Cause a stir it did. They'd been in the ballroom for ten whole minutes when a woman who Dorothy identified as the biggest gossip in the known universe spotted Relena and Heero's rings. The news of their secret marriage spread faster than it would have taken a person to walk from one end of the room to the other. Within no time the couple was surrounded by well wishers and gossipmongers.

Wufei needed to get away. He wasn't normally claustrophobic, but that revolting mass of people with all their phony mannerisms irritated him. He was certain he would do something violent if he didn't leave soon. He opted to go to the bar for a drink. The bartender gave him a look of distaste when he asked for plain ice water.  He was standing off to a relatively quiet corner when he picked up the conversation of two men who were talking in a manner totally inappropriate for this environment. It sounded like something that belonged in a men's locker room.

"I bet she's totally dirty in the sac." The shorter one with light hair was saying.

"Oh yeah. It's always the quiet ones that do things the kinkiest."  Answered the darker taller one. Such talk was nothing Wufei hadn't heard before but he found himself not liking these two instantly. Then the taller one spoke up again.

"I bet the former queen of the world likes being tied up and taken hard. Yeah, submissive like"  

Wufei almost choked on his water. The moron didn't realize he was taking his life into his hands just by saying that in the same room as Heero.

"Nice rack definitely although not as good as the babe on Winner's arm. Did you get a load of those cannons?" his short friend replied.

"How can you miss them? They came into the room five minutes before she did."

Just as the two men were really getting into their conversation, Wufei was enjoying the mental image of said women coming over and slapping these two crater heads silly. Then his ears picked something else up.

"So your not taking Cole home with you?" the shorter man was asking his taller friend.

"Nah. I thought about it, but she just doesn't have what it takes. But hey I saw her cousin showed up maybe I'll take her."  Fortunately for them, the two men walked off in the direction of Dorothy.

Wufei looked down at his hand. He'd crushed the glass of water and spilled the remaining contents on the carpet. He took the handkerchief out of his pocket and dabbed it at the small cut on his palm. Wufei went through some of the more colorful names Duo had taught him to describe the jackass, anyone who knew anything about women knew it was the smaller breasts that were the most sensitive to touch. A beautifully small set of breasts like Cole had could set a woman on fire when caressed properly.

Scanning the crowd he found Cole in no time and started stalking towards her.  She had only a few seconds to register his approach before he grated out "I need to talk to you" through his teeth. He grabbed her arm with his good hand and dragged her through the terrace doors leading to the balcony outside. The door was ajar to let cool air into the party but outside the air was chilly, which meant they were alone out there.  

"Jesus Wufei it's freezing out here! What is so important that you can't tell me inside where it's warm?" she was briskly rubbing her arms because her dress was sleeveless.

Even Wufei didn't know why he brought her out here. He said the first thing that popped into his head. "I wasn't keeping anything from you." Shit even to him that sounded ridiculous. He fished around in his head for something else to say. "Look about what happened. I'm sorry.  You can date whoever you like. Even if he is a jackass." Wait, that didn't come out right either.  Why the hell couldn't he talk like a rational person whenever he was around this woman?

"Your not keeping anything from me, you're sorry so I can date a jackass?"

He sat there and watched her shiver with a confused expression on her face. She seemed to be waiting for him to translate what he meant to say. Taking off his coat he walked over to her reached around behind her and draped it on her shoulders. She made a soft gasp when she felt the heat from him that was still infused with the jacket. The small sound went straight to his gut. He knew the reason he couldn't think straight around her. He wanted her. It had nothing to do with how long it'd been since he'd had any.  He could have had sex hours ago and he would still be as aroused as he was now. He gave up trying to make sense of what he wanted to say to her and did the one thing every part of him agreed on. Framing her face he brought his lips to hers.

She didn't push him away, but she also didn't let him in. No wonder after how badly he handled the last time he kissed her. He kept his kisses light, no matter how much more passionate he wanted to get. Every now and then he'd flick his tongue across her lips requesting entrance to her mouth. He pulled her tightly to him giving her every indication he wouldn't leave this time. After a few minutes she let out a sigh and let him into her mouth.

Gods she felt good against him. Their tongues maintained their seductive dance. They only broke apart to take loving tastes out of the other's neck or jaw line. He had no idea how long they were standing there clinging to each other but his ears picked up the unmistakable sound of foot falls. He pulled away from her and caught the quick flash of hurt across her face. Oh shit. He could tell how much he'd hurt her when he abandoned her the last time. She'd opened her mouth to say something and he shushed her with a gentle stroke of his fingertips on her lips. "Security check" he whispered, nodding his head in the direction where the guard would be appearing any second.

