Rating warning! This chapter is M...for the good stuff! --wink wink-- And the rest of it is merely fluff...or is it...?
Chapter 17
(Later that morning...let's say about eleven-ish)
Nick hefted the over night bag over his shoulder and ushered Riley through the front door. "Go ahead in Sweetheart. Are ya hungry?" He asked as he closed the door with his foot and she nodded. "Is tomato soup okay?" He ask and she nodded. He laughed as she yawned and lay down on the couch. "Geez, stay awake long enough to eat it." He joked and she smiled and nestled into the couch.
"I'm just resting my eyes." She murmured and Nick chuckled.
"The famous last words..." He joked.
Sure enough, not even ten minutes later, the soup was ready and Nick had gone into the living room to get Riley, when he saw her fast asleep on the sofa. He chuckled and knelt down next to her, and brushed a small piece of hair from her face (something that frequently happened when she slept) and scooped her up carefully in his arms to carry her into his room and lay her softly in the new bed that had yet to be slept in. He pulled off her shoes and took off her jacket so she was in her black spaghetti strapped top and jeans. Nick pulled the blankets up over her body and placed a soft kiss on her forehead.
"Night Hon."
And with that he disappeared out of the room.
--Yep...short scene...I know...and pretty much pointless...or was it? Wow...I'm very ambiguous in this chapter...XD--
Nick felt something shift next to him, and he slowly opened his eyes to realize it was Riley. She was sitting up, propped up on her elbow and watching him sleep. She smiled as his brown eyes settled on her. "You're cute when you sleep." She commented. "Did you know that you talk in your sleep?"
"I don't like to be watched when I sleep." He said softly and she nodded.
"Okay." She smiled a little more and slid down into te bed next to him.
"What'd I say?" He asked curiously and she shrugged and smiled knowingly.
"Somethin about shoe polish and a remote controller...then of course there was the puppy..."
Nick knitted his brow. "I didn't dream about any of those things."
"Well what'd you dream about?"
"You." He answered and she smiled.
"Aww...you big mush. Seriously Nicky, you're very fluffy."
Nick gaped at her in mock-umbrage. "Are you callin me fat?"
She laughed. "No...I'm saying you are very mushy."
"You're callin me fat again." He accused and she rolled her eyes.
"No, I mean you're a romantic..."
"Yeah...a fat romantic apparently." He joked and she laughed.
"Quit worrying about your appearance, you're sexy...get over it."
"So I'm a sexy, yet fat, romantic." He summed and she rolled her eyes and shoved him over.
"Ah! Nick!" She groaned and he laughed and pulled her towards him.
"A ha! See, even you can't stand to be in the same bed with a sexy, fat, romantic..."
"You're crazy insane baby."
"I know...a crazy insane, sexy, fat, romantic!" He exclaimed and she collapsed against the pillows.
"This is a weird conversation."
"Honey...when are any of our conversations ever normal?"
"Never." She answered and picked her head up. "Is it raining?" She asked as she heard the slight dribble of water hitting the roof.
"Shit! The windows are down in the Denali!" Nick exclaimed and bolted from the bed and out the door. She listened as she heard the front door slam shut, and Nick yelling profanities over the rain...she was rubbing off on him. She laughed as she heard him yelling more, and then the front door opened and closed. A few seconds later a very soaked Nick appeared in the doorway.
She rolled over and curled up in a ball, the form of doubling over laughing while lying down. "Oh my God!" She laughed in between breaths.
His wet white shirt was sticking to his body and his shaggy brown hair was tossed around and sticking up in weird ways. "It was a sprinkler...that wasn't anywhere near my car..." He explained frustrated and she continued laughing. "Oh, you think this is funny?"
She continued laughing, but nodded. "I can see your nipples through that shirt Nicky..."
"That'd be because it's freezing in here." Nick answered and walked over to the bed.
"No, no, no! Stay away...you're soaking wet." Riley said, holding her hands as a shield and an evil smile appeared on Nick's face.
"Oh...you don't like soaking wet men?"
She shook her head. "Don't Nick."
"Don't 'what' Riley...?" Nick asked as he crawled on the bed towards her. She jumped up and ran to the corner.
"Don't come near me, you're wet, I'm dry...that's how I wanna stay."
