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WARNING: THIS CHAPTER IS RATED 'R'/NC-17, FOR SEXUAL CONTENT. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T READ IT.

Chapter Seven: Driving 101

Rose slowly dialed Annie's number. She didn't know why she was calling, really. It wasn't as if she had anything really important to tell her. "I'm just calling to tell her that I don't need driving lessons from her so she won't schedule anything," she confirmed to herself.

Rose let out a sigh, she knew that was a lie. It was pretty bad when you felt like you had to lie to yourself, and Rose knew that. She considered Annie a friend, and she admitted her real motives as she sat waiting for someone to pick up. She was calling Annie because she wanted to tell her about everything that had happened last night at the pool. She wanted to confide in someone.

"Hello?" Annie's voice was heard over the other end, bringing Rose out of her mulling.

"Hey, Annie. It's me, Rose," she began.

"Oh, hey Rose! How's everything going?" Annie chirped, obviously in a good mood.

"Um, pretty good. I just wanted to tell you that I didn't need any driving lessons…" Rose stated, hoping Annie wouldn't ask her for a reason. She knew that if asked, she would spill everything. And not just the deal between her and Rene and how it came about, but also everything in between. From her growing and confused feelings for him to their near kissing experiences. She heard Annie's voice, but couldn't make out what she said, "I'm sorry, what did you just say?"

"I said, why not? I thought you were looking forward to learning," Annie said, confused.

"I am looking forward to learning, but someone else offered to teach me yesterday, and I thought it would be more convenient for everybody if I took them up on their offer," Rose was careful not to mention who the 'some one' was.

"That's great! So who is it?" Annie asked nonchalantly.

Rose swallowed and answered quietly in almost a whisper, "Rene."

Annie took a minute to process what she heard, then decided she must have heard wrong. "What did you say? I could have sworn you said Rene," she said with a small laugh.

"I did," was the short soft reply. Rose could almost see Annie's widened eyes.

"WHAT?!? I thought you two hated each other," she said in shock.

"Well we did, but-then-we-bumped-into-each-other-at-the-pool-last-night-and-now-we-have-this-deal-thing-going-on and I-," Rose was cut off from her nervous mumbling.

"Okay, Rose, honey, you're going to have to speak clearer and slower," Annie said in a calming tone.

Rose took a breath, "Okay, here's what happened." Rose told Annie all about bumping into him at the pool, and how they had decided to start over. Then she told her about the deal. She somehow managed to refrain from telling her anything too personal.

"So…are you guys…" Annie implied as she trailed off.

"NO! It's nothing like that, we're just…just…we're just trying to be friends," Rose finally managed.

"Really…" Annie said in skeptical tone, "Wow, that's great."

"Annie, I'm serious, there's nothing else going on. I mean, sure he's attractive, but he and I are not-"

"You like him, don't you," Annie stated more than asked.

"What? No! Annie-" Rose broke off when she saw what time it was. 12:45. "Shit! I gotta go, I'm suppose to meet Rene downstairs in fifteen minutes for my first lesson."

Annie beamed on her end of the line, "Well, you better get going, you don't want to keep your man waiting!"

"No, I wouldn't want to do-HEY! HE IS NOT MY MAN!!!" She exclaimed loudly.

"Okay, okay, I was just messing with you. All kidding aside, Rose, I'm really glad you two got things worked out and that you're friends now," Annie said seriously.

"Me too. I gotta go. I'll talk to you later," Rose said in a bit of a hurry.

"Bye," Annie said before they hung up. After hanging up, she immediately called Randy to tell him what she had just learned. She'd have to rub it in that she was right, of course. She had to rub in the fact that there just might be something between Rene and Rose, if not now, then in the near future. She just had a sense about this kind of thing.

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"Now, when you shift into drive, keep your foot down on the brake and then slowly take it away afterward," Rene instructed as Rose started the car.

"Got it," she smiled nervously as she turned the engine over. It was going to be really hard to keep her focus. She had realized that the moment they had gotten into the car, and she had got a woof of his scent. He smelled of fresh masculinity and some kind of light cologne.

