Once back at her apartment, John drew Lilly a warm bath. He knew that it would be one of the keys in helping her feel better once she was sitting in there, she felt him gently rubbing the soles of her feet. She then lay back, taking in slowly; steady deep breaths while letting John work his magic in disappearing her sickness.
As he then proceeded to massage her back, Lilly moaned softly; signaling that the burn was still very much evident. While in the midst of doing this, his phone rang but this time John didn't answer it; knowing that Lilly was more important now.
"You going to answer it" she asked, still keeping her eyes shut.
John then proceeded to light another candle" No, just relax Lil I want you to get better", the first time he had actually didn't feel like dealing with work. As warm water ran down her back, she breathed out before letting out a small cough.
After the relaxation bath, he then pulled her up; before wrapping her up in a towel. Lilly shivered before redressing herself. When finally in bed, with two blankets covering her entire body, while a thermometer was inside of her mouth.
"103", John announced softly before handing her two caplets.
As the rush of cool liquid then pushed the pills down into the depths of her stomach, Lilly lay there feeling him blotting her forehead and neck. That and combined with his love, she then allowed her body to enter sleep mode.
While the cold air from the winds seeped into the room from the window; John made sure that his love wouldn't freeze. His worrying then increased when she had awoken due to several deep coughs; before hearing how hard Lilly was breathing.
"Need to see a doctor Lil" saying it quietly "You're not fine", reading right into her own thoughts. As another bought then struck her, before she then managed to speak" Already saw one, I just need to take it easy".
As John then helped her to sit up, Lilly found that it was much easier to breathe rather than lying flat. By the time she was officially able to return to work, with her skin now nicely tanned. Even Scotty had to do a double take; before hearing Lilly coughing abruptly.
"Have a cold there, Lil"?
Lilly cleared her throat before looking over the case, still obviously not saying a single word. However he wasn't about to give up, as he then noticed how much lighter she had become since her vacation. Still it puzzled him in regards to have secretive she was about her presumed new love.
This didn't end there; Scotty kept on pressing her for details" Lil what's going on, haven't been acting yourself lately"?
"Nothing, will you drop it", not wanting to confess that she had been seeing John. That itself was still a deep secret, but silently cursed herself for getting some paint in her hair; as the two were busying redoing her living room.
She had decided to paint it Cinnamon; making the appearance of her home a lot brighter. Gloomy wasn't doing it for her anymore, but John just happened to be good at these kinds of things. Of course it got a tad romantic between the two at times, however she never felt taken advantaged by him.
Just then the sound of Scotty's voice; once again brought her back to reality" Could at least told me where you were going" he said worriedly" Got concerned when your phone kept bumping me to voicemail".
At this time Lilly lost her cool" I was on Vacation; get it I wasn't thinking about work". His nose flared wanting to know who was making her change into an happier person, but before he could do that John came out with more news in regards to the case. However neither of them exchanges looks of romance, but more on the terms of being two professionals instead.
However he mentioned to her about working late, but Lilly didn't not after being shot. She couldn't bear to be alone in the bullpen after this; but more importantly had a yoga class to attend instead. Later that night John sat there finishing up some paperwork before leaving, he then surprised her by picking her up from her class.
"Was thinking I finish up on the living room", causing her to smile.
"Already finished it this morning" as he then noticed the red paint, still etching into her blonde hair. John was always amazed by Lilly, in so many ways as they both continued walking together underneath the stars.
"Was thinking about redoing your apartment, kind of needs some changing", seeing him shaking his head" You're afraid of change aren't you"?
It was in fact very noticeable that John clearly didn't really like changing things. He preferred things to be simple but knew love sometimes changed things. One thing they didn't do was change each other, for they accepted and loved each other equally.
Now turning to him, Lilly took hold of his hand" Don't have to be with me all the time, can go out and have drinks with Will down at Jones".
With each other's eyes searching one another, John realized he also had to have social life besides their relationship. He had trouble separating work from real life; something that Lilly once couldn't do. After being shot, she soon realized that sharing some laughs with friends wasn't going to kill her. Work could in fact wait until the next morning.
Lilly understood about him; even the part about his shyness in the bedroom. That it was improving, but he had later found out that the living room wasn't fully painted. His eyes shifted back into "Boss Mode" for a split second.
"You could do it tonight" leaning closer" Or tomorrow" now in a huskily voice.
As their lips collided, tongues dancing to a foreign secretive dance; John then broke away" Tomorrow", leading her upstairs. Not long after, their clothes were scattered on the floor like crumbs; while their bodies shifted back and forth; breaths growing heavier.
Her heart was nearly racing with desire, while he hit that spot. Noise came seeping out, causing John to pull her down for yet another kiss. Lilly pushed herself harder against him, as they both moaned in pleasure.
She could feel his hands, roaming down her back as sweat dripped downward from her forehead. While moving at a fast speed; he grunted loudly while his body began working up to a release.
"Lil" breathing out her name, while Lilly's hardened breaths mixed with his name as she grew louder.
Before he knew she flew as he too soon joined her, while passion spread throughout his entire body. That didn't end there, especially with John being able to push her one more time over the edge. He knew she probably had more of an interest in sex than he had; their age different was a factor.
Nevertheless, John was starting to enjoy having a sex life again. In fact he felt a hundred times better, than ever before. After the last round, Lilly rolled off still breathing heavily.
"You surprised me", leaning her head down on his chest" Didn't know you had talent".
He chuckled" Think it's the other way around" seeing Lilly looking up at him" Still got it in me" which automatically put a smile onto her face.
"You act like you're too old, for anything. Then there's that other side of you" her eyes now sparkling like the stars in the skies" People don't realize how different you are outside of work".
The two shared a series of laughs before Lilly then rested her head on her pillow; while facing him. John watching her fall asleep; knowing that he wasn't t really old; and was letting the rest of his life pass him by; until being with her. In retrospect, they were both learning how to love as the bed of roses added more love, he soon joined her.
AS the hours sped away, Lilly then shifted onto his chest not aware that his phone had been buzzing. John didn't want to rouse, especially waking up the woman he loved so much. This in a way could be important as he then hit the talk button.
Like clockwork it was, promoting him to head on over to a crime scene that both Jefferies and Vera were already at. Before leaving, John gently moved Lilly onto her side before giving her a kiss. After throwing on his clothes he made sure that he was neatly groomed before heading down there.
"What took you so long" Jefferies asked" That woman of yours keeping you up" grinning at him.
John shook his head before examining the crime scene, only to find that it was merely a setup. Now the squad was back to square one but neither Jefferies or Vera had wanted to come back to headquarters, since the setup was work of some homeless; not the killer.
After spending about two hours, John went back to his apartment; noticing that she had been right. His place also needed a bit touching up; which was only going to get a little heavy with the romance especially from Lilly.
However all this home decoration was just the start of many more things to come?