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A/N: Hey everybody! I'm back! Now as promised: A HEATED CONTENT ALERT! Meg and Andrew; FINALLY! Lol, they were meant for each other! And now enough of my ranting, here is to my reviewers:

LiTTleLoTTe1991: Isn't our Andrew a sly one? LOL, I know men can be so thick at times. I'm glad you want me to write the Wedding scene, I think I might just do that! As to Meg and Andrew, well just read the authors note and you know something is going to happen, lol! Poor Emma is oblivious to all of this! LOL, oh well, it's the trials and tribulations that come with being a naive and ignorant infant! LOL, Review for me!

Masked Stranger: Thanks! You got shivers? I did too, and I was writing it, lol! It is only a taste of what is to come from our lovely couple! I think I might actually go to an 'M' rating, I don't know for certain yet, but if you have any thoughts on this let me know! Oh, and by the way Passage Ways Inside My Mind is very good! You seriously need to update, lol! Review for me!

Katesparrow: Wait no more, Meg and Andrew romance awaits in this chapter! LOL! You also need to UPDATE, lol! Your story is unique and great to read! Erik sounds so foreboding and yet sexy as that count, lol! You MUST update! Review for me!

Stormyrainedoncowgirl: Hey! I'm shocked and deleriously happy all at the same time, lol! I'm in your C2? Your sooooo awesome (SQUEALS)! I'm in your author alerts to? AWWW! After this fic is done, I'm going to write a modern day one, but this one still has a lot of ground to cover so don't worry, lol! Oh, and don't thank me for the hugs! Erik was happy to do it, males what can I say, lol! Love your comments, please review! Oh, and update your story as well, it's awesome!

FFAMasquerade2005: Hey! Haven't heard from you in a long time! I really take your compliments to heart, thank you tremendously That scene where Andrew and Meg walk in on them was hilarious to write! I was laughing so hard, that my parents looked at me as if I was on crazy pills or something, lol! Review for me, it's so good to have you back!

NordyGirl: Thanks! Erik was happy for your little running and screaming show, lol! Review for me, your comments are so nice to read!

Well, lets get to some A/M romance shall we?

Chapter 14: Stalemate

There was a loud knock at the hotel door and Meg looked at the little worn clock, it's hands going on midnight!

" I wonder who that is? It is late to be calling on guests! Especially ones who have fussy infants that are SLEEPING and are hard to get back to SLEEP after waken up!" Meg thought furiously, as more knocking proceeded even more loudly this time

" Just wait until they feel a single, young mother's wrath, then they won't go around knocking on people's doors in all hours of the night any more!" Meg went to the door, her face flushed from her murderous thoughts. God help the person on the other side of that door!

Meg had to call through the door loudly over the roar of water coming from the bathroom. Christine was getting ready for the night and went to wash her face while Meg put Emma to bed.

" Who is it?" Meg called through the door with a touch of aggravation in her voice.

" Meg? It's Andrew." That was all it took for Meg to forget her thoughts of vengeance.

She quickly smoothed her dressing robe, nightgown, and hair in a hurry to look presentable as she turned the lock.

" Hi, come in by all means." Meg knew her face was still flushed, but this time from more pleasant thoughts.

Andrew inched his way into the room, softly closing the door behind him. Meg took this as an opportunity to take in all of his features.

He was tall, just a hair short of 6'5, Meg thought to herself. He had a darker skin complexion like Erik, showing off their Scandinavian origins handsomely. Meg noticed when he moved he possessed the same grace as his brother, every movement was perfectly refined and eloquent. And to top it all off, both brothers had expressive eyes. Andrew's were a shade of blue that reminded Meg of the Virgin Mary's robe, a color full of happiness and yet if one took a closer look they would see profound grief in them.

" I'm sorry to disturb you, I know little Emma must be sleeping . . . " Andrew started, with a sparkle of guilt in his eyes that was soon replaced with something Meg couldn't define.

" Oh no, it is of no bother. She is a heavy sleeper, all of France could be burning and she would sleep through it." Meg laughed along with Andrew.

Wasn't I just going to kill the person behind that door because of the disturbance?

Yes, but its Andrew and you are a pushover.

Am not?

Are too.

I like him

That's Obvious.

Oh do shut up.

" Meg? Meg. MEG!" Andrew finally got her attention, she had just blanked out for a moment, she truly was a hopeless and completely adorable mess. Andrew couldn't help but smile.

" Oh, I'm sorry what did you say?" Meg shook her head and diverted her attention back to him.

" I said that I'm here to switch with Christine, on orders from his majesty." Andrew laughed at his name for Erik, making Meg laugh too, but then what Andrew said hit her.

He was switching with Christine, which means we are going to have to sleep in the same bed? Meg blushed a terrible shade of red, just thinking about their situation.

" I'm your new roommate." Andrew implied happily and Meg just finally realized how close they were standing to each other. Their eyes locked with one another and nothing was spoken between them, Andrew was so close to Meg he could have sworn that he could feel the heat radiating off of her elegant body. He could just reach out and . . .

" Meg?" Christine came walking out of the bathroom oblivious to what had almost transpired between the two.

" Ah, Christine. You and I are switching rooms, Erik seems to think you are better company then me when sharing a bed." Andrew feigned jealousy, while Meg and Christine laughed until their sides hurt.

" And it doesn't have anything to do with, you both are way over six feet and rather large to fit together anywhere that has limited space?" Christine asked with a knowing smile as she went for the door.

" That too, oh and Christine?" Andrew asked before she could go out the door.

" Yes?"

" Eight, ok?" Andrew smiled his mischievous smirk.

" Eight? What?" Christine asked, confused.

