Chapter 11: Lust
Nancy was awake before the sun had risen that morning, and as she looked out of the window she could see Holmes was also awake, he walked slowly around the garden, the top few buttons of his shirt were undone and his hair was ruffled. Nancy couldn't help watching him his brows were furrowed and she could tell he was in deep thought. She finally pulled herself away, washed and began lacing up her corset, she hadn't worn a corset while she'd been here but going back to London, she felt it was only proper. Nancy picked up the bag she packed and walked downstairs, Holmes was still out walking, she ate with her family and her aunt soon got tearful at the prospect of her leaving again, Alice clung fiercely to Nancy until she was sure she believed Nancy's promise to write to her, Styck hugged her and went over a few more methods to keep herself safe even offering her a gun, which she politely declined. The carriage pulled up and she said her final goodbye to her uncle who hugged her tightly and thanked her again for coming so quickly and then he smiled and nodded at someone behind her, she turned to see Holmes waiting by the carriage for her, she was disappointed to see his shirt buttons were now done up,
' Good morning sweet pea' he whispered as he held her hand to help her into the carriage, she smiled to herself and her hand tingled with excitement as he let go, they sat opposite each other in the carriage, he was first to break the silence;
' You're aunt seems quite well'
' Yes, she's much better thanks to Dr Watson, it was nice of him to come all this way to see her'
' Well he is a good man'
' Why did you really come all this way?' Nancy had been dying to ask him that question since he'd first arrived, and she noticed for the first time since he'd seen her at the fight he was avoiding eye contact with her,
' To ensure your safety, I did promise I'd keep you safe' he said still staring out of the window, Nancy didn't believe that but she knew not to push him,
' So are there any new developments in my case?'
' I'm following up on some leads' she noticed he was keeping his answers short, and she continued to stare at him willing him to look at her once, but he kept his eyes averted. Nancy couldn't understand why he was being suddenly quite cold towards her, had she done something to offend him, they sat in silence a little longer until she couldn't take it anymore,
' Have I offended you?' he finally looked at her at those words,
' No why would you think that?'
' You're not your usual talkative self'
' I apologise, I don't mean to be rude' Nancy couldn't stand his vagueness, it frustrated her,
' Why did you really come here?' she asked him again, more forcefully than she intended to, he stared at her his eyes held an unreadable emotion, and Nancy worried that her tone had angered him, she had pushed him,
' Because I wanted to see you!' he shouted, it wasn't an angry shout, he seemed more frustrated than anything, they stared at each other in silence as the carriage rumbled on and suddenly he was next to her, his lips crashed passionately against hers and she returned the kiss, the kiss made her feel hot and as they separated they were both breathing heavily. They gazed into each other's eyes, their lips only centimetres apart, his strong arms enveloped her, holding her body close to his and she clung to him, unwilling to let go. He moved his lips towards hers again letting them brush against her cheek until they met her lips again, they leaned back further on the coach seat until he was practically lying on top of her, their kiss deepened as she held his face in her hands letting her thumb run over his rough, unshaven cheek, his hands ran their way down her sides onto her hips, she was quivering with anticipation the more she got of him the more she wanted. His hand moved further down hitching her dress up and feeling its way back up her leg until it rested on her soft thigh, his breathing was heavier as the kiss continued, he held her thigh, occasionally running his hand up and down it, she broke the kiss to let her head fall backwards as she breathed heavily and lightly moaned, his lips found their way to her neck, she un-tucked his shirt from his trousers and ran her hands up and down his back, they moved their bodies closer together, their lips meeting again, she felt as though her corset was going to burst off her body if this became more intense, as one hand gripped her thigh the other unpinned her hair and he ran his fingers through the long blonde locks,
'Is it Baker Street you wanted Sir?' the coach driver shouted breaking the moment,
' Yes' Holmes sounded disgruntled as he shouted back
' Be about five minutes then'
'Wonderful' Holmes exclaimed sarcastically letting his head fall against her shoulder, they lay there a few seconds longer and he planted on more kiss on her neck and trailed more kisses up her neck until he reached her lips, he pulled her back up into a sitting position, they broke this kiss staring at each other, they smiled at each other after a few seconds, they began correcting their appearances, as the coach pulled to a halt, he stayed next to her and kissed her collar bone she closed her eyes letting the new sensation sweep over her, he brought his head back up lightly kissing her lips one more time, it wasn't enough for Nancy she pulled his face back and kissed him passionately gently biting his bottom lip as the kiss ended,
' Nice girls don't kiss like that' his velvety voice whispered seductively in her ear, she could tell he was smiling,
' Oh yes they do' she whispered back breathlessly in his ear, smiling as she said it,