4 comments/ 14642 views/ 13 favorites Working for Love By: HowlingWolfLady Sometimes I lay in bed with my fiance laying next to me asleep and I think about how we came to be where we are today. It started when I had to move to a new department my senior year of college because the hospital made me move. I met the man of my dreams, and I realize now how much I had missed before he came into my life. This is our story, from the very beginning. "Hello?" I asked looking into the room. The room was lit only by a small light on the desk, leaving the rest in shadows. Someone had an open laptop on the desk and I could see a line for ear-buds leading towards the person who was sitting back away from the desk in the shadows of the room. "What can I do for you?" I hear a robust male voice ask from within. He leaned forward into the light and I had to blink to make sure I was seeing who I thought I was. I had seen him everyday at work, and I had always looked at him and prayed that he would notice me. "I'm looking for a James? I'm supposed to work this shift with him so he can train me." I respond trying to keep my voice even. "You must be Holly." He says smiling, making my heart leap up into my throat. "Yes, are you James?" I ask stepping into the room and closing the door softly behind me. He stands up and waves a hand and I have to blink as the lights come on in the room. "Yeah, that's me. Rich said I'd be training you, but he neglected to mention how cute you were. Sorry about the lights, they have a tendency to go out when you sit still for too long." James says before taking out his ear-buds. I shake my head and pray that I'm not blushing about the cute comment that he had just made, I was 5'10" and a brunette with hazel eyes. I was slim for my figure, but somehow had inherited large D breasts from my mother. I was what you would call an hour glass. "I understand, they do that where I work in the Hospital as well." I say walking towards him with my hand extended. He takes my hand and shakes it, smiling down at me. He stood at about 6'5" and had brilliant blue eyes. His hair was a very short dirty blonde and his hand made mine seem tiny in his. "So what brings you to my department if you already work in the hospital?" James asks raising an eyebrow. "They brought in several new volunteers for my department, and since I'm on the payroll they decided to move me here to be of help to you and to the others in the office. Basically from what I have been told I'm a gopher, and that you're my new boss." I say looking around. The world of inputting medical records looked like it was going to be a boring one. "I work evenings after my classes are out, Jessica works during the mornings, Andrew works in the afternoons, and the three who work before me all have a, what did you call it? Oh, right "gopher" that helps them out in the office. Generally we don't get files in at night that need to be put in, especially since we upgraded the system to be all computerized." I look at him and try to catch my breath again. I was going to have to avoid making eye contact at all costs if I didn't want to hyperventilate every time I looked at James. "I understand. So what do you do at night?" I ask looking towards his desk and the empty one that I could now see was up against it, so that the workers sitting there would be facing each other. "Mostly homework, and monitoring the system. Sometimes we get back-up of paper files from the earlier shifts, and sometimes we have to monitor the downloads that the new system is undergoing. If you want to get started I have a couple of files that I'm putting in, and I can teach you how to do that part." James says noting that I was staring at the desks. "I would like that." I say looking back towards him and smiling. He walks to my desk and pulls my chair over to his desk and places it next to his. He sits in his and pats the other chair as he smiles at me. I walk over to the chair and sit down, looking at his screen. "Your work laptop has the programming on it that you'll need and nothing else. I generally pull up a radio station while I'm working and listen to it, or you can bring in your iPod like I did tonight." He says pulling an ear-bud to his ear and re-inserting it. "So basically it's like the computer in the lobby. Use it for what you need, but nothing else. We could bring in our laptops to do stuff on though." I say as he pulls up the program on his computer. I saw a lot of blank lines that needed to be filled in, but it looked pretty self-explanatory. "Andrew and Jessica bring in theirs, but they have them approved through the IT department. It takes knowing the right people to get that allowed. Jessica and Andrew both have an influential parent in management that pull strings for them though." James says opening a manilla file on his desk and puts it in the middle of us. "So we type what's here into the program?" I ask looking down at the face sheet. James nods and continues typing where he had left off. "And we have to scan the other sheets into the electronic file." James says looking over at me quickly. He pauses and offers me the other ear-bud. "Read me the next line and we'll get through this chart faster and you can start tomorrow night on your own stack of charts." James hands me the chart and I scoot closer so that we don't end up pulling each others ear-bud out. He smiles and I read the next line. While reading I can't help but realize how good he smells. He smells like soap, and an underlying scent of something that was unmistakeably man. I couldn't get enough of the smell, and wanted to be surrounded by it for as long as possible. We finish the face sheet and he takes the file from my hands, dwarfing them with his massive hands again. I shiver slightly as he pulls his hands away from mine and he scans the rest of the chart into the computer. He closes the file and places it face down on top of a small stack of other folders. He grabs another from the pile next to the done ones and hands it to me. "Next one. Hopefully we'll get these done before we have to leave for the night. I hate having to work over-time." James says before turning up the volume on the iPod. I notice that he had only been playing country music and make a mental note of it. I realize that I'm humming along with the song when I'm not reading out loud and stop. "Sorry." I mumble before reading the next line. "For what?" James asks confused as he types the information I had just read out into the face sheet on the computer. "Humming." I say before reading the next line. "Doesn't bug me. Your humming sounds better than mine does." James says smiling at me. He pauses to stretch and puts an arm behind me on the back of my chair. "Smooth." I say rolling my eyes at him, while on the inside I was silently freaking out about his arm almost being around me. "I try." James says winking at me. I shake my head and read the next line of information to him. We continue like this for a while and I begin to relax slightly into the back of my chair. He wasn't scary, and I was getting used to being around him. We finish the fifth file since I had come in and James stands. "Come on. I need a break, and some coffee. You could probably use some too." I nod and remove the ear-bud from my ear and stand up next to him rising up on my toes to stretch out my calves. We leave the office and he locks the door behind him. We're walking down the hall to the stairs that lead to the cafeteria when someone yells out behind us. "Holly! Cupcake!?" I groan recognizing the voice. "Wait up!" I stop and James keeps walking. "James." I say and he turns and gives me a look. He turns and walks back to me. The idiot who had yelled from behind us finally catches up and smiles wickedly at me. "Holly, what is a lobby girl like you doing up here?" I mentally punch him in the face and put on a smile to answer his question. "She's with me." James says wrapping an arm around me. I look up at him and he smiles at me. I hug him from the side and put my head against his side. "Wow Cupcake, making moves on girls from other departments now?" The guy asks smirking at us. I mentally kick him in the balls and James puts his other hand in his pocket. "Brandon. Go take a long walk off a short pier." I say smiling at him. "Wow, harsh sweets. Not how you should treat someone you slept with." Brandon says grinning. James pulls me closer to his side and I start slowly counting to ten. "Impossible." James says. I stop at six and look at him. "How so?" Brandon asks. "Because if she was sleeping with you she wouldn't be sleeping with me." I start coughing after having choked on spit. "So, sleeping your way around the staff Holly?" Brandon asks. "Okay look. I was young, and stupid, and I'm not with you anymore. I haven't been with you since, and I tolerate the fact that we have to work together. Get off my case for having decided to move on with my life to bigger and better things." I say finally letting my anger get the better of me. "No need to be a bitch." Brandon says getting pissed off. James runs his hand up and down my side and I shiver under his touch. "Don't you have some trash somewhere to take out?" James asks before letting me go and turning around and starting to walk away. He holds out a hand for me and I grab it quickly, following him down the hall and away from Brandon. We turn the corner and enter the stairwell. "Thank you." I say, looking at the huge man in front of me. "Not a problem. He's always been an asshole." James says stopping on the landing and turning to look at me. "You slept with him?" James asks raising an eyebrow. "I was sixteen, and he was sixteen. We had been dating for over a year and I thought that I loved him. I was also content with living the rest of my life in this stupid town too. I was young, and stupid, and I made a mistake, one that I have to live with every day that he works the same shift that I do." I clench my fists and James places a hand on my shoulder. "Holly. Calm. Breathe." James says before moving his hand to smooth a strand of hair back into place. I slowly calm down and he looks at me. He pulls me into a hug and I melt into his arms. "You aren't who you used to be anymore. You are better than that dick will ever be." James says before letting me go. I smile and he looks relieved. "Let's go get that coffee, my treat." I say before walking down the stairs. James grabs my hand and pulls on it lightly. He walks down the stairs to the same level that I was on and kisses me softly. I close my eyes and kiss him back. He breaks the kiss as a door in the stairwell creaks open and footsteps descend on the stairs several levels above us. I open my eyes and look at him. He tugs on my hand and we descend towards the basement level where the cafeteria is located. We walk into the cafeteria and I head straight for the coffee. James lets go of my hand, and heads towards the coolers of pop and water. "Hey, coffee is over here." I say laughing and pointing at the coffee machine in front of me. "But the energy drinks are over here." He says grabbing to cans of monster. He walks back over to me and grabs a coffee cup before filling it with straight black coffee. "Both?" I say looking at him. I press the button for the cappuccino flavor I want and listen as the machine comes to life. "It's a long time until six in the morning." James says grabbing a lid. "You'll thank me later." I shake my head, and he chuckles. "You better share then. I mean I am the one doing all the reading." I say letting go of the button and grabbing a lid for my drink. We walk towards the cash register and James snags two large cookies. "I had planned on it." He says before looking at the cashier and noticing that she was laughing at us. I look and hand her my ID. She rings up the items and swipes my ID. "Thanks Viv." I say as I grab my coffee. "Have a good night Holl, you too Cupcake." Vivian says as she walks back into the kitchen. "Does everyone call you Cupcake?" I ask as we walk out of the cafeteria and back towards the stairs. "Hey, let's go sit somewhere and enjoy this. The files will wait for us." James says motioning for me to follow him. We wind our way through passages in the basement and end up in a staff lounge that I could have sworn was locked before we entered. "Okay, you are really good at dodging questions." I say placing my coffee on the table and selecting a seat. "I promise to answer all questions to the best of my ability then." James says putting his coffee next to mine and sitting in the seat next to me. I look at him and notice that he was smiling with his eyes while maintaining a serious expression. "Okay, let's start with something simple. Where the hell are we?" I ask indicating the room that we were sitting in by pointing around. "Easy enough." James says leaning back in his chair. "Welcome to our staff lounge. We share with IS and IT but they tend to stay down in their offices down here rather than being social beings. If you're early for work, you can hang out down here before heading up for your shift since our office is so small that only the two people working can fit in it comfortably. Also provides