Chapter 10: A weekend at the beach: Part 2

2 months 2 weeks and 2 days till deadline

Connor new he should be using this time off to catch up on sleep and get an early night but for some reason he was too wired.

Connor sighed and made his way downstairs to make some tea, hoping it would help him fall asleep.

He had fun tonight despite Sara asking him about his break up with Katie. Connor had been surprised about his brothers probing on his decision. It was so unlike Tommy.

Connor's phone ringing brought him out of his thoughts. He looked down at the screen as he stepped onto the porch to answer the call so he wouldn't wake anyone. Jenna the screen read.

"What's wrong?" Connor answered.

Jenna sighed down the phone.

"Nothing Connor, I just thought you might want to know the rest of the day without you went off without a problem." Jenna explained.

Connor let out a breath of relief. Maybe it was thoughts of work that had been keeping him up.

"Thank you Jenna." Connor replied.

"Are you having a good time?" Jenna asked ignoring his gratitude, but then again she always did.

Connor smiled to himself. She really was too good to him for a boss.

"Yeah I am actually, I forgot how relaxing it was here." Connor told her honestly.

Connor looked out at the beach. He could remember all the times his Dad and Felicity brought him and Tommy here as a kids. It had been so nice. Just the four of them.

"Good. You could do with a break." Jenna replied.

So could she. Connor looked down at his watch it was almost midnight.

"Tell me you're already at home." Connor demanded knowing Jenna would probably work over time just to make sure he got a break.

"I am leaving now." Jenna told him.

Connor curse.

"Dam it Jenna don't overwork yourself." Connor told her.

He knew he was the reason she worked such long days. Connor felt guilty.

"I'm fine." Jenna promised.

Connor shook his head and froze when his eyes caught sight of two people on the beach.

"Holy shit." Connor exclaimed as he realised who it was and what they were doing.

"What?" Jenna demanded.

"Tommy and Jess are kissing on the beach." Connor explained. The words felt so strange coming out of his mouth.

He knew Tommy was attracted to Jess but he believed his brother would never have risked their friendship.

"Wait, seriously?" Jenna squealed down the phone.

Connor looked over at them once again. They were so engrossed in each other. Tommy's arms round Jess's waist, hers around Tommy's neck. The moment so intimate Connor had to look away.

"I'm pretty sure." Connor replied, clearing his throat and suddenly feeling very uncomfortable.

"Wow, when did that happen?" Jenna asked.

Connor headed back into the house. He did not needed to see any more.

Connor shook his head to get the image of his brother and Jess out of his head.

"I have no idea." Connor replied.

His brother didn't do relationships. Tommy and Jess kissing would lead to nothing but trouble. Connor didn't want to see either of them hurt. Jess had lost so much already it would really hurt her to lose Tommy if things went wrong.

"Jess is not some random girl he can't just use her like that." Connor ranted.

Jenna sighed again.

"Tommy cares about Jess a lot he would not risk losing her for a quickie." Jenna reassured him but it wasn't enough.

Deep down Connor knew that Jenna was right but he had to be sure that his little brother wasn't about to make the biggest mistake of his life.


Tommy felt Jess shivering in his arms and he reluctantly pulled away. Kissing her felt so much better than he ever imagined. Refusing to go too far away he rested his forehead on hers. There were both breathless and he wished this moment could last forever.

Jess shivered again and Tommy sighed.

"Let get you inside before you freeze." Tommy ordered.

Jess smiled gratefully at him and let him lead her back inside. He walked her to her bedroom door.

"Thank you." She whispered when they stopped outside.

"What for?" He asked.

"For helping with the list." She replied.

She was shy as she looked at him and Tommy couldn't help but find it cute. He brushed hair from her face and tucked it behind her ear.

"Any time." he replied.

Jess laughed lightly and lent into his touch. She was so responsive to his touch it took everything he had not to take her right here and now. But Jess was not some random girl she was special.