"Wet...? Okay!" He ran towards her and picked her up and slung her over his shoulder.
"No! Nick! Put me down!" She demanded.
"C'mon baby. It'll be fun."
"No. It won't. Now put me down!"
"I'm sorry...I can only hear people when they're as soaking wet as I am." He answered.
"That makes absolutely no sense!" She informed him. "Now put me down!"
"Sorry...can't hear you." He replied and walked out his front door.
"Nick no! Put me down! NO!" She squealed, and Nick merely laughed.
"Ready Darlin'?"
"Hell no!"
"Oh well!" And with that he ran through the sprinkler, with Riley slung over his shoulder.
She squealed and kicked her feet and tried to wiggle from his grasp. "I'm gonna kick your ass Nicholas Garret Stokes!" She threatened.
"Language Sweetheart..."
"Oh I'll give you language!" She threatened and Nick laughed.
"Oh, I'm countin on that..."
"Ha! If you think you're getting laid after this you are sadly mistaken. Now put me down!"
"I wasn't talkin about sex Sweetheart." He noted and ran through the sprinklers again.
"Well you still aren't gettin any sex..."
"Sugar coat it Darlin'. We're in the presence of children." He nodded towards the little kids next door to him, watching them in confusion. "Call it 'making love'."
"'Making love'...what are you a girl?"
"Nice Baby, nice." He replied and ran back through the sprinklers, making her squeal again.
"Nick stop!" She pleaded and Nick started walking back towards the house. She folded her arms across her chest (which was kind of hard considering she was still slung over his shoulder) and let out a 'humph'. "I don't like you."
"Liar."
"Jerk."
"Oooh, testy." He joked.
"I don't like cold water."
Nick laughed. "As a man, I'm prone to appreciating the affects cold water has on us on a lonely Friday night..."
"Well good, cause you're gonna need that little trick for a long time..." She warned and Nick laughed.
"Nah, you can't resist my innate sexiness." Nick joked
"Wanna bet?"
"Nope. Cause I'd give up about two seconds into it..."
This earned a laugh from her. "You're crazy insane Nick."
"We established that Sweetheart." He replied and laid her back on the bed. "Do you want to change into your pajamas?" He asked and she shook her head.
"Nope." She replied and yanked him down on top of her on the bed. "What I'm thinking about doesn't involve much clothing." She replied in a low voice and waggled her eye brows.
Nick pulled away uncertainly. A flashback from their last attempt against the front door crept into his mind. "I don't know Honey...are you sure you're up for it?"
She sighed, figuring that'd be his response. Despite all their sexual joking, she assumed that Nick would be tentative after what happened last time...even though it wasn't his fault. "It's sex Nick, not the Olympics." She grabbed his hand and directed him to the spot next to her.
"...I...I don't know Riley."
"Nick, it wasn't your fault about what happened against the door, so don't even worry about that." She consoled and Nick sighed.
"I know..."
"So what's the problem?" She asked, and Nick rolled over on to her gently. She smiled and pulled him closer so that she could kiss him, when his wet shirt made contact with her bare arms she shivered, so Nick pulled it off over his head. His hands dropped to her waist, and he pushed her shirt slowly up her body, placing warm kisses as her body became exposed to him. She let her arms rest above her head as Nick pushed the wet, black material up her arms, and off her hands. He took her wrists gently and brought them back down her sides, holding them against the bed lightly with enough room for her to wiggle free of him if she wanted to.
He let his hands stroke across her abdomen, and the warm the skin of her belly. His head slowly dropped to cover her naval as he undid the button on her jeans, and struggled pushing them down her long legs. She laughed softly at his attempts. "Sucks trying to pull off wet jeans huh?" She asked and Nick chuckled triumphantly when he finally got them off. She grinned and rolled her head back as Nick's hands slid to her inner thighs and caressed her heated, wet porcelain skin. Riley sucked in a breath as his hand slid across her wet panties, teasing her heat with his light touch.
She felt all her blood rush through her, to her heated core, and he heart beat loudly in her ears. The sensation of simply his touch was amazing, and she bit her lip in anticipation for what would, no doubt, be phenomenal. He slowly pushed her up the bed so that she was resting against the pillows, and she looked down at her feet to see him kick off his jeans, and begin to crawl up her wet body. She smiled at the look of hunger written all over his face and pulled him up the rest of the way, eager to feel him.
