Water Ch. 193 - Two Hearts Beat As One

 

 

Jon can't believe she just asked that!?  Does she really not want to go, he wondered.  "No, you don't HAVE to go, but I would like you to.  Why wouldn't you want to come?"

 

"I'm sick of traveling to be honest with you.  Plus, the last show I was at scared me off for a little while."  She gets on her knees to get up off the floor.  With her hand on the top of his head for balance, "I need some me time." 

 

Reaching up and taking her wrist, he pulls her down onto his lap and says, "There is plenty of me time on the road, come on, go with me?"

 

She struggles to get free, and he cuts her no slack.  "How is there me time on the road?  How long is this one anyway?"  She stops resisting and relaxes like a baby in his arms.  She is dreading the last question, as she knows it's a world tour. 

 

He bends over and kisses her, and her response was genuine and well received.  Her hands worked their way through his hair, up under his shirt so she could feel his furry chest and all over whatever parts that her hand could reach. 

 

That is until she hears the words, "18 months."  he mumbled them through the kiss, but she heard them.

 

"WHAT?  18 months, are you serious, Jon?"

 

He nods his head yes.  And tries to calm her with this killer smile, but that only upset her even more.

 

"How can you smile about that?" she blurts out loudly, as she stands up. 

 

Jumping to his feet, he responds the only way he knows how, "It's my job."

 

"I know that, but did you need to schedule it so close?"

 

"Close to what?" he asks her, running through his mind all that they had planned to do and his tour isn't affecting any of that.  He knows that he can't leave until after court, since they decided to press charges against Dillon for illegally taping them and distributing the video on the Internet.  Throughout the investigation, they found out many things that Dillon had done that they had no idea about and there were even a few details that Jon knew that he was keeping from Beth.  Details that she really didn't need to know and he didn't feel bad for keeping them from her.  At this point in their life, after all that they just walked through together, she didn't need to know that Dorothea was the money and the brains behind the video and a few other things.  Dorothea doesn't even know that Jon knows she's the one behind it all.

 

"We're still grieving parents?  We still have so much to do.  Why do you have to leave in 2 and a half weeks?"

 

"Babe" taking her in his arm and kissing her head, "These dates were scheduled before we lost the girls.  They have been locked in for months now." he holds her in place, knowing that she wants to explode.  Wincing, he waits for her response.

 

She looks up at him and informs him, "I'm not going.  How often will you be home?"  She suddenly feels very sad and very alone.  It kills her to think that now is the time for them to come together and deal with the many issues that they have, but she sees that isn't going to happen.  She knows that she can't be Debbie Downer and make him feel bad about the tour.  She knows it's his job and she's known it all along. 

 

"I'll come home as often as I can.  And you can come see me too, for few days." still holding her to his chest.  "You know that I want you with me at all times, but if all I can get is a few days here and there, I'll take it."

 

She pulls away, with him holding her hand.  When she reached the end of line, since he didn't let go, she tells him, "I'll stay home with the kids, maybe look for a new house?  You go do your thing, maybe we'll drop in and surprise you along the road."  With her hand still in his he had the advantage of pulling her close, and he did.  She stopped with his lips on her forehead and she went limp.  He stood there and held her for as long as he could take it.  When he was done, he turns her slightly and just picks her up with one swoop. 

 

He walks over to the bed and gently lays her down.  She is looking at him with a school girl crush in her eyes, anticipating what he might do next.  She's hopeful that he takes advantage of the kids being in bed already and that it's still early - but tonight turns out to be what is getting to be their normal.  He kisses her cheek and says, "I'm showering, do you want to join me?" He turns to walk away, "I'll even wash your back."

 

"My boyfriend got it earlier today, but thanks.  I'll pass." she laughs at him.  He looks back at her and grins.

 

"Well, you better tell him to make love to you tonight then, because I'm tired."  And he disappears into the bathroom.

 

Beth lays there for a minute and contemplates going in there and joining him.  She knows it will be a great shower, but her toenails just dried and he can't win them all.  It's like she told him, her boyfriend washed her back in the shower this morning.  It didn't need it again, but here she is, him hawing back and forth on whether she should join him or not.  Suddenly, she's hit with an idea. 

