�I can manage,� Nickolas said slowly getting up. �I can make it upstairs.�
�Who said anything about upstairs?� He looked at her and smiled. �No arguing, please.�
�Fine.� He smiled again putting his arm around her. �Are you going to keep me company?�
�I have my own bed.�
�You�re going to make me sleep down here by myself? What if I get scared?�
�You�re a big boy, Nick. I�ll be right above ya.� They walked into the spare bedroom.
�Will you stay the night? Please?� She shook her head while getting Nickolas on the bed. �Just tonight. It�s not like I can put the moves on ya anyway. I can hardly move.� She smiled. �You think that�s funny?�
�A little, but I�ll nurse you back to health.� She kissed him.
�I like that idea.�
�For the next week you are mine.�
�How about the next month?� She looked at him. �I want you to come on tour with me for this last month.�
�I don�t know, Baby. I got work.�
�Princess, it�ll be fun�better than that stuffy old job and smelly boss.� She laughed. �You hate it there anyway.�
�Nick, I��
�You can practice your lines.� She smiled. �And I can help.�
�Can I think about it?�
�You have until Friday.�
�Alright.�
�Good; now lay beside me.�
�This ain�t going to work.�
�What?�
�You know what.� She settled herself in his arms and he kissed the top of her head.
�I just want to know what it feels like to wake up with you in my arms.�
�You do know.�
�That was how long ago? I�m starting to forget already.�
�You�re terrible.�
�No�I�m in love.�
�So am I.� They kissed. �Are you in any pain?�
�Not anymore. You�re kissing my pain away.� He smiled. �I love you.�
�I love you.� They kissed again and she rested her head on his chest.
�Remember that night I took ya to the island and we fell asleep?�
�Yeah. Nobody had any idea where we were. They were so worried, but it was so funny.�
�I want to do that again.�
�You do?�
�Yeah. After I�m better of course. We, like, don�t get any privacy anymore and it sucks. I just want to be alone with you and hold you in my arms all night again.�
�That was nice, wasn�t it?�
�Mmmhmm.�
�Very romantic lying on the beach under the starry sky. It was wonderful being there with you. I think I fell a million times in love with you all over again.�
�I fall in love with you a million times over every day.�
�I�m flattered.�
�I�m glad.�
�My mission in life is to keep you flattered and happy and fulfill your life with romance every day of the week. If I stop doing any of the above for any reason you have my permission to beat the crap out of me and be with another man.�
�I can live with beating the crap out of you, but I ain�t going to go be with another man. I love you too much to do that.�
�But you don�t love me enough to stop yourself from beating the crap out of me.�
�Mmm�no.�
�I see how ya are, woman.�
�But I still love you.� She looked at him and smiled. �You filled my life with romance the moment we met. And you still do to this day.�
�I�m glad you�re happy.�
�I am happy, Baby. I�m happy because I met you and we fell in love. I�m happy because you�re in my life and you�re ok and you�re happy. Just knowing you�re going to be there in the morning waiting for me makes me happy.�
�That makes me happy.� She smiled and kissed him. �And your kisses make me happy.�
�Oh yeah.�
�Yeah.� She kissed him again. �Very happy.�
�And if I kiss you here.� She kissed his neck.
�Very, very happy.�
She straddled him careful not to hurt him and smiled. �And here?� She kissed the other side of his neck. �And here?� She continued kissing his neck as he put his hands on her sides. �I feel they make you extremely happy.�
�You have no idea.�
�I think I do.� She grinded her hips against his groin.
�Loni�� She smiled and unbuttoned his shirt. �Are you going to molest the handicap now?�
�Maybe.�
�Ya do know that�s a federal offense, ya know.�
She shrugged. �I think it�s my turn to start molesting you. You�ve done it to me the past three years, four months, and twenty-six days. Since you�re injured I got the advantage, because you can�t move.� She snickered. �So you lay back and I�ll do my thing to you.�
�So ya know, ya can�t rape the willing.�
�I can always try.�
�Uh huh.�
�And you�ll love every minute of it.� She leaned down and kissed his chest.
�Mmm.�
�I�m going to make you feel all better. No doctor is going to cure your ill.�
�Especially the sickness I got.� She smiled and kissed him. �Your love is like bad medicine�bad medicine is what I need�shake it up, just like bad medicine�let�s play doctor, baby�cure my disease.�
�I love when you sing to me. It turns me on. Especially when you sing Bon Jovi.�
�Is that the only thing that turns you on?� She started kissing his chest again.
�Why don�t we just save those other things for later on?�
�Don�t tease me, Princess.�
�Why would I do such a thing?� She took her tongue over his nipple and he shifted under her. �There is no reason for me to tease you.�
�But that�s what you�re doing now. And that�s what you did this morning.�
�How so?�
�Coming into the bathroom sans clothes and all sexy.�
�I had just gotten up and didn�t know you were in there.�
�Uh huh. I might believe that one. You were finally giving me a peek at what I�ve wanted to see the past three years or so.�
�Whatever.� She sat up straight and looked at him. �Just remember that�s the first and last peek you�ll be getting until our wedding night.�
�You got to be shitting me, girl.� She shook her head. �You�re evil.�
�But I know it makes you want me more knowing you can�t get into these pants.�
�Yeah.�
�I have to make you keep wanting me.�
�I�ll want you no matter what. If I see you naked every day of the week I�ll still want you around. You�re very sexy naked.�
�I�m glad you approve.�
�I�m glad you approve too.� She smiled. �I still can�t believe you spy on me in the shower.�
�I told you it�s not the shower. I wait until you get out.�
�Same thing. I still can�t believe you.�
�Well if you�re going to leave the doors open then I�m going to peek in at my sexy fianc�.� She kissed him. �And if that�s a problem for you then close the doors.�
�Perhaps I do it purposely so you can see what you�re missing.�
�Mmm�don�t tease, Carter.�
�Or what?�
�I don�t know.� She chuckled.
�You know you can have me anytime you want, ya know. I am waiting for you to give the ok for me to take all your clothes off one piece at a time while I make love to you.�
�I just ain�t ready, Nick.�
�I know that. And I�m going to wait for as long as it takes.� She just looked at him and didn�t say anything. �I love you, Loni D, and nothing is going to change that.� He touched her face with his hand. �If I have to wait until our wedding night then so be it. I�ll wait patiently for you.�
�You�re not frustrated or mad that I ain�t ready?�
�No. If I thought sex was such a big deal I would�ve went and gotten it somewhere else. God knows there are plenty of willing girls out there.� She grinned. �I love the way our relationship is going and I wouldn�t want to change it for the world. I love the way you tease me and that is why there is cold water�so I can take cold showers when I think about you.� He smiled.
�Gees, Nick.� She made a disgusted face as he pulled her to him and kissed her. �You�re disgusting.�
�Aren�t you happy that you turn me on?�
�Yes I�m glad, but I didn�t really want to know that you jerk off to the thought of me.�
�What can I say, Princess? You turn me on.�
�That�s great.�
He kissed her again. �Come here.� She laid down beside him and he wrapped his arms around her. �If you�re afraid of me leaving you because you�re not giving me anything don�t be afraid because it ain�t going to happen. I�m sticking around for awhile.�
�I ain�t afraid. I know you love me and I love you just as much.�
�Then what�s the problem?�
She sighed. �Nothing.�
He sighed himself and kissed the top of her head. �You have nothing to worry about, Princess. Everything�s going to be fine.�
�I know, Baby.� But a part of her didn�t believe him and she held him tighter.
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