Chapter Twelve
Nathan smiled as he laid in bed propped up against a mountain of pillows with his hands behind his head as he watched Haley applying her make up.
“Come on Nathan, don’t just lay there. Get up. It’s Monday and we’ve got to go into the office and, you know, work,” she said, glancing at his reflection in the mirror she was looking into.
“Aww, do we have to? I’m really comfortable where I am.”
“Yes, we have to. Now get up and have a shower and I’ll go and make us some breakfast.”
Smirking at his girlfriend, he said, “Hey, why didn’t you wake me when you woke up because we could have shared the shower and...uh...conserved water?”
“Wow honey, I didn’t know you were so energy efficient,” she teased before continuing. “Listen, if we’d shared a shower we would probably still be in there right now so I think you know why I snuck out of bed without waking you.”
She walked over to him and sat down on the bed, smoothing her skirt over her thighs. “We agreed that us dating wouldn’t affect us working together so please don’t make things difficult before we even get started.”
Reaching out, he pulled her close to him and kissed her softly. “Okay, I’m sorry. It’s just that this weekend has been so great that I...I guess I don’t want it to end,” he confessed after breaking the kiss.
After the passionate night they had spent together following their evening at Jake and Peyton’s, the remainder of their weekend had been spent in bed and the only reason they’d actually gotten up was either to shower or to answer the door when the food they’d ordered had arrived.
Haley had been completely right when she’d told him that he would most likely feel too tired to play basketball on the Sunday so after a fair bit of prodding from her the next morning, he had been the one to make the call and he would be lying if he’d said he wasn’t relieved that it had been Peyton who had answered the phone. Lucky for him, Jake had been in the shower so she’d told him that she’d pass the message on for him.
“I don’t want it to end either but us working together doesn’t have to change anything. As soon as we turn off the phones and lock the door at the end of each day, I’m all yours.”
“Good,” he told her as he leaned his forehead against hers.
Returning his smile, she stood up and pulled away the bed covers hoping that it would force him to finally get up. She couldn’t help letting her eyes wander all over his body and she whistled appreciatively at his throbbing erection which actually caused him to blush.
“You want some help with that?” she asked, surprising herself with how husky her voice sounded.
“I think you know the answer to that already but if I let you have your wicked way with me, I promise you we won’t be leaving the apartment any time soon so I think you should just go and get breakfast started and I’ll take care of this in this shower. Unless you agree that we don’t have to go into the office today.”
“Nice try, buddy. Get that ass out of bed and I’ll see you in the kitchen in about ten minutes.”
Nathan let out an exaggerated sigh before finally getting out of bed. He couldn’t help notice the way his girlfriend was eyeing him up and so he added a swagger to his walk which caused her to giggle loudly. He could hear her continued laughter as she left the bedroom to go and make a start on their breakfast.
* * * * *
Six months later...
In the office, Nathan and Haley continued to work well together. They made a strong effort to keep things as professional as possible between the hours of nine and five-thirty, although sometimes, due to an excessive workload, regular office hours didn’t always apply.
On the occasions when he didn’t have any appointments in his diary, Nathan would often lock the main door at lunchtime, switch on the answering machine and then proceeded to make love to his girlfriend despite her initial protestations that they shouldn’t be doing it there. Lucky for him, he only had to start nuzzling her neck though for her to forget her concerns and she would soon be pushing him down to the floor or onto his desk and start ravishing him.
Getting up from his comfortable leather desk chair, he walked over to the door and leaned against the frame as he watched Haley concentrating on her work, smiling as his eyes took her in. They had been dating for the past six months and in that time her appearance at work had slowly started to change. She still dressed professionally but her clothes were slightly less conservative and she didn’t always wear her hair up and pulled back now. He loved coming up behind her, sweeping her hair to the side and kissing her neck, breathing in her familiar scent as he did so.
“Hey Mister, get back to work. I really don’t feel like working this weekend,” she told him as she glanced up at him.
He chuckled as he walked towards her. “Hmm, you’re such a slave driver, Ms James. I think you need to give me an incentive to keep going.”
