He moved out of her way, so she could get out of the car, and managed to open the door in time for her to run inside.
"Last door on the left".
He heard her throwing up, so he got her a glass of water and a cold rag, and took it to her.
He knelt down next to her and held her hair back for her, and rubbed her back some.
"Here, I brought you some water and a cold rag".
"Thank you".
After he got her settled onto the couch, he went and got their bags and brought them in.
She got up and went and brushed her teeth and then came back to the couch.
"I'm sorry honey, I think my nerves got to me".
"It's alright, nothing to be sorry for".
She nodded.
"Can I get you anything?"
"No, I'm fine. Can we maybe take a walk?"
"Certainly".
He stood up and took her hand and they walked outside and around his property for a bit. He showed her a lot of his property, and then they walked back up to the house.
He got on the golf cart and had her come sit on his lap, and he drove them down to the stables.
"Want to go riding?"
"Sure".
They saddled up and went for a sunset ride, and he showed her the rest of his property before they returned to the house.
They walked hand in hand back to the house.
"You have a beautiful place".
"Only made more beautiful with you being here".
"Your horses are of excellent quality. And they are so sweet".
They walked inside and he built them a fire in the fireplace.
She curled up under a blanket on the couch.
He came and joined her on the couch after he got the fire going.
"We can grill out if you'd like. I have some chicken in the freezer and I also have some steaks".
"Whatever you want is fine with me".
"I want you to be happy and not anxious".
"I'm trying, honest".
She leaned up against him for a while, and he wrapped his arms around her.
"Want to help me with dinner?"
She nodded.
They went to the kitchen, and he poured them both some wine.
She took one sip of hers and ran to the sink and poured it out.
"Darling…where did you get this?"
"Same place I always get alcohol- the liquor store by where my condo was, why?"
"It's disgusting. It doesn't taste right".
He examined the bottle.
"This is the kind I always buy and I've never had any issues. It's from a local vineyard".
"Well, you can have the rest of mine if you want it. I'm just going to get some water".
He took a sip of his glass.
"Tastes fine to me".
"It's all yours, honey".
She made herself some ice water, and then they started making dinner. She made them some macaroni and cheese while he defrosted the chicken in the microwave so he could grill it.
After a nice dinner in which Jennifer didn't eat a whole lot, they resumed snuggling by the fireplace. He had a beer and she had more water.
"Honey, we never talked about the house. Which one did you put an offer on?"
"It's a surprise. I'll know by Tuesday if they accepted my offer, and if they did, we will celebrate".
He kissed the side of her forehead.
"Do you like surprises?"
"Yes, I love them".
"Well, that's great. Because I love to give surprises".
She hugged him and rested her head on the front of his shoulder.
"Babe, I was thinking about your apartment on the way up here. And I have an idea, so hear me out. You told me that you wanted to keep working out your notice so that you could get that pay raise and build your savings. Why not just sell your apartment and move to Los Angeles like we planned, and put that money in your savings? Then, you won't have to work till May and us fly back and forth".
"That was my original goal, honey. He begged me to stay through May".
"I wonder if there's any way he would consider letting you work from LA till May".
"I can ask and see if it can be arranged. It would mean that I would have to get a typewriter of my own, and set up an office somewhere, but I could do it".
"Whatever you need, I'm happy to provide".
"I can't promise that he will go for it, but I can promise that I will talk to him."
"That's fair".
She sat up a bit and turned to face him.
"I can also promise that I love you more than anything else".
"I absolutely promise you that I love you more than anyone or anything else".
He leaned down and kissed her slow and romantically.
"Did you think that night at Cavelli's that we would end up together?"
"Yeah, I did. Did you?"
"While we were dancing, I was hoping that you would call me again. And then after the bathroom incident, I was positive that you were scared to be around me."
"When did you know that I wasn't?"
"When you slept in the bed with me after my nightmare".
"I love sleeping in the bed with you. I love being around you in any capacity. My main goal that night was to make you feel better".
"And you did exactly that".
She leaned into him as she kissed him. He grabbed the back of her head and pulled her closer to him as they kissed.
"Honey…"
They pressed their foreheads together as they laced their fingers together and he squeezed her hand.
"Make love to me, honey".
He picked her up in one motion and carried her to the bedroom.
He set her down next to the bed. He quickly pulled the covers back while she undressed. She started undressing him and shoved his shirt off him, while he stepped out of his pants.
He took her in his arms and began to kiss the side of her face.
"You are so gorgeous…I can't get enough of you".
"You can have all you want, darling".
He laid her back on the bed and climbed on top of her.
He held her arms down on either side of her head and kissed her so slowly she could have sworn time stopped.
He slowly kissed her neck, as he kissed his way to her earlobe. After a few nibbles, he kissed his way back to her luscious lips, and then across to her other earlobe.
He could feel her heartbeat as he kissed her neck in that one spot…..and he felt her pulse quicken.
She tried to move her arms but he kept them pinned down.
"No, baby….not yet".
He held both of her arms down with one hand, and deftly unclasped her bra with the other.
He used his teeth to pull the straps down a little, and then released each arm only long enough to get the bra completely off her.
He laced his fingers through both of her hands and brought her arms down to her sides, as he moved down her body, taking her nipples into his mouth. She arched her back and moaned in delight as he did so.
She ached to hold him and to run her fingers through his hair and rub her hands up and down his back.
He kissed her all the way down her stomach, and then back up to her neck.
He shifted his weight so that he was closer to her but not laying directly on top of her. They kissed long, slow and tenderly for a very long time. He released her hands and framed her face with his as he kissed her.
