9
Carol found Matt sitting on the couch with a little notepad. She came up behind him quietly enough to see what he had written down, herbal tea, decaf coffee, amaretto coffee creamer, moscoto. Carol started to chuckle.
Matt looked behind her and said, "What?" He genuinely looked puzzled. "I'm only making a list of things that will help bring her stress down. Isn't that what you said?"
Carol came around and sat down, "She told me about the two of you trying for the last couple of months. It is entirely normal for this to take more than that. I wouldn't worry so much until 6 months pass."
Matt nodded and then said, "She's blaming herself, as if she's doing something that's letting me down."
Carol then told him, "I know, I got that two. Stress can make it much more difficult to conceive too. I like your little list there, but let me recommend something to you." His ears perked up as she told him, "There are a couple of books on just this type of issue, local bookstores almost have a whole section devoted to them. I would suggest getting one. Also, C.J. needs to be very relaxed when you two are...uh...working on this." Matt shot her a look like he was about to say he knows exactly what he's doing but Carol cut him off before he could say it. "I know that during she probably is, most women are..." Matt turned a nice shade of pink for a second. "What I mean is that, well, there are things you can do to help the process along if stress is the real issue. I know that a few months ago you had her getting massages on a regular basis."
Matt nodded his head and said, "Yes I did. She was going at least once a week. Do you think that would help if she started doing that again?"
Carol hesitated and then said, "Well, it might. Have you ever considered giving her a massage? And I mean a real massage...one that starts with her feet and ends with you two in bed about an hour later."
Matt digested that and said, "No, not really..." Then he got that smile on his face when he said, "But it sounds like a wonderful idea."
Carol patted his back and said, "You can find books on those too." She stood up and said, "Now I gave her a mild sedative which should help her sleep tonight. Keep watch and call me if anything else happens."
That last sentence brought back for Matt everything that had been happening lately so he asked her before she got any further toward the stairs, "She's been having headaches too, bad ones. They reminded her of the migraines she used to have and today while we were working on a case she seemed to have a blackout. Could that have been caused by the stress and this anxiety attack?"
Carol looked more concerned and asked, "Migraines? You mean like the one she had back at Harvard that time?"
Matt didn't remember C.J. ever saying anything about having one since she was growing up in Texas. He said, "I don't know...she would get them every once in a while when we were growing up." He shook his head, "They were strong, so strong sometimes that she would pass out for hours. The one this week lasted a couple of days and had her sleeping a lot too. The always came on really suddenly too."
Carol then told him, "Well the one she had in Boston that time had me so scared that I thought about calling an ambulance. She came to pick me up in the lab, the anatomy lab. I figured at first it was just because of the graphic nature of the lab. You see we were learning anatomy by essentially performing autopsies. I was working on a male, early 40s who died of a gunshot wound to the head. After the police were done, they brought his body to Harvard since he had on his license to donate his body to science. It hit her really hard and really fast. She was sick for the rest of the week."
Matt then asked, "What about the blackout? How worried should I be?"
She told him after shrugging, "Well, it could very well be from the migraine, especially if its been a while since she had one. If it happens again, I'd consult a neurologist. It may be nothing though."
They shook hands and she left. Matt went upstairs to find her sleeping peacefully in the bed. He took a shower and then joined her as the sun had gone down. He carefully took her in his arms and held her all night long.
The next morning they woke up at almost the same time as the light shown through the window. C.J. sleepily rolled over to face her husband who brushed the hair out of her eyes. She told him, "Good morning, love of my life."
He smiled, kissed her forehead and said after brushing her hair back, "Good morning, beautiful love of my life." She smiled and the two kissed for a couple of minutes once he repositioned himself more even with her.
His arms still around her, began rubbing her back. Her leg went over his. Then one of his hands slipped under her night shirt, staying to her back. He broke the kiss and asked her, before going any further, "How are you feeling?"
She smiled and told him, "I'm feeling much better this morning, especially with the way I woke up." She leaned up to kiss him again, which he, again responded back, deepening their kiss. His hands moved around her back for a little while longer, while hers rubbed up and down his chest before moving lower.
