Nick lay on his couch trying to relax. It had been a long shift and he was
tired, but he wasn't ready to go to sleep yet. His fiancée, that thought
alone made him grin, he was engaged to Sara Sidle, his fiancée was supposed
to come over any minute. He wasn't sure what was taking her so long. They
had planned to tell his parents this morning that they had gotten engaged.
He heard the sound of a key in the lock and decided to play possum, closing his eyes. As the door creaked open, he tried to restrain a grin. He heard keys being plopped down unceremoniously on the counter and a jacket being shrugged off and tossed onto an armchair.
"Nick?" She hadn't spotted him on the couch yet, or at least didn't think he was asleep. She laughed softly.
Nick felt the corners of his mouth turning up into a smile at the sound of her laughter. He tried to relax his mouth so she wouldn't know he was awake.
"Nick." Her voice was slightly sing songy, and teasing.
He could hear her approach the couch with soft footfalls. He felt his mouth start to smile again.
"I know you're awake." She straddled him on the couch and rested her weight on his thighs.
Nick still feigned sleep.
Sara giggled softly and her fingers lightly trailed up his chest and then splayed out across it as she leaned forward and began to lightly kiss his jaw, working her way to his earlobe.
Nick snaked his arms around her waist as she continued planting kisses on his neck.
She whispered against his neck. "I knew you were awake."
He chuckled and reached up to cup her face bringing her lips to his. As he broke the kiss, they looked into each other's eyes grinning. "We should call my parents."
Sara had a devilish grin on her face. "It's still early." She leaned down and pressed her lips to his again, grinding her body against him suggestively.
Nick groaned into her mouth and slid his hands under her shirt.
Stokes Ranch, Dallas, Texas:
The shrill ring of the telephone broke the early morning quiet of the home of Bill and Audrey Stokes. They sat at the breakfast nook in the kitchen enjoying each other's company and cup of coffee before they both drove into Dallas for a long day in court.
Bill smiled at his wife. "I'll get it, you go ahead and finish your breakfast."
She grinned at him. They had been married for 45 years and she still felt her stomach flip when he smiled at her.
"Bill Stokes here." His voice sounded like the professional he was. He glanced over at his wife and smiled. "Nicky."
Audrey raised her eyebrows curiously. Usually when Nick called them it was before he started work in the evening. Rarely did he call in the morning unless it was something important. Audrey grinned at Bill, she was fairly certain she knew the nature of the phone call.
Bill's face lit up as he nodded at his wife. "Son, that's wonderful. Would you like to talk to your mother?"
Audrey took the phone from her husband's outstretched hand. "Hi, honey."
"Hi, Mom, how are you this morning?" His smile was evident in his voice.
"Your father and I are doing fine, just getting ready for work." She glanced over at Bill and chuckled softly. "How are you doing, sweetheart?"
A soft chuckle came across the phone line. "Mom, I asked Sara to marry me and she said yes."
Audrey could not contain her pleasure. "Oh, Nicky, honey, that's wonderful! Have you set a date yet? Where will the wedding be?"
Nick laughed. "Mom, we haven't gotten that far yet, we're still trying to let being engaged settle in a little."
"Honey, let me talk to Sara." Audrey wanted to congratulate her daughter- in-law to be and welcome her to the family.
"Hello." Sara's voice was somewhat tentative.
"Sara, honey. I'm so glad for you and Nicky. I just had a feeling about the two of you. Nicky says you haven't set a date or anything yet, but you just let me know if you need help with anything."
Sara laughed softly. "I'll let you know. I'm sure it was obvious the day after Thanksgiving that the mall isn't exactly my favorite place."
"Welcome to the family, sweetie." Audrey's smile came through in the sound of her voice.
"Thank you." Sara wasn't sure what else to say. She had been overwhelmed by the Stokes family when she had first met them, but by the time she'd left Texas and had gotten to know them a bit, she loved them.
