Chapter 8

"I don't think so sweetheart." Horatio said softly before he pressed his lips into a hard line, knowing exactly what she wanted to do and what she was thinking.

"Imagine what it would feel like to touch a shark!" She beamed excitedly at him. He could see the exhilaration in her eyes and mildly frowned at her, slightly concerned about what lengths she'd go to get a rush.

"I'm sorry to say this sweetheart, but I will never allow you to swim anywhere near a shark." Horatio said smoothly yet authoritatively as he placed his hands on his hips and tilted his head at her.

"Why?" She questioned as she lowered her eyebrows. 'She doesn't even think of danger when she's on an adrenaline high.' Horatio thought to himself as he furrowed his eyebrows.

"They're dangerous." Horatio said as he picked up two towels and wrapped one around her.

"That's the fun of it." She grinned as she held the towel around her and watched him dry his arms and legs.

"Zoë, you were just clinging on to me, scared of a dolphin, how would you swim in water with sharks?" Horatio questioned with a small amused smile as he shook his head.

"I'd do it now, when the adrenaline has worn off I sincerely doubt I would." Zoë said softly as she bit her lip lightly.

"I figured." Horatio murmured softly as he led her back to the front of the boat and sat her on a sun bed.

"Didn't you get that adrenaline rush too?" She questioned as she looked up at him.

"Yes I did, but it's not making me want to swim with sharks." Horatio chuckled a little as he sat beside her and looked over to her before he pulled his sunglasses back on.

"You know what adrenaline does to me." She said softly and Horatio nodded, knowing she was right. She sat back with a smile and looked out to sea while Horatio's eyes rested on her glistening body where she'd not properly dried herself.

"I didn't think swimming with dolphins would give you that rush or that it would scare you for that matter." Horatio said softly as he sat back and continued to admire her body and her multi-coloured bikini.

"Well, there's a wild animal that's bigger than me swimming towards me at speed, who wouldn't be even a little afraid?" Zoë asked and Horatio nodded understanding her. "You never know with animals, they can just flip." Zoë said softly and Horatio nodded while his jaw slacked slightly as she brought her knees up and looked over to him. "When we were on safari once, a lion chased us. I loved it and I was terrified at the same time. Poor David very nearly had a heart attack as he pulled me into the middle of the jeep and cradled me as he was so scared of me getting hurt." Zoë said with a little chuckle as she grinned at Horatio and ran her hands up and down her thighs. He moved his eyes from her thighs to her beautiful smile as she slipped her sunglasses back on.

"I think I'd be doing the same thing." Horatio said softly and she looked back at him with a smile, she could imagine him doing the same thing.

"Sun, sea and you… best thing ever." She grinned and he chuckled as he nodded and continued to look at the corner of his eye at her as he also admired the ever changing view as they'd started travelling again.

"Would you like a drink?" Horatio asked warmly as he reached over and took a light hold of her hand as she relaxed her legs down against the sun bed.

"Not quite yet, but thank you." She smiled and Horatio nodded. The next few hours they travelled around the island and then anchored the yacht.

"Can we go jet skiing?" Zoë questioned and Horatio nodded and got up with her. They walked to the back of the deck where Horatio held out a life-jacket to Zoë as she kicked her flip-flops off.

"You are kidding me, right?" Zoë questioned as she raised an eyebrow at him.

"No, please wear it." Horatio said softly as he continued to hold it out for her. She frowned at him and placed a hand on her hip while he sighed because he knew that she was going to be difficult.

"Are you wearing one?" Zoë questioned and Horatio nodded as he picked up another jacket to show her.

"What sense would it make if you had to wear one but I didn't? You're a stronger swimmer than I am." Horatio said softly and she smiled and then nodded as she took the life-jacket from him. Once set up, Zoë jumped onto the Jet Ski with Horatio and he moved closer to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Please do not go crazy, don't push its limits because I'll have a heart attack." Horatio said softly and she nodded and chuckled. She took the Jet Ski away from the boat and then put the power up at about 70% thrust, which Horatio was okay with as she seemed to have a very good control over the powerful machine. They whipped around the yacht a few times before travelling out into the open water a little more. She took one hand off the handle and took hold of one of Horatio's hands.

"Both hands Zoë!" Horatio said loudly and she pulled his hand from her stomach and placed it over her breast with a wide grin.

"Hold on to them." She grinned with a giggle and Horatio quickly moved his hand back to her stomach and held her tighter as she put the thrust up a little more to 75% of what it could achieve.

"You're unbelievable." Horatio chuckled when he felt a burst of adrenaline surge through his bloodstream.