He reached down and slowly tugged her thong off, and then pulled her foot up and slowly and sensually took each of her toes into his mouth.
She was going crazy with her need for him, and he knew it.
He worked his way back to her neck, kissing her as he went along.
He kissed her fervidly, and she wrapped her legs around his waist.
He quickly joined their bodies together, and they rhythmically moved their hips as one. He thrust in and out of her slowly, at first, and then he picked up the pace later on.
"Ho….ney….."
"Ok angel".
He captured her lips with his as he filled her in the ultimate expression of love. They both cried out in unison, and rode out the waves of ecstasy together, as one.
He buried his face into her neck as he held her.
"I love you, so much babe".
"I love you too, honey".
They both fell asleep, wrapped up in each other's arms.
***The next morning***
They slept all night, wrapped up together. She woke up and kissed his cheek, and stirred next to him.
"Morning, babe".
"Morning".
"You getting up?"
"No. Just thinking".
He breathed deeply.
"Penny for your thoughts".
"Can every morning be like this?"
He kissed her forehead.
"Absolutely".
They dozed off for a little longer before she finally rolled out of bed and headed to the bathroom.
She put on her robe before she climbed back in bed with him.
"Honey, what do you think about us flying to New York tonight? We could have a whole day together tomorrow in the city before we both have to work all week".
"I love that idea".
She settled into the crook of his arm.
"Where are we going to stay?"
"Why don't we try my place, and then if you aren't comfortable, we can go to yours?"
She nodded.
"I'm so happy you are coming to New York with me".
"Nowhere else I'd rather be, babe".
"I could just kick myself for not calling you after I got out of the hospital, and wasting that time that I could have been spending with you".
"Babe, that's water under the bridge. We love each other, we got past it, that's what counts".
"I know that….i'm just so grateful that you didn't just wash your hands of me and say 'I'm done', and move on".
"Never gonna happen, baby."
They finally got up and got ready. They went riding again, and then came back to the house.
They packed up pretty quickly, and she straightened up while he loaded the car.
They headed back towards LA, and when he stopped for gas, he called Jack and asked him to get the plane ready.
They swung by the Montage and packed some more things, and then headed to the airport.
They made a quick stop by a deli and got a quick dinner to take with them before boarding the plane.
They were all settled onto the plane when Jack told them to prepare for takeoff.
They moved to the table seats when he told them they could move about the cabin.
He had ordered an oversized extra stuffed hoagie with everything on it, and she had ordered a salad.
"Want a bite, darling?"
"No thank you. My waistline will thank me".
She ate about ½ of her salad, and drank all of her tea. He ate about ½ of his sandwich, and decided to save the rest for later.
She cleaned up after them and then they moved to the reclining seats.
"Honey, do you ever wonder what if we hadn't gone to Cavelli's? What if we had gone for French food, or Mexican, or what if I had waited to go to the bathroom till I got home?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, do you think you would have called me again after that if we had gone somewhere else?"
He took her hand and kissed it.
"I knew the night that we danced at Iris that I wanted to have 1000 dates with you, babe. The location didn't matter".
"Did I ever tell you that when you sent me flowers the first time, and I called to thank you, later that night I was at home wishing I had invited you for dinner. And I called your office the next day to invite you for dinner, and they told me that you had gone back to California. So, I was thinking that my dance with you was all I was going to get. And then I go and screw things up by taking you to Cavelli's".
"Now hold on, you didn't screw anything up. I'm grateful that we got put in the witness protection program, because we were able to focus on us for a bit with no distractions".
"I'm grateful for it too, I just wish we could put that in the rearview".
"I know, me too. I have a gut feeling that this is Meredith, behind the flowers. We just have to trust Agent Weatherington to find her".
"That's your gut feeling?"
"Yeah, you got a different one?"
She nodded.
"I'm going to be sick".
She got up and bolted for the bathroom, making it just in time. It wasn't as bad this time as the day before, but she still hated to be sick.
He brought her some ginger ale from the fridge.
She drank it and leaned back against him.
"Angel are you coming down with something?"
"No, I don't think so. I think it's just my nerves".
"I hate to see you like this".
"I hate to be like this. I'll be fine once we get settled".
He stepped out and she found a washcloth so she could wash her face. She found a new toothbrush and travel toothpaste and quickly brushed her teeth. She almost got sick again from brushing her teeth, but she kept it together.
She came out and sat next to him again.
"Honey, how much longer do we have?"
"About 3 hours".
"I have an idea".
She whispered in his ear what she wanted to do.
He looked at her in surprise.
"You want to do that now? Here?"
She nodded.
She moved to straddle him, and ran her hands up and down his chest.
She reached down and undid his jeans, freeing his manhood.
She leaned over and kissed him.
"Get comfortable, darling".
He laid back and closed his eyes, as she slid off his lap, and knelt in front of him.
She took his erection into her mouth, and licked it slowly. She lightly kissed the tip of his penis as she began to stroke it with her hands.
"Mmmmm".
"You like that, darling?"
She kept licking and sucking and stroking him until she felt his whole body tense up.
"I'm coming, babe".
"Ok honey".
She sucked him dry, and didn't spill a drop.
She stood up when she was done and went to the bathroom and got the rest of her ginger ale.
She brushed her teeth again and then came back to him.
He was redoing his pants.
She sat next to him and kissed his cheek.
"Hey".
He turned to look at her.
"Hey".
"I love you".
"I love you too".
He leaned over and kissed her.
She snuggled up and started telling him what she wanted to do with him all week long.
Before long, she was sound asleep on his shoulder.
He wrapped an arm around her and kissed the top of her head, and just held her.
"Sweet dreams, baby".