The Morning After 3
Pairing: Jane Bingum/Jay Parker
Show: Drop Dead Diva
Author can be contact here: nirakia@gmial.com
Summary: Part 3 of The Morning After series. Things go further..
(Just borrowing the characters for a little while)
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Jane stepped out of her bedroom, robe flaring behind her like a cape as she rushed to catch her room mate before she left the house. "Stace, before you leave for your date, have you seen my new nail polish? I can't find it anyw..." The words died on her lips.
Parker. Standing next to Stacy in their hallway.
"Jane," Parker drawled a greeting.
Signaling her apology with her eyes, Stacy tried to smooth over the awkward silence. "Mr Parker stopped by. And I've got to go. Fred's waiting." The door closed quietly behind her.
"Gonna invite me in?"
Jane belted her robe, feeling distinctly under dressed and uncomfortable. "What are you doing here, Parker?"
"Would you believe I was driving by your area and thought I'd just drop by to say hello?"
A dubious raised eyebrow met that lie.
"Okay... - I admit it, I wanted to see you. Outside of the office. Spend a little time together and get to know you."
"Isn't it usually a good idea to call first? I wasn't exactly expecting company." She unconsciously tugged her robe tighter
Parker wasn't making any moves to leave. "Well I'm here now. Would be rude to chase me away."
Jane sighed. "Fine. Come in. Just let me go change first."
She was stayed by a firm hand on her wrist. "Please don't change on my account." Surprised by the warmth she found in his eyes she nodded. "O-kay. Can I get you something to drink?"
Parker followed behind has she padded on bare feet to the open plan kitchen. "There's coffee, juice, and I think we may have a bottle of Red wine left."
"The wine sounds good."
Crap. Why did she suggest wine? Wasn't it alcohol that led to their whole night of "office passion"? Pinning a smile on her face spun round and pointed to the living room area. "Okay, well, take a seat. The wine's coming right up."
Two glasses of wine later the conversation was actually flowing rather well. Their love of the law and impossible cases formed a solid common ground. Jane was passionately describing a brilliant argument she'd witnessed, expressive hands flying when she noticed Parker just sitting there smiling at her.
"What?" she asked, curious. "What's so funny?"
Setting his glass down on the coffee table, Parker crooked his finger at her. "Come here."
A thousand butterflies took flight in Jane's stomach. In different directions. "Why?"
Parker hid a small smile behind wide innocent eyes. "I just want you to come sit next to me. You feel so far away" He patted the seat next to him invitingly. He made it all seem so innocent, but she knew better by now.
Keeping a wary eye on him, Jane sank down next to Jay.
"As much as I've enjoyed our conversation tonight, dear Jane, I'm afraid I just can't keep myself from doing this anymore." Maintaining steady eye contact he slowly pulled the sash on Jane's robe and watched it fall open. "That's quite a fetching negligee you have on there, Bingum," his voice burred next to her mouth. And then, his lips descended on those delicious full lips.
Mesmerised, Jane watched his lips come closer in slow motion and then couldn't help a small sound of pleasure escaping when they finally made contact. Parker's desire for her was intoxicating. She was truly becoming addicted to the way he made love to just her lips, never mind the rest of her body. When he started nuzzling her neck, she couldn't help but offer that sensitive expanse of flesh to be worshiped .
Gently, insistently Jay pushed her down on the couch. He lifted his head to look down at the luscious ravished brunette beneath him and let his fingers trail over her cleavage. It felt good to have her hands roving over his back.
"Aren't you a bit overdressed?" she asked with a playful smile. He felt his own lips answer that irresistible smile with another kiss and allowed her to start unbuttoning his shirt.
His hands brushed her sides and she started giggling. "Sorry," she blurted out. "I'm a bit ticklish." At the devilish look on his boyish face she tried sternly warning him. "No! No! Don't you..." and that's as far as she got before Parker attacked, leaving her breathless with laughter.
Jay found himself staring at the breathless woman in his arms with a goofy grin plastered on his face. Her laughter was like medicine to his world weary soul.
"I think," he whispered in her ear, "that I need to get you naked. In bed." She shivered and allowed him to pull her up.
Jane stretched under the covers and rolled over into a solid body next to her. Instantly awake, the previous night came flooding back to her. And what a night it had been. Where her first time with Parker had been a quickie - a hot and heavy sex-a-thon - last night had been a slow sensual burn. She felt positively worshiped. Sitting up slowly, she tried quietly sneaking out of bed to go take a shower when a hand snaked out from under the covers and pulled her back.
"Hey!" she yelped in surprise.
"Just where do you think you're going, Bingum?" a gravelly voice mock growled.
"I was just going to take a shower and get some coffee g-going," she stuttered as brown eyes lazily roamed over her exposed upper body. She clutched the duvet higher.
Jay sat up and smoothed a long dark tousled strand of hair behind her ear. "Seriously, Jane, no regrets? Because I don't have any. Last night was amazing."
Flushed with pleasure at his words, one of her dazzling smiles graced her beautiful face. "No, I don't regret it." Looking away she continued, "I don't completely understand it," and then her eyes were back, "but I don't regret it."
There was a quick knock on Jane's bedroom door and then it cracked open.
"God! Stacy!" Jane yelled, clutching the duvet even more tightly to herself.
Her blonde roommate's eyes moved from her, to the man beside her in her bed, eyes growing wide. "Sorry! My bad! Just wanted to hear if you wanted some coffee," she babbled as she reversed out of the room and shut the door behind her.
Jay watched a hand go to Jane's forehead and heard her mutter under her breath. Realisation dawned then that she'd never told her roommate about the night they'd shared in his office. And suddenly he couldn't hold back the laughter.