"I know." She grinned and then accidentally lost control of the machine when she dodged what looked like a large lump of wood in the water. Both she and Horatio were thrown from the Jet Ski as it turned itself off when the key that was attached to Zoë's arm was pulled out of the ignition. Zoë surfaced laughing while Horatio surfaced panicked and splashed around, frantically looking for Zoë.

"Relax Horatio." She grinned as she quickly swam over to him with a wide grin.

"Are you okay?" Horatio questioned frantically as he pulled her closer and tried to check her over.

"Yes, I'm perfectly fine, and you?" She asked and he nodded with a sigh of relief as he calmed down and then took a deep breath.

"You can drive this time." She grinned as they began to swim back over to the waiting Jet Ski.

"I've never controlled a Jet Ski before, Zoë." Horatio said softly as he looked over to her, a little worried.

"There's a first for everything, don't worry." Zoë said softly as they reached the Jet Ski. Horatio got up first and then Zoë climbed up and sat behind him. She moved closer to him and then stood and pulled the key strap from her arm and put it on Horatio's. She then put the key in the ignition and then sat back down and wrapped her arms around his stomach and shuffled forwards to hold him tightly. He could feel her thighs against his and loved to feel her so close.

"Slowly ease the throttle on, they're powerful things." Zoë said softly but she felt his hesitance. "Don't worry, you'll do well." Zoë said softly as she reached forwards and put her hand over his and then eased the throttle on to give him an idea just how powerful it is. The Jet Ski jumped forwards and Zoë slowly eased the power up with him. She felt his tense muscles relax a little. "See, it's fine, just relax." Zoë assured him and he nodded as she let go of his hand and clasped her hands around his stomach.

"Please do not touch me anywhere other than where your hands are." Horatio asked softly, afraid that she'd touch him intimately for a laugh and that would cause him to lose control.

"I wouldn't do that Horatio, not when we're on a Jet Ski and it's your first time driving. I'm not quite that insane." She said softly and he chuckled as he nodded. Horatio drove them closer to the yacht and whipped around it himself, really enjoying himself.

"See, it's fun, isn't it?" Zoë asked and he nodded, really starting to enjoy himself. She could see that he was enjoying it and could see his inner child coming out as he began to laugh when she began to giggle. "I knew you'd love it!" She grinned as she held him tightly. They continued to enjoy themselves.

"Is that food I can smell?" Zoë asked, confused as in the middle of an ocean is a bizarre place to be smelling food.

"Yes, that'll be our dinner, I told you that Thomas was our chef too." Horatio said softly as he slowed the Jet Ski down.

"We don't have to cook either?" Zoë questioned and Horatio shook his head as they looked over to the yacht. "I love you." She said as she gently squeezed him and rubbed her head against his before she placed a gentle kiss on his cheek.

"I love you too." He smiled and then slowed the Jet Ski right down and pulled up at the back of the boat and let Zoë off. She pulled it close and helped Horatio off and then got it back on board.

"That was fantastic!" She grinned and Horatio nodded, agreeing as he took his life-jacket off to reveal his soaking t-shirt, he then took hers once she'd taken it off and hung them up to dry.

"Mr and Mrs Caine, your meal will be served in 30 minutes." Thomas said and they nodded at him with smiles once the Jet Ski was secured.

"Let's go and shower and change." She smiled and Horatio nodded and then walked down into the boat with her. They walked into their suite and smiled, the bed was large for a yacht. Zoë quickly skipped into the bathroom and then walked back out.

"The shower isn't big enough for both of us." She said almost sad about it as she turned to him and he nodded with a small, amused smile.

"We are on a yacht, Zoë." Horatio chuckled as he smiled brightly at her.

"Yeah, but a shower should always be big enough for two people." She grinned and he chuckled more as he shook his head.

"You take your shower first." Horatio said softly and she nodded as she turned.

Once they'd changed and showered they headed up on deck and sat in the shade as their meal and drinks was brought out to them. "I decided against a starter as you barely touch it anyway." Horatio said softly and she chuckled and nodded as she looked down at the main meal which was very large.

"Good decision." She grinned at him before she looked back down to the dish, which was a salmon dish. Their dessert was then brought out for them once they'd sat back and allowed the main meal to settle. Once the dessert was finished they just sat and enjoyed themselves with a small glass of white wine.

"Is there anything else you require before I depart?" Thomas asked softly and they shook their heads with very satisfied smiles.

"Thank you." Zoë said sweetly and he nodded and then bowed before he took his leave.

