Chapter 2: Almost caught

A knock at the door startled them in the morning. "Kelly?" the voice shouted "open up!"

"Melinda?" Kelly asked

" Yeah it's me. Open up we are all going to breakfast so i came to wake you and have you seen Peter? nobody knows where he has gone."

Yeah he is right hear nibbling my ear Kelly thought to herself before pulling away and facing him. He placed his finger over her lips trying to silence her

"Pretend you are not here." he whispered.

"I can't do that! i already answered her" Kelly tried not to laugh.

"Kelly come on open up!" Melinda's voice seemed almost angry this time.

"Okay, okay I'm coming!" she winced.

Kelly jumped out of bed dragging Peter with her whilst he moaned. They were frantically scrambling around the room collecting their clothes that had been discarded the night before. Kelly kissed Peter's lips lightly before ushering him into the en-suite to hide.

"Finally" Melinda moaned as Kelly opened the door to let her in. "How come you are not already up and dressed? We're almost ready to go.

well i was so comfy in Peters arms after a night of mind blowing sex Kelly thought to herself wishing she could shout it from the roof tops. "Sorry Melinda, i umm i just slept in. Give me ten minutes to get ready and i'll meet you all in ten minutes downstairs in the lobby"

"Okay" Melinda agreed looking slightly unsure. "But hurry and if you happen to see Peter will you tell him the same?" She finished as she turned and walked out of the room.

Kelly entered her bathroom to find Peter perched on the edge of the bath laughing.

"It's not funny" Kelly complained "she almost caught us!"

He just looked at her and she couldn't help but smile back at him. Peter grabbed her hand and gently pulled her down onto his lap before kissing her. She couldn't believe how natural it felt being in his arms. Placing one hand on his sturdy chest and the other through his hair she happily returned his kiss. Their kisses became more passionate as he tried to rid her of her top she stopped and pulled away. "we need to get ready" she whispered.

"awww can't we just skip breakfast" he asked "You know I'm not really that hungry."

"No, Peter we can't. Well i can't. Unfortunately I've already agreed and said that i will be ready in ten minutes. Plus if neither of us go it would look suspicious" she reasoned as she climbed off his knee and walked back into the room to get dressed.

"Okay then" he grumbled following her. "I'll go get dressed then because if you're going I'm going" At that he kissed her temple and walked back to his room feeling great.

Breakfast passed quickly and afterwards they all went their separate ways. The boys going on a tour around some historic sights whilst the girls did what they did best- shopping! They moved around shop after shop with Mischa and Rachel both buying an excessive amount of clothes while they joked about how they would fit it all into their suitcases. After coffee they had entered a lingerie store. Kelly had found the sexiest underwear she had ever seen and with Peter in mind she wanted to buy it. However when she was at the checkout she used her knowledge of the Italian

language when speaking to the assistant because Melinda, Mischa and Rachel had already started asking questions. Questions which she had tried to avoid by saying it was for nobody in particular and she just liked them knowing all too well that she couldn't tell them about Peter. She now couldn't wait to show him and had to smile at the thought of his face when he would remove her dress that night to reveal it.

Mid afternoon they bumped into the guys on the way back to the Hotel. They all sat at the bar for a while before retreating to the indoor swimming pool. Melinda and her husband however chose not to join them. Peter had been blown away when he saw Kelly enter the pool in a brown bikini which she had picked out deliberately. It clearly complemented her toned legs and stomach and the top half was cut just low enough to tease him. After about half-an-hour of mindless banter Mischa, Adam, Ben and Rachel decided they could have more fun in the outdoor pool and they scampered leaving Peter and Kelly alone. It was perfect.

"Hmmm all alone in a huge swimming pool" she said suggestively.

Biting his bottom lip Peter swam over to Kelly who was leaning against the pool's back wall. Reaching her he immediately kissed her hard on the lips letting her know he wanted her.

"You have no idea how much i've wanted to do that all day" he whispered as he broke the kiss.

"i bet not as much as me" she replied before seizing his lips with hers once again.

She then wrapped her legs around his waist as he used his body to trap her against the wall. Their kisses getting more passionate their tongues meshed together as their need for each other increased. Peter gently placed a line of kisses down her neck and onto her shoulder searching for the spot that made her moan. With his right hand he rubbed her stomach before sliding it up and under her bikini top and he started massaging her breast. Kelly becoming more excited fought with the tie on his swim shorts desperate to get inside. Before she could get it untied she felt him growing beneath her and instead she tightened the grip her legs had on him and pulled him closer before gently rubbing against him and causing him to groan.

"Hey guys" a voice came from not too far away, "the outdoor pool is over crowded so we thought we would come back in here with you guys" Adam's voice was getting closer.

