AUTHORS NOTE... The first part of this chapter is a sex scene so if you don't want to read it skip to the *************
Chapter 6
Morning after

String came awake, realising he was not alone in bed. He could feel a warm body pressed across his chest, a leg thrown across his own. He opened an eye and glanced down at the mass of red hair spilled across his chest. He moved his arm around her shoulders, holding her too him as he savoured the sensations of her closeness a while longer. He sighed wondering how she would react to what he was going to ask her after last night. He smiled as he remembered what had transpired.

They'd all gone out to B52's last night, Dom had called it a night quite early and offered to take Le for the night. He'd agreed telling Dom he would stay and make sure Cait got home safely. She had been enjoying herself dancing with some of the other pilots from the airfield and hadn't been ready to leave. So String had stayed and Cait had managed to drag him up a couple of times to dance with her. The last time the music had changed to a slow song, and he'd held her close while they danced. Her head had dropped to his shoulder and he'd taken advantage of the position to inhale her unique sent, and ponder if Cait would be interested in more than just friendship.

They'd left not long after the dance had ended. Cait had offered him her spare room so it would save him having to fly back to the cabin, he'd accepted. After taking her keys from her as she fumbled with the lock in the dark, he had let them into her apartment. Ushering her inside with a hand on the small of her back. Once inside her home, they'd both come to the realisation that they wanted each other. Cait had quite forcefully pushed him against the door as she kissed him, slipping her hands around his neck. He'd pulled her in close, kissing her back before he'd swept her up in his arms and carried her too her bedroom.

Lowering her gently to the bed, he'd quickly pulled of her shoes toeing of his own as he'd joined her on the bed. He kissed her heatedly as his hand had swept across her body, palming her breasts and down her stomach to cup her sex. She moaned into his mouth, spurring him on even more. He rolled his body on top of hers, kissing his way down her neck, nuzzling his nose into the valley between her breasts. He brought both his hands up to cup her breasts, palming them as her nipples pushed against the fabric of her clothing. String pinched at the distended peaks through the material, before lowering his mouth to one of them. He sucked her threw the material, listening as she moaned for more.

Wanting to feel her skin and taste her he quickly unbuttoned her blouse and unclipped her front fastening bra. His mouth latched on to one of her nipples straight away, his hand and fingers finding the other. He alternated breasts, sucking, palming and pinching her nipples as she writhed underneath him. She was panting and moaning as she rubbed her lower body against his.

String was rock hard, had been for weeks whenever he'd been around Cait. He slid his hands down her body, onto her thighs as he slowly bunched her shirt up in his hands, pulling it up till he could slip his hands onto the bare skin of her thighs. He had the sudden urge to be skin to skin with her. He pulled away from her, kneeling up between her parted legs, as he pulled his jumper of and quickly unbuttoned his jeans pushing them down his legs and off as he rolled to her side.

Cait sat up, pulling her blouse and bra off and unbuttoning her skirt. She went to pull the skirt up over her head, just as String rolled back to her, he watched as she pulled it over her head and flung it across the room. She felt his hands on her panties, one hand was cupping her ass while the other cupped her sex, his finger running up and down her slit through the lace. Her sex was very wet, eagerly waiting for his hardness to fill it. He slipped a finger under the edge of the lace, his finger brushing across her clit.

Cait moaned, and demanded. "More,"

He ached to be inside her body again, filling her over and over again. He wanted to hear her moan and beg him for more, screaming his name when she came apart for him. He added a second finger, stretching her slightly as he thrust the two fingers in and out of her wet sex. She was panting, trying to move her body in rhythm with his thrusting fingers, he felt her sex clenching at his fingers, and knew her release was near.

He looked up at her glistening body stretched out for his pleasure, the flush in her face and her skin as she tried to reach her orgasm. "Cum for me Cait," he said.

"String...Oh fuck...don't stop..."She chanted, before calling out his name with a scream. "STRING." She collapsed back on the bed, gasping for breath, her body flushed.

She felt String pull his fingers from her, watching him with heavy lidded eyes as he licked his fingers clean of her juices. He moved up her body, kissing her on the lips as he knelt up between her spread legs. He took hold of himself rubbing against her slit, teasing her before slowly entering her, inch by agonising inch.

