A NIGHT TO REMEMBER-4
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The situation could not be more awkward than it was for both of them. For Elsie it seemed almost surreal, but as surprised as she was with her own reaction, in a way she was glad that it happened. She was dreaming and wanting to have him in the same room and the same bed, but she would never expect, that it can happen in such twisted circumstances.
Charles was having the same thoughts, that it was all he ever dreamed about and he was praying for that many times, but not expecting those prayers coming true that way. His mind was working on full speed, wondering how to behave, to not to cause any indecent incident, although the situation itself was indecent.
Elsie thought, that they have at least few problems to figure out at the moment. First of all, they didn't have any night clothes to sleep in and she couldn't imagine sleeping in the uncomfortable clothes that she was wearing all day. Second of all, they had to think about dinner, as they hardly ate anything all day, so it was necessary to take care of that.
As always, Elsie was the one who took over initiative, telling Charles, that they should try to find some open store, to buy some night clothes. He was red on his face at that suggestion, but he agreed that it was necessary.
The hotel worker willingly helped them, giving useful information, that there was a store right beside the hotel, which should still be opened. It was multitrade store, so you could buy literally everything in there.
Charles and Elsie hurried there, as the hotel worker told them, that the store will be closed soon. Luckily, they managed to buy night clothes and two matching bathrobes. Elsie decided, that she also needed something to end this horrible day in a more positive way, so she additionally bought a large bottle of Sherry.
Charles noticed her purchase, but he didn't comment on that. They got back to the hotel in the pouring rain, happy that they had shelter for the night. They used a hotel telephone to call Downton and explain the situation, of course without mentioning about staying in one room.
When they got back to their room, the situation was beginning to be uncomfortable again and this time Charles took over the initiative and offered Elsie to buy the dinner for the two of them in the hotel restaurant. She gladly agreed. They came downstairs and they were both enchanted with an excellent service that they received there.
The food was exquisite and after a long and tiring day their appetites were certainly stimulated. They've eaten the meal, the dessert and they were pleasantly surprised, when the hotel service offered them a bottle of champagne, on the house, explaining, that they got this privillige because they were smart enough to get the last available room in the hotel tonight.
Elsie was very happy about that from two reasons-one, because somehow she felt a great need of relaxing and two, because she was hoping, that the alcohol will help to break the tension in this really unusual situation...
So they prolonged their meal for a little bit and when they got up from the table, they were both kind of tipsy already...During the meal both of them felt rather casual in each other's company, but when they got back to their room the awkward silence fell again...Charles broke it first...
"Mrs Hughes, if you want, you can go to the bathroom first and erm...Change into your clothes...Night clothes...erm..."
Oh dear-Elsie thought, this is going to be a really long night...
"Yes Mr Carson, thank you...I will gladly undress...I mean...Change...I mean..."-now Elsie was read as a beet...She suddenly realized, what she told him and how that sounded...She took her night clothes and hurried into the bathroom...
Charles stayed in the room and sat by the window...He wasn't able to focus on one thought...There were thousand of thoughts entering his mind at one time...He was trying to admire the landscapes outside the window, but all he could think of, was that Mrs Hughes was right behind the wall, undressing, naked, having her bath...
He was looking at the trees and pouring rain, but all he could see with his eyes of imagination, was her naked body...He scolded himself for those thoughts, but he could not chase them away...
In the same time, Elsie was indeed having her bath, already wondering how he will react, when she will go back to the bedroom in her night clothes. I mean it was not the first time when they will see each other in night clothes, it has happened before in Downton, whenever something important was going on and they were forced to gather in the middle of the night. But it was certainly the first time, when they will not only share the same room, but also the same bed, not being married...It could not have been more complicated...
When Elsie finished, she sighed deeply, closed her eyes for a moment and asked God for support and then she went back to the room...
Charles immediately looked away from the window to see her...She looked so beautiful in the pink night dress and the white bathrobe...As much as he was embarrassed, he couldn't take his eyes off her.. It was stronger than any sense of priopriety...