a place for us to be able to eat when we take our breaks." James reaches out and hits a button on the remote in front of him. The TV across the way turns on and the sports channel flickers on. "Typical male." I say scoffing before taking a sip of my coffee. "Hey, I represent that remark." James says before winking at me. I start laughing which causes him to start. We settle down and I turn in the chair to face him. He takes a sip of his coffee and looks at me. "Okay. Next question. Why does everyone call you Cupcake?" I ask looking at him and reaching out to snag the remote and turn the volume down. He looks at the TV and frowns and looks for the remote on the table. "Hey. Give that back!" He says reaching for it. I quickly put it behind my back and he lunges for it, pulling my chair closer to him so that he can get closer to my back. "I can't hear the TV." James says reaching behind my back. "Answer the questions and I'll give it back." I say laughing as he keeps trying for the remote behind me. He lunges one more time and instead of reaching behind me he kisses my lips. My eyes drift closed as James pulls me up into him. I put the remote on the chair and reach up, wrapping my hands around his neck. He groans into the kiss and pulls me up into a fully sitting position. I pull away and look at him. He sighs and reaches out and strokes my cheek with his hand. "Okay, you are a damned good kisser." James says looking into my eyes. "To answer your question, everyone calls me cupcake because of a stupid high school nickname that has stuck over the years." I look at him and shake my head. "I was a male cheerleader, laugh all you want, and I got the name cupcake from one of the girls on the squad. I had been given a cupcake and stuffed it into my face, wrapper and all because I was really hungry at a game. She started calling me Cupcake and it stuck." "So, just so you know I am totally going to be calling you Cupcake." I say before laughing really hard. I wrap my arms around myself as I start laughing so hard that tears are falling out of my eyes. James rolls his eyes and throws one of the cookies that we'd gotten at my face. "I'd prefer it if you didn't in public. It's bad enough everyone else does." James says before grabbing the other cookie and opening it and taking a piece and eating it. "One more question." I say wiping the tears from my eyes and trying to calm my breathing back down. "You sure this is the last one?" He asks looking at me sceptically. I nod. "Then ask away sweets." He says leaning towards me. "No more distracting me then." I say putting a hand over his face. He licks my hand and I shriek pulling my hand away from his face and quickly wiping it on my dress slacks. "I didn't realize my face was distracting." James says chuckling at my reaction to him licking my hand. "It is for me." I say before nervously reaching for my cappuccino. James stops my hand by placing his hand on top of it. "Explain please?" He asks leaning towards me. I decide to screw explaining and lean forward and kiss him. My eyes drift closed as he once again pulls me into him. He deepens the kiss and I leave my chair, climbing into his lap. Straddling his legs. He pulls away and I open an eye to look at him. "That was not explaining." James says as I close my eyes again and breathe in deeply before opening my eyes to see him staring at me. "You are the only person who makes me react like this." I say shrugging. He raises an eyebrow and rolls his wrist encouraging me to continue. I try to climb down off his lap and he holds me in place. "Okay. Fine. You make my heart skip a few beats every time I look at you, looking into your eyes threatens to send me into a fit of hyperventilation. Your kisses make my head spin, and my heart jump up into my throat. You smell amazing and your hugs make me feel like I was made to fit in your arms." I say before covering my face with my hands. James pulls me into a hug and I cautiously peer out from behind my hands. "Please don't cover your beautiful face." James says softly, causing me to relax and pull my hands away from my face to place them on his shoulders. "I probably didn't need you to sit beside me and read the files to me, but I couldn't get over how beautiful you were. You smell like a combination of Jasmine and lavender and the smell is intoxicating. After the run in with Brandon I decided that I couldn't not kiss you." James says looking into my eyes. "You appeal to my senses in a way that no one else has ever been able to. I've always been aware of you in the hospital. You always grabbed my attention and wouldn't let it go. Sandy flat out told me I was an idiot if I didn't get to know you." I chuckle lightly. "What?" James asks. I lean forward and kiss him lightly. I pull back and he looks at me still confused. "I was supposed to meet with Sandy this morning and help her stock for the day after I got off of work. She said that she had someone for me to meet today. I don't think she realized that I was going to end up working with you." I say looking into James' eyes. "I always stop by on my way out of work for a cup of coffee and a breakfast sandwich." He admits smiling. "You always come in to work the front desk at about 6:30 as well, so I could enjoy my cup of coffee and watch you smile at people and help them as they came in." James admits. "I should be thoroughly creeped out by you watching me, but somehow I'm not." I admit reaching behind me and fumbling for my cookie. "I can't believe you never noticed." James says as he realizes what I'm grabbing for and leans forward to grab my cookie off the table and hands it to me. I break a piece off and offer it to him. He opens his mouth and I place the cookie bit inside. He starts chewing and I giggle slightly. "I thought that you were creeped out by me staring at you in all honesty." I say shrugging. I pick up my cookie and bite a piece off. "I guess I never noticed that either." James says shrugging. He leans forward and kisses my forehead. "You were going to ask another question Holly." James says softly, sending a shiver down my spine. "Oh yeah, I was going to ask why you told Brandon I was with you." I say looking at him before taking another bite of my cookie. "Because I had wished that you would be with me since I first noticed you working in the lobby. I was praying that you would notice me and then I could be all suave and flirt with you and take you to lunch and buy you coffee. I wanted to spoil you rotten and hope that you would return my feelings." James says before guiding my hands up towards his mouth. He takes a big bite out of the cookie and I quickly pull my cookie back towards me. Working for Love Ch. 02 I had been trying to live my life like any normal girl who also happens to now have someone that she's sleeping with. James needed to deal with a roommate issue, and I had laundry and an apartment to clean. We saw each other at work for the next few days, but not outside of it other than a coffee together in the morning before we both headed home. I was currently lounging outside of my apartment and lying in the sun. My phone was in my apartment, which was now clean. I was wearing my favorite bikini and with all the small children being in school still, I had the yard behind my apartment complex to myself. It was getting into late May, and we had been having a extremely warm streak of weather, along with several storms. "This is why I don't mind working nights." I mutter before adjusting my shades and leaning back to look up at the sky. I end up falling asleep and I wake up as a cloud drifts across the sun causing the warmth that I had been soaking up to disappear. I open my eyes and notice that the weather had taken a turn for the worse. Black clouds had drifted in and it looked like it was going to start raining anytime now. I swear under my breath and make it back into my apartment as the rain starts to fall. I close the sliding door behind me and lock it. I walk into my room and grab a pair of denim shorts and a t-shirt to throw on over my bikini. "Maybe it will clear up and I can go back out." I say as I leave my room and pad into my living room. I turn the TV on and tune it into the local news station. "Or not." I say looking at the weather radar on the screen. I grab my book from the table next to the couch and throw myself onto the couch. I open the book and take out the bookmark and reach behind my head to turn on the lamp. I settle into the book and glance up at the TV every once in a great while. A loud clap of thunder sounds outside and it rattles my apartment. "Shit." I breathe looking out the sliding door and up at the sky from my position on the couch. Suddenly with a flash of brilliant light the power goes out. "Son of a bitch in heat." I exclaim grabbing my bookmark and closing the book again. Someone knocks on the door and I swear again. "Hang on!" I call towards the door. I get up and put my book back on the table where it had been. I open the drawer in the table and pull out an led flashlight. I turn it on and walk to my door. I open it without thinking and someone wearing a dark raincoat pushes into my apartment past me. "What the hell?!" I ask as a collie trots in behind the person. I close the door and turn to face them. "Jeremy." I say looking at the man standing in my living room. "How unexpected." I say dryly looking at him. I shut the flashlight off and hang it on a hook by the door. "You'd think you missed me or something." He says taking off the raincoat and throwing it over the back of a chair. "Baby sister." He says looking around. I growl under my breath and the collie trots back over to me. I squat down and pet her. "I figured you couldn't stay away." I say before ruffling the collie's ears. "You haven't ever been able to, big brother." I say sneering at the man in my apartment. "I figured that you wanted your dog back now that you're living alone, and Dad says you don't ever call him anymore." Jeremy says before walking into my living room and sitting. The power flicks back on and the lights turn back on in my apartment. "You aren't welcome here J, get out." I say before turning and walking into the kitchen. Two empty bowls sit by the fridge. I open the cupboard next to the fridge and reach in to grab a scoop of dog food for the collie. I pour it into the bowl and the dog comes running into the kitchen to eat. I fill her water bowl and place it back next to her food and then close the cupboard. "I'm not leaving." I hear Jeremy call from my living room. I growl and the dog looks up at me tilting her head. "Not you Princes." I say reaching down and patting her head again. She starts wagging her tail and I shake my head. "Go lay down." I say softly before patting her head one last time. I watch as she heads towards my room. "We're gonna have us a little talk, baby sister." Jeremy says. I walk out of the kitchen and place my hands on my hips. "There isn't anything to say. You've betrayed my trust too many times for me to believe a word that comes out of your mouth." I say before leaning against the door frame. Jeremy stands and I hold my spot. "Our father deserves a better daughter than you. You don't even call him, and you cling to your whore of a mother like she's going to save you if you happen to fail." Jeremy says walking towards me. "He's sick, and slowly dying... where have you been? Working full time, and ignoring him in favor of your newest step-father." He leans in towards my face because by now he is close enough to reach out and touch me. He spits in my face and I hear a growl from the hall. I stand up and wipe the spit off my face before taking the wet hand and slapping him. "You want to talk about what my so called father deserves?" I say before walking away from him. "He deserves what he got. He hit me one too many times and then hit my mom. She left and she took me with him. I was abused, verbally, physically, and emotionally. Every day. He didn't care if he hurt us; in fact that was his goal. He got a sick pleasure out of knowing that he hurt us." I say before turning to face Jeremy. "I hope he dies, so he can rot in hell." I spit out before picking up his coat and throwing it at him. "Now. Get. The. Fuck. Out." I snarl. Jeremy puts on his coat before leaving. I walk over to the couch and collapse, feeling like all of my bones had turned to jelly. Lucy walks over and lays her head on the edge of the couch looking at me with her intelligent eyes. I reach out and scratch her ears. My phone starts ringing and I grab it from the table behind my head. It was James. I quickly answer. "Hello?" I ask. "Hey." James says on the other end. I shiver at the sound of his voice. "What's up?" I ask wondering why he was calling on our day off. "I was wondering if you had any plans for tonight." James asks on the other end of the line. "No. Just sitting at home and reading." I say re-adjusting my position on the couch so that I was comfortable. "Would you like to go out for dinner and a movie with me?" James asks. I sit and think for a second, pondering my answer. "Are we talking a real date, where we're romantically interested in each other?" I