Thank you for your support and enthusiasm. It continues to inspire me. I hope you continue to enjoy the story. And a moment we've all been waiting for-probably me most of all, since I've had this scene in my head and my heart for five months-will be happening in the next chapter, and yes, it involves Kate and Rick. :-)
Alexis, Martha, Lanie, Alan, Jim, and Esposito were at The Old Haunt. Brian was already in place behind the bar. Esposito observed him from the front doorway, but didn't completely relax until he noticed a wedding ring on Brian's left hand. After greeting the others, he said to Alexis so only she could hear, "You might have mentioned Brian was married before I made a jackass of myself the other day."
"I didn't know myself until I got here today," Alexis replied.
Lanie breezed by them then. "Get everything worked out?" she asked.
Alexis and Javier exchanged a look. "I think so?" Esposito said, phrasing it as a question.
"This is gonna be interesting," Lanie said. "And because I care about both of you, and this is Kate and Castle's night, I'm going to state the obvious and say you don't want to look too couple-y or awkward because they will figure it out immediately, especially Kate."
"She has a point," Esposito told Alexis.
"Yeah," Alexis said, taking an involuntary step back from him. "We don't want to tip our hand too soon. We still have to figure some things out before we tell Dad and Kate about any of this."
Kevin and Jenny arrived then. "Hey," Kevin greeted everybody. He looked from Javi to Alexis. "Um, you guys?" he asked.
"Wait, are you going public tonight?" Jenny asked them, surprised. "Are you sure that's such a good idea?"
"No, we're not going public tonight," Alexis said, "and could you please keep your voices down? Gram is right over there, and she wouldn't tell Dad and Kate, but she'd give me her own version of the Spanish Inquisition," Alexis said.
"Hey, Martha likes me," Esposito said defensively.
"We all like you, Javi," Jenny said.
"Which is why we don't want to see Beckett hand you your butt at this party," Kevin concluded. "And then there'll be Castle's reaction."
Martha clapped her hands then to get everyone's attention. "All right, everyone, Richard and Katherine will be arriving in the next twenty minutes, so we need to finish getting ready. Alan, is the karaoke machine ready?"
"All set!" Alan called from where he had just finished hooking it up.
Kevin reached into his inside jacket pocket. "I have our CD right here."
"Is the banner straight, Martha?" Jim asked from his place on a stepladder behind the bar.
Martha looked at the banner appraisingly. "Not quite," she said.
"I'll help you straighten it," Alexis said, hurrying behind the bar to help Jim, under Martha's direction, straighten the giant banner that read "BECKETT AND CASTLE ALWAYS" in blue and silver letters.
Alan joined Lanie, Jenny, Ryan, and Esposito. "You put their last names on the banner instead of 'Kate' and 'Rick'?" he asked.
Jenny groaned. "Alan," she said, shaking her head. "You just reignited a debate that's been going on all summer."
"Don't tell me: whether to put 'Beckett and Castle' or 'Kate and Rick' on the banner. I see you went with the obvious choice." Victoria Gates' voice rang out clearly as she entered the bar on the arm of her husband Gerald.
Martha hugged Victoria in greeting, and Gates introduced her husband to everyone. "So you're the group Victoria called her favorite team," he said with a smile. "Well, except for Beckett and Castle, since they're not here yet."
Gates lightly tapped her husband's bicep. "You weren't supposed to tell them that, Gerald!" she exclaimed, nonplussed.
"Oops, I forgot. Sorry, honey," Gerald replied with an unrepentant smile.
"So, as Gerald pointed out, we're still waiting on the guests of honor?" Gates asked.
"Yes, Sir," Ryan replied.
Gates sighed and shook her head. "I suppose there's no way I could get you people to call me 'Victoria,' or even 'Gates,' just for tonight," she said, looking from Ryan to Esposito to Lanie. The trio exchanged looks all around, not sure how to respond to that.
Alexis helped Jim get the banner straightened and then came over to greet the Gateses. "Deputy Chief Gates, thank you for coming," Alexis said, extending her hand to shake hands with Victoria.
Now Gates rolled her eyes. "Okay, it's bad enough from these three," she said gesturing to Ryan, Espo and Lanie with her free hand, "but if you can't follow your grandmother's lead and just call me 'Victoria,' can you at least do like your dad and Kate and these three and call me 'Sir'?"
