Caution: Rated M

She's in heaven! Or if she isn't there, she never wants to leave the comfort of his arms. He had taken every phase of her birthday to heart. After they ate that excellent dinner, he had the children give her their presents. She had received tickets for each of them from Eli for a Rangers game in a month's time. Alexis had given her a matching bracelet and neckless. It was a pretty set and she would cherish them. Then he gave her the present from all of them. Her Alaskan Husky puppy. She was adorable, and she would fit in well with their zany family. When she was finished with the opening of gifts, Rick sat across the table and just observed her.

Getting up he had one more gift to give her.

"Kate, I need to take care of your last gift so if you could excuse me for the next five minutes, I will prepare it for you." Rick told her.

Thinking that all her gifts were given to her she nods to Rick. And then she wonders what else he could have for her.

Rick, Alexis, And Eli had this part of the gift figured out already. He felt a little bad for what he was making them do but he did agree that it was the right thing to do. Eli was sleeping over a friend's house. Alexis was invited to a birthday party sleepover. Both were not far from the house and Rick walk them two each of their events. He was ahead of the game by far because he had already set up the bathroom and the bedroom with everything he needed. Making sure that the children were received at their individual destinations he turned around and came back to their house.

To his surprise, Kate didn't move from the kitchen table. So, the second he was through the kitchen and into the dining room he extended his hand in her direction and lifted her from her seat.

Looking at him now childless her brow raises almost to her hairline.

"Rick, where are the kids?"

"Kate I promised the kids are in safe hands. Tonight, it's all about you. So, Miss Beckett, I need you to follow me."

Rick turned away from Kate and pulled her with him upstairs. When he got to the bathroom he stopped and turned to her.

"Kate this is all about you. This is a part of your birthday gift that I thought really hard about. Now the second we walk through the bathroom door everything changes and for the better. I hope."

Kate had never seen Rick this serious before ever she knew something was about to change between them but didn't want to assume anything.

"Okay, Rick. Whenever you're ready I'll take that step with you."

All we could do is smile as he opened the door. He gently pulls Kate through the doorway and closes the door behind them.

"I know we've never been intimate Kate but I'm going to need you to strip down to your birthday suit. And it's fitting because today is your birthday." Rick even chuckled at his own joke.

She was skeptical at first but once she saw what was set up in the bathroom she understood why he wanted her naked. In the center of the bathroom which wasn't that big at all, there stood a massage table complete with trays of warm oil. When she looks back up to him his back was to her and she knew he was being the gentleman she always knew him to be not wanting to see her nude form.

She stripped down to nothing got on the table face down placing her head in the opening resting against the towel. The next thing she feels is a short towel covering her ass. The leather of the massage table is sinfully soft and if she's not careful she could fall asleep here.

"Kate what I'm going to do for you now is a deep tissue massage. I should be able to make it through the whole massage without brushing against any of your ticklish spots. It's at any time you feel uncomfortable just tell me and I'll stop instantly."

Rick heard something like a muffled 'okay'. He rubs his dry hands up and down her calves, thighs and her back and along her arms before he actually picks up the eucalyptus oil. He loves the smell of this oil and if he were a woman, he would be using it every day. He takes a generous amount applying some to his hand and gets to work. From the book he read he started with her mid back and shoulders first. Once he was complete with that he moved to her limbs. He started with her left arm first working out to the hand and massaging that as well. Then he moves to the right arm biceps triceps and hand as well working the muscles to be as loose as possible. Reapplying more eucalyptus oil to his hands he then starts on her legs. He stops and stares just for a moment because her legs are non-stop, they are beautifully toned and for what he can tell must be strong. It takes a step closer and starts up by her left thigh and kneads the muscles of her leg. He can tell that she must do a lot of walking during her day because her muscles in her legs are the tightest in her body. He spends about fifteen minutes on each leg and by that time is finished he thinks she's asleep on the table.

"Kate are you still with me?

"Rick I don't know how you do it but if you kept this up, I would have fallen asleep here. Where'd you learn how to do this?"

"I went to the library and checked out a book on sensual massage. This is what I took away from it."

