He laughed softly and rolled her over. He kissed her softly then
grabbed a strawberry off the plate. He poured them both another glass
of champagne.

" Hardy what are you doing?" She asked. He quickly ate the strawberry
and grabbed another off the bowl. He brought the strawberry to her
lips and teased them with it. It was so out of character for him she
opened her mouth to speak. Before she could speak he popped it into
her mouth. She looked at him in shock. He had an evil grin on his face.

He grabbed the champagne and poured them both another glass.

Nancy grinned at him and grabbed a chocolate. " Open up Hardy." She
demanded as she pointed the chocolate at his mouth.

Frank looked at her and complied. She sat on his lap took a sip of her
drink then popped the candy into her mouth.
She quickly swallowed it.

Frank went to protest, but Nancy kissed him senseless. Frank moaned
in surprise that quickly turned to pleasure as he leaned back on the
bed with her straddling him.

She stopped the kiss and reached around and grabbed the crackers and
cheese. She fed him as she continued to kiss, taunt and tease him.
What she fed him, he was uncertain. Frank was in a haze of pleasure
and couldn't have cared."

Frank was speechless. He'd never think of strawberries or crackers
and cheese without blushing again. He had never realized that simply
having a late night snack could be this erotic.

Frank decided to turn the tables and the term midnight snack would never be the same for either of them again.

She looked at him in wonder. It had never been this good or
this intense.
His eyes were closed and his breathing was still heavy.

Nancy gently ran a hand down his cheek as she marveled at him. They
were finally together really together. The freedom was heady and
nothing had ever felt so right to her. Something in her stilled as she
finally believed.

Frank opened heavy eyes and gazed softly at her. To say his world
moved was an understatement. He knew they were finally here together
forever. It felt like this was it. Frank had come home.

Frank turned over taking her in his arms with him. He gently placed a
strand of hair behind her ear. Then he kissed her deeply, and poured
every emotion he had ever felt into the kiss.

Nancy felt the shift in his kiss immediately. He had said he loved her
before. This kiss sealed it. She felt the earth move. She felt the
tenderness and unwritten promise in the kiss. This was forever she
felt it as he claimed her with his kiss.

Eventually they came up for air. Frank rolled them so they were side
by side. He just stared at her then gently kissed her. She ran her
hands along his face.

" Wow!" She said.

He laughed softly."Yeah wow!" He agreed. "I don't think that quite
covers it. " He added.

Nancy smiled " I'm not sure there are words."

" Will this do?" He asked and leaned in and kissed her soundly.

Nancy fell into the kiss. She was right there weren't words, but this
was better." It wiil do." She smiled against his lips. " It will do
very well."

They lay next to each other just reveling in the presence of each
other. Frank slowly ran his hands over her back and hugged her to him.
She slowly ran her hands over his broad shoulders and down his sides.

They cuddled each other with Frank dropping sleepy soft kisses on
Nancy's face. Frank felt his eye lids drooping the evening was
catching up with him. Nancy closed her eyes enjoying the soft gentle
kisses. Nancy gently rubbed him getting soft moan in opened
heavy eyes and saw him looking at her sleepily.

She softly placed her hand on his cheek. He turned into her hand and
kissed it softly. He wrapped his arms around her drawing her to him.

Frank fell asleep with his body intertwined with Nancy's. Nancy heard
his soft snore and looked at him sleepily. She smiled as she realized
he'd fallen asleep without even putting a blanket on them. She reached
down and pulled a blanket over both of them. Frank burrowed into her
and the blanket sighing softly in his sleep. She fell asleep with a
smile on her lips. She felt it, they belonged here together.

Nancy woke slowly with Frank wrapped around her.
She wondered for a moment what woke her, then she realized she needed
to handle necessities. Slowly she untangled herself from Frank. He
barely moved.

Nancy returned a few minutes later. She grabbed the Tylenol Frank had
gotten the other day and took a few. Her muscles ached, not that she
was surprised given what they'd been up to most of last night.

Who would have thought quiet staid Frank Hardy had so much passion in
him. Not that she was complaining. Frank Hardy rocked her world last
night.

Nancy returned after taking the Tylenol. While waiting for it to work
she just studied Frank. He was sprawled on his stomach sound asleep
facing her.
Today they had to return to the world again. They'd been in this
wonderful bubble for two days and she didn't want it to end.

She looked at him and let out a big yawn. It was only 9 o'clock , so
there was still time to catch a cat nap. Frank gave no indication he
was waking anytime soon.

They were supposed to see a few more things today on Nancy's tourist
list. Nancy decided she'd be happy to stay here with Frank until
dinner. They didn't really have any plans for tonight anyway.

Nancy snuggled into Frank, who opened a bleary eye. " Is it time to
get up?" Frank mumbled barely awake.

Nancy smiled." No, it's still early. Go back to sleep."

Frank mumbled something Nancy couldn't understand. His eyes were
closed again.

It could wait she decided, and closed her eyes drifting back to sleep.

Frank slowly came awake. He was still half asleep. He felt Nancy
against him. He had his arms wrapped around her and the scent of her
shampoo filled his nose.

He hugged her closer to him as he simply absorbed her presence. He was
content here. More content than he could ever remember. He looked at
her and simply enjoyed watching her at rest. She was beautiful ,the
lively nature and quick wit he so enjoyed was hidden for the moment.

Nancy opened her eyes slowly and found him smiling at her. He took a
strand of hair and tucked it behind her ear. She smiled at him and
reached up and kissed him softly.

" Hmm good morning." Frank smiled against her lips. " So, what do you
want to do today?" He asked.

"Can we just stay here for the next few weeks?" She asked joking.

Frank sighed. " I'd love to, but they'll come looking. Both Aunt
Gertrude and Mrs Prito would come looking." Frank scrunched his face
in distaste at the thought.

Nancy laughed aloud when she saw his face . "OK. When are we supposed
to be back?"

Frank thought for a minute. " There's no real time. Whenever the train
leaves really."

"Did you get tickets?" She asked.

Frank nodded positively." If you want we can get them. I just need to
call downstairs."

She nodded her approval. " Let's clean up here and then get going.
What time is the show."

"There's a two o'clock. It should give us time for some lunch."

Frank looked over at the time. They had slept late. Frank couldn't say
he was surprised after last nights activities. He was more amazed they
were actually awake.

He sighed and stretched as he got up from the bed. He turned around
and Nancy was staring at him lecherously.

"You have an evil mind Drew." He grinned at her as he went to get ready.

Nancy laughed." As Hannah says hi pot this is kettle."

" Yeah yeah get going." Frank threw his tee shirt at her.

They quickly showered and got changed. The weather was supposed to be
cold, so they opted for lunch and the show.

They quickly cleaned the condo up leaving it as they found it. Nancy
insisted they had to buy Mrs Prito a thank you gift.

Frank knew that was harder than it sounded. Still they took off
looking for a gift.

They stopped at a corner cafe that had decent coffee and sandwiches.
Nancy watched as Frank devoured a huge double stuffed sandwich and
downed two cups of large coffee.

"Hungry Hardy?" She teased. " I can't imagine why."

He snorted his coffee and looked at her smiling. "Nocturnal activities
wore me out."

She laughed at him." I just wanted to be sure you slept well."

Frank laughed and took a sip of his coffee." Slept like a baby. I'll
expect you to help me every night with that."

Nancy smiled." Should I tell our parents or will you?"

Frank laughed out loud. " I'll let your Dad know as soon as he's back
in River Heights."

" Coward." She teased.

Frank nodded in agreement." Absolutely."