Please excuse the delay. I had some technical problems, but they've all been resolved! I hope that you enjoy and hopefully I'll get the next chapter our sooner!
Not mine, all Janet's.
I woke up the next day alone again, but from the tingle going down my back, I knew that Ranger was close. I could feel the cool air breezing on my back before a warm hand gently caressed my spine.
"Mm, morning." I said.
"Morning babe."
"What time is it?" I asked, stretching my arms up to stretch my back.
"A little after eight."
"Mm, early."
He chuckled. "Not that early."
"For you it's practically late."
He chuckled again. "I've got coffee."
I rolled over. "Gimme."
He handed over the mug and smirked at me.
"What?"
"I like this look. It's very…hot."
I looked down. "Sheesh, can't you get your mind off of sex for an hour?" I said, covering up my breasts with the sheet.
"When you're around? Doubtful."
Aww, that was sweet. I think.
"So what fun things do you have planned for today?" I asked. Yesterday after we ate our pancakes, Ranger decided to give me a tour of the house. However, this tour also included me and him doing some very interesting things in some very interesting places. My favorite was the dining room table. Let's just say that whatever Dickie and Joyce did on my dining room table, we blew them out of the water.
But I digress…
"I was thinking that we could head into the little town and look around. I've never been there."
"How long have you lived here?"
"About four years."
"And you haven't been into town?"
"There was something far more important in Trenton than my house."
I raised my eyebrows.
He cupped my cheek. "You, babe."
"What?"
"Whenever I was staying here, I couldn't wait to come back to see you."
Aww, now that was sweet. Ranger is a mercenary, which pretty much gives him the right to be big and scary. But when he says stuff like that, I melt like an ice cream cone on a warm day.
I smiled at him. "I'll be ready in an hour."
"Take your time." He wolf grinned at me. "You know, I'm good in the shower."
I snorted. "I'll pass."
I hopped out of bed and screeched as Ranger slapped my ass. I glared at him and continued on my way to the shower.
Forty minutes later, I was standing in front of the mirror, willing my curls into submission. I had the fantastic sex glow, but I didn't want the sex hair to go along with it. Sighing, I pulled my hair back into a pony tail. I put on minimal make up and deemed myself ready. I walked out into the bedroom where Ranger was tying his shoes. I walked into the closet and gasped.
"What's all this?" I asked as soon as Ranger joined me.
He wrapped his arms around me. "Ella went out and found some things that you might like. Anything that you don't want, we can return."
"This is too much, Carlos."
"No, Babe, you deserve all of this. No price, remember?"
"I know, but…"
"But nothing. Go put something on." He said, kissing my neck.
I couldn't believe he did this all for me. I looked through the closet. It looked like Ella went all out. She had picked out anything and everything that I could possibly need. From causal to formal, I had everything a girl should want. I picked out a nice pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and dressed quickly. I grabbed a pair of tennis shoes and went out into the bedroom. Ranger smiled at me and continued to dress by adding an ankle holster and another gun on his back, letting the shirt cover the weapon. Figures, even on vacation, he can't relax.
"I can relax, Babe. It's just with you, I don't want to take any chances."
"Har har, funny man."
He smirked at me and I tied my shoes. When I stood up, finished, Ranger grabbed my hand and we walked down to the car.
The small town was beautiful. Close to Point Pleasant, Red Bank was an amazing find. Luckily, they were having a street festival where Ranger and I walked around. It was nice, to just walk around and be a couple. I wondered what would happen when we got back to Trenton. Would everything go back to the way it was and we'd just be friends?
"Babe, don't think like that." Ranger said cupping my cheeks and caressing them with his thumbs. "I wouldn't want to back to that way. That way didn't have you." He smiled softly and leaned in to kiss me.
We spent the rest of the day walking and enjoying the sun. When we got back to the house, Ranger carried me up to bed where we made slow, passionate love. This time, there wasn't any grunting or shouting, but small gasps and moans as we took each other higher and higher, before falling over into the most intense orgasm I've ever had. We spent the rest of the day in bed relaxing, making love or sleeping (okay, that was mostly just me, but whatever).
I awoke in the middle of the night, curled around Ranger. Off in the distance I could hear a storm approaching.
Ranger's arm tightened around me. "Sorry, Babe, did I wake you?"
"No," I said, kissing the bare chest under me. "The storm did."
He nodded. I looked up at him. "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, babe, fine." He looked out the window. "Even as a kid, I always loved thunderstorms."
"Why?"
He looked at me. "When I was four, I was terrified of them. And one night, I was staying at Abuela Rosa's and she came to check on me. I was wide awake and she reached for my hand and we went into the kitchen. She silently fixed us hot cocoa, we sipped until she started to talk. She said that there was no reason to be afraid. It was God's way of cleansing the earth, ridding it of all the evil. And after that, I was able to sleep." He shrugged. "I still believe it."
I couldn't believe that he had told me something about his past. Sure, he's been telling me little tidbits all day, but to hear a real memory blew my mind. I smiled up at him, silently thanking him for the memory and together we watched the storm roll in.
