A Fresh Start
Chapter Two Hundred Twenty Five
Ava walks into the Beacon a little before her meeting with Cassie is to begin. Walking through the lobby, she walks in to Cassie's office. Jessica looks up when she walks in. "Ms. Peralta, I'll announce you." She says, picking up the phone and buzzing Cassie.
"Yes." Cassie says, looking at Sam, Reva and Harley.
"Ma'am, Ms. Peralta is here."
"Go ahead and send her in." Cassie says, smiling.
"Yes ma'am." Jessica replies, as Ava walks over to her door.
She opens it and walks in as everyone yells surprise. "Oh my…." Ava stares at them. "What is this."
"This is your wedding/baby shower." Cassie says, walking around her desk.
"Actually." Reva says, walking up to them. "It's all of your baby showers and Ava's wedding shower." She says, as Cassie, Ava and Sam look at her.
"It was Reva's idea." Harley says, walking over to them.
"I thought you…." Cassie reaches to hug Reva. Reva steps back and smiles. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Reva says.
"Yes, thank you." Sam and Ava says, hugging both Harley and Reva.
"How did you come up with the idea to have everything at one time?"
"It seemed more convenient. And we're all friends. And I had access to Cassie's schedule here at the Beacon and Jessica helped. You're meeting with Cassie to plan the wedding was the perfect time."
"We're actually finalizing the wedding plans. All the decisions have been made." Ava says, as they all sit down.
"I think it's going to be a beautiful wedding." Cassie says.
"What do you have planned?" Reva asks.
"You're all invited to the wedding so you will see it then. But I want you all to be my bride's maids. Stace is my matron of honor. But you guys are my closest friends." Ava says, looking at them.
"Of course we'll be your bride's maids." Reva says, as the rest nod.
"What about your Mom?" Harley asks, looking at Ava.
"She's not involved." Ava says, looking down as Cassie elbows Harley.
"Ava, I'm sorry. I…."
"It's okay. She made her choice." Ava says, looking at her. "Let's start this." She says, with a smile.
"Alright, who wants to go first?"
"Let's start with the youngest." Harley says.
"I say we start with the most experienced." Ava says, looking at Cassie.
"Yes, the most experienced." Sam says, looking at Cassie with a smile.
"Alright, lay it on me." Cassie says, smiling.
"What does this feel like?" Ava asks, looking at Cassie.
"To be pregnant?" Cassie asks, as she nods. "It feels the same and yet it's different." Cassie says, laying her hand on her stomach. "Richard and I wanted to have kids from the moment we got together. It was the backbone of our arrangement. That changed when we admitted that we loved each other. It became about us and not the country and then Edmund came. And he almost ruined that time for Richard and I. And then the accident and we thought we lost our son. Richard and I both nearly died and then we were told that we couldn't have anymore children. After the accident and Dr. Sedgwick said I wouldn't be able to have anymore children, I nearly died. Will brought me back to life and maybe that was because I recognized subconsciously of course that he was actually my son, but he brought me back from feeling like I had failed everyone, but mostly Richard. And then we left San Cristobel and Richard's accident and all that. To sum it up, I feel like I've been given more than one miracle this year."
"Amen." Sam says, looking at Cassie.
"I guess you feel the same way with you and Jeffrey?"
"Yes, I do but for different reasons. There was absolutely no reason for me and Jeffrey to be apart for the last twelve years. And if Richard hadn't've woken up, we would still be apart. I was determined to protect him from and invisible threat. Now we're together again, thanks to Richard. We're married and we're about to have a child. It amazes me the curve balls life throws you."
"Life certainly throws us curve balls. Up until I went to San Cristobel, my life was going along as I expected it to go. I wasn't thinking about falling in love or being a mom or even getting married and then Dad took me with him to San Cristobel and I met William. That weekend with him was one of the best weekends I've had, but it wasn't meant to be permanent and then I ended up pregnant and here we are." Ava says.
"Do you have names picked out?" Harley asks.
"Umm, yes." The all reply.
"So, what are they?" Harley asks, looking at them.