"All right," Alexis agreed, "Sir."
"That's better," Victoria said with a smile.
Jim joined the others then, and they all surveyed The Old Haunt. The blue and silver streamers crisscrossing the ceiling were already in place, the bar was open, the food was ready to be cooked, and the wedding cake was waiting in the kitchen for the right time to be unveiled.
The karaoke machine was hooked up, and Martha had a couple of pieces of sheet music waiting at the piano.
"Okay, so all we need now are Dad and Kate," Alexis said. She glanced at her watch.
Kate had insisted that Rick get ready first, claiming it wouldn't take him as long as it would take her. He was sitting in their bedroom, listening to Kate singing Norah Jones' "Come Away With Me" in the shower. She continued singing after shutting off the water.
"I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me"
She emerged from the bathroom with her hair fixed, and removed her bathrobe to reveal a lacy black bra and underwear set. Rick swallowed hard as he stood up, watching her walk to the closet to get her dress. "If that was an invitation, I accept," he said softly.
She beamed at him over her shoulder. "Open-ended invitation," she replied as she pulled a navy blue dress from the closet.
"Name the time and place, I'm there," he replied as he crossed the bedroom to stand near her. Once Kate had the dress on, Rick drew the zipper up its short track. The satin dress stopped just below Kate's knees and was a deep shade of navy blue, which perfectly complimented Rick's navy blue jacket and slacks, which he had paired with a sky blue button-down shirt. Kate sat down at her vanity to put on some light makeup. Rick just stood quietly, watching her, and marveling all over again that she was his wife.
Kate smiled at Rick in the mirror as she capped her mascara and put it away. "My dad's cabin has a tin roof," she mused as she turned on the bench to face him. "I've never taken you there. I haven't even been up there myself since the summer after I got shot the first time." Her lips twisted in a rueful smile. She rose from the vanity bench and walked the few steps until she was standing in front of him. "Maybe we could go up there some weekend this fall. It's really beautiful up there in the fall, with the leaves changing colors. I could face down the demons associated with that time, and the best part would be that I'd be there with you. Taking you to the cabin is on my Things to Do With the Next Fifty Years list."
Rick wrapped his arms around Kate's waist as she rested her hands on his shoulders."I'd love to see your dad's cabin in the fall. Or anytime."
"I'd definitely make some better memories this time around," Kate said. "I don't have to slay the dragons alone anymore. Well, I haven't had to slay the dragons alone for the last eight years. It just took me a while to catch on to that fact, but I did."
"You're the only woman I've ever wanted to slay dragons for," Rick replied earnestly.
Kate could only respond to that in one way: she molded her body to Rick's and kissed him deeply. He responded in kind, and things escalated quickly, only stopping when Rick registered his back hitting the nearest bedroom wall, and Kate pressed up against him in a way that his body couldn't ignore. He pulled back just enough to murmur, "The Old Haunt. Everyone's waiting."
Kate gave a breathless sigh. "When we get home tonight..." she began.
"Absolutely," Rick whispered. "Do you think it'll be a short party?"
Kate wiped her lipstick from Rick's lips with her thumb, mentally noting she'd have to touch up her lipstick in the car. "Not as short as we'd like it to be, I'm sure, but just keep thinking about tonight...when we're back here...alone together."
The noise Rick emitted was between a groan and a growl. "This evening better go really fast," he said as they headed out.
"The evening can go fast," Kate agreed. "But the night...I'm hoping the night goes very, very slow."
When she got on the elevator, she put a little extra sway in her hips. It was all Rick could do not bite his fist, and now he had to will himself to be present in the moment at this party that his daughter was giving in honor of him and Kate, where all their family and friends would be, while fighting to keep thoughts of what would happen between him and Kate after the party at bay.
They were five minutes away from The Old Haunt when Rick got a text. "Kate, could you-?" he asked as he maneuvered through the Saturday night traffic.
"Yeah," Kate replied, picking up his phone from where he had it resting on the dashboard. After checking it, she announced, "It's Alexis. She wants to know when we're going to be there. We're apparently making an entrance."
"Are you sure it's not Mother? That sounds more like her," Rick replied as Kate texted Alexis back that they were almost there.
"No, it's Alexis," Kate replied. When they were stopped at a light, she handed Rick the phone, and sure enough, the text was from Alexis.