He chuckled at her hurriedness and slowly reached behind her to unclasp her violet bra and release her voluptuous breasts. Her straining nipples were soon covered by his mouth, teased by his tongue, and caressed gently against his teeth. She gasped and arched her back in appreciation, only fueling Nick's desires more. His erection was throbbing against her stomach now, and his mouth slid down her body towards her naval again, planting kisses along her skin as he did so. His fingers came to the brim of her panties and he dipped one into her panties slowly, just enough to tease her skin, not enough to feel her. She moaned in desire and squirmed underneath his touch, causing a devious smile to grace Nick's chiseled face. "Patience is a virtue Sweetheart..." He murmured and slid his thumb across the dragonfly tattoo on her front left hip, and placed a soft kiss to it.
"I can guarantee you whoever the hell came up with that wasn't laying on your bed being teased to death...seriously Baby, you're killin me." She moaned throatily and arched her back again. As if on cue he quickly slid the panties off her legs, and wasting no time, she shoved his boxers down and off of his legs. She moaned and gripped his back muscles as she felt his erection press against her. "Nicky...please..."
Nick's hands slid down her legs all the way to her knees, where he slowly pushed her legs apart and settled in between them. She covered his mouth with her own and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Wait...protection..." Nick murmured into her neck. She groaned.
"If you don't have any I'm gonna be forced to kill you..."
Nick chuckled. "I'm of no use to you then Sweetie."
He commented and reached into his side table drawer and produced a box of condoms. He quickly grabbed a condom from the box and slid it on as she wrapped her arms around his neck again and gasped as he entered her. She threw her head back and moaned, as he slid out, then back in again. "Nick..."
She unhooked her arms from his neck and threw them above her head to grip the bottom of the head board on his new bed. Nick sat up on his knees and began filling her from a different angle, receiving an euphoric response. She cried out in pleasure and arched her back, creating a rhythm with her hips to help him along. He grunted in pleasure and slid his hands underneath her back, and lifted her body up and held it against his, still thrusting into her from the new position of her in his lap, but bracing herself above him on her knees. She moaned at the change of position and his quickened pace. "Fuck yeah...Nicky..."
He felt the passion between them growing and he released a deep throaty moan, in the form of her name. "Riley..." He quickened his pace still, filling her completely with each thrust, and slamming his pelvis into hers. She leaned back and braced herself on her hands as though she were doing the crab-walk, with her legs wrapped around his waist. He gripped her hips tightly and bit his lip to conceal his cries of ecstasy. She moaned again as she rocked her hips in sync with his, until she felt her arms go weak. Sensing this, Nick scooped her up and held her up like he had before, except this time he gently eased her back against the bed and resumed the original position, one that wasn't putting so much stress on her body.
"Nick...I...I..." She moaned, not really knowing what she wanted to say...just needing to say his name. He sat up again and gripped her hips tighter as he felt his climax approaching. He grunted once more and she arched her back, loving the sounds he was making. She began panting as her orgasm approached as well. "Nick!" She screamed in pleasure as the waves of her climax washed over her. Nick was soon to follow, gasping as his hit him. He collapsed against her, carefully so as not to squish her. She was panting heavily, and she brought a hand to her sweaty forehead and pushed her hair from her face to keep it from sticking.
"Okay...I was wrong..." Nick picked up his head with much effort to look at her curiously. "...Maybe that was the Olympics..." She replied, a goofy grin plastered on her face. Nick chuckled and rolled off of her, slowly removing himself from her, then discarding the condom into the trash. She sighed in pleasure and snuggled against the bed, pulling him back to her, missing the warmth he provided for her body. He smiled and slid the covers out from underneath her and pulled the thin dark green sheet up to cover her naked body, in true gentleman fashion.
She smiled and snuggled into him as he wrapped his strong arms around her. "Well that was fun." He drawled after a while and she laughed.
"I'll say...we should run through the sprinkler more often..."
A smug grin spread across his face. "I told you..."