I panic they scrambled away from each other Kelly quickly fixing her top and Peter desperately trying to calm down so he could get rid of his obvious erection. Then the voice that had been Adam came into sight with Rachel, Ben and Mischa closely behind. Great! Peter thought to himself This is just like being Sandy and Kirsten, somebody always manages to interrupt!

"so what you guys get up to while we were gone?" Mischa asked

"Ermm..." both Kelly and Peter looked at each other before he finally said " just had a chat and did a few lengths" hoping they would buy it.

They hadn't stayed in the pool for long before everybody went back to their rooms to get dressed for dinner. They were going to a formal restaurant that usually had Jazz music playing in the background and was very formal. All the women wore dresses though each had their own individual style and the guys all wore smart dinner suits. They had decided that each man would escort a lady with Melinda and her husband obviously going together and Adam and Rachel doing the same. Ben had decided that he would escort Mischa as opposed to Kelly purely because he was closer to her and he guessed that Kelly and Peter probably had more to talk about. Little did he know his decision couldn't have been more accurate. They all walked to the restaurant arm in arm with their partners with Kelly and Peter deliberately trailing behind.

"So can i expect to see you tonight to finish what we started earlier?" He asked her sheepishly.

"I'm not sure" she replied

"not sure?" he looked disappointed.

" I think we need to be more careful Peter. I mean we almost got caught by Melinda this morning and then again in the pool this afternoon. I think we need to try and not get carried away and be a lot more cautious.

He did not reply. Deep down he knew she was right and was only trying to protect him, after all he was the one that was married, not her. Although he knew cheating was wrong he just couldn't help himself. He needed Kelly, her kisses were so much sweeter than his wife's and when they had sex that night it was special whereas with his wife it was meaningless. Infact it rarely happened. His marriage was a shambles and he wasn't happy anymore unless he was with Kelly and that's what mattered most to him.

During dinner many topics were discussed including how romantic Rome was. After they had eaten the men asked the women to dance. Nobody thought anything was unusual about the way Kelly and Peter clung to each other, him with one hand on the small of her back and the other holding hers against his heart. They looked like they always did when the others had seen them dance, the only difference was this time it was Kelly Rowan and Peter Gallagher not Sandy and Kirsten Cohen.

"Why do you think this all happened here? now?" she asked him quietly.

"because" he began "we're in Rome the romance capital of the world."

"Ummm I'm pretty sure that would be Paris" she mocked him.

"Are you sure?" he asked before watching her nod her head. "Oh well i was close" he tried to reason still swaying her back and forward to the saxophone that was sweetly playing "Knights in white satin" behind them.

After dancing Kelly ordered them all some more wine before they all sat in the comfy atmosphere laughing at each other's jokes. Because Peter had sat next to Kelly instead of opposite her she was able to reach for his hand under the table and lace her fingers with his easily without anyone noticing. He just looked over at her and smiled. As midnight approached they left the restaurant entering the cool air. Peter noticing Kelly shiver placed his own jacket over her shoulders which she gratefully accepted.

Back in her hotel room Kelly sat on her bed looking at Peter's jacket which lay next to her debating whether to go to his room or not. She couldn't help but wonder what they would be doing at that moment if she had said yes to him earlier. Finally giving up she made her way to his room ensuring the hallway was empty and trying to be as quiet as possible. She knocked lightly on his door.

"come in" is all she heard.

As she entered he immediately jumped up off the bed where he had been lying just like she had earlier on. A slightly confused look crossed his face.

"what?" She asked

"Nothing i was just wondering what happened to what you said earlier"

"Well i can just leave again if you'd rather" she mocked

"no, no that's okay" he jumped in barely letting her finish her sentence.

"Hmmm that's what i thought, plus i had to return the jacket that you so kindly lent me earlier" she couldn't help but laugh when he pointed out that she didn't have the jacket with her. He picked her up and spun her around making her laugh harder before he silenced her with a kiss as he enjoyed the feel of her soft lips between his.

"I want you" he said before kissing her again, he felt her lips smile as he began making the kisses deeper and more passionate.

"Wait" she said as she pulled away from him reading his upset expression. "i bought you a present today".

"Oh yeah?" he asked

"yeah, and i think now would be the perfect time to give it to you" she looked amused whilst she undid her the tie behind her neck that held her dress up and then allowed it to fall to the ground revealing the kinky underwear she had purchased earlier that day. It was black, lacy and partially see through emphasising her body in all the right places.

"wow" was all Peter could manage at first. "Now i want you even more!"

At that he seized her with kisses all over. As she undressed him they made their way to his bed touching and exploring each other's bodies. Moaning in pleasure as once again they completed each other. Proving their love for one another. It was at that moment that Peter realised that it hadn't just been sex, they had been making love, something he had not done in a very long time. Happily they fell asleep in each other's arms both in their own individual heaven.