Matt caught his breath for a second, breaking their kiss again when she reached down into his underwear. All he could do was close his eyes as she worked her magic on him. Softly whispering against her forehead he told her, "Oh...my...C.J...you...I..."
She kissed his chest as she started to position herself on top of him, removing her pajama bottoms first. He had to do the same and when she got directly on top of him, he sat up. Grabbing her around the waist as she sat on him, letting him slide right into her. He held her close to his chest as she moved around on him. He kept kissing her earlobe, telling her how sexy she was and how he wasn't sure how much longer he could hold back. His hands had gone to her breasts for a short while before his lips and tongue took over for his hands. He pressed each breast, one at a time into his mouth with his hands on her back, his tongue rolling her nipples all around his mouth.
She gasped for air at one point as she moved up and down and around on him. Then his hands moved to her hips as he tried to guide her, making sure he was hitting that sensitive spot. Her eyes rolled back in her head and the sight of her, losing control that way with her breast almost pointing toward the ceiling with her rock hard nipples, made Matt have to concentrate harder and harder on maintaining control.
After about half an hour he could take no more and rolled her over under him, upping the tempo, hitting that spot harder and harder. Her breath came more and more uneven as she neared the summit, the point of no return. His hands went to either side of her head as he alternated his rhythm finding one that finally pushed her delightfully over the edge. The climax coming harder than she had anticipated as her body shook involuntarily for a solid two minutes. Of course, seeing that sent Matt careening over the edge.
He held on to her as she finished, taking longer than him. Matt kept whispering in her ear, "Enjoy it, just relax and enjoy it. I love you so much, C.J."
As her spasms finally receded she looked in his eyes, which were just inches from hers. Barely able to speak she said, "Matt...that was...I..."
Matt smiled and brushed a lock of hair from her eyes as he rubbed them and her cheeks. He told her softly, "I know, you really enjoyed yourself. You have no idea what it does to me to see you like that. I love so much knowing that I can do that for you. I love you so much."
She got out, "I love you, Matt. You are only one that I can be like this with. You are the only one I really ever let loose like this with. Its amazing how close and connected I feel to you every time." They kissed for several more minutes before getting up together, showering together and then getting their coffee and heading into the office.
Uncle Roy was waiting for them with Baby already turned on. He told them after clearing his throat seeing them still kissing in the elevator, "Uh hum...glad for you two to finally make it in this morning."
They both smiled and C.J. told them as she started to move from Matt, "I need to go check a couple a things in my office. I'll join you two at Baby in a minute."
Matt kissed her one more time and then let her go. His uncle smiled as they walked in together, "I used to come in late a few times too when I worked at the university, many times with that same smile on my face."
Matt told him, "Why don't we focus on the case, huh?" Roy sat down and started punching buttons. He was telling Matt as C.J. walked in, "So the only new development is that three of the men are now claiming legally that they are the father of Dove. I talked to my old friend Dr. Joseph Winston. He works at Wilshire Memorial. Told me they have a fine facility can that handle all the testing. I think we should meet all three over there and get at least one question solved. I already called and told them to meet us over there. They should all be heading over there now."
Matt nodded and C.J. stepped around Roy to Matt and sat beside him. She told both of them, "That would be a good start, copies of all the legal forms are on my desk. Seems the only one not claiming to be the father is Randy Larson."
Matt then asked, "Randy Larson, now that's the drummer, right?"
Roy then said, "Yes he is. He started an affair with Macy about ten years ago. Seems he likes to party every where he goes and loves the ladies, including your wife there."
C.J. then gave Matt a little smile as he turned sharply back to look at her, "What do you mean?"
C.J. then swallowed and explained, "Well, he seemed rather, uh, amorous when he was here the day we took the case and wanted to take me to dinner. I told him I'd be talking to my husband over dinner and then he asked me if he could come by for dessert. I told him no."
Matt took a couple of deep breaths as both Roy and C.J. seemed to be looking at him, knowing quite well what was going through his head at that moment. He decided to surprise them, "Well, I'm glad you told him no. Now that, that is settled, let's get to the hospital, shall we?" He held his hand out to his confused wife. She took it and shot Roy a look who also seemed confused and they got to the elevator.
