Chapter 3 – Ignite

Catherine and Lou had been back at home for 2 hours, when they had walked through the door he'd made Catherine curl up on the sofa. He put the kettle on and made some coffee, bringing over two steaming mugs he sat down next to her wrapping her in his embrace.

"So Cath do you wanna talk about what's going on in that head of yours?" Lou asked softly.

Catherine looked as though she was going to speak but didn't.

"Do you know when you started to feel whatever it is you feel?" He asked hesitantly

Catherine took a slow deep breath.

"It started just over two months ago I'd been feeling odd for a while and I found an old diary, I opened it and instantly knew what was wrong."

Vartann didn't say anything at that point he didn't need to, he just looked into her eyes with the softness of silk.

"Im forty-four Lou and opening that diary it reminded me of my younger days the days when I had a perfect body I had control, I had everything as long as I restricted what I ate. Now I don't feel beautiful anymore."

"Oh honey, you are! You are so strong, so independent. You're the grave shift supervisor, you kick ass on a daily basis."

Catherine leaned into him even more; Lou entwined his fingers with her own.

"You might not always see it darling but you are confident with who you are."

"Ya think so Lou?"

"I know so! Do you remember the first time we spent the night together how adventurous we were, how some of the things we experimented with neither of us had ever thought about?"

Catherine smiled warmly up at Lou.

"How could I forget, I had never experienced such passion before, it was so intense nothing was ever as good until I met you"

"It wasn't just the physical side of that night that was amazing, It was as though our hearts and emotions were joined. I felt like that night you gave your heart to me entirely."

For a moment or two neither said anything they just let each others words play through their heads.

"You've always had my heart Lou, I guess you could call this a mid life crisis. Im crazy I know it's just I don't know how to describe it."

She took another deep breath and then slowly breathed out.

"You are not crazy and im just glad that this is out in the open before it had a chance to get any worse, I know it'll be hard but trust me we'll get through it together."

"It's weird while all this has been going on I've wanted to talk to you about it so many times, I've avoided situations when it could have been discovered and it's been killing me. Most of all I've missed you it's like we've not been as close as we normally are in more ways than one."

"Well I'll tell you what; we'll take it one step at a time. The first step is by starting to eat again even a little bit I want you to be healthy and happy."

"I want that too, god these past two months I've been so damn hungry it's been driving me round the bend. I guess the one good thing is that the earlier a re-lapse is dealt with the better. At the moment it's not as severe as it could be."

"Right a question, if you could eat anything right now what would it be." Lou said wondering if he was being too blunt in asking such a straight out question.

"Um…I don't know…ooh wait a minute what do ya think about sushi?" She replied.

"I think that's a great idea"

They smiled and embraced before Vartann got up to get the menu for the Japanese sushi restaurant that was currently pinned to their fridge. They looked though it together Catherine finding that after a heart to heart with Lou her anxieties were lessening. They made their selections and Lou placed the order.

A half hour later their food arrived, Catherine ate slowly finding that she was really enjoying her meal. They continued talking about anything and everything, they talked about their fears and dreams.

As the day wore on they both began to feel tired and Catherine fell asleep in Lou's arms, he carefully lifted her up and carried her into their bedroom gently laying her down on the bed. He climbed in next to her covering them with the warm duvet. Lou smiled as Catherine turned over moving her arm across his chest in the process; she twisted herself a little more moving her leg up over his.

He thought quietly to himself how he would make sure everything would be ok. He would keep an eye on Catherine now he new what to look out for, if she wanted to talk about things he would listen but equally he would give her space if she needed it he too fell asleep.

Catherine's dream was peaceful she dreamt that her and Lou were taking a holiday in Arizona; they were staying in on a ranch in the middle of nowhere. It was perfect just the two of them away from the business of Las Vegas. They took walks in the surroundings of the ranch they were staying at; they drove further into the Arizona dessert so it really was just them. They laughed they joked and Catherine even managed to convince Lou to get on a horse which to begin with was not an easy thing.

"Me on a horse? I don't think so that's insane id probably fall off not to mention it would probably hurt a lot you know where. "

Catherine laughed

"You're not a chicken are you? I would have thought an adrenaline rush would be just the thing. Me and you no cars around, no people around under the sun. You never no what could happen"

Lou smiled at her his grin told her a lot.

"Now that you put it like that I think it sounds like a really great idea"

They went out on two beautiful horses Lou cursed under his breath not wanting to make an ass out of himself, but as it turned out he was a natural. They were several miles out when Catherine went quiet she shot off at speed leaving Lou a bit puzzled. Then she stopped turned the horse.

"Hey Lou, you know if you want me you gotta catch me" She said with a beaming smile.

"Oh you're gonna get it now Cath" Lou said as Catherine once again Galloped into the distance.

Lou took off after her, he caught up to her taking the reins into one hand he reached out to her with the other and stopped her horse. They got off their horses and collapsed onto the ground. Lou started kissing her, claiming his prize he had caught her so he fully intended to take advantage of the situation. He pulled her into his embrace so that she was on top of him. His hands running everywhere and anywhere they wanted, she loved every minute of it. She felt herself drifting away her eyes flickered and opened.

