The sun was streaming through the window when Kendall stirred in bed. For a moment she forgot where she was till she realized the pillow she thought she was laying on was actually Zach. She flipped onto her side and rested her head on her left hand and looked at him.
He was deep in sleep and looked so beautiful. She wanted nothing more than to wake him up, but she figured he needed the sleep. She couldn't remember the last time she had seen him at the condo, so she figured he had been staying here and probably hadn't gotten a lot of sleep over the last few weeks. Lord knows she hadn't been sleeping, more like napping on the couch overnight waiting to see if he would come home.
She flipped onto her back and looked over at the clock – 11:15. She hadn't slept this late in years. Figuring that he needed to sleep more, she slipped out of bed and into the bathroom to take a shower.
It wasn't till she got out of the shower that she realized she didn't have anything to put on except the dress she wore last night. She walked back into the bedroom to a snoring Zach. That made her laugh out loud. She quickly covered her mouth to keep from waking him, but her laugh did nothing to break up his sleep. She walked around the bed to the pile of clothes they had discarded last night and grabbed his dress shirt. She figured that would do for the time being.
She snuck out of the bedroom and quietly closed the bedroom door. She prayed that Simone and Ethan ended up staying at the casino like they had planned to and that they still had her bag in their room. She walked over to the desk to retrieve her cell phone to call Simone when she heard a light knock on the suite door.
She peeked through the peep hole to see Bianca standing at the door. 'Thank God' she thought to herself. She threw open the door to see her sister standing there with a room service cart full of food and her overnight bag on her shoulder.
Bianca smirked at her sister. "Need this?"
"Which?"
Bianca looked at the food, the bag, then at her sister. "Both, I'm assuming."
"Yes, get in here."
Bianca pushed the cart through the door, but stopped on the threshold.
"This sends quite a message" she said, pointing at the note on the door, held up by the knife.
Kendall giggled and pulled the note and knife off the door. "I told him it was quite catchy."
Bianca pushed the cart the rest of the way into the room as Kendall shut the door. "I tried to call you, but both your and Zach's phone was off. And, the concierge was no help – I guess Zach scared him right and proper. Kept muttering something about not losing his job because of anyone, not even the boss' sister-in-law. I finally found Edie and she helped me out. Hungry?"
"Starving" Kendall said as she grabbed the bag "but I should really…"
"I don't know, I think the Zach shirt is a good look for you."
"Oh shut up Binks" Kendall said as she slipped into the bedroom to change.
Kendall came back out in jeans and a sweater to her sister setting up the food.
"Damn, Binks, you order enough food?"
"Well, I thought you two might be hungry. I figured you two probably worked up quite an appetite last night" Bianca said, smirking at her sister.
"Pervert" Kendall said, swiping food onto her plate.
Bianca put her hand on her chest and gave Kendall a look of shock. "Why Kendall? Did you and Zach do something that could be considered in the realm of perverted last night?"
Kendall just smiled at her sister. "More like 5 times, but yeah, I guess you could say that we…" Kendall trailed off as she saw the look on Bianca's face.
Bianca, for one, was impressed. She sat down across from her sister. "Holy crap, Kendall… ok, spill. Now!"
Kendall slipped into her seat and smirked. "Gee, I don't know Binks, a lady doesn't kiss and tell."
"Oh, cut the crap. I got rid of mom AND Ryan for you last night. So, spill!"
Kendall looked at her sister, confused. "Erica AND Ryan? What are you…"
"I asked first. You spill then I will."
Kendall sighed. "Fine. OK, so when we got back up here…"
Zach stretched his hands over his head as he woke up. He reached across the bed for his wife, but found just an empty spot.
He shot up and looked around the room. 'Oh god, not again… there was no way that was a dream… she has to be…'
He shot out of bed and grabbed a pair of track pants out of the drawer and slipped them on. He had to go find her, had to keep her from walking away again, like she had for weeks in his dreams.
'She has to be here, has to still be in the building. I'll call Edie, security…' he thought to himself as he threw open the bedroom doors.
He stopped short and quiet breathing for a moment when he saw her, sitting in the living room. She turned her head when he entered the room and smiled widely at him.
Without regard to anything else, he walked across the room and pulled her out of her chair and assaulted her lips with his own.
Kendall moaned as he grabbed her and pulled her flush to his body. She ran her fingers through his hair and deepened the kiss.
They forgot they weren't alone till Bianca cleared her throat. When that didn't work, she coughed loudly. That's when Kendall finally pulled back.
Zach was panting as she broke the kiss off. That's when he looked over Kendall's shoulder and saw Bianca sitting there, smirking at him. Zach just smiled at her.
Kendall pulled out of his embrace and grabbed his hand. "Bianca brought us food and my clothes."
"Yeah, I figured you all needed the sustenance" she said, smirking again.
Zach groaned as he ran is fingers through his hair. "So, I take it you've been here awhile."
"Yeah, Kendall's been… well, let's just say she's been filling me in and leave it at that."
And for the first time ever, they saw Zach Slater blush. That sent them into giggles as he just stood there.
"Glad I'm entertaining you two."
"Aw, poor baby" Kendall said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Hey, are you alright? You shot out of the bedroom like a bat out of hell."
"Oh, it was… nothing… oh, look, waffles."
"Zach!" He knew that tone of her voice and he knew there was no way he was getting out of this without telling her the truth.
"OK, it's nothing really. I just… ok… I just had been having these dreams… it's just… ok, you were in the dreams and you would be there and then you would be gone and I would wake up and you weren't there and I just thought…"
Bianca sighed as Kendall smiled brightly at him. She looked over at her sister. "You'll have to forgive us for a moment, Bianca."
Bianca just smirked as her sister grabbed Zach and attacked his lips with her own. After a few minutes, she pulled back and whispered in his ear "I'm here and I'm not going anywhere."
"Good" he whispered back as he kissed her cheek.
Kendall pulled out of his embrace and Zach headed for the table. "OK, so what have we got…."
"OH NO!" Kendall yelled as she pulled him away from the table. "You need a shower."
"I don't…"
Kendall crossed her arms and glared at him. "I beg to differ. We got very, very, very sweaty last night and you… well, you kind of stink. No food till after you shower."
Bianca was howling at this point and Zach just stared at his wife. He knew there was no use battling her on this, so he turned to head for the shower.
"Fine, but you better save me some waffles."
"Whatever."
"Kendall…"
"Fine, fine, fine. Waffles."
"And some whipped cream."
"We'll see" she said, smirking.
"Fine. You already planned the day out for us."
She just smiled. "Yeah, you owe me a lingerie shopping trip, remember."
And Bianca just howled again as Zach's mouth dropped open. Kendall just smirked at her husband as he groaned and turned toward the bathroom to get ready for the day.
TBC….
