- AH! Sorry it's been so long. I said I would try to upload a chapter a day so of course I immediately got writers block and couldn't write. :)
Jane woke up a few hours later to her stomach growling loudly. Her body was still intertwined with Maura's, her arms around Maura's waist. She tried to ignore her stomach, wondering how she could possibly be hungry when she'd eaten such a big breakfast only a few hours before.
Jane glanced over at Maura and saw that she was still asleep. She flipped over, moving close to the blonde and burrowing her face in Maura's hair. Maura stirred and stoked Jane's side absentmindedly.
"How can I possibly be hungry already?" Jane asked.
"Mmmm?" Maura mumbled, her voice still thick with sleep.
"I'm gonna run downstairs, grab us some sandwiches or something." Jane replied making a move to get out of bed.
"Hey." Maura said and grabbed Jane's arm as she was attempting to get up. She pulled the brunette back down beside her. "I can order us some food."
"No its not a big deal. I'll just run downstairs. I feel like I haven't done anything today." Jane replied, tracing her finger along Maura's jawline.
"You don't really do relaxing vacations do you?" Maura asked with a grin.
"Nope. Not at all."
After lunch the women were lying in bed again. Jane felt that in spite of her idleness she could lay next to the blonde forever. Maura was tracing invisible patterns on Jane's bare arms when she stopped and sat up suddenly.
"Let's go to the pool!" Maura exclaimed.
"Uh, Maura I don't know if you've noticed but we're in Chicago. In January. And it's like 10 degrees outside." Jane said raising her eyebrows.
"No, I know that. There's an indoor pool here, or better yet there's a hot tub!"
Jane grinned at Maura's excitement but added, "Maur, I didn't bring a swimsuit. I didn't really figure I'd need one in Oregon."
"Oh thats okay I've got an extra." Maura said matter of factly.
"You mean an extra bikini?" Jane asked incredulously. "Uh no. I don't think so."
"Oh c'mon Jane. It'll be fun!" Maura said, pouting slightly.
Jane ran her hand through her hair. "I swear you know exactly how to win me over…" Maura squealed with excitement and kissed Jane quickly on the lips before hopping of the bed and rummaging through her suitcase.
"The things I let her talk me into." Jane mumbled under her breath. Maura came back into the bedroom, two bathing suits in hand. She offered Jane a black bikini with boy shorts.
"Well at least it's black." Jane said, taking the swimsuit from Maura. Jane took it into the bathroom and reluctantly slipped it on. She looked at herself in the full length mirror on the back of the door. It wasn't that she didn't look good in a bikini, but she was usually doing something active in the water that required a rash guard or longer shorts at least.
Jane shrugged at herself and blew a piece of hair out of her eyes. She opened the bathroom door to find Maura already dressed in a quite minuscule bright blue bikini.
"Uh whoa." Jane said simply.
"What?" Maura asked glancing away from the mirror where she had been concentrating while french braiding her hair.
"Uh.. Nothing." Jane tried to recover and pick her jaw up off the ground. The barely there swimsuit accentuated all of Maura's assets. "You uh… just look really good… in that."
"Oh, thanks!" Maura said, her face brightened by a smile. She gave up on the braid and simply left her hair down coming over to run her hands over Jane's stomach and sides.
"You don't look to bad yourself." She said, her voice dropping an octave or so. She moved down to suck on Jane's neck and Jane closed her eyes contentedly.
"Was this idea of going to the pool really just a reason to get me in your bathing suit?" Jane asked, running her hands over Maura's back. "I mean not your bathing suit…" Jane trailed off when she realized what she'd said.
Maura laughed. "Maybe…" She pulled Jane in for another kiss, but this one was deeper and more passionate than the ones before. "Besides, you can get in my bathing suit if you like…" She whispered before gently nipping on Jane's bottom lip. Jane groaned.
"Maur… You're gonna kill me."
"I could stop, if you'd like that better." Maura replied teasingly. Jane didn't respond but captured the blonde's lips again.
"Okay, seriously. We better go to the pool. I need a little dip to cool off." Jane said, pulling back and running her hands through her hair. Maura laughed and nodded her agreement.
Both women threw on some clothes to cover their suits and headed down to the first floor where the indoor pool and hot tub were.
"Ooh there's a sauna too!" Maura pointed out as they walked in. "I bet we could have fun in there."
"Only if you want to get us thrown out of the hotel." Jane said with a grin.
They walked through the doors into the pool area and Jane admired the huge windows that on nicer days would have let in some sunlight. Today they were just letting in a murky grayish light from the overcast skies. They both shed their clothes and Maura walked over to the stairs into the shallow end. Jane took a more direct route and did a graceful shallow dive into the deep end. She swam over to Maura who was sitting on one of the top steps.
"I don't think you're supposed to dive here Jane!" Maura chided. Jane responded by taking in a mouthful of water and spitting it at Maura. "Haha, very funny." Maura said trying and failing to keep a straight face. Jane swam closer and grabbed Maura's hands, pulling her under the water.
"Good grief, how old are you Jane?" Maura sputtered as she came up from underwater.
"Not nearly as old as I appear." Jane responded leaning back to float on her back. The water was the perfect temperature and Jane enjoyed the view of the blue and green tiled ceiling above the pool.
Maura and Jane were the only ones that had ventured to the pool that afternoon and Jane enjoyed having it to themselves. After floating and swimming for a while Maura suggested they try out the hot tub.
"Ahh." Jane sighed, sinking into the frothy, hot water. Maura climbed in and settled herself next to Jane, throwing her legs into Jane's lap. Jane ran her hands over the soft skin of Maura's calves and then up to her thighs. Maura slid one arm behind Jane, caressing the skin on her lower back. Jane felt tingles in the base of her spine and had to suppress a shiver of excitement.
Maura floated out to the middle of the small tub, dipping under the water to wet her hair and when she came up she swam back to Jane and sat straddling Jane's lap.
"Seriously it's all I can do to not undress you right here." Maura whispered, leaning in close to Jane's ear. Jan swallowed hard and stared back at the beautiful blonde, suddenly rendered speechless. Jane simply ran her hands over Maura's stomach and around to her back. She pulled her in closer until she could feel the heat of Maura's body on hers.
"I wouldn't object, but I don't think we should take the chance of getting caught." Jane said, leaning forward to nip at the tender skin on Maura's neck. Maura arched her back and groaned quietly.
"You know, I think I'm done with the hot tub." She said before capturing Jane's lips in a fierce kiss. "What do you say we take this upstairs?" She asked with a devilish grin.
- I promise there is some actual smut coming! Thanks again for the favorites and reviews! I appreciate them all.