Sara was so relaxed that as she began to wake up, she almost forgot where she was. So when she felt an arm around her waist, her eyes snapped open and she felt her heart begin to race. As she glanced around the room, she remembered that she was in Cozumel, Mexico with Nick and she'd been dumb enough to tell him they could share a bed. A tiny smile began to pull at her lips as she realized while they'd slept, he'd managed to spoon up behind her and he had his arm slung across her waist. This was definitely going to complicate things.
She glanced over to the window and realized that light was streaming in and that they'd slept far longer than they had planned to. Rather than sleep for a couple of hours, it seemed they'd slept the entire night. Sara let out a yawn and delicately extricated herself from under Nick's arm and slipped off of the bed. She decided that she was going to take this opportunity to take a quick shower and change so that when he woke up they could get going for the day.
She found it interesting that almost as soon as she had left the bed, Nick had reached for a pillow and pulled it close as he rolled onto his stomach; a sleepy smile on his face. She was tempted to just stand there and watch him sleep for a while, but decided that the last thing she needed to do was fixate on him when they still had nine more nights to share that bed unless another room opened up.
She quietly opened her suitcase and pulled out a few things before disappearing into the bathroom to shower. The warm cascading water felt so good on her travel worn muscles that Sara considered staying in there until the water went cold. However, she really didn't think that Nick would appreciate having no hot water; so she allowed herself only a few extra minutes under the spray before turning the water off and stepping out to towel herself off and get dressed.
Nick was still sleeping when she emerged from the bathroom and she decided to just go ahead and dry her hair; not counting on the hairdryer having a mind of it's own as it slipped to the floor with a clunk.
Nick hadn't realized exactly how tired he had been until the sound of something hitting the floor startled him awake.
An apologetic looking Sara glanced over at him from where she crouched on the floor near her suitcase, hair dryer in hand, and whispered. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up." She had obviously showered and changed and her naturally curly hair was damp.
Nick smiled at her. "It's ok." He let out a yawn and then looked at Sara quizzically as she stood up. "Are you going to dry your hair?"
"Yeah." Sara looked at him a bit oddly. "It's the only way I can straighten it."
Whether it was his sleep-clouded brain or just the fact that they were on vacation together, Nick spoke before he fully engaged his brain. "I think it's pretty when it's curly like that." He hugged the pillow a little tighter and smiled at her.
A surprised smile flitted across Sara's face. "Thanks." She wasn't used to getting compliments, but Nick had a habit of handing them out. She sounded a bit flustered as she gestured toward the bathroom. "I don't have to dry my hair right now if you want to take a shower." Her intention had been to finish getting ready before Nick woke up so that he could take his time.
Nick smirked at her. "Are you trying to tell me something?" He rolled onto his side and looked at her more fully, suddenly very aware of the fact that she was wearing shorts and he couldn't remember ever seeing that much of her legs before, at least not outside of his dreams.
Sara smirked back, not completely unaware that Nick seemed to be staring at her. "I'm telling you that I'm hungry and I thought maybe we could go out and get some breakfast."
Nick furrowed his brow. "Breakfast? Just how long were we sleeping?" In his mind they had planned on taking a quick nap before grabbing something for dinner.
Sara pointed out the window of their small hotel room. "Longer than we'd planned."
Nick glanced out the window and realized that daylight was pouring in. He turned back towards Sara and smiled. "Good morning."
An amused smile pulled at Sara's lips. "Good morning."
"So what did you want to eat?" Nick asked, wanting to lounge on the bed a little longer.
"What are my choices?" Sara smirked at him taking note that a sleep rumpled Nick Stokes was pretty damn attractive.
"Maybe one of those cafés near the bigger hotels." Nick chuckled softly and sat up, rubbing at the stubble that graced his chin. An odd expression crossed his face and he shook his head.
"What's wrong?" Sara had a curious expression on her face as she stowed her hairdryer back into her suitcase, deciding to just let her hair stay in its naturally curly state.
Nick smirked. "I forgot my razor."
Sara tried to restrain a smile. "I think you look good with a little facial hair." It was true. She'd always seen him clean shaven, but this slight scruffy look did something to his appearance that made her think he looked sexier than normal.
Now it was Nick's turn to look a little surprised. "Thanks." He didn't want to think too much of it and he quickly opened his suitcase and pulled out a few things before disappearing into the bathroom to take a shower. By the time he emerged from the bathroom freshly showered and dressed, Sara was lounging on the bed looking over a magazine that had some of the local attractions in it.
She glanced up at him and felt a strange sensation that she almost thought was her stomach doing a little flip. She smiled and quickly tried to squelch the feeling. "Hey, I was reading in here about some Mayan ruins we should check out. San Gervasio isn't that far from here and it sounds pretty interesting."
"Ok." Nick just smiled at her, trying not to stare at her legs.
"Ready?" Sara put the magazine down and stood up, smiling again as she realized that Nick was wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
"Yeah." Nick nodded.
They made their way out of the historic stucco hotel and made a leisurely stroll down the street towards the shops and cafés that they had passed on the way to the hotel. They stopped in a cozy café for breakfast, slowly sipping coffee as they waited for the omelets they'd ordered.
"So did you sleep ok?" Nick queried her, hoping in the back of his mind that he hadn't done anything in his sleep to make her uncomfortable. He had a vague recollection that he'd been snuggled up against something warm at some point while he was sleeping and when he'd woken up with the pillow in his arms, he didn't think that it could have provided as much warmth as he'd felt.
"Yeah." Sara nodded, trying to suppress a smile as she remembered Nick's arm around her waist. If they were going to be adults about this, she couldn't let him know how it made her feel. "How did you sleep?"
"Good." He grinned as he took a sip of his coffee. "I think we both must have been a lot more tired than we thought. I don't think I've slept that good in a long time."
"Me either." Sara felt the corners of her mouth tugging upwards.
"So what did the article say about San Gervasio?" Nick took another sip of his coffee.
"Apparently it was some temple to their fertility goddess. Mayan women used to make pilgrimages there when they were trying to get pregnant." Sara chuckled in amusement at the idea.
Nick's eyes widened slightly and it was all he could do not to choke on his coffee. Even so, his voice had a hint of a waver in it as he set he coffee cup down. "Oh."
Sara smirked at him. "It also has the most Mayan ruins left of any of the sites on the island. I thought it would be really interesting."
Nick nodded, trying to get his mind off of the fertility thing. The last thing he needed to be thinking about while they were sharing a bed was Sara and sex in the same sentence.
