She had Sophia settled down in her little bed in the little bedroom off the lounge, she set up the baby monitor and double tripled checked her. They were getting ready for bed, Daryl had just taken a shower and walked around naked climbing into the huge bed. He was flicking through the channels eyeing her over the remote, she was in track pants and a Sophia spilled tee shirt, her hair pulled back into a pony tail. She was stalling she knew she was stalling, he knew she was stalling they were going to watch a movie and she was really really nervous. She seemed to be going out of her way to make herself look as appealing as possible.

'Look we don't gotta, but you have to take a shower, I can smell Sophia's spill up from here,' Daryl told her, he flicked his eyes at her again and flicked the tv onto a cowboy film. She knew he wouldn't push her, she grabbed her small back and moved into the lavish bathroom. She locked the door behind her so he wouldn't bust in and catch her giving herself a pep talk while taking a shower and putting on the outfit Andrea talked her into.

She showered for so long that she was almost worried that Daryl might just fall asleep like he did sometimes, she dried herself off quickly and pulled the outfit out of her bag. She stared at it wondering if it was too much for someone like her. Did guys even like stuff like this? What happened if he laughed or something. Her nerves were getting the better of her and suddenly she was channeling her inner Andrea and pulled it back out of her bag to get dressed.

Be confident, He wouldn't care if you come out wearing a paper bag! Breath, take a deep breath, he will like it.

She pulled on the panties and didn't know why she even bothered they were barely there, and then the bra, she looked at herself in the mirror and was her own worst critic, she took a breath again and pulled on the baby doll part to go over the top. It covered all the flaws she thought she had. Carol stared at herself for a long time before grabbing her make up bag to do something about the bags under her eyes and to make up her face a little so her face matched the goods that were on offer for Daryl tonight.

With her game face on, she opened the door and peeked out at him, he had a robe on and was at the door. He was talking to someone and there was a man from room service pushing in what looked like bubbles and desert. Carol hid behind the door waiting for him to tip and the man to leave, Daryl pushed it over to the bed. He went off to check on Sophia and then come back out. He stood staring at the bathroom door.

'I can see you, are we going to do this all weekend or should I just go to sleep once I eat this all?'

'Ummmm I got you a present for our honeymoon,' Carol told him.

'Lets see it then,'

'I ... ok, turn the lights down,' he did that quickly so she would come out while he had his back turned she bolted for the bed, he didn't have the heart to tell her he could see her in the mirror on the wall beside the switch, he just let her think she bet him. His tounge went to the roof of his mouth as he saw what she was wearing and his body had an automatic reaction.

He walked over to the bed and looked at her, 'That's cheating,'

'Not really,' she looked at him, he could see the lipstick and mascara and knew she had made a huge effort, he tugged the sheet, she held it tight. He gave it a big yank, it pulled down the bed leaving him to look her over. 'Stop staring,'

'Why are you hiding it?'

'Because... I don't know I haven't worn anything like this,'

'Where did you... I thought I found everything,' he was almost leering at her, she tried to tug it down to cover herself more, it didn't matter he'd see every part of her naked and kissed almost every part of her but she was still shy baring herself to him. 'Its... really really nice, stand up?'

'Why?'

'Give me a full look, I only got the glimpse as you run past in the mirror,' he had her hand and was pulling her by the hand out of the bed slowly taking in all of what she was wearing. 'Those panties? Go on turn around,'

Carol turned slowly, the panties really didn't cover much of her back view and the baby doll top half didn't cover as much at the back because of the split as it did at the front. He felt flustered, he was hard as a rock looking at her.

'Christ!' he muttered, then he mumbled something she just didn't understand.

'What,'

'I said I'm fucken lucky,' he glanced at her face and moved in slowly to kiss her, his hands moved everywhere and he managed to slip a few fingers in the front of her panties. 'Fuck! You ... ' he pulled out the front of her panties to look, 'you got a wax?'

'Hmmmmm not all of it though, most, do you like it,'

'Hell yeah, I got us desert,' he gestured to the waiting trolley, 'you got me desert?'

'Daryl...' Carol tried not to giggle at him, he was like a kid in a candy store with too many treats to know what he should do next. 'Picnic in bed?'

'With you looking like that?' Daryl half pushed one of her top straps off her shoulder, he bent his head down to kiss her shoulder, she bent her neck to the side, 'Come on, lets scroll through the movies,'