1 Something Different
CHAPTER 4
"Well, are you going to answer me?"
As he turned around to face me, he replied, "Cupcake, I'm here to collect on the debt, and I still have a key to your apartment"
I'd forgotten about his having a key. "What are you doing?"
"I came straight here from work and picked up Pino's meatball subs on the way. I'm just re heating them" He noticed the bag and my hands and raised an eyebrow. "Been to your mother's?"
"Yeah, Lula and I were working out that way, so we dropped in for lunch. Um, where are you parked? I didn't see your car"
"That's 'cause I rode the Ducati over. I parked next to the dumpster, so you wouldn't see it and run away."
Damn, he knew me to well "How long have you been waiting? Can I have a ride?"
"About 15 minutes and no"
"Can you give me a yell when it's ready?"
"Why, where are you going?"
"I was going to have a shower"
Morelli raised his eyebrows "Need someone to wash your back?"
I paused and thought about the last time I had a shower with Morelli in the same house, it hadn't turned out good for me. "No, I think I wait until after dinner" and you've gone I said to myself.
I left Morelli in the kitchen and went back into the hall to collect my packages. I noticed on the bags it said "Macy's Maternity" I hadn't noticed it earlier. I hoped that Joyce had not seen the bags when we argued at Macy's. Otherwise I was in big, big trouble. Hell. I was in big enough trouble right now, what would happen if Morelli saw the bags? Unfortunately at that moment, Morelli walked into the hall.
"I'm just getting ready to serve. What's in the bags?"
"Umm, not much, Lula and I went shopping"
"At Macy's Maternity?"
"Yeah, umm, a friend of mine is pregnant. We went shopping for the, umm, baby shower"
"Which friend?"
"Nobody you know"
Morelli looked at me with, oh god, those eyes, I swear I felt my knees begin to melt I put my hand on the wall to steady me. "Ok, hurry up"
Pull yourself together Plum, I said to myself, its just your hormones going wild. No big deal. "I'll be there in a minute"
5 minutes later we were seated at the kitchen table, and I was starved, I guess Lula was right when she said I'd be hungry again soon.
"So, where have you been? I haven't seen you in a while. Not sinceā¦"
"I know, that was the other reason I came here tonight, I wanted a chance to explain what's been going on"
"What's been going on? All I know is that you've been gone for over a month"
"Can we talk about this after dinner?"
"If we have to"
For the next 10 minutes we sat and ate in pretty much silence. When we had finished Morelli asked "What did your mother send home with you?"
I got up and had a look in the bag "I have no idea, I haven't looked, but it smells like chocolate cake. Yep I was right, it's chocolate cake, you want some?"
"You had to ask?"
We scarfed down the chocolate cake, and Morelli settled himself on the couch, while I sat opposite him on a chair, I had a feeling that we would need several more beers. Luckily for me, Morelli had bought a six pack with him
"Ok, so what's up?" I asked
"Firstly I want to know one thing. Have you ever slept with Ranger?"
"Do your really want to know?"
"Yes, its something I need to know" he replied
"Do you remember how we were going to go away for a romantic weekend after the "black dress" night?"
Morelli nodded
I looked down at my hands, they were shaking. "Well, after you cancelled, Ranger rang and asked me if I needed to make some quick cash, and of course, I said yes. Anyway, we had to go to Atlantic City and pretend to be honeymooners. I suppose it was the room and the atmosphere and the fact that Mary Lou had just called me to tell me she has seen you kissing Terry, well I thought, if you can screw around on me, then why can't I, so I slept with Ranger"
I looked up at Morelli, and was fairly surprised to see that he was really not all that upset.
"I expected you to be more upset that this"
"I am upset, the reason I was kissing Terry, was I had just found out you had gone away with Ranger, and I wanted to go after you, but we were on a job"
"Did you have sex with Terry?" I asked quietly
"Yes, but I think it was for the same reasons that you slept with Ranger, because we knew the other was doing something wrong, and we both wanted to prove a point"
"Do you love her?"