ask teasingly. I hear him sigh and I'm sure that he's shaking his head. "Yes." He answers suddenly, causing my heart to skip several beats. "Then yes." I say smiling. "Pick me up here at five?" I ask tilting my head. He readily agrees and we end the phone conversation. Princess licks my arm and I sigh. "What's wrong?" James asks, sounding very concerned. "My family just came up to bite my ass." I say trying to not let my anger get the best of me. "Do you want to talk about it?" James asks, and I hear him turn the volume down on what I assumed was the TV in the background. "Not really, because if I talk about it then that means I have to acknowledge that my step-father isn't my real father." I say. I move my legs so that they're bent at the knee and Princess jumps up on the couch woofing as she lies down. "Was that a dog?" James asks sounding surprised. "That would be Princess, my collie." I respond, realizing that I had opened the doors for even more questions. "You have a dog?" He asks. I laugh. "Just got her back today. Liz is allergic, and Princess is quite an up in your space dog." I say. Princess had her head resting on her paws, and she was looking out over the living room. "I'd love to meet her, maybe even introduce her to Bo." He says and I hear a bark in the background. "Play dates can be arranged." I say, before switching my phone to my other ear. "Where would you like to go for dinner?" James asks switching topics suddenly. "I was thinking maybe Chinese?" He says not giving me room to speak. "That sounds wonderful." I say smiling into the phone. "Maybe a movie afterwards?" "I was wondering if I would be too forward in asking you to come see a movie with me." He says sounding relieved. "No. Not at all." "I'll be by to pick you up at five then." He says and I prepare myself to say goodbye. "I'll see you then Cupcake." I say, trying to make it sound as flirty as possible. "Bye Holls." He says. I say goodbye as well and we hang up. I look up at the clock and see that I have several hours before James would be here, and I swing my feet off of the couch and get up. "Come on Princess, we've got to get you cleaned up, and I need to bring your stuff back out here." I say looking at my collie. She barks before getting up and following me. I open the door to the bathroom and she walks in before me and jumps in the tub. I shuck my clothes and climb into the bathtub with the dog and turn on the shower. "We'll save more time this way." I say before closing the shower door. About an hour later the dog and I emerge from the shower, and she shakes herself off on the mat in front of the tub. "Good girl." I say before grabbing my towel to cover myself up and then grabbing another towel and laying it over Lucy. I rub her down and she shakes herself again. I laugh as I hang up her towel and open the door for her. She walks out into the hall and into the living room. I take my time finishing getting dry and attempting to style my hair. I grab my dirty clothes and walk into my room. I throw the dirty clothes into my hamper and then turn to my dresser to pick out clean ones. I finish getting ready and settle onto the couch and read, after pulling out Lucy's toy basket and her bed for the living room. She was now lying on the floor in front of the couch with her favorite stuffed toy lying under her paws. The weather hadn't gotten much better from the storm earlier, but the thunder and lightning had at least stopped. My hair was loose around my shoulders, and a little rain wouldn't kill it. I had put on a pair of nice jeans and one of my dressier t-shirts. James knocked at 4:45 and I got up and answered the door. I let him in and Lucy got up and came over to check him out. James kneels and extends out his hand to Lucy. I chuckle as Lucy sniffs him once before licking him. James reaches out and ruffles her ears. Lucy barks once and then walks back to fetch her favorite toy. She brings it back and deposits it at James' feet. He laughs and picks it up before tossing it back into the living room. Lucy takes off and chases it, and we hear her start chewing on the squeaker inside the toy. "Ready?" James asks before standing and looking down at me. "I think so. She'll go to sleep in front of the door and wait for me to get home. I let her out after I got ready, so she should be fine." I say before slipping on a pair of shoes. I snag my keys and purse from the table in the entryway and James opens the door for me. We get in the truck and he drives us to one of the local Chinese places. We go in and are seated, and I can't take my eyes off him. "Welcome to Golden Wok. What can I get you folks to drink?" The waiter asks looking down at us. I look up at her and then across the table at James. He glances at me and then looks over at the waitress offering up his drink order. "I'll have a mountain dew." He says before opening the menu and looking at it. "Same." I respond before opening my menu and looking at it as well. She walks away and I glance up at James. He looks at me and smiles. It had been a few days since I had transferred into my new job. James and I hadn't really spent a lot of time apart since then, except for today. He went home to his place after work, and I went home to my apartment and enjoyed a morning to myself. I got a call this afternoon from James asking if I wanted to go to dinner, and then possibly go see a movie with him tonight. That would be why we were sitting in my favorite Chinese place in town. "What are you going to get?" James asks snapping me out of my thoughts. I look down and find my usual dish. I point at it and he looks. "That sounds good." James says I look at him and he smiles. "What are you going to get?" I ask, giving him the same question that he'd given me. He looks down and points at something in his menu. I lean forward and look. "Beef and broccoli?" I ask raising an eyebrow. He nods, and I chuckle. "Do you want to get an appetizer to split?" James asks flipping back to the front of the menu. I shrug ad flip my own menu to the front. I look and James clears his throat, causing me to look up. "I think we could get the sample platter, and then we'd have a little bit of everything." He says. I nod and our waitress approaches again, carrying our pops. She places them on the table and looks at both of us. "Are we ready to order?" She asks smiling at James. I resist the urge to kick her in the shins and prop my chin up on my hand, staring at James. "We're going to start with the sampler appetizer platter." He says pointing down into his menu. "And then I'm going to have the beef and broccoli." He looks at me and I try to remember what it was that I was going to order. I was having issues even remembering my own name while his eyes were connected with mine. "I'm going to have the Rainbow Chicken." I say turning to glance at her before turning my stare back to James. She asks what kind of soup we both want and I immediately respond with "egg drop, with extra crunchies." She jots that done and James responds saying that he'd like the same. She walks away again and James reaches across the table and takes my hand. "Thank you." James says softly. I suddenly feel slightly confused and my facial expression shows it. "For coming out with me tonight." James offers seeing the confused look on my face. I smile and he leans forward and kisses me lightly. I pull back and note that our waitress was giving us a disgusted look over at the table she was sitting at. "You are very welcome." I say pulling my hand down and reaching with the other one to stroke his cheek once. I lean back into the booth after, and wink at James. Our waitress brings over the soup and tries once again to flirt with James. I thank her, putting an edge In my voice and she makes a disgusted noise before walking away. "I don't think she realizes that we're here together." James says. I shrug and shake my head. He picks my hand up off the table and brings it to his lips. I blush slightly and when he removes his lips I pull my hand back and set it in my lap. "We should probably eat our soup." I say looking down at the bowl in front of me. "Because then she'll bring the appetizers and then she'll bring out our food." I say smiling. James unwraps his silverware and grabs his spoon. I do the same and we dig into our soup. The meal continues in much the same fashion. James and I flirt back and forth, and exchange cute small kisses. Our waitress looks like she's going to have a fit every time that we do, which brings quite a bit of demented joy to the both of us once I point her reactions out to James. After we finish and our waitress has brought us the bill, James and I walk up to the counter and quickly pay before leaving the Chinese place. We drive back to his apartment and I look over at him. "Thought we were going to watch a movie?" I ask. James looks at me and smiles before getting out of the truck and walking around to open my door for me. I quickly unbuckle and scramble down to stand beside him on the pavement. He takes my hand and leads me into his apartment. He closes the door behind us and I take off my shoes and put them next to his other shoes on the shoe mat by the door. He does the same and steps around me into the kitchen. "You live here alone?"I ask looking around. He grunts something from the kitchen and I step further into the apartment. There was a door to my left that was open revealing a half bathroom, and there was a closet next to the bathroom on the same side of the wall. The room through the arch that James had taken was the kitchen and dining room. I walked down the short hall, ignoring the stairs that led downwards, assuming them to be simply the stairs to the basement. I step out into what appears to be the living room. There was a couch, a sound system, and an entertainment center filled with a TV, and a couple of game consoles. There were stairs leading upwards and there was an archway into the kitchen. James looks over as I run my hand over the fabric of the couch. "Do you want anything to drink?" He asks. I shake my head no and he grabs a bottle of water out of the fridge before closing the door and walking into the living room. He sits on the couch, placing the water on the coffee table in front of him, and he grabs a big black cd case and tosses it to me. "Take your pick." He says. I sit next to him, and snuggle up into his side before opening the case. "Holy movies." I say softly. He laughs and watches as I flip through his collection of movies. I pick out a movie and hand him the disc. He gets off the couch and walks over to the DVD player, putting the disc into the player and then turning on the TV. I had picked a movie that I loved, although I was wondering why he had a copy of this movie. How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, starts playing and James sits back on the couch. I get comfortable again and we settle in to watch the movie together. "Why this movie?" James asks at one point. I look up at him and realize that my favorite line was about to happen. "Guys, a woman's purse, alright, it's her secret source of power. Alright? There are many dark and dangerous things in there that we, the male species, should know nothing about." I say with the line and I start laughing. I look at James and he's smiling at me, but I realize that I didn't exactly answer his question either. "This movie is my favorite for several reasons." I say looking as the boys on screen are now going through Andie's purse. "Mostly because it makes fun of everything that women do wrong in a relationship, and then it has a good ending." I say wrapping an arm around James' stomach and laying my head on his side. His arm descends and wraps around me. We watch the movie in silence, snuggled up close to each other. I glance at the clock once the movie is done and see that it's only a little past eight. "Mind if I pick out the next one?" James asks as he pulls his arm away from me, and I un-wrap my arm from around him. "No. Go for it." I say sitting up on the couch. He walks over to the DVD player and removes the disc from the player. "Holl, will you grab me a pop from the fridge?" He asks looking back at me. I nod and grab the empty water bottle from the coffee table. I stand and walk into his kitchen, putting the plastic bottle with other empty ones on the counter. I open the fridge and end over to look and see what he has to drink. I note a couple of beer bottles, some more water bottles, and a mostly barren fridge. I locate the pop and as I'm reaching in to pull two out, I feel hands wrap themselves around my waist. I look over my shoulder and raise an eyebrow at James. "Coke okay?" I ask before turning and looking back in the fridge. He grunts and presses himself against me. "Hold on big boy." I say before standing and handing him a coke. He puts it on the counter and I close the door of the fridge. He takes my coke out of my hand and puts it next to his on the counter. I raise an eyebrow but before I can say anything I'm being pressed up against the refrigerator and James' lips are on top of mine. I kiss him back and suddenly I am being lifted into the air. I wrap my legs around