Just as Kate was about to answer saying that it was the best massage she had ever had in her life, she changed her mind and told him it was the only massage she ever had. But as she was going to open her mouth so she could thank him, his hand recoated with eucalyptus oil moved closer to her womanhood. He brushed his finger along her outer lips and it sent shivers up and down her spine. She never felt anything so supercharged as this. She felt like her body was on fire.

Rick just wanted to tease her a little bit before he rolled her over on her back. Feeling a little bold he placed his finger on her clit and slid it up and down a couple of times. This new the action had the desired effect on her because he saw her physically shiver.

The next thing she felt was a pair of strong hands grabbing her hip and shoulder in a rolling motion. Knowing that he needed help to roll her over she propped herself up on her elbow and turned over making it easier for him.

Rick had always been an ass and leg man. There was just something about a pair of legs wrapped around his head that he could never ever get over. But by the time he got Kate rolled over on the massage table on her back he was staring at the most perfect pair of breasts he had ever seen his life. They were beyond beautiful. Even though he was an ass man he couldn't wait to get his mouth of one of her nipples and suck on it to his heart's content. When he looked further south, he noticed that she was completely shaved. He would enjoy pleasing her there later.

She opened her eyes and saw him just gaping in her. She was about to raise her arm to cover her breasts and place her hand over her private area when his hand darted out and stopped her movement. He looked her straight in the eye and said,

"You are so beautiful Kate. Your body is like a canvas that needs to be painted."

Kate places her hands back to her sides where they were and looks into Rick's eyes. What she saw there was love. She also saw honesty, compassion, and need.

Rick lifted the bottle of warm eucalyptus oil from the warmer and covered his hands one last time. He started with her arms and moved inward towards her body. Once he was finished with both alarms he started with her neck and worked his way down. He could tell she was becoming more and more aroused by what he was doing because her nipples were sticking up like mountain peaks. He, of course, would never let a good opportunity go to waste so nonchalantly rubbed his hands over both of her nipples. He cups are breasts loosely just to feel them. He was right they were beautiful. Seeing that she had her eyes closed he moved his way down to her abdomen and worked there until she started to squirm due to being ticklish. Before he got the warning to stop, he moved south. He worked the tired muscles in her legs, her feet, especially her arches and then back up her leg. According to the book, the massage was now complete. Now it was time for him to have a little fun with her. He could still tell her eyes were closed and he had placed a generous amount of eucalyptus oil on his middle finger. He started working her inner thigh getting oh so close to her clit but not actually touching it just to get her more aroused. He brushed against it a couple of times to make sure he was sending the right sign to her. He needn't do that because by the time is middle finger was inserted between her folds and into her center it slid right in with no resistance. She was so wet already. He had read books about women and the ability to ejaculate so he placed his hand firmly on her abdomen right above her pubic bone. His finger was going to town on her clit and at the same time, he was working hard to make her come.

Xx

She was on fire! Everywhere his fingers touched her it felt like her skin was burning up. She wanted more, oh so much more! She wanted him to touch her so badly and then her wish came true. She felt the palm of his hand pressing down on her abdomen and didn't understand why. It's when he slid his finger into her core that she understood and spread her legs slightly. He was pumping his finger up towards her G spot with a fury of a madman to get her to come. It happened so quickly that she felt like she was peeing on his hand.

He just watched as her whole body shook passionately on the massage table. He could tell she was having one of the best orgasms of her life. He wanted to give her another one just to make her happy but before he could, she was coming down off her high.

Kate had never experienced what just happened to her ever! He had done something to her that no man had ever done to her and she wanted more. Coming down from her high she opened her eyes. The first thing she noticed was that Rick had too many articles of clothing on. To get his attention she cupped his balls and squeezed lightly. It gave her the desired result.

"Rick you're wearing clothes."

"That's right Kate I am."

"Lose them right NOW!"

He backed away when she released his manhood and he took everything off he had on. Knowing that she would want to remove the excess eucalyptus oil from her body he reached in to pick her up from the table for the next part of her gift. By the time he moved to the tub, it was at the perfect temperature. He gently placed her into the water and slid in behind her.

"Kate let me wash you. This bath water has exfoliants in it and I have a body scrub for your enjoyment."

"Rick that's good and all but I need your cock inside me now! Please!"

