Walter and Paige sat on the couch in the guest house he'd given to her and Ralph as their home, half cuddled up with each other. A quick call had brought new mattresses out for the beds so Paige and Ralph just moved in with a few clothes for now. The day had been surprising to say the least. Walter had been itchy all afternoon and evening. To know someone was trying to manipulate him and those around him was irritating him. Had this happened a few weeks ago, he'd already have infiltrated Homeland's system and found out who had sent the email. He'd be deep into planning his revenge, but that wasn't who he was anymore. And having Paige tangled up on the couch with him pulled him even further from that person.
They traded soft kisses and tender caresses as they enjoyed their time together. It hadn't been on his mind to seek a more intimate encounter with her this evening but there they were kissing and caressing each other. The two glasses of wine with dinner and the two and a half after, certainly helped, along with the soft music Paige had put on.
Walter had planned to go back to his house after he'd carried a sleeping Ralph up and put him to bed. But Paige had told him she'd see him downstairs in a few minutes. When she came down, it was clear she had made herself a bit more comfortable. Changing her business suit for a halter top without a bra and she was wearing a miniskirt. Her legs ramped up his heart rate.
"You like?" Paige asked sweetly as she paused at the bottom step and struck a sexy pose. If her muscles could have, her lips would have curled around her entire face at the look on Walter's face as he slowly nodded. She wasn't sure sex was on her agenda so a nightie wasn't called for, but this outfit at least could lead up to the possibility.
As Walter and Paige were kissing Walter grew frustrated and he broke the kiss before he stood up.
"I'll be right back." Walter said and moved off to the downstairs bathroom leaving Paige confused and puzzled. Paige heard the water run for several long minutes and then heard Walter gargle and then silence.
She smiled seeing Walter coming back.
"There wasn't anything wrong with your breath Walter.
Walter winked as he sat down. He pulled her back over and they started kissing again. Suddenly his tongue pushed into her mouth and Paige's eyes went wide. She relaxed as she realized he had removed the wires so he could open his mouth enough to use his tongue.
Now Walter's lips were against Paige's neck, kissing, sucking and his tongue snaking out, licking her flesh. Thanks to Drew it had been over a year since she'd been with someone long enough to get this close to them. And she was relishing in the feelings his touch was eliciting from her body. Walter was so glad he was ambidextrous as his left hand slipped under her top. He teasingly caressed his fingertips along her right side until he came to her right breast.
Paige gasped at the touch but it didn't deter her as she slipped her own hands under his shirt.
"Ooow." Walter moaned softly and Paige's eyes opened as she remembered his broken ribs.
"Oh Walter, I'm sorry, I forgot about your ribs. Are you okay?" Paige asked even as he continued his assault on her neck and breast.
"It's okay Paige, even pain can be enjoyable too, at times." Walter whispered as he returned to kissing her lips.
"Are you sure removing those wires was wise?" Paige asked as they kissed.
"Yes, I just have to remember not to eat. It's been over four weeks." Walter growled.
Paige smiled and welcomed his tongue back into her mouth. Walter's left hand came back down and his hands pulled the hem of her top up exposing her breasts. Walter began kissing down her neck and down to her breasts.
Walter smiled as Paige cooed while she laid back. She ran her fingers through his hair as his lips sucked a nipple into his mouth. His eyes opened as his tongue flicked across that nipple and then…he froze.
Paige's eyes opened so she could look down as he had stopped his playing. She watched as she felt his mouth leave her breast and he sat back. She frowned at the expression on his face. Suddenly she felt very self conscious and she pulled her top down covering herself. She wasn't sure if he felt disgusted that she'd given herself over to him so quickly and easily or worse if he'd found her undesirable for some reason.
"Walter?" Paige barely managed to get his name out. She had to know, but she didn't want to know at the same time.
Walter was looking into her eyes when something seemed to click in his head and his expression changed to one of desire, love, adoration even.
