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Enjoy Chapter 29

Mertz

One month later, Keith lies with his arms around Allura as she continues to sleep. Sighing deeply, he glances over at the clock and grimaces, If we don't get moving soon, we will be late for practice… Turning his face, he places his lips against her forehead to kiss her as he whispers, "Wake up Allura…"

He smiles at her soft groan and feels her push her nose even further into his chest. Rubbing her back he tries again, "You have to wake up now…practice is in forty-five minutes. If you want a shower and something to eat before we go, you have to wake up now."

Allura lifts her head to look at him, her sleepy blue eyes barely open as she yawns. Keith feels himself harden slightly at the soft, sleepy look about her, with her tousled blond hair falling down into her face and her pert lips coming back together as she finishes her yawn. Sleepily she asks, "Can't we sleep in this morning?" as she lays her head back down on his chest.

Resisting the urge to chuckle, Keith replies, "No…not this morning." He rubs her back again before adding, "Perhaps tomorrow morning I'll hold off practice for your birthday so you can sleep in."

He finally does laugh at her as she groans in protest again before she raises her head up to answer, "Fine…I'm awake." only to yawn at him again. Moving his hand from her back, Keith pushes her hair off of her face as he leans forward to kiss her lightly on the lips before asking, "So what do you want from me for your birthday?"

Allura's eyes widen slightly as she wakes up more, "A gift?"

Keith smiles at her as he caresses her cheek, "It is an accepted practice that a husband gives his wife a gift on the date of her birth…yes."

A moment passes before Allura replies, "I want to…spend…the night with you."

Arching a brow at her, humor fills his eyes as Keith replies, "Allura, you spend every night with me."

Allura flushes scarlet as she mumbles, "You know…"

Enjoying teasing her, he replies, "I'm afraid not…what do you want to spend the night doing?"

He watches as she opens her mouth to answer only to close it again. She looks away from his eyes, her embarrassment obvious as she finally lays her face near his neck. He feels her lips lightly kiss him there before he barely hears her whisper, "Making love…"

Keith pulls Allura up to look into her eyes as he asks, "You want to consummate our marriage?"

She flushes scarlet again before nodding lightly at him. Keith flips them over in the bed, using his knee to move her legs apart so he can push his groin against hers as he kisses her passionately. Lifting his head, Keith looks deeply into her eyes then dips his head to run his tongue along her bottom lip, listening to her soft whimper before looking at her again to ask, "You think we are ready for this? You're ready for this?" and he rotates his hips to grind his groin against hers.

Allura gasps as the heat of desire rushes through her veins and her groin throbs with the feeling of Keith's hardness against her there. Nodding her head silently, she reaches up to touch his face, running her fingers along his lips.

She watches his eyes darken with desire before he dips his head to kiss her again. This time he deepens the kiss, his tongue stroking her mouth. Tentatively, Allura slides her tongue out to meet his and listens to him groan deeply before he wraps his tongue around hers to continue the kiss.

A moment passes before Keith pulls his lips from hers to move to her neck and nuzzles her there. He feels her shiver in response against him as he uses his teeth to nip the area under ear then licks it with his tongue to take the pain away.

Keith kisses his way to her collar bone before sliding lower to her chest. Using his fingers, Keith teases a nipple into a hardened point before he takes the nipple into his mouth to suck on it gently through her nightgown.

Allura gasps before arching her back to entice him to take more of her breast into his mouth. Keith lifts his head, pulls her nightgown down to expose her breast then suckles on the nipple again. Feeling his lips against her naked skin has Allura thrusting her hips up against his groin, causing Keith to release his own groan before he pulls away from her.

Looking down into the flushed face of his wife, Keith takes in her rosy lips from their kissing and the jutting nipple he exposed before he looks back into her passion filled eyes. Smiling at her response, he leans down to lightly kiss her lips again, "Your wish is my command…" He glances at the clock again before adding, "Tomorrow night…"

He completely pulls away from her as he rises from the bed. Fighting not to chuckle at the disappointed look on her face, Keith tells her, "Get up or we will be late for practice." and turns around to walk into the bathroom.

Allura lowers her legs back against the mattress and looks down at her exposed breast, still feeling the tingling sensation from feeling Keith's lips there. With a groan, she pulls her nightgown back up to cover herself before turning over to get out of the bed.

Her eyes fall on the mirror across from her bed and she takes in her appearance. Her lips are red and swollen from his kisses, turning her face; she looks at the red mark on her neck where he had bitten her. Shivering slightly, her eyes drift down as she notices that her nipples are still fully extended in their arousal. But what is bothering her most is the sensation between her legs that won't abate.