“Oh really? Well I thought I gave you a pretty good one earlier,” she teased. The pinking of her cheeks at the memory of their earlier escapade only endeared her to him even more.
“Yeah, you did.” Leaning forward, he gently kissed her lips. Pulling away a couple of minutes later, he said, “Fine, I’ll let you get back to work. D’ya think we could be out of here by four-thirty today?”
“I don’t see why not but only if I don’t have any more interruptions, sweetie. Remember, we have to stop off at the store on the way home and pick up that paint.”
“I remember,” he said with a smirk before heading back into his office to leave her to get her work done.
The previous weekend Haley had finally moved in with him and he had delighted her by suggesting they redecorate their bedroom so it had her stamp on it too. His offer had extended to the rest of the apartment but she had said she loved it just the way it was.
They had decided to do the redecorating sooner rather than later and so, for the past few days, they had been going through magazines, looking at paint and wallpaper samples until they had finally decided on something they both agreed upon. Their tastes were actually quite similar in some ways so there hadn’t been too many arguments over what each of them wanted.
He couldn’t wait to get started and especially couldn’t wait to ‘christen’ the room once it was finished.
* * * * *
As Nathan drove them home from the store, Haley snuggled into his side and rubbed her hand back and forth on his thigh. Nuzzling her face into his neck, she inhaled his masculine scent and planted soft kisses on his skin. She smiled against him when she heard him moan in pleasure.
Stopping at a red light, he quickly turned his face towards hers and kissed her full lips. Feeling her lips part, he thrust his tongue inside her mouth and explored it thoroughly. They concentrated on the taste and smell of each other, the world outside the car having been forgotten. The blaring of a car horn behind them soon brought them back to reality and forcing himself to pull away from her, he gave her a smirk before he released the handbrake and drove onwards.
“You’re a real distraction, Hales,” he told her as he placed his hand over hers which was now resting just above his knee.
“Is that good or bad?” she teased.
“Good, it’s definitely good.”
Intertwining her fingers with his, she said, “Thanks again for letting me redecorate. You didn’t have to do that, Nathan.”
As they were only a couple of minutes away from home, he didn’t say anything until he’d pulled into the parking garage and turned off the engine. Turning to face her, he smiled.
“Yes, I did. It’s our home now so I want you to feel really comfortable there,” he told her seriously but then he smirked and added, “And seeing as we’re going to be spending a lot of our time in the bedroom, it’s only right that we make it perfect.”
“Is that so?” she asked raising one eyebrow.
“Yep. Unless you have any objections.”
Haley shook her head and leaning forward slightly, she rested her forehead against his. “No objections whatsoever. I just didn’t want you to feel like you had to make changes simply because I was moving in.”
Bringing his hands up, he cradled her face between his palms as he softly kissed her lips. Haley was the sweetest, most genuine person he’d ever met and he didn’t think he’d ever get enough of her.
Drawing back a little, he looked into her eyes and said, “I didn’t offer because I thought it was something I should do. I offered because it felt right. I want us to do this together.”
After kissing him back, she replied, “Okay then. I definitely can’t wait for the new bed to arrive. Just imagine what we could get up to with all that extra room.”
“Don’t worry, my imagination’s been going into overdrive ever since we bought it.”
Giving her another kiss, he got out of the car and walked round to open her door for her and helped her climb out. Getting their purchases out of the trunk, they made their way up to their apartment.
Once inside, they placed the decorating supplies they’d bought in a corner ready for the next day. All the furniture in their bedroom had already been moved or covered with protective covers and the young couple were going to be sleeping in the spare bedroom until their room was completed.
“So, what would you like for dinner?” Nathan asked her as she came out of the spare bedroom after changing into her comfy jeans and a sweatshirt.
“Pasta would be good or we can order in again, I don’t mind,” she replied walking over to him and wrapping her arms around his neck.
“Pasta’s fine,” he told her as he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her in closer. “I can use the leftover sauce from the other night.”
“Mmm, yum.” Standing on her tiptoes, she captured his lips with her own and kissed him hard and deep, sliding her tongue into his mouth to play with his.
Breaking the kiss for a brief moment, he asked, “You hungry now?”
