Sara's eyes fluttered open and a grin spread across her face as she watched
Nick sleeping beside her. He had eyelashes that most women would be
jealous of. She leaned over and kissed him softly.
He opened his eyes sleepily and grinned. "Hey, wife."
"Hey, husband." Sara snuggled closer to him.
"Merry Christmas." Nick kissed Sara's forehead.
She giggled. "Merry Christmas."
Nick's stomach rumbled.
Sara's face reflected amusement. "Hungry?"
Nick chuckled. "Yeah, we didn't eat anything before we got married."
Sara leaned in and kissed him again. Nick responded and wrapped his arm around her waist as they continued kissing. Sara broke the kiss when Nick's stomach rumbled again. "Let's get something to eat, we can save this for dessert."
Nick chuckled. "I like how you think, babe."
They pulled themselves off the bed where they had fallen asleep fully clothed and wandered into the kitchen. Sara pulled open the fridge and glanced at Nick. "You don't shop much do you?"
He smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her cheek. "There's a frozen veggie lasagna in the freezer."
They put the lasagna in the oven and decided to watch 'Miracle on 34th Street' on TV. Sara snuggled against Nick and about halfway through the movie, they'd forgotten about it as they had gotten lost in kissing and touching each other. As the credits of the movie rolled up the screen, the phone rang.
Reluctantly, Nick pulled away from Sara and grabbed the phone. "Nick Stokes." He grinned at Sara. "Hey, Natalie. Merry Christmas to you too." He laughed softly. "Yeah, she's here. Uh, Sara's got something to tell you." He kissed Sara lightly as he handed her the phone.
Sara rested against Nick and grinned as she took the phone. "Hey, Natalie. Yeah, Merry Christmas to you too." She caressed Nick's face with her fingers as she talked to Natalie. "Uh, I just wanted to let you know that I got a really great Christmas present this morning. No, not another piece of jewelry. Actually, much better than jewelry." She giggled as Natalie kept throwing out guesses.
Nick took the phone back. "Hey, Natalie, are you going to let Sara tell you?" He chuckled.
Sara nodded at him and grinned.
"I'll tell you then. We got married this morning." Nick couldn't wipe the grin off of his face.
Sara could hear the scream over the phone.
Nick held the receiver away from his ear and smiled at Sara. "I think my entire family just found out."
He was right, in the next moment, his mom was on the phone. "Hey, Mom." Nick let out a deep breath as he listened to her. "I'm glad. We just didn't see a reason to wait."
Sara raised a curious eyebrow at him. "What is she saying?"
"Mom, Sara wants to talk to you." Nick handed her the phone. "She wants to throw a reception."
Sara grinned. "Hi, Audrey."
"Oh, Sara, we are so excited about you and Nicky. I'm not a bit surprised. I had a feeling at Thanksgiving that you'd be a permanent part of this family a lot sooner than anyone thought. Of course, we want to throw a reception for you both when you can find the time to get back out here to Dallas." Audrey Stokes sounded like her smile was almost equivalent to Nick and Sara's.
"Thanks. By the way, Merry Christmas." Sara couldn't stop grinning. She had been worried that Nick's family might think they were rushing things a bit. However, knowing how long he'd been talking about her to them, she somehow wasn't surprised that they were happy they had married so quickly.
"Merry Christmas, Sara, welcome to the family." Audrey replied.
Nick and Sara were on the phone for another forty-five minutes, the lasagna now getting cold, as every member of the Stokes clan had gotten on the phone to offer their congratulations. Even Amanda who had been vehemently against Nick's relationship with Sara, congratulated them.
When they finally hung up the phone, they chuckled and collapsed against each other.
Nick observed. "That went better than I thought it would. They love you, Sara, just like I said they would."
"Even Amanda seems to have come around." Sara replied softly.
Nick's stomach rumbled again.
Sara glanced up at him. "Let's eat, husband."
He grinned at her. "Ok."