They all look at each other. "I guess I'll go first." Ava says. "If it's a boy. We're naming him William Wesley. And if it's a girl? We have to discuss it."
"What about you Sam, what are your names?" Harley asks, looking at her.
"Umm, if it's a boy we're naming him Aidan Jeffrey. If it's a girl, we're going to name her after our mother's."
"You know I never asked about Jeffrey's mother." Reva says.
"Me either. I never thought about it." Cassie says. "What was her name?"
"Stephanie Rosalind Jasper." Sam says.
"Did you meet her before?" Ava asks, looking at Sam.
"No, I never met her. She was dead before Jeffrey and I got together."
"What happened?" Reva asks.
"She was killed in a botched robbery when Jeffrey was nineteen."
"Oh my, I'm sorry." Reva says.
"It's okay. She raised a wonderful son." Sam says.
"Yes, she did." Ava says, smiling. "So, you're going name your daughter after her grandmothers. If I did that I have to pick between Olivia, Margaret Rose and Katherine Lindsey, none of which I like."
"Try Merle Jean." Sam says, looking at Ava. "That was my mother's name and there is no way my daughter will be named that."
"It would go with Harland Billy." Reva says, smiling.
"Jeffrey refuses to name our son that.." Sam says, looking at Reva. "You know I just thought about how that sounded. He…."
"It's okay Sam." Reva says. "Harland Billy is a bit old fashioned for these times." She says, with a smile. "So, Cassie what are your names?" She asks, looking at her.
"We're having girls, so…."
"What do you mean you're having girls? You're not far enough along to know the sex of the baby." Sam says.
"I know, but I want girls and Richard wants girls. We have two boys so we want a girl. We haven't picked out any boys names but we have girl names."
"So, what are they?" Ava asks.
"Ummm, Mattea Riley and Vivian Chance."
"Those are different." Harley says.
"You don't like them. Mattea means Gift of God and Riley…." She says, her tone upset.
"You don't have to explain them." Reva says. "I think they are beautiful names."
"I do too." Sam says.
"Me too." Ava says, looking at Harley.
"They are great names." Harley says.
"I'm sorry." Cassie says, blushing slightly.
"I think Mattea fits this baby but are you sure you don't want to pick out boys names just in case…."
"You're as bad as Richard." Cassie says, looking at her. "No, we're having a girl. I know we are." She says, laying her hand on her stomach.
"Never argue with a pregnant woman." Reva says, smiling. "Are we going to do gifts." She says, looking at the table in the corner of Cassie's office.
"Yes." Cassie says, smiling.
For the next thirty minutes, they pass around gifts. They are just finishing up when Jessica buzzes Cassie. Getting up, Cassie goes over to her desk. "Yes."
"Ma'am, the cake has arrived."
"Oh ok. Send it in." Cassie says, releasing the button. "The cake is here."
"Oh, yes." Harley says, getting up and going to the door. Opening it, she smiles as she steps back, letting Buzz in.
"Ladies." He says, as they all turn to him. "Where do you want this?" He asks, looking at Cassie.
"Put it on the table by the window." She says, as Buzz nods. He and one of the cooks from Company carry the cake over to the table.
Sitting it down, he turns to them. "Enjoy." He says, walking back towards the door.
"Thanks Buzz." They all reply as he nods.
"I'm sorry I was late. We've been swamped at Company today."
"It's okay." Harley says, leaning up to kiss him.
"Enjoy, it's the double fudge with the chocolate icing." He says, turning around. "Come on." He says, drawing the other guy out of the room. "You never stand between a woman, pregnant or not, and her chocolate." He says smiling, as he leaves.
"Thanks Dad." Harley says, closing the door.
"You got him to make the double fudge with the chocolate icing." Reva says, looking at Harley.
"Yes, we all love it." Harley says, as Cassie walks over to the cake.
"You know who else would love it." Cassie says, picking up a knife as she looks at Reva and Harley. "Blake."
"Who's Blake?" Sam asks, looking at them.
"Blake is one of our good friends." Harley says, looking at Sam and Ava. "She was a little wild and definitely crazy but we loved her dearly."
"Is she dead?" Sam asks.