Rising slowly from the bed, Allura walks over to her dresser to pull out clothing for the day. Just as she finishes taking out the items she will need, the door to the bathroom opens and Keith comes out with a towel around his waist, using another towel to rub his wet hair dry. He glances at her and states, "Get moving Allura…"

He pauses a moment to kiss her lips again to take away the sting of his words before pulling away to walk over to his dresser. Allura glances at him for a moment longer, sighs deeply before turning away to walk into the bathroom. Keith watches her go as he thinks, Damn…getting out of that bed without finishing was about the hardest damn thing I've ever done. He sighs as he pulls on his underwear, Thank God for cold showers…

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Lance sighs as he finishes pulling his flight suit into place then pulling up on the zipper. Turning back to the bed, he sits down as he pulls his boots on then turns when he hears Alex's voice, "Lance..." Her hands come up over his shoulders as she plasters her bare breasts against his back, "Morning..." Her lips find his neck and start to tease him there.

"Woman...you are a damned tease." Lance turns around and pulls Alex into his arms as his lips find hers and his hands move over her back and bottom.

Alex laughs against his mouth as she pulls back, "That's why you love me..."

Humor fills Lance's eyes as he whispers, "That and a few other reasons..." before kissing her again.

Sudden jerking has Lance pulling back, "What..." as Alex pulls out of his arms and runs for the bathroom. Standing up to follow her, Lance watches as Alex bends over the toilet and starts throwing up. Grimacing as he listens to her retching, Lance steps to the sink to wet a wash cloth as well as filling the nearby glass with water.

As the sounds of Alex being sick ceases, he hands her the wash clothes as she wipes her face then offers her the glass. She takes it from him and moves over to the sink as she takes a sip to rinse her mouth out and spits it out into the sink.

Lance takes in her pale features as he reaches for the bathrobe hanging on the hook by the shower door then wraps it around her. Alex pulls the robe around her and secures the belt before finally speaking, "Thanks."

Nodding in response, Lance inquires, "Morning sickness?"

Alex manages to nod then covers her mouth as she rushes back for the toilet again. Lance can't help the smile that creeps across his face as he walks over to his wife. His hand moves over her bottom, patting it affectionately as he says, "My poor girl..."

Glaring hazel eyes rise as she finishes being sick. Her tone is low and menacing as she repeats, "Poor girl?"

Still smiling, Lance leans over to kiss her cheek as he says, "We can argue later...I'm going to be late. I love you!" and dashes out of the room. Alex stares at the door for a moment stupefied then shakes her head while heading back into the bedroom.

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Allura walks slowly into castle control to find Keith giving last minute instructions to the others. His eyes drift over to her, taking in her flight suit on how it clings to her. His gaze slides down her body causing a slight flush to creep up her cheeks as he nods to the others before walking over to her.

Her eyes stay on him as he smiles at her while saying, "I'm flying with you today... Lance will take Black and lead the practice."

Nodding to him, they turn together as Keith says, "Let's get out there..." and everyone runs for their tube. Allura grasps Keith around his shoulders to hold onto him as they ride down to Blue lion together.

As they ride the launch out together, Allura is cognizant of Keith's hard body under her as she sits in his lap. Once the seat rises and locks into place, Keith releases her and waits for her to stand.

Allura pauses for a moment, allowing her hand to slide down his chest to rest in his lap. Keith's deepened voice growling out, "Allura..." in a warning has her sighing as she rises from the seat.

Her eyes stay on Keith as he rises from the chair and moves around her to take the side seat. Raising her hand again, Allura runs her fingers across Keith's derriere as he passes by. He turns around to face her, his eyes flashing as he says, "Stop it Allura..."

Shifting her gaze away with an exaggerated sigh, Allura sits down in the command chair and straps in. Keith's eyes stay on the back of her helmeted head for a moment before turning back around to pull out the side seat to strap into it.

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Silence echoes through the lion as practice continues, the only sound is Allura answering Lance as he issues commands. Keith watches her closely as she flies the lion and can't fault her performance as she hits the targets and flies through the formation commands given.

At last Lance calls out, "Great practice team...let's head back to the castle and get some breakfast."

As everyone else responds, Allura remains silent as she turns Blue lion back to the castle and dives into the lake to return the lion to its resting place. Keith sighs as he un-straps and stands up once the lion is in its resting position. His eyes move to Allura as he watches her slowly rises from the command chair.

She doesn't return his gaze as she waits beside the chair for him to pass. Once he sits down in the chair, Allura pulls her helmet off her head and sets it down on the floor beside the chair before she sits down on his lap. Turning to him, she pulls his helmet off of him and lets it drop to the floor as she presses her lips to his.

Keith moans softly against her mouth as he returns the kiss for a moment before ripping his mouth away, "We need to get back."

