Chapter 14: Wedding - night

It was around 04:00 when last guests started to leave. Tess, Meg & Co. had agreed earlier that they will sleep in Sheerear Quarters, so Alex and Claire could stay alone in the house.

As girls started to clean up the yard, Claire being typicall Claire decided to help them as well. She took some dishes from the table with itention to bring them to the house. Meg and Tess shared a look and smiled noticing Alex quietly following Claire - so quietly that she didnt saw him at all.

Claire went up the stairs, but didnt get any further from the verandah as Alex grabbed her around her waist causing her to scream surprised and drop the dishes that fell on the floor and broke into million pieces!

CLAIRE: "ALEX!", she exclamied "What are ya doing!", she barely finished the sentence when her husband whirled her up in his arms and looked at her.

ALEX: "You shouldnt walk on your own in the house now, wifey!"

She punched him slightly on his arm, smiling at hearing him calling her "wifey".

Alex carried her over threshold and noticed her smile. Still holding her in his arms, he asked with a smile on his face:

ALEX: "What?"

Claire giggled, covering her eyes with ehr palm.

CLAIRE: "Oh, I just remembered teh first time you called me wifey."

Alex smiled even more.

ALEX: 'Right", he slowly said, getting to the stairs and carrying Claire upstairs "As I recall, I was just about to eat a pizza!"

Claire laughed:

CLAIRE: "That was really something! You got a nerve to ask me to kiss ya for goodnight with all that ketchup on your face!"

Alex reached their room and opened doors with his foot.

ALEX: "Youve broken my heart when you slammed the doors into my face", he teased her "And with doing that, you also broke my nose!"

Claire laughed and Alex followed her into it.

CLAIRE: "Oh, honey, Im so sorry!"

ALEX: "Yeah, yeah."

CLAIRE: "I hadnt realized taht you cant fall asleep without a kiss for goodnight! Can I make it up to you?"

Alex pretended liek he is having second thought about it:

ALEX: "Weeeell...", he said as he put her down.

Claire took his hands in her own hands and looked at him, suddenly becoming serious. He was oblivious to everything else except her beautiful blue eyes that gazed to him.

Claire looked at his eyes and whispered:

CLAIRE: "I love you, Alex..."

He caressed her cheek with his palm, than he caressed her lips with his thumb as he leaned in.

Inch before their lips joined, he whispered:

ALEX: "I love you, too, my little wifey."

Claire smiled and than she surrendered her lips to Alexs lips. She wrapped her hands around his neck, pulling him closer to her. She felt his hands on her back, slowly unzziping her wedding - dress as he covered her neck and shoulders with gentle kisses...

Claire was laying beside Alex, watching him in the eyes, with sooo much love...He smiled warmly to her and kissed her forehead.

She closed her eyes, snuggling closer to him and smiled.

They layed like that for a while and than Claire said with smile on her lips:

CLAIRE: "Im sorry that no pizza wasnt involved this time."

Alex smiled.

ALEX: 'Its okay. I am not hungry."

CLAIRE: "Will you be able to sleep now?"

ALEX: "Well, umm... not without a kiss for goodnight from my little wifey...", he winked at her and Claire sighed, pretending to go dreamy.

CLAIRE: "Aw, you were soooo damn sexy with that pizza...we have to find some replacement for that", she took one cookie from the table and stuffed it till half in Alexs mouth "Now, ask", she winked at him.

Alex hold his laugh and took cookie out from his mouth.

ALEX: "Hey, Claire? How bout a kiss goodnight from my little wifey?", she stuffed cookie until half in his mouth, pulling the same face like years ago. Claire laughed:

CLAIRE: "Well, when you ask like that...you deserved more than just one kiss", she leaned in and took other half of cookie in her mouth and their lips met again. Alex encircled her in his arms.

After tehy pulled apart after ten minutes, Claire asked, totally breathless:

CLAIRE: "What about now...can you sleep now?"

ALEX: 'Yeah...but dI will need a kiss for good morning, too..."

Claire smiled:

CLAIRE: "No problems."

They kissed one more time and Alex pulled her closer to him as they both drifted to sleep.