Elizabeth blinked in confusion at the sign on Kelly's door. Lucky had asked her specifically to meet him here at seven and yet the closed sign was flipped over, the shades drawn and the lights were off. She had spotted Lucky's Jeep in the small parking lot so he had to be close by somewhere. Of all the times to play hide and seek, standing outside a closed diner in a rainstorm waiting on your date was not high on her list of appropriate times.
"Damn it Spencer, if you don't show yourself soon I am so kicking your ass." She muttered, readjusting her tan trench coat around her slim frame with one hand. The other struggled to hold her umbrella in place, rapping it against the windows of the diner.
The corner of her eye caught the movement of shade on the door being pulled back. She turned rapidly on her heel to investigate, accidentally stepping directly into a rather large puddle. Elizabeth felt herself falling directly onto the wet pavement behind her, when she felt two arms wrap themselves around her waist and steady her.
"I thought you said you weren't always this clumsy." Lucky laughed as he set her upright, kissing her forehead quickly.
"I'm not. I think the question is why do I only seem to have these accidents around you?"
Lucky held open the door for her and motioned for her to enter. "My irresistible charm has you falling at my feet?"
Closing her umbrella, she resisted the childish urge to shake the access water off in his general direction. She was far too mature for that. Instead she stuck her tongue out at him. "Change that to your overbearing ego and you may be right."
His hands stilled on her shoulders as he held her coat for her to step out of. "Careful with that tongue." He whispered in her ear. "You just may lose it."
Elizabeth turned her head just enough so he could see her smile. "Promises. Promises," she sang as she shrugged her coat off her shoulders into his waiting hands.
Her eyes danced around the room as the transformation of the small dinning room made an imprint on her. Every surface was covered in candles, flames flickering against each other, almost competing for who would set the more perfect mood. A few of the tables near the jukebox had been lined up against the back wall, creating what she assumed was a dance floor. A single table was covered in a white linen cloth with a single rose resting on a plate. Twirling back to where Lucky stood behind her, she clapped her hands. "Are you kidding me?"
Lucky knew she had spoken but for the life of him he could not figure out what she had said. He was transfixed by her. The strapless red dress she had on stopped just above her knee, giving him a full view of the legs he had only seen three times before. Her tiny feet were incased in heels so tall it was no wonder she had almost fallen. Her hair was held up by a clip of some sort that he had a powerful urge to remove just to watch her hair fall down around her shoulders. He shook his head. "I'm sorry. You completely distracted me."
Elizabeth bit her lips to keep back the grin. The last time she had gone shopping with Robin and Courtney both had insisted she buy this particular dress and shoes. "It will drive him crazy," Robin had promised her. Courtney had been much blunter. "He'll want to rip it off of you," the blonde swore. Never again would she doubt the wisdom of her friends. Walking towards him, she smiled. "Distracted good or distracted bad?"
Lucky circled his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him. "Definitely good. Very, very good." He leaned down to capture his mouth with his own.
The kiss was brief but memorable. How was it even the simplest of kisses from him made her crave more? Elizabeth rested her forehead on his and giggled. "Well good, because you have me distracted too."
Instead of jeans, Lucky had opted for black trousers, with a French blue dress shirt with the top two buttons undone. She could be wrong but it looked like his black loafers were freshly shined as well.
His hands gently rubbed up and down her bare arms, sending tingles up her spine. "As much fun as all this distraction is, I think we better sit down before the dinner I worked so hard on gets cold."
With his hand on the small of her back, he led her to the table and pulled out her chair for her. "You cooked?" she asked shocked as she sat down.
"Yes. I am a man of many talents." He laughed with a wink in her direction as he made his way towards the kitchen.
Elizabeth smelled the sweet fragrance of the rose as she watched him bring two covered plates from the back. "Funny, when Cameron did any cooking projects in school, he never mentioned you. It was all Gramma this and Gramma that."
"He doesn't want to hurt his grandmother's feelings." With a flourish he pulled off the covers at the same time, revealing a plate teeming with angel hair pasta, meatballs and a marinara sauce. "Viola!"
"When exactly did you talk to my grandmother and find out about my favorite meal of all time?"
"I did no such thing."
"Lucky I know my grandmother's homemade marinara sauce when I smell it. How did you convince her to give you the recipe?"
"You aren't going to just let this go are you?"
"Never. But if you want to stick to this story that you didn't call her and didn't get the recipe from her, then I will feel so terrible for doubting you that I will just go sit way over there in the corner…" She made a grab for her plate and started to stand up.
"Sit down you faker."
With a triumphant grin, she sat back down and crossed her arms. "Spill."
Lucky ran his hand through his hair. "Fine. I called your grandmother for ideas for what to make you and she suggested this."
"And she just gave you the recipe?"
"Not exactly." He sighed in defeat. "She gave it to my Aunt Ruby. Aunt Ruby had this crazy idea I would burn down her kitchen if I tried it."
Elizabeth put her hand over her mouth to stop the giggles. "So you were going to pass off your aunt's cooking as your own?"
"Lucky Spencer. Professional kitchen disaster at your service."
