The trip to the hardware store, proved not to be a good thing for the two of them together; since Lilly had virtually not a clue what the sales guy was talking about. As John and him got more technical, she wandered down the cold cemented aisles in search for something to make her apartment to appear more modern.
However, upon seeing a kitchen remodeling center she then started talking a look to see what could be done to make it seems a bit cozier. Given that Lilly practically constantly ate out takeout; due to her no existent cooking skills; she then saw how much it would cost. Expensive indeed so that became out of the question.
Then there was hardwood floor paneling that she could do herself, Lilly felt good about choosing out a much darker floor but now had to think about getting new furniture to match. Chance was good but was it a bit too much, for awhile she had pondered it before then deciding to not go for the furniture.
Being always smart with her money, Lilly then walked away without buying it. She knew that the paint job was enough on the current budget; but that it wasn't such a big deal anyways. Her home had always been beautiful to her, besides all this wasn't going to make anything better.
After luring John away from the tool section, the two then headed back to his place. Lilly soon had learned that he was a pack rate; literally keeping old stuff.
"Sports page from 1989" rising up her eyebrows" You really need this" before discovering two boxes worth of sports stuff.
Lilly sneezed several times; due to the dust that had been collecting for sometime" Place is worse than the warehouse" before seeing him lifting the boxes into the large trash bag. John had enough of keeping old useless things, realizing that it wasn't nearly as important anymore. Letting it go was hard enough but she was right.
Upon getting up he now wearing shorts, that exposing the allure of her legs. His eyes followed her movement as Lilly headed into the kitchen in search for a bottle of water, before wrapped his arms around her slender waist.
With a small laugh, before being lifted onto the kitchen counter, before her eyes the noticed more sports stuff.
"Since when are you into Boxing" as the words were now turned into kisses. At first it was slow until John pushed her down while still devouring her mouth. The harder it had gotten the more she moaned due to the pleasure.
He then stepped back, seeing how heavy that Lilly's breathing had gotten. In fact John seemed to turned on by this" You're beautiful" as her lips curled into a devilish smile.
Sliding off the counter, Lilly then covered both the furniture and floor with a white sheet. With that wicked smile still plastered onto her face, she felt even more daring" Remove the shirt"; her voice growing sexier.
"No, I'm not as young as you", seeing her tongue curling sexily.
However that still made no difference to Lilly" Fine" turning around still with that look on her face. He then removed the top but kept on a t-shirt instead, as she smiled looking at him" Much better", handing him a paintbrush.
When a bit got onto his face, John found it amusing to dab her with it also. As the two shared more laughs together; their bed of roses grew even more. From outside both Jefferies and Vera heard the music as the two then turned to each other.
"Think it's the girl that he's been seeing" asked Vera.
Jefferies grinned" Why else would John not be at work" before knocking at his front door.
As the two heard this, Lilly automatically hid inside of his bedroom; in an effort to dodge off her coworkers. She didn't want those looks especially from Vera, whom was known at times to be a practical joker.
Once John had opened the door, the two men paused to look at him" New look there John".
"Just painting my apartment" he answered in an effort to not let them dare find out about the two of them. Besides it still wasn't the time for them to know about their relationship.
"So where's the woman whose been driving you crazy", grinned Jefferies as he then peaked around in hopes to find out the identity. Even Vera had sensed it" Got a woman's touch", seeing that it didn't leak of any dust" Spotless".
John chuckled in amusement over the two trying to figure of his personal life" You two prying into my life, I haven't been with anyone for awhile. Not the dating type", knowing that that was complete lie.
"Be secretive, bet she's something" before leaving his apartment. After closing the door behind, John knew that Lilly was indeed something special not to mention beautiful. He knew he felt lucky to even be with her but knew that the two men were still outside.
When they finally did in fact leave, Lilly came out" You tell them anything"?
" No, I think they know that something is up", kissing her soft lips" Just that you are an amazing", stroking the side of her cheek" Beautiful and someone I love".
As a single tear trickled out of Lilly's blue eyes " Getting romantic on me , John" seeing how fast he was catching on" Didn't know you could be this romantic"?
"I got you", as the two shared another small laugh, before continuing to paint his apartment. Though they had to stop in between due to several moments of kissing" Think we can continue this later", alluring to the fact that things were getting a little bit too overheated.
With a whisper, John let her silently into the bedroom. While he continued his motions, Lilly gasped over and over as if she was in a trace being seduced by the man she loved. As a heavy think layer of fog covered their bodies, the two barely could see but knew they could feel each other's love throughout their entire bodies.
As with time, the fog then cleared away leaving their breaths heavy with their bodies rushing of warm afterglow. Lilly was had never once been this satisfied as she was now, how on earth he had managed to create this was beyond her.
Moments then blinked like an eye, which then surpassed them into work that following Monday. By now she had forgotten about the paint which was still stuck in her blonde hair, along with some embedded in her fingernails.
Somehow this didn't go unnoticed; not even when both she and Scotty were doing a stakeout later on that night.
"Take it, you had a pretty wild weekend" chuckled Scotty in amusement.
Lilly shot him a look; though feeling slightly disgusted by the fact the was picturing her inside of his dirty mind" No, just attended some yoga classes".
In fact he didn't buy that story" Yoga, what is it some kind of ritual"?
"Look it up" she snapped, wanting to get off the subject of her personal life. However Scotty found it amusing to tease her about the possibility of having a new love" Keeping us in the loops about this guy".
The blonde quickly shot him another of her famous Ice queen looks" I'm not dating" before realizing she was wearing a gemstone diamond bracelet, that John had recently given to her. However she dismissed it as something she had from an old relationship.
By the time the stakeout had been cancelled; Lilly returned back to headquarters only to find that there was a road trip up to Maine; where the suspect had lived. After everyone had opted out, both she and John found themselves traveling up north. However with the conditions worsening due to the snow, he continued driving until the car had broken down on the side of the road; not far from the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut.
That wasn't the only thing that were traveling up for, but a small cabin in the woods that John had rented for the weekend. For the time being he stepped out into the blustery weather as he tried to fix whatever was wrong.
In fact Lilly sat there shivering due to being so cold, until John was able to start the car with success. Their luck turned sour when he slammed into heavy traffic due to a series of bad accidents on roadways; along with the heat not working.
Once stranded, John then wrapped his scarf around her neck before taking Lilly's hand into his "This better"?
"Still cold", sighing softly" Crap, forgot to charge my phone".
He then realizing this as well, before noticing more cops driving up" Not going out there Lil, I know better this time"; knowing that work and romance were too separate things.
Her lips cured slightly" You want to go out there don't you" shaking her head, while slightly amused" Don't you ever not want to forget about work"?
John laughed" The vacation I did"?
"No, your body was but not your mind", letting out a breath" I can forget about work, and just relax like I am now"; before the two just sat there.
However by the time the car started to move, Lilly had figured out the real motive for them headed up to Maine.
"We're staying at a log cabin, what for" her eyebrows raising" Don't we have work to do " her eyes now sparkling like the ice on the branches when the sun had shined on it.