Of course, after taking notice of his scent, she began to notice the other things about him as he had driven them to the location she'd be practicing. He wore glasses, she realized. They made him look even more sexy with his short, spiked hair and periwinkle eyes. His blue athletic T shirt and faded jeans really brought them out. Her nerves began to jump incessantly in her stomach. She was nervous about being around him, and she was even more nervous about driving while she was so distracted.

Sighing heavily, Rose shook her head and instead of putting the car in drive, she turned it back off. She couldn't do this, not like this, not here. She was suddenly very, very, uncontrollably, undeniably nervous.

Rene looked at her in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"I can't do this," she replied, her voice shaky. She held up trembling hands to emphasize her point, but avoided making eye contact. She was ashamed of her nerves, her fear.

Rene let out a sigh, and reached for one of her shaking hands, and took her chin, raising her eyes to his, "Non peur, Rose. Leur facile, moi promettre."

Rose swallowed hard. She had no idea what he just said, but it sounded really good. 'Did he have any clue how sexy that was?' she thought before shaking her head. Rose found her voice, "What did you just say?" she asked, feeling the color rise to her cheeks as she calmly took her hand back.

Rene smiled down at her, "I said, no fear. It's easy, I promise. Now, c'mon, start it back up, there's no reason to be afraid."

He was right, they had driven pretty far out from the city. The location didn't have any heavy traffic. Rose took a deep breath and nodded her head as she turned her attention back to starting the ignition. "Okay," she said, "Let's do this!" she added in a more excited, 'ready to take on the world', tone.

Rose kept her foot on the brake as she shifted it into drive, then slowly eased it back. She flipped on her turn signal as she made a left turn off the shoulder and slowly started down the open road. "It's not so bad," she admitted with a smile.

"Nope. You're a natural," he complimented, causing her smile to widen.

Rose kept her attention on the road as she and Rene sat in a comfortable silence. She then broke that silence, "So…you really do know French, don't you?"

"Well, I am French-Canadian," he returned with a shrug.

"Can you teach me some sometime?" she asked. Rose had always wanted to learn a foreign language. She didn't know why she hadn't pursued one in high school.

"I could, but that wasn't part of the deal," he teased.

"Well, fine then," she said as she made another turn, this time forgetting to signal.

"Watch those turn signals. They're really picky about that when you take the test," he critiqued.

"Oops," she said apologetically.

"Don't worry about it. Just relax," he offered, "Take slow, deep breaths," he quoted her from last night's swimming lesson.

"Should I close my eyes too?" she teased, catching on to what he was doing.

"Uh…how about no?"

Rose laughed as she began to get more comfortable and slowly started to speed up. The speed limit was 70, she was now going 55. "Is this all there is to it?"

"Pretty much. Just be glad there aren't any stop lights or a lot of traffic. Or impatient drivers," he smirked referring to the speed she was going.

"Shut up! I'll have this down in no time! You just watch!" She exclaimed happily. Her nerves were subsiding, and she was getting a feel for being behind the wheel.

"You look pretty comfortable over there," Rene observed.

"Yah, you were right, it is easy," she smiled, stealing a side glance at him while she drove.

Time passed quickly as they continued to make small talk through a couple more comfortable silences. Rene continued to critique her when he saw something he thought she could be doing better. Rose didn't know how long they had been driving when Rene finally told her to pull into a small gas station on the side of the road. She was clueless as to where exactly they were, but as she watched Rene get out and pump the gas, she really didn't care. She looked away quickly when he started to look up, sensing some one's eyes on him.

By the time Rene had come out of the gas station from paying, Rose was already in the passenger's seat and buckled in. She didn't feel like driving anymore and was more than willing to take a break until next time.

"Burnt out already?" Rene asked as he sat in the driver's seat and turned the ignition.

"Yah, for today. How long have we been out here anyway?" she asked.

Rene's eyes widened when he looked at his watch, "About three and half hours," he said, surprise evident in his voice, "It's five."

"Wow," Rose yawned, "Where'd all the time go?"

"I don't know," he turned his head to look at her, "I knew I was getting hungry. I always eat dinner around five-thirty," he informed her.

She cracked a smile and opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by a loud growl. She blushed as she looked down at her stomach, "I guess we have something in common," she joked.

"Yah," he paused briefly, "Hey, you want to get something to eat on the way back to the hotel?" he questioned. For reasons unbeknownst to him, he was very nervous. Could it be that he wanted her to say yes that badly?……Nah, no way.

