CHAPTER THREE

"Querida, could you pass me that hammer?" Jesse asked. I rummaged through Andy's tool box that we borrowed for a hammer and then handed it to him.

Jesse and I were decorating his new apartment. It was on the third floor of a nice, well-kept complex only a few minutes away from the mission. There was a medium sized living room, in which the kitchen and dining room were conveniently located. There was also a small bathroom, and of course, a bedroom. Father Dom supplied Jesse with the furniture necessities: bed, coffee table, and a beat up old couch that was so ratty that we had to go to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to buy a slip cover for it. Not too much to work with.

Jesse didn't have much to unpack, what with his being alive only for a little over a week, but I was determined to make this place nice for him. But we didn't seem to be making much progress.

Wiping beads of sweat off his forehead, Jesse asked, "Susannah, would you like something to drink?"

"Sure, I'll take a Cosmo on the rocks (A/N: I heard that once on Sex & The City), please," I said, laughing.

Jesse stared at me as if I had gone insane.

"Um, joking...nevermind."

He smiled at me and handed me a can of diet Coke.

Cracking open our cans of soda, we sat down on the mattress lying on the floor, waiting for Jesse to set the bed up.

"I love you, Jesse," I said softly.

And soon enough, Jesse has wrapped his strong arms around me and pulled my body up to his.

The kiss started out soft and tender, but as that flame deep inside up me grew more and more undeniable–as did Jesse's–it deepened with pure love and lusty desire.

I fell back against the mattress as Jesse kissed me, running my hands up and down his sides. Jesse's grip on my wait tightened and applied pressure to that sensitive spot right above my hipbone, causing me to squirm and moan with pleasure into his mouth.

His soft, warm lips moved from mine, down to my earlobe. After softly nibbling on it for a while, he moved on to my neck. As his kisses traveled from my neck to my throat, I felt his fingers undo the top two buttons of my blouse. I rolled over so I was on top of him, and pressed my body closer against his.

As I continued biting on Jesse's bottom lip, I felt a sticky wetness against my thigh. I realized that I had spilt my Coke all over the mattress, but ignored it and went right on kissing him.

As I slipped my tongue into his mouth, he slipped his hand up the back of my blouse, running it up and down my back, sending little tingles shooting throughout my body in all directions. As I felt that hand finger the straps to my bra, I slid my won underneath Jesse's back polo and began to lift it over his head.

I froze when I felt a slight tugging on one of the belt loops on my pants.

Is this it? I thought.

Apparently not.

Jesse immediately stopped himself and pulled away.

"I think it's time we get back to work."

END OF CHAPTER THREE

Thanks to everybody who reviewed, and also thanks to clavie, for helping me do all the uploading stuff cuz I'm such a moron. I know this chapter was sort of pointless, you know, just making out, but I felt it was necessary...

Love,

Lindsay