"Sorry, I just had a strange flash back." Walter tried to explain.
"What do you mean?" Paige frowned.
"Well, it is a little strange to come out and say and maybe approaching it this way is even stranger. But I need to ask, you and Drew were together for three years, starting roughly ten years ago, right? I'd done a minor background check on you because of the nature of my business dealings." Walter explained abstractly how sensitive some things are.
Paige nodded, but not really understanding how his stopping and his question connected.
"I met him while in college in Florida. After my last semester when my Dad died I had to quit. I'd just moved in with Drew when a sorority alumni had sent word that if I would transfer to her alma mater in San Francisco she'd cover the rest of my tuition. She heard about me because my sorority sisters had sent out a call for help for me. Drew was willing to move because he wanted to transfer in hopes of joining the Sacramento River Cats or San Jose Giants and then getting drafted into the San Francisco Giants. But after we got moved, she was killed in a car accident. She hadn't set anything up in her will so the executor didn't honor her pledge." Paige explained as she was still wondering what this had to do with how he was acting.
Walter nodded.
"What I have to say, if I'm wrong and it is highly unlikely I am, it may upset you with me. And if true it might embarrass you." Walter told her.
Now Paige was highly curious. What could this really be about?
"I'll do my best not to be either." Paige promised.
Walter looked away for a moment and then looked back as he took her hands in his.
"First, understand, you are gorgeous, my action wasn't any form of disappointment or that you aren't desirable. You are highly desirable." Walter told a now smiling Paige. "Did you and Drew ever swing?" Walter asked after cautiously taking a moment.
Paige's eyes went wide in shock even as she blushed a little. Her stomach rolled and her anxiety soared. How was he going to respond to the truth? She swallowed. Wondering how he would react to what she would reveal. But then she thought, he asked. He had to want to know the truth.
"Walter, if you really want the truth, I'll tell you. But I'd hate it if you lost respect for me." Paige said as she bit her lip.
"Paige, I wasn't a very nice guy. Trust me when I say, I can't imagine anything that you did that would make me lose anything for you. Let alone respect." Walter smiled.
"We did, just once, someone his team manager knew was throwing a big masquerade and costume party. Everyone had to wear a mask of some kind and Drew told me to expect to have a lot of sex with other people at the party." Paige blushed even harder. "At first I didn't want to, but he kept at me and I finally gave in. I knew lots of girlfriends and wives did it to help their partner's career. I'd heard the tales many times, of the influential people they were with to help their partner. And I thought, what could it hurt, maybe it would be fun. He was partially right, I did have a lot of sex, but only with one guy. The outfit Drew bought me to wear wasn't much." Paige told Walter who was listening with rapt attention.
"My breasts, while mostly supported, were completely exposed by the shelf bra. It had a short cape and I wore it so tightly around me until we walked into the mansion. The cape didn't even cover my navel. I was so scared and nervous about what I was getting myself into. And then I was denied that comfort at that point as he took great joy as he opened the cape and exposed me. And he slipped the sides behind me after putting the hood down. There was an extra lace tie to it and he tied it so the cape stayed behind me. I had to walk around topless basically…it had a very tiny skirt that didn't even cover the bottom three inches of the thong I had to wear. All of it was what he called slut red."
"Miss Little Red Riding Hood." Walter grinned. "Your mask was red as well, with gold embellishments. The edges were cut like feather notches." Walter told her even as his breath rose up.
Paige stared at him but nodded as her eyes bore into his. There was something even more familiar now. She tried envisioning a mask blocking out his nose and brow.
"I remember seeing Little Red Riding Hood walk into the main room, from the balcony upstairs. Now knowing it was you. How perfect you looked, even that tiny mole above your right breast. The girl with me wasn't too crazy with how you caught my eye, not that I cared in the least about how she felt. Not to mention she was just one of a number of women I was with. You had just walked in, no one had had a chance at you yet. Drew had turned away several men almost immediately. So I introduced myself to Drew, of course not by name as per party rules. And I told him how desirable you were." Walter told Paige even as she blushed.
