AUTHOR'S NOTE: This chapter is rated M

VALENTINES NIGHT

"Welcome to La Bella's. How may I help you this evening?"

"Hi. We have a reservation for 2, under Donnelly," Addison smiled politely at the maitre d'.

Checking his list and smiling, he picked up two menus. "Right this way." He led them through the crowded restaurant to the smallest of their private dining rooms. "Please make yourselves comfortable. Your servers will be with you shortly."

"Woah," Zed said in amazement as they walked in. "Gloria really delivered," he said pulling a chair out for Addison.

Addison giggled and kissed his cheek before taking her seat. "Well when I mentioned that we were trying to get reservations, she insisted. Apparently, we can't be trusted in public view unsupervised."

Zed smiled and shook his head taking a seat next to her. "Speaking of which..." he leaned down and ran a hand down her leg, "have I mentioned how happy I am that these shoes have made a reappearance? I have the best memory of them sitting on my shoulders…and digging into my back..."

Addison blushed. "Well, they are Louboutins...It'd be a shame for them to just sit in my closet. Besides, they matched the dress."

"And what a dress it is," he smiled, running his hand up her leg and under the hem of her tight red sweater dress.

Addison leaned over and softly kissed his lips. "Behave."

"What if I don't want to?" he whispered against her lips.

She pulled back and looked into his almost black eyes, "Well then we shouldn't have come to a menu fixe meal at the nicest restaurant in Seabrook on the hardest to get reservation date of the year...If you just wanted to have your way with me, I would have been more than happy to have stayed at home with you."

"Don't tempt me, Gorgeous."

"But I like tempting you..." she whispered as she leaned in and nipped his bottom lip.

Zed's eyes blazed. His hands went into her hair as he pulled her into him, kissing her so passionately that she lost her breath.

She moaned into his mouth, just as the door to the room opened up. They pulled apart as they heard the waiter clear his throat.

"Sorry for the interruption," he said shyly.

Addison blushed the color of her dress as she pulled away from him and smoothed down her hair. She glanced over to Zed and simply mouthed the word "later."

"That. Was. AMAZING!" Zed moaned as they walked out of the restaurant hand in hand.

Addison giggled and rested her head on his shoulder. "So, where to now?"

"Hmm...what time do you need to be home?"

"Not until eleven!"

Zed kissed the top of her snow-white hair before twirling her around in a circle. "How about a walk on the beach?"

Addison stood on her tip toes and kissed him softly. "Well, that sounds awfully romantic."

"The beach it is," he smiled.

They walked hand in hand along the boardwalk in comfortable silence, simply enjoying being together, until they reached the beach.

"One sec," Addison said as she balanced herself on one foot and then the other taking off her red Loubitons.

"Awww, I almost forgot how short you were...so cute," he chuckled patting the top of her head.

She narrowed her eyes and glared at him. "I may be small, but just remember I've got mad kicking skills. I could take out your knees like that!" she said snapping her fingers for emphasis.

Zed laughed and bent down to kiss her. "If you weren't so small I probably couldn't do this..." he said as he picked her up and carried her down to the shoreline bridal style, causing her, and a few people around them, to break out in a fit of giggles. He planted a loud sloppy kiss on her lips before setting her back down.

"Always sweeping me off my feet," she smiled up at him as she snuggled into his side.

"I do try, Gorgeous," he whispered, wrapping his arm around her. They stared out into the water, watching as the moon's reflection rippled calmly with the waves.

"It's so beautiful out here. I don't think I could ever live anywhere that didn't have a view like this," she whispered.

"Note to self...Must have beach..."

Addison looked at him and smiled, "What was that?"

Zed shrugged, "Just making a mental note of requirements for our someday."

Addison stood on her toes and kissed him. "I love you, Z."

"As I love you." He ran his hand down the side of her face. "I know it might be crazy, but did you hear the story?" He started to sing.

Addison giggled and smiled. "I think I heard it vaguely..."