They reheated the lasagna and ate it in relative silence as they grinned at each other. After they finished the meal, Nick took the dishes into the kitchen.
Sara grinned at him. "I have a surprise for you."
Nick raised his eyebrows curiously. "Really?"
She nodded mischievously. "Stay out here. I'll tell you when you can come in." Sara grinned seductively as she disappeared into the bedroom.
Nick grinned as he finished up the dishes trying to imagine what Sara had in store for him. He was quite aroused just thinking about it as he heard Sara calling him.
"You can come in now, baby." Sara's voice was sultry.
Nick turned the lights off in the living room and kitchen as he made his way to the bedroom. As he opened the door, his senses were in overdrive. Sara had placed candles around the bedroom and they illuminated her beautifully. She lay seductively on her side clad in something that Nick could only describe as lacy and sexy as hell.
"I've been saving this for something special." Sara grinned at him as he drank her in with his eyes.
He just stood there his mouth agape and didn't say a word. The telltale bulge in the front of his pants told Sara all she needed to know.
"I take it you like it." Sara chuckled softly and pulled herself off the bed and walked toward him.
Finally, Nick found his voice. "You are so beautiful." He pulled Sara against him and their lips met with a jolt of electricity.
Sara pulled at the hem of his sweater and they stepped apart long enough for her to help Nick pull it over his head. As they resumed the kiss, Sara reached down to unfasten the button on his slacks and lower the zipper.
Nick quickly stepped out of his slacks and pulled her against him again, trailing kisses down her neck, his tongue carving a deliciously excruciating path along her throat, as his hands slid down and cupped her butt through the barely there fabric.
Sara moaned in response, and they stumbled back toward the bed, her fingers sliding beneath the fabric of his boxers as she slid them off. She pulled Nick onto the bed with her as she lay back.
He covered her body with his and began to explore it beneath the lacy fabric until he'd finally removed all of the barriers between them.
Their hands and mouths touched, explored, tasted, and teased each other's bodies, finally joining together in what could only be described as ultimate marital bliss.
He opened his eyes sleepily and grinned. "Hey, wife."
"Hey, husband." Sara snuggled closer to him.
"Merry Christmas." Nick kissed Sara's forehead.
She giggled. "Merry Christmas."
Nick's stomach rumbled.
Sara's face reflected amusement. "Hungry?"
Nick chuckled. "Yeah, we didn't eat anything before we got married."
Sara leaned in and kissed him again. Nick responded and wrapped his arm around her waist as they continued kissing. Sara broke the kiss when Nick's stomach rumbled again. "Let's get something to eat, we can save this for dessert."
Nick chuckled. "I like how you think, babe."
They pulled themselves off the bed where they had fallen asleep fully clothed and wandered into the kitchen. Sara pulled open the fridge and glanced at Nick. "You don't shop much do you?"
He smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her cheek. "There's a frozen veggie lasagna in the freezer."
They put the lasagna in the oven and decided to watch 'Miracle on 34th Street' on TV. Sara snuggled against Nick and about halfway through the movie, they'd forgotten about it as they had gotten lost in kissing and touching each other. As the credits of the movie rolled up the screen, the phone rang.
Reluctantly, Nick pulled away from Sara and grabbed the phone. "Nick Stokes." He grinned at Sara. "Hey, Natalie. Merry Christmas to you too." He laughed softly. "Yeah, she's here. Uh, Sara's got something to tell you." He kissed Sara lightly as he handed her the phone.
Sara rested against Nick and grinned as she took the phone. "Hey, Natalie. Yeah, Merry Christmas to you too." She caressed Nick's face with her fingers as she talked to Natalie. "Uh, I just wanted to let you know that I got a really great Christmas present this morning. No, not another piece of jewelry. Actually, much better than jewelry." She giggled as Natalie kept throwing out guesses.
Nick took the phone back. "Hey, Natalie, are you going to let Sara tell you?" He chuckled.