"No, I've already told you, you are the one that I love. But, do you love Ranger?"
"I think it was just lust with Ranger. I woke up the next morning in Atlantic City and realised I was in the honeymoon suite with the wrong person. I think that I love you."
"Do you realise that, that's the first time you have told me that?"
"I suppose I was just trying to deny my feelings, because I didn't want to get hurt, I know you are different than the rest of the Morelli men, but still, you have some of those genes"
"You know, that I would never hurt you right?"
"I know" I said simply
"How do things stand with Ranger?"
"I don't know, I told him that it was you I wanted to be with, and I think he handled it well, but with Ranger who knows."
"You haven't seen him?"
"No, not since we left Atlantic City, he kinda just disappeared, what about Terry?"
"We still see each other, mainly because of a case we are working on, but not outside of the job"
"You know, you never explained where you had been for the past month"
"Terry and I were working undercover, and we had to go to New York"
"Now what? We have everything sorted out, right?"
"Yep" Joe stood up, and took two strides across the room, pulled me to my feet and kissed me, it was long, hot and lots and lots of tonsil hockey.
When we broke away, I said "I've missed that"
"What else have you missed?" Morelli asked as he started to kiss my neck and moving slowly down my body
"That, and ohh that as well" It was about time I had a Morelli induced orgasm.
Unfortunately for me, that's when I heard my front door being opened. And I also knew who it was. Oh shit, god please help me.
"Joe, stop for a sec"
"Don't want to"
"If you don't we'll have an audience in a few minutes"
"What?"
"Stay here" I ordered him
I walked into the kitchen and saw Ranger standing there.
"What are you doing here?" I asked
"Came to see you babe"
"Why? And besides I've kinda got company"
"Morelli?"
"If you must know, yes. I have a feeling that if he sees you, he'd be mightily pissed"
"Sees who?" Morelli asked as he walked into the kitchen.
Ohh, shit, kill me now.
CHAPTER 4
"Well, are you going to answer me?"
As he turned around to face me, he replied, "Cupcake, I'm here to collect on the debt, and I still have a key to your apartment"
I'd forgotten about his having a key. "What are you doing?"
"I came straight here from work and picked up Pino's meatball subs on the way. I'm just re heating them" He noticed the bag and my hands and raised an eyebrow. "Been to your mother's?"
"Yeah, Lula and I were working out that way, so we dropped in for lunch. Um, where are you parked? I didn't see your car"
"That's 'cause I rode the Ducati over. I parked next to the dumpster, so you wouldn't see it and run away."
Damn, he knew me to well "How long have you been waiting? Can I have a ride?"
"About 15 minutes and no"
"Can you give me a yell when it's ready?"
"Why, where are you going?"
"I was going to have a shower"
Morelli raised his eyebrows "Need someone to wash your back?"
I paused and thought about the last time I had a shower with Morelli in the same house, it hadn't turned out good for me. "No, I think I wait until after dinner" and you've gone I said to myself.
I left Morelli in the kitchen and went back into the hall to collect my packages. I noticed on the bags it said "Macy's Maternity" I hadn't noticed it earlier. I hoped that Joyce had not seen the bags when we argued at Macy's. Otherwise I was in big, big trouble. Hell. I was in big enough trouble right now, what would happen if Morelli saw the bags? Unfortunately at that moment, Morelli walked into the hall.
"I'm just getting ready to serve. What's in the bags?"
"Umm, not much, Lula and I went shopping"
"At Macy's Maternity?"
"Yeah, umm, a friend of mine is pregnant. We went shopping for the, umm, baby shower"
"Which friend?"
"Nobody you know"
Morelli looked at me with, oh god, those eyes, I swear I felt my knees begin to melt I put my hand on the wall to steady me. "Ok, hurry up"
Pull yourself together Plum, I said to myself, its just your hormones going wild. No big deal. "I'll be there in a minute"
5 minutes later we were seated at the kitchen table, and I was starved, I guess Lula was right when she said I'd be hungry again soon.