"A girl and a Zombie."

"Oh, tell me more, boy. Sounds like a fantasy."

Zed spun her around in a smooth dance move so that she was now facing him.

"Oh, what could go so wrong with a girl and a Zombie."

Addison reached up on her tiptoes and laced her fingers through the back of his thick green hair, pulling him down to her. Kissing him as if her life depended on it.

Her lips intensified against his. The taste of strawberries, chocolate, and whipped cream from dessert driving him crazy. She moaned into his mouth and bit onto his bottom lip.

Zed growled deep in his chest. "Oh dear lord, please have mercy on me as I'm about to have my way with my girlfriend right here in the sand in front of a bunch of people who are meandering all around this beach."

Addison giggled and pressed her hips against his. He lost all sense of self. He picked her up, tossing her over his shoulder, and made a run as fast as he could for the nearest guard tower. As they approached the steps, he fumbled in his pocket for the keys. They flew from his hand in a clumsy move and landed in the sand.

He set Addison down and acted as calm as possible. Squatting down, he forgot all about the keys, becoming sidetracked by her bare legs. He slid both his hands up the inside of her thighs slowly, methodically, and seductively. Up a little more and he slipped one hand under the hem of her skirt, appreciating the feel of her silky skin. He moved his hand just a bit further and… no panties.

"Happy Valentines Day," she whispered.

Dragging his gaze from the hem of her skirt up to her eyes, he could see she was fighting to keep them open. He watched her face, lips parted for deeper breaths and standing still as he slid even further until he was touching her. She was already so ready for him.

Reaching back down, he grabbed the keys from the sand and stood up. His mouth quickly covered hers, inhaling her moans and gasps. He was painfully hard and couldn't resist shifting his hips so she could feel what she had done to him. When he felt her starting to rub herself back against him, he growled even louder and slipped his tongue between her lips, flicking at the top of hers before swirling his own around it.

His hands ran along her breasts through her dress. He felt her nipples harden into tight peaks in his palms, and when that wasn't enough contact, he started rubbing them more firmly with the pads of his thumbs.

The only sounds that could be heard in the dark shadows of the guard tower steps for some time after that were a series of grunts and gasps as they ground against each other. Addison had completely forgotten her surroundings, only wanting to feel more of him.

It was the sound of her loud moan echoing against the stairs that reminded her all too quickly that they were outside in full view of anyone who may walk by.

"Wait," she was somehow able to murmur between kisses. "Zed- wait..."

"What's wrong?" he finally asked after she tugged on his hair.

"We need to get upstairs. Now!"

"Oh. Is that all?" He smirked wickedly before grabbing her bottom tightly and holding her to him as he turned around and started up the stairs. "Your wish is my command."

Addison giggled and wrapped her legs around him tightly.

"Gorgeous, if you keep wiggling against me like that I'm going to take you right here on the steps."

She immediately stopped moving, anxious to get inside the guard tower.

"That's what I thought," he teased. He quickly climbed the remainder of the stairs. Not wanting to set her down until he was poised to thrust into her body, Zed pinned her up against the wall by the door. He pressed himself more firmly against her as he fumbled with his key trying to unlock the door, making her cry out with the ache he was creating. She couldn't stop herself from grinding back into him and leaning forward, biting his neck to stifle her scream.

He growled, shoving the door open finally and kicking it closed behind them, spinning around quickly to slam her against it. "You know what those teeth do to me!"

She smiled and bit him again on the other side. Dragging her tongue up the side of his neck, she sucked his earlobe between her lips before clamping her teeth down and biting that, too.

The loud snarl that ripped from his throat startled them both.

Grabbing her roughly, he kissed her so hard it was almost painful, his need for her was eclipsing any other thought in his mind.

"Oh, Zed," she moaned, "I want you so bad, but can we do this here? Won't we get caught?"