"I'm done Mr Carson...Now you can go..."-Elsie's cheeks were red again, when she noticed how intensly he was looking at her...She started to doubt, if they will ever be able to go through this night together...
"Thank you...I will...I will go back soon..."
He disappeared by the bathroom wall, closing the door...The impression of having her so close, just in her night clothes, was so intense, that he had to lean on the bathroom wall and try to calm down his crazy imagination...And some rather visible effects of this imaginings on his body...
Meanwhile, Elsie sat by the window, in the same spot, where he was sitting a moment ago and the same thoughts entered her mind...She could almost literally see him taking his clothes off, she could imagine how he was cleansing his body...It was so indecent of her to have that kind of thoughts, but she didn't care anymore...
Nothing was normal in this situation and she had a really long day...She poured herself a large glass of Sherry, completely forgetting, that she just had quite a lot of champagne during dinner.
Of course she poured some for Charles too, hoping, that he will join her soon..
He appeared aftar a while, to find her sitting and looking through the window, holding the glass of Sherry...She looked at him and her breath was more rapid than normal...Now he seemed more masculine and more appealing to her than ever...She has seen him dressed that way before, but they never shared that kind of closeness, in the privacy of the small room...It was like he filled the room totally with his presence...
"Mr Carson...I was thinking, that maybe you would like to have some Sherry with me, before we will..Go to bed...I mean to sleep..."-Elsie was red again...Somehow she couldn't say anything right today..Everything she said seemed inappropriate...
"Yes...Erm...I would like that...After all, it's our usual night ritual..."
"Yes, but in a different circumstances..."
"That's true...Mrs Hughes, do you feel uncomfortable being here with me?"
"Not really...There is no other way...We are not doing anything wrong..."
"We are not...But if someone knew about it..."
"I'm not going to tell anyone and nobody knows us here...Mr Carson...We are adults, I know that it's not usual situation, but let's try not to make it a big deal...And I promise, that you are safe with me.."- she smiled gently, wanting to break the tension...
It worked, as Charles replied with the same smile and from this moment, the situation didn't feel that heavy anymore...
They started to talk again, about everything...It was like some kind of magical spell was broken, thanks to Elsie's words and the amount of alcohol that they were having...Neither of them realized, that they emptied the whole bottle of Sherry pretty quickly...
Soon, they both started to drift off a bit from reality, as a result of great tiredness, the long and exhausting day and the amount of alcohol that they had tonight...
Some time later...
What Charles thought he remembered...
His head felt so heavy as never before...He was used to drinking alcohol daily, but never in such a big doses, so he completely lost contact with reality...He knew, that he was in a big, warm bed, he heard a noises of falling rain and wind from outside, he knew, that he was in a pajama that he didn't recognize, in a bed and room and place, that he was not entirely sure of, but there was someone so familiar in his arms, someone who he known so well...
He might not have been sure of other things, but he was sure of one thing, that he was holding Elsie Hughes in his arms...That he was touching her skin, kissing her lips and neck, fondling her breasts, through the thin fabric of her night gown...He didn't know how they got in this bed, what led them both here, but he knew, that he would want to stay in here forever...With her...Tasting her sweet lips, running his hands through her hair, listening to her quiet moans, which she was making every time he was touching her...
He dreamed about this situation for so long and now, when it finally happened, he couldn't get enough.. He was kissing her infinitely long, he was breathing in her body scent and he wasn't at all surprised, that she was letting him touch her in such intimate way...
She wasn't protesting, on the contrary...When his hand was hesitating for a moment, before landing on one of her secret places, she was guiding him with her own hands, showing him, that she wants to be touched, caressed by him...Each of his touches, were rewarded with such delightful moans, that he wanted to hear over and over again...
He wasn't sure, if they were half dressed or naked, he only knew, that he felt her soft skin under the pads of his fingers, that his lips were travelling all over her body and he never wanted this journey to end...