So many emotions flickered over her face he wasn't sure he could have named them all. Surprise and relief that he wasn't rejecting her again, recognition of the approaching stranger, and alarm at being seen in such a compromising position. He didn't let go or move. He just stood there waiting for her to decide what to do next. She quickly surveyed the area looking for an escape. Cole turned back to Wufei with a wicked gleam in her ice blue eyes. She pulled him back toward the building but not to the doors. Instead she redirected him to the potted trees and shrubbery along the walls pulling them both deep into the shadows that blocked them from prying eyes. They held very still and silent against the wall until the guard passed.

"Humph" she muttered "some guard. This would have been the first spot I'd check on patrol."

"Me too" he said smiling at her "now then, where were we?"

"If you can't remember, I'm leaving." She threatened, but her arms were already moving to encircle him.

He put more intensity into his kissing this time, but it was nowhere near the heat he wanted. He desperately wanted to test out his small sensitive breast theory, but the damned dress she was wearing seemed to be made to keep a man from them. He had no idea how to get to them without ripping the dress clean off her body. He did the only thing he could do. He moved his hand down to the slit at her leg and moved his hand up and under the garment that way. The dress was so snug there was no way he could get to the delicate flesh above her waist. What he could and did do was grab her tight little butt and push her against his throbbing arousal. When she arched her hips a little he groaned into her mouth. Hearing this, she became inspired to grab his butt and rhythmically tilt her hips into him.  He was dying from the exquisite friction.

"You're killing me." He panted against her lips "I want you so badly right now."

Cole slid her hands down to the front of his pants cupping the length she found there. With a few quick moves she had him freed from the confines of his pants and was again cupping him. He made a little hiss. Partly because she felt so good holding him, partly because her hands were cool from the night air. Against his heated flesh he didn't mind. Her other hand moved to her now exposed bottom.  She pulled at her panties and hitched them on his thumb. He took the hint and pushed them down far enough that they fell to the ground.  She gave him another deep kiss looped her arms around his neck and hooked her leg around his hip. His whole body shuddered when the soft heat of her core brushed over the hard shaft of his.

"Now Wufei, I want you right now."

He wasn't in a position to refuse. Even if the whole party came out and saw them, he couldn't stop guiding himself into her. Once he was fully seated in her he had to stop and take a few deep breaths. At this rate he wouldn't last long. He shifted to get more comfortable and one of those sexy little growls of hers escaped her lips.

Sliding his hands up to her ribcage he asked "How do you get into this thing?"

Cole raised her arm exposing the zipper under it. He opened it just enough to gain access to the breast closest to it. Somehow he was able to wiggle past the under garment there and graze her nipple with his thumb. Her whole body tightened and arched like a drawn bow. She bit her lip to keep from crying out. He kept up the stroking and began moving his hips. He'd wanted this too long and he knew his end would come soon. He tried frantically to hold off until she was ready to go with him. When he felt he couldn't hold off any more he changed the angle of his hand and gave the tight nub a light pinch. A pitched whimper escaped her lips while her body quaked. He brought his lips to hers to muffle the sound as well as the sound of his own release.

They both just stood there a moment gasping for air. He pulled back enough to admire the woman that was now his lover. He was marveling at how all the annoying discomfort and awkwardness that habitually plagued him around her was gone. When she caught him regarding her she cocked a brow at him "If you say you're sorry, and that you shouldn't have right now, I swear to god I'll kill you."

He couldn't help the grin that came to his lips. "I would not lie to you like that. I'm not sorry, and the only thing I shouldn't have done was deny you a proper bed." He pulled her tightly to him. Now that his blood was starting to cool, he was beginning to notice just how cold it was outside. And how exposed, dirty and inappropriate a venue this was for a first lovemaking encounter. He felt like the whole world was watching him. He made a small promise to himself to make it up to her.

She shot him an almost bashful expression through her lashes. "How long do you have to stay here?"

"If I know Heero, he's probably already twitching to leave." Wufei brushed his lips over Cole's "Come home with me tonight. I want very much to see you naked across warm bed sheets."

She shivered a little "Right now I'm becoming more interested in the 'warm' than the 'naked.' Could you give me enough time to… um… clean up?" she blushed.  

"I'll give you all the time you need. Come on, let's go inside. It is freezing out here."

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Fuck, double fuck, triple fuck. He'd missed it. If that stupid fucking guard hadn't shown up when he did, he'd have had a great view of some serious tail. James was more than far enough away to avoid detection, but his binoculars couldn't penetrate the bushes where the couple was hiding. He switched to infrared, but it just wasn't the same watching two white hot globs moving and shifting against each other. No matter. He'd already scored tonight. He'd caught a glance of the two women at the Peacecraft estate. Caruthers was almost wetting himself over the news. He'd earned himself a hefty fee for tonight. Maybe he'd go on vacation and find himself some real action.