"Elizabeth Webber. Professional klutz in all things culinary. Nice to meet you."
The dinner passed quickly and the conversation had flown easily between them. Elizabeth held the glass of wine in her hand as she wandered through the room, floating her other hand above the flickering flames. Lucky had refused her offer to help clean up, swearing all he was allowed to do in his aunt's kitchen was place the dishes in the dishwasher and shut the door. She smiled when she saw him come out from the back in the exact two minutes he had promised his chore would take.
He brushed past her, gently pressing the small of her back as he did, making his way towards the jukebox. Smiling, she placed her glass down on an empty table and made her way towards him, wrapping her arms around him from behind.
"Thank you for dinner."
Lucky squeezed her hands. "You're welcome Cinderella."
He turned to face her as soft music began to fill the room. Elizabeth readjusted her arms to go around her neck as they began to sway together. "This is nice." she sighed softly.
Tucking a loose strand behind her ear, Lucky let his finger trace all the way down to her chin. "Did I tell you yet that you look gorgeous?"
Her eyes locked into his and Elizabeth didn't think she could speak even if she wanted to. She was trapped in a spell of attraction that she was powerless to break. Not that she really wanted to. She shook her head at his question.
"Well in that case, you look beautiful tonight."
Somehow she found a way to speak, although her voice was barely over a whisper. "Just tonight?"
"Every night."
"Damn good answer," she whispered pulling him closer to her and moving her lips on top of his.
If he ever stopped touching her tonight, he seriously had a death wish. His hands hadn't stopped moving over her skin since they had started dancing. Every little touch on her arm was re-igniting a memory from another kissing session.
Their lips met in a heated exchange. The small sweet kisses had long since melted away into something deeper and hotter. Tongues danced together as she tightened her grip behind his head, only breaking apart when the need for oxygen became all too obvious. She struggled to regain her breath as she lay teasing small kisses towards his earlobe.
His hands moved off her arms and held onto her waist. Why exactly did he need to breathe? Kissing her was much more important. He moved to kiss the skin of her neck, earning a gasp as his reward.
As Lucky's mouth moved its way down towards her collar bone, Elizabeth felt her knees start to sway. "Lucky..." she managed to breathe out.
He needed to hold her steady that much he could figure out. There was no way he could taste enough of her skin without having something to help him keep her steady. He backed them towards the bar, pressing her up against it and continuing his assault on her neck.
Her hands took on a life of their own, moving to remove the ends of his shirt from his trousers. After finally freeing it, she immediately slipped under the fabric, lightly scratching her nails on his back. Lucky growled against her skin and nipped it slightly.
Blindly Elizabeth moved her hands up his back, barely noticing Lucky's hands following their own journey down towards her knees. He lifted her up slightly, pushing the fabric of her dress up with his hands by mere inches. She moaned as his mouth found a particularly sensitive area behind her ear to concentrate on. On autopilot, she positioned her legs on either side of one of his, pressing down on his thigh to relieve some of the building pressure she felt growing.
Somehow through the fog, the fact that he was in fact in his the dinning room of his aunt's restaurant did cross his mind. Of course with her moving like that on his leg, it was hard to remember why exactly it was he cared at this point, but somehow he knew it was wrong. If this was going to go where he was certain it would, he did not want it to happen in the dinning room at Kelly's. He pulled back his lips just far enough so he could whisper to her. She groaned in frustration when she felt the absence of his lips from her skin.
Elizabeth moved to kiss his lips and he struggled to get the words out. In between kisses he managed to say what he needed to say. "We. Shouldn't. Do. This. Here."
He had a point. But there was no way she wanted to stop this. She even doubted if she could. It was as if all the times they had been interrupted before had used up all her will power. She wanted him. She wanted this. And she wanted it tonight. Going to his place was out of the questions as was going to hers. She doubted very much if either one of them would be able to drive to another destination. Her eyes spied the set of stairs that led up to the boarding rooms upstairs. "Are there any spare rooms?" she whispered, pointing with her finger towards the stairs.
Maybe his father really did have something when he named him Lucky, because it was by sure luck he had gotten them up to the room in one piece. Or that he had even been able to find the room. From the second he lifted her up off the ground, Elizabeth had hooked her legs around his waist and that and kissing her was about all he had been able to focus on.
He closed the door with a thud, falling backwards onto it. Elizabeth continued to kiss him as he moved his hands up and down her legs, pushing the fabric of her dress higher with each pass of his fingers. He could feel her shiver and heard her breaths becoming shallower. Flipping their position, he pinned her against the wall, raising her up just enough so his mouth was level with her bare upper chest. Immediately, he began to lay kisses on the skin that lay there, causing her to grip both her arms tightly around his head.
The combination of his kisses and feeling his hands on her upper thighs was becoming too much for her. She groaned and started to rock her hips towards him. She heard her shoes clatter to the floor before she fully realized she had kicked them off. Pulling his head towards her, she caught his mouth in a searing kiss.
She felt the cool air of the room hit her over heated skin as his fingers found the side zipper of her dress and drew it slowly down about halfway. Moving her feet to the ground to steady herself, her fingers went to work loosening the buttons of his shirt. Finally succeeding in her task, she pushed the offending garment off his shoulders, letting her hands glide over his smooth chest.
