Chapter Seven:
"Love you, too," Ana whispered, her nails grazing down his back. Then her voice turned carnal. "Giddy up, cowboy."
"You gonna do somethin or 'm I gonna have to do all the work around here?" Sawyer growled in her ear before kissing her roughly. "C'mon, you…ain't takin no chances on you—either of ya—getting' hurt on this hard-ass floor." This made her pout, which only turned Sawyer on even more.
"Well, then, take me to bed already, cowboy." He pulled her to her feet, picking her up so she wrapped her legs around his boxer-clad feet.
"C'mon, Ana…let's christen our place, shall we?" she kissed his ear.
"What about the kitchen, the den…the shower…"
"All in due time, madam; first you go where we might not ever leave…"
"HEY! You still gotta feed me, cowboy."
"Make up your mind, Annie; you wanna go ta bed or you wanna eat?" Sawyer growled.
"A little romp before lunch sounds nice…"
"Chiquita, you mighta just made the best damn decision of your life," Sawyer said, kissing her continuously as he moved towards the bedroom.
"You think?"
"Dependin' on what your expectations fer us are…Mrs. Ford? Or would ya prefer stayin' Officer Cortez for a while?" She looked at him in surprise. "Whassa matter, Annie?" he asked, kissing her gently, "Cat gotcha tongue?"
"Put me down." She whispered. He lowered her to the floor.
"Whatever you say, Miss Ana."
"Are you sure? I thought we were gonna, you know…try it out. You're talking about a full-blown commitment here, James!" She rubbed her face with her hands before turning back to face him.
"Either way we do it, we're still linked, whether we like it or not."
"It's different," She said, walking into his room, sitting on the edge of the bed. Sawyer followed her and knelt in front of her.
"How? How's us havin' a kid together different from any other damn sorta commitment we could throw ourselves at?" Ana ran her hand down his jaw, tracing her thumb over his bottom lip.
"I thought we'd get to know each other first; get my mom to like you," She said softly, smiling. He took his hands in hers.
"You know I love you, Ana…obviously you feel somethin' for me too or you wouldn't have said it earlier. If yer mama didn't like me, I think she'd'a killed me when ya told her you were havin' my baby."
"Yeah, you're right," Ana laughed, sitting up straight, "ain't there something you been wantin' to ask me, cowboy?"
"Marry me, Ana." She nodded before replying quietly.
"Yes." He pinned her to the bed in the most heated kiss the two had shared to date.
"I love you, Ana Lucia Cortez." She sighed and kissed his brow.
"'s there somethin you wanna give me?" Sawyer reached up to the night table, fumbling amongst its cluttered contents before pulling back with a small black box in his hand.
"Four different shops before I found the one…" Ana rubbed sweaty palms over her thighs.
"What're you waitin' for?" He opened the box & slid the ring onto her finger.
"I love you, Ana." She looked at her hand then at Sawyer, kissing him softly.
"Thank you, I love you too."
"Never thought I'd hear you say that…" he growled, nipping at her ear
"What, a thank you?" Ana whispered, running her hands through his hair.
"That you love me, chica…why'd you think i kept buggin' the tar outta you on that damned island?"
"Thought you were just being a pain in the ass…god, I detested you."
"Can't say I was wild 'bout you at first either; but after that time in the jungle, had to have ya to m'self."
"Kept wishing you'd make Eko blow a gasket so he'd crush you." Ana laughed.
"Wouldn't 'a changed nothin, Ana…"
"A broken neck wouldn't a stopped you?"
"Like you'd' a actually had Eko break my neck; admit it, you had a thing fer me 'fore we got rough in the jungle." Sawyer smirked.
"Yeah, uh-huh…whatever you say. you were hot, but that's 'bout it."
"So what changed, chica?" Sawyer asked.
"Oh i don't know…maybe the thing in my uterus…"
"'s all it took to make you say ya loved me?"
"Somewhere along the way i guess i fell…"Ana said, playing with his nose.
"I fell so fast I think I lost a few years…" Sawyer said, Eskimo kissing her.
"You're such a dork…but you're my dork." Ana laughed. Sawyer kissed her hard, enticing her with his tongue.
"I sooo want this to work, promise me you'll try." Ana said, falling back, bringing him down with her. Sawyer took her hand in his, reminding her of the ring on her finger.
"I'll try, dammit; for you and our baby." He said, before kissing her again.
"Love you." She wrapped her legs around his waist.