Once he was in her body as far as he could go, he placed his hands on her hips angling her body to heighten her pleasure. Withdrawing almost all the way from her body, before plunging back into her in a hard thrust. She moaned loudly, he leaned down his mouth level with her breasts. He licked each nipple in turn, smirking as she arched her back from the bed, silently pleading for more. Cait's arms slipped around his back pulling him closer to her.

He pulled out of her body again and thrust back in again, repeating the action again and again, as she writhed and moaned beneath him. He slid one of his hands down her leg, lifting it higher on his hip allowing him to penetrate her deeper. He pulled her hands from his back, pinning them over her head, before kneeling upright again. He looked down to where they were joined, watching as his rock hard erection slipped into her soft womanly body, stretching her. He watched her flushed face, relishing each moan and whimper that came from her. He felt her sex clenching at his flesh, knowing she was close once again. "Come on Cait, don't hold back."

"Oh...Oh...Oh," she moaned, thrashing on the bed beneath him, her hands fisting the sheets above her head.

He leaned down, kissing her, whispering into her ear. "I want you to cum for me, Cait. I want to hear my name on your lips."

Cait felt the familiar sensations in her body as she neared her climax. Her body was hyper aware of his as he slid in and out of her body. His whispered words in her ear was her undoing, she felt her body begin to spasm as her internal muscles clamped down on his rigid length. She heard herself calling his name, but couldn't remember opening her mouth.

String felt her body tense in his arms as she rode out her orgasm, he stilled his thrusts, allowing her body to come down a little. She was panting trying to catch her breath, as he placed lots of little kisses along her neck and shoulder. He felt her body relax a little, "You ok," he asked.

"Mmm...I've very much ok." She said, grinning at him like a Cheshire cat.

"Good," he said as he began moving again. He started off with a slow pace, nibbling along her neck, kissing and nipping at her flesh. "I'm not done with you yet."

"String." She gasped as she realised he was still fully erect inside her.

"I'm gonna be right with you this time." He said before taking her mouth in a deep kiss. He knew he wouldn't be able to last much longer, but hoped he could last long enough for Caitlin to come again.

"I can't, not again." She shook her head in denial. "I never have."

String lifted up slightly, looking into her face. "Believe me Cait, you will." He told her, with a sexy grin. "Your gonna be screaming my name again, real soon. Only this time I'll be right there with you." He promised as he picked up the pace, pulling her leg up higher on his hip and beginning to thrust into her as far and as hard as he could.

"O god," She moaned as his erection started to hit a particular spot just inside her. "String...don't stop...please...don't stop..." Her hands slipped around him, gripping his shoulders as she moved with his rhythm.

String sought her lips with his own, kissing her deeply, his tongue tangling with hers. He felt the feather light touch of her hands across his back as she skimmed her hands across his shoulders, before gripping them more fully. He pulled his mouth from hers, panting for air. He felt the familiar pull in his body, knowing he was close. "God, Cait I can't hold of much longer." He panted out.

"Then don't," She said, gripping his shoulders more firmly, urging him on. "I'll be right with you." She kissed him, before he tore his mouth from hers, burying his face in the crook of her neck as he moaned her name, emptying himself into her body, as she felt her own orgasm break. She felt his teeth clamp down on her neck, claiming and marking her as his. His body spasming a few more times as her body pulled every last drop of his seed into her own.

String groaned, lifted himself up slightly and rolled onto his back, totally spent. He glanced across at Cait, who still hadn't moved. She was lay on her back in the same position that she had been in when she orgasmed, her chest was rising and falling as she sucked great big breaths into her lungs as she attempted to catch her breath. Her face was flushed and her whole body was covered in a fine sheen of sweat. 'God she looked sexy' he thought to himself. . He couldn't remember sex ever being this good before, then he came to the realisation that this was more than just meaningless sex, It was love making. The thought made him catch his breath, did he love Caitlin?

He pulled the sheet up over there rapidly cooling bodies, pulling Cait into his embrace as he kissed her forehead and settled down to sleep. Thoughts for the future drifting through his dreams.

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He felt Cait's breathing change as her hand skimmed across his chest and slipped around to his side. He knew the instant she woke. He felt her body go tense as she held her breath and slipped her leg from where it lay on his. She slowly tried to move herself away from his body. He gripped her shoulder a little firmer, stopping her from moving any further. She looked up to his face.

"Morning, Cait," He greated, before dropping a quick kiss on her lips.

"Ooh, morning String." She returned sheepishly.