"Reduced posts at night," he said as pushed his hardness against her. "This one is always closed." All kinds of crazy fun ideas came to mind on the possibilities the guard tower held for them, before an upsetting dose of reality hit him hard. "Ztergoge! I don't have a condom. I completely forgot to replace the one from earlier," he exclaimed.

She moaned again and kissed him, pulling away long enough to say, "It's okay..." Then closed her gorgeous blue eyes again and pressed her mouth against his, picking up where she left off.

He pulled his lips away from her. His hips were still pinning her against the back of the door as well when he started rambling, "I want you so much, but we should be safe."

She stopped and looked at him, moving his left hand to touch her face and feel her smooth skin. She pulled a condom out from her bra and held it between her index and middle finger, and said, "I meant, it's okay because I brought protection."

He laughed softly, embarrassed by his false assumption. "I'm glad you're responsible. Now give me that," he said, grabbing the condom from her.

He turned and walked with her, stumbling around the room until they reached the over-sized desk on the other side. He gently sat her down and immediately pulled her dress over her head, needing to be inside her body more than anything else in the entire world at that moment.

Addison frantically tore at his clothes, anxious to feel his cool skin pressed against her. His suit jacket and shirt were quickly discarded as she set to work on his pants.

He pulled back and unbuttoned them for her, pausing only briefly to gaze at the beauty of her porcelain skin in the moonlight. Just the sight of her made his body quake with need. He pushed his pants down over his hips, barely enough to free his throbbing erection before he laid her down and fell on her with a loud growl.

"I need you," he moaned into her breasts as he licked and sucked them. He pulled back to roll the condom on and then lined himself up at her entrance quickly before driving into her deeply. Her scorching wet heat engulfed him, stretching to accommodate his girth as he moved in her. They both cried out at the contact, her inner walls gripping him tightly.

He paused long enough to catch her gaze in the dark. "I love you."

She wrapped her arms around his waist, grasping his firm butt and pulling him further inside her. "I love you too," she gasped as she thrust up to meet him.

He growled, shoving himself inside her to the hilt, over and over again, kissing and sucking her tender skin everywhere he could reach, unable to touch her in enough places at once to satisfy him.

She kept a firm grip on his toned butt, digging in her nails so hard at one point that it hurt, pulling him inside her eagerly, deeper and deeper. "Zed," she would cry out with every thrust, feeling him hit places inside of her that she didn't even know she had.

His growls and snarls grew louder and louder, and by that point, he was near-feral with his need for her. It still wasn't enough.

"I love you...so much," he panted, barely able to speak with the amount of need he felt, his powerful thrusts leaving him breathless.

"I love you, too….Mine!" she cried. "Zed!" Another hard thrust and grunt.

"I'm all yours, Gorgeous," he gasped between more grunts and snarls.

"Yours...only you...always!" she panted, bucking her hips with even more force, pulling on him roughly. "Zed!" His loud growl vibrated her skin before he bit her nipple, sucking it into his mouth afterward to soothe it.

When he felt her inner muscles starting to clamp down on him he knew that they were both close. He slid his hand between their bodies and began stroking her, rubbing her swollen clitoris in tight circles.

"Zed!" she screamed, her body poised on the brink of explosion. "Oh, God..." she screamed, flying over the edge of her release, bringing him along with her

After what felt like hours but was most likely only a few seconds, Zed picked her up from the desk and laid down on the floor, settling her on his chest with her head resting on his shoulder.

"Wow," she sighed deeply, snuggling into him more completely, loving how cool his skin was underneath her.

"I think 'wow' is an understatement," he chuckled, stroking her back lightly. "I would have said something along the lines of ZirrugazoZeugGazpnazZocGoz!... To put it mildly."

Addison giggled against his chest. "Well said."

They stayed there together in the dark for a while, simply existing, enjoying the feeling of being so close to each other. Zed had almost drifted off to sleep when he heard a quiet whisper.

"Z?"

"Mm?"

"I love you."

He ran his fingers through her soft white hair. "I love you, too, Addie. More than I could ever say."

"I'm so happy my someday is you."

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