Happy Anniversary (Part II)
A little kinkiness ahead in this chapter! Consider yourself warned!
It was always possible that the children could shed a few tears and have some separation anxiety when their parents were leaving for a weekend. Horatio changed out of his work clothes into another suit when he got home and the two kissed their daughters goodbye. There wasn't a single tear from either girl. In fact, they seemed to be looking forward to mommy and daddy going. Aimee's mom had come over and picked up Austin an hour before. Knowing that he wouldn't see his baby son before he left for the weekend Horatio had made sure he had given the baby boy plenty of kisses that morning before he left.
A candle-lit dinner for two was a wonderful break for the couple. True, time for "them" was made a priority in their everyday life but there was something about the absolute certainty of not having children interrupt helped heat up the mood. For Horatio, the little black dress with spaghetti straps accompanied by the black stilettos Aimee wore were a perfect preview for what the night would bring. She wasn't dressed that way when they left their house. After arriving at the hotel and checking in Aimee suggested that her husband go down and inquire about their dinner reservation. Having a feeling that his wife had something up her sleeve, Horatio left the room. When he returned he was greeted by his wife in her new attire.
"Oh, wow, babe," he said, his eyes widening.
"You like?" Aimee asked, smiling mischievously.
"I do. I think, he said, walking over to her and kissing her deeply and then kissing the nape of her neck. "I just might wanna skip dinner."
"Did I see a little black dress under Aimee's clothes bag?" Eric asked Calleigh. "I know I saw the shoes."
The two were laying on the sofa together after putting the girls to bed. Calleigh was sitting between Eric's knees and he was massaging her scalp.
"You did," she said. "I happen to know that they plan to go ballroom dancing before they head to their suite for the horizontal tango."
Before the two returned upstairs to their room, a honeymoon suite, Horatio had asked the staff to have the satin sheets of the bed and have a trail of rose petals leading from the doorway onto the bed. Lines of flickering led lights filled the suite, the only source of light in the room. Aimee's breath caught in her throat when she stepped into the room. When she turned her head she was met by her husband's kiss.
"You arranged all this?" She asked when their lips finally parted. Her palm still on Horatio's cheek.
Horatio smiled and nodded.
His wife said nothing and kissed him passionately again, her fingers already starting to undo the buttons of his shirt.
The toybox would have to wait to be used till tomorrow night.
Rachel and Cheyenna were having a very good time with their godparents. Calleigh and Eric were warned in advance that the two sisters often climbed into the their parents' bed for cuddles around 7:00am. That was more than okay with that. They were almost looking forward to it.
Not totally forgetting about their children, Aimee called to check on them the next morning. Aimee laughed when Rachel barely wanted to talk to her and Cheyenna didn't have time to talk at all because Eric and Calleigh were about to go to nanny and poppy's to see Austin then to Eric's parents' house and go in the "swimmy" pool.
After their marathon of love-making the night before, Horatio and his wife went down to the restaurant to eat breakfast, if only to give housekeeping a chance to clean the room. Then they spent the afternoon, lazing around, watching movies. They watched the first movie they had seen together, Wedding Crashers followed by Wild Hogs, not exactly the most romantic movies enjoyable nevertheless. Later in the day the two unexpectedly won a set to see a David Copperfield performance. Once back at their suite the couple would follow this a session of playing 'doctor' with the unique twist of handcuffs being used.
Chlorinda Delko thought the Caine children were "absolutely precious." Her son and future daughter-in-law were great with the girls. It was apparent they loved their godchildren. She was disappointed however that they hadn't bought the baby over, too. She yet to meet Austin Caine.
"We left him home to watch the house," Eric said.
Calleigh elbowed him in the ribs.
"He's with his grandparents this weekend," she said. "Mom and dad figured two were enough to start practicing with."
"Can we go in your swimmy pool, pease, Eric's mommy?" Rachel asked.
She was standing next to Eric, holding his hand and shyly looking up at the older woman in front of her.
"You certainly can, honey," she said, bending down to the child's level.
Eric had called his mother ahead of time. Yes, he and Calleigh could bring the kids over to go swimming. Chlorinda said she would even make lunch for the group. After the girls got to swim and have hotdogs for lunch, followed by ice cream from the ice cream truck when it came around, Calleigh laughed that girls just might cry when they saw their parents come home the following evening.