String's hand was drawing lazy patterns on her shoulder, making her body hyper aware of his. "We can't keep doing this String." She said looking into his eyes.

"Why not?" He asked.

Cait took a deep breath, letting it out. "Because we can't. We agreed to carry on being friends, we can't keep sleeping together just cos your not seeing anyone else." She tried to get up but String wouldn't let her.

"That's not why I spent the night with you and don't try to tell me that what we did last night wasn't what you wanted aswell." He was annoyed at her for thinking so little of him. "Your right I haven't been seeing anyone for a while, simply put I haven't been interested. I didn't want to loose your friendship, which is why you've always been off limits to me."

"What are you saying, String. That suddenly after all this time, you want more than friendship?" Cait waited, hoping he'd give her the answer she longed for.

"Yeah, I do." He paused, looking up at the ceiling before continuing. "I always knew I couldn't offer you more than a fling, and I liked and respected you too much for that. You deserved someone that could offer you a proper relationship, someone that could offer you forever." He heard Cait sniff and risked a look at her, she had tears trickling down her cheeks. "Cait, please don't cry." He said pulling her into his arms.

She hugged him back, crying into his chest. "String, this isn't just because I'm pregnant is it?" She asked, needing to know if he was saying this out of some misplaced loyalty.

"No, It's not. I'll admit that you being pregnant has made me realise a few things, but its not the whole reason I'm asking you for this. I can't promise that a relationship will work for us, but I'm willing to give it a try, if you are." String whispered into her hair.

"I'm more than willing to try, String." She said looking up, giving him a watery smile. Pulling out of his embrace slightly, she leaned up to give him a quick kiss on the lips. "We should get up and shower, or we're gonna be late for work."

String released her, watching as she grabbed the robe from the chair by her bed as she made her way to the bathroom. He dropped his head back onto the pillow with a grin. He heard the water come on in the bathroom and decided he should get up. He was just pulling on his jeans when a sound from the bathroom caught his attention. String quickly made his way to the bathroom, knocking on the door and getting no answer he slowly pushed the door open calling her name.

Cait was knelt on the floor, head hunched over the bowl as she vomited . He was by her side immediately, rubbing her back and pulling her hair away from her face. When she was finished, he flushed and helped her to her feet. She smiled her thanks as he handed her tooth brush, kissed her on the forehead and left the bathroom.

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Cait walked into her Kitchen to find String making her breakfast. He ushered her to the table, setting a mug infront of her. She sniffed at the hot liquid, noting he'd found her herbal tea in the cupboard. He came back to the table, setting a plate of toast infront of her.

"Didn't think your stomach would be up to much." He said as he joined her at the table with a mug of coffee.

"Thanks." She said, then took a moment to watch him, taking in the fact that he wasn't wearing a shirt.

"I think we should have a talk with Dom, let him know about us." String announced as he sipped at his coffee. "We're going to need his help."

"We are?" She asked confused.

String chuckled at her confusion. "We will need a baby sitter so we can spend some time together." He pointed out.

"I don't mind child friendly dates." Cait told him sincerely, she loved having Le around.

"Cait as much as I love my Nephew and doing things with him, I want to be able to take you somewhere nice and do things with just you." He pointed out with a smirk.

Cait blushed as his meaning sunk in. "Ooh."

"I'm gonna take a shower while you finish your breakfast." He said after he drained his coffee, and rinsed the mug in the sink.

Cait sat back in her chair, watching as he retreated down the corridor that led to her bathroom and bedroom. She smiled in appreciation at his lean toned , tanned body, then grinned with the knowledge that she could touch his body anytime she liked now.

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Dom stopped the jeep outside the Santini Air hanger. After opening up the side door to the hanger he frowned to himself, none of his helicopters were missing. That would indicate that String hadn't flown back to the cabin last night. Maybe he slept in the back room, Dom thought as he walked across the hanger and opened up the office. "String, you here." He shouted as he made his way through the office to the back room. "Guess not." He said to himself.

Le stepped into the office behind Dom. "Maybe he went back to the cabin."

"Yeah, Cait probably dropped him off." Dom said with a smile. He'd try String on the radio in a little while, he thought. He heard Cait's car pulling into her usual spot just by his jeep, but then heard two car doors open and close. Strange, he mused, walking out of the office and into the hanger in time to see Cait and String coming into work.