Haley nodded her head. “Yeah, but not for food.” Jumping up, she wrapped her legs around his hips and he smirked at her.
“Oh yeah, me too.” He held her tightly as he walked the few steps to the nearest wall and he pressed her hard up against it as his lips devoured hers.
The fingernails of one of her hands raked across his scalp while her other hand gripped his shoulder. She could feel his arousal pressing into her and she yearned for it to be deep inside her.
Nathan broke the kiss and breathed in some much needed air before starting to suck on her throat and then her neck.
“Oh god, that feels...you feel so good.” His body had her pinned tightly to the wall so both their hands were free and they quickly started pulling each other’s clothes off. As soon as they were naked, he thrust deep inside of her, causing her to moan loudly at the welcome intrusion. Her feminine muscles gripped his cock which made him growl in response and she couldn’t help smiling at the intense look of concentration on his face.
“You feel good too,” he told her as he thrust inside her over and over again. Even though this was the second time they’d made love today, he knew it wouldn’t be long before he came and he wanted to make sure she was there with him when it happened. Shifting his position slightly, each stroke meant that his pubic bone now ground against her clit and the sudden change in position had her moaning incoherently at the added sensation.
“Ohmigod! Yes, Nathan...yesss... Oh god, I’m gonna...”
When her orgasm hit a few moments later, she screamed and Nathan quickly covered her mouth with his to muffle the noise. The last thing he wanted was a nosy neighbour calling round to complain about the noise.
Haley’s orgasm triggered his own and he groaned as he shot his seed deep inside her. It was a relief knowing she was now on the pill because this wasn’t the first time they’d gotten carried away and forgotten about protection. Thankfully, it had just been the once and upon realizing what they had done, they had discussed what they wanted to do concerning the issue of contraception.
They held each other tightly for a few minutes, sharing tender kisses, until Nathan slowly pulled out of her. He gently placed her feet back on the ground but just for a second as a moment later he was carrying her into the bathroom. Setting her down on the counter, he quickly started filling the large bathtub with hot water, adding some bath oil to it. After testing to make sure the water wasn’t too hot, he picked her up again and placed her inside before climbing in himself and sitting behind her.
“So I guess I’m taking a bath now, huh?” she said teasingly, turning to look at him.
“I’m sorry, I should have asked first and...”
“No!” She maneuvered herself in the bath so that she was straddling him and could look into his eyes. “I was only kidding. I love that you know just what I need without me having to say it. I love you so much, Nathan.”
Wrapping his hands around her small waist, he pulled her in tighter to his body and rested his forehead against hers. “I love you too, Hales. I’ve never felt like this about anyone before.”
Pressing her lips against his, she kissed him. “Me either. The other relationships I’ve had pale in comparison to this. You’re the only one for me, Mr Scott.”
“Good and ditto.”
Haley moved her legs so that she was now lying chest to chest with him and they held each other whilst enjoying the comfortable silence.
* * * * *
Two weeks later...
The bedroom was finally finished and Haley stood in the middle of the room surveying it. They had chosen to make the room light and airy and so had gone with white walls and a thick, rich caramel coloured carpet. The drapes were also caramel but were a lighter shade than the carpet and had a delicate pattern running through the fabric. The brand new, king size bed was placed in the center of the room against the back wall and situated either side of the bed was a nightstand which matched the rest of the room’s furniture.
Nathan walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. “What are you thinking?”
“I’m just wondering if you like it,” she confessed. “Maybe it’s a little too plain.”
“Are you kidding? I think it looks great; all clean and fresh but if you don’t like it...”
“No, I do. I especially like our new bed.”
“Yeah, I’d say that’s my favourite, too.” He turned her in his arms and bent down to kiss her lips. “Wanna try it out?” he asked, wiggling his eyebrows and making her giggle.
“Oh yeahhh,” she drawled and a moment later she squealed in surprise as he suddenly picked her up and threw her onto the bed before pouncing on top of her.
He loved hearing her laughter and sometimes when he did, it was almost as if he could hear his future children’s laughter, and he knew it wouldn’t be long before he proposed to her. What had started off as a professional relationship was now just a relationship and he couldn’t be happier.
Fin