A/N This chapter has M rated content in it, just a warning here.
The couple of days at Little Creek passed quickly for the occupants of the house. JJ took great care of him, helping Dave dress, as it was hard to maneuver around his bandaged shoulder. He was itching to get back to work, but he enjoyed having JJ playing nurse to him. They'd set Henry up in his playpen in the room with them, JJ taking her place nightly by Rossi's side. She didn't want to anywhere else, and was keeping her promise of being by his side. Henry was a happy baby too, delighting in having his mama home.
Walking out onto the deck, where Dave was situated, she brought him his medication and a drink. She was religious about that, making sure that he would finish off the medication. She suspected he was one of those that when he got feeling the tiniest bit better, quit taking the medication. Not on her watch, she thought to herself. She fielded phone calls from the team, who were anxious to make sure that he was still okay. A few were still stunned that one of their team had been shot, and they had to be convinced that he was coming along fine. Finally taking a seat beside him, she leaned on his good shoulder, looking at the magnificent view. JJ clutched his hand, happy to be with him. Dave broke the silence finally.
"JJ, how are you holding up? You've done so much for me the last few days, I want to know how you are."
"Fine, Dave, I'm fine. I just want you better. I've been missing you lately."
"I've been missing you too, sweetheart. I'll be as good as new, soon. And then, look out." he chuckled.
"You better be ready, funnyman. You are the one who's going to have to look out. Remember, I promised you if you were a good boy, I'd be your naughty nurse when you got better. You just remember that."
JJ reached up and kissed him again, deeply. Dave returned the kiss, and things were starting to happen. She straddled his lap suddenly, careful of his shoulder, carried away with the kiss. They kept at it for a few minutes, but she eventually came to her senses, realizing Dave wasn't ready to go any further quite yet, no matter what certain areas of his body were telling her. Reluctantly pulling away, she slipped back off his lap. Disappointment filled his face.
"Soon, sweetheart, soon. I don't want you to rip the stitches and end up taking longer to recover."
Dave realized the sense in this, and pulled her close to him again, in a tight hug. He wanted her so damn much, and again regretted not getting out of the way of the damn bullet. JJ got up again, saying she was going back into the house to prepare supper. He remained on the deck, thinking things through. He heard music coming from inside the house and realized JJ had put the radio on to accompany her cooking. Things like that made him love her all the more. He knew what he had, he didn't give a damn that it all had happened so soon. He wanted to make her his, leaving no doubt to anyone that JJ was his. Getting up, he made his way into the house, laughing as he watched JJ bop around the kitchen, singing "It's a love story, baby, just say yes." He waited to the song was over, then walked up and turned down the radio for a minute.
"Baby, would you just say yes to me?" he questioned her.
"What Dave? What are you talking about?" she looked at him puzzled.
"The song JJ, the song. He pulled out a ring and asked her to marry him. If I did that, would you just say yes to me?"
"Are you asking me to marry you? Wow, just wow. We've only been together a couple of weeks. How can you be so sure I'm the one?"
"I'm not saying we have to get married right away. What I'm saying is I'm asking you to marry me. I want you to be Mrs. Jennifer Rossi. I don't care if we get married right away, but I do want to marry you. I want you wearing my ring, and living here with me. I want Henry as my stepson, I want you to be my wife, and most of all, I don't want to let go of the most important person in my life."
Shocked, JJ looked deep into Dave's eyes, seeing that he was absolutely serious about this. When Will had proposed to her, she'd said nothing, knowing even then he wasn't the one for her. Yet, given the speed that the relationship with Rossi had taken, she knew, without a shadow of a doubt, her answer for him.
"Baby, I'm saying YES!" JJ shouted. Grabbing him as carefully as possible, she kissed him. Singing again, she teased him "Romeo, you be the prince and I'll be the princess" dancing around, happier than she ever thought possible.
Dave smiled at her, relieved she'd said yes. He'd thought she might call him crazy and high on painkillers, but no, she'd said yes. It's not like they were going to run out and get married right away, but he'd give her time to plan her perfect wedding. He'd been through marriages before, but this was the first time he felt absolutely no doubts about marrying JJ. As far as he was concerned, she was his, and would never be anybody else's. Working things out with Strauss would come, and he'd make sure she kept her paws off of JJ, not causing any ripples. Anything she did to upset JJ would be extremely detrimental to Strauss' career.
