Disclaimer: JE owns the characters. The song is Endless by Dave Gahan. He just released Hourglass. Go out and buy it right now. You won't be disappointed. I promise.

A/N: A big thank you goes to Linda. thanks for reading my story over and over again and not reaching through the computer to strangle me.


Two hours later, I found myself sitting at a Black Jack table on the main casino floor in Bally's. Dougie was seated at my right and Hal was on my left. Evidently, Hal hadn't been impressed with the job of babysitting three adults in Atlantic City and forced Junior to come along. Not that I can really blame him. Dougie and Mooner can be a handful. I guess that's why Hal had told Junior to not let Mooner out of his sight. They were at a poker table about fifty feet away laughing up a storm.

Black Jack got boring pretty quick, plus Dougie was the only one winning, so we decided to walk around for a bit. We all grabbed drinks from one of the bars and set out to find something that could capture our attention. I tried to talk the guys into going and seeing an Elvis impersonator, but they both ganged up on me and pushed me past the lounge that had boasted the return of 'The King'.

I was about to give up hope on finding something cool for the three of us to do when Dougie stopped in front of the hotel chapel. I looked from the chapel to Dougie warily. My first marriage had been a disaster. People in the Burg still compare everyone else's divorce to mine. It had been a knock down, drag out fight for everything that we had accrued over the nine months of our marriage. By the end, I was just happy to walk away without his last name.

"You can't be serious," Hal said, a little panicked. "You can't do this with me on duty. Besides, you're both drunk. They won't let you get married if you're drunk."

"We aren't drunk, Hal. Nether one of us has even finished our beers. If you are really that concerned, then call the control room and tell them that you lost us," Dougie said as he tugged on my hand. "Come on, Baby."

Everything happened so fast that I couldn't blink for fear that I would miss something. A twenty-something Marilyn Monroe impersonator helped us fill out the paper work for the marriage license. Five minutes later, Mooner and Junior walked into the chapel just in time to hear Elvis say, "You may kiss the bride."

I heard Mooner shout 'DUDE!' as our lips met. I let Dougie sweep me away with the kiss. Let the rest of the world be damned! I thought to myself. It's my life and this is what I want. At the moment. Shit! My mom is going to kill me. I can hear it now. So and so's daughter never runs off and elopes at Bally's. Double damn!

Dougie broke the kiss and smiled down at me. I couldn't help but smile back. His happiness had always been infectious. He pulled my left hand up and kissed the plain gold band that now rested there.

"Now you're mine, Baby," he whispered. "I'll never let you go, and I'll never hurt you. I promise."

A calm settled inside me as I let his words wash over me. Everything felt perfect in the little chapel. I heard strange sounds come for the area that the guys were standing. I looked over and saw that Hal, Junior, and Mooner all had their phones out, taking pictures of us. I smiled over at Hal and he took one more picture.

"That one was perfect," Hal said as he started hitting buttons on his phone. "Cal is going to freak that he missed this."

"I'm more concerned with the fact that we are both going to be pulling nights in the control room for the next month once Ranger finds out," Junior said, smiling the whole time as he hit buttons on his phone.

"That's nothing compared to the screaming that Steph is going to get when we get home tomorrow," Mooner said as he worked on his own phone. "Have you ever seen Steph's mom freak out?"

Hal and Junior stopped messing with their phones and looked over at Mooner. I felt Dougie start to shake next to me with silent laughter as Hal and Junior looked over at each other and then physically shuddered.

"I think that we should definitely find a room now," Dougie whispered in my ear. "I wanna make love to my wife."

I felt my heart rate pick up a little as a wave of desire rushed straight to my doodah. I smiled up at Dougie as I pulled him out of the chapel. We headed over to the main lobby of the hotel and got rooms for the night. Hal was standing a little bit back, keeping an eye on me while Dougie ran out to my Tracker to grab our bags as I got us registered at the front desk. I could hear him talking on his phone, but I couldn't catch all of the words. It wasn't until I turned from the front desk that I caught anything.