James automatically, and then wrap my arms around his neck. I lick along his bottom lip and he opens his mouth and moans. I take advantage and push my tongue into his mouth. Our tongues start swirling around together and I moan into his mouth. Working for Love Ch. 02 He pulls away and I struggle to catch my breath. "That was unexpected." I say still suspended in the air and wrapped around James. He blushes and I chuckle before leaning in and kissing him again. He moves, carrying me with him, and sits me on a counter in the kitchen. I release him with my legs and nibble on his lower lip. He opens his mouth and we start to make out once again. I pull away after a few minutes trying to catch my breath again, and James looks down at me. "I think that maybe we should make some popcorn and go watch the other movie." I nod and he opens a cupboard next to my head and pulls out a bag of popcorn kernels. He reaches in and grabs the oil and I watch as he pours oil into a weird looking pot on the stove and turns the heat on. "You're making your own popcorn?" I ask looking at him. He nods and dumps in the kernels before closing the lid on the pot. "What is that?" I ask looking at the weird looking pot. "It's a whirly pop." He says turning the crank. I watch as he grabs a large bowl from below the sink and makes the popcorn. He seasons it and puts it on the counter next to where our pop had ended up at. He walks back over to me and while standing in front of me, puts away the popcorn and the oil. "What movie did you pick out?" I ask looking at him as he closes the cabinet. "Something that I think we'll both enjoy." He offers being extremely vague. I roll my eyes and hop off of the counter. I grab my coke and walk out into the living room. He follows carrying his own pop and the bowl of popcorn. I sit on the couch and put my coke on a coaster in front of me on the coffee table. He sits his down next to mine and sets the popcorn on the table before walking over to the DVD and starting the movie. He sits back down next to me and I decide that after his little episode in the kitchen a few minutes prior that he wasn't going to get to watch the movie he'd picked out for us. I reach over and grab his neck with my right hand and swing myself around so that I am now straddling his lap. "What are you doing?" James asks raising an eyebrow. I chuckle before placing my other hand around his neck and leaning in to kiss him. He kisses me back softly, and I scoot closer to him. One of his hands reaches up and wraps itself around my left hip, while the other is cupping my right ass cheek. I lean in and kiss him again. James moans into the kiss and leans into the kiss, licking my bottom lip before nibbling it gently. I moan and he takes the opportunity to explore my mouth with his tongue. My hands move down to the bottom of the t-shirt he was wearing and I place my hands on bare skin beneath the shirt. He groans and pulls back. "What's wrong?" I ask concerned that I had done something wrong. "Your hands are a little cold." James admits, shivering under my touch. I laugh and move my hands away from his skin, tugging upwards on his shirt. He sits up and moves away from the back of the couch, and pulls his shirt off for me. I smile and lean in to kiss him. He leans backwards and I fall towards him. He catches me and wraps his arms around me pulling me close to him. Our kiss deepens and his hands make their way under the shirt that I'm wearing. His hands are warm and send sparks up and down my spine. I remove my lips from his and kiss along his jaw before moving down and kissing his neck. I lightly bite him and his back arches and he lets out a deep moan. I let go of his neck and pull my head back to look at him. "You are a devilish minx." He says looking at me and then leaning forward and kissing me again. His hands move from my waist and move up my ribs. I giggle and he shakes his head. His hands eventually end up cupping my breasts and his thumbs stroke my nipples through my bra. I moan and arch my neck along with my back. He leans in and starts kissing my neck, and running his tongue along it. I feel like I'm on fire, and then he nips my neck. My hips start moving back and forth, and I notice something hard making its presence known in between my legs. James moves his head away and removes his hands from my breasts. I try not to make a disappointed sound, but one slips past my lips anyways. James shakes his head and chuckles. He grabs the bottom of my shirt and starts pulling it up over my body. I raise my arms and James finishes pulling my shirt off. He tosses it in the direction that he'd thrown his. James leans in and I feel butterflies in my stomach. His mouth attaches to my left breast, the now hard nipple in his mouth, along with the lacy fabric of my bra. I moan as I feel his tongue through my bra. His right hand was playing with my other nipple while his left was working on un-clasping my bra in the back. I didn't have the heart to tell him that it opened in the front. He moves his right hand to my back and searches for the clasps that are keeping my bra on. He gently bites my nipple and I let out a yip. "Clasp is in front." I say softly, letting my head fall backwards in pleasure. He growls and his hands move to the front and unclasp the bra quickly. I tip my head forward and look at him again. "You're wearing a skimpy lacy bra, and you have larger boobs. Generally equals clasp in back." James growls before pulling the cups aside and slipping the straps off my shoulders. "It's a Danish bra, and it clasped in front. It's sexy. I wasn't going to argue." I say before leaning towards him and placing a kiss on his lips. He kisses me back and we start making out again. I pull away and he looks at me concerned. "What's wrong?" He asks before kissing my neck. "My knees are getting sore." I say before placing a hand on his head and pulling him away from my neck. "And if you keep that up I'm going to have a hickey or three." I say before getting off his lap and sitting on the couch. "I'm sorry babe." He says turning to face me. I shake my head and wave a hand at him to tell him it's not his fault. He leans in and kisses me softly. I turn my body to face him and he slowly lowers me onto the couch. He pulls his mouth away from mine and kisses my neck a few times before kissing his way down to my breasts. He takes the right nipple into his mouth and starts to lick and suck on it. Suddenly we both hear a knock at the door to the apartment. James releases me and swears softly. I look at him eyes wide with fear. "Upstairs room on the right." He says blindly grabbing for his shirt and coming up with mine. He tosses it at me and I take it and get off the couch before bolting up the stairs. I wait at the top of the landing and put my shirt on. James had hopefully hidden my bra. I hear the front door open and a female voice talking to James' low one. I catch my breath and head into the room on the right. It was his bedroom. I close the door softly behind me and look around. It was clean, and pretty large. There was at least a queen size bed in front of me and against the wall to my right. There was a dresser, and an entertainment center that had a smaller TV than downstairs, and had a couple more gaming systems. I walk forward and run my hand over the comforter on the top of the bed. It was soft, and I was willing to bet that his sheets were just as soft. "The way things were going earlier, I might still get to find out." I mutter to myself. "Holly?" I hear James call. I walk back and open the door. He was standing at the foot of the stairs and was holding my bra. I smile and he walks up the stairs. "That was my landlady, reminding me that rent was due next week." He says I shake my head and he wraps his arm around my waist and pulls me close to him and kisses me again. He tosses my bra into his room and I walk backwards, moving us both into his room. He releases me to close the door and I sit on the edge of his bed. He walks over and sits next to me on the bed. He leans in and kisses me, and before I know it I'm laying on his bed with his face looming over mine. I reach for his pants as we kiss. I find the button and struggle to get it to come undone. He pulls away from the kiss and reaches down to grab my hands. I pull away and he undoes the button of his jeans. I kiss him again and we get back into the rhythm that we had just established while kissing. I slowly slide the zipper of his pants down and he pulls away again. He runs his fingers along the bottom of my shirt and pulls up on it. I sit up and take the shirt from him and pull it off again. I lay back down on the bed and his hands stroke my sides lightly, before trailing the edge of my jeans. I moan and arch my back. He quickly stops teasing me and unbuttons my jeans, and unzips them quickly before pulling them down my hips. He looks at the panties that I have on and leans down to kiss right above them. He grabs the sides and pulls them down and I lift my legs to allow him to get the material off my body. He does and resumes kissing where he had left off. He kisses downwards and I suck a breath in as he spreads my legs. He licks along my inner thighs before licking my slit. The fire in the pit of my stomach has turned into a full on blaze, and gets even bigger as his tongue reaches into my pussy and finds my clit. I moan as he starts licking my clit, and then he sucks it into his mouth and nibbles lightly. "James." I say inhaling sharply. He chuckles and moves away from my clit with his tongue. He probes his tongue into my sopping wet hole and I try to maintain regular breathing. He moves his mouth away and replaces his tongue with a finger before coming up to kiss me. I kiss him back as he drives his fingers in and out of my pussy. His thumb starts stroking my clit and I moan into his mouth. He pulls away from the kiss and I manage to catch my breath. "If you keep that up I'm going to cum all over your hand." I say before noticing that my hips are bucking in time with his hand. "We wouldn't want that would we?" He asks raising an eyebrow. He stops his hand and I moan. "I'd much rather have you come all over my tongue so that I can taste you." James says before quickly re-arranging himself so that his face was back at the juncture between my thighs. He licks and sucks me into an orgasm, and I have to close my eyes to keep the room from spinning around in front of my eyes. James moves so that he's lying on his side next to me and I turn to face him, opening an eye to look at him. "That was amazing." I say before snuggling up into his chest. He kisses the top of my head and places his chin on top of it. I start to scoot down and rub my fingers along the line of his pants and boxers, and then dip my hand down into his boxers, feeling his dick in my hand. He groans and I move my hand away from his dick and out of his boxers before pulling down on the fabric of his jeans. I make sure to snag his boxers as well as he raises his hip so that I can pull the rest of his clothes off. Once I have them tossed aside I push on his shoulder and he rolls onto his back. I climb on top of him and lean in to kiss him, teasing his penis with the lips of my pussy. I finally give in and sink down onto him and he moans. I pull away from the kiss to look at him and he shakes his head. "Not wearing a condom." He says and I realize that he's right. I mentally curse myself and pull myself off of him. He goes to sit up, and I push back down on his shoulders. He looks at me and I wink. I lower myself over his body and kiss the tip of his penis. He moans and I start to carefully lick every bit of him that I can get before taking the tip in my mouth and running my tongue around the tip. I hear him suck in breath and then I start sucking on the tip before moving my head up and down, causing my mouth to rise up and down along the length of his shaft. I reach the bottom of the shaft and suck as I move my head back up. I release my hold of him with my mouth and start stroking him with my hand as I let my mouth venture to his balls. I lick them before taking one into my mouth and gently sucking on it. I hear him moan and I move to the other. I let them go and lick up the length of his shaft before re-inserting him in my mouth. "Honey. If you don't stop I'm going to cum." James says. I look up at him and he swears. "Fuck that's so hot." He says I slowly lick him and then pull my mouth off. I crawl up to him, straddling him and kiss him. The taste of both of us mixes and is intoxicating. I pull away and note that he's got a hold of my waist. I swing off of him, and back to where I had been before. James sits up and rolls to the other side of the bed and opens the nightstand drawer and pulls out a condom. I watch as he puts it on and then he looks at me. I crook a finger at him and he moves back to me. I roll onto my back and he climbs in between my thighs. I wrap my hands around his neck as he slowly shoves his dick into my vagina. He gets it most of the way in before backing almost all the way out before moving in again, this time with a sharper thrust that hits a spot that makes me