Damn it was just a dream she thought, god it was a good one or it would have been if she'd not woken up. Turning her head slightly she saw that Lou was still asleep he however was having an equally pleasant dream.

They were in the shower the water trickling down over them. They were exploring each other's bodies completely. He lowered his head to covering her right breast with his mouth his tongue running over her nipple which had hardened with his touch all her senses were coming alive. He switched to her other breast Catherine throwing her head back with the sheer pleasure of it all. Catherine put one hand on his shoulder and the other round his neck needing his support otherwise she thought that her knees would give out. He lifted his head and kissed her on the mouth then her closed eyes, he kissed her jaw before trailing kisses down her neck. She reached for the shower gel and pretty soon they were covered in soap. With one hand still around his neck she moved her other hand lower and lower but oh so slowly, Lou literally burning for her touch. When her hand finally reached its destination he gasped. He was already hard; she toyed with him one minute her hand was moving slow then quickly he didn't even know if he was on the same planet. Then she stopped and lowered herself onto her knees taking him into her mouth he swore loudly. Then he heard a voice and became alert his eyes snapping open, a dream it was a god damn dream!

"Lou…Lou…are you ok" she asked wondering if it was a bad dream he'd been having.

"Yep yeah I am fine!" he said turning so he was facing her. He looked directly into her eyes, He moved his hands pulling her leg over the top of his own he cupped her soft backside.

"I take it your dream wasn't a bad one?"

"No it definitely wasn't"

"So are you gonna tell me about it" she said, her desire for him building.

"Well we were in the shower"

"And…what were we doing" her smile beaming.

"Im not gonna tell you"

"Come on now that's not very fair is it"

"Im not gonna tell you because im going to show you!"

He grabbed her pulling her out of the bed and in the direction of the bathroom. They started ripping each other's clothes of rapidly. Kissing each other like there was no tomorrow. Soon they were completely naked stepping into the shower the warm water trickled down over their skin.

"So I say again what were we doing" Catherine spoke feeling an intense passion building within her that she'd not felt for a while.

"I was doing this"

Just like the dream he lowered his head to her right breast covering it, he ran his tongue over her hardened nipple. Catherine moved as her senses came alive, she moaned aloud as he began sucking and nibbling at it. She threw her head back as he moved to her other breast repeating the same action. And just as she had done in the dream she wrapped one hand around his neck and the other on his shoulder.

He lifted his head and kiss her right on the lips, He kissed her closed eyes he kissed her jaw and then started trailing kisses along her neck.

"Im glad you decided to show me" she said half choked.

She leaned over and grabbed a bottle of shower gel covering them in it, she decided to tease him. Very slowly she started moving her hand down his chest towards his hardened penis. One minute she moved very slowly then the next very quickly.

"How's this?" she said with a grin.

"Perfect just like the dream"

"I know you like this…but I know what you really like".

This time she dropped to her knees and took him into her mouth, he groaned and pushed his hands against the walls of the shower for support. She worked her magic perfectly, her tongue danced around his tip before snaking it's way all around him. Then she took him in deeper, he felt himself hit the back of her throat and let out a primal groan in the process. She used just the right amount of pressure as heard head bobbed up and down.

Lou felt like he was in a dream but knew that it was a reality.

"Baby I need you… I need to be inside of you"

"Come on then show me what you've got"

He pulled her up using both hands to lift her, he wrapped one of her legs around his waist and keeping one hand around her other leg and one hand around her back. She slid onto him, encasing him with her warmth. He pushed her against the wall of the shower thrusting into her as hard as was humanly possible, Catherine matching him thrust for thrust.

"Oh god…this…this is" Catherine managed.

"You feel so good Cath" came a choked response from Lou.

"Oh…ah...Lou just there…don't stop…ah"

"Im almost…almost there"

Their breathing became faster and faster Catherine dug her fingernails into Lou's back scraping them along it. Lou began sucking at her neck then nibbling and then biting, He knew how she liked to have one particular spot on her neck bitten and he was going to indulge her.

Catherine felt her centre tingling, the pressure building from within, she couldn't hold on and so she allowed the earth shattering orgasm to wash over her, Lou's orgasm followed just seconds later as he felt her walls close in around him.

They wrapped themselves in two white bath towels before getting dressed. By now it was late evening and it was time for them to get dressed for work.

Catherine felt rested physically and mentally. She'd had a good amount of food and a decent level of fluid. She and Lou had really talked; they'd had a good sleep and some unbelievable sex. Lou thought to himself as he put his tie on that it was glad to have Catherine back again, the love he felt for her was clearly evident in the form of a very distinctive bite mark on her neck.

Well that's chapter 3 up, hope you liked it. You know what to do if you want another chapter, please review this and feel free to give me some ideas of what you want to happen next. What will the lab staff say about Cath's neck or would other detectives comment on anything?

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