"No, she's in a coma. She was poisoned a couple years ago…."
"She was Jeffrey's opponent for the mayor's office." Sam says.
"Yes. Her husband was mayor of Springfield before he was killed about a year before she ran against Jeffrey."
"Who was her husband?" Ava asks.
"Ross Marler." Harley says.
"Ross Marler, that Ross Marler." Sam says.
"You know about Ross." Cassie asks, looking at Sam.
"He contacted the agency over a year ago about a guy that he thought was alive but had been declared dead. We never heard anything else about it after the first phone call." Sam says, taking a piece of cake from Cassie.
"He was killed. Probably shortly after he made contact with your agency."
"And now she's in a coma." Sam says.
"Yes, Ditkins tried to kill Jeffrey when he wouldn't withdraw from the mayor's race. He sent the winner a case of poisoned champagne. The problem was that the case was labeled to the winner and so it was delivered to Blake instead of Jeffrey." Harley says, taking at piece of cake.
"Ditkins assumed that Jeffrey would be the winner so he simply addressed the case to the winner of the mayor's race instead of addressing it to Jeffrey." Cassie says.
"She would be absolutely ecstatic about you and Richard." Harley says, looking at Cassie.
"Yeah, she would. And she would be beside herself about this baby."
"Do the doctors think she'll wake up?" Sam asks.
"You know, you should talk to Holly." Cassie says, looking at Sam.
"Holly, who's Holly."
"That's Blake's mother. She's taking care of Blake's kids now. She goes to see Blake nearly every day. Maybe you can figure out how to bring her out of the coma."
"You can't bring a patient out of a coma. They have to come out on their own."
"You brought Richard out."
"No, I didn't, he decided to come out himself. I only took care of him while he was in the coma. The rest was up to him."
"But there are things that can be done to stimulate a coma victim."
"Yes, talking to them, playing music for them. Visiting them, they can hear us even if they can't respond. Do her kids visit her?"
"I don't know." Cassie says. "I haven't seen them in a while even though they are RJ's cousins."
"I'm sure that Blake's doctor has explained this to them."
"Dr. Jasper, I doubt it. He's as personable as a cold fish." Cassie says.
"Cassie!" Reva says.
"Well he is."
"He does have issues." Sam says, as Cassie looks at her.
"You've met him." Cassie asks.
"Yes, we've met."
"I'll give you Holly's number. If you want, you can call her and she'll explain the situation with Blake."
"Cassie, I can't really do anything more than Dr. Jasper has down with her. She has to decide to come back."
"If I had that for my doctor I wouldn't want to come back either." Cassie says, as Sam smiles as she glances at her watch.
"Oh, I've got to go. I'm supposes to meet Jeffrey at Dr. Sedgwick's office." Sam says, standing up.
"I'll get a bell man to help you with this stuff." Cassie says, getting up with her.
"I need to go too. I'm meeting Gus for lunch and then we're taking a day for ourselves." Harley says.
"I need to get to the office. I told Billy I would go by the loft and check on things there." Ava says, getting up. "Can one of the bell men take this up to my room." Ava asks, looking at Cassie.
"Of course." Cassie says. Ten minutes later, it's Reva and Cassie in Cassie's office. "Thank you for the baby shower." She says, turning to Reva.
"You're welcome, but you thought I had forgotten about you when I mentioned this for Sam and Ava." Reva says, looking at her.
"I…."
"It's okay." Reva says, walking over to her. They hug. "Now, you need to go home and I'll handle the Beacon."
"I can stay for a little longer."
"No, go home. I got this." Reva says, turning Cassie towards her door.
"Thanks again Reva." Cassie says, turning around and taking her purse before she hugs Reva again and then leaves.
Sam rushes into Dr. Sedgwick's office. Jeffrey is waiting when she walks in. "Where have you been?" He asks, walking over to her.
"I'm sorry. I was at the Beacon with the girls and I lost track of time."
"The girls?"
"Cassie, Reva, Ava and Harley. Reva and Harley through all of us a baby shower and Ava a wedding shower."
"That's sweet."
"Yes, have they called us back?"