gasp. He continues going out slowly, and then thrusting back in and eventually I wrap my legs around his hips to keep him from doing it again. He starts moving faster in me and I moan. He feels so deep inside me that I feel like he's going to hit my cervix. He pulls back suddenly and then thrusts really hard into me. I cum and scream out my pleasure. He looks down at me and I try not to blush. "My neighbors are going to love you." He says smirking. He starts thrusting again and I press against his shoulders. He stops and pulls out. I lean up to kiss him and then roll over onto my stomach. I bend my knees and spread my legs apart so that he can fuck me from behind. I feel him slide back into me and he starts to pick up the pace again. "Oh God." I say after a few minutes of his strong thrusts. "I'm going to cum again." I moan. James thrusts faster, and harder and as I cum I feel his dick get even larger, and his movements become more jerky. "I'm coming baby." He says before finishing. He leans down and kisses my back before pulling out of me. I collapse onto the bed and start to fall asleep. I feel James settle onto the bed next to me, and wrap an arm around me. "That was nice." I say softly, turning to face him. I scoot closer to him and snuggle into his chest. James chuckles and kisses the top of my head. "I haven't had such a good time since I..." James says before trailing off. I glance up at him and see that he's gotten sad suddenly. "Since what?" I ask before nuzzling his chest. "Since Jessica." He says before kissing my head again. I pull back slightly and look up into his eyes. "Do you want to talk about it?" I ask softly. He closes his eyes and I begin to think that he is just going to lock himself away, when he nods. "It's a rather long story." He says opening his eyes to look at me. "And I don't think I could tell it to just anyone. If you're going to just leave and pretend I don't exist after this then I won't tell you." I sit up and look at him. "I'm not going to run away. I am your friend." I say as he sits up and faces me. Suddenly a phone rings and I jump. James turns and reaches for a corded phone on the bedside table and answers it. "Hello?" He asks. I remain in my position, and hope that after the phone call that he'll be able to tell me what has been on his mind. "I'll be there right away. Don't bother calling her, she's here." I raise my eyebrow and cock my head to the side. He hangs up and I look at him. "Work. The system went down today and they've had a back-up of files. Now that Shannon and her crew have the system up they need us to put the paper files in." I sigh and shake my head. "I suppose that long story will have to wait." I say turning to get out of bed. His arms snake around me and pull me into his chest. "Hey. I will tell you." He says softly. "You don't have to tell me anything, I'm not your girlfriend." I say looking down at the floor. "I would like it if you would consider it." He says, and I look over my shoulder at him. "Consider what exactly?" I ask playfully. "Holly, would you like to go out with me?" James asks. I nod my head and turn my torso to reach his face with mine. I kiss him and wrap my arms around his neck. He breaks the kiss and smiles down at me. "That wasn't a real answer." He says adjusting his hands around my waist. "Yes. I will go out with you." I say before kissing him lightly again. I'm the one to break the kiss first and I stroke his cheek lightly before getting out of his arms, and out of bed and searching for my clothes. I toss James' pants and boxers at him, and locate my own pants and underwear. I pull them on and search for my shirt and bra. James was now out of bed and had managed to put his boxers on. He finds my shirt and bra and hands them to me. I quickly put them on and watch as he pulls his clothes on. "I need to let Bo out really quick before we go." James says before opening the door to his room and heading to the door on the other side of the landing. He opens the door and a male collie comes sprinting out of the room and at me. I kneel down and am greeted with dog kisses all over my face and a wriggling stump of a tail. "Bo! Down!" James commands. Bo looks over at him and I stand. "Cute." I say wiping my face with my hand. "Bo, do you want to go outside?" James asks. The dog barks and bolts down the stairs and to the sliding door at the back of James' living room. James and I walk down the stairs and James lets him out. I note the food still sitting on the table and shake my head. I grab the bowl of popcorn and carry it into the kitchen as I wait for James to let Bo in. "Hon?" I hear James call from the living room. "What?" I call back. "Do you think you could grab a couple of cokes for us to take in?" "We didn't open the ones we got out earlier." I say looking around the wall and at James who was opening the door for Bo. He shuts the door and grabs the two cokes. "Yes, and so let's put these back and get out two cold ones." He says walking into the kitchen and opening the fridge. He ends up grabbing the cokes and I walk to the hall and put on my shoes. James follows and puts his shoes on and grabs his keys. "Ready?" I ask looking at my boyfriend before grabbing my purse and keys. "As ready as I'm going to be." He says looking for the dog, and nodding his head satisfied that Bo was laying on his dog bed. I open the front door and James calls out to the dog to tell him that he'd be back later. We rode in the quiet of the evening and I stare out the windshield of the truck, wanting to get the work done and over with so I could be back in James' arms. Suddenly my world is turned upside down, and starts to roll. I feel a sharp pain in my chest, and I hear screaming coming from somewhere. Suddenly everything goes black and I don't feel much of anything anymore. From far away I can hear someone yelling my name, and I ignore it, I don't want to be pulled back into the pain again. "She's alive; she's just not with us. Holly, can you hear me? Open your eyes and look at me." The voice saying this sounds familiar to my brain, but doesn't want to process. I feel someone hauling on my shoulders but the world was still beyond my grasp. They lay me down on something that feels like a stretcher. "What happened?" I hear someone ask beside me. "Holly and James were going through a green light when someone coming from the west ran the light and crashed into them. The person was going at least ten miles over the speed limit." I hear the familiar voice say again. "Who else was in the truck we pulled her from?" The other voice asks again. "Guy in her department, name is James." I feel a hand pulling back my eyelid and shining a light into it, I groan as the light hits my eye." "Holly. Wake up. We need to ask you about what happened." I hear from the familiar voice. The light moves away from my eye. Working for Love Ch. 02 "Mike what are you doing here?" I ask opening my other eye and looking around. "And why has the world suddenly gone horizontal?" Mike chuckles and so does his partner. "You were in an accident Holl, and you and James are both badly hurt." Mike says glancing away from me and over towards something in the distance. "Where is James?" I ask trying to sit up, but realizing I can't due to a head restraint. Mike's partner gently lays his hand on my shoulder, trying to help me relax. "He's over in the next rig. Eric and Monica have him." Mike says before motioning to his partner and suddenly I'm being wheeled towards the ambulance. "James won't wake up, and he has several bruises, contusions, and shards of glass. We think that he may have broken several bones, and we aren't sure that you haven't broken anything, including your neck." I sigh and close my eyes, starting to cry. "Damn it." I say harshly. "That's one way to go to work I suppose." I say before realizing that everything hurt. "Were you and James on the way into work?" Mike asks motioning to his partner. My stretcher is suddenly raised and I'm put into the back of the ambulance. Mike's partner motions for Mike to ride with me and he waits for Mike to jump in before closing the doors. "Yeah. We got called in because the system went down today and we were supposed to help get the files back into the system from the backup today." I say through gritted teeth. "I'm going to start a line. Right side okay?" Mike asks grabbing the kit. I move my eyes to look at the left side. "Still haven't lost your squeamishness over needles have you?" Mike asks. I try to shake my head no and realize the restraint won't let me. I close my eyes instead as I feel Mike start the IV. "Please don't call my mom." I say opening my eyes as I hear Mike hanging the IV solution. "She already knows Pumpkin." Mike says raising his shoulders. "It was a pretty nasty accident. We're going to be lucky if we don't have to fly one of you out." I start to cry again, because I know that if one of the patients coming in from the accident that it wouldn't be me, and could possibly be James. Mike puts something into my IV, and I close my eyes. ** I wake up in a room, with someone sitting next to my bed. I look and realize that it was my mom. "Mom?" I ask groggily. She looks up at me and smiles, putting the knitting she had been doing in her lap. "Hey Kiddo." She says running a hand through my hair. "How you feeling?" "Like shit." I say truthfully. "I feel like I was run over by a steam roller, and then backed up over again for good measure." "That would be the bruises talking." My mom says chuckling. "You didn't break anything, thank God. But you do have a sprained shoulder that needs to be in a sling, and you have a bruise from the seatbelt. "James?" I ask softly. My mom shakes her head softly and I begin to cry. "He's right next door, but he has lost all memory of the accident, and doesn't remember much. He keeps asking about you, calling you his girlfriend. They're considering moving him in here to the bed next to you, so that you know he's alright though." My mom wipes away one of my tears and tries to comfort me. "James and I had literally just become a couple right before the crash." I say after calming myself down. My mom nods. "Mike and Eric were at the crash, Mike was my paramedic." "He's been back in to check on you a couple of times when he could." She says smiling. "Eric has also been in to check on you, and on James." She says. I look up at the tiled ceiling and try to not cry again. "I have to get back to work kiddo. I'll come up and see you before I go home." She leans in and kisses my forehead. I look at her and give her an awkward hug before she leaves. "I'm happy for you and James. I'll let the doc know that he's not just confused." I turn on the TV and tune out for a while, before hearing the door to my room open. A nurse wheels in James in a wheelchair and I almost start sobbing again. "Holly?" James asks surprised. "Do I look that bad?" I ask chuckling. "I mean I feel that bad, so it's entirely possible that I look that bad." I admit. "No. I was just worried about you." James says smiling at me. "I'm fine, sprained shoulder, and a bruise from the seat-belt and a lot of smaller bruises all over that hurt, but I'm in one piece." The nurse wheels him close to my bed, and hurries about making the other bed in the room. James reaches out his hand that has his IV in and I reach one arm out taking his hand in my own. "I'm sorry Holly." He says looking at me. I shake my head trying not to cry. "It isn't your fault. They ran the red light, and hit us." I say looking down at him. "They were also airlifted to another hospital, and then they died in operation." A voice says from the door. "Eric." I say smiling at the man who had helped to save James' life. The nurse steps away from the bed and speaks to Eric quietly and softly. Eric nods and soon James is being lifted up into the bed next to mine. Eric sits in a chair between the two beds and looks at me. "You doing okay there Pumpkin?" I nod and Eric nods once. "Good." He says. He chats with James and I for a little bit, and then he leaves. James falls asleep soon after, and I turn my attention back to the TV. My mom comes in before leaving for the night and promises to bring me things if the doctor says that I need to stay for more than a night. The doctor comes in to do his final rounds before the new doctor comes on and tells me that they'll be keeping me for at least a couple of days to keep me under observation and to run tests to make sure they hadn't missed anything, including a possible break in my shoulder. He tells James that he could be in for longer than me because he might need surgery on the broken limbs to set them straight again. James had broken his left arm, and his right leg. He had also sprained his left shoulder. He was covered in lots of bruises and small scratches from the glass breaking on his side of the truck. Nothing would be the same for either of us, but at that point it was hard to say if the changes were for the better, or if they would be for the worse. "I'm scared Holly." James says looking over at me. The nurse had managed to snag us both something from the cafeteria before it closed for the night and