I'm so sorry you had to wait such a long time for the next chapter – I had a deadly writer's block plus a serious lack of time, but I promise to go on faster from now on. Honestly!
Enjoy it – at the moment everything's fine, but in the future... You'll see!
Nick's Apartment, Las Vegas
Nick woke up by the sunlight shining directly into his face, opened his eyes and turned his head to the right. The place beneath him was empty.
Just when he was about to wonder where she was, Sara appeared in the doorway.
The first thing he noticed was that she was wearing one of his shirts – and that she looked damned gorgeous in it.
He could still hardly believe this was true. Sara, him, this night... He had to suppress the need to pinch himself to see if he'd wake up and this was just a dream.
A smile spread over Sara's face when she saw that he was awake.
"Good morning... breakfast is already prepared – I hope you're hungry...", she said and approached the bed, carrying a tray.
Nick flipped the blanket aside and Sara sat down next to him placing the tray on the blanket.
He was impressed – this woman could surprise him again and again.
Now he bent forward to the tray and took a deep breath.
"Well... smells wonderful – I didn't know you're also good at that!", he said with a smile.
"I'm good at a lot of things, maybe you just don't know yet", she replied with a wink. "Well, I don't really know what you use to have for breakfast, so I made a bit of everything. Toast with jelly, ham and eggs,..."
"You're wonderful", Nick simply whispered in her ear and closed her mouth with a kiss that she willingly replied.
He gently nudged her beautiful rosy face with the tip of his nose and she stroke his cheek.
"What time is it?", Nick asked and Sara gave a shrug.
"Maybe about 10am, but it's all the same. I don't have to be at the lab until 8pm. You see – we've got a lot of time..."
"Very good", Nick mumbled and placed soft kissed on her cheeks.
Sara pointed at the tray.
"But the eggs will get cold...", she weakly objected without persuasion.
"We can microwave them later on", Nick mumbled and kissed her neck while his fingers gently opened the buttons of the shirt she wore...
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The familiar sound of her mobile phone scared Sara up. She quickly opened her brown eyes but it took her quite a while until she remembered where she was.
Nick seemed to be still asleep resting next to her and she didn't want him to wake up, as well.
She quickly located the sound and leaned out of bed. The jingle seemed to come from somewhere below her clothes which she had thrown there last evening.
Who the hell had to phone her right now? She had been sleeping so damn well, a lot better than the whole last years!
She felt Nick move asleep and finally her hand closed around the cold plastic of her cell phone.
She quickly raised it to her ear.
"Hello?" She tried to throw a glance at a clock, but didn't see one.
"Sara?" – it was obviously Catherine's voice.
"Yes", Sara replied and covered the mouthpiece with her left hand to make as little noise as possible.
"Sara? Why is you voice so low?", Catherine asked bewildered.
"Uhm... I've got a terrible headache", Sara made up a white line. What else should she have said? That she's in bed with Nick and doesn't want to wake him? She rolled her eyes at that thought. No way.
"Oh, I'm sorry", Catherine replied and lowered her voice. "Better?"
Sara smiled whimsically and glanced at Nick.
"Yes, much better. Thank you."
"I'm just calling to ask if something happened. You didn't come for your night shift today, so I thought I'd better call and ask what's wrong." Catherine paused. "By the way – where are you? I've called your telephone at home, but you didn't answer."
Sara was stunned. Was it already past 8pm? Shit! She had completely forgotten the time. Actually, this had been anything but difficult – Nick was a very caring and satisfying lover... He had magical hands...
"Sara?"
Catherine's voice interrupted Sara's thoughts. She scared up and fumbled with the blanket while thinking of an adequate answer.
Catherine's voice now sounded worried.
"Where are you?"
After all Sara decided to stick to the truth – at least as far as possible:
"I'm still in bed. I guess I've overslept, sorry", Sara replied sheepishly and heard Catherine chuckle.
"Well, shit happens – don't worry. But please come around as soon as possible, we're waiting for you."
"All right, bye!"
Sara switched her cell phone off and threw it out of the bed. An unwilling moan came over her lips. Going to work was one of the last things she wanted to do now... She just wanted to stay!
Her head turned left and her eyes met sleeping Nick. She got the urge to touch his muscular chest, but she didn't dare do it. She still didn't want him to wake up. So she just watched his chest move up and down regularly with every breath he took. She had tender look at his face, which showed a very pleasant expression. Just the bandages seemed out of place.
She felt her thoughts drift back to the day when Nick had been injured, reminded by these bandages, and quickly dragged herself away from these memories.
There was no sense in wishing she could stay or change anything, because she knew she couldn't. As much as she wanted it – neglecting her duty would be foolish.
She fetched her clothes and made her way to Nick's bathroom – a rather small one, but it was obviously large enough for Nick.
Before refreshing herself she took a look around – she was just too curious to do not.
There were some stuff arranged on a shelf above the washbasin – a toothbrush, after-shave, a face lotion. Sara was highly pleased with the bath tub – not a single hair or something in it, absolutely clean. Just the way she handled with her own bath tub. She found a bottle of shampoo for normal hair and shower gel with the smell of lime. Perfectly fine – perhaps she could take a shower?
She thought about it for a second, then she nodded to herself. Why not?
A few moments later she enjoyed the warm water running down her back. She almost began to sing but claimed herself a foolish idiot and did not. Instead she let the last night pass in her mind's eye.
It had all begun with that kiss. The memory caused a warm feeling inside her. They had both been longing for this to happen for a long time, and now it was just right. His warm breath... the mesmerising smell of his body... But the memory that touched her most was that of the desire she had seen in Nick's eyes. She couldn't remember when a man had wanted her so much...
And it wasn't just that. With surprise she had felt how her body had reacted to his passionate kiss. It had set her completely on fire.
She still had this feeling and she liked it. She liked it, that it was Nick who made her feel like this.
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When she had finished her shower and had put her clothes on she headed back for the bedroom and found Nick still asleep, wrapped in the covers.
God, he looked so damn cute when he was asleep...
She took a look around and finally found a piece of paper and a ball-pen and left Nick a note telling him she was at work and that he could get her on her mobile phone which she had switched on again.
She put the notice on the pillow beneath Nick's head and placed a soft kiss on his cheek.
"Bye, Nick. Sleep well." she whispered and turned away.
As she left the apartment she felt full of energy. No matter what she'd have to do at work this night, she'd be good at it. She knew.
... She just hoped she'd be able to stop smiling all over her face until she reached the lab – or within minutes everyone would know she was in love.
to be continued...