He made quick work of washing her and they both got out and dried off. Reaching the bed Kate flopped down and dragged Rick with her. When he landed just about on top of her he needed to ask her just one thing.

"Kate if we take this step now there is no turning back.

"Rick, there will be no turning back for me. I want and need you in my life. You are my one and done."

When he heard that he knew that she was the one for him.

He raised slightly and positioned his cock at her core's entrance. Looking up to her one last time she nodded to him and he plunged deep inside her. She wrapped her legs around his waist not wanting him to get away from her. She was meeting his thrusts with equal eagerness. He knew she was close again when her muscles started to grip his cock tighter. He kept driving into her to reach his release point when she met hers. He heard her moan out his name and he knew she was there. He gave three more solid thrusts and buried his come deep inside her.

All she saw was a blinding bright white light when she came. She was sure he did as well and he did something she had not expected. Instead of collapsing right on top of her, when she recovered from her orgasm, he was lying right beside her tracing his fingers into the skin above her abdomen.

"Rick that was mind-blowing sex! I don't think that I'll be able to walk in the morning."

"Kate, I can only hope that this is the beginning of what's ahead for us tonight. I have plans for you and me."

By the time the sun rises, there is no way either of them wants to get out of bed. They stay snuggled close to each other after six rounds of mind-blowing satisfying sex. He needs to do this before he loses his courage.

"Kate, can you stay here for just a second?"

"Sure Rick where am I going to go to? I have no clothes to put on!"

He springs from the bed buck naked and over to his dresser where he kept the blue velvet box between his socks. Taking it from the drawer he heads back to Kate. Standing at her side of the bed he drops down to one knee. He pulls his hand from behind his back to reveal the box.

"Kate I know that this might be a bit quick but would you marry me?" Rick says as he removed the rind from the box and waits for her answer holding his breath.

God this man he would give her the moon if she asked for it. He is caring, sweet, considerate, and a great father. Why shouldn't she marry him?

"Yes, Rick I will."

He places the ring on her ring finger and hugs her.

Xx

"Alexis, do you think he asked her?"

"Yeah, Eli I do. But I'm sure we'll find out by the time we get home."

It was Eli's job to meet Alexis at her friend's home right down the street from his friend's home and escort her back to their own home. As they walked back to their house, they could only hope that they would become a true family.

Xx

15 years forward…

She was so glad that she accepted his proposal. She's glad because not soon after their romantic night together, Kate found out that she was going to have a baby. It wasn't that they have to get married sooner they wanted to. Of course, Eli and Alexis were staunch supporters of their marriage and even helped out setting it up. It was a simple service her mom and dad and a couple of Ricks friends attended.

She watches this from a seat near the aisle as her daughter accepts her high school diploma. Camille who had decided to graduate a year earlier so she could get the first crack at a great college accepts the diploma from the principal. Turning when she takes it from his hand towards her mother and father the smile that graces her face it's something that they both expected. She was smart and she knew it. If it all worked out, she would become a solar energy technician. She also took classes dealing with wind energy as well. And as everyone knows in Texas it is very hot and at times very windy depending on where you located. She feels his hand intertwined with hers and she looks over at him. He has gotten a little bit of gray around the temples and she has as well but she hides it better. Alexis and Eli have been married now for three and five years respectively. Rick knows that soon that will be grandchildren running around and dreads the day that it happens. Eli met a wonderful woman when he was in college. He is now following his dream of baseball and became a physical therapist for the Texas Rangers. Alexis was just finished with nursing school when she met her beau. She had always loved what Kate had done and was amazed by the stories she heard when Kate came home from work. She became a registered nurse as well and now works at Baylor. One night a man came in with another man by ambulance who was lying on the side of the road. He was being a good Samaritan by calling 911 and once the Ambulance Service responding decided that his first-hand knowledge of the man in the ditch would be important, they took him with them.

It turned out that the man was hit while walking home from the bar. He was doing the right thing by not driving and got hit in the process. The man did survive with non-life-threatening injuries but Mark could not get over Alexis is a beauty. He decided to strike up a conversation after they did they decided to meet for dinner one night. And the rest they say is history.

Kate thinks back to when they met and she still wonders if her life would be as full as it was. She thinks that it wouldn't be. And it was all because she decided to take a chance and share a home with a very wonderful man…