Sami flipped her hair over her shoulder and stepped out of the bathroom, followed by a cloud of steam. Even though she had already finished showering and dressing, Lucas was still in a deep sleep, judging from his loud snoring. Sami made her way over to his side of the bed, preparing to wake him up. The cruise ship that she, Nicole, Jan and Lucas were taking to Florida would be leaving in several hours and she knew if Lucas didn't start getting ready soon, Nicole would start breathing down their necks to get ready faster.
Sami held out her hand to touch his arm when he rolled over, the thin sheet that was draped loosely over him sliding even lower. Sami couldn't resist admiring the muscular definition of his arms and his chest before her eyes continued their uncontrollable descent. Her eyes widened when they reached the top of the sheet, that was low enough to reveal where Lucas' tan line ended. It finally sunk in that Lucas Roberts was naked underneath that blanket. And she had been sharing the same bed with him. She could feel blood beginning to rush into her face at an alarming rate. He had went to bed with the boxers on but thanks to the humid atmosphere of the room, he must have kicked them off sometime during the night. Sure enough, she looked down at the floor and her eyes came to rest on the boxers he had worn to bed.
And now her eyes had moved back up to Lucas' temptingly naked body. Her eyes lingered on the bulge underneath the sheet for a moment, That can't be anywhere near as big as it looks, she told herself, now wishing the sheet would slip down a little bit more. All intentions of waking him up had completely fled from her mind as she stared hard at the white sheet, willing it to slide down. Almost as if Lucas had somehow read her thoughts, he shifted positions again, causing the sheet to fall away and reveal everything. Sami took a deep breath, staring in awe at him. Now that he was fully exposed, she realized that every inch of his body was just as magnificent as she had pictured it being.
Suddenly, he groaned in his sleep and Sami jumped, worried that he was going to wake up and catch her staring at him like he was a carcass in a butcher shop. But instead of opening his eyes, he just raised one arm to scratch his stomach. She then watched as his hand slid lower and as he began to stroke himself. Her chest tightened as she noticed the small, contented smile that grazed his lips as his hand continued sliding up and down his length. And Sami had thought it was big before. But with each stroke of his hand, it seemed to grow another inch. Her throat felt dry and she bit her lip uncertainly. She felt like a complete slut for standing there and watching him touch himself like that while he had no idea she was there but she couldn't seem to pull her eyes away.
He groaned again, "Sami." he mumbled in a low voice and Sami felt a sudden dampness pool between her legs. She narrowed her eyes suspiciously, suddenly not sure whether or not Lucas was really asleep. But he wouldn't be putting on this show just for her benefit- would he? Sure, he did enjoy giving her a hard time but he wasn't that much of an exhibitionist.
Gritting her teeth, she glared down at him, "If you are doing this to mess with my head, you are so going to pay." she whispered. She tried to see if he reacted to her words but it didn't look like it. Instead, he continued stroking himself, the smile not leaving his face. Sami own hands itch to replace that hand with one of her own but she clenched both fists tightly, willing herself to resist the temptation.
A loud crack outside the hotel window distracted Sami. She turned around to look out the window, which had been left open due to the temperature in the room. She noticed a girl perched on a tree branch directly outside the window, a pair of binoculars around her neck. She was clutching the tree branch she was sitting on tightly but that didn't stop it from continuing to crack under her weight. Sami watched as the tree branch finally gave away and the girl fell out of the tree, letting out a loud scream as she fell. Sami hurried over to the window to look outside.
"Shit." she muttered, then turned around to see that the scream must have woken Lucas up. He was now sitting up, with the sheet pulled over his waist. It's a little late for that, Sami thought wryly.
"Some... girl fell out of the tree." Sami explained, "I'm going to go see if she's okay."
Sami took the elevator down to the first floor of the hotel and raced outside. Despite the fact that it was still early morning, several people had already gathered around the girl. Sami pushed through the small crowd to look curiously at the man bent over the girl.
"Is she going to be okay?" someone in the crowd asked. The man looked up at them grimly.
"I think her leg's broken but other than that, I think she should be okay for the most part. She's very lucky she didn't take any major injuries to her head." he looked up at the tree, "What were you doing up there, anyways?"
"That's what I'd like to know." Sami crossed her arms over her chest and looked down at the redheaded girl inquisitively.