"Yes. I'll go tell the nurse you're here." Jeffrey says, as Sam turns towards the window. "Go sit down." He says, as he walks over to the window.
The receptionist opens the window as he walks up. "May I help you Mr. O'Neill?" She asks.
"Yes, my wife has arrived."
"I'm sorry, Mr. O'Neill but it's back the five minute limit. We will have to reschedule her appointment."
"Seriously, she's five minutes later and you're going to make her reschedule the appointment?" Jeffrey asks, staring at the woman.
"It's the clinics policy."
"What time do you have available?"
"We have next week, next Friday actually at the same time."
"We're not rescheduling for next week. Now I realize that Dr. Sedgwick is busy and we'll be willing to wait till she has a moment free today."
"Sir, she is booked for the rest of the afternoon. That's not to consider if she has a delivery come up."
"She was five minutes late. Not an hour." Jeffrey says, as Sam walks up.
"What's wrong?" She asks, looking at Jeffrey.
"She wants us to reschedule for next Friday at the same time." Jeffrey says.
"We schedule this appointment for the last available day. I realize I was late, but Dr. Sedgwick will want to see me today." Sam says, looking at the receptionist.
"I'm sorry, ma'am. I understand the inconvenience to Dr. Sedgwick and yourself but it is office policy to reschedule anyone five minutes later or more." The woman says, as Dr. Sedgwick walks up with another patient.
"Sam." She says, looking up.
"Dr. Sedgwick, hello." Sam says, as the receptionist turns around.
"Is there a problem?" Dr. Sedgwick asks, looking at Sam and Jeffrey.
"I'm sorry. I'm five minutes late for our appointment. I know your busy, but…."
"It's fine. Please come back." Dr. Sedgwick says, as she opens the door to the hallway. "Melissa hand me Dr. O'Neill's file." She says, turning to the receptionist.
"Yes, Doctor." She says, handing the file to her.
"Come on back and we'll take care of this as quickly as possible."
"Thank you." Sam says, as she and Jeffrey walk into the hallway.
"Yes, thank you." Jeffrey says, following them down the hallway.
"Time simply got away from me. I was at the Beacon with Cassie, Reva, Harley and Ava and I lost track of time. I'm so sorry we were late."
"It's fine Sam." Dr. Sedgwick says, stopping at one of the exam rooms. Jeffrey and Sam walk in, followed by Dr. Sedgwick. "What were you doing at the Beacon?"
"Oh, Reva and Harley threw me, Ava and Cassie a baby shower and Ava a wedding shower. We were talking and time just got away from us." Sam says, sitting down on the exam table.
"That's perfectly fine. We're not doing anything to terribly important that you have to be here on time. I apologize for Melissa's strictness. She's just started the position and she wants to impress me I'm afraid by adhering to all the rules her predecessor established. Personally, I never cared for that rule. Now if a patient is thirty minutes or an hour later, I can see rescheduling the appointment but five minutes. Traffic can make you five minutes late."
"I appreciate you being so understanding." Sam says.
"So, how have you been feeling?"
"Really good."
"That's good. The morning sickness has stopped?"
"Yes, pretty much. I still can't stand the smell of coffee, but other than that it's seemed to have stopped."
"As you know, pregnant women are susceptible to certain smells, sometimes through out their pregnancy. For you, it might be the smell of coffee." Dr. Sedgwick says, as Sam nods.
"I get my coffee at Company." Jeffrey says.
"That's good. Now this visit is going to be pretty much the same. I'm going to put off your ultrasound till next month. Since we just did the amino, we don't need to have one so soon. The only new thing we'll be doing is measuring the fundal height."
"What is that?"
"We're going to measure the size of her stomach to determine the baby's rate of growth." Dr. Sedgwick says, looking at Jeffrey.
"Speaking of that, I have noticed that I do seem to be slightly bigger normal, for only being four months along."
"Every woman grows at a different rate. Some show quickly, some wait till later, some don't show at all. Have you felt the baby move?"
"Yes." They both reply, smiling.
"That was totally amazing." Jeffrey says, as Dr. Sedgwick smiles.