" That's when Meg and I will be coming to your room and I trust that you two will be fully clothed this time. Ok?" Andrew smirked as Meg belted out a laughing frenzy.

" Yes, well, I trust you two won't be in a wine-induced haze as well. Ok? Good." And now it was Christine's turn to laugh at the pair as she left for Erik's room.

" Well, I'm up for not sleeping yet. You?" Andrew asked as he pulled out his chess board from his trunk.

" No, I'm up for sorely beating you to a pulp in chess." Meg smiled as Andrew set up the pieces.

" Oh really," he asked with a smirk, " well then you play?"

" For a price, of course." Meg replied with a look of her own.

" Of course." Andrew mused, with that same look Meg couldn't identify before ever present in his eyes.

" Well, the wager, my good sir?" Meg asked as she did a bow in front of him a little too low causing him to erupt with laughter.

" If I win, you have to do one thing for me. It can be anything I ask within reason. I won't make you go all the way to Italy or something ridiculous. Just a simple thing." Andrew said with a knowing smirk.

" Fair enough. And if I win you have to do the same for me. Deal?" Meg struck her hand out for finalization.

" Deal." And Andrew shook her hand.

One Hour Later

" It's a stalemate." Meg replied, pointing to the only pieces left; their kings.

Andrew didn't think Meg could play so well. She certainly proved him wrong. Every intelligent move he made, she was a step ahead of him.

" Yes, well, I believe that since it was a stalemate, we both get that one favor." Andrew suggested.

" Sounds fair enough to me, you can go first. But remember ONE thing." Meg laughed.

" Ok, mmm . . . how about a shoulder massage. You never know how much a person packs until you carry it." Andrew grimaced as he pulled on his left shoulder and Meg laughed at his pouty face.

" All right you big baby, come here." Meg said as she gestured the space of bed in front of herself. Andrew grinned and hopped on top the bed coming to sit in front of her.

Slowly she began to knead the tension away from his shoulders and soothing his muscles with her touch. Andrew felt so good, his eyes slipped half shut from her touch.

Soon the massaging turned into rubbing, and rubbing then turned too more of a caress. Meg then suddenly stopped and Andrew turned around wondering why in the hell she would stop in the middle like that. She smiled at him with a sly demeanor and said it was her turn.

" Of course," Andrew choked out, " name it." He willed his voice to go back to normal. Meg's ministrations had turned his voice huskier in quality.

" Kiss me." Meg whispered into his ear softly.

Andrew was a little dumbfounded for a moment, but then he didn't need any more invitation than that. He grabbed her slender waist and brought her into his lap. They met in a passionate kiss that made Meg see stars. Andrew was in awe by her, and simply kissed her over and over again.

Meg brought her arms around his neck, and her legs wrapped around his waist; bringing them as close as they could be to one another. She began fumbling for his shirt buttons and clumsily undid it, sliding the article from his well-toned body. Andrew then proceeded to do the same to Meg, first he undid her dressing robe and came to her nightgown. He clumsily tried to untie the laces up the back of it, but got so frustrated that he pulled away from Meg panting.

She was about to undo the laces her self but he stopped her and went to retrieve something from his trunk. He came back over and pulled Meg into him, kissing her with frantic desire, then he spun her around and grasped her hips. The next thing Meg knew, was he had brandished a pair of scissors and cut the laces to her nightgown. Meg didn't care, it could be replaced, all she needed now was him.

Andrew slowly inched the nightgown off of her lithe body and kissed her bare shoulder reverently.

" You are so beautiful, Meg. There is nothing you compare with." Andrew whispered and she turned around then to see his face. His eyes held nothing but awe and love in them for her and she kissed him to show how much those words meant to her.

Andrew ran his tongue over her lip to ask permission in deepening the kiss further, he had to coax her a little bit more but she finally succumbed to him, letting him explore her mouth his tongue gently. She then added her tongue to his and they did a fiery passionate dance with one another. After a moment Andrew pulled away again and whispered into her ear, in a low sensuous tone.

" Let me discover you as you only have dreamed." As he said this, he grasped the hem of her chemise, asking permission to do so.

Meg panted, overcome with her desire for him. All she could do was nod her head and he lifted the last article of her clothing over her head in one quick movement.

Andrew almost wept, she was an angel from heaven. Her blond curls cascading down her back and spilling over her shoulders, her small yet endowed body, and her delicate pale skin; she was a goddess in his eyes.

Andrew picked her up and laid her down in the middle of the bed, coming to rest over top of her. His hands roamed her body with no abandon, after a while his lips replaced his hands in an effort to memorize every curve and crevice of her.

Meg's moans of pleasure only increased Andrew's desire, urging him further in his exploration until they were interrupted by Emma's wails.

" Oh, Andrew I'm so sorry. I have to feed her, and she needs to be changed." Meg replied guiltily, mentally reproaching her daughter for not being able to wait a couple more minutes.

" No problem, is there any way I can help?" Andrew asked as he handed Meg her robe. He wasn't the least bit mad, he knew she had a daughter to take care of and that it was not easy.

" Actually, could you go get a fresh cloth and some pins for me? Thank you so much." Meg said as she went to feed Emma.

" Don't think of it for one moment." Andrew said as he went and got the supplies Meg needed.

" Here you go," Andrew handed over the supplies and looked at the tiny baby in meg's arms, "She is beautiful, just like her mother." And he beamed at both of them.

" Thank you," Meg blushed at the comment, " For everything."

" Meg, you must know by now." Andrew smiled, his eyes warm, " I love you."

Meg smiled up at him and gave him a chaste kiss, " I thought so." Meg joked, and all three of them fell asleep together like one joyful family.

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