Dom noted how String was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday, and if Dom wasn't mistaken, Cait had a love bite on her neck. Dom glared at String, who just shrugged his shoulders and looked at Le. Point taken, don't say anything in front of the boy.

"Hey uncle String, did you stay at Cait's. We thought you might have slept in the office when we saw all the choppers were here, but then when you wasn't we thought Cait had flown you back to the cabin." Lee said in a rush.

"Yeah, Cait offered me the use of her spare room." It wasn't a lie, Cait had indeed offered him her spare room, he just hadn't used it. He suspected that Dom had also guessed the truth, especially as String was sure that Dom had picked up on the love bite on Caits neck. He hadn't noticed when they'd first got up, it was only when Cait was drying her hair that the mark had come to his attention. That was definately a first for him, he'd never been into marking any of his girlfriends, not even back in highschool. "You best get your school stuff together, while I go change into some clean clothes. I'll drop you off. "

Dom watched as String headed into the changing room to change into the clean clothes in his locker. Le had dived into the office to pick up his school bag, and then dashed to the jeep to wait for his uncle. His eyes landed on Cait, who was making her way towards the office to put her purse away. "We'll talk later, " he promised. Cait didn't say anything, just nodded her head.

"Leave her alone, Dom. I don't want you saying anything to her, while I'm dropping Le off. We can all talk when I get back. " String told Dom quietly, as he passed him and headed towards the jeep.

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Dom waited until the jeep was out of sight of the hanger before he made his way back inside. After opening the hanger doors and flicking on the lights, he just stood looking through the office window at her. He watched as she flitted round the office putting on the coffee and checking the answer machine for messages before settling herself at her desk. He sighed, wondering what he should say to her. It hadn't escaped his notice that she had a love bite on her neck, that pointed to the fact String had slept with her again. Mama mia, could his day get any more screwed up. That boy of his could be stupid at times, and Dom planned on knocking some sense into him if it was the last thing he did. Stringfellow Hawke you will be doing the right thing by that girl of ours.

Dom sighed, and wrapping his hand around the handle, he stepped into the office to confront Cait. Closing the door silently behind him, he just stood and watched her.

Cait was at her desk, going through the work scheduling for the week ahead, when she heard Dom enter the office. She looked up at him, giving him a small smile. Dom sighed, and fixed her with an uncomfortable gaze. She resisted the urge to squirm, as Dom remained silently looking at her. "What," she asked when it got too much for her.

"He didn't stay in your spare room did he." He stated, raising an eyebrow, as he waited for her response.

"No." Cait said quietly, blushing. She looked away from him, not meeting his gaze.

"Sweetheart, you can't keep doing this to yourself. I know that you love him, and your having his baby, but you deserve more than a fling." He sighed.

Cait breathed in a deep breath, stiffened her back and answered him. "Dom, your right I do love him, but your wrong about it being a fling. Just wait for String to get back" She urged.

"Okay, we'll wait for String. You better believe we are going to get this sorted once and for all missy." Dom warned.

She nodded her head before looking up and smiling as she spotted String striding across the hanger towards the office.

String pulled the door open, entered the office and came to stand by Cait, a hand on her shoulder in support. "I told you to leave her alone, Dom." He said angrily.

"Pity you don't take your own advice." He growled at him. "You've already gotten Cait pregnant, by being an idiot once before, you'd think you could learn from that, but you haven't."

"You finished with the insults." String asked, quietly. "You think we could explain a few things to you."

Dom nodded his head, but didn't say a word.

"We had a talk this morning about where we wanted to go from here. We came to the realisation that we wanted to try at a relationship. We're going to take things slowly, see if we can make it work." String said, grinning down at Cait, who had her faced turned up to look into his eyes.

"We've both agreed to not say anything to Le, at least for the time being." Cait said, turning to look at Dom, who had a broad grin on his face. She bit her lip before adding, "we were hoping you might help us out a little there."

"Did you now." Dom said, guessing exactly what Cait was refering to. "By help I'm assuming you mean baby sitting."

Cait nodded her head, but it was String that answered. "Yeah, we were hoping you'd have him stay over the occassional night. Give us chance to go out, spend a bit of time together."

"Sure, I can do that." Dom fixed String with a stare, "you better treat our girl right though. If I have Le for you, you better be taking Cait out somewhere nice."

"Don't worry Dom, I will be." String said, grinning at the older man.

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