"Might as well," Rose said, having mulled it over as much as possible in her tired state.

"Alright, so where do you want to go?" he asked as he made a turn without signaling, which did not go unnoticed.

"Hey! You didn't signal!" Rose pointed out.

"Very good. I was just testing you," he laughed guiltily.

"Yah…right," Rose rolled her eyes.

"I know. I promise not to forget again," he crossed his heart as he spoke.

"Well, okay. But next time, I won't let you off the hook so easily," she mock threatened as she shook a finger at him.

Rene chuckled under his breath. It was a low sound that, for some reason, caused the butterflies to start swirling in Rose's stomach again. She snuck another glance at him. Taking in every detail of his form. His eyes were focused on the road, they were intense, he was obviously deep in thought. She allowed her secretive glance to travel over the different areas of his face.

His eyebrows were furrowed over the rim of his glasses, casting a shadow over his hard, square jaw line. She then traveled down to where his hands rested on the steering wheel. His long fingers were wrapped loosely around the bottom of the steering wheel. His wide, obviously strong, hands were palm up, sort of hanging by their fingers, but relaxing on his thighs. 'Very muscular thighs-'

"You never told me where you wanted to eat," Rene said bringing her out of her trance.

Rose looked up quickly, thinking that he may have caught her staring, but he was still looking at the road. Quietly sighing in relief that he apparently hadn't notice Rose said the first idea that popped into her head, "Why don't we just grab some Chinese take out?"

"Hmm…" Rene pretended to think about it for a sec then shrugged his shoulders, "Works for me." He continued to keep his eyes on the road. He smirked inwardly, he had caught her staring alright. He smiled slightly at the thought. At least he wasn't only one who had been staring at someone today. Only he hadn't been caught doing it.

He snuck an unnoticed glance in her direction. How could he not stare at the beauty sitting to his right? Blonde hair, large emerald orbs, beautifully pale skin, and a gorgeous smile to top it all off. There wasn't a detail he hadn't taken in about her appearance today.

She wore a light olive green, hooded, zip-up sweat shirt over a creamy white tee. Her faded, low rise, boot-cut jeans hugged her at the waist and thighs before flaring out slightly at the bottom to reveal a pair of light brown Dockers. Even though he didn't quite understand the reasons, Rene kept finding himself aroused by her simple, comfortable style. He had fought the urge to kiss her earlier and ended up muttering words of encouragement in French instead.

He was shaken from his state of intense reflection when he heard Rose talking. He looked over to see her on her phone, ordering the take out they had agreed on earlier. He tilted his head to the side, 'Why hadn't I thought of calling ahead of time?' he asked himself.

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"Okay, so let me get this straight," Rose took a breath, "You actually liked that movie?" Rose asked in disbelief as she sat across from him on the floor of his hotel room. They had decided to eat together and watch a movie on pay-per view at the hotel. They had chosen his room because it was closer, and although the movie was playing in the background, neither of them paid much attention.

"Well, yah. It was…intriguing," Rene defended himself and his movie as he chewed on his chow mien.

"Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Tom Cruise, but Vanilla Sky, sucked," Rose said in disgust at the memory of having to sit through that ridiculous movie.

"It wasn't that bad…no worse than Wild, Wild West," he reasoned.

Rose's mouth dropped, "Hey! I love that movie!"

"I'm sorry, but that sucked. It was too unrealistic," he said shaking his head.

"And Vanilla Sky wasn't unrealistic?" she said as she instinctively hurled a pillow toward his head, wiping the amused expression off his face.

Rene glared at her before continuing with his eating. Rose sighed a breath of relief that he didn't try to get even. She looked down and continued eating her sushi. When she looked up to say something to Rene, he was nowhere in sight. Rose glanced around the room in confusion. She turned around, feeling a presence behind her, "Ren-WHOOOOAAA!" She screamed as something very cold and very solid slid painstakingly slow down her back. Ice! Rose jumped up and whirled around, allowing it to escape her shirt.

Rene stood in front of her now, laughing hysterically at the faces she had just made. He stopped once he noticed the death glare he was receiving. He swallowed hard, "Would it help my chances of survival if I said I was sorry?"

