| CHAPTER 19
~ BRADY HOUSE --- MASTER BEDROOM ~ Bo and Hope are lying on their backs staring up at the ceiling completely exhausted from their love making. They are covered only by a thin almost see threw baby pink sheet. �I don�t know the last time we made love like that.� Bo finally speaks out. �All I know is it�s been way too long.� Hope adds as Bo places his arm under her head and pulls her to his chest. �I love you Bo Brady.� He takes a deep breath. �I think you just proved that ��. and more than once.� He laughed. She looks up at him. �What�s the matter Brady you can�t handle a real woman.� He puts his wrist under her under pits and pulls her up and on top of him. �If you want I could show you again how much I can handle.� �All talk and no action.� Hope laughs as she licks his lips with her tongue. �Oh you want action.� Bo seductively stated as he wrapped his arms tightly around her now fully exposed backside.�And here I thought you were too tired to play.� With her lips now fully but lightly pressed against his. �I only rolled over because you pushed me off.� He was about to dispute her allegations but she wouldn�t let him as she parted his lips with her tongue and dared him to make love to her again. A few hours later it was midnight and Bo woke up to find Hope missing. He climbed out of bed and pulled on a pair of dark blue sweatpants. He walked over to the opened bath room door and looked in. He thought maybe she was getting sick and wanted to make sure she was okay. He was surprised to see that the bathroom was empty. He then decided to go check downstairs, but still no Hope in sight. He walked into the kitchen and was about to leave and check out the last place he thought he might find, the basement, when he was suddenly startled by the motion light in the backyard. He looked out the back kitchen door and smiled when he saw her sitting there on the new pouch swing he bought her last summer. He walked back into the living room and grabbed a blanket off the back of the couch. Then proceeded back into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle on non alcoholic Champaign out of the fridge and poured two glasses. He leaned over the table and took a single yellow rose out of the vase that Jenn dropped off earlier that morning from her rose garden, before heading out to meet her in the yard. He quietly walked behind her and held out both the glass and the rose in front of her face. Her eyes lit up as she took them from him. �Mind if I join you.� He asked. �I�d mind it if you didn�t.� He handed her his glass of Champaign and then covered both himself and her with the blanket as he sat as close to her as possible. �What are you doing out here?� He asked as she handed him back his glass. She lifted his arm and snaked her head under it. �I couldn�t sleep and you looked to peaceful and content to wake.� �Are you feeling okay, do you need me to call the doctor?� He asked way to over protected for her liking. �Brady you need to stop worrying about me.� She takes the hand of the arm that is lying across her shoulder and places it on her stomach. �Both your baby and I are fine.� �Not to ruin the mood Hope but we still don�t know if���� She placed her two middle fingers over his lips and he kisses them. �This baby is yours, I know it in my heart and that�s all I need to know.� He tries to say something but she won�t let him. �At least for tonight let�s not think anything different � please � I just want to be here with you in this moment with nothing to worry about.� He kisses the top of her head. �There sure are a lot of stars out tonight.� She�s grateful he agreed and changed the subject. �Do you remember the last time we sat under the stars, when they were this bright.� �Yeah I do.� She nodded. �You surprised me with a blanket down on the beach. �And I brought a picnic basket�..� �And two bottles of my favorite wine.� She chimed in. �What can I say except I planned on getting you drunk and having my way with you.� �If I do recall Brady we didn�t even get through the first glass before you had me completely undressed and we made love right there in the open beach.� �That�s not true we were undercover.� She smacks his chest. �I still can�t believe we had sex that night.� �Why not?� He objected. �Because anybody could have walked down the beach and saw us.� He starts to laugh. �Oh and we�ve never made love in places we shouldn�t have before?� �I didn�t say that.� She laughed back. �Good thing because I�d hate it if you forgot about the time we made love in the ice arena where you were pretending to be a security cop.� She looks up at him. �I got that job on my own credit and your still jealous.� �And of course there was the time we were going after the pawn and made love in the woods.� Hope�s face turned a little sad and Bo knew instantly that wasn�t a good memory to bring up. �I�m sorry how about the time���� �No, Bo don�t.� She said looking him deep in the eyes. �That�s the night I became pregnant for the first time. That night holds a lot of memories for me and I would never want to forget it.� �I know I wasn�t too happy at first but I really do regret that fact that we lost that baby.� She closes her eyes and begins playing with the hair on his chest. �How about the time we made love on the Fancy Face 111 before we owned it.� �Oh my god.� She states embarrassed. �I still can�t believe I let that happen.� He rubs his hand over her stomach. �There is one night that we could have gotten caught that I�d never want to forget.� �What night is that?� She asked already knowing the answer. �The first time we made love.� �In Oak Alley.� She added. �You were dressed as Scarlett O�Hara.� �And you were covered in bubbles.� She busted out in laughter as she shivered. �You cold?� He asked as his laughter died down. �We could go inside and go back to bed.� He added seductively. �As intriguing as that is.� She replied kissing his lips. �If you don�t mind I�d like to stay out here for a little while longer.� Would you like me to get you some more Champaign or something to eat then?� �No.� She replied cuddling. �I just want to sit here and talk some more.� She smiles up at him. �It just feels so right.� �You in my arms, Hope Williams Brady, is what feels so right.� �God I don�t even want to think about how many times we got married�..� �Or almost got married.� Bo chimed in. �We�ve been through so much together.� �And we�re going to get through so much more.� Bo and Hope continued to talk throughout the night and near into the morning light before she finally gave in and fell asleep in his arms. It was a night among others that neither of them would soon forget. A clear sign that their lives were finally moving forward. THE END J |