Nick came back on the line. "Mom, I know you and Dad have to get to work. We'll call again later. Don't tell anyone yet, ok. I want to at least tell Dan and Natalie myself."
She chuckled. "Ok, honey. We love you and we're so happy for you and Sara."
"Thanks." Nick grinned and hung up the phone. He chuckled at Sara who still rested atop him, albeit in a little less clothing than she had earlier. Nick had managed to remove her bra without actually removing her shirt, and Sara had managed to unbutton his shirt, leaving his bare chest exposed. Her pants were down somewhere around her ankles as were his, stopped only by the fact that they both still had their shoes on. That fact had at first frustrated them both, but then the humor of the situation had hit them and they dissolved into laughter. Sara had suggested that they call his parents before they tried to rekindle the mood. He raised an eyebrow in disbelief. "You want me to call my parents when I've got my pants around my ankles and a half naked gorgeous woman perched on top of me and keep a straight face?" He looked at her incredulously.
She had just nodded at him innocently and then a mischievous grin had spread across her face. "I mean if you're not up for it, I could go home."
Nick had shaken his head and grabbed her butt. "Oh, no, you're not going to tease me like that. Hand me the phone."
She giggled and reached over him to grab the cordless phone, dragging her body against him not too subtly.
He squeezed her butt and nuzzled her neck with his lips in response as he groaned. "Sara, you're killing me."
She raised an eyebrow at him and handed him the phone. "I'm just as horny as you are, baby, so call."
So Nick talked to his parents, keeping one hand firmly on Sara's ass the entire time.
She bit her lip as he handed the phone to her and mouthed that his mom wanted to talk to her. She could feel his burgeoning desire for her building beneath her.
He trailed his fingers along the inside of her thigh suggestively as she talked to his mom.
When she handed the phone back to him she returned the favor.
As Nick ended the call, he chuckled at her. "You are a very evil woman, Sara Sidle."
She raised an eyebrow and ground against him hard, he was fully aroused, as was she. "But you love me."
"Yes, I do." And with that he gripped her hips and lifted her up slightly so they could join their bodies together, despite the fact that they still had their pants tangled around their ankles.
He heard the sound of a key in the lock and decided to play possum, closing his eyes. As the door creaked open, he tried to restrain a grin. He heard keys being plopped down unceremoniously on the counter and a jacket being shrugged off and tossed onto an armchair.
"Nick?" She hadn't spotted him on the couch yet, or at least didn't think he was asleep. She laughed softly.
Nick felt the corners of his mouth turning up into a smile at the sound of her laughter. He tried to relax his mouth so she wouldn't know he was awake.
"Nick." Her voice was slightly sing songy, and teasing.
He could hear her approach the couch with soft footfalls. He felt his mouth start to smile again.
"I know you're awake." She straddled him on the couch and rested her weight on his thighs.
Nick still feigned sleep.
Sara giggled softly and her fingers lightly trailed up his chest and then splayed out across it as she leaned forward and began to lightly kiss his jaw, working her way to his earlobe.
Nick snaked his arms around her waist as she continued planting kisses on his neck.
She whispered against his neck. "I knew you were awake."
He chuckled and reached up to cup her face bringing her lips to his. As he broke the kiss, they looked into each other's eyes grinning. "We should call my parents."
Sara had a devilish grin on her face. "It's still early." She leaned down and pressed her lips to his again, grinding her body against him suggestively.
Nick groaned into her mouth and slid his hands under her shirt.
Stokes Ranch, Dallas, Texas:
The shrill ring of the telephone broke the early morning quiet of the home of Bill and Audrey Stokes. They sat at the breakfast nook in the kitchen enjoying each other's company and cup of coffee before they both drove into Dallas for a long day in court.
Bill smiled at his wife. "I'll get it, you go ahead and finish your breakfast."
She grinned at him. They had been married for 45 years and she still felt her stomach flip when he smiled at her.
