Save Me 14

Between the beach, shopping, and all around island fun before they knew it the sun was going down and they were just finishing dinner at Trudy and Sonny's favorite restaurant that overlooked the sky blue water. Trudy felt like she was back on her honeymoon . She was the happiest had been in months.

"Bella and I are gonna head back to the boat. Listen to some music and chill out, that way you four can have some quality time without two extra wheels." They said their goodnight and headed back down to the marina.

"How about a walk on the beach ladies?" Rico asked as he stood and Sonny followed suit.

The purple, pink, and yellow sky lulled the sun to sleep over a tranquil Caribbean Sea. Rico and Gina were way ahead, wetting their feet in the waters edge dancing around slowly to their own romantic tune.

Trudy and Sonny stopped and sat on a small dune of dry sand. "It feels like a lifetime has passed since we were here." She ran her fingers through her husband's hair as he laid on her lap. "Baby I am just blessed that you have been able to see this beautiful place with me again." He got choked up on his words as he sat up to face her. "Trudy Crockett I know I can be incredibly and insanely jealous and the way I acted earlier was wrong and uncalled for, but you are my everything and I just can't imagine sharing you or loosing you to… I…." She cut his sentence off with a slow relaxed kiss that surely melted the bullets in his gun.

He couldn't remember the last time he felt this much passion in one of her kisses. He was really fighting with himself to stay calm and not lose control. He made a promise that he would let her set the pace. Yes her outside had healed just perfectly, but the inside was something different. She pulled him closer as she panted through her lip lock. He held on to her perfectly shaped frame as they laid back into the kiss. She moaned softly into his mouth as she bit his bottom lip just the way she knew would drive him wild. They were lucky Gina and Rico walked even further away. The beach was completely empty except for the four of them. It was like they were making out on prom night.

Sonny rolled off to the side of her and laid on his side to face her. "Trudy baby, I can't get enough of you. You are like kryptonite. I am a blubbering weak fool when it comes to you." She said not one word in response. Her only response was to reach behind her back and untie her pink bikini top and let it fall between them in the sand. She looked at him as he leaned forward to kiss her taut nipples and then her lips but just as quick he stopped. He looked at her seriously.

"Baby are you sure? You do not need to prove anything to me. I love you. That will never change Trudy, I will never rush you." She wiggled out of her bottoms but left her sarong on. He slid into her with ease studying her face as best he could under the moonlight. He could barely concentrate, trying to pace himself was proving to be the second monumental task, the first was making sure she was OK. She wrapped her long mocha legs around his waist as she panted in his ear. She missed his touch. She needed to be ok, she didn't want to mess up this perfect moment for him. As hard as she was trying to concentrate on being in the moment for him as well as herself, she didn't even notice he was sitting in the sand next to her. Dann when did he move, she thought to herself

"Trudy baby I am sorry he just didn't want to cooperate. This is the first time this has ever happened to me and I am not just saying that Trudy I swear I have never had performance issues." She quickly and quietly put her bikini back on. Sonny was mortified. He didn't want her to think it was her fault. He knew that would be the first thing she would think. "It is ok baby besides Rico and Gina will probably be walking up any second." She fumbled through her sentence. He could hear the shakiness in her voice. She quickly popped up and started to head back the way they came as he hurried to catch up to her.

"Hey Guys" Rico was calling out to him as he got closer to the little path that led back to the main promenade. "Hey Guys" Trudy spoke as she met up with them. Gina explained that they exited the beach further up and took the promenade back down to where they started their trek to wait for them. She could see the shift in Trudy's body language, she had her arms folded around herself, with tears threatening to fall any second. "My feet are killing me. I guess that's my cue to call it a day." Gina spoke up as she looked between Trudy and Sonny. She linked arms with Trudy and walked ahead of the guys.

"Trudy, tell me what happened?" They were nearing the boat and Trudy had yet to utter a word. " sweetie you guys were fine when we split up what could have happened that quick. Did you have an argument?" As they walked under the bright lights of the pier that led to their slip, Gina could see all of the sand that made a huge mess of her hair. She quickly put two and two together. "Did you guys make love? Awwww Trudy this was the first time since you came home?"

Meanwhile

Sonny stopped at an open air bar that looked over the marina so he could see that the girls made it back to the boat safely; he needed a stiff drink and of course Rico was just as lost as Gina was.

