We had stayed in bed all day long, and had made love a couple of times. God, he was so great…and he loved me. Jesse loved me, and had "proved" it loads of times over.

I have to say the best part of having sex with Jesse was when I heard him groan when I kissed him or well, you know. He would groan my name and clutch me closer to him. God, it made me giddy just thinking about it.

And it seemed that he liked it when I moaned his name too, because he was always getting me to do it. Oh buddy, did he make me moan. Even now, just thinking about it, us in the act I mean, was exhilarating. (Oh my God! I cannot believe I just said that!)

I was now in the bath, trying to relax after a day of "exercising". It felt nice to be alone for a while and soothing for my muscles, which had been exhausted. I went under the surface and felt the one moment of complete suspension, and then I sank to the bottom and opened my eyes.

After a moment of the stifling silence I broke the surface and heard Jesse calling my name from the other side of the door.

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"What?" Susannah said through the bathroom door.

"I was wondering…"

"I can't hear you, Jesse! Just come in, it's unlocked." I could hear Susannah rolling her eyes at me, but I was unable to move. Sure, I had just seen Susannah naked, well a lot, but something held me back, but what was it? Just my after-sex nerves, or was it because of the thing I was going to do later on tonight?

I walked into the bathroom slowly and took in the sight in front of me. Susannah had lit a couple of candles and was lying in the bathtub. There weren't any bubbles in it, so I could see everything. I shivered slightly; God, she had the most wonderful effect on me. Oh how I loved her.

"What is it, Jesse?" Susannah asked me and my eyes snapped from her body to her face, which was just as nice to look at. She looked so much better without her makeup on and the candlelight was very flattering.

"Oh, well," I averted my gaze, "I was wondering when you were going to be done with your, um, bath."

"I don't know. I was really enjoying just lying here, but I was getting lonely." I glanced over at her; she had a smile on her lips, and I couldn't help but be tempted to shuck my shirt off and join her.

"Susannah," I said in an almost weary tone.

"Fine," she said shortly. "I'll just get out now." Susannah stunned me into silence when she stood up from the bath. I just stared at her and her body, which was glittering in the candlelight from the water on her skin. I felt a smile pull on the corner of my lips.

"Nombre de Dios."

"So?"

"So…what?" I managed to get out without sounding too much like an idiot.

"What are you looking at?"

"Something very, very enticing." She smiled at this and stepped out of the bathtub. We met halfway and were kissing in an instant.

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Jesse and I were making out in the bathroom, and I have to say that is was pretty cool. He lifted me up onto the counter and I wrapped my legs around his waist. I was throbbing and I wanted him, now. Jesse moved my soaking hair off of my shoulder and kissed it lightly. I shivered at the cold air reaching my wet skin. The wet skin that had just been pressed up against Jesse. Oh God.

I brought his mouth up to mine again and pressed him up against me. He tensed and then leaned away from me. He couldn't step away, because I had him trapped in the circumference of my legs.

"Susannah, we really must—"

"—make love again?" I finished for him and smile tugging at my lips.

Jesse blushed and I smirked at him. "No, get ready."

"To do what?" I whined while dropping my legs.

"That's for me to know, and you to find out," Jesse said secretly while putting a hand dangerously high up on my thigh. I looked up at him, my eyes filled with yearning (or at least I hoped so), and before I knew it he was kissing me again. Score for me!

Jesse lifted me up off of the counter and pushed me against the wall, it was completely exhilarating and wild. He pulled away and I looked into his eyes; they were full of heat and passion. Here we go again.

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I was in the shower for the second time that night. My mind was on constant replay; I couldn't stop thinking. After our fun, I had let Susannah stay on the bed while I took a shower. She had asked if she could join me, but I had to deny her. And trust me, it was much harder for me to do that, then for her to hear it.

God, even just thinking about her and how she had yelled my name at the end when she had climaxed made me shiver. I turned the shower knob immediately to cold.

I got out my shower and grabbed blindly for a towel. I wrapped the towel around my waist and looked at the steamed up mirror, then something caught my eye. I turned around and saw Susannah sitting on the edge of the bathtub, naked.

Needless to say, a while later I took my third shower for the day.

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What? I couldn't help but tempt him after his shower. And it had been fun to see his eyes widen and then fill with hunger and desire all over again, even when he had already had me countless times before.

After that I decided it was time to stop and maybe get around to doing what Jesse had wanted to do. When I got out of my second bath and got dressed in my jeans from the night before and one of Jesse's button-up Oxfords, I walked out into the common area to find the table set with candles.

"Oh Jesse," I said while I came up behind him in the kitchen and wrapped my arms around his waist. I felt him melt into my arms.

"I'll be right there, Susannah, just go and sit down." I reluctantly let go of his waist and did as I was told.

After a moment or two, Jesse came in carrying a platter of Spanish food. I smiled at him; he was so thoughtful. He set the platter down on the table and then walked behind me to go to the other side of the small table. I grabbed his arm and pulled him down for a quick kiss. After I let go, he walked over to his seat looking a little dazed and nervous.

I smiled over at him and then waited for him to serve me, since he always did. Just like he always opened my door, or carried my bags, or helped me into my seat. Chivalry, you gotta love it!

Once we were eating, Jesse looked a little less queasy and my mind was racing to find a reason why he would be nervous at all. It was just dinner, for goodness' sakes. Well, okay, dinner after a lot of sex, and this was new for us, but still, that was only a little difference. I finished sooner than he did, but once I looked over at his plate carefully I realized that he hadn't even touched it.

"Jesse?" I asked him the same time he said, "Sussanah."

I blushed and said, "You go first."

Jesse glanced down at the table, but then when he looked back up, there was the confidence I knew was in his soul. He held up his finger to tell me he needed a minute, and he stepped out of the room.

It seemed like an eternity that I waited for him to come back. I heard him step back into the room. Jesse came over to me with a single Cleopatra rose in his hand. I gasped because it was beautiful.

Jesse looked into my eyes and my soul.

"Susannah," he said gruffly, then cleared his throat and said my name again, this time sounding much more like himself.

"Susannah."

"Yes?" I asked him with a smile on my face.

"Querida, will you marry me?"

"Of course!" I squealed and made a move to hug Jesse, but he just stuck the rose in my hands and then leaned back from me. I looked down at it perplexed, and then across the top of it to Jesse, who was glancing from my eyes to the rose as well.

I looked down at the rose again and realized that there was something on the stem. I took a closer look and saw that it was a diamond ring. I gasped and Jesse let out his breath.

Jesse slid the ring off with trembling hands and then held my left hand out. I looked at him, he was so nervous.

"Will you, Susannah Simon, marry me, Hector de Silva?" I was just about to scream yes, when he went on. "Will you make me whole and happy for the rest of my life? Will you—" I rolled my eyes and leaned down and kissed the breath out of him.

He laughed heartily into my mouth and stood while picking me up in his buff arms, and well you can guess where that led.

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AN: Tell me what you think!