"Then we'll do all the normal stuff and then I'll measure your stomach and after that we'll be finished." Dr. Sedgwick says, reaching for a plastic cup. "You know what to do with this." She says, handing it to Sam.
Smiling she takes the cup and then slips off the table. "I'll be right back." She says, walking over to the door.
She leaves as Jeffrey asks. "If her fundal height is too large for this point in the pregnancy does that mean that something is wrong?"
"No, it simply means we may have miss counted on her due date. And then she might be one of those women the show quickly. It's nothing to concern yourself about."
"Okay."
"How are you holding up?" Dr. Sedgwick asks.
"I'm doing okay. She's fairly easy to handle. I mean there haven't been the usual mood swings and…."
"It's okay Jeffrey. I understood what you meant. How are preparing for becoming a father again?"
"I haven't really thought about it. I'm a father now."
"Being a father to a full grown child is different than starting out from the very beginning. I know you're settled now. But if you start thinking about things and you need someone to talk to, First talk to her, if you need more than that be sure to let me know and I'll be happy to recommend someone for you to talk to."
"Thank you."
"Have her moods changed at all?"
"No, but then I didn't think about this but last week she got really mad at me about something that happened with one of her patients…."
"Dr. Jasper and the patient she lost."
"No, she was upset about that but this was something else. She had a patient that came into the clinic that reminded her of herself and, well I may have overstepped on my protection detail a little bit. She came by my office when she found out and let me have it, completely deserved but she's never done that before. She's gotten mad at me about work but she's never came to my office to have it out with me about something."
"It could have been the hormones, but remember if the mood swings do start. Let what she says go. It's not you…."
"It's the hormones…." Jeffrey says, with a smile as the door opens and Sam walks in.
"Here you go Dr. Sedgwick." She says, handing her the cup.
"I'll take this to the lab. Now we're going to a little physical and then we'll do the measurement and you will be free to go." Dr. Sedgwick says, as Sam sits down on the exam table.
Dr. Sedgwick rolls over to her, taking out her stethoscope, she listens to Sam heart and breathing. She takes her blood pressure and heart rate, writing everything down in Sam's chart. When she's done with that, she pulls out a measuring tape as Sam lifts her shirt. Dr. Sedgwick takes a measurement and writes it down and then pushes away from the exam table.
"Is everything okay?" Sam asks, pulling her shirt down.
"Everything seems fine."
"And the size of my stomach?"
"It might be a little bit bigger than what is usual but that could be attributed to any number of factors none of which are an indication that something is wrong." Dr. Sedgwick says, patting Sam's knee. "So, go home and I will see you in another month.
"Okay." Sam says, with a smile as Jeffrey helps her up. "Thank you again for seeing us after I was late."
"It wasn't a problem." Dr. Sedgwick says, opening the door. "I will see you in a month." She says, holding the door for them.
"Yes." Sam says, as they leave the room. Dr. Sedgwick turns to go to another exam room as Jeffrey slips his arm around Sam's waist.
"I'll make the appointment and you can go sit down." Jeffrey says, as they stop at the window.
"I'm okay." Sam says, looking at him.
"Go sit down, and I'll be there in a moment." Jeffrey says, as she opens the door. A few minutes later, he walks up. Smiling when he looks down, she's fallen asleep. Reaching for her, he gently shakes her awake. "Come on, we can go home and you can rest for the afternoon."
"You're not going back to city hall."
"No, we can spend the afternoon together." He says, helping her up and then holding the door for her after he opens it.
William walks in to a room full of unwrapped baby gifts. "Ava." He calls, looking around.
"I'm over here." She says, from the floor on the other side of the room.
He follows the path through the maze of gifts till her finds her. She looks up, smiling." What are you doing?" He asks.
"I loved this when I was a kid. My mom would wind it up at night and put it on the table by my bed."
"What is it?" He asks, sitting down beside her.
"It's vintage toy radio. You didn't have anything like this."
"No." He says, reaching for the radio. "You had one of these when you were a kid." He asks, winding the dial. "What is it playing?"
"Three blind mice, it's a nursery rhythm. I don't think mine played that." Ava says, taking the radio.
