Chapter Thirty Three: Bed and Breakfast

Tamera's Bedroom: 9:05AM

Sunlight peeked its way through Tamera's violet curtains. The light was so bright it caused Tamera to stir. She covered her head with her comforter. She felt exhausted. Yesterday was crazy … last night was unreal. Did last night really happen? It was then that the evidence she was looking for was right under her shirt. Teddy had her left breast in a vice grip of some kind. She moved a little and he pulled her closer to him in his sleep.

"Mine," he murmured. Tamera chuckled she'd never know Ted to talk in his sleep. Tamera slowly moved his hand from her person and slid it from underneath her shirt. It was the morning and she had morning issues. She grabbed her electric toothbrush and cut it on, she let out a sigh as she let out a sigh and moved the brush over her teeth. She kept thinking about what's next. She was supposedly in this relationship with Teddy but what did that really mean? She was sure she was over analyzing the situation but that was just her general nature. She went back into her bedroom Teddy was laying on his back. She crept to his side of the bed and watched him sleep. He looked so innocent; he really did have angelic face. She sat on his side of the bed and smoothed his hair out of his face and caressed the contours of his cheeks and lips. Teddy groggily opened his eyes and smiled at her, it was genuine and perfect.

"Hey," he said sluggishly and then kissed her hand. "How'd you sleep?"

"Good, much better than I would have if you hadn't came over. I thought that you were made at me last night," She confessed as she traced the area around his lips. He took her finger into his mouth and sucked on it playfully.

"I was a little bit, but I was madder at myself than you." Ted scooted over so that Tamera could slide in beside him. He wrapped his arms around her and went to kiss her and she pulled back. "What?"

"I'm not trying to be funny or anything, but you need to brush your teeth Teddy! I don't do morning breath kisses!" She giggled and he climbed over top of her and headed to the bathroom. He'd already had a spare toothbrush at her place. It only took him a few minutes to freshen his breath and return back to bedroom. He caught a glimpse of Tam trying to primp her hair before he returned; he stood by the doorframe and watched her with a knowing devilish grin on his face.

"Should I shower too, Miss Black? I don't want to offend you any further." His voice caused Tamera to jump and then she rolled her eyes at him.

"It depends did you want to shower alone or together?" She said once again pulling from some invisible unknown place inside herself.

"I really liked showering together last time," he said as he stalked to the bed. "I actually would like to just lay here with you though, and revel in it." Tamera frowned at him perturbed and confused.

"Revel in what your stench?" She arched her eyebrow and Teddy laughed.

"No silly girl, the fact that you're mine. You're all brand new, shiny, and just for me." He crawled in the bed and positioned himself over top of Tam and she wrapped her legs around his waist.

"I'm not a toy Teddy," she said with all the seriousness she could muster. "Once the newness of all this wears off and you just left with the same old Tam you used to know do you think you'll still want this." She asked and she knew she was being a tad repetitive but she wanted to make sure he was still seeing everything in the same light.

"Yes," he said bluntly. "Like I said last night, there's nobody on this whole earth that captivates me like you do Tam. I could never get tired of you, you're beautiful, you're perfect and all mine." He leaned and kissed her, which was something he'd wanted to do since he'd awakened that morning. He moved slowly savoring the flavor that was Tam. Tamera felt her blood boil and her temperature raise. He pulled away and peppered little kisses on her cheek, jaw line, and collarbone.

"God Teddy," she groaned and directed his face back to hers. Their bodies began to move together as they do. Tamera closed her eyes and gave into the sensation this was a nice way to spend a Saturday. She had no real plans she could literally do this all day. She raked her fingers along his back and slowly inched his shirt up.

"You like this don't you Tammy?" Teddy panted as he spoke; he never stopped moving as he placed another kiss on her lips.

"Mmmhmm." She did her best to answer while they kissed so they wouldn't have to stop but just her luck Teddy stopped anyway. He was sitting between her legs and he stared at her with a look of focus on his face.

"You need to be wearing less clothes," he said as he scooted Tam's bottom even closer to him and in one swoop she was bottomless. He pulled his own to top off and then went to remove hers. He climbed back over top of her and that's when Teddy's stomach decided to say its piece.

"You're hungry?" Tam asked even though she already had an answer.

"I can wait. Seriously I can really wait." Then his stomach grumbled again.

"Dude, like that noise is killing the mood," Tam commented with a little giggle. "You could shower and I'll cook, we'll eat, I'll shower, and then we'll take a nap. It sounds like a good lazy Saturday to me, unless you have plans?" Ted pretended to think for a moment, but he knew he didn't have anything on his agenda. He just wanted to be in Tam space, and she was right they could wait to play around.

"You keep talking about the shower; you have me thinking that I'm stinky Tam! Am I stinky?" He went to tickle her and she blocked him.

"No you don't … Teddy stop!" She giggled as she fought against as he tickled her. He stopped once she was breathless and panting underneath him. He kissed her forehead and hopped up.

"You've stopped our activities so I expect food woman, even though I'm sure there's nothing in that fridge that tastes as good as you." Once Tam heard the door to the bathroom close she got up again looked at herself in the mirror and tried to fix her mess of curls. She ended putting them in a bun like thing on top of her head, it was a little thing she'd called the honeycomb. She went into her kitchen she already knew what she was going to cook, something sweet. Teddy liked these banana nut waffles that she made. They were quick and easy. She'd pair it with turkey sausage and orange juice. She started mixing the batter and she realized that this was the happiest she'd really been in a long time. There was no wondering or guess. She was beginning to trust that Teddy meant what he'd said. There's nobody on this whole earth that captivates me like you do Tam. I could never get tired of you, you're perfect and all mine. Hell yes! That was most definitely something to smile about. While her batter sat she went to fridge and pulled out her sausage and began to place it in the skillet. She cut on the fan over head and went about her work. Not five minutes into tending to things there was a frantic knock on her door. She opened it and Ana and Christian were on her doorstep.