--(blush) tee hee...mucho thanks to my sis for helpin me with that one and plantin dirty ideas in my head—
Nick stroked the long red hair sprawled out across the pillow next to him and smiled. She was smiling in her sleep, and even though he didn't know what she was dreaming about...he had a feeling their aerobics from earlier had something to do with the goofy grin...although he wasn't one to talk himself...
Her stomach growled in her sleep, and her eyes slowly fluttered open. Nick stroked the hair on her head once more and gently kissed her lips. "Mornin Sugar." He whispered and her smile grew.
"Mornin Darlin'...I'm-"
"Hungry...I know." He finished for her and she raised a brow. "Your stomach was growling."
"Oh...I thought I dreamt that."
Nick shook his head and brought her body closer to his. He kissed her forehead and smiled. "Ya know, we never did eat that soup from earlier...but it's probably no good by now."
"What time is it?"
Nick rolled over and looked at the alarm clock, "Almost five...Yay," He cheered softly. "I don't have to work tonight." He kissed her temple and she chuckled.
"I do."
"Nu uh."
"What?"
"Riley, you just got out of the hospital..."
She smirked. "Didn't stop me from havin sex, ain't gonna stop me from workin."
"C'mon baby, it's my first night of in a long time...take one day of recovery..."
Riley smiled and sighed. "Okay...only because it's your day off...so, what're we gonna do all day?" She asked seductively while trailing her finger along his stubble jaw line. He smiled and wrapped his arms around her.
"Ya know what really sounds amazing...?" He mumbled and kissed the crook of her neck. "...Food." He finished and she grinned from ear to ear.
"It's like you're reading my mind." She professed and Nick laughed.
"Well it isn't that hard...you've always got food on the brain."
"No, its half and half, one half food, the other half is sex."
Nick grinned wildly. "Riley, that is music to any man's ears!" He exclaimed and she laughed. "I'm so lucky to have you all to myself though."
"Well, except for Phil in DC, you share me with him." She joked and Nick shrugged and nodded in agreement.
"Oh yeah, can't forget Phil in DC..."
"And Joshua in Maine..."
"Don't forget Kyle in Tampa." Nick added and she nodded.
"Oh, yep...can't forget Kyle in Tampa. But do you know who my favorite is?" She asked rolling on top of him and nibbling his ear lightly.
"Hmmm?"
She pulled his earlobe between her white teeth and licked it lightly. "Nick in Vegas..." She breathed throatily into his ear and kissed his ear softly. He moaned and rolled her over so that he was on top of her again and was kissing her passionately. She chuckled. "What about dinner?" She murmured against his lips.
"You abandoned that idea when you kissed me..."
"Oh yeah...I forgot your ear was your 'spot'..."
Nick chuckled against her neck. "Liar. You did that on purpose." He accused and continued kissing across her chest. She reached for the box on the nightstand and handed it to him while smiling. He looked up and shook his head, grinning in a purely wily manner. "Uh uh...don't need those for what I have in mind." Nick growled and ducked underneath the covers.
"Yee haw!" Riley exclaimed and earned a laugh from the man under the sheets.
--Tee hee...see...they're so cute, they even make sex cute...XD--
Nick slid into the booth and pulled Riley in next to him and kissed her passionately. She chuckled and pushed him away. "Geez Nick, calm down...you're worse than a convict that escaped from prison and only has one day before he has to go back to prison..."
This caused Nick to stop kissing her neck and laugh. "You give the weirdest analogies..."
She shrugged. "Well, I can't have you getting all excited, so that I have to 'relieve your frustration' in the back of your Denali...I'm hungry...there'll be time for that after I've eaten."
Nick chuckled. "You're like a human garbage dispenser." He replied and she laughed.
"That's why I go Dutch...so you don't go broke." She replied and then furred her brow. "By the way Nick, I have a question, what kind of car do you drive?" She joked and Nick laughed, remembering when he had told her the only occasions on which he went Dutch when she had originally offered to pay for her meal.
He shook his head and looked at the menu. "Shut it lil' lady." He drawled and she laughed. A familiar laugh from across the café caught Nick's attention, and he looked up to see Warrick sitting with the woman he presumed to be Tina. Across from them was Greg and a very uncomfortable looking Catherine. Nick's eyes widened and he pulled the menu up in front of his face.
