Moonlight Magic
"What? Ned asked outraged, "I don't want things to cool down. I like where this relationship's going. I thought we discussed this last night?"
"It's just that I've changed my mind, I mean I've been doing a lot of thinking and you and Alexis should raise Kristina together. As a real family."
Ned grabbed her shoulders and looked her in the eyes, "No, Skye. I can't be with Alexis, not like that, not anymore. We've grown apart. Things could never go back to the way they were years ago."
Skye looked away from him, "I don't want to stand in the way of anything."
Ned pulled her close to him, "You're right where I want you."
"I sure hope you're right." Skye whispered before Ned lowered his lips onto hers. As he pulled away he looked into her eyes, "Skye, please believe me when I say that I care deeply for you and the only way this relationship is going is forward."
Skye smiled, "I'm sorry I doubted you. That I doubted us."
"It doesn't matter, everything's okay now."
"Why don't you let me make it up to you?" Skye suggested.
"What did you have in mind?"
"I'll fix you dinner at the gatehouse tonight."
"Sounds great."
"Then maybe a little dessert." Skye whispered.
"Chocolate Moose?" Ned questioned.
"I was thinking more along the lines of candles and satin sheets."
Ned brushed Skye's hair back away from her face, "You don't have to pay me back with sex."
Skye frowned playfully, "You mean you don't want to have wild sex with me?"
"Oh, no, I do, but it's not what our relationship is built on." Ned told her honestly.
"How sweet, what if I want to?" She asked.
"Then, we'll see how you're feeling after dinner."
Hours later Skye and Ned had finished dinner ans were clearing the table, "Ned, remember when you said we'd see how I felt after dinner?"
"Yes."
"Well, it's after dinner."
Ned laughed, "And you want to spice things up a bit?"
"No, it's just that I thought we could go for a walk on the docks."
"A walk on the docks?" Ned repeated.
Twenty minutes later Ned and Skye were walking around the Port Charles docks, the night was perfect, warm and inviting, the stars were bright in the sky and the moon made everything seem romantic. Ned took Skye's hand in his as they overlooked the pier. Skye smiled to herself, it seemed like everything in her life was beginning to make sense.
She leaned closer to Ned and softly kissed his lips, he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to him, deepening their growing kiss. As he pulled away from her he whispered in her ear, "You are so beautiful. I wish we could stay in this moment forever."
"So do I" Skye whispered back.
Ned was really falling for her, it was more than just a mutual physical attraction, it was a strong liking, maybe even the 'L' word.
Skye kissed him again trying to prove to herself that this was right, that it felt right and nothing Jax or Edward or anybody else said could change the way she felt about Ned.
"Come on." Ned took her hand in his, leading her over to a bench where they sat down. He pulled her to him. They were lost in their own conversation, their own world, when they both heard a familiar voice.
"I hope I 'm not interrupting anything."
They both looked up to see a smiling Alexis. AS Skye went to pull away from Ned, Alexis' words stopped her, "Don't worry, your secrets safe with me."
Skye relaxed, but still defended her actions, "It's not what it looks like."
"No." Alexis agreed, "It's exactly what it looks like. After all Skye, everyone deserves to be happy." Alexis said sincerely.
"Alexis, is there something wrong with you?" Ned asked
"No, it's just that it's time we move forward with our lives, I've decided that I want to share joint custody of Kristina. She needs both her Mother and her Father in her life and I don't want to deprive my daughter of the right to equally know her father."
"Why the sudden change of heart?" Ned asked.
"Doesn't matter. All that matters is that Kristina is a healthy, happy baby and is surrounded by the people that love her and that includes the Quartermaines."
Ned nodded, "What about Skye?"
"She's a Quartermaine isn't she?"
"In every way that counts." Ned answered.
"I just want all this crap to end so I can actually see my daughter before she's ten."
"I couldn't agree more."
"Well, I'll leave you two to whatever it was you were doing."
"Goodnight." Skye told her.
"Night." Alexis said as she walked away.
"That certainly was interesting." Ned commented, "Do you think she means it?"
"I do." Skye answered honestly, "I really do."
"So, now that Alexis knows do you think we should tell anyone else?"
"Tell them what Ned?"
"That you and I have been spending some quality time together and have taken a strong liking to each other."
Skye pulled away from Ned's embrace, "I don't think that would be a good idea."
Ned nodded in agreement, "I just thought I'd run it by you."
Skye suddenly got up off the bench.
"Skye, what's the matter?" Ned asked concerned.
"It's Jax."
Ned got up and walked over to her, placing his hands on her shoulder, "What about him."
"I saw him today."
"Did you talk to him?"
"I didn't have a choice." Skye said softly.
"Tell me what happened."
"Everything?" She questioned.
"Everything." He agreed.
"He was looking for you this morning, he came upstairs ad found me in your bed."