Lucky reacted quickly, picking her up and moving towards the bed on the other side of the room, kicking his shoes off as he walked. His mouth never stopped moving over hers and his hands pushed her dress up to the very top of her thighs. Laying her down on the bed, he teasingly brushed over the apex of her thighs, causing her to buck her hips up wildly. He chuckled softly, leaning up to whisper in her ear.
"I never did repay you."
Elizabeth shivered in anticipation of her payback as he took both her hands in his pinning them above her head while the other hand slowly completed lowering her zipper all the way. She lifted her hips off the bed as he began to slide the dress down off her body, leaving her clad only in the matching red bra and bikini underwear. Releasing her hands, his hands went to her hips.
"This will be fun." he chuckled softly, lowering his mouth towards her navel.
With an evil glint in her eyes, Elizabeth pushed his head up. "You know you keep making promises that you just don't seem to keep." she teased.
He crushed his lips to hers immediately threading one hand in her hair, sending her hair clip skipping across the floor. As both her hands came up to grip his neck, his other hand worked to release the snap of her bra. Throwing the offending yet beautiful garment to the floor, Lucky began to lower her back onto the bed kissing the valley between her breasts.
Elizabeth felt warmth pool in her lower stomach as he lavished attention first on one breast and then the other with his mouth and hands. If this was payback she was going to play dirty more often. Her breaths started to become even shallower as she wondered if she would pass out from lack of air. Her legs rose up to hold his still trouser clad hips in place. Now there was an unfair situation. Using what little voluntary control she had left, she let her hands wander down his back, gently caressing his stomach. Sliding to the front, she began to gently stroke his arousal through the thin material of his pants.
He rewarded her efforts with a growl muffled by her own skin. Smiling in triumph, she moved to undo the zipper and work down the button. She had barely begun to slid his pants down past his hips, when his hands gripped hers, pinning them to the bed.
Looking into his eyes, she caught the smile as he shook his head. "Patience Cinderella. All in good time."
"I'm feeling you are a little overdressed for this occasion." She threw him her best pout.
Lucky gently brushed past her center with his fingers causing her to raise her hips up. Moving quickly, he pinned her hands beneath herself. Pressing his forehead to hers, he winked. "All part of the payback."
His finger slowly began to stroke her through her dampening underwear in a slow circular motion. His other hand held her hips in place, as he kissed her slowly. Deftly he pushed aside the thin barrier separating his fingers from her and slipped one inside of her.
Her hips began to rock as he worked his finger in and out of her in a steady rhythm. With precision, he slipped a second finger inside, scissoring them back and forth. Her moans were caught by his lips, kissing her senseless. Her legs tightened around his hips and her hips rose up just enough for her to move her hands and attach them to his back, scratching at him with her nails.
She was close, so close. Just a tiny bit more and she would be there. Elizabeth rocked her hips harder. "Lucky..." she managed breathlessly.
"Yes Elizabeth?" Lucky lifted his head so he could see her eyes clearly. They had darkened to an almost black blue. It was the sexiest thing he had ever seen. He removed his fingers from her, earning a groan in response as he raised his fingers to her hips. "Do you need something?"
She managed to raise her hips enough to brush her center over his still covered arousal. Hearing him hiss she grinned. "I know you do."
Lucky lowered his head until they were mere millimeters apart. Breaths mingling, lips just shy of touching, she could swear she could feel him speak rather than hear him.
"I know what I want. What do you want Elizabeth?"
"You." She managed to get out before his lips crashed directly into hers, his tongue dancing with hers almost immediately.
Somehow he managed to retrieve the condom out of his back pocket before she succeed in finally removing his pants, taking his boxers with them in one fell swoop, her hands running over his bare behind, as her feet worked the clothing off his limbs and onto the floor. She managed to pull the condom from his hand and opened it with an ease he knew he wasn't capable of at this moment. Obligingly she raised her hips as he removed her now soaked panties from her and dropped them with the rest of the discarded garments.
He almost lost all control when she rolled the condom down on him. And again when he positioned himself at her entrance and began to ease his way in. Their bodies quickly found a rhythm, moving in tandem and learning the other with infinite care. She tightened her grip on his hips as he reached down between them, pressing the tiny bundle of nerves that sent her head spinning even more.
She almost shouted when her release flooded through her. A few seconds later, he did shout as he reached his own end. He collapsed on top of her, rolling to his side to cradle her against his chest. They laid in a tangle of arms and legs as their breathing and heart rates began to return to normal.
Tracing her fingers up and down his chest, Elizabeth managed to find her voice first. "Damn. I think I like paybacks."
Laughing, Lucky titled her head up just enough so he could kiss her gently. "You ok?"
"Good." Running his fingers through her hair, he decided that this was when she looked the most gorgeous. And he planned on seeing her this way as often as he could.
"How long do you have a babysitter for?" she wondered aloud.
"He's with Lulu. She can wait as long as we need."
"Good." Elizabeth lifted herself up to kiss him, positioning her body on top of his. "Because now I have paybacks of my own to give."