"Go in." He ordered titling his head towards her bedroom door.

Jess bit her lip and Tommy groaned it was about the sexist dam thing he had ever seen, he had to kiss her then.

He captured her lips in a searing kiss. Her lips felt like they were made for his. He pulled away breathless and rested his forehead on hers. He needed to stop now while he still could.

"Goodnight." she whispered before disappearing into her room.

Dam that was hot.


THE NEXT DAY

Jess headed out to the beach smiling brighter then she had done in years.

"Ok that look is kind of creeping me out now." Sara commented from her sun bed.

Jess and Sara were spending the day in the sun while the boys went deep sea fishing.

Jess laughed. She couldn't help it. She had been smiling ever since Tommy had kissed her. She had no idea what was going to happen but by the looks Tommy had been giving her over breakfast something was defiantly going to happen between the two of them.

"Ok, spill." Sara ordered.

"I know Tommy woke you up, but where did he take you?" Sara questioned.

Sara took of her sunglasses and crossed her arms as she waited for Jess to talk.

Jess sat down on her own sun bed and looked at her friend surprised. Jess hadn't even known Sara was awake.

"You were awake?" Jess asked.

Sara rolled her eyes.

"You guys aren't as quite as you might think, so spill what did you get up too." Sara demanded to know.

"Last night Tommy took me skinny dipping." Jess admitted.

Sara's jaw actually dropped open in surprise. Clearly she was not expecting that answer.

Jess laughed again.

"Well I went skinny dipping Tommy just laughed at me freezing in the sea." Jess corrected.

Sara composed herself and laughed a little.

"You were gone an awfully long time just for skinny dipping." Sara pointed out.

Jess blushed.

"We kissed." Jess confessed.

Sara smiled.

"Really?" She squealed in excitement.

Jess laughed at her friend as she nodded.

"Aww I knew it." Sara added fist pumping.

"Did you guy..." Sara stopped and shifted uncomfortably.

"Get it on." She continued.

Jess blushed again as she shook her head. She had wanted to. Man had she wanted and she could feel how much Tommy had wanted to too. But they didn't.

"Tommy was the perfect gentleman." Jess told her.

Sara smiled, pleased with her answer.

"So what know?" Sara asked and Jess shrugged.

She didn't have the answer but somehow she knew it would work out.


Tommy had to admit it was nice not doing anything. Connor had rented a boat for the afternoon for them to go deep fishing. They had set up their lines and were waiting. God waiting was so boring.

"Ok is anyone else board?" Andy asked breaking the silence.

Tommy laughed as Connor said,

"At least I'm not the only one who thought so."

Andy looked over at Connor.

"What were you thinking?" Andy asked.

Connor shrugged.

"The brochure said that deep sea fishing was a nice way to relax." Connor reasoned.

"There is a difference between relaxing and being bored." Andy argued.

"I bet the girls are having a better time than we are." Andy added.

At the mention of the girls Tommy's mind went to last night and Jess. God Jess. He had never knew kissing someone could have that much of an effect on a person. He hadn't been able to stop himself looking at her over breakfast. He had wanted to kiss her so much, to touch her to hold her in his arms.

"So what's the deal with you and Jess?" Andy asked bring Tommy out of his thoughts.

Tommy looked over at his friend. He and Jess hadn't had a chance to talk yet.

"I don't know, yet." Tommy admitted. He knew there was something he just didn't know what it was yet.

"So you kissed her but you don't know what it is." Connor muttered.

Tommy looked at his brother completely surprised.

"How?" Tommy asked.

"I saw you on the beach last night." Connor replied.

"What a second you kissed Jess?" Andy questioned.

Tommy looked from his brother to Andy and back again. Andy stood up and walked over to him.

"Jess isn't some girl you can chuck away when you're done with her." Andy told him as a matter of fact.