 

It's been so long since she has worn anything sexy for him.  She hasn't felt very sexy and their life lately, didn't allow time for playfulness and romance.  She jumps off the bed and runs quietly into her closet.  Pulling out her first lingerie drawer and nothing catches her eye.  She pulls open the second one and right on top is what she was after.  The baby doll nightie that she bought in Greece, that she hadn't had the chance to wear.   While they were in Greece and did a little shopping, she noticed Jon taking a second look at this one.  So she snuck back and bought it without him knowing it. 

 

In her walk in closet, she quickly strips off her tshirt, boxers and panties.  Slipping the baby doll on in a hurry, she runs to her dresser and grabs her brush.  While she brushes her hair with one hand, she's spritzing herself with his favorite body spray, Victoria's Secret Amber Romance.  When she's done with her hair she realizes that she wants to brush her teeth, but if she goes into the bathroom he will either smell her or see her.  She has another idea.  Running back into her walk in closet, she grabs her travel kit and heads towards the upstairs guest bathroom.  She needs to be quick and quiet, she doesn't want to wake any of the kids.  She brushes her teeth, puts her travel case away and is not sure how to pose herself.  Oh shit, what should I do?

 

She decides that she wants Jon to see her in it, standing.  So she does just that.  She walks to the bathroom door and leans against the door jamb and waits for him to finish his shower.  She knows his routine.  Hair first, then his face and then his body.  When they met she was privy to learn of his shower routine.  He told her, "Why wash your body and then wash your hair?  All the dirt from your hair will run over your clean body.  Head to toe," he told her.  She laughed at him when he told her his routine, but over the last few months she had found herself following the exact same routine. 

 

He was rinsing his body, she could see through the steam on the shower wall glass.  He was raising one arm and then the other.  One more long rinse down his back, down the front and he's done.  He turns the water off and pulls the towel off the hook and wipes his face.

 

"I can smell you."

 

She doesn't move, she stands there and doesn't say a word.  She can see him dry his hair, real quick wipe down each arm and down the chest.  He dries his back and then real quick down each leg.  When he's done with his quick dry he wraps the towel around his waist and steps out from behind the glass. 

 

One look at her and he freezes.  "Oh my God, you are absolutely stunning.  And you smell good enough to eat."  Walking up to her, his towel falls to the floor.  He steps over it and stops just in front of her.  He looks her up and then down and is instantly turned on.  Her long blonde hair cascades over her shoulder and her flesh is perfect.  He doesn't allow himself to touch her, because he knew that if he did, he'd rip the baby doll off of her and he'd miss out. 

 

"When did you get this?"

 

She reaches over wipes water drops off his face, "When we were in Greece."

 

"I know that, I remember seeing this in that store.  When did you get back to get it?" she can see that he is trying to remember being without her that day that they were shopping.

 

"When I had to go to the bathroom and you had the kids at the food court."

 

"How did you know that I liked that one?"

 

She laughs at him, "Honey, you liked all of them.  You were like a kid in a candy store, I was watching you.  But I seen you check this one out a little more than the others."

 

He puts his hands on her arms and confesses, "I knew you would look absolutely beautiful in this, but I never thought you would look THIS beautiful. You are stunning, breathtaking and sexy as hell."

 

Beth turns and walks away, "How does the back look?"

 

Jon is on her heels, grabbing at the train of her  baby doll.  She feels the slight tug and quickly gets away.  Up and over the bed she jumps, putting the king size bed between the two of them. 

 

"Get over here." he says to her, standing there bare naked and fully aroused.  Beth looks at him, up and down, and gives him a crooked eyebrow look.  She knows that this man has made her feel things she's never felt before, he has a way of making her feel like she is the only woman in the world and when they are intimate she knows that there isn't any place that she would rather be.  He is her heart, her soul and her life. 

 

"This " she motions up and down her body, "is for my boyfriend.  I put this on for when we make love tonight, since you're so tired."  She giggles and jumps back up on the bed.