Roy said, "I'm impressed Matlock. I was actually afraid you would want to run out and go have a little talk with Larson."
Matt then said as his hand went around C.J.'s waist, "Now Uncle Roy, I know C.J. wouldn't be interested in this Larson character and I know well how the law works. My confronting him might just land me in jail. I certainly wouldn't want to do that."
He smiled at both of them. As they got out to the car David Matheson was approaching it. "Mr. Houston, I'm so glad I ran into you..." Matt was trying to gesture to him that now wasn't the best time while Roy bit his lip and C.J. looked more and more confused, but he kept going. "Judge Salinger just sent over one more form to be signed. When they arrested you..." C.J. then turned and sharply looked at Matt who tried to smile back. "They forgot to have you sign a form stating that you did not need medical attention after the bar fight." C.J.'s eyes got bigger and she took a very deep breath. He continued, "They need this signed to officially put the case to rest and it will protect both you and Owen Richardson from potential civil law suits."
At the sound of the name Owen Richardson, C.J. looked directly back at Matt who signed the papers quickly, nodding to Matheson who then cheerfully thanked him again for allowing him to represent him, Bo and Lamar before heading upstairs to file everything.
Matt said, "Ok, let's go," but C.J. didn't move. She stood there with her hands on her hips.
"A bar fight? Owen Richardson? What about 'I know the law and certainly wouldn't want to get arrested' speech you just gave me and Uncle Roy?" She asked clearly irritated.
He put his hand on his abdomen and said, "Well, why don't we just say that I clearly learned my lesson and just move on..." He took a deep breath as clearly she wasn't buying his attempt to dodge the lecture he knew was coming.
She walked slowly over to him and said, "No, why don't we talk about it a little more...was that what was going on in Texas? Did Bo and Lamar catch up to Owen and decide to bring you in on some wager they lost to him or something? Was that the 'man's thing' I couldn't possibly understand?" Matt was trying to get a word in, but she wasn't letting him. She continued, "I know you know that I dated Owen and that it didn't exactly end well..."
Matt interrupted then with his arms folded and said, "He hit you. The man needed to answer to that."
C.J. put her hand up, "He hit me years ago, Matt and now you have yet another disturbing the peace charge against you or assault for which you've already plead no contest I'm assuming. Why on earth didn't you call me? I'm the lawyer, remember?" Her voice was raised and she was pointing to herself.
Roy then tried to interject, "C.J. we just didn't want to worry you..."
She spun around quickly, "I knew it. You knew about this when it happened, right? That's why Matheson went out there. You arranged everything...both of you...I swear." Then she started to walk off toward the car.
Matt caught up to her and took her arm, "I know I should have handled it better, C.J. None of us planned anything. Bo, Lamar and I were just in Lucky's for a drink and Owen opened his mouth, that's all. I'm sorry, but I can't just stand around while a man like that spews the garbage out of his mouth that he was about you and let him get away with it."
She seemed to soften before saying, "So, he was talking about me, huh? I'm surprised he even remembers me."
Matt then said as he could see he was making progress here, "Yes he does and for the record, most of the bar fights in Lucky's were when I was keeping guys away from you. None of those guys were ever good enough for you, and for a long time, I didn't think I was good enough for you. You deserve nothing but the best, C.J." That last sentence was laced with a vulnerability C.J. had only seen a couple of times.
Those last couple of lines sufficiently got Matt out of the doghouse. C.J.'s heart actually skipped a beat as she put her arms around his waist and told him, "I have the best right here." Matt smiled just before she pulled back and said, "Now, don't do that again, and if you ever do anything that gets you arrested, you better make damn sure you call me first!" As she left his side to get in the passenger side of Matt's car she said louder, "And I certainly hope Bo and Lamar know I'll be calling them later."
Matt nodded and caught Roy laughing in his car as he drove out of the parking lot. Matt just nodded to him with a sarcastic smile on his face and then got in the car and left.