JJ was fairly bouncing around the living room. Shocked that so much had changed in such a little time, she had absolutely no regrets about it, except one, that she hadn't acted sooner and had lost so much time with him. She suddenly screeched to a halt though. She turned to him and said "Dave, just one question, don't be mad at me, okay?"
"Okay, JJ, I'll take whatever you say as calmly as I can." uneasy about what she was going to ask him.
"You aren't doing this because of you gunshot wound, are you? The whole re-evaluating your life thing? You really want to marry me, right?"
"JJ, I've wanted to marry you for months, long before we were even together. Yes, the bullet to the shoulder made me think, and it made me realize that I don't want to wait, just because other people will think we are taking things to fast. I have no intention of screwing this marriage up. You are the one I want, the last one I'll ever need. You are everything to me."
JJ stared at him, making her love him all the more. She started dancing again, happier than she ever thought she could be. He caught her arm as she danced by once again, pulling her in for another kiss. She returned his kiss with an urgency, deciding that as a treat, she would be naughty for Dave. Abandoning supper, she took his hand and led him upstairs to the bedroom. Stripping him carefully of his clothes, followed soon after by hers, it didn't take long to get him aroused. Positioning herself carefully over him, she bent down, kissing his chest, being very careful not to jar his shoulder. Grinding herself downward on him, he reached up and touched her breasts with his good arm, arousing her all the more. She bent over him, and teased him, his tongue flicking out to touch her nipples. Straightening up again, she began going faster and faster, trying to be careful at the same time, til both of them exploded. She collapsed beside him on the bed, worried she'd hurt him, but relieved at the same time, it had been a few days since they'd had this contact. He bent his head down again, not ready for it to be over, playing with her nipples again. He was skilled with his tongue, and she held his head to her breasts, and he teased her as much as he could with his sweet torture. She arched her back, thrusting her breasts even more upwards to meet his probing tongue. He nipped at them, making them even more sensitive than they were before, til she had to beg him to stop. That turned him on even more, which led to a repeat performance on JJ's part, riding him til they collapsed again.
Done for now, JJ rolled beside him once again. Concerned about his shoulder, she asked if he was in any pain, and he said the painkillers were wearing off. Grabbing a sheet, she wrapped it around her body, going in search of his pills. It was time for his medication anyway, and she had to get dressed, Henry needed to be gotten up from his nap and have some supper. Playtime was over for now, but she wasn't sorry. She was engaged to the man lying on the bed, and she couldn't have been happier. She helped redress Dave, and they headed downstairs, starting supper once again. Henry was up and babbling away, and Dave played with him while JJ mashed some of his food together. While their food still cooked, she sat beside her two men and began to feed Henry.
"Do you want more children someday, JJ?" Dave asked her out of the blue.
JJ looked at Dave, his serious expression somewhat troubling. Truthfully, she answered "Yes, I do. I want to give Henry a brother or sister. Maybe not right now, god knows I'm busy enough with him, but yes, someday I do."
"Do you think I'd be a good father to a child?"
"Dave, you've acted wonderfully with Henry. He's taken right to you. You're becoming like his father already. I think you'd make a wonderful dad. And someday, when it's our time, we'll have babies of our own."
"You think I'm not too old? Sometimes I wonder if I'll have enough energy to keep up with you and a brood. I'll be a very old man by the time they are grown."
"Hon, I told you before, age isn't anything but a number. You'll make a wonderful dad when a child of ours arrives. And before that, Henry is going to know you as a father too."
At that, Dave took the spoon from JJ and began feeding Henry, wanting to do something to help her. She'd been a saint the last few days, taking care of both Henry and him. Surprised, JJ thanked him and went back to get their supper on the plates. It felt like home to both of them, something neither of them had experienced in a very long time, and neither wanted to lose this feeling. They ended the evening, the three of them curled in front of the fire, unbelieving of their good fortune of finally finding one another, happy together.