I was chewing on the jell-o pieces in the bowl before me. I look over at him and raise an eyebrow. "Why?" I ask after swallowing. "What if I'm broken really badly, and can't use something right ever again?" He asks. I shake my head and chuckle. "James. Dear heart, if you would have been injured that bad they wouldn't have you on the normal floor." I say turning my head to look at him. "You might be bruised, and battered, and have a few things that are broken, but you are alive which is more than I could have ever asked for." Something bad may have happened to us, but he was still alive. I was still alive. The world would continue on to another day, dragging us along with it, bruises and all. Working for Love "Hey. You've got your own cookie Mr. Cupcake." I say putting a hand on my hip. A key jingles in the lock and I swear under my breath as I scramble off of James' lap and back into my chair. James quickly grabs a jacket on the back of my chair and throws it across his lap. Someone walks in and grabs the trash by the door and looks at us. "Sorry guys, just grabbing the trash." She says quickly before moving back towards the door. James looks at her and smiles. "Thank you Janet!" He calls after her. She waves as she leaves the room and the door shuts behind her. We hear the key back in the lock re-locking the door. "Well. I think we've been distracted from work long enough." I say standing and grabbing my cup of coffee. "You may be right. Let's go shut ourselves in our office and work." James says winking. "I mean it. We need to get those files done, and I'm sure we both still have homework that needs to get done." I say as James stands and grabs the rest of our stuff from the table after putting the jacket on the back of the chair I had been sitting in. I note that it was a Cubs jacket and look at Cupcake. "I can't help it if you stole my normal chair." He says shrugging. I grab the remote and shut off the TV and put the remote on the table. James walks to the door and opens it for me. I walk through and note that Brandon was walking down the hall. "Shit." I say softly. James offers me his arm and we walk down the hall away from Brandon. "Where the hell are we going?" I ask as he walks us around under the hospital taking halls that I had never known existed. "Avoiding asshole, and back to our office." James says softly looking down at me. James stops by an elevator and presses the button. I silently try to not panic as the doors open. "We have to take the elevator?" I ask, pulling my arm out of James' as James enters the elevator. "If we want to avoid him, then yes." James says extending a hand towards me. "I'll keep you safe, come on." I take a deep breath and grab James' hand. He pulls me into him and presses the button for the door and then presses the button for the floor that our office is located on. The elevator shudders to life and I bury my head into James' chest. "I sense that someone doesn't like elevators." James says rubbing my back. The elevator stops and I pull away from James as the elevator evens out with our floor. The doors open and we proceed back to our office. James unlocks the door and we step into our extremely small office. I move my chair back over to my desk and steal half of the pile that we had left to work on. I start typing in information and pause looking at the i Home above James on a shelf. I stand up and walk behind him, pulling my iPod out of my pocket and plugging it into the port and turning both on. My iPod flares to life and the music that I had been listening to comes pouring out the speakers. I grab the nearby remote and turn it down. I dance back to my seat and James looks at me. "What?" I ask looking into his mischievous eyes. "That was sexy." He says before returning to typing. I'm pretty sure I turned about seven different shades of red as I returned to typing in information. My iPod hits the country music that I have and I start to sing along as I work. James stops typing and I look up. He's smiling at me, with a very mischievous look in his brilliant blue eyes. I shake my head and return to typing. I scan the rest of the folder in and save the file on the computer. I place to done folder to the side and pick up another. We continue in much the same fashion for several hours. Me singing to songs that come on, and James stopping every once in a while to look at me. I stand up and stretch after my umpteenth file and I sigh as a new song comes floating out over the speakers. "What?" James asks from his desk. I shrug, as I drift around the office, humming the opening under my breath. James stands up and walks over to me. "Hon. What's wrong?" He asks as I look off in the distance. "Just a kiss in the moonlight." I sing as the chorus comes on. James stops me by putting a finger to my lips and pulling me into a bone crushing hug. I breathe in his scent and wonder what the hell is wrong with me. Why am I so attracted to someone that I barely know? Why is he so attracted to me? What the hell am I supposed to do about working with someone that I can't go fifteen minutes without thinking about sexually. "Holl, talk to me please." James asks pulling away, looking down at me. "Nothing to talk about, just thinking really." I say before giving him a hug again. He wraps his arms back around me and starts to rock me in time with the song. We stand like this for what seems like forever when the lights go out again in the room. "Stupid sensors." I mutter under my breath. James chuckles. The song changes to a Miranda Lambert song and James pulls away. "Come on." He says holding out a hand. "Come where?" I ask looking at him. I'm thinking that if I'm lucky it'll be all over him. I mentally shake myself for that thought and scold myself for thinking like that. "Back to work sweet heart." He says looking at me apologetically. "Let's finish the last of these and we can go take another break." He says before glancing at the clock. "Or our shift could be over in an hour. Damn." I shake my head. "Don't forget Cupcake, I have to go help Sandy after we get off work. I'll also need more coffee and some breakfast before going home and collapsing for a few hours of sleep." I say rubbing the back of my neck. "Well I can take you to breakfast, my treat." He says as he moves back to the desk. I shake my head no, "Thanks but no thanks. I've got a breakfast date with a friend." I say walking back to my desk. I grab the second to last file that I had and start typing. "Date?" James asks looking me over. "As in I'm seeing this friend regularly on a romantic basis?" He asks starting to sound pissed off. I quickly realize what I had said and stand up, moving around the desks to wrap him in my arms. "No, no, no. Shh. James. Not that kind of date. My friend Liz has to go in to work when I'm getting off work so we get breakfast together." James head is laying on my chest and I have a hand wrapped around the back of his head and across his shoulders. I feel him breathe in and I lean my head down to kiss him on the top of the head. He wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me into him. "I'm sorry Cupcake. I'm so sorry." I mutter against the top of his head. He pulls away and motions for me to sit in his lap. I do so and snuggle up against his chest. "I didn't mean to make you think that I was leading you on." I say looking up towards his face. James starts to type again, remaining silent. I squirm trying to get out of his lap so I can finish my work, but every time I try to pull away he puts an arm around me and keeps me against him. "Honey. I need to go finish the two files I have left." I whisper in his ear stretching up to be able to reach it. He sighs and tilts his head so it's laying against my face. I kiss his cheek and then nuzzle him. We hear the sound of keys in the lock and I squirm trying to get out of his lap. He holds me tight against him and I growl slightly. The door opens revealing Jessica. "Am I interrupting something Senor Cupycake?" She asks looking at James. "No." He responds glancing over at Jessica before resuming typing. Jessica looks at me and raises an eyebrow. I shrug slightly. "It's not like you to keep one of our coworkers in your lap." Jessica comments grabbing a travel mug from the shelf and walking towards my desk. "You have a point." He says stonily. I sigh exasperatedly and he looks at me before shaking his head. "How is she supposed to finish work if you have her trapped?" Jessica asks pointing at the two remaining files I have on my desk. "She'll figure it out." James says re-adjusting his arms around me. "Okay. Someone is in a bad mood. I'm going for coffee and breakfast. Have fun finishing your shift Gold." Jessica says before walking away, and opening the office door again. James lets out a deep sigh and releases me. Instead of getting up and going back to work I pull his jaw so that he's looking at me and I stretch upwards and kiss him hard. His eyes widen with shock before drifting closed as mine do. He runs his tongue along my lower lip and I open my mouth, allowing him to explore my mouth with his tongue. I wrap my arms around his neck and run a hand through his hair. He pulls away gasping for air. "I swear you are going to be the death of me Holl." He says as I smile at him. "So about breakfast?" I ask looking at him. He nods, not saying anything. "If you still want to buy me coffee and breakfast, then you can come with me for breakfast with Liz. In fact, I would be very happy if you came with me." I say before kissing him lightly again and then climbing out of his lap. As I walk back to my desk I notice a rather large bulge in his pants, and attempt to not blush. "You sure?" He asks before starting to type again. I smile. "Positive." I say sitting in my chair and typing in the last of the face sheet before scanning in the file. Jessica comes back as James and I are finishing our last files and smirks. "I see you let the poor thing go. Good, her mom wouldn't have been too happy to hear about her daughter being held at work by another co-worker." I shrug and James looks at Jessica like she's grown another head. "My mom is a part of the IT department, in fact she's the one who put in the new documentation software." I say looking at James. "That isn't how I got this job I swear, in face George didn't want to give me a job in the hospital because of who my mom is. Just like Jessica's mom is the Nursing Director, and she's always had a secure job within the hospital because Mommy says so." I say glancing at Jessica. James closes his eyes and sighs. "Holl, I'll meet you downstairs after you're done helping Sandy." He says before leaving the office. I grab my jacket and my iPod before moving towards the door. "A word of advice." Jessica says looking at me, glaring. "He's mine. Back off." Jessica snarls. I laugh and walk out the door closing it behind me. James looks at me funny as I laugh while I walk towards the stairs. "What's so funny dear?" He asks opening the door for me. "Jessica seems to think that you're hers." I say, before laughing again. He looks at me raising an eyebrow before joining me in laughing. I enter the lobby as Sandy is opening to cafe, James trailing behind me. "James I'm not going to be open for at least a half an hour." She calls out. He nods at her before going to the chairs outside the cafe and next to the main desk. "Hey Sandy." I say approaching her. She hugs me and hands me the keys, letting me unlock the door of the shop so that she can push the boxes stacked outside into the small area behind the bar. I enter and pull the box behind me, opening it and starting to stock the fridge. "I'll be right back Holl." Sandy calls as she steps out into the lobby. I raise my hand in a thumbs up that she can see. The sound system for the Cafe kicks on and the music starts to play. I shake my head at the song that is playing and continue stocking the cooler. I hear James' low voice softly mixing with Sandy's and look out through the front of the display cooler. Sandy and James are sitting and talking. Khaki's walk up and obstruct my view. "Even when you're moved somewhere else you can't avoid the lobby can you?" A male voice asks. "Sandy asked for me to help her, so here I am. I just worked eight hours overnight Rob, I don't really have time for your crap." I say, making the last part sarcastic. "Where's Nan?" I ask looking at the doctor that has always made time to talk with me. "She's on her way in, I left her in the truck." Doc says winking. "What do you guys have today?" He asks looking down at the cooler. I stand and dust my knees off. "Well that depends on what you want, Doc." I say smiling at him. "We've got the normals for coffee, and I just finished stocking the cooler." He looks in the cooler as his wife walks up behind him. She gooses him and Doc jumps about a foot in the air. "Hey Nan." I say smiling at her. "Morning Holls. I want the regular." She says as Doc stands. "And he'll take the regular too." I hand them both the bagels they normally get and then make two cups of black coffee and put lids on. I hand them to Nan and Rob and ring them up. Rob pays for both of them and they say