"So, what is all this stuff?"
"Reva and Harley threw me, Sam and Cassie a baby shower and me and wedding shower. It was a surprise."
"And you got all this?"
"Yes. I had the bellmen bring it up from Cassie's office."
"You got all this stuff from one baby shower and wedding shower." He asks, looking around the room.
"Yes, are you upset?" She asks, looking at him.
"No, I'm just surprised. Where are we going to put it all?"
"Well I thought I would stack it in the corner, by the balcony. I was starting to work on it when I saw this. Why are you home?"
"I wanted to see what Dr. Sedgwick said. I'm sorry I couldn't be there this morning." He says, getting up and then holding his hand out to help her up.
"You don't have to keep apologizing. You can't help it that something came up at work that you had to handle." She says, leaning up to kiss him.
"With all this, I suppose you didn't get to try any wedding cake."
"No, we didn't. But I think I have the solution to that problem." She says, turning to him.
"You have the solution."
"Yes, we have something that we've already had."
"Is there anything in particular that you had in mind?"
"Ummm, well we had... Harley had Buzz fix his double fudge cake with the chocolate icing for the showers. The one I like so much."
"I know which one you're talking about." He says, nodding his head.
"Anyway, he brought the cake to us at the Beacon during the shower and it go me to thinking. We've both had that cake. We both like it, so why not have that as our wedding cake."
"I thought wedding cake had to be white."
"I don't think there is any standing rule that a wedding cake has to be white. I think it's more of a tradition." Ava says, picking up one of the presents. "So, should I talk to Buzz about the cake?"
"We'll talk to him tonight after Emma's dance lesson." He says, picking up one of the presents. "So, what did Dr. Sedgwick say?"
"Everything is progressing normal. You really didn't miss anything from the visit. She did all the usual stuff."
"Did she say there was anything we need to be doing?"
"No. We're fine." She walks over to him and slips her arm around his waist as she looks up. "The baby is fine and I'm fine." Ava says, leaning up to kiss him.
"Okay, but I promise I'll be at the rest of these appointments."
"I don't expect you to come with me every time. It's okay if you have to do something for work."
"We don't have that many left."
"Maybe, but we go to the ones we can together and if you have something you have to do, I'll go by myself. I do want you to go to the next one. She said she would be the ultrasound then and we'll be able to see that baby. You'll go, right?"
"I will definitely be at that one. I want to see my little boy." He says, leaning over to kiss her.
"When do you have to be back?" She asks, looking up.
"Umm, I've got time." He says, releasing her and taking the box in her hands. Putting it down, he turns to lead her through the maze to their suite.
"Are you sure you have time for this."
"I'm not so busy that I can't take time to love you." William says, leading her into their room.
"William."
He lays a finger over her mouth. "It'll be alright." He says, leaning in to kiss her.
She reaches up and leaning into him, as he deepens the kiss. Wrapping her arms around him, they slowly move, dancing. Even without music, they move in rhythm.
Ava presses her body against him as close as she could possibly get. Moving his head to lay it on top of Ava's, he could feel the warmth radiating from her, and he pulls her closer.
She tightens her arms around his waist. "I love you." He whispers, softly kissing the top of her head.
"I love you too."
William stops moving and leans back, he looks intently into her eyes and says just before he kisses her. "I want to make love with you."
"I want you too." She whispers, as he smiles.
Staring into her eyes, he can see the love overflowing inside her leaning down he catches her mouth in another soft sweet kiss, slowly each moving closer together. His warm breathe washing down her neck, heating her desire and warming her body as she pulls him closer to her, wrapping her arms around his waist as she presses her lips against his shirt lightly kissing him through the material. Her lips burn into him, pushing his growing passion higher and he unconsciously tightens his arms around her, pressing her lips closer to him.
She moves her head back, looking up at him as he leans down, catching her lips with his, his tongue slipping inside her mouth, caressing hers as he pushes his body closer to hers. Slowly, he moves them deeper into the room, walking them towards the bed. As they walk he pulls on Ava's blouse, pulling it out of her pants. Reaching for the first button, he unbuttons it. She reaches up, pulling his tie free. She reaches for his shirt, unbuttoning as he works on her. Reaching up, he brushes her blouse off her shoulders, before he reaches around her as it falls to the floor. He unfastens her bra.