"Well, this is the wedding reception they didn't get," Rick mused as he got the car moving again when the light turned green.
"I liked the reception we had," Kate said, her hand slowly moving up Rick's thigh.
"You mean sending Mother, Alexis and your dad to the nearest inn thirty minutes after the wedding ceremony?" he asked.
"We got married, we danced to our song, we got some incredible pictures, Martha gave a wonderful toast. And then after our parents and Alexis left, you and I got right to the wedding night without having to endure an hours-long party and playing host and hostess to a bunch of people first," Kate pointed out. "Our wedding was perfect."
"It really was," Rick agreed. "And if your hand moves even an inch higher, I'll either crash the car, or we'll be late to this reception."
"Just keeping you focused for later," Kate said with a naughty grin as she removed her hand.
Rick caught her hand and kissed it before she could put her hand in her own lap.
When they arrived at The Old Haunt and walked through the front doors, Kate and Rick took in the decorations, the BECKETT AND CASTLE ALWAYS banner, and all of their family and friends standing there beaming at them. Then they heard Alexis announce, "Ladies and gentlemen, presenting, Katherine Beckett and Richard Castle!"
Then, as Kate and Rick entered The Old Haunt arm in arm, Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" echoed from Alexis's iPod as everyone applauded.
"We've come a long, long way together
Through the hard times and the good
I have to celebrate you, baby
I have to praise you like I should"
A makeshift aisle had been created down the center of the room, and Kate and Rick stopped to accept hugs and back slaps and handshakes from everyone.
When everyone had glasses of wine in their hands, courtesy of Brian, Alexis cut the music. "Dad, Kate, we're all gathered here tonight to celebrate you. Yours is the kind of partnership that is rare in life, and that everyone aspires to. I think it's safe to say I speak for everyone here when I say that we love you, we're proud of you, and we're so happy to be here with you tonight, celebrating your life together and your marriage."
"To Katie and Rick," Jim Beckett said, raising his glass of club soda.
"To Beckett and Castle." "To Katherine and Richard." "To Kate and Castle." "To Kate and Rick." Everyone else chorused as they raised their own glasses. Kate and Rick clinked their wineglasses together before they each took a sip.
After that opening toast, Martha herded her son and daughter-in-law to a table in front. Ryan and Esposito then took to the little stage area that had been set up, and each man had a microphone in his hand.
"When you guys told us you got married, we told you that we had written a song for you, but that we weren't going to perform it," Esposito began.
"But we changed our minds," Ryan continued. "Tonight, you're finally going to hear the song we wrote for you. It's not entirely current anymore, since you're not a cop any longer, Beckett, but we hope you enjoy it anyway."
"Beckett, Castle, this one's for you," Esposito said. "It's called 'Definition of Love.'"
Ryan turned the music on, and he and Espo launched into the song, a tour de force blend of rock and hip hop, complete with the kind of moves that won them three NYPD trophies in a row for outstanding performance in the annual dance competition.
"Love
How to say
Its definition defies me
But we know how the game is played
Girl
All I do
Is think about a future
A future with me and you
I can't see why
Some other guy
Deserves the right to elucidate
Trust me, girl
Imma demonstrate
I need some help
My feelings on a shelf
Restore my little piece of mind
The definition of love is hard to find
Speak
Speak your heart
Fall over my tongue to find it
And my lips don't know where to start
Now, every day
Been searching for the meaning
Searching for right words to say (hey)"
Everyone was on their feet dancing or clapping or both as Ryan and Esposito sang and danced their hearts out, even Gates and her husband.
"Gonna call the police
Drop a nickel and dime
'Cause the way you stole my heart
Is a major crime
Still it defies me
I can't find the words
Gonna roll up my sleeves
Gonna work overtime
And I'll search for a clue
How to rhyme and define
My definition
Definition of love"
The boys tossed their mics back and forth to each other as they sang. Beckett and Castle were amazed at their friends' talent, and more than a little humbled to have inspired them to write a song.
Ryan then broke into a rap about Beckett and Castle's relationship and how it evolved that everyone later agreed was not only accurate but inspired.
