At last she could use that fluffy robe, as she waited for breakfast to come. She was thinking dreamily about dancing with him when there was a knock on the door. She rose to get the tray, just tea and toast with some fruit and cheese. Rose was hungry and had a few pieces and a nice cup. She climbed back into bed. He sighed as his arm found her again, going back to happy dreams.

Chapter 46 I'm not 9

"Husband?" She was trying to be gentle. "Husband wake up. We've slept through the morning. I ordered tea." He didn't want to wake up and moaned and rolled over. That was his mistake. The site of his naked back and hips were just too much of a temptation and she began to stroke and nibble. His moans turned to giggles and snorts as he tried to fan her away. "It's getting late. The tea is getting cold." She warned. "Guess I've got to get out the big guns." Taking off her robe she pressed her breasts into his back and stroked his ears, blowing her warm breath over the short hairs on his neck.

He was instantly awake, and in a flash had rolled over and pinned her beneath him. She gazed into his playful eyes, "Good afternoon husband. Are you going to get out of bed?" "No" was his simple reply as he placed light kisses everywhere he could reach. "Are you coming back to bed wife?" "What about the tea?" she said, knowing she'd lost the battle. His eyes burned into her. "It will still be there in twenty minutes. It will be cold, but there's a lot I'll sacrifice to get what I want."

Twenty minutes became ninety. It had been a long time since they could spend all day in bed. Another indulgence successfully removed from his list. But it was time to get up, and she would brook no opposition. When they arrived at the next station they would be leaving the transport for the lodge for a few days and they needed to re pack their things. She pushed him out of bed and toward the shower. "Now hurry, you need to get dressed and going."

He got out of the shower with a towel wrapped around him. She was already dressed in anticipation of his inclinations of late. The Time Lord scowled at her interference in his plan to taste and tickle anything exposed on her when he got out. She had laid out his clothes and packed everything else. A quick glance around the room and she relaxed on the couch while he dressed and had a bite to eat with a cold cup of tea.

She almost stopped him. They still had a little over an hour before getting to the lodge. Watching him dress, she was sad about losing that last hour when they could have been touching and fondling etc. These moments on the transport were like gold when she thought of going back home. Back to their routine and her sometimes loneliness while he was working. Alice missed him too. She was growing up so fast and he was missing it. The Tardis having taken over as her teacher. Rose determined to show him what he was missing and put an end to it.

When he first took on their plans and projects, it was supposed to be minimal time away from his family in exchange for their bit of land. As the colony grew, they made more and more demands on his time. He was often up early to get out to the new sight and survey or measure or assess. He wouldn't get home until after Alice was asleep, and sometimes after she was asleep, and then be gone again early the next morning. Rose wouldn't know he was home at all, if it weren't for the wet towels on the bathroom floor.

She had begged him for months to take some time off, or just let go. There were lots of architects and engineers that could take his place now. But he hated letting someone else take over, when he had the whole thing constructed in his head. It would make him furious when they changed plans without consulting him.

Rose knew he enjoyed what he was doing and didn't want to interfere at first. It was such a juicy challenge for his incredible mind. Making a difference in people's lives. It was almost as if he was building an entire planetary civilization from scratch. He couldn't resist having a hand in even the smallest details.

He finished pulling the last button in place and watched her face. Rose was obviously lost in thought and he wondered what it was. He bounced onto the seat next to her. "Penny for your thoughts." She was jared from them and was unwilling to share. She didn't need an argument when everything had been going so perfectly on this trip. Rose smiled and adjusted his collar, unbuttoning the top button. "No tie, no top button, that's the rules. One of these days I may even get you into a jumper."

He was very against that. "No, thank you. I did enough of that last time. Or do you want me in a leather jacket as well?" She stopped, imagining taking off the jacket and jumper of his former self, and not for the first time. "Hey, Hey! Stop that! Telepath, remember? No looking lustfully at anybody but me." "But it is you, as you so often remind me. Besides you brought him up not me."

He was annoyed when she was right. "It's not my fault my husband comes with 9 built in fantasy faces to take advantage of." He did not like the direction this was heading. Rose continued to tease him. "It's almost like cheating on you… but not! Mind you, some were a lot more loveable than others." Rose was grinning up at him.

"Alright, alright." Her logic was hard to get around and he was getting sore about it. She grabbed his head and gave him a passionate kiss. "None of them compare to you." She touched foreheads with him so he could feel her link strongest. "You know I believe it. I was just teasing. I love you very much."

He pressed her into the couch for another kiss. As he came close he said, "I'll teach you. Next time I'll be a woman, and then where will you be?" He sat up triumphant, thinking it would upset her. Rose pondered for a while and simply sat there with a strange smile, shaking her head. "It would still be you. Don't underestimate me."

His jaw dropped about five feet and Rose laughed for ten minutes.

They stepped from the transport and left their luggage on the platform. The company had actually made a small town, with a main street and shops, a theater, restaurants and pubs, a casino, and of course the hotel with a pool and recreation area. The transport had a total of 170 people on board this time. It took a little while to get everyone situated in their room. He and Rose had a suite overlooking the mountains to the west. The sun was just going down behind them and it cast an ominous shadow.

There was a knock at the door. It was their luggage being delivered. He sat on the couch to watch her unpack again. Taking the clothes from the suitcase that was balanced on a chair and putting them into the drawers. He smiled at the same bob and weave of her butt as last time. She turned quickly to catch him grinning. "See something you like?" "No" he said off hand, raising a shoulder into shrug. "What?" "I'll never see anything I like." It was his turn to tease, but he couldn't keep up the pretense and grabbed her about the waist. "I do see what I love, worship and adore."

Rose smiled and kissed him sweetly. "Now, none of that. We're expected downstairs at the reception." "But we don't have to go." He whined, "We could just stay here and…find something to do?" Rose was astonished. This was a lot, even for him. Rose looked him in the eye. "Husband, Do you need another shower? A cold one perhaps? What's gotten into you? You haven't been able to keep your hands off me for more than an hour."

He backed off and turned serious. "Do you really mind that much?" There was something in the way he said it. Something in their connection that told her this was more than just lust. Something that made her sad. "No, I don't mind. Of course I don't mind. I love it when you want me. But something else is behind this and I want you to tell me." He sighed and looked at the floor. "I will, just, not right now, ok?" She kissed him on the tip of his nose. "Ok. When you're ready." There was no point in pushing him. The harder she pushed the more tight lipped he became. Rose trusted that if it were anything worrying he would tell her.

Chapter 47 Whats Wrong