"Uh hello Mr. and Mrs. Grey?" She moved to the side so that they could come in.

"Hey Tamera, sorry to bother you so early but have you seen our son. We tried to call him last night, this morning, they all went to voicemail. We normally wouldn't be this anxious but he normally answers the phone at the very least," Ana let out an agitated sigh as she sat down.

"We tried his place first, and then I had the idea to try here," Christian smirked. "The shower's on."

"Ted's here," Tamera said but for some reason she felt like a kid who got caught with her hand in the cookie jar. The crazy thing was she hadn't really done anything.

"He spent the night?" Ana asked and Christian covered his head there were some things that a parent shouldn't know about their child.

"Yeah … sometimes he does that, when he's lonely," Tam lied and turned away from then and headed back to the kitchen. She was kicking herself mentally. Why did she lie? It wasn't a complete lied Teddy had done that in the past but it wasn't why he stayed last night. "I was just making breakfast did you two want to join us?" She offered and because Christian was kind of nosy he nodded his head.

"That'd be great Tamera thank you. We were so worried that we ran out of the house without eating this morning," Christian explained as he wrapped his arm around his wife.

"Well, my grandma always told me you do your best business on a full stomach and your best thinking while cooking. That's why I like to do both. If I'm annoyed or anxious I cook and I always eat before I handle anything with any mental weight." She poured the batter into her waffle iron and all of a sudden she felt eyes on her, both of Teddy's parents were studying her it was odd to say the least. "You know you could've called me too … most of the time I know where Teddy is because I have his overall schedule, and when I don't his space is blank he's usually texting me or with me." She offered.

"You have his schedule?" Christian was intrigued by this.

"Oh yeah, Teddy saw this app that he loved, I think mainly because he likes to keep dibs on people because he's a control freak. Anyway, the app updates whenever he moves or add something into his day's agenda." She put her timer on for that set of waffles and then grabbed her phone from the counter. She opened the app so she could show them. "See his day is blank, but it's also telling me where he is. At TJB's … that's me." She went back and pulled the waffled from the iron and started another batch.

"Tammy where are your towels?"

"In the closet at the top," she yelled back and then looked back to his parents. "I'll be right back."

"Is this enough proof for you?" Christian whispered to Ana.

"Yeah, and like I told you I'd seen it too yesterday. I don't know honey I just know Teddy and I just don't know if Tam is the right fit for him in a relationship. Don't get me wrong I love the girl … I just don't know."

"I think you're having trouble letting go of your baby boy. Yesterday our son was miserable but now I bet when we see him he'll have a been smile on his face. What more could a mother ask for?" After a couple of minutes both Teddy and Tamera reemerged. Teddy was dressed in dark denim and a baby blue Henley top with slightly wet hair and smiling just like he said he would. Tamera went back into the kitchen and Teddy joined his parents.

"Hey mom," he gave his mom a side hug and nodded to his dad. "Tam told me you were trying to reach me. I'm sorry I must've forgotten to take my phone off silent. When I eat at grandma's I don't keep my phone on, I didn't mean to worry you."

"I know and normally I would've thought you were fine it's just you were so angry and sad last night. I wanted to check on you," Ana explained.

"You seem much better this morning?" Christian observed. "What changed?"

"Everything." Ted watched as Tam brought a pitcher of orange juice to her table. She'd already had place mat set. Tamera looked over to him and fought against the grin she felt spreading across her face.

"You need help?" He asked.

"No I'm good, food is ready though if you all wanted to sit." Ted went over to Tamera and helped her bring the plates to the table and held out her chair for her. Tamera frowned and rolled her eyes, the gesture was sweet it was just weird she felt like he was just putting on a show.

"Thanks," she mumbled. Teddy was confused by her behavior he thought women liked when he did stuff like that why was she frowning? Everybody sat down and began to eat. Ana nodded she was again impressed with this girl's ability to put a plate together.

"This is really good Tamera. Who taught you how to cook?" Ana asked.

"My grandma and Google," Tamera chuckled.

"I got this recipe from Google a couple of years ago. Both Ted and my dad really likes them and they are good for you it's a good way to get my dad to get to eat something healthy because they're multigrain." Tamera took another bite of her food and looked over to Ted who was steady shoveling the food in his face.

"So did you read that thriller I sent you last month?"

"I'm about half way there, lately my nights have been kind of hectic with school and projects but the start was slow, but now that I'm really engrossed in it it's good. How are the sales?" Ana and Tamera started talking shop while Christian and Teddy cleared their plates and filled them back up again.

"I told you Tammy could throw down in the kitchen. I could eat her cooking every night." Ted said to his father.

"Did you two get a chance to talk?" Christian asked and Ted nodded. That was all the confirmation Christian really needed, they'd talked and they were still good.

"You want me to take your plate Ted?" He nodded and she took it. Once she stood up she wrapped his arm around her waist.

"It was really good babe thanks!" He popped her on the bottom.

"Stop doing that!" She snapped and he chuckled.

"You like it … that's why you're smiling." Tam didn't even realize she was smiling.

"I'm only smiling because you're crazy as hell. I cooked you clear. I'm going to shower and give you some privacy with your parents."

"Seeya later Greys!"

Author's Note: Okay all! Here's another chapter I hope you like. We'll pick up with Teddy's convo with her parents. As always please read, review, and no flames.