"She was a cop—yeah
He was a writer
He a playboy
Homegirl is a fighter
She badged him
He knew immediately
That she was the one
It was meant to be
But he followed her around
She thought he a pest
Had her shields up
He tried to rock that vest
From ringside
Me and Espo watched
When the hearts get broken
And the stars get crossed
They saved each other
So many mutha-freakin' times
Unfamiliar partners
Breaking mysteries, solving crimes
She followed her clues
He'd find that story
Freaky-ass murders
Some weird, some gory
Now they ended up in love
'Cause they both born fighters
Beckett's a cop, Castle's a writer
They promised to love, promised to obey
Now forever and ever they fightin' crime every day"
Jenny let out a loud whistle when Ryan finished the rap. Kevin grinned at his wife before he and Espo launched into the conclusion of the song.
"So I sat right down
With my paper and pen
Let my mind drift back
To way back when
Ooh, I can't stand it
It just rocks my world
Darling, sit right down
And a tale I will tell
How this pretty senorita's
Got me under her spell
She's my definition
Definition of love"
They ended with a repeat of the chorus, dropping a nickel and dime to call the police, rolling up their sleeves and working overtime to find the definition of love one more time.
When Ryan and Espo had finished the song, Beckett and Castle were the first ones to go to them, applauding wildly, and in less than a second, they were joined by everyone else.
"You guys," Kate said as she walked toward the makeshift stage, with Rick trailing after her. "That was amazing." She hugged first Ryan, then Esposito. "Thank you so much."
Rick clapped first Espo, then Ryan, on the shoulder, then hugged each man. "Proper grammar and epic lyrics, guys. That was an incredible song. Thank you."
Ryan and Espo fist bumped then. "Glad you liked it," Espo said to Kate and Rick.
"Really glad you liked it," Ryan added.
The party continued on then. Alan was ready with a variety of karaoke discs. Jenny did a rousing rendition of Madonna's "Cherish," ending by plopping herself down on Kevin's lap and giving him a big kiss in front of everyone.
Lanie and Alan duetted on "I Finally Found Someone," and Kate reached for Rick's hand and threaded her fingers through his while Lanie and Alan were singing about not being able to wait for the rest of their lives because they had finally found someone (namely, each other). Rick leaned in and kissed Kate's temple, and Kate returned her attention to Lanie and Alan, holding hands and looking at each other as they sang, and Kate knew that even if they never ended up getting married, Lanie and Alan would be together for the rest of their lives, just like they were singing about now.
Victoria surprised everyone with her outstanding version of Shirley Bassey's "Sometimes," leaving no doubt how she really felt about her team from the 12th.
"Sometimes, not often enough
We reflect upon the good things
And those thoughts always
center around those we love
And I think about those people
Who mean so much to me
And for so many years have made me
So very happy
"And I count the times I have forgotten to say
Thank you
And just how much I love them"
Gerald didn't sing, because, as he cheerfully explained, "I couldn't carry a tune if it had a handle on it."
Jim and Martha also both opted not to sing, but Martha accompanied Alexis on piano when she sang the old standard "Always," which she dedicated to Rick and Kate.
"I'll be loving you always
With a love that's true, always
When the things you've planned
Need a helping hand
I will understand, always
Always
Days may not be fair always
That's when I'll be there, always
Not for just an hour
Not for just a day
Not for just a year
But always"
Everyone was misty-eyed, but no one more than Kate and Rick, when Alexis finished her song.
"That was beautiful," Rick said simply.
"Well, I know how much you like the standards, Kate, and I also know that 'Always' is the promise you two fulfill for each other every day, so it just seemed like the ideal song, especially when Gram got a hold of the sheet music," Alexis replied.
"It's been a long time since I heard that song," Kate said, "and from now on, whenever I hear it, I'm going to think of you singing it for your dad and me. It's the best gift you could have given us, Alexis." Rick looked on with a smile and a few more tears in his eyes as he watched Kate and Alexis embrace.
While Kate and Alexis were hugging, Lanie and Jenny went into the kitchen and wheeled out the wedding cake, a two-tiered chocolate cake with buttercream frosting. When Kate looked more closely at the little bride and groom on top of the cake, she burst out laughing. Rick, wanting to know what the joke was, followed her gaze to the top of the cake, and then laughed himself.
The bride was wearing an NYPD dress uniform, and the groom had a tiny laptop tucked under his arm.
"Whose idea was this?" Rick asked.
"It was sort of an idea by committee," Lanie admitted. "None of the brides and grooms really looked like you two, and we were trying to figure out how to change that, But the initial suggestion came from your dad."
