed me quickly. "Great!"

He got up and started changing. "What are we going to tell them?" He asked aloud. When I didn't respond he looked at me and sat down, taking my hands in his. "It's going to be ok Simon."

"What if they don't approve."

He smiled. "Mum already does and Amber will be happy if I am. Dad will take some time but he'll come around eventually."

I smiled at him. "You think so?"

"I know so. Now come on. We've gotta pack!"

I laughed and let him pull me up.