"So how did you arrange all of this Detective Curtis?" Alex Vartan was impressed. Here Sophia was recovering from her injuries and she'd managed to get real food and candlelight, albeit artificial candlelight, into her hospital room for a romantic dinner. He was currently rather cozy, nestled next to Sophia on her bed.
"Well I had some connections." Sophia smirked rather coyly, leaning her head to rest against his shoulder. It had all been Tina Brown; she'd stopped by to see how Sophia was doing in her private room and they'd spent a little time talking. Sophia had told her how frustrated she felt just laying around waiting until she could be discharged and how much she just wanted to be home with Alex, especially now that they were engaged. Tina had gotten a look and then had told Sophia that she was going to arrange for a little engagement gift from her and Warrick to congratulate them, but also to thank them for giving her and Warrick the opportunity to talk to each other again and give them another chance.
"Hmm, well we'll have to make a point to thank your connections." Alex knew that whoever had done this had really gone above and beyond. Food like this had definitely not come from the hospital cafeteria. In fact he could have sworn that he'd had a meal very similar to this when he and Sophia had first started seeing each other.
"Yes, we will." Sophia leaned up and kissed Alex; now that she was in a private room, she wasn't entangled with wires and monitors and despite the fact that she'd been specifically told that she needed to not exert herself for several more weeks, when Alex eagerly responded to the kiss, she easily let herself go for quite a few minutes.
Alex was so thankful to have Sophia in his arms that he found himself forgetting exactly where they were; he whispered huskily. "Sophia, I want you so bad."
Sophia smirked at him, feeling a little breathless as she gently reached up and put her finger against his lips. "I'm pretty sure that groping the patient is against doctor's orders." She was so looking forward to being out of the hospital and really letting themselves go; it wasn't that she didn't want him as much as he wanted her, it was just that anyone could walk in anytime and she was fairly certain that Alex would be barred from the hospital if she let him do what he'd suggested more than a few times since she'd been in the hospital.
"What if I like groping this patient?" He had a wild smirk on his face as he leaned in and softly kissed her again, his fingers reaching up to caress her cheek. He smiled against her mouth as he pulled away. "Have I told you how much I love you?"
Sophia laughed. "You're more of a sap than I am." It was true and surprisingly so. He really had proven to be quite the romantic over the course of their relationship and she knew that no matter how tempted she was to suggest that they go down to one of the wedding chapels on the Strip to tie the knot that he would insist on something more romantic and maybe even more traditional. She just didn't want to drag out planning a wedding for months on end. On their best day, she and her mother got along wonderfully, but ever since her cruise had been interrupted because of Sophia's shooting, her mother had been more than a little difficult. Sophia wondered if it was because there was absolutely nothing her mother could do and as a former police captain that was a difficult spot to be in.
"Maybe I am a sap as you put it, but you love me for it." Alex had been doing some thinking; maybe it was time to take a little break from police work and see a little bit of the world that he felt compelled to serve and protect. Bora Bora sounded like a great destination for a honeymoon and he was working up his courage to talk to Sophia about just when she might want to get married. He knew from having two sisters that planning a wedding took time, but Sophia was no ordinary woman and he was sure that she would be put out with too much lace and taffeta and way too many guests.
"Yes, I do love you." She smiled at him and then glanced down at her ring and the lifted up a little higher for a closer inspection. "How did you know what size ring I wore?" She didn't really wear much jewelry besides simple stud earrings and maybe a necklace now and then, so there weren't any rings lying around her house for him to get her size.
"Lucky guess." He let out a soft chuckle and took her hand in his and laced their fingers together, smiling as Sophia looked up at him. "You know, we haven't really talked about what kind of wedding we want since I asked you to marry me."
Sophia couldn't help the amused laugh that came tumbling out. "I guess our minds are running along the same lines." She snuggled a little closer to him. "We could elope. Just not here." She had been thinking about tropical beaches and maybe one of those hotels that had a hut out over the water and then long days lying in the sun in the skimpiest bathing suit possible followed by long nights of languishing in bed with Alex.
"You don't want to have a few guests?" Alex couldn't think of too many places other than Vegas that were as easy to get married. Maybe he could talk her into something simple, a few guests and then a tropical honeymoon with absolutely no thoughts at all about work while they were gone.
"I don't know." She let out a soft sigh. "I just don't want to draw things out; I'd like to still be speaking to my mother by the time you and I say 'I do'. And I really don't see the need for bridesmaids or a bouquet toss or any of that other crap that no one has any idea what the hell it's for anymore." She would be content if maybe they had a few friends and some simple vows shared in a beautiful place. As long as she was married to Alex at the end of it all, she really didn't care.
"I think that sounds wonderful." He kissed her forehead. "How about when you get out of here, we spend a little time checking out our options and while we're doing that we can get reacquainted." His lips captured hers again in a very sensual kiss and he let his fingers trail down her arm until he found the large gaping arm hole of the hospital gown and slipped his hand inside, moving it over her shoulder and down her back.
Sophia whispered as he began kissing her neck. "We really shouldn't be doing this here." She didn't sound very convincing; making out with her fiancé sounded like absolute heaven to her right then and she found her fingers toying with the hair at the nape of his neck.
He continued planting kisses against her neck. "I think they'd completely understand." Alex reasoned that if someone had gone to all of the trouble to bring in a nice dinner and create a romantic atmosphere in a sterile hospital room that it was a pretty good bet that they'd also found a way for the couple to be alone for a while; and even if he was wrong, it was a bet he was more than willing to take.