The girl looked up at Sami tearfully, "My friends and me followed you and your boyfriend back to the hotel and we found out what hotel room you were staying in. We noticed that there was a tree right outside your window so they dared me to climb it and see if I could see Lucas." she smiled through her tears, "And boy, did I ever see him."
"You little-" before Sami could finish the sentence, someone placed their hand over her mouth. She whirled around to see Lucas standing behind her. Noticing his tousled appearance, she knew he must have gotten dressed in record time and then sprinted outside to catch up with her. Now he was looking down at the girl, frowning at her. The girl noticed the look on his face and covered her face with her hands.
"I'm sorry! Don't kill me!" she said weakly. Sami shook her head in disgust, listening to the approaching sound of sirens.
Nicole and Jan stepped into the hospital room and sighed in relief when they saw Lucas and Sami, "What do you think you're doing? Do you know how long it took us to track you two down?" Nicole stopped speaking to take note of the police officer and the girl sitting in the hospital bed, her right leg in a cast, "Who the hell are you?" Nicole asked.
"Jackie." the girl replied, her faces flushed and her eyes wide as she looked at Nicole and Jan.
The police officer ignored the sudden entrance of Jan and Nicole and addressed Lucas and Sami, "Are you sure you don't want to press charges, Mr. Roberts?"
When Lucas nodded, Jan spoke up, "Press charges for what?"
Sami flashed Jackie a dirty look, "Well, she decided she wanted to play the Peeping Tom game with my fiancé. Then she fell out of the tree she had been sitting in."
"I said I didn't want to press charges." Lucas fixed his eyes on Jackie, "I think breaking her leg is punishment enough. But it better not happen again." he added.
Nicole looked at Lucas like he was insane, "Are you really that stupid, Lucas? If you don't press charges against her, then you won't want to press charges the next time this happens either. You have to make an example of her or you're going to have weirdos like her hiding out in your closets in your hotel rooms and that would be very bad publicity."
Sami interrupted Nicole, "It's getting late. We don't have time, we're going to end up missing the boat. But if you ever try this again, I will deal with you myself." Sami promised Jackie, then noticed the expression on the police officer's face, "In a completely legal way, of course. But I just hate the idea of so many other woman fawning all over my Lucas. Although, who could blame them?" she cooed, "My Lucas is damn sexy." both Lucas and the police officer grinned at Sami.
"That's right, I almost forget to ask." the police officer pulled out a pen and paper, "Would you mind giving me your autographs? My wife- she was at the book signing yesterday but didn't get a chance to get her book signed. If she knew I let you two go without getting your autographs for her, she'd kill me."
After signing their autographs, Lucas and Sami left the hospital. Nicole and Jan followed behind them, laughing hysterically.
"Can't- breathe." Nicole began hiccuping, "I can't believe you already have groupies."
Jan giggled, "I think I'm going to steal all your underwear and try to sell it on Ebay." Jan's eyes lit up, "No, wait! I can rig a video camera in the shower you use on the cruise ship and then I can sell the videotape on the internet. I have great experience with that. Of course, Lucas-porn would make me lots more money than Chloe-porn ever could. I bet there's entire websites filled with people who would kill to get a tape of you in the shower, Lucas."
Nicole hiccuped again, "Ew. But, hey, Sami, you could always protect Lucas from Jan and take showers with Lucas. Because that would, um, make Jan not do it. I don't know why that would detour her. But it would."
"That's always a possibility." Lucas smirked at Sami. He had gotten used to ignoring Jan by now, "Come on, Sami, someone has to protect me from Jan and her evil video cameras. And who would do a better job than my beautiful fiancé?" he raised Sami's hand to his lips and kissed the skin just above her ring.
"I don't think so." Sami gave him a dirty look, "I enjoy taking my showers alone."
"Sure you do." Nicole was about to continue but Sami cut her off by reminding her that they needed to go back to the hotel and get their things before they missed the boat. Nicole then began hurrying back towards the hotel, her attempts to taunt Sami forgotten. Sami sighed with relief, glad that they would be out of South Carolina in about an hour, leaving behind Jackie and her stalker friends. Although Sami knew she didn't need to worry about them. She remembered what had taken place earlier that morning and felt her cheeks heat up. She stole a quick glance at Lucas, then flushed a deeper shade of red and looked away. God, is it ever going to be a long four weeks, she realized as she, Nicole, Jan and Lucas continued heading back towards the hotel.