"Yeah, you fell asleep last night on the couch, I carried you up there."
"That's what I told Jax. Then he asked me if I was sleeping with you. I told him no, then he went on and on about how you should be with Alexis and that the two of you should be raising Kristina together."
Ned wrapped his arm around her waist, "Skye, Alexis and I will never get back together, ever. Jax was just saying those things because he wants another chance with you."
"Anyway, I told him we were just friends."
Ned turned Skye around to face him, "This has went on long enough. For the past four months or so we've been trying to deny what's been going on with is and it hasn't worked. I want to be with you and only you, but I need to know that you're going to try and trust me."
Skye smiled, "You really mean that? You want to be with me?"
"Yes. Is that so hard for you to believe?"
"That someone like you would want to get involved with something like me. After all you know the things I pulled in the past and how self destructive I can be?"
"You're so much more than that, you're loving and warm and caring."
"Are you sure you won't change your mind down the road?"
"I'm positive as long as you want to be with me." Ned added.
"I do, more than anything, but you're so much better than I deserve. I'm so afraid that I'm going to do something stupid to screw everything up." Skye confessed.
"Skye, I'm not Jax, I'm not going to change my mind. I'm not going to try to get out of this. Someone from my past could never tear us apart. Not Lois, not Alexis, no one."
"I know, it's just that trust, honor and a thousands promises can suddenly turn into dust and all you're left with is a memory."
"I understand that it's going to take a while for you to believe in me...."
Skye stopped him mid sentence, "I do believe in you, I'm beginning to trust you. All I need from you is to know that you believe in me."
"I believe in you." Ned whispered, "And I'll do anything to protect you and your emotions. I'll always be here for you."
Skye smiled through falling tears, "That means more to me than you could ever imagine and I promise to give you the very best of me."
Ned lifted Skye's chin up and gently kissed her full lips, "No, if you'll allow me, I'd like to take you back to the gatehouse and make love to you until sunrise."
"You have my full attention and willingness to do with me exactly as you like."
Ned's lips crushed Skye's, her very words made the adrenalin in his body pump. She surrendered as his mouth took control of hers, he pushed her backwards into a wooden beam as his tongue ran over her neck. She felt his breath on her, warm and heavy. His lips closed over her skin, she ran her hands through his hair, encouraging him to continue and he did.
TBC.....
Things to come: Jax gets a shock.
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"What? Ned asked outraged, "I don't want things to cool down. I like where this relationship's going. I thought we discussed this last night?"
"It's just that I've changed my mind, I mean I've been doing a lot of thinking and you and Alexis should raise Kristina together. As a real family."
Ned grabbed her shoulders and looked her in the eyes, "No, Skye. I can't be with Alexis, not like that, not anymore. We've grown apart. Things could never go back to the way they were years ago."
Skye looked away from him, "I don't want to stand in the way of anything."
Ned pulled her close to him, "You're right where I want you."
"I sure hope you're right." Skye whispered before Ned lowered his lips onto hers. As he pulled away he looked into her eyes, "Skye, please believe me when I say that I care deeply for you and the only way this relationship is going is forward."
Skye smiled, "I'm sorry I doubted you. That I doubted us."
"It doesn't matter, everything's okay now."
"Why don't you let me make it up to you?" Skye suggested.
"What did you have in mind?"
"I'll fix you dinner at the gatehouse tonight."
"Sounds great."
"Then maybe a little dessert." Skye whispered.
"Chocolate Moose?" Ned questioned.
"I was thinking more along the lines of candles and satin sheets."
Ned brushed Skye's hair back away from her face, "You don't have to pay me back with sex."
Skye frowned playfully, "You mean you don't want to have wild sex with me?"
"Oh, no, I do, but it's not what our relationship is built on." Ned told her honestly.
"How sweet, what if I want to?" She asked.
"Then, we'll see how you're feeling after dinner."
Hours later Skye and Ned had finished dinner ans were clearing the table, "Ned, remember when you said we'd see how I felt after dinner?"
"Yes."
"Well, it's after dinner."
Ned laughed, "And you want to spice things up a bit?"
"No, it's just that I thought we could go for a walk on the docks."
"A walk on the docks?" Ned repeated.
Twenty minutes later Ned and Skye were walking around the Port Charles docks, the night was perfect, warm and inviting, the stars were bright in the sky and the moon made everything seem romantic. Ned took Skye's hand in his as they overlooked the pier. Skye smiled to herself, it seemed like everything in her life was beginning to make sense.
She leaned closer to Ned and softly kissed his lips, he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to him, deepening their growing kiss. As he pulled away from her he whispered in her ear, "You are so beautiful. I wish we could stay in this moment forever."
"So do I" Skye whispered back.
