Lessons to Learn

Chapter 34

Chapter 34

He laughed. "Come on, stay longer"

"I'll see" she said "come on, last spoon"

"It's over already?" he whined

"Why don't you sleep for a while and I'll be sure to have some more ready for you when you wake up.

"Or... you could sleep with me, and later make me soup" he said with a sparkle in his eyes. He was such a child.

"You're determined to keep me here all day aren't you?"

"You know it" he said. She chuckled and hit him playfully. "Sleep, I'll be right back"

"I'll be waiting for you" he said as she left the room.

10 minutes later when she returned after clearing up the kitchen, he was fast asleep. She smiled to herself. She walked on over to his side, and pushed away the little hair that was falling forward on his forehead, getting a feel of his body temperature too. His fever was still there, she hoped it was coming down though.

She found herself leaning in and placing a soft kiss on his forehead. He shifted a bit and then his eyes opened a little

"Sleep with me Kate"

"Yea yea, big baby" she said, as she got under his blanket with him, and he came closer to spoon her. She knew he'd fallen quickly back to sleep as she felt his arm get heavy around her. She tilted her head a bit and right enough, she saw he was out

"Sleep well babe" she said, and found that her own eyes were a little drowsy. She hadn't got a good sleep the earlier night because she was so habituated to sleeping with him and his absence was largely felt. But at least right now, she was with him, and she seemed to love the proximity. So she allowed herself a few winks of sleep too.

Kate awoke when she felt him move behind her, he was shifting closer. Weren't they already close enough? She thought to herself. Then she felt his nose at the back of her head and he took a long inhale... she smiled. He'd always told her he loved the smell of her hair... she heard him hum his appreciation in his sleep.

Only, she realized, he wasn't completely asleep... his hand had moved to her waits and slowly, very gently crept under the hemline of her shirt.

"Rick, are you awake?"

"No" he said in low voice.

She laughed and tried to tilt her head back to look at him, but then she felt his lips on her neck, and his hand quickly made its way up to her breast

"Oh fuck!" she exclaimed when the sensation hit her. He had found that spot on her neck that when he kissed drove her wild. And the fact that his hand had dipped under the band of her bra and was now palming her and tweaking her nipple, didn't help one bit

"Rick... I thought... I thought you had no energy" she said with a smile, closing her eyes and enjoying everything he was making her feel

"Don't care... I love you"

As much as she hated doing this, Kate caught his hand and stopped him. She then turned around and faced him.

"Rick..."she said and leaned in and kissed his nose"

"You need to rest... go back to sleep"

"But..."

"But nothing" she placed her hand on his chest and pushed him lightly to make him lie on his back, and said

"get better soon, and then I'll let you make love to me, in fact, I'll even give you more than you're thinking of giving me" she said as her hand slowly slipped lower down his body and a teasing smile donned her lips. He looked at her with darkened eyes, knowing exactly where her hand was wandering off to, and knowing he wanted it too bad right now...

Just then they heard the front door open and Martha's voice calling out "Richard Kate, I'm home"

Kate's hand pulled away from his crotch like as if it had been burnt, she even sat up, startled.

Rick laughed "it's just my mother"

"I think she's enough" Kate said as she rose from the bed and said

"Well, anyway, go back to sleep, I'll make you some soup again"

"Will you feed it to me too?" he asked sweetly

"I don't know how I got myself into this" she said while rolling her eyes

"Please and thank you" he said.

She stopped at the door "in future when we're living together and if I get sick, I will make sure to be as needy and whiny as you are"

"