Chapter Six: Changing Times
Addison woke to find an empty space next to her, as her senses returned she became aware of the shower running in the nearby bathroom. Sooner after, the pipes rang out as Sam turned off the shower and headed back to the bedroom. Wrapped in only a towel, he crossed the room and sat down gently on the end of the bed. As he sat there catching his breath as he cooled down from his hot shower he felt small soft kisses being planted on the small of his back and spreading up the length of his back and towards his shoulders. He let out a soft, small groan of pleasure as Addison pressed her body against his back and kissed his ear.
"I thought you were asleep" he smiled as she draped her arms around his shoulders and planed a kiss on his cheek.
"I can go back to sleep if you want….." Addison left him and began to crawl back under the covers.
Sam, smiling at her teasing turned quickly and grabbed her by the legs and pulled her back across the bed towards him. He swung his legs over either side of her body and looked down at her. He saw Addison respond to his presence with a look of anticipation. He smiled as he planned his next move – two could play at teasing. He shot her an alluring look before slowly moving his face closer to hers. He felt her breath quicken as her body rose and fell beneath him. He maintained eye contact with her as he homed in on her ear, just as he had done the night before. He hovered inches above her ear, teasing her with his warmth breath, he knew what she was expecting, what her body was anticipating.
"Merry Christmas," he whispered into her ear before quickly withdrawing his body and jumping up from the bed and heading towards his wardrobe to get his clothes.
Addison laughed as he disappeared – she'd walked right into that one. She flopped back into the sheets with a contented smile on her face.
Half an hour later, Sam was dressed and ready to leave Addison's house.
"Are you sure you'll be ok here, I'm sure Naomi wouldn't mind if you came to dinner…" Sam said to Addison as he took a sip of coffee from the cup Addison had poured for him.
"I'll be fine" Addison replied from the table at which she was having breakfast "Maya deserves a Christmas with her mom and dad. Plus, I need time to work on my mother charming skills" Addison smiled as she stood up to straighten Sam's tie.
"Just be yourself and she'll love you" Sam smiled as he put his arms around Addison's waist "not as much as I do though" he smiled before breaking their embrace and retrieving his keys from the kitchen table.
As Sam entered Naomi's lounge he was surprised to see Fife bouncing Olivia up and down.
"Sam, Merry Christmas" Fife smiled as Sam entered the room.
"Merry Christmas" Sam replied, hoping he had managed to disguise the surprise in his voice. It hadn't occurred to him that his mother's visit had caused Naomi to keep secrets of her own.
"Don't worry," Fife assured Sam "I'm not encroaching on your family Christmas, I just stopped by to say Merry Christmas."
"Daddy," Maya's voice broke the awkward silence that was about to fill the room. She appeared at the door of the lounge, her face beaming with excitement "Merry Christmas."
Sam was taken back to Maya's childhood as she threw her arms around him and enveloped him in a hug. It was good to see Maya excited, to see her happy and smiling. He knew that she had grown up, that she was an adult but she would always be his little girl.
The Christmas lunch that Maya and Naomi had prepared proved to be a much more enjoyable affair than the dinner they had all endured the night before. The conversation consisted mostly of memories from past Christmases and more embarrassing stories of Sam's childhood. Marion had commented on how pleasant Fife was, she had called him Naomi's 'friend' but Sam knew his mom didn't miss a trick and shot her a glance that told her not to probe any further.
Following an afternoon of mince pies and board games Naomi left to take Maya, Dink and Olivia to visit Dink's mother and Marion and Sam headed across town to Sam's house.