When Kate and Rick looked to Jim, he said, "When Johanna and I got married, our friends put a tiny statue of Lady Justice holding the scales on the top of our wedding cake behind the bride and groom. I thought of that, and when Alexis and Martha asked if I had anything to contribute to this party in terms of ideas, and then Alexis mentioned what a hard time they were having finding a bride and groom that even remotely resembled you and Rick, I did a little research, and these were the result." He gestured to the bride and groom on top of the cake.
Kate hugged her father. "Thanks, Dad," she said. "They're perfect."
Jim hugged Kate back. "It's so good to see you so happy, Katie," he replied. "You're lighter than you've been in decades."
"Takes some getting used to, I know," she said.
"It looks good on you," Jim replied.
"I think so too," Kate said. She looked over her shoulder, where Rick was standing with his wineglass in his hand, just watching her and her dad. He raised his glass to her in salute, and she smiled back at him. Jim, following his daughter's gaze, smiled too, knowing that Rick and his love were a big part of the reason why Katie was so much lighter now than she'd been since Johanna had been taken from them.
Just then, Ryan and Alan got everyone's attention when they both complained loudly when Jenny smacked Ryan's hand as he went to sneak a taste of frosting from the bottom edge of the cake, and Lanie smacked Alan's arm when he tried to sneak a fingerful of frosting himself from the opposite side of the cake.
"Kate, Castle, you better get over here and cut this cake before these guys demolish it," Lanie said, giving Alan some serious side-eye.
"It's buttercream frosting!" Alan exclaimed in his defense. "I just wanted a taste."
Martha presented Rick and Kate with a silver cake cutter with a flourish. "You'd better cut the cake before those poor boys wind up taking it on the chin," she said.
Kate and Rick cut the cake, and fed each other the first bite. "That's it?" Esposito asked. "No shoving the cake in each other's faces?"
"Please," Kate scoffed.
"Yeah, I'm not that stupid," Rick agreed.
After everyone had had cake, Victoria Gates stood up, since they had pushed enough tables together to seat everyone. "Before the party breaks up, I'd like to say a little something, if that's all right."
"Of course," Kate said.
Victoria picked up her wineglass. "I didn't always agree with your methods when I was your Captain, Kate," she began, "but it was hard to argue with the results...most of the time. And Mr. Castle, you brought a unique perspective to the table and helped Kate, and Detectives Ryan and Esposito, attain their high closure rate.
"When I took over at the 12th, I actually thought the two of you were a couple already. I was surprised to find out you weren't, until I really watched you together for about a week. That was all it took for me to see that you loved each other and you wanted to be together. Thank God you finally figured that out for yourselves."
"Are you saying you were always rooting for us, Sir?" Rick asked.
"That's exactly what I'm saying, Mr. Castle," Gates replied. She looked to her left and smiled at her husband. "I know firsthand the benefits of a true partnership, because I have been blessed enough to be one-half of a true partnership myself for the past 35 years." Gerald Gates smiled back at his wife, took her free hand in his, and kissed the back of her hand.
Victoria turned her attention to Rick and Kate once more. "Through the various perils and predicaments over the years, I always knew that wherever one of you was, the other would be there too, or if not there, then fighting like hell to get there. If ever two people were two halves of the same whole, it's you two." She raised her glass. "To the best and truest partners I have ever had the privilege of observing and befriending: Katherine Beckett and Richard Castle. I wish you a long, happy, fruitful partnership, filled with love, friendship, and joy."
"Hear, hear!" Esposito echoed.
Everyone else chimed in with similar sentiments, and glasses were clinked all around the table.
After Victoria's toast, Alexis said, "And on that note, I think it's time to send The Couple of the Hour on their way."
"Thank God you said something," Lanie piped up. She was the tipsiest party attendee by far. "The way they've been looking at each for the past hour, I've been afraid they'd spontaneously combust at any moment." She made a shooing motion with one hand. "Go on, Kate. Take Writer Boy home already."
"Writer Man," Kate corrected Lanie.
"Just go, before you wind up mauling him in the storeroom," Lanie continued.
"Thanks for that image, Lanie. That's just what I wanted to picture," Ryan said, pulling a face.
"Yeah, really," Esposito grumbled.
Jim and Martha were both chuckling. "It is traditional for the bride and groom to leave first," Martha pointed out.