goodbye before heading towards their respective offices. I open the next box and stock the back shelves, kneeling down behind to counter to do so. I wish that I knew what James and Sandy were talking about, but I know that the sooner I can get the cafe stocked the sooner I can steal him away and we can go get food. I hear someone approach the counter, as I hear Sandy walk back into the space behind the bar. The person out front clears their throat and I stand, wiping my hands off before turning to face them. "What would you like James?" I ask sweetly as Sandy walks up behind me and pulls an apron over my head and ties it in the back. "I don't know. What do you think is good?" He asks innocently looking at the menu. I glance at Sandy who has occupied herself by looking around guiltily at nothing in particular. "I myself prefer a nice Butter-bear, or a double chocolate mocha. Depends on the mood I'm in." I say honestly looking at the very tasty looking male specimen standing in front of me. I can't help but thinking that I'd prefer to drink him instead. I slam the door on that thought before it can continue and James continues to look at the menu. "I think I'll take two of your largest size. Make the one a double chocolate mocha, and make the other a plain black house roast." James says before looking down at me and smiling. Sandy elbows me in the side as she moves to ring up James. I quickly work on getting his cup of coffee over to him, and then work on the double mocha, which I was willing to bet my next paycheck was for me. I get both drinks to him and he thanks me before paying Sandy. He walks back to the spot he'd just been sitting at and smiles at me quickly before taking a sip of his coffee. I turn and go back to the task of putting things away. Sandy joins me and starts talking with me. "That guy was pretty cute right?" She asks looking at me. I nod and try to suppress a giggle. "What's so funny Holly Mae?" Sandy asks grabbing the bag of coffee from me to put on a shelf. "We figured you out." I say simply grabbing more things to put away. "How on earth did you meet him on your own?" Sandy asks grabbing more coffee. "I work with him in filing now." I say glancing over my shoulder to make sure we weren't getting any other customers. "When did this happen?" Sandy asks confused. "They moved me from front desk and to filing because of all the new volunteers that Shelley has coming in. So no Rich is my boss, and I work on getting the old files into the system. I work the overnight shift with James. Rich basically implied that I'm his gopher." I say shaking my head. "You like him." She states looking at the shelves in front of her and counting quickly. "Is it that obvious? I mean I've been admiring him from afar for a while, and then we worked together last night." I say before pushing the now empty box aside. "You kissed him." She states again. "Get out of my head would you, that's really annoying sometimes." I say sticking my tongue out at her. "Honey, I've known you for years, I can read through everything." She says standing up. "Fine. I kissed him. In fact I kissed him several times, and sometimes he kissed me. And it made it practically impossible to get my work done because I can't stop thinking about him." I say standing and walking into the back room. "Honey." Sandy says following me. "I've been trying to set you two up for years. About time you finally did it on your own." She says before laughing. "I'm just scared Sandy." I admit shrugging. "Why?" She asks looking at me. "Because all we've done is kissed and it feels so right, but I don't know what to do about it. And he hasn't asked me out, and I don't do casual hook ups, you know that. But I want to jump him more than anything." I admit before blushing. "Give him a chance, he's hurting too you know. The last bitch he was with left scars that are going to take someone with serious patience and understanding to heal. She cheated on him and left him for the other guy. He hasn't really trusted anyone since." Sandy says looking at me. I nod and she walks out of the back room. "Okay. I'm done with your slave labor for the day." I say jokingly before removing the apron and hanging it on the hook. I open the door and walk out into the lobby. I walk over to James and he looks up and smiles at me. "Is this seat taken?" I ask pointing to the seat across the table from him. "Only by this one lady, I think her name is Holly?" He asks glancing at Sandy. "What a coincidence, my name is Holly." I say sitting down and shaking my head. "I would have never guessed! I guess that means that this is for you." James says passing me the double chocolate mocha that I had made a few minutes ago. I take a sip and sigh. "Why thank you." I say winking at him. "What time is your breakfast meeting?" He asks looking down at his watch. "Seven. At the Muffin Top." I say before taking another drink of my coffee. "With how much coffee and caffeine I've had in the last eight hours I might not be able to sleep this morning." I say watching his facial expression. His eyes widen slightly as he picks up on the sexual connotation of what I had just said. "Well we have an hour, shall we just sit here and enjoy our coffee?" He asks before taking another drink from the cup sitting in front of him. "Sounds like a plan to me Cupcake." I say winking. "I hate that you make that sound so good." He says softly, a hint of lust in his voice. "I can't help it. I love being able to call you a delicious sweet dessert." I respond keeping my voice as light as possible. "If you don't stop we're going to have to go somewhere else before we go to meet Liz." James says placing one of his hands on top of mine. I run my thumb over the outside of his thumb and decide to play innocent. "I don't know what you're talking about." I say blinking, while continuing to rub my thumb over his. "Sure you don't." He says before shaking his head. "Nope. I don't want to climb on top of your lap and kiss you until you can't breathe, and then go from there." I say shaking my head. "Nope not at all." He sucks in a breath and groans. "Tease." He whispers. "You make that sound like it's a bad thing." I say looking at him. I take a drink from my coffee and pull my foot out of my shoe under the table and caress his calf with it. "It's an awful thing. You should never strive to be a tease." He says before reaching down and grabbing my leg. He pulls it up into his lap and runs a finger up the length of my foot. I shudder as he does so, and he starts to massage my foot. "You're going to make me melt into a puddle of joy." I say looking at him. "I'd love to make you melt into a puddle. Maybe later?" He asks winking. "Now who is being the tease?" I ask grimacing as he finds a knot in the bottom of my foot. "Don't know what you're talking about Holl." He says pressing into the knot. "Ow." I say softly. He rubs the knot in a circular motion and I wince. "Breathe, I'm trying to make it feel better." He says as the muscle lets go. I relax into the back of my chair and he runs his hands up under my slacks feeling up my calves. "All this just from wearing heels?" He asks rubbing my calves. Working for Love "No. Not just heels. Marching Band has a tendency to build calf muscle as well." I say loving the feel of his hands on my legs, even if it was through the stockings that I was wearing. "We should probably go sweets." James says as he removes his hands from my leg. "I know." I say pulling my foot down, but not before I brush it against the bulge in his pants. "Keep it up and I'm not going to be able to walk out of here with dignity." He says tightening his grip on my hand momentarily. I put my foot back into my heel and we stand and take our coffee with us out of the hospital and into the early morning. "How are we going to work the whole vehicle situation?" I ask as we walk towards the employee parking lot. "We can take my truck if you want." He offers, looking at me. "Leave your car here until tonight? I'll take you home after breakfast and then I'll pick you up and we can get dinner before work?" James suggests walking towards a very large and new pickup truck. "Sure. Sounds good Cupcake." I say as he unlocks the doors to the truck. I climb up into the passenger seat and he locks the door. He pulls me into him and kisses me hard. I nibble on his lower lip and am rewarded with a moan as he opens his mouth to allow me to explore it. I take advantage of this and run my tongue all over his mouth. I suck his lower lip into my mouth and nibble on it again. He pulls away and I look at him. His eyes are wild with need and his breathing is very heavy. "Where in God's name did you learn how to kiss like that?" He asks looking at me. I shrug. He starts the truck and turns the radio on. I look at the windows and giggle. He looks and swears under his breath. He hits the defroster and kisses me one last time before sitting in the driver's seat and adjusting himself beneath his slacks. "I'm afraid I'm giving you a serious case of blue balls." I say looking at the still obvious bulge beneath his slacks. "I'm afraid you might be right." He says before shrugging. The windows by now were clear once again and he put the truck in drive and pulled out of the parking lot. I reach out and turn the radio on and tune it to a country station. He looks at me and I smile sweetly. We pull into the parking lot at the Muffin Top with five minutes left before we were supposed to meet Liz. I unbuckle my seat belt and turn down the radio. He shuts the truck off and unbuckles as well. "So I'm buying you breakfast. And then I'll take you home, and then I'm taking you out for dinner before we have to work. And then we have to work. Does that mean that tomorrow it's your turn?" James asks winking at me. "I guess so. I mean I could pick you up for work tomorrow and take you home after I cook you breakfast and dinner." I say pretending to be innocent. He growls and opens the truck door. I move to open the door a few seconds later to find it being opened in front of me. I freak out slightly and slip, starting to fall towards the ground. I feel strong arms surround me keeping me from completely hitting the gravel. "Thanks." I say slightly embarrassed. "I didn't mean to throw off your depth perception." James says setting me on my feet. I close the truck door and smile at him. "No road burn, no foul." I say joking. He offers his hand and I take it and he leads me into the bakery. We step up to the counter and I order a bagel with cream cheese and ham. James gets a breakfast sandwich. And two bottles of water. I spot Liz and wave, and she waves back. We walk to the table and Liz stands. "Liz this is James, James this is Liz." I say before sitting down at the table. Liz sits back down and James sits next to me. "Nice to meet you James." Liz says smiling before looking at me and giving me a look that meant that I had a lot of explaining to do. "James and I work together now at the hospital. He had mentioned that he was hungry and so I invited him along." I say trying to make as smooth of an explanation as possible. Liz looks at me and shakes her head. "What on earth are you doing getting attached to a coworker?" She asks as she leans over towards me. "Nothing about it in the handbook that says I can't." I respond. I look over at James and he raises an eyebrow. I smile at him and then return to Liz. "Look. I've liked him for years, and he's liked me for just as long. I have no idea what is going on but I certainly intend to enjoy whatever the hell it is." I say smiling. She nods. "So James, how long have you been at Adrian General?" Liz asks sitting back up and looking at James. "About four years now. I started school down here, and needed a place to work while I was attending college." James says lowering a hand to my leg. I lower mine and place my hand in his. "Where do you go to school?" Liz asks raising an eyebrow. "Adrian College." James responds as I take a drink from the water he'd gotten me. I start to choke after he finishes the answer though. "Holl, what's wrong?" Liz asks concerned. "Nothing." I say trying to catch my breath. "You didn't know that you two went to the same college?" Liz asks shocked. I shake my head no and so does James. "Wow. Well "It's a small world" should start playing any second..." Liz says trailing off. I look at James, who is looking at me. "I didn't know." I say softly. He nods and kisses the side of my head. "Well. I think it's time for me to go to work before I help you two discover something else that you don't know about each other." Liz says standing. James and I laugh and she looks at us. "What?" She asks looking at us. "Sit down, you've got an hour Lizard." I say motioning for her to sit. "You're not hurting anything by helping us get to know each other better." James says chuckling. We finish breakfast and Liz heads out for work. James and I get back into the truck and he starts the truck. We sit and let it warm up slightly. "I live off campus." I say looking at him. "So do I." He says raising an eyebrow wondering what that has to do with anything. "You're taking me home, and I didn't want you to start