"So, where have you been? I haven't seen you in a while. Not sinceā¦"
"I know, that was the other reason I came here tonight, I wanted a chance to explain what's been going on"
"What's been going on? All I know is that you've been gone for over a month"
"Can we talk about this after dinner?"
"If we have to"
For the next 10 minutes we sat and ate in pretty much silence. When we had finished Morelli asked "What did your mother send home with you?"
I got up and had a look in the bag "I have no idea, I haven't looked, but it smells like chocolate cake. Yep I was right, it's chocolate cake, you want some?"
"You had to ask?"
We scarfed down the chocolate cake, and Morelli settled himself on the couch, while I sat opposite him on a chair, I had a feeling that we would need several more beers. Luckily for me, Morelli had bought a six pack with him
"Ok, so what's up?" I asked
"Firstly I want to know one thing. Have you ever slept with Ranger?"
"Do your really want to know?"
"Yes, its something I need to know" he replied
"Do you remember how we were going to go away for a romantic weekend after the "black dress" night?"
Morelli nodded
I looked down at my hands, they were shaking. "Well, after you cancelled, Ranger rang and asked me if I needed to make some quick cash, and of course, I said yes. Anyway, we had to go to Atlantic City and pretend to be honeymooners. I suppose it was the room and the atmosphere and the fact that Mary Lou had just called me to tell me she has seen you kissing Terry, well I thought, if you can screw around on me, then why can't I, so I slept with Ranger"
I looked up at Morelli, and was fairly surprised to see that he was really not all that upset.
"I expected you to be more upset that this"
"I am upset, the reason I was kissing Terry, was I had just found out you had gone away with Ranger, and I wanted to go after you, but we were on a job"
"Did you have sex with Terry?" I asked quietly
"Yes, but I think it was for the same reasons that you slept with Ranger, because we knew the other was doing something wrong, and we both wanted to prove a point"
"Do you love her?"
"No, I've already told you, you are the one that I love. But, do you love Ranger?"
"I think it was just lust with Ranger. I woke up the next morning in Atlantic City and realised I was in the honeymoon suite with the wrong person. I think that I love you."
"Do you realise that, that's the first time you have told me that?"
"I suppose I was just trying to deny my feelings, because I didn't want to get hurt, I know you are different than the rest of the Morelli men, but still, you have some of those genes"
"You know, that I would never hurt you right?"
"I know" I said simply
"How do things stand with Ranger?"
"I don't know, I told him that it was you I wanted to be with, and I think he handled it well, but with Ranger who knows."
"You haven't seen him?"
"No, not since we left Atlantic City, he kinda just disappeared, what about Terry?"
"We still see each other, mainly because of a case we are working on, but not outside of the job"
"You know, you never explained where you had been for the past month"
"Terry and I were working undercover, and we had to go to New York"
"Now what? We have everything sorted out, right?"
"Yep" Joe stood up, and took two strides across the room, pulled me to my feet and kissed me, it was long, hot and lots and lots of tonsil hockey.
When we broke away, I said "I've missed that"
"What else have you missed?" Morelli asked as he started to kiss my neck and moving slowly down my body
"That, and ohh that as well" It was about time I had a Morelli induced orgasm.
Unfortunately for me, that's when I heard my front door being opened. And I also knew who it was. Oh shit, god please help me.
"Joe, stop for a sec"
"Don't want to"
"If you don't we'll have an audience in a few minutes"
"What?"
"Stay here" I ordered him
I walked into the kitchen and saw Ranger standing there.
"What are you doing here?" I asked
"Came to see you babe"
"Why? And besides I've kinda got company"
"Morelli?"
"If you must know, yes. I have a feeling that if he sees you, he'd be mightily pissed"
"Sees who?" Morelli asked as he walked into the kitchen.
Ohh, shit, kill me now.