"So he's the driver, the cook, the cleaner and the waiter?" Zoë asked and Horatio nodded. "Boy, he must be exhausted." Zoë said softly and Horatio chuckled as he sat back and sipped his wine. "What if the boat is attacked by a whale and we start to sink?" Zoë questioned softly and Horatio looked up and stifled a chuckle as he placed the glass back on the table.

"That is probably one of the most unrealistic things you've ever come up with." Horatio chuckled smoothly as the wind lightly took his hair with it.

"Well, it could happen. What if there's an emergency?" Zoë asked softly as she sat back and crossed her legs.

"I've been taken through the procedures, if there is an emergency they can be with us in 2 minutes." Horatio said softly and she nodded, feeling a little happier as she picked up her glass of wine.

"Okay, that makes me feel better now." She said softly and Horatio nodded with a smile while she sipped it. She placed it back on the table and pressed her lips together to savour the crisp flavour of the wine as it kissed her palate nicely. "Is there anything else you have planned for tonight or is it just a relaxing evening?" She asked softly with a contented smile.

"A relaxing evening, we may do whatever you want." Horatio said softly and she smiled.

"Well, we could go up onto the top deck and star-gaze, it always sounded romantic, I've never done it though. Or we could snuggle up in bed and watch a selection of DVD's they've given us? When I say watch them, I actually mean make love wildly all night." Zoë said smoothly with a light giggle. She saw his eyes light up as he chuckled softly and nodded as he raised his eyebrows.

He then leant forwards on the table and gave her his boyish smile. "Or we could do both?" Horatio asked softly.

"We could do both, you're quite correct." She smiled as she sat forwards and leant on the table with a mischievous grin. "How about we go and watch one DVD now, then go outside and snuggle and then come back inside for more snuggling?" She questioned and Horatio chuckled.

"That sounds like an ideal evening." He smiled and Zoë nodded before she quickly downed the wine and got up.

"I thought it did." She smiled as she took his hand while he finished his wine and then stood with her. They strolled into the cabin and kicked their shoes off and Horatio laid down on the bed whilst Zoë chose a film for them. Once she'd chosen, she turned around to Horatio with a small smile.

"What's wrong?" Horatio questioned softly, seeing her hesitance to sit down.

"Is it clean?" Zoë questioned quietly and Horatio chuckled.

"Yes, it's clean. I even had them buy new sheets and things. There's also about 3 mattress protector sheets on underneath the actual sheet." Horatio said softly and he saw a wide smile cross her face.

"You're amazing, you really know me so well." She grinned as she knelt on the bed and then crawled over to him as he smiled at her and then pulled her down and onto him.

"Naughtiness for later, it's film time." She smiled sweetly and Horatio chuckled and nodded. He let her roll onto her back so she could watch the film as she laid with her head on his shoulder as he rubbed her stomach gently. He mostly watched her watching the film and smiled every time she did. Once finished they walked up and onto the top deck and laid next to each other and discussed the stars. She rolled onto her side and grinned at him in the darkness. She knew he couldn't see her, but couldn't help but grin.

"This really is quite romantic." She giggled shyly. He leant over and found her chin with his hand and directed her lips to his. He kissed her delicately and then felt her recoil as she sat up straight. "Horatio, I can hear something" She said frantically.

"Zo, we're on a yacht in the sea, it's not going to be silent sweetheart." Horatio said softly, but he knew it wasn't going to calm her.

"Can we go in please?" She asked as she placed her hand on his thigh and moved closer to him and leant against him.

"Of course." He said softly as she sat up and he placed his hand on her shoulder the other side he was sitting. She literally jumped up and onto Horatio's lap.

"Something touched me." She panicked.

"That was my hand, sweetheart." Horatio said softly and she began to giggle nervously after she exhaled.

"I'm sorry." She said softly.

"Not a problem sweetheart." Horatio said softly. She then pulled him up and they walked over to the stairs.

"Be careful." Horatio said softly.

"I am." She replied as she walked down them with Horatio following. They walked into the cabin and closed the door. She quickly pulled him in for a kiss and then walked him back as she continued to kiss him and then sat him on the bed. He immediately noticed that her fear had disappeared and she had become her normal, mischievous self. She stepped back with a smile and bit her lip as she stood a yard from him. He looked up at her with a boyish grin and reached up to pull her down onto him but she stepped back with a cheeky smile as she raised an eyebrow.

