Chapter Twenty Three

Sid woke up in the morning with a smile on his face. Amber was sound asleep, curled into the nook of his arm, only half covered by the sheets. Her long brown hair was draped over the side of his arm, which was half numb from the weight of her head. He knew he was late for meeting his trainer but for the first time in his life, he didn't care. Andy would understand. It had been a long summer and he had gotten a work out in almost everyday. He deserved one morning to enjoy himself, to sleep in and –

*bang*bang*bang*bang*

"What the…?" Amber awoke and sat upright with a startled look on her face.

"Shhhh… It's okay baby, it's just the construction crew. They're probably working in the kitchen. Lie back down," Sid pulled her back down to his chest.

"Holy crap… That is not the wake up I wanted…" she moaned, stretching out across the bed before curling back up against Sid's body.

"Oh? What wake up did you want?" he asked suggestively, rolling onto his side, leaning on his forearm, to look at her. He leaned down and placed a light kiss on her lips.

"Coffee… maybe some bacon…" Amber teased, knowing full well that what was on his mind had nothing to do with the four food groups. She could see the evidence of his thoughts through the tent under the sheets and could feel it when he leaned over her.

"Oh," Sid said, sounding confused. He sat up on the bed. "Well, I guess we have to head back to the Lemieux's for that…"

"I am just kidding…" Amber said, sitting up next to him. "I mean bacon and coffee sound great but…" She lingered on her words before finishing her sentence, "… I think I can wait."

Sid turned towards her, with one eyebrow raised. "Wait? For what?"

"You're not very quick, are you?" Amber teased, pulling the sheet up over her and climbing onto his lap to straddle him. She leaned in close to him to brush her lips with his and he let out a slow, "Ohhhhh… I get it…" before pressing his lips to hers and running his hands down over her exposed back. He put both hands on her ass and pulled her closer to him. She let the sheet fall to the side and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling herself against his body. Sid kissed down her neck, as she let out soft moans of enjoyment and moved herself over his erection. She took the full length of him inside her and he let out a deep groan, rolling his eyes into the back of his head. Amber moved up and down his shaft, swiveling her hips and grinding into him. She clenched her pussy muscles around him and he fell backwards on the bed. He watched her body in amazement as she moved over him, watched her breasts move up and down as she raised and lowered herself. She leaned back stretching out her body. Sid ran his hands up her body, to her breasts and held on to them, feeling his body get closer to the point of no return.

"He wants a new bathtub put in here…" Came a deep mans voice into the room, as the doors to the bedroom opened and a number of construction workers stepped in. Amber scrambled for the sheet and Sid pushed her to the side and tried to protect her modesty, leaving his bare ass hanging out.

"Oh shit, ah… ah…" Said the man in the front of the group, quickly turning around and pushing the others back towards the door. Sid watched the faces of the other men in the group, their eyes wide, all trying to get a peak at who was lying on the other side of him.

"Get out!" Sid yelled towards the door, shielding Amber with his body. When he was sure that they had left, he turned to her, expecting a look of mortification but instead she was smiling, holding back laughter.

"I'm so sorry…" He offered, kissing her shoulder.

"Welcome to Pittsburgh?" Amber offered back, giggling.

"It's not funny…" Sid poked her. "If any one of those guys had a camera phone, my bare ass will be all over the internet by noon…"

"That's actually pretty funny…" Amber giggled some more. "And relax, they weren't in here long enough to get out their camera phones and they certainly weren't looking to get a look at your ass…"

"I don't want anyone looking at your ass but me…"

"Well, you may have to get over that… I have a pretty nice ass. Guys do tend to look at it…" Amber wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him down for a kiss. "We both have a lot to get used to… but now that coffee and bacon sound good."

"Get dressed. We'll go see what Nathalie made for breakfast…"

-.-

"If I was him, I would wake up with three naked ladies every morning!"

"And I sure to hell wouldn't be shy about it!"

"Damn, I bet he gets a BJ everyday!"

"One? He probably has them lined up outside the arena, just waitin' to suck his cock!"

"He probably hasn't had to jerk it since he was five…"

Sid stood in the hallway outside the kitchen, listening to the conversation that was taking place between the construction crew. He wanted to tell the contractor that he was leaving, so he could finish his work in the master bathroom. 'If they only knew how pathetic I was…' He thought to himself. The truth was that he had barely slept with anyone since… well… ever. Amber was now officially the most sex he had ever had. But if guys wanted to think he was a player, he wasn't about to stop them. Definitely better then the gossip about him not getting any… or being gay.