Riley looked up and saw Nick hiding behind his plastic menu. "What's wrong Nick?"
"Uh...nothing...just uh...they don't have anything I like here. Wanna go somewhere else?" He asked and she furred her brows.
"Nicky, you love this place..."
"Uh...I'm in the mood for Italian." Nick lied and she pointed to the Italian section on the menu. "I meant Chinese."
She raised a brow. "What's goin on Nick?"
He sighed and gestured with his head towards the booth full of familiar people. She looked over at it and shrugged. "So...?"
"I know them." He blurted and winced realizing how that must've sounded. Her face seemed to fall about twenty feet and she looked back towards the table. "I just mean-"
"Whatever, let's go..." She said as though it didn't bother her that he wasn't too happy about people he knew seeing her.
It's not like we're having an affair or anything...so why's he so freaked out about it? She wondered and slid quickly from the booth.
"I'll be in the car." She mumbled and Nick sighed.
"Ry I just meant-"
"Save it Nick, we can talk about this later." She replied and shook her head. She quickly walked out of the café and to the car, leaving Nick in tow. A strong handed landed on his shoulder and Nick nearly jumped out of his skin.
"Geez Nick, relax." A familiar baritone voice chuckled and Nick spun around to see Warrick standing there grinning like a fool. "What's up man...? Greggo, Cath, and I were just catchin some dinner with the Mrs. Wanna join?" Warrick offered and Nick quickly nodded.
"Nah man, I gotta go."
"Why? I heard Griss gave you the day off."
"Yeah...but I uh, I got plans."
Warrick laughed. "With who?" Nick didn't answer. "C'mon man...just some breakfast."
"I'm really tired Rick...I had a tough shift..."
Warrick sighed but nodded. "Alright man...but you can't put off meetin the woman forever." Warrick commented and Nick snapped around, hurting his neck in the process, but too worried to care...how had he found out about Riley? Did Grissom say something? Did Greg? Had they seen them?
"What...?"
Warrick laughed. "You have to meet Tina eventually." Warrick finished. "She's interested in meeting the man who gets himself in so much trouble." Warrick joked, and Nick forced a nervous chuckle.
"Uh...yeah...don't worry man. I'll meet her." He walked back towards the door of the dinner. "I'll see ya tomorrow Rick."
Nick waited till he was sure they were no longer watching him to climb into Riley's borrowed blue pick up truck that she was already sitting in. Nick looked over at her pissed off form looking out the window absently. Either she was clairvoyant or she had seen his reflection in the window, because when Nick went to say something to her she jacked up the volume on the radio so that Fall Out Boy's Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner was blasting from the pick up's sound system. Nick sighed heavily, knowing that through the blasting heavy rock and the fact that she was obviously ignoring him, she wouldn't hear the sigh. With no one to talk to, Nick settled on listening to the lyrics.
Drink down that Gin and Kerosene,
And come spit on bridges with me,
Just to keep us warm.
Light a match to leave me be.
Light a match to leave me be.
I keep my jealousy close,
'Cause it's all mine.
And if you say this makes you happy,
Then I'm not the only one lying.
Nick sighed again and drummed his fingers on the steering wheel absently, and stole a glance at Riley, who was tapping her black and white checker pattern Consoles to the beat of the music.
Keep quiet,
Nothing comes as easy as you.
Can I lay in your bed all day?
I'll be your best kept secret
And your biggest mistake.
The hand behind this pen relives a failure every day.
I keep my jealousy close,
'Cause it's all mine.
And if you say this makes you happy,
Then I'm not the only one lying.
Nick looked over at Riley and gaped at her, knowing she had put this song on for a reason. He huffed and focused on the road again.
Drink down that Gin and Kerosene,
And come spit on bridges with me,
Just to keep us warm (Just to keep us warm)
Light a match to leave me be.
Light a match to leave me...
Keep quiet,
Nothing comes as easy as you.
Can I lay in your bed all day?
I'll be your best kept secret
And your biggest mistake.
The hand behind this pen relives a failure every day.
I keep my jealousy close,
'Cause it's all mine.
And if you say this makes you happy,
Then I'm not the only one lying.
Keep quiet,
Nothing comes as easy as you.
Can I lay in your bed all day?