"Hands to yourself for the moment" she grinned and he nodded and then placed them on the bed. She bit her lip once again as she slowly unzipped the zip on the back of her skirt. He watched the skirt fall from her hips to her ankles. He looked back up her legs and then stared at her thighs for a moment before looking back up at her. She smiled when she saw him excite and press against his trousers. She began to undo her shirt buttons and then continued to bite her lip as his eyes darted from her eyes, to her lips, to her breasts and to her thighs. She pulled her shirt apart once she was finished undoing them and he smiled up at her after he glanced at her breasts with a boyish grin.

"Shuffle back." She asked softly and he did exactly as she asked and she then knelt on the end of the bed. She then walked up on her knees and sat on his hips with a devilish grin. She placed her hands on his chest and wiggled her hips a little as she kissed him gently. She sat back up and then pulled her shirt off and threw it to the floor. She placed her hands on her thighs and looked up at him seductively.

"Tell me what to do, Horatio." She smiled at him and he looked up at her with a mild frown, a little confused. "Anything, Horatio. Give me instructions." She said softly as she smiled at him sweetly but he could still see her devilish side.

"What do you mean?" Horatio asked softly as he lowered his eyebrows and placed his hands on her knees.

"I mean, tell me what you want me to do to you, or what you want me to do in general, do you want me to take my bra off? My pants? Do you want me to undress you? I'm new to this as well, I thought we could do with something slightly different." She said softly and she could feel him pressing against his trousers, hard, screaming to be let free. 'What do I want her to do?' Horatio asked himself in his head.

"Run your hands slowly up your thighs." He said softly and she did exactly as he asked and awaited more instruction. He felt a small thrill and then glanced up at her to her lips and saw that she was biting her lip again. "Run your hands up your stomach." Horatio asked again and watched her sweet, small hands coast over her skin. 'This is really turning me on!' He thought to himself as his jaw slacked slightly.

"How about something a little more sexual? Something that'll turn you on more?" Zoë suggested softly and he swallowed as he blinked a few times. "Don't worry about it, don't be shy. Ask me to do what you want, Horatio. I want you to tell me what to do; you asking me to do things is turning me on too." She assured him as she placed her hands lightly on his chest and looked deeply into his eyes. He nodded as he looked back down to her breasts and lost himself for a moment.

"Squeeze your left breast gently with your left hand?" Horatio asked quietly and she did just that and bit her lip while she grinned at him, happy that he was taking complete control.

"Take your bra off, please?" He asked as he unbuttoned his shirt and pulled it off as he sat up as she threw her bra to the side. He quickly laid back down and looked at her naked breasts.

"Move to sit on my stomach, please?" Horatio asked softly when he felt himself pressing hard against his trousers, needing to be released. She moved up to sit on his stomach as she smiled down at him and then ran her tongue over her lips.

"Massage your breasts." He asked as she watched her do as he commanded and then had his belt and trousers undone. He quickly pulled them off and kicked them to the floor.

"Sit back on my hips." Horatio commanded, becoming more confident and comfortable

"Continue to massage your left breast while you run your right hand down your stomach to your inner thighs." Horatio asked and she did it as her eyes remained set on his while his eyes often looked her delicious body up and down and followed the movement of her hands.

"Can you put your hand in your underwear?" He asked as he looked down at her stomach. She hesitated but continued to do as he wished. He quickly pulled at the side of her underwear and it snapped. She began to laugh loudly as she removed her hand from her breast to cover her mouth as he threw her underwear across the cabin and looked back up at her. She could see that he was really into what they were doing and that he was severely turned on.

"I'm sorry." She apologised as he looked back up at her with an amused grin himself.

He looked back down to her thighs. "Pleasure yourself, please?" Horatio asked but looked up at her when he didn't see her hand moving. She swallowed and frowned shyly as she blinked a few times.

"Can you help me with that please?" She whispered as she looked down to his chest and he tilted his head, curiously. "I've never done that Horatio." She said quietly and shyly as she briefly looked at him before looking down again.

"Of course beautiful." Horatio said warmly as he sat up and lifted her head and kissed her delicately on the lips.

"Can you get up and walk over to the mirror?" Horatio asked and she nodded as he got up himself. He walked up behind her and took her hand. He placed her right hand flat against her stomach and then placed his hand over hers. He pressed himself up against her rear and looked over her shoulder.

"Tell me if you want to stop, okay?" He asked and she nodded as she lightly pressed her lips together and watched him in the mirror as he took a light hold of her left hand beside her hip.

"Are you sure about this?" Horatio asked and she nodded silently while she gazed into his eyes intensely. He raised her left hand to her left breast and then let go of her hand to lightly place his left hand over her right breast. He looked for any reaction from her at all, but her expression was unreadable.

"This feels… odd." She said as she looked at him in the mirror and he nodded. He slowly moved her right hand south and began to rub very slowly as he lowered his head and began to mouth at the side of her neck while he massaged her breast.