Shaking her head, Allura reaches up to try to pull down the zipper on his flight suit only for Keith to grab her hand to stop her. "Allura..." he starts to growl then stops when she pulls her hand away and unzips her flight suit instead.

Her magnificent, high tipped breasts coming into view, instantly quiets Keith as she turns back to press herself against his chest while she pushes her mouth against his again. Keith moans against her mouth then pulls away, his eyes glowing with his desire as he states, "We are not going to have sex in this lion..."

Allura can't help the whimpering sound that escapes her as she whispers, "I need you..." and moves her hand to his flight suit again, this time managing to pull the zipper down. As her fingers drift over one of his nipples, Keith groans then pulls away again. "Allura...please." he whispers as his resolve is quickly evaporating.

Sliding her lips to tease the skin of his neck, she whispers, "Need..."

"A release..." Keith finishes for her. Cursing himself for teasing her so much earlier, Keith moves his hand to flick open her belt then finishes unzipping her flight suit. Sliding his questing fingers inside, Keith groans when he finds that she isn't wearing any underwear. Pushing his fingers through her curls, he slides a finger between her folds and teases her pleasure spot.

With her hips pushing up against his hand as she throws her head back with a moan, Keith slides his fingers further down and pushes one into her. Groaning at the tightness within, Keith keeps his finger moving within her.

Allura cries out her pleasure as he continues moving his fingers while he pulls her up to him, lowering his head to her lips, his tongue thoroughly taunting hers. Soon the pressure builds within her and Allura gasps against his mouth as she climaxes.

Once her body relaxes against his; Keith slides his fingers out from her flight suit to slide up her taunt stomach then higher to caress one of the hardened nipples before him. Allura lifts her languid sapphire gaze to his as he whispers, "Remind me never to tease you like that before practice again...no underclothes?"

Shaking her head, Allura sits up in his arms as she presses her lips against his. They kiss for a moment before she pulls back to whisper, "My breasts were too sensitive...the bra rubbed..."

Groaning and pushing his lips back to hers before she can finish her statement, Keith kisses her passionately for a moment then pulls back. He looks down and reluctantly grasps her zipper to pull it back up, covering her lush body from his gaze as he says, "Serves me right I suppose..."

He watches as she pulls his zipper back into place before moving back to her own suit and closing her belt again. Reaching over, Keith hits the button to lower the chair as he says, "I'm skipping breakfast...no way in hell am I going into the dining room in this flight suit right now."

Allura giggles as the chair stops in the launch vehicle and begins their journey back to the castle. Keith snorts at her in answer then states, "I don't even want to know what Lance would say if he saw how my...groin...is pressing against my suit right now..."

Laughter continues to erupt out of Allura until he adds, "You aren't going dressed as you are either...your nipples are still "standing at attention" as it were."

Glancing down, Allura flushes as she realizes that she was indeed pushing out against her flight suit. Groaning, she turns to find Keith's laughing eyes looking at her as he says, "Let's hope the control room is empty by now..."

Keith kisses her once more then lifts her up as the launch comes to a stop. He stands beside her, his eyes raking over her form once more before walking over to the T-bar, "Let's go Allura..."

Grabbing onto Keith's back, Allura sends up a silent prayer of her own that the control room would be empty as they rise into the air.

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Thirty minutes later, Allura walks into Dr. Killian's office to find her sitting in her seat already with the notebook on her lap. As she moves to take her seat across from her, Allura asks, "Am I late?" then gets a good look at Alex's face.

Sitting upright, concern filling her eyes, Allura asks, "Are you alright?"

Alex swallows hard against the nausea she feels before replying, "Yes."

"Are you sure? You look positively green."

Not wanting to move too much or speak too much out of fear that her stomach will heave on her once more, Alex mumbles, "Let's go...how was your night?"

Allura sighs as she begins speaking, her eyes staying on the sick looking woman across from her.

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An hour later, Allura walks out of Alex's office and stops next door to knock on Keith's door. She enters when bidden then smiles as she finds Keith and Lance sitting talking over by the couch. Sitting down beside Keith, her eyes turn to Lance as she asks, "Is something wrong with Alex? She looked positively sick this morning...but insisted she was fine."

She notices Lance start to smile then forces it down to keep his face neutral. Allura watches as his eyes glance over at Keith and a knowing look passes between the two as she turns her gaze to Keith who is also looking at Lance.

"Alright you two...what are you hiding from me?" Allura sits up and demands.

Keith keeps his face neutral as he inquires, "What makes you think we are keeping something from you Allura?"

As her eyes narrow on him, Keith only arches his eyebrows at her in answer. She shifts her gaze from Keith to Lance as she growls at him, "Lance..."

Lance shrugs before saying, "Didn't you ask Alex about it?"