Ned was really falling for her, it was more than just a mutual physical attraction, it was a strong liking, maybe even the 'L' word.
Skye kissed him again trying to prove to herself that this was right, that it felt right and nothing Jax or Edward or anybody else said could change the way she felt about Ned.
"Come on." Ned took her hand in his, leading her over to a bench where they sat down. He pulled her to him. They were lost in their own conversation, their own world, when they both heard a familiar voice.
"I hope I 'm not interrupting anything."
They both looked up to see a smiling Alexis. AS Skye went to pull away from Ned, Alexis' words stopped her, "Don't worry, your secrets safe with me."
Skye relaxed, but still defended her actions, "It's not what it looks like."
"No." Alexis agreed, "It's exactly what it looks like. After all Skye, everyone deserves to be happy." Alexis said sincerely.
"Alexis, is there something wrong with you?" Ned asked
"No, it's just that it's time we move forward with our lives, I've decided that I want to share joint custody of Kristina. She needs both her Mother and her Father in her life and I don't want to deprive my daughter of the right to equally know her father."
"Why the sudden change of heart?" Ned asked.
"Doesn't matter. All that matters is that Kristina is a healthy, happy baby and is surrounded by the people that love her and that includes the Quartermaines."
Ned nodded, "What about Skye?"
"She's a Quartermaine isn't she?"
"In every way that counts." Ned answered.
"I just want all this crap to end so I can actually see my daughter before she's ten."
"I couldn't agree more."
"Well, I'll leave you two to whatever it was you were doing."
"Goodnight." Skye told her.
"Night." Alexis said as she walked away.
"That certainly was interesting." Ned commented, "Do you think she means it?"
"I do." Skye answered honestly, "I really do."
"So, now that Alexis knows do you think we should tell anyone else?"
"Tell them what Ned?"
"That you and I have been spending some quality time together and have taken a strong liking to each other."
Skye pulled away from Ned's embrace, "I don't think that would be a good idea."
Ned nodded in agreement, "I just thought I'd run it by you."
Skye suddenly got up off the bench.
"Skye, what's the matter?" Ned asked concerned.
"It's Jax."
Ned got up and walked over to her, placing his hands on her shoulder, "What about him."
"I saw him today."
"Did you talk to him?"
"I didn't have a choice." Skye said softly.
"Tell me what happened."
"Everything?" She questioned.
"Everything." He agreed.
"He was looking for you this morning, he came upstairs ad found me in your bed."
"Yeah, you fell asleep last night on the couch, I carried you up there."
"That's what I told Jax. Then he asked me if I was sleeping with you. I told him no, then he went on and on about how you should be with Alexis and that the two of you should be raising Kristina together."
Ned wrapped his arm around her waist, "Skye, Alexis and I will never get back together, ever. Jax was just saying those things because he wants another chance with you."
"Anyway, I told him we were just friends."
Ned turned Skye around to face him, "This has went on long enough. For the past four months or so we've been trying to deny what's been going on with is and it hasn't worked. I want to be with you and only you, but I need to know that you're going to try and trust me."
Skye smiled, "You really mean that? You want to be with me?"
"Yes. Is that so hard for you to believe?"
"That someone like you would want to get involved with something like me. After all you know the things I pulled in the past and how self destructive I can be?"
"You're so much more than that, you're loving and warm and caring."
"Are you sure you won't change your mind down the road?"
"I'm positive as long as you want to be with me." Ned added.
"I do, more than anything, but you're so much better than I deserve. I'm so afraid that I'm going to do something stupid to screw everything up." Skye confessed.
"Skye, I'm not Jax, I'm not going to change my mind. I'm not going to try to get out of this. Someone from my past could never tear us apart. Not Lois, not Alexis, no one."
"I know, it's just that trust, honor and a thousands promises can suddenly turn into dust and all you're left with is a memory."
"I understand that it's going to take a while for you to believe in me...."
Skye stopped him mid sentence, "I do believe in you, I'm beginning to trust you. All I need from you is to know that you believe in me."
"I believe in you." Ned whispered, "And I'll do anything to protect you and your emotions. I'll always be here for you."
Skye smiled through falling tears, "That means more to me than you could ever imagine and I promise to give you the very best of me."
Ned lifted Skye's chin up and gently kissed her full lips, "No, if you'll allow me, I'd like to take you back to the gatehouse and make love to you until sunrise."
"You have my full attention and willingness to do with me exactly as you like."
Ned's lips crushed Skye's, her very words made the adrenalin in his body pump. She surrendered as his mouth took control of hers, he pushed her backwards into a wooden beam as his tongue ran over her neck. She felt his breath on her, warm and heavy. His lips closed over her skin, she ran her hands through his hair, encouraging him to continue and he did.
TBC.....
Things to come: Jax gets a shock.
The more reviews I get the faster the next chapter goes up. So please review!