"How's this feeling?" Horatio asked warmly with his lips moving against her skin.

"It's good." She said softly and he nodded and watched her close her eyes as she took slow, steady breaths. He kissed her neck a few times and then ran her hand over herself fully and felt her hesitate again. She took a deep breath and tensed slightly.

"We can stop." Horatio reminded softly as he pulled her hand away from her entrance and looked at her intensely.

"No, carry on please." She said softly and Horatio nodded, he could see that she wanted to do it, but she just needed to get used to it. He repeated the action and she seemed to relax slightly. "Does this turn you on?" She asked quietly as she looked at him in the mirror. He looked up at her and allowed his eyes to connect with hers while he nodded.

"Yes, I like to see my wife receiving pleasure, from me or if you pleasure yourself." Horatio said softly and she nodded as she looked back to his hand guiding her hand.

"Ca-can I ask something?" She whispered as she looked back up at him with a very shy expression.

"Of course." Horatio said quietly with his lips against the skin just below her ear as he took in her fragrance.

"Am I supposed to be that erm… wet down there?" She asked shyly as she furrowed her eyebrows.

"Yes sweetheart, otherwise I can't make love to you easily without it hurting." Horatio said softly and she nodded and took a deep breath. He refrained from asking any questions regarding her lack of knowledge about it. "Are you okay?" Horatio asked when she glanced around the room before her eyes settled on his again and she nodded again and gave him a reassuring smile when she felt a little bit of pleasure come from her hand down south.

"Yes." She said quietly as she felt him stimulate her breast more while she started to stimulate her left breast. She felt her hips involuntarily thrust forwards as a surge of pleasure raced through her body.

"Are you ready for the next stage?" He asked softly.

"Ready as I'll ever be." She replied lightly as she nodded.

"You don't have to do this Zoë, I want you to be completely comfortable, I hope you're not doing this because I've asked you to. If you don't want to do this, please tell me. Promise me this is what you want." Horatio asked as he looked into her eyes intensely, needing to know if he was pushing her in any way at all.

"I want to Horatio, I want to experience this. But I want you to guide me because you're the only one I would ever do this with. I promise you." She said softly and he nodded feeling happier and much more relaxed himself.

"Okay, I've going to put your middle finger in the right spot, okay?" He asked and she nodded and felt him move her hand.

"What about my nails?" she asked softly.

"It'll be fine." Horatio said softly and she nodded. He pushed her finger into her and felt her tense again as she closed her eyes.

"Okay?" He asked and she nodded as she re-opened them and looked at him. He allowed her to adjust to the feeling before he pulled her hand back and then placed his finger over hers and then pushed both his finger and her finger into her. He began a slow movement with their hands. He felt her really tense 40 seconds later and opened his eyes to see her distressed expression.

"Stop please." She whispered and he immediately stopped and pulled both of her hands away from herself.

"Okay? Are you alright?" Horatio asked and she nodded as she exhaled a deep breath and immediately relaxed.

"That's all I can do for now, if that's okay?" she asked and Horatio nodded as he pulled some baby wipes from the side and over to them to wipe their hands as he knew she'd go crazy if he didn't.

"That's perfectly fine sweetheart, well done. Thank you for trusting me." He said softly and she gave him a small smile in the mirror. She turned to him after he'd wiped both their hands and looked up at him sweetly. She felt him hard and hot against her lower stomach which began to really turn her on.

"Now, can we get into bed and something else can bury himself inside of me?" Zoë questioned as a cheeky smile appeared. He quickly picked her up by her thighs and then laid her down on the bed while she grinned up at him. He stood back up and pulled his boxers down and then laid over her.

"Well done, Zoë." He said softly before he kissed her.

"Did it turn you on?" She questioned softly.

"Mmm" Horatio groaned as he nodded and then moved his hips and felt himself at her entrance. She smiled as she took a deep breath, also feeling him at her entrance. He moved away and stimulated her breasts and nipples before he quickly took her by surprise and pushed into her. He made slow sweet love to her and then rolled off her after he'd finished. She rolled onto her side and smiled naturally at him, fully satisfied. He pulled her closer and then kissed her once again while he caught his breath.

"First time to make love on a boat" she smiled and he agreed as he nodded and began to run both hands up and down her spine. "You can ask your questions now." She said softly and he looked over at her and lowered his eyebrows with a mild frown. "28 years old… never pleasured oneself… fire away, handsome. I can probably answer most of your questions." Zoë said softly and he looked up at her and pressed his lips together.