driving the wrong way." I say smiling at him. "Thanks babe." He says before pulling out of the parking lot. I give him directions to my apartment complex and tell him to park in my spot, since my car is still at work. "I guess this is it until later." He says looking at me. I unbuckle slowly and sigh. "I was going to invite you to come in, but if you'd rather leave?" I say phrasing the last part into a question. "I don't trust myself to behave if I come in." James admits, running his hands over the steering wheel. "Who said I wanted you to behave?" I ask raising an eyebrow. I turn the key in the ignition and pull the key out. James looks at me. "You sure?" He asks placing a hand on my leg. "Positive." I say before opening my door and hopping out of the truck with key in hand. "Holly, where are you going?" He calls after me as he unbuckles and climbs out. I shut my door and he closes his and I walk towards my apartment. "Where do you think?" I ask holding out a hand for him. He takes it and we walk up the sidewalk to my apartment. I pull my keys off my hip and open the door to my apartment. I walk in and hold the door as he walks in. "You live here alone?" He asks looking around. "Yeah, unless Liz is staying with me, which right now she's not. She moved into the apartment next door." I say placing my keys on the hook by the door and putting James' keys next to mine on another hook. James was wandering around my living room looking around at my stuff. "Nice gaming system." He says noticing that my NES was out on the floor and hooked up to the TV. "One of many it appears." He says peering into the cabinet beside the TV. "Make yourself comfortable and I'm going to go change into comfy clothes and get out of these stupid heels." I say motioning towards the couch. I walk into my room and pull out a t-shirt and a pair of pj shorts. I slip my heels off and sigh as my feet hit the floor. I pull my shirt off over my head and hear someone clear their throat. "Nice." James says from my door. "Enjoying what you see?" I ask looking over my shoulder. He nods and I shake my head before pulling my t-shirt on over my head. I turn to face James and quickly slip my slacks to the ground and pull my pj shorts on. "It's all covered up again." James says looking at me. "Well yeah, I wasn't going to walk around naked..." I say looking at him. I then move and pick up the clothes and throw them into the clothes hamper in my closet. "I wouldn't have minded." He says looking me over. "I'm sure." I say walking towards him and then wrapping my arms around his neck. He picks me up and I instinctively wrap my legs around his waist. He kisses me and walks towards my bed while carrying me. He hits my bed and gently lays me down on it. I bounce slightly and roll with the movement of the bed. "Water bed?" He asks raising an eyebrow. I nod and he lowers himself over me and starts to kiss me lightly. I return the kisses and try to pull him closer to me so I can kiss him more deeply. James chuckles and pulls even further away from me. "Tease." I whisper. Looking up at him. "Just taking my time." James says before kissing me again. He slowly lowers himself closer to my body and I grab onto his back and run my tongue over his lower lip. This starts more passionate kisses on both sides and I pull away at one point gasping for breath. James starts kissing downwards, kissing my jaw and then slowly kissing and nibbling his way down my neck. I involuntarily arch my back as James reaches my collar bone. "Fuck." I say as he licks my collar bone. James stops and grins wickedly at me. That look told me I was in a lot of trouble. James pulls away my collar and dips his tongue down below it. My body feels like it is on fire. I reach down and tug on the bottom of James' dress shirt pulling it out of where it had been tucked into his pants. I start frantically trying to remove the buttons from their holes and swear under my breath as I fail. James laughs and takes my hands away. "Calm babe." He says unbuttoning his shirt for me and tossing it aside. He leans back down and I run my hands over his chest feeling his undershirt. James pushes up the bottom of my shirt and runs his hands over my stomach. My back arches again and James wickedly smiles again. "You're enjoying that way too much." I say my voice trembling as James continues to run his hands over my midsection. James shakes his head no and I groan as he lowers his face down to my stomach and starts to kiss my stomach. He nips my side and I yip and sit up. He looks at me concerned and I smile sheepishly. I lay back down and feel a sharp pain in the back of my head. "Fucking hair." I mutter before pulling out my ponytail and tossing the elastic towards my bedside table. James chuckles and moves so that he's laying beside me. I look over at him and roll up onto my side and wrap an arm around him. He sighs and runs a hand down my side. I giggle and he stops. "Ticklish?" James asks before pulling me into his body. I nod and bite my lip. "Cute." He says before kissing me deeply again. I moan and roll so that I'm on top of him and straddling him. He looked so good laying on my bed looking up at me. I lean down and his hands start pushing my shirt up again as I kiss him I break the kiss and pull my shirt off of my body and toss it to the side. James moans as I lean down and he places my breasts in his hands. I feel him rubbing my breasts through the lacy fabric of my bra and I can't help but moan. I reach behind me and unclip my bra, removing it and tossing it in the direction that my shirt had gone just moments prior. James' hands return and he rolls my nipples between his fingers. I start leaning forward and he stretches up to kiss me. I melt and he rolls us so that he's now on top of me. He pulls off his shirt before returning to lean over me and resume his slow sensual exploration of my body. James gently pulls a nipple into his mouth and lightly flicks it with his tongue. I involuntarily jump and he does it again. I moan loudly and he begins to suck on the nipple while playing with the other between his fingers. There is a heat inside my body that has reached a level that nothing could extinguish, and it is radiating from my vagina. I reach for James' slacks and I manage to unzip them before he realizes what I'm doing and pins my wrists to the bed. I groan and James chuckles which causes my nipple to vibrate in his mouth, my groan turns into a moan of pleasure which causes James to chuckle again. I'm pretty sure that at this point I'm going to need a new pair of shorts and a new thong before James is done with me. He finally decides that he's had enough with the one nipple and he switches to the other. I reach for his pants again as he releases my wrists to stroke my sides. I manage to get the button undone and start working on the belt. He pulls my hands away again and pins them to the bed once more. "Please?" I beg with an extremely raspy voice. James shakes his head, and lightly bites down on my nipple. I moan loudly and he releases the nipple. "No. My rules. I'm in control here." James says looking at me. "If you want it, you have to behave like a good girl." He says before turning me over onto my back. I whimper in anticipation. James runs his hand over my ass on the outside of my cotton shorts and I feel like I'm going to die from the amount of pleasure that I'm experiencing. "On your knees baby." James commands and I obey, getting up on my knees and spreading them. James moans and runs his hand from my ass down in between my legs. I moan and thrust my hips backwards at him. He chuckles and lightly slaps my ass. I gasp in surprise and look over my shoulder at him. He lightly slaps the other one and then caresses it. He tugs on the waist band of my shorts and pulls them down over my ass. He traces the line of my thong and I shiver. He pulls gently down on the strings and I feel my thong start slipping off of my body. My shorts and thong end up around my knees and James coaxes me to lay down. He pulls them the rest of the way off and tosses them off the bed to the side. He helps me to roll over and he looks at my face. He smirks and kisses down my body. He reaches the base of my neck and lovingly licks my collar bone and then continues his quest downwards. He reaches my belly button and flicks his tongue inside of it briefly before continuing yet further downward. This was making me very glad that I had just recently shaved my pussy so it looked clean still. "You're absolutely dripping." James says looking at my bare pussy. I spread my legs and he takes the invitation. He kisses down the top of my thighs and kisses the insides as well. He nibbles on my inner thigh and I almost scream in pleasure. He then lowers himself onto my pussy and gently runs a finger up my soaking wet slit. He plays with my pussy, teasing me to the almost edge of an orgasm. He then swipes a finger over my clit and I yell out in pleasure. He does it again and I moan. He starts to play with my clit and I reach out gripping the sheets to try to keep my grip on this world. He moves his finger downwards and slowly inserts it into my dripping wet vagina and I scream my pleasure. He puts a finger over my mouth and I nod before licking the length of his finger. He starts to slowly move his finger in and out and I can't help but to orgasm all over his finger, all my muscles tensing and then releasing as I collapse into the bed. James pulls his finger out and licks my juices from his hand. He then reaches down and removes his belt and pulls his pants down. I can now clearly see the bulge through his boxer briefs and I know that I must have him in me. He straddles me and I wrap my arms and legs around him. He smiles at me and I die slightly inside. His smile could kill, and that smile tells me that I'm still in trouble. I push on his arms and he gets the hint, rolling over and laying on his back. I kiss him and begin to do what he had done to me. I kiss my way down his neck, making sure to nibble on his earlobes and he rewards me with a moan and trying to guide my hand to his obviously hard cock. I resist and continue with my assault of his body with my mouth. I eventually reach the wait of his boxer briefs and I lick along the edge. James arches his back and moans loudly. I gently tug on the sides of his underwear and he raises his ass so that I can get off his boxers. I remove them and toss them to the side. I then take his cock in my hand and admire it closely. He is about nine inches, and he's a handful in diameter. My ring finger and thumb can barely meet around the diameter of his cock. I stroke his shaft gently and he bucks his hips up at me. I lean down and lick the tip of his cock. He grabs at my shoulders and tries to tug me upwards. I look at him with a question in my eyes and he shakes his head no. "If you put your mouth on me I'm more than likely to not last long at all." He admits. I nod and kiss him deeply. I pull away and he moans. I reach into the bedside drawer and pull out a condom. "God I need you so bad." I smile upon hearing his words and open the condom and place it on him before I straddle him slowly lowering myself onto his thick, hard cock. He completely fills me and I moan in pleasure and come as he hits my cervix. I lean forward and James runs his hands along my back. I slowly regain my muscle strength and start to pump up and down on his cock, making him groan as I ride him. I reach yet another orgasm and this time I have to dismount due to my leg muscles no longer wanting to support me. James rolls over on top of me and re-inserts himself into my vagina. He then slowly pulls out and then quickly thrusts back in. I want to scream because it feels so good, but at this point I can barely moan because I've used my voice so much. James speeds up and I quickly come yet again, gushing my juices all over his hard cock. He is dripping sweat and I can feel the sweat puddle beneath me from my own sweat and come. I reach up and pull his mouth to mine and wrap my legs around him. He begins to thrust again and I feel him even deeper than I had before, if that was even possible. James was starting to thrust even harder and faster and I needed to come again so badly. He hits just the right spot in my vagina and I moan again as I come, but James doesn't stop this time he continues. "Fuck, I'm going to come." James groans loudly. I feel him get even larger and harder and then suddenly he is coming, which triggers one last small orgasm from me. James collapses on top of me and I wrap my arms around him, kissing his neck and shoulder. James slowly gets up as his strength returns and pulls out. I feel suddenly empty and wish that he was back inside of me. "Trash?" He asks looking around. I point to the basket beside the bedside table and he grabs a Kleenex from the top of the table and takes care of the condom. I pat the bed beside me as I roll into my normal spot and James climbs back into bed, settling into the bed beside me. I snuggle up to him and rest my head on his chest and wrap an arm around him. He wraps an arm over me and I slowly start to drift off into the sleep of the well fucked.