Sara nodded at him and grinned.
"I'll tell you then. We got married this morning." Nick couldn't wipe the grin off of his face.
Sara could hear the scream over the phone.
Nick held the receiver away from his ear and smiled at Sara. "I think my entire family just found out."
He was right, in the next moment, his mom was on the phone. "Hey, Mom." Nick let out a deep breath as he listened to her. "I'm glad. We just didn't see a reason to wait."
Sara raised a curious eyebrow at him. "What is she saying?"
"Mom, Sara wants to talk to you." Nick handed her the phone. "She wants to throw a reception."
Sara grinned. "Hi, Audrey."
"Oh, Sara, we are so excited about you and Nicky. I'm not a bit surprised. I had a feeling at Thanksgiving that you'd be a permanent part of this family a lot sooner than anyone thought. Of course, we want to throw a reception for you both when you can find the time to get back out here to Dallas." Audrey Stokes sounded like her smile was almost equivalent to Nick and Sara's.
"Thanks. By the way, Merry Christmas." Sara couldn't stop grinning. She had been worried that Nick's family might think they were rushing things a bit. However, knowing how long he'd been talking about her to them, she somehow wasn't surprised that they were happy they had married so quickly.
"Merry Christmas, Sara, welcome to the family." Audrey replied.
Nick and Sara were on the phone for another forty-five minutes, the lasagna now getting cold, as every member of the Stokes clan had gotten on the phone to offer their congratulations. Even Amanda who had been vehemently against Nick's relationship with Sara, congratulated them.
When they finally hung up the phone, they chuckled and collapsed against each other.
Nick observed. "That went better than I thought it would. They love you, Sara, just like I said they would."
"Even Amanda seems to have come around." Sara replied softly.
Nick's stomach rumbled again.
Sara glanced up at him. "Let's eat, husband."
He grinned at her. "Ok."
They reheated the lasagna and ate it in relative silence as they grinned at each other. After they finished the meal, Nick took the dishes into the kitchen.
Sara grinned at him. "I have a surprise for you."
Nick raised his eyebrows curiously. "Really?"
She nodded mischievously. "Stay out here. I'll tell you when you can come in." Sara grinned seductively as she disappeared into the bedroom.
Nick grinned as he finished up the dishes trying to imagine what Sara had in store for him. He was quite aroused just thinking about it as he heard Sara calling him.
"You can come in now, baby." Sara's voice was sultry.
Nick turned the lights off in the living room and kitchen as he made his way to the bedroom. As he opened the door, his senses were in overdrive. Sara had placed candles around the bedroom and they illuminated her beautifully. She lay seductively on her side clad in something that Nick could only describe as lacy and sexy as hell.
"I've been saving this for something special." Sara grinned at him as he drank her in with his eyes.
He just stood there his mouth agape and didn't say a word. The telltale bulge in the front of his pants told Sara all she needed to know.
"I take it you like it." Sara chuckled softly and pulled herself off the bed and walked toward him.
Finally, Nick found his voice. "You are so beautiful." He pulled Sara against him and their lips met with a jolt of electricity.
Sara pulled at the hem of his sweater and they stepped apart long enough for her to help Nick pull it over his head. As they resumed the kiss, Sara reached down to unfasten the button on his slacks and lower the zipper.
Nick quickly stepped out of his slacks and pulled her against him again, trailing kisses down her neck, his tongue carving a deliciously excruciating path along her throat, as his hands slid down and cupped her butt through the barely there fabric.
Sara moaned in response, and they stumbled back toward the bed, her fingers sliding beneath the fabric of his boxers as she slid them off. She pulled Nick onto the bed with her as she lay back.
He covered her body with his and began to explore it beneath the lacy fabric until he'd finally removed all of the barriers between them.
Their hands and mouths touched, explored, tasted, and teased each other's bodies, finally joining together in what could only be described as ultimate marital bliss.