Chapter 7

This chapter contains adult themes.

Lee woke early the next morning, his knee throbbing. He glanced over at a sleeping Amanda, still curled up on her side with her arm stretched out to touch him. He lifted her hand, brushed his lips across her knuckles before he hobbled into the bathroom. He turned on the shower and grimaced as he slowly stripped off his clothes, his knee feeling tighter than the previous night. He climbed into the shower and hissed when the hot water sprayed onto his face. "Goddammit!" he cursed, then silently berated himself. He clenched his teeth as the water rolled down his body and swore again. He placed his hands against the tiled wall and dropped his head, allowing the water to travel down his back. He grunted as he tried to stretch his leg. He was so engrossed in the aches and pains of his own body that he didn't hear Amanda enter the room with him. It wasn't until he felt her arms snake around him that he realized she was there. He jumped and remarked, "Hey, I thought you were still sleeping." He twisted around in her arms and brushed his lips across her temple as she held him closer.

"I was, until I heard someone using a few words my teenage son has become fond of," she stated. She rubbed her hands up his arms to link them behind his neck. "And you sound like you might need a little help in here this morning. A little stiff?"

"Yeah, my leg is a little," Lee admitted. He kissed her on the lips gently before he slid one hand down her back to grip her backside. "And I can tell you something else that's getting a little stiff," he teased.

"Mmm," Amanda hummed, "I can feel that. Well, maybe I should give you a little massage to help with that leg and then I'm sure we can think of something else for your other problem." She smiled, bit her bottom lip with her top teeth and moved her hands down his shoulders. She followed the water down his chest and slowly dropped down to her knees. Lee steadied himself with one hand against the wall as Amanda began massaging the muscles of his quad, just above his knee.

"Oh, Amanda, that feels so good," he moaned happily. He flexed his foot, straightened his leg and groaned again.

"Sweetheart, if you think that feels good, how about this?" Amanda teased as she dragged her nails upward. She wrapped her hand around his engorged shaft and quickly set a rhythm she knew would drive Lee hard and fast over the edge of bliss.

"No!" Lee snapped when he realized what she was doing. "Not without you, Manda," he stated, his voice thick with desire. He helped her to her feet and rubbed his hands along her swollen belly before he said, "I didn't properly say good morning." He leaned down and captured her lips with his in a glorious, desire filled kiss.

"Ohhh," Amanda sighed when Lee's lips left hers and traveled down her neck to her collarbones before he cupped her swollen breast with one hand. He captured the rosy bud with his tongue before he suckled the tight point, drawing another cry of pleasure from Amanda. He kneaded her other breast for a moment then allowed his hand to travel down her belly to the soft thatch of hair at her apex. "Lee," Amanda whispered sharply as he teased the tight bundle of nerves with his finger before he slid one into her slick passage.

Lee's lips found Amanda's again while his fingers teased and prodded, her pleasure evident by the squeaks and moans she was trying hard to suppress. He chuckled against her lips when she reached out and captured his shaft in her hand, stroking him in time with his own actions. "Now," she whispered against his lips before she spun around. Lee plunged into her passage and rolled his eyes when the feeling of her inner muscles already started to clamp down on him. He pumped his hips quickly, pushing Amanda higher. "Please," she begged. Lee cupped one breast with his hand and brushed his thumb across the tight tip as he held onto her with the other hand.

Amanda cried out as the first wave of her orgasm began. Lee pumped harder, dropped his hand from her breast to press between her legs. Her hips jerked, breaking his rhythm as she cried out again. "Almost there, Manda," he panted. She cried out once more, her entire body shaking as he feverishly stroked her again and again until his own release began. He stilled for a moment then slowly pumped his hips several more times, until he, too, was spent. He slipped free from her body and after she twisted around in his arms, he held her close. "Good morning," he whispered against her neck.

"Good morning, Sweetheart," Amanda replied. She clung to him, her heart still racing. "We should finish this shower soon. We've got to get the boys ready for school and Lauren should be dropping Charlie off this morning," she whispered huskily.

Lee nodded against her neck, "Yeah, and I have a meeting this morning with Dr. Smyth and the Joint Chiefs. They want a full report on Allistair's findings as well as the review on Project Family."

"Oh yeah?" Amanda sighed.

"But, what I really want to do right now is stay right here with you and not move for a couple of days," Lee admitted.

Amanda leaned back and brushed his wet hair off his forehead. She took notice of the bruising around his eye and asked, "How are you going to explain this?" She traced the edges of the black and blue lines on his cheek.

Lee shook his head and gave her a weak smile, "The truth if they ask. Old Man Torrey ought to get a kick out of it."

"And maybe you should check on Stanley today. Just to make sure his hand is okay," Amanda reminded him.

Lee stepped back under the streaming water and leaned his head back. He tugged Amanda under the water with him and kissed her once more. "I'll even bring him some lunch," he assured her. He plucked the bottle of shampoo off the shelf and squeezed a quarter-sized dollop into his hand before he buried them into Amanda's hair. He scrubbed her head gently, earning another happy hum from his wife. "What are you going to do today?" he questioned softly before rinsing her hair.

"If you keep that up, I'm going back to sleep," she sighed. Lee chuckled, his smile wide. "Actually, Francine asked me to help her out a little with a new case she's working on."

"Oh, really? I thought you were supposed to be on light duty," Lee reminded her.

Amanda assured him, "Don't worry, it seems like it's mostly research so far, although when she drove me home yesterday we stopped at Maggie and Tuck's to pick up some pamphlets. She wouldn't really tell me much, other than the fact she didn't want to go in the store alone. I guess she didn't want anyone to get the wrong impression."

"The wrong impression? About what?" Lee asked, confused.

"Well, Maggie and Tuck's is that maternity and baby store Mother and I went to and Francine was afraid if she went in there someone might think-" Amanda began to explain but Lee burst into laughter, cutting her off.

"Let me guess, she doesn't want anyone to think she might actually be pregnant, right?" Lee asked between laughs.

Amanda smiled at her husband, "I think so, something like that."

"Like that would ever happen!" Lee challenged. "Francine has a hard enough time being in the same room with kids. She'd be paralyzed with fear if she were actually pregnant."

Amanda pressed her lips together and scolded Lee, "That's not very nice. Francine just hasn't been exposed to children enough. Just think, once the girls are born and Auntie Francine is the godmother to one of them, well, she's just going to have to step up a little more."

Listening to Amanda sent Lee into another fit of giggles. Amanda rolled her eyes, grabbed the soap and immediately began washing her body. As her fingers slid along her belly, she could feel the babies beginning to move around. "Speaking of the girls," she stated before she pressed Lee's hand against her skin, "I think they're looking to say good morning also."

Lee cradled her rounded belly in both hands, stroking her wet skin with his thumbs. "I still can't believe there's two of them in there," he admitted. "You look so beautiful."

"Well, believe it. And I'll be honest, I don't feel like I'm looking so beautiful. Remember when I said I looked like a watermelon with legs… well, it's just beginning. I'm going to be even bigger and we still have three months to go. I'm going to be huge!" she complained.

"Don't worry, Amanda, you are beautiful. And as you can see, I find you, oh soo sexy, too," Lee teased.

"We'll see about that in another month or so when I can't tie my own shoes," Amanda sighed. "I'm going to get dressed, you finish your shower." She brushed her lips against his before she stepped out of the enclosure, leaving Lee alone.