"Bill Stokes here." His voice sounded like the professional he was. He glanced over at his wife and smiled. "Nicky."
Audrey raised her eyebrows curiously. Usually when Nick called them it was before he started work in the evening. Rarely did he call in the morning unless it was something important. Audrey grinned at Bill, she was fairly certain she knew the nature of the phone call.
Bill's face lit up as he nodded at his wife. "Son, that's wonderful. Would you like to talk to your mother?"
Audrey took the phone from her husband's outstretched hand. "Hi, honey."
"Hi, Mom, how are you this morning?" His smile was evident in his voice.
"Your father and I are doing fine, just getting ready for work." She glanced over at Bill and chuckled softly. "How are you doing, sweetheart?"
A soft chuckle came across the phone line. "Mom, I asked Sara to marry me and she said yes."
Audrey could not contain her pleasure. "Oh, Nicky, honey, that's wonderful! Have you set a date yet? Where will the wedding be?"
Nick laughed. "Mom, we haven't gotten that far yet, we're still trying to let being engaged settle in a little."
"Honey, let me talk to Sara." Audrey wanted to congratulate her daughter- in-law to be and welcome her to the family.
"Hello." Sara's voice was somewhat tentative.
"Sara, honey. I'm so glad for you and Nicky. I just had a feeling about the two of you. Nicky says you haven't set a date or anything yet, but you just let me know if you need help with anything."
Sara laughed softly. "I'll let you know. I'm sure it was obvious the day after Thanksgiving that the mall isn't exactly my favorite place."
"Welcome to the family, sweetie." Audrey's smile came through in the sound of her voice.
"Thank you." Sara wasn't sure what else to say. She had been overwhelmed by the Stokes family when she had first met them, but by the time she'd left Texas and had gotten to know them a bit, she loved them.
Nick came back on the line. "Mom, I know you and Dad have to get to work. We'll call again later. Don't tell anyone yet, ok. I want to at least tell Dan and Natalie myself."
She chuckled. "Ok, honey. We love you and we're so happy for you and Sara."
"Thanks." Nick grinned and hung up the phone. He chuckled at Sara who still rested atop him, albeit in a little less clothing than she had earlier. Nick had managed to remove her bra without actually removing her shirt, and Sara had managed to unbutton his shirt, leaving his bare chest exposed. Her pants were down somewhere around her ankles as were his, stopped only by the fact that they both still had their shoes on. That fact had at first frustrated them both, but then the humor of the situation had hit them and they dissolved into laughter. Sara had suggested that they call his parents before they tried to rekindle the mood. He raised an eyebrow in disbelief. "You want me to call my parents when I've got my pants around my ankles and a half naked gorgeous woman perched on top of me and keep a straight face?" He looked at her incredulously.
She had just nodded at him innocently and then a mischievous grin had spread across her face. "I mean if you're not up for it, I could go home."
Nick had shaken his head and grabbed her butt. "Oh, no, you're not going to tease me like that. Hand me the phone."
She giggled and reached over him to grab the cordless phone, dragging her body against him not too subtly.
He squeezed her butt and nuzzled her neck with his lips in response as he groaned. "Sara, you're killing me."
She raised an eyebrow at him and handed him the phone. "I'm just as horny as you are, baby, so call."
So Nick talked to his parents, keeping one hand firmly on Sara's ass the entire time.
She bit her lip as he handed the phone to her and mouthed that his mom wanted to talk to her. She could feel his burgeoning desire for her building beneath her.
He trailed his fingers along the inside of her thigh suggestively as she talked to his mom.
When she handed the phone back to him she returned the favor.
As Nick ended the call, he chuckled at her. "You are a very evil woman, Sara Sidle."
She raised an eyebrow and ground against him hard, he was fully aroused, as was she. "But you love me."
"Yes, I do." And with that he gripped her hips and lifted her up slightly so they could join their bodies together, despite the fact that they still had their pants tangled around their ankles.