Tommy felt annoyed. Yes he didn't have a good track record with women but they had to know Jess was different at least to him she was, she always had been.

"I wouldn't do that, Jess means the world to me." Tommy argued.

Connor walked towards him. His hands in his pockets.

"We know you care about Jess Tommy." Connor said calmly.

"We do. We just needed to know that you understand what you are risking." Connor reasoned.

"Jess is your friend if this goes wrong you could lose her forever." Connor pointed out.

"Not to mention you could really hurt her." Andy added.

Tommy winced at the thought.

"You don't think I have thought this through." Tommy yelled.

He stood up and begun pacing.

"It's all I can think about it." He added.

He took a deep breath and looked at his brother and his friend. He needed to make them understand just how much Jess meant to him.

"Jess is it for me." He started.

"I can already see myself loving her and when I think about my future none if it can happen without Jess in it." Tommy admitted.

Connor smiled at him then, whatever was worrying his brother before was clearly not a problem anymore.

"Glad to hear it." Connor said slapping him on the back.

Andy still glared at him.

"What?" Tommy asked.

"I love you Tommy I really do, you're like a brother to me but if you hurt that girl I will hurt you." Andy warned him.

Tommy nodded his head.

"If I hurt her, I'll want you to hurt me." Tommy told him.

Andy nodded finally accepting his words.


Sara couldn't help but smile as she spotted the boys coming towards her with sour expressions on their faces.

"I said I was sorry. What more do you want me to say?" Connor complained sounding frustrated.

"What happened?" Sara asked.

"Deep sea fishing is boring." Andy replied.

Sara laughed, she could have told them that.

"Where's Jess?" Tommy asked looking around concerned.

It was cute.

Sara pointed towards the sea where Jess was sitting on the edge of the water looking out at the ocean her feet just touching the fading tide.

Tommy made his way over to her without another word.

Sara couldn't help but watch as Tommy approached Jess from behind making her jump.

"Tommy." Jess squealed, she stood up and kicked water at him.

"Stop it." Tommy yelled back, but you can tell he never meant it.

They were both laughing happily even as Tommy picked Jess up and walked her into the water.

"Don't you dare." Jess screamed.

It was nice to see them so happy.

Sara laughed as Tommy fell back into the water taking Jess with him. His arms securely round her waist making sure she was safe.

"It's nice to see them so happy." Connor commented and Sara nodded in agreement.


THE NEXT DAY

Jess looked at the house one more time. She would never forget this trip. It was incredible, not to mention everyone had gotten the the chance to relax.

"You ok?" Tommy's deep voice asked as he came up behind her and wrapped his arms round her waist.

"This weekend has been incredible." Jess told him.

She swallowed hard. She was unsure where thing stood between them.

"I'm just not ready for it to end." Jess added but she wasn't talking about the weekend she was talking about them.

Tommy turned her round in his arms knowing what she meant and gently forced her chin up so she was looking up at him.

"This," he started pointing between the two of them.

"Is just the start." He told her adamantly.

"Really?" Jess couldn't help but ask.

Tommy nodded.

He leant forward and brushed his lips against hers once twice three times, teasing her. Jess yearned for more. Kissing Tommy Queen was an addiction and she was already hooked.

"Don't ever doubt that." He told her before his lips finally claimed hers.

Jess nodded as she kissed him back.

Tommy gently nipped her lower lip and when Jess gasped Tommy took that as an excuse for his tongue to enter her mouth.

"Yo lovebirds." Sara voice called breaking the kiss.

Jess blushed as she pulled away from Tommy breathless. When Jess composed herself she risked a look in the direction of Sara voices and found everyone but the two of them sitting in the car ready to do.

"We need to get going." Connor informed them with a smile.

Jess nodded and looked back up at Tommy.

"We should probably get going." She told him regretfully.

Tommy smiled.

"Its ok." he said taking her hand and pressing a kiss to it before leading her towards the car.

"We have all the time in the world." He promised.