"Sonny man are you good because you don't look like it." Rico ordered two whiskey on the Rocks while he waited for Sonny to start. "You know I have never had this happen." He whispered as not to expose his current embarrassments. "Do you see who I am married to? look at her even before we got together. I have never had this problem." He held up air quotes with his fingers to emphasize his quiet sentiment. He paused to throw back his drink straight to the head. Rico's eyes grew big at the boldness of his actions with the drink." Can I have two more please? Rico, get yourself two more." He urged Rico to keep up with him; Rico knew it was best if he stayed sober to keep a level head between the two. "She is gonna think I don't want her man,'' he whispered.

"After everything you two been through and gained back why in the fuck would you think that?" Sonny sighed "did you not hear what I said man? All the women I have had since fucking senior year of high school I have never had performance issues"

"Damn yea that is a blow to the male pride but look at the situation you guys have been through enough shit in the past few months don't be so hard on yourself man. She loves you. It's no way in the world she would fault you." He slowed his pace in the middle of the second drink, the burn surely kicking in. "That's not what I am afraid of shit I wish it was that I could handle that shit I could handle her even thinking I was cheating. He threw his head back in a chuckle and ran his fingers through his hair. "Then what is it that's got you so deep in the shots brother?"

"She is gonna think I don't want her anymore because that fucking monster destroyed her self esteem, her self worth man. I was so busy making sure that she was ready and that she knew I wasn't pressuring her that I couldn't concentrate."

He was working on the third whiskey. Rico had made up his mind that was gonna be his last drink, Sonny was flushed in the face and starting to slur his words slightly. He paid the tab and helped Sonny to his feet. "Come on Sonny when you sober up I am going to remind you of everything you just shared with me because I am not the one you need to say that to."

Trudy had just finished her shower and put on her lounge wear when Gina and the girls came to check on her.

"Trudy please tell us what's wrong we are here for you" the ladies all sat on the bed like a slumber party was about to start. She sighed heavily, "Gina you and I know how much of a ladies man Sonny used to be right?"

"Yea what does that have to do with anything now? Wait please do not tell me Sonny was unfaithful. I refuse to believe that."

"He doesn't want me anymore." She whispered, "I know he loves me and I know he would do anything to protect me. I don't turn him on anymore. I have been a nervous wreck about when the time would come. Well the beach was a perfect setting, at least I thought it was." "What happened?'' Bella asked as Trudy paused in her story. "Let's just say I didn't hold his attention down there." "OH Trudy I am so sorry men do have that happen every once in a while. It doesn't mean anything, just talk to him. You know damn good and well how much he desires you."

"Normally I would agree 100 percent. But come on think about that statement after what happened to my body Gina? He knows what happened to me, ok yea he has been by my side and I am so grateful for that. At the end of the day there is one part of our relationship that has not been mended yet, and that is sex and I tried tonight. He said all the right things out of his mouth, but his body definitely didn't agree. She sat there quietly, she was afraid that he wouldn't want her anymore and here in the middle of this wonderful trip her fears came to fruition.

Rico and Sonny were coming aboard when Bella and Nya were coming up the steps and they walked into each other. "Is she OK because I know she isn't OK because I know my Trudy because she is myyyyyy Trudy and I am her Sonny Sunshine yup that's what she calls me! He was feeling no pain and slurring up a storm."

Rico and the girls tried not to giggle at the newly revealed pet name. "Come on brother let's get you some water." "I fucked up Rico I love her I swear I do. That piece of shit got her so turned around she thinks it's her fault man I swear I WANT MY FUCKING WIFE!"

"I know man and she knows too. Sonny took two big gulps of water and passed out on the big sofa by the wheel.

"Wow he is gonna feel that in the morning." Gina spoke softly as she walked up to Rico as he leaned back on the console next to the wheel. "Bella and Nya just turned in and Trudy just cried herself to sleep.

Are you OK?" Gina asked as she rubbed Rico shoulders.

"Yea I am good he hit those whiskey shooters hard he is gonna feel it in the morning." "Trudy heard everything he just said." She is all mixed and jumbled in her emotions. She did say though that she was wrong in thinking that he didn't want her." The new couple covered Sonny with a thin blanket. Rico wrapped his arms around Gina and kissed her softly, he converted the sofa back into a bed and they turned in as well.