Chapter 44
The next morning, a demanding ringing of a cell phone abruptly disturbed Dave's sleep at the ungodly hour of six am. Groaning loudly, he automatically reached over to the bedside table and grabbed the vibrating and beeping phone that had interrupted his dreams, not noticing that it was JJ's.
"Rossi," he mumbled sleepily after he'd flipped it open, and jerked up straight in bed when he was greeted with a piercing scream, wondering if his eardrum would ever recover.
"Who is it?" JJ muttered drowsily, hoping that the wouldn't be called in on a case this Saturday morning.
"I'm not sure," Dave answered truthfully, holding the phone away from his ear. "Though, it sounds a bit like Garcia."
JJ was suddenly wide awake, too, as she heard Dave's words.
"Oh damn, I forgot to call her!"
Seeing Dave's raised eyebrows, she continued to explain: "I promised to call her after I got home from my date to give her an update."
Hearing Garcia's excited voice through the phone, she added grinning: "Sounds like she's drawing her own conclusions about what happened last night."
"Please tell me these are happy and approving noises, and nothing else," Dave said, handing JJ the phone.
Leaning back against the headboard, he smiled contently as he watched and listened to JJ filling Garcia in on the latest developments, letting his own mind wander back to the previous night.
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He was not sure how long he had held her close, but after a while, something shifted in them and the began kissing, slowly and carefully at first to feel the other's reaction.
Within moments, however, they both became more and more passionate, their kisses hungrier and more demanding. It was as if they had to make up for all the time they'd wasted before. Before they knew it, they were lying flat on the couch, hands everywhere, touching and caressing, and simply needing to feel each other. No words were spoken, only their heavy breaths and moans were filling the air for quite some time, until Dave suddenly stopped them.
Stilling JJ's hands, he met her confused gaze.
"We can't," he whispered softly, stroking gently through her hair.
"Why not?" JJ asked, the disappointment obvious in her eyes. "I want you, Dave. I need to feel you close. I thought you wanted me, too."
"I do, sweetheart, more than you can imagine," he replied reassuringly, cradling her face in his hands and giving her a thorough kiss. "But for once I want to do everything right. I want to take you out on dates, treat you to dinner, things like that."
"Don't you think we're already past that stage? We have a child together, remember?" JJ chuckled lightly, the disappointment gone when she'd heard his words.
"I know. But I haven't gotten a chance to do all of it yet," he smiled. "Besides, I don't have any condoms with me tonight. I didn't exactly foresee this. So unless you have one here-"
JJ sighed an let her head fall back. "We won't ever forget these anymore, will we?"
"Nope, I don't think so. I've learned my lesson. So before we're not officially working on our next child, I'll stick with the rubber."
"You're already thinking of another one? How many do you plan for us to have?" JJ wanted to know.
"As many as you want, Jennifer. If it'll just be Henry and Hannah, or if we'll be adding another dozen, it doesn't matter to me. I know that as of tonight, I'm the luckiest guy on earth. I couldn't be happier. And every child we'll have can consider themselves blessed for having such a wonderful mother," he replied warmly, his smile just as big as hers as he saw the happiness in her eyes.
"I haven't yet thought about having more children, but for my continued sanity, let's get at least one of the two we already have out of the diapers before we consider getting another one," JJ said dryly.
"Deal," he smirked, leaning down to kiss her again. "But that does not mean I can't hold you close tonight."
Not much later, they ended up in JJ's bedroom, snuggling against each other as they fell asleep, comfortably wrapped in each other's arms.
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Dave snapped back into reality as JJ ended her talk with Garcia and reached over to place her phone back onto the nightstand.
Seeing the wide smile on her face, Dave said: "I take it she's happy about this."
JJ nodded. "I've never heard so many 'I told you so's' in such a short amount of time, though. She even offered to babysit Hannah and Henry over the weekend to give us some time to ourselves."
"What did you say?" Dave asked.
"Weren't you listening?"
He shook his head. "My thoughts drifted away after a moment."
JJ smiled knowingly. "Oh. Well, I told her that I want to spend my weekend with you and the kids somewhere quiet. Maybe we can drive out to Little Creek."
Agreeing wholeheartedly, Dave pulled her close again, pressing a soft kiss into her hair. "But first I want to get some more sleep. There's absolutely no need for us to get before Henry or Hannah wake up."
Within a few minutes they were both fast asleep again, curled together in a warm embrace.