"What was I suppose to do?" Hal hissed into his phone. "She's an adult… I wouldn't have done that to her even if you paid me hazard pay… It's none of our business, Ranger… Last time I checked, she didn't belong to you… This is a conversation that you need to have with her. Not me… Yeah… I'll see you in the morning."

Hal looked up at me when he closed his phone. He walked over and gave me a fierce hug while he whispered a congratulations in my ear as I handed him a key to a room that I had gotten for the three of them. Hal did a complicated hand thing with Dougie when he showed up at my side before heading off to the bar that Junior and Mooner were sitting at. I kept my eyes on them while we walked over to the elevator, noting that Mooner had a bag resting at his feet. As we walked onto the elevator, all three guys turned around and lifted their drinks to us. It was a touching sight, and I felt a lot better about what I had just done.

"Everything is going to be okay, Baby," Dougie said as he wrapped his arms around me. "We'll just go day by day and face things head on together."

"I know," I said quietly as I wrapped my arms around his waist.

I pulled my phone out when it started ringing as we stepped off the elevator. My mother. I hit the end button to send the call to my voice mail and then shut off my phone. This wasn't the time for arguments. Dougie smiled down at me as he took the key from my hand and opened the door to our room. He dropped the bags on the floor just inside the door as he pulled me into the room.

The rest of the world dropped away when his lips met mine as he shut the door and threw the top dead bolt. His strong arms came around my waist and he lifted me up. I wrapped myself around him as he carried me over to the bed. We fell to the bed tangled up in each other.

"I want you to want me as badly as I want you," Dougie whispered after he broke the kiss, his lips feather light across mine. "Will you let me show my wife how much I've always loved her?"

I nodded as the words started to set in. He had never shown a hint of anything other then friendship towards me. Why had he never told me how he felt? Mental head slap! Joe and Ranger.

All thoughts were quickly wiped from my mind as he lips came down to mine once again. I gasped as his lips left mine and found the tender spot just below my ear. I cried out as I felt him suck my skin into his mouth, marking me as his. I ran my hands up his back, pulling his shirt up along the way. I needed to feel his skin against mine. He gave me a wolfish grin when he released my neck to remove his shirt. I reached up and scraped my nails down his chest and abs when he sat back. He took my hand in his and pulled me up into a sitting position.

"Let me," Dougie said quietly when he caught my wrist and pulled it away from the bottom of my shirt.

I smiled and nodded. His face lit up, like a little kid opening a Christmas present. That's actually how I felt as he slowly inched my hem of my shirt up. He kept his eyes locked on mine, only breaking contact when he pulled my shirt over my head. We fell back on the bed as our lips met, hands reaching out and seeking new flesh. His lips left mine and started trailing down my neck to my collarbone as his hands started trailing up my ribs.

"Damn," I moaned when his tongue circled one of my nipples through my black Victoria's Secret bra.

"This is a really sexy bra," he whispered as he ran his fingers over the lacey trim that ran along the top. "But, it's going to have to come off."

I wasn't about to argue as his hand slipped beneath my back and unhooked my bra. He kissed his way down my right arm as he pulled the thin strap off. He repeated the process to my left arm, stopping at my ring finger to place a light kiss on my ring. The tenderness that he was showing me struck a cord deep down inside.

He's the one.

It was the only thought in my head as I reached out for him. I needed him. More then I ever thought that I could ever need someone. He slid my pants and underwear off as I tugged at his.

This is where I want to be. With this man.

His lips traveled up my right leg, stopping briefly to lightly kiss a bruise on my knee that I had gotten the day before when I fell going after a skip. He moved further up my right leg as he lifted my left leg and draped it over his shoulder. The low, burning pool of desire that was building in my gut exploded when he ran his tongue between my lips. I spun out of control as he slipped a finger inside me, my body shaking from an earth shattering orgasm.

"That was so hot, Baby," he whispered in my ear after he crawled up my body.