Rose continued to glare at him as she spoke through clenched teeth, "NO!" she stated loud and clear right before she charged him. Rene saw it coming however, and kept his footing. Rose walled right into his powerful stance with an "Umph."

He smirked down at her as she looked up at him, obviously annoyed that he hadn't even budged, but then her eyes flashed determination as she returned his smirk. That's when he felt tickling fingers at his sides and was caught off guard. He tried to dodge left and escape her, but she stepped in his way, still tickling, "Oh, I'm sorry, does that tickle?" she laughed evilly.

Rene doubled over in uncontrollable laughter. He tried to dodge again and again, each time he was blocked until finally he tripped over one of his carelessly placed shoes. He reflexively reached out for something to grab onto, that something happened to be a very clumsy Rose who just ended up falling with him.

Rene hit the floor with a thud, and Rose landed on him with another "umph" and a slight "Uuughuh," as she hit her head against the end table with a loud clack.

~Dream Sequence! Rose just got knocked the fuck out!~

Slowly, coming to her senses, Rose began to get up. She slowly lifted her head, her loose hair falling down her face toward a slightly wincing Rene, "Are you okay? I'm such a clu-" she stopped when he opened his eyes and their gazes locked.

Everything seemed to fade away from Rose except for the sound of their slow and strained, but steady breathing and the feel of Rene's beating chest against her breasts. She could feel the muscles that lie just beneath her, could see the same desire in his eyes as she felt running through her veins.

Rose licked her lips subconsciously as she thought of the nights she had stayed up longing for his kiss. Longing to feel his arms around her waist pulling her closer to him. And now that she was mere inches from his face, from his warm lips, she felt herself succumbing to that longing as her head bent slowly downward.

Rose could feel the blood pumping through his veins. She noticed his body tense as her hair slightly grazed his cheek. His skin was on fire every where their bodies touched. She felt his warm breath on her pouting lips as she leaned in closer. She could feel desire grip both of them as he hungrily met her halfway and seized her mouth.

His arms moved instinctively around her waist as she felt herself fall into him, giving herself away to the passion of their kiss. Her soft lips parted, allowing him access to explore her mouth for the second time since they'd known each other. Rose moved her hands down his waist and struggled to get them under his shirt.

She moaned as she felt them moving to a sitting position. They now sat leaning against the foot of the bed, Rose straddling Rene. She began to grind her hips against his arousal. As she felt him stroke her nipples through the thin fabric of her shirt.

Rose reached for the clasp of his pants and undid the buttons. She slid her hand under his boxers and began to instinctively stroke his sack as she continued to grind into him. She heard him begin to moan, "Rose, wake up."

~End Sequence, muwahhahahah~

Rose's eyes shot open, "What?" she asked still coming out of the haze of a very naughty dream.

"Are you okay, Rose? I thought I was going to have call 911 or something," Rene said, his tone worried.

Rose sat up fully from where she now lay on the bed. As soon as she did, she felt pain course through her head. "What happened?"

"You hit your head when I pulled you down with me. Remember?" he asked still worried, and feeling guilty for grabbing her like he did when he had started to fall. He hadn't meant to, it was a reflex.

"Oh, yah," she said, finally coming back to her senses. She looked up to see his expression, and fought to keep herself from blushing. She'd just had a really…well, it wasn't a disturbing dream, but still…

"I'm really sorry about that, I didn't mean-"

"It's okay, it was my fault. It's what I get for picking fights," she smiled sweetly before yawning. "I better get going. It's getting late, and we both have early flights she said as she stood up.

"Okay, can you make it to your room okay? I mean, are you sure you're okay?" he questioned again to be sure.

"Yes, yes. I'm okay, just a bump," she reassured.

"Alright then," he led her to the door and handed her jacket to her.

"I'll see ya Monday," she said before leaving.

"See ya," Rene replied before she walked out of the door and down the hall. He shut the door. She may have left the room, but he could still feel her body against him from where she had been knocked out on top of him. He could still feel her soft, labored breath against neck and her parted lips against his skin. With a sigh he headed to the bathroom. It was time for a cold shower.

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Okay, ya'll. So there you have it. I hope that chapter was good. I don't know where the smut scene came from, but hey, there's nothing like a naughty dream to get the heart racing and the blood flowing, lol. I think I'm getting better at writing smut, lol.

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