What Elsie thought she remembered...
She couldn't remember, how it was that they got to bed...Last thing that her mind processed, was that moment when they were drinking Sherry by the window and some time later, she felt him so close in her arms...She felt his manly scent, attacking her nostrills with a double force, she tasted his kisses so hungrily, over and over again...Their lips and tongues were one and she was desperate to touch him, to feel him, even closer than they were now, if it was ever possible...
His big hands were on her thigh, going up and up and she wanted to touch him too, so she unbuttoned the top of his pajama, wanting to explore his chest...Her second hand was touching his back...When their lips parted, she didn't want to loose that connection, so she was nibbling his neck...
She also heard the sounds of the rain and the wind, but it didn't matter to her as much as his words, his sweet whispers into her ear, which were the same all the time...It was something like: Oh Elsie, my love, my darling..." He was repeating those words all the time, but she still couldn't get enough...
She felt so little in his strong arms and she was cuddling closely to him, like she has never done that in her whole life...The love and desire that she felt, overwhelmed her so much, that nothing else was existing...
It wasn't important how they got here and if what they were doing was right...She only knew, that she wanted it to last...
She felt, that she still had her night gown on, but his caresses were bolder and bolder and she suspected, that it won't be long...She wanted to be naked with him...She wanted him to be naked as well, so their bodies could connect entirely...He was very brave with his touches, but she didn't remain passive... She was also touching him, with the same level of passion...Their bodies were dancing endlessly between the sheets, neither of them wanting to stop that...
In the morning...
The sun just got to the point on the sky, when it started to shine brightly through their window, as neither of them thought, about closing the curtains last night...As the sun filled the room with brightness, both at the same time, started to wake up slowly, but still being in that wonderful state of half sleep, half awake...
Elsie's head was lying on Charles's naked chest, as his pajama top was unbuttoned in half...His chest hair were teasing her cheeks, but she didn't mind that...She was hugging him tightly in the waist, touching the bare, lower part of his back, while his hand was caressing her side and her curvy hip...
He had his face buried in her hair and as soon as he felt her moving a bit, he kissed it gently few times, smelling the wonderful pheromones...He hummed with his deep voice...Still whispering the quiet words of love..."My sweetheart"-was the one that she heard...
Elsie felt his delicate touches and heard his sweet words and she immediately wanted to reciprocate, so she simply planted few loving kisses into his naked chest...She clung to him even tighter...They were rocking each other gently, for one more glorious moment...
Until, at the same time, they finally went from the state of being half asleep, to the state of total awareness and that's when it happened...
They opened their eyes, to find out, that they were half undressed, lying in each other's arms, treating themselves with the most tender kisses and touches...In one moment, they realized the horror of this situation- the rules of propriety, the obscenity of this scene hit them hard, so hard, that they both jumped out of bed instantly, looking at each other with dismay in their eyes...
"Mrs Hughes...Oh My God..What happened? What were we doing? How we? Oh My God...I can''t remember anything..."
"Mr Carson, don't ask me, I don't remember anything either...We..We seem to fell asleep in each other's arms and that's probably all..."
"Mrs Hughes...If we did, than why are both half undressed?"
Elsie looked at him-he was indeed half undressed, with the top of his pajama almost all opened, when she could see his naked chest precisely...He realized that she saw this and covered himself immediately, but she noticed, that his eyes were fixated on her chest and she almost died of embarrassment, when she saw, that her night gown was also unbuttoned, to the point when a large part of her breasts was visible...She immediately took care of it...
They were looking at each other with horror in their eyes, not being sure what to say or do next...
That's all for this chapter my lovelies...Huh! Did I surprise you or what? And just when you thought, that I'm not possibly able to create another version of Chelsie in bed together ;-) Well, there you go ;-) That's how it ends, when you are mixing the Champagne and Sherry. Our dear love birds have something to figure out now, don't they? If you wish to know how that ends, you need to read the next chapter. Thank you for reading and please let me know what you think. Have a great weekend!