She remembered back to that night, Drew had been approached by several men instantly as they walked in. But he had told her that he'd made plans for her to be with the manager of the River Rats first. It was his way of trying to grease the wheels to get him up the ladder to the San Francisco Giants. And he turned them all down until the man she thought must have been that manager. At first she thought he was just another guy because Drew was resisting his overtures. But when they concluded and the man was introduced to her she had figured Drew was just bargaining for the best deal. Part of her had been humiliated about being used in such a way. But part of her was so excited, because she was desired that much by people and they were willing to trade valuable contracts to spend some time with her.
"He seemed to have an aversion to my wanting to be with you, but my date played her role well." Walter continued as he was unaware she was reliving that night. "She had him sexed up quickly and he agreed to a swap. At the time I was not sure what he intended with you that night, but I knew you were going to be mine throughout the whole night. My date was so mad at me because I made her take your place beside him." Walter smiled. "I must admit when he introduced us, the look on your face was quite amusing."
"Mister." Paige half whispered and the smile on Walter's face spread even wider.
"Only if you want to call me that. But hearing you call me Walter is more arousing." Walter told her before he kissed her.
"I think I know better now what Happy was and is going through around you." Paige said softly.
"Happy knew a lot about me, including the darker side. Someone who doesn't exist anymore. That side didn't come out between you and I. Personally I don't know what Drew was thinking taking you to that thing. He obviously didn't know the true treasure he had in you. One simply shouldn't parade you around in such a manner. As long as you want to be with me, your beauty will only be in private between you and I. And to let someone else enjoy you in that way, Drew was an idiot." Walter's words brought joy to an embarrassing situation.
"He wanted to give me to the manager of the River Cats, to help him move up to the Giants." Paige told him again, increasing the embarrassment he'd just reduced.
"What an idiot. To sacrifice even a sliver of you for something so cheap and fleeting is a crime against nature." Walter nodded.
"The owner of the team was the host of the party." Walter continued. "But I know Ted quite well too. I'm very glad I was able to intercede. I had to…discipline him once. He nearly maimed a young lady. He got too big for his own good. The whole absolute power corrupts absolutely and all." Walter told her as they were cuddling back up together finally. "I had kicked myself for months after that party. I should have made you take off your mask. I should have demanded your name. The owner promised me he had no idea who Drew was, or who you were. He told me who he thought had invited him but when I spoke with them, other than they remembered seeing you, it was clear they hadn't invited Drew."
"I wish you had too, I wish I had been brave enough to do it myself, or ask you. But I was bent to your will and I wasn't about to upset you by asking." Paige blushed.
"Drew had been so mad at me as we drove home. I guess your girlfriend had done the job for him, but still, I was missing for over eight hours. He tried but couldn't find me. No one said a word about you. As far as he knew we could have just vanished. I guess he'd been so worried he hadn't really got to enjoy anything or one at the party. That was probably what he was most upset about, and I'd thought about cleaning up first but I decided to rub his nose in it." Paige grinned.
"He wanted to use me in such a way, he could just see the result. And when he saw the evidence of our leftover love. That had made him even madder, and that we hadn't used condoms. And he was convinced you'd given me to others but I told him, what he saw had come from you alone. He was so mad he got himself fired from the River Cats because he kept demanding to know who you were from the manager so he cut him." Paige's eyes went wide even as she pulled back so she could stare at Walter. Her blood drained from her face.
"Paige?" Walter asked with concern over what was happening.
Paige looked up at the ceiling in the general direction of Ralph's bedroom.
"I missed my next period after that. And I took a test and I was pregnant." Paige said softly as she looked back at Walter. "Oh gawd, Walter. You could be Ralph's Dad."
Walter grinned even bigger and pulled her over onto his lap and kissed her deeply.