Sid decided that instead of waiting for them to change the subject, which may never happen, he would barge right in.

"Hey guys, is Vinnie around?" Sid stepped into the kitchen, quickly scanning the group of guys.

"No sir," One of the guys stepped forward. "I think he is outside, talking to the pool guys."

"Okay, uh… can you give him a message for me? I gotta get going. Can you just tell him that I left, so whatever you guys had to do in the master suite this morning, you can do now?" Sid tried to keep the embarrassment off his face but he could feel his cheeks heating up. He saw a couple of the guys snickering and the leader of the group shot them dirty looks, silencing them quickly.

"Sure we can do that… sorry about that this morning, you just aren't usually here…"

"Yeah, well, I think I'm going to be here more, so if you could maybe knock… that would be helpful."

"For sure. Sorry again. Has your hottie left too, or should we knock still?"

"My girlfriend," Sid stated defensively. He could let them think that he got his fair share, but he wouldn't let them think that she was anything less then a class act. "No, she is coming with me. And that hottie will be in charge of the renos when I am not here, so I expect you to all be respectful."

The group exchanged nods and murmured their collective apologies. Sid walked out of the room and half debated waiting in the hall to see what they were about to say about him behind his back but thought better of it. He probably didn't want to know…

-.-

"Good morning," Sid said happily, walking into the Lemieux's kitchen, holding Amber's hand. Nathalie was standing at the counter, flipping through a newspaper, drinking a coffee and Mario was sitting in his usual spot at the breakfast table doing the same.

"I suppose you are here for breakfast?" Nathalie smiled. "I figured it wouldn't be too long before you were back! Coffee?"

"Oh yes please!" Amber said excitedly.

"Andy called… was wondering where you were…" Mario growled from the table.

"Yeah, I sent him a text. There was a situation at the house," Sid offered as an excuse.

"I'm sure there was…" Mario looked at him sceptically. "I hope you're not going to start missing training because of your new 'living arrangement.'"

"Mario that is enough," Nathalie snapped at him.

"It was one morning…" Sid defended himself.

"You don't need to explain yourself to him," Nathalie said to him, handing him and Amber a cup of coffee. "He is just miserable this morning but he will snap out of it… Won't you Mario?"

Mario just grunted and went back to his paper.

"Go on and have a seat, I'll fix you two a plate," Nathalie said kindly. "What are your plans for today?"

"Not sure… I have a meeting at 11:00 and I should probably get some sort of a workout in this afternoon…" Sid said, looking to Mario for approval. "Not sure what you wanted to do…" He looked at Amber. "If you wanted to come to the arena, or I dunno, I didn't really think about it…"

"Well don't you worry about Amber, I can take her shopping, show her around a bit…" Nathalie offered. "And I am supposed to have lunch with a couple of the girls, so it might be nice for her to meet them."

Sid looked at Amber for approval. "Is that okay by you?"

"Ummm… yeah…" Amber shrugged.

"Then maybe I can drop her back off at the Arena and you guys can do whatever you want from there… after your work out and all?"

"Sounds great," Sid admitted. Leave it to Nathalie to organize his day better then he could. Nathalie walked to the table with two plates of warmed pancakes for Amber and him.

"Oh, before I forget I have something for you…" Sid said to Amber as dug into his wallet and pulled out a black American Express card. "This is for you to use, it's my account but it has your name on it, so there shouldn't be any problems with it."

"What? For real?"

"Yeah, here take it…" Sid forced it into her hands. "And I wouldn't worry about reaching the limit on that little bad boy either…"

"I can't take this…" Amber stuttered, pushing it back to Sid.

"Yes, you can," Sid insisted. "You're going to need to buy those towels we talked about last night, remember?"

Amber blushed and looked at the ground. Sid leaned forward and kissed the top of her head. "I told you there would be perks, didn't I?" he whispered. She looked up at him with a sideways smile, shook her head and rolled her eyes.

Sid sat back and smiled, then caught a glimpse of Mario starring at him, shaking his head. His jaw was clenched, like he was biting back an explosion. Sid knew better then to ask what his problem was. From their short conversation yesterday, he could only imagine that Mario didn't approve of what he just did.

"Well, it looks like we are going to have some fun shopping today?" Nathalie came over to the table and placed her hands firmly on her husband's shoulders, while smiling warmly at Amber.