"This isn't funny!" she pinned him down with her eyes. "As soon as you leave it's going to be twenty questions."
Putting his hands behind his back, he took a deep relaxing breath. "Well, isn't this a glorious Saturday morning."
Rolling her eyes, Jane jumped up and put her robe on. "Get up and get dressed. I'm going to hunt down that coffee Stacy mentioned and then you need to leave."
"Hey!" Parker protested. "Are you throwing me out? I thought we could go grab some breakfast at that new bakery on 7th avenue."
Shaking her head, Jane expounded, "No, I still need to go find a dress for the fundraiser tomorrow night. Stacy and I are going shopping."
The word 'shopping' made Jay wince.
"Want to come with us?" Jane teased with dimpled cheeks.
"Lord, no!" Jay confirmed as he jumped up and gave her a quick kiss. Well, it started out as a quick kiss but then turned into another scorcher that left them both breathless. "Go!
I'll see you at the fundraiser?"
The little bit of uncertainty in his voice, charmed Jane. "Yes, I'll see you at the fundraiser."
Jane stepped into the crowded room and waved as Teri spotted her. She took a glass of champagne from a passing waiter and made her way over to her assistant.
"Wow, great turn out!" Jane had to shout above the noise.
Teri nodded. "Yeah! You look fabulous by the way!"
Smiling, Jane thanked Teri. "So do you!"
"Bingum!" Jane heard the booming voice behind before she felt the hand on her shoulder. "Looking good ladies," he said but his eyes were on Jane.
"Dance with me, Jane?" he whispered near her ear. Conscious of Teri's curious eyes, Jane nodded and put down her glass. Parker took her hand and lead her to the dance floor.
They started moving to the music and Jane cast a nervous glance over to where Teri, and now Grayson too, stood watching them. "Don't look now but I think we have an audience," Jane muttered. Her head swiveled back to Parker as he laughed. "I don't care. I happen to enjoy having you in my arms, Bingum."
Jane willed herself not too blush.
Parker's voice lowered a notch. "And you picked out one hell of a sexy dress. It's taking all of my self-control not to waltz you into a corner and .."
"Parker!" Jane exclaimed in an effort to stop that one way train, but she couldn't stop the grin that slipped onto her face or the twinkle in her eyes.
On the sidelines Teri's eyes narrowed suspiciously. Jane and Parker seemed awfully comfortable with each other all of a sudden. They danced beautifully together, but that was the thing that was bugging her subconscious. They've never danced with each other in all the years she'd known them and now it looked like they had been dancing together, well since forever. Teri turned to Grayson at the same time he turned to her. "No waaaay!" they both exclaimed to each other. Turning back to the dancing couple, they were just in time to see Jane swatting Parker's hand away from her rather shapely behind.
Jane looked over to Teri and Grayson hoping they'd not seen her dance partner's wandering hand, but by the matching pair of smirks that met her gaze she knew it was too late. They saw and they knew. Or at least suspected.
"Well, if you had hoped to keep our, um," she faltered. Just what did one call the 'thing' between her and Jay? A fling? An affair? She took a breath and continued, "if you had hoped to keep us, private, it's too late now." Her head pointed towards the guilty duo.
Seeing the intense expression in Parker's eyes, Jane started back peddling. "No... No, Parker! Whatever it is you're thinking of doing... umpf" Too late. Parker was kissing her. On the crowded dance floor of a very public fundraiser.
A furious Jane broke free of the kiss. "Have you lost your mind?!" Spinning around she headed for the ladies room with Jay hot on her heels. "Jane!" he tried to get her attention,but she was furiously marching forward and ignoring him.
Grayson watched it all with his mouth open, but Teri seized her opportunity and sprinted after Jane.
Banging the ladies' room door closed behind her, Jane took a few calming deep breaths. She was still pacing up and down, trying to figure out what the hell to do when the door opened and Teri stepped inside. "Oh, no!" a pained mutter slipped out.
"Oh, yes!" Teri crowed and then urged, "Tell me everything! And I don't want the sanitised version." At Jane's pained expression she pressed on, "Spill it, boss. Since when have you been sleeping with the big boss?" Jane winced. She knew Teri. When she was after hot gossip, she was like a Pit Bull.
"The victory party for the firm winning the Lawson Enterprises case."
Teri's eyes grew large. "That was 3 weeks ago. Are you telling me, all this time... "
"No! God, no! Definitely not." At least that was the truth. Friday night had only been the second time.
"That explains why it took me this long to cotton on, but out there.. it looked like you two had been together for a while. Are you saying you only slept together once?" she suspiciously asked.
Jane let off a few internal curses. Pinning her best lawyer-ly smile on her face she nodded, "Uh-huh."
"Jane Bingum! Do not lie to Teri Lee!"
Looking around Jane hushed Teri. "Keep your voice down!"
Folding her arms, Teri pressed on. "How many times?" Seeing Jane try to evade her inquisition was actually quite cute.
"Fine. Twice. We slept together twice. Are you happy now?" Jane asked sarcastically, flicking her hair back. "Can we please stop with the interrogation? I need to figure out how the hell I'm going to survive the gossip storm out there," she said, nodding nervously towards the ladies' room entrance. She continued angrily, "What the hell is wrong with Parker? I swear I am going to wring his neck when..."
Teri interrupted the angry tirade. "Totally agree, and I want to be a witness, but right now we walk out with our heads held high. For all the rest of the room knows, Parker just took a fat chance and you rejected his advances. Then I am taking you out for a drink so we can analyse your affair." The dangerous expression in Jane's eyes made Teri hastily amend that to, "I mean, come up with a strategy."
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