Paige moaned as her alarm went off. Her hand blindly felt around behind her and finally squelched the offending noise. Paige snuggled deeper against Walter smiling all the while. She backed off quickly when Walter groaned in pain.
"Sorry. It just felt so good, finally having you back in bed with me." Paige apologized even as she kissed his chest.
Walter smiled as he nodded.
"Finally, after all this time, I have you exactly where I wanted you to start with." Walter told her as he bent his head down and kissed her cheek.
Paige smiled as she remembered back to the realization last night that they had met each other almost ten years ago.
"When we parted that morning, if you had told me to stay, I would have. I'd have thrown everything else away." Paige told him.
"I would have relished that." Walter told her after kissing her again.
Paige kissed him deeply, she hoped they had enough time to enjoy each other one more time before getting cleaned up and taking Ralph to school and then on to the Garage.
Greetings! And Happy New Year! I hope this finds you all well!
Jennee77 - You're welcome!
Railman - You are correct! Patrick is playing with fire no doubt. While words would not provoke Walter like before, if he actually tried to do something, Walter would still react and it would not be good. Paige definitely stepped up to the plate! And your right, the problem she faced was Ralph's struggles. No one really wanted someone who had to bring their child into work a lot. Though a friend of ours was a self employed transcriptionist. She had a number of clients who verbally recorded their dictation and she either picked it up or it was sent to her.
LouBe - lol I had wondered what happened on chapter 15. lol I thought, well she obviously didn't like it enough. lol Sadly or perhaps fortunately Toby will not be able to recover it. lol So no, that won't be what 18 is about! *grin* Yeah, I was like...now who would be hitting on Happy at the party? And it just flowed. lol I can neither confirm nor deny if there is a pink flamingo dress in this story. lol The story didn't go into a lot of detail about Drew's arrest but yes, he's there on a plea deal. The guest house is very nice for sure. lol Wasn't that great? Got to love a good tease! lol Patrick is slightly embolden by Walter's physical state. This Walter he's pretty sure he could put a hefty wrench upside his head and end the issue permanently. I'd say he's more foolish, let's face it, you don't confront someone you think has the upper hand in a frontal assault. You wait until their back is turned when they are at their most vulnerable. Threatening him like this gives him advanced notice and time to do something, like last time. Maybe he's hoping in his more vulnerable state he can cause Walter fear? Paige is definitely in this to win this! lol And Mark is very impressed, without the ego he had in the show he's able to appreciate others a lot more. Glad you liked the throwback to a "future" story! hehe Well...what do you think about the conversation and Paige's sexual flavor? lol Did this chapter answer it for you? As for more of Toby's insight into Walter...that remains to be seen. Thank you!
JerBr23 - hehe Some people love to kick someone when they are done. lol Paige is definitely thriving! Looks like her experience is something Walter has known before...lol Boy, Homeland, what can you say? Just like with Scorpion, you expect a wheel to come off...If Homeland isn't leaking, it must not be open. LOL
Pearliegirl - Thank you! So glad you are enjoying it! Aww...too kind of you! I have a cult! lol I promise not to be even remotely close to Jim Jones, David Koresh or Charles Manson.
To the Adventure! -Tim
A New Year treat...if you don't see you on IG, yesterday I shared a teaser of the opening of this new (unnamed as yet) story I'm working on. Like this story, it is a new reorigination story. I thought I would post it here as well:
Paige walked into the diner's kitchen to pick up the order that was ready. As she turned with the plate in her hand her head came up as she turned and naturally looked out the cutout in the wall. She saw Nemos standing close to the door speaking to some man. He had a briefcase of some kind with him. She watched as Nemos pointed over to the waitress station and she figured the guy must be there to get the wifi working again. Then the man turned and began walking towards it and her mouth dropped open.
"What is he doing here?" Paige fretted even as the shock of seeing him caused her to drop the plate she held.
Everyone looked at the sound and Paige blushed as she ducked down to begin cleaning the mess. She'd never dropped a plate before and she was quietly cursing herself.