"She wouldn't answer me...Lance come on...what's going on that Keith knows and I don't?" Allura asks as she places her hands on her hips.

As he stays silent, Allura finally stands up, "Fine...I thought we were friends Lance..." and begins to walk to the door. She gets yanked backwards though and lands on Keith's lap as Lance lets out a sigh. She glares at Keith before turning her gaze to Lance as he says, "Fine..."

Lance sits forward in his chair as he looks at Allura and says, "Didn't you wonder why we married so fast Allura?"

Shrugging, Allura says, "I assumed because you wanted to be together and didn't want to wait."

Trying not to laugh at Allura's naiveté, Lance tells her, "We didn't wait Allura...that's why we married so quick."

A look of confusion covers her face for a moment before she flushes while saying, "Oh..."

Lance does smile at her finally as he says, "She is suffering morning sickness...but we don't want to make the announcement until she is past the danger point. Not that most people haven't figured it out already..."

Allura smiles as she says, "How exciting...a baby."

Nodding at her as she rises from Keith's lap to hug him, Lance meets Keith's gaze for a moment with a smile. Keith shakes his head at him as Allura turns back to him, glaring at him, "So how long have you known and not said anything to me?"

Keith arches his brow at her as he asks, "Am I to assume you are angry with me because I didn't tell you Alex was pregnant when Lance married her?"

As she moves her hands to her hips and continues to glare at him, Lance starts laughing. Keith moves his gaze from his wife to his best friend as he growls out, "What the hell is so funny?"

Lance wipes his eyes as he says, "I don't tell her my wife is pregnant and you're the one that gets into trouble for it."

As Keith glares at him, Allura walks over to stand in front of him, cutting off his view, "Keith...I'm your wife. Why wouldn't you tell me?"

Keith studies his wife for a moment before he curtly informs her, "As Lance so elegantly put it...he chose not to tell you. I didn't feel it was my place to say anything."

Her eyes well up with tears before she turns and runs out of the room. Keith starts swearing as he stands up to go after her. He pauses as Lance reaches out to touch his arm, "Let me go talk to her Keith..."

Lance walks down the hall and stops at Allura's office to find it empty. Sighing, he keeps going until he reaches Keith and Allura's room and knocks on the door. When no one answers him, he presses the button to the door and walks in to find Allura lying on the bed, her face pressed into the pillows.

He walks over to the bed and sits down on it then tries to pull Allura up as she says, "Leave me alone Keith!"

"Wrong man sweetheart..."

Allura turns over to find Lance smiling softly at her. She sniffles then turns back to hide her face back into the pillow again. Lance sighs as he says, "Allura...you can't blame Keith for not saying anything."

Lance listens to her mumble something unintelligible against her pillow and sighs as he says, "Come again? Want to say that without a pillow in your mouth?"

Turning over to glare at him, Allura says, "He should have told me..."

"Keith was right Allura...it wasn't his place to tell you."

Allura glares at Lance for a moment before she says, "I suppose I'm the only one on the Force who didn't know because I'm so stupid, that I didn't know you married because you had to." Lance opens his mouth to speak but is cut off as she continues, "All of my stupid, little girl notions about love." Tears slide down her cheeks as she turns back to press her face into the pillow again.

Groaning, Lance pulls Allura out of her pillow and hugs her against him as he says, "I didn't marry Alex because I had to Allura...I do love her, very much."

As a confused look crosses Allura's face, Lance adds, "When she told me she thought she was pregnant, I thought it best to marry quickly...because I know how the people here think. I didn't want them thinking less of my wife because she had sex with me before we married. But I had already planned on marrying Alex."

She nods in understanding then mumbles, "Keith still should have told me..."

Lance smiles as he says, "No Allura...I should have. You were right, as my friend, I should have told you. The only one I've said anything to is Keith...while Brian and the others might have guessed, I have not told them anything."

He hugs her again for a moment before pulling back to look at her again, "Don't be mad at Keith... We have a long understanding that when we say something to each other, it isn't repeated. He was honoring our agreement."

Allura nods and pulls away as she wipes at her eyes. The door to the room opens and Keith walks in as Lance stands up. He smiles at him in passing and walks out of the room. Keith approaches Allura slowly as he searches her face for her temperament.

She watches him as he sits down beside her and sighs as he asks, "Are you alright?"

Nodding in answer, Allura says nothing as she continues to stare at her husband. Keith sighs as he reaches out to touch her cheek, "I'm sorry Allura...but I didn't feel it was my place to tell you."

Her eyes stay on him as he caresses her cheek. Finally, she shifts sideways into his arms as she lays her head against his chest. Keith wraps his arms around her and releases a contented sigh as he holds her close to him.