Victoria Gates was outright laughing. "Sir?" Kate asked.
"Go while the going is good, Kate, Castle," Victoria said after she recovered herself. "I get the feeling Dr. Parish won't remember this conversation in the morning."
"We'll be sure to remind her," Ryan said.
"Guys, come on," Alan said, attempting to defend his girlfriend's honor. "Lanie's filter disappears when she's had a few drinks. It's a statistical fact that alcohol lowers inhibitions."
"You know what you talking nerdy to me does, Alan," Lanie piped up then. "Where is the storeroom, anyway?" She started looking around. Kate discreetly reached across the table, grabbed Lanie's nearly-full wineglass, and handed it off to Martha.
"You're okay to get her home?" Kate asked Alan.
"Yeah," he assured Kate. "But I don't think we can leave until you do. Not that I'm trying to kick you and Rick out of your party! God, I would never do that."
"We were just on our way out," Rick replied.
Kate looked to Ryan and Espo. "When you get on Lanie's case about this, first of all, go easy on her, and secondly, don't do it in the morgue. You know what she does with scalpels on a daily basis...but unlike the bodies, you'd actually feel it."
"Maybe we don't have to say anything," Ryan mused, looking at Esposito.
Victoria sighed as she rolled her eyes heavenward. "God help Captain Karpowski with you three. I think she's going to need it," she said.
Kate and Rick made their way around the table, saying good night to everyone. Alexis assured them she'd be home after she had helped Brian with the clean-up.
After Kate and Rick left, everyone else followed suit in fairly short order, except for Javier Esposito.
When they were alone and collecting empty glasses and cake plates to take to the kitchen, Alexis said, "You and Kevin are really talented. I had no idea you guys could sing and dance like that, let alone write music and lyrics like that."
"Beckett and Castle were very inspiring," Javier replied. He shifted his weight. "You still up for that date?"
"Yes," Alexis replied, hoping she didn't sound overly eager.
"How 'bout Friday?" he suggested.
"Friday would be good," Alexis replied. Then she thought of something. "It's just that, um, you can't pick me up. Dad and Kate."
"Right," Javier replied. He thought for a moment. "It's wrong for a gentleman not to pick the lady up for their first date, though. What if I picked you up from somewhere other than your place?"
"Like where?" Alexis asked.
They were both lost in thought for a moment now. "Ryan and Jenny's?" Javier suggested.
"Maybe," Alexis said doubtfully, not wanting to impose on the Ryans. Then she thought of something else. "They and Lanie, and I'm assuming Alan, already know. But my gram has always been really great about me dating. She's always been a big help to me with Dad in that department. If I fill her in, you could pick me up from her place."
"Okay," Javier agreed. "You can tell Martha. If anyone in your family is going to be on our side, it would be her. So 7:30 Friday night at your grandmother's?"
"It's a date," Alexis said happily. She smiled at him.
"It's a date," Javier echoed with a big smile of his own.
It was after midnight by the time Kate and Rick got home. Kate was humming something in the elevator on the way up to the loft, but Rick couldn't quite place the song.
Once they were inside, Kate said, "It was a great belated wedding reception. There was only one thing we didn't do." She ditched her heels, then put on some music, and a few seconds later, Ed Sheeran's "Kiss Me" was playing. Rick kicked off his own shoes as Kate slowly danced her way across the room to him. "Dance with me," she whispered as she twined her arms around his neck.
Rick wrapped his arms around her and pulled her so close to him, there was no light between them, and they stood in place, slowly swaying as they gazed into each other's eyes while Ed Sheeran sang about kissing like you want to be loved.
Kate and Rick looked at each other intensely. Remembering Kate singing in the shower earlier, Rick rested his cheek against hers and sang softly into her ear along with the song as they danced.
"Settle down with me
And I'll be your safety
You'll be my lady
I was made to keep your body warm
But I'm cold as the wind blows
So hold me in your arms"
He stopped singing when he felt Kate turn her head and nuzzle his jaw before she fused her mouth to his. They continued their slow, seductive dance, moving in the direction of their bedroom together as the song played on and their hands began to roam each other's bodies as their lips landed on every inch of skin they could.
Once they were in the bedroom, they began to undress each other until, at last, completely bared to each other, they fell onto their bed and made love far into the night, until they fell asleep wrapped up in each other, only to awaken again in the middle of the night to make love twice more.
