Chapter 3

House was happy to have Karen in bed with him before work on Monday. He made sure to take the time to show her exactly how happy.

After he left for the hospital, she showered and dressed and decided that the school would be the first thing to do. She found the High School first and filled out the paperwork to get Daniel registered. She left with a schedule and a list of extracurricular activities for him to investigate.

Then she went to the middle school and got Emma set up, leaving with the same sort of information. She also got the contact information for the local Girls Club. Karen knew soccer started in the fall and she wanted to be sure Emma was registered for it.

Karen had been with a small, local bank in Lancaster, so she needed to find a new one here. House had given her the name of his and she figured it was easier if they were both at the same one, so she went to the branch and opened a checking account. She would probably open a savings account as well, but that was enough for now.

It had been a busy morning. She went back to the apartment and made lunch for herself, then went on the computer to find employment and temp agencies in the area. She made some calls and set up some appointments for Tuesday and Wednesday.

Then she started dinner to have it ready when he got home from work.

When he opened the door, he heard music playing and saw her working in the kitchen and swaying with the music. She was wearing an apron, but not his boring blue one. It was red and had a ruffle around it. He smiled. This was nice. Having her here was nice. He wasn't dreading moving so much when he thought about having her there every day.

He made his way to the kitchen and came up behind her. She was so engrossed in her work and the music that she didn't notice him until he put his arms around her waist.

"Oh, hi!" she said, turning around to put her arms around his neck and kiss him.

"Hi." He said, then plunged into the kiss.

"Mmm." She murmured. "This is nice. I'm going to like having you around every day."

"My exact thoughts." He pulled her closer and kissed her again.

"Mmm. You know, if you give me ten minutes to finish putting this together, I can put this on to simmer and we'll have a half hour until it's done."

"Half hour is good. I can work with a half hour."

"Okay, ten minutes. I'll meet you in the bedroom."

He gave that one sided smile of his, the one that made her melt and turned to leave.

He decided he could take a quick shower. It was hot and after a day at clinic and the motorcycle ride home, he was a little ripe.

When he came out of the bathroom, she was lying on the bed, smiling at him. He thought she'd be naked, but instead, she'd taken everything off except for the ruffled apron.

It was unbelievably erotic.

He dropped the towel on the floor and brought his naked body close to the bed.

"Is this the porno June Cleaver?"

She laughed. "If you want. Do you have a thing for June Cleaver?"

"Well, if she was wearing what you're not under the apron, maybe I would have."

He sat down beside her and leaned down to kiss her. She pulled him onto the bed and on his back. When she saw that he wasn't completely ready for him, she leaned down and took him in her mouth. After a few minutes of sucking and licking, he was rock hard and she climbed on top.

He watched her as she straddled him and took him inside her. His hands went to her butt and he watched as the ruffled apron bobbed up and down while she rode him. It was so incredibly erotic. He could feel himself building, but he tried to hold back for her. When he heard her moan and felt her tighten around him, he was more than ready. She let go and he followed right behind.

When they were finished, she got up and started to reach for her clothes, but he stopped her.

"No, don't put them on. Just the apron."

She smiled at him. "But we have to have dinner."

"Let's have naked dinner."

She giggled. "Okay. But you realize we won't be able to do this when the kids are around?"

"Yep. That's why we need to take advantage of it while we can."

She tightened the apron sash and walked out of the bedroom. He watched her ass sway as she walked and thought, damn, this is going to be fun.

She turned around and smiled. "Naked dinner includes you. No putting any clothes on."

He nodded, a grin spreading on his face.

So they ate, sitting on the sofa, naked – except for her apron. It was the best dinner he could remember. Though he had no idea what he ate.

After dinner, as they were nestled together on the sofa, she told him what she had done that day.

"You did all that in one day?"

"Yes. I need to get everything taken care of. Oh, can you give me directions to the appointments I have tomorrow and the next day?"

She showed him the list and he told her how to get there.

"Hey, this one is right near the hospital." He pointed to her Wednesday morning appointment.

"Oh good. I know how to get there."

They watched some TV, then went to bed and resumed their earlier activity.

The next day, Karen had three appointments, two with employment agencies, one with a temp agency. All asked her the same questions and made her take the same tests. By the time she got back to the apartment, she was physically and mentally exhausted.

In fact, she had only been back a few minutes and had just kicked off her shoes while she collapsed on the sofa when he walked in.

"Hi. You okay?" he asked when he saw her obvious exhaustion.

"Yeah, just tired. Job hunting is a bitch."

He nodded, even though he hadn't looked for a job in a long time.

"I'm sorry," she said, "I just got in. I haven't had time to start dinner. If you give me some time…"

"Karen, don't think that you have to make dinner for me every day. If you don't feel like it, we'll go out or order in. No problem."

"Thanks, Greg. I appreciate that. Could we just order in tonight?"

"Pizza or Chinese?"

"Pizza sounds wonderful."

He took care of that, then returned to the sofa and sat down, pulling her feet onto his lap. He started rubbing them, moving his fingers expertly around the balls of each foot.

"Oh, my God, that feels so good!"

She was ready to orgasm just from his ministrations to her feet, when the doorbell rang.

"Pizza's here." He whispered. "Do you want me to stop or…"

"I'm really hungry, so even though this is amazing, let's stop and eat and you can continue later."

He smiled. They were on the same wave length.