I'll be your best kept secret
And your biggest mistake.
The hand behind this pen relives a failure every day.
I keep my jealousy close,
'Cause it's all mine.
And if you say this makes you happy,
Then I'm not the only one lying.
So wear me like a locket around your throat.
I'll weigh you down.
I'll watch you choke.
You look so good in blue.
You look so good in blue.
Nick huffed and turned off the CD, gaining her attention. "Alright...I get it." He grumbled. "I fucked up." He pulled up to a stop light and looked at her.
She blinked and then nodded. "Yep."
"I'm sorry...but did you have to use Fall Out Boy to get your point across...? You never just stop talking to me..."
"And it pissed you off...but it made you listen." She smiled. "Sometimes word can be over rated...you may need a little steel guitar, mad base, and rock drums to drown out the sound of superficial expressions."
"Who said that, Fall Out Boy, Aristotle?" He guessed.
She rolled her eyes and smirked. "Riley Turner."
"Okay...my turn." He rooted quickly through her the radio stations and smiled when he found what he was looking for. He sat back in the seat and stepped on the gas when he saw the light turn green. The begin instruments to Josh Turner's Your Man filled the pick up.
Baby lock the door and turn the lights down low
Put some music on that's soft and slow
Baby we ain't got no place to go
I hope you understand
I've been thinking 'bout this all day long
Never felt a feeling quite this strong
I can't believe how much it turns me on
Just to be your man
Nick grabbed her hand and squeezed it tight and gave her a wink before stepping on the gas and making the truck sped off.
There's no hurry
Don't you worry
We can take our time
Come a little closer
Lets go over
What I had in mind
Baby lock the door and turn the lights down low
Put some music on that's soft and slow
Baby we ain't got no place to go
I hope you understand
I've been thinking 'bout this all day long
Never felt a feeling quite this strong
I can't believe how much it turns me on
Just to be your man
Nick chuckled as she danced in her seat to the rhythm of the song and shimmed closer to him. He laughed and grabbed the LVPD baseball cap from the floor of the truck and put it on her head. She laughed and leaned onto the shoulder that wasn't attached to the arm steering the car.
Ain't nobody ever love nobody
The way that I love you
We're alone now
You don't know how
Long I've wanted to
Lock the door and turn the lights down low
Put some music on that's soft and slow
Baby we ain't got no place to go
I hope you understand
He slung his arm around her shoulders and kissed the top of her head that was covered by the hat and smiled. She smiled and relaxed against him, propping her foot up on her seat and draping one arm over her knee and holding the hand that was slung around her shoulders with the other.
I've been thinking 'bout this all day long
never felt a feeling that was quite this strong
I can't believe how much it turns me on
Just to be your man
I Can't believe how much it turns me on
Just to be your man
The song came to an end and Nick smiled. "And I am damn lucky to have you...and share you with the other men." Nick joked and she smiled.
"Nah...I think I'm gonna become a one-man kinda woman."
"Really?" Nick asked in impression. She laughed and nodded. "Who are ya gonna pick?" He laid the accent on real thick as if it would sway her in his direction.
She smiled. "My favorite..."
"And that would be...?" Nick played dumb and she laughed and shook her head. He tightened his grip on her. "C'mon Turner...I wanna hear the words..."
She laughed and turned slightly in her seat. She gave him a seductive grin. "Nick in Vegas..."
He growled in approval and devoured her mouth with a passionate kiss at the first stop light they came to.
--Okay...I warned y'all about the fluff...—
First things first...I OWN NONE OF THOSE SONGS, I DON'T OWN THE SINGERS OR SONGWRITERS (cuz I think that's illegall...) NOR DO I HAVE ANY AFFILIATION WITH THEM OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES...
Alrighty, now...could they BE any cuter! I think not...so...I've spoiled y'all with (hopefully) a good sex scene and lots of fluff...I'd say its time for some DRAMA! (grins at though) XD
Review! I'm not gonna threaten y'all with no more chapters because apparently that doesn't work...so...no more reviews...NO MORE SEX SCENES! (bum bum bum) hopefully that won't be a relief to most of you...(aka, I'm making fun of my ability to write sex scenes) XD
-Chella Belle (FMCSI60)