While he's working on that, Ava pulls his shirt free. Reaching for his hand, she stops him as she unbuttons the sleeves of his shirt. Releasing him, she lays her head against his chest as she takes a deep breath. Slipping her hands inside his shirt, she lightly scratches his chest, sending shivers of desire through his body. He groans softly into her mouth as he pulls the straps of her bra down her arms. She reaches for his pants, unfastening them after she pulls his belt free. She slips her hand inside cupping him, making his legs weaken for a second.
She pulls her hand out, pushing his pants down, carrying his boxers with them. She holds on to him as he steps out of them. She reaches down again and cups him, her fingers wrapping around his erection. She runs her fingers across him, forcing him to break his kiss. Groaning, he sighs softly. "Ava."
She smiles as she catches his mouth for another kiss. She reaches for his hand, pressing it against her lower belly directly above her pants. Reaching for them, he unbuttons them and then slips his hands inside, pushing them over her hips while they kiss. He pulls away as they fall to the floor. Bending down, he sweeps her up into his arms and turns for the bed. Walking the rest of the way, he lays her down across the bed and pulls her to him. Slowly moving his hands down her body, he gently caresses her. Stopping for a moment, to play with her breasts before he moves on, bracing her feet on the side of the bed, she pushes herself back. He follows her. Laying across her, he continues moving his hands over her body. When he reaches her hips, she moves her legs apart and he slips a couple fingers inside, caressing her.
She reaches down pressing his invading fingers against her desire. He gently but firmly caressing her, she opens her body to his, as he presses his lower body against her. He moves his mouth down her cheek, across her neck, nibbling on heated skin. She wraps her arms around him pressing him against her body. He can feel the heat and moisture flowing out of her and he continues on, nibbling at the throbbing pulse at the base of her neck. She buries her hands in his hair now. Pressing his hot lips against her heated body, he reaches down, spreading her open as his slip inside her, caressing her, forcing her moan "William... oh... William."
He leans back, savoring the feel of his body, nestled deeply inside her. She closes her eyes as she arches her back and hips, silently begging for release. She lets her hands wander, slowly moving over his back and down his spine, settling at his hips. He can't put it off any longer. He swallows her cry of ecstasy as he surges forward, thrusting deep "Now... I need... you... now."
Her cry, forces a shiver of desire to rush through him.. He pulls back and then surges forward, setting a steady rhythm. She arches her back against him. He's slow at first. Then with each thrust he moves faster and deeper, pushing them higher and higher. Her arms reach lower down his body, pulling his hips closer to her. He presses his lips against her throbbing pulse as his arms weaken and he collapses on top of her. He drives deeper, pushing them deeper into their passion and desire.
She arches her back against his pounding hips forcing him even deeper with each thrust. He can feel the first tremors deep within her and he begins slowing down, trying to desperately to hang on to the passion for a few more seconds, but he can't. "William... yes." She cries
"Ava." He breathes
With one final thrust, he pushes deep as her body clenches against him, milking him as waves of passion sweep out of them. She feels each throbbing pulse surge through him and into her as she arches her back, pushing her hips higher and him deeper inside. He can feel her passion trickle down his body and he thrusts one more time, releasing all of his passion deep within her. He collapses against her still shuddering body, wrapping his arms around her, as he presses his lips against her neck. He whispers. "I love you."
Sighing softly she answers. "I love you too."
Tightening her arms around him. They lay there for a few until he pulls back and looks down as she looks up. "You have to go."
"Yes."
"We'll meet you at Company after Emma's dance class."
"Okay." He says, pulling away from her. She slowly sits up as he hands her clothes to her. They get dressed. Walking into the front room, he looks at the boxes and says. "I'll do this when we get home tonight."
"Okay, thank you." She says, reaching for her purse.
He opens the door, holding it for her. She walks out with him behind. As they walk down the hall, he slips his arms around her waist and pulls her to him.