He plunged into me quickly, and I thought that my eyes were going to pop out of my head. He stilled himself inside me to give me a chance to get use to the overwhelming size of him. My breath hitched in my throat when he started to move. He instantly froze and looked down at me, concern laced through his eyes.

"I'm okay," I whispered as I reached up and pushed his hair off of his forehead.

"Are you sure?" he whispered, concern in his voice as well.

I rolled us over so that I was on top and settled back on his hips, taking him further in. I rotated my hips around in a circle before I started moving. A smile played at the corners of his lips as his eyes rolled back into his head. His hands came up and captured my breasts as he started meeting me thrust for thrust. I felt the beginnings of another orgasm start to form, but I wanted to stretch out the feeling, so I slowed the pace as I lowered myself down to him.

"Don't stop," he whispered before my lips found his.

He captured my face in his hands as he drove his tongue into my mouth. I felt his muscle start to contract under my hands. I sensed the urgency in his kiss and kept with my slow pace, marveling in the feeling of him filling me completely. His lips broke away from mine and he whispered my name as he spilled into me. A warm feeling flooded through me and pushed me blissfully over the edge with him.

"More," he whispered once he got his breathing under control as he rolled us over.

He hardened instantly inside me as he started moving again. My body reacted to his and my breathing quickly became labored. His hands, constantly moving, explored my body as his tongue danced across mine. Every caress was soft and smooth. Every kiss was deep and laced with feelings. I was brought back to the edge with a fierceness that I had only felt once before.

"Your body is endless," he whispered in my ear as he drove me over the edge and into oblivion.

"What does that mean?" I asked a while later as we laid stretched out on the bed.

"What does what mean?" Dougie asked as he tilted his head towards me.

"Your body is endless. What does that mean?" I asked as I rolled over on my back to let my stomach cool off. I was a sweaty mess and in desperate need of a shower, but I had to know what he had meant.

"I got it from a song," he said as he smiled over at me. "In the cold of the full moon on this night. Time itself has slipped away. Now you are mine. Slowly the hours passed all through the night. Together we can disappear for a while. Now I am still. Forever and ever and ever. Now I am still. Forever and ever and ever. Endless. Endless. Now I am still. Endless. Endless. Your body is endless."

He rolled over and cupped the side of my face as he sang the rest of the song to me in the darkness of our room. "Watching the hourglass on that night. We touched the stars and reached the moon for a time. I'm lost in a moment with you. It feels right. We are floating above the stars. You and I. I am still. Forever and ever and ever. I am still. Forever and ever and ever. Endless. Endless. Now I am still. Endless. Endless. Your body is endless."

"That's too perfect," I whispered as I smiled up at him.

"That should be our song," he said as he trailed kisses down my neck.

"Mmmm. Who sings it?" I asked, not particularly caring.

"Dave Gahan," he whispered as he moved further down my body.

"We'll have to find it on CD," I whispered breathlessly.

"Mmmmmm," he said as he brought his mouth down lower.

The vibrations from his humming had my hands fisted in the sheets as stars formed in front of my eyes. He laid between my legs and hummed the whole song to me as he slowly ran his tongue all over me. My body exploded as an orgasm ripped through me when he bit down on my clit.

I remember his arms coming around me as he whispered 'bed time' in my ear. My body refused to disobey him and I slipped into a dreamless sleep. What seemed like seconds later, I rolled over and looked at the little clock that sat on the nightstand as someone knocked on the door.

"I'll get it, Baby," Dougie said quietly as he pulled the sheet over me.

I watched him climb out of bed slowly, pull on his boxers, and walk to the door. It was truly a crime to have him covered in any clothing at this time of morning. I don't care who you are, seven in the morning is an ungodly hour to be woken up. I pulled a pillow over my head, trying to drown out the voices that were coming from the door.

"Baby?" Dougie said as he pulled the pillow off of my head. "Breakfast."

My stomach growled. I guess that settled it. I rolled out of the bed and walked straight into the shower that he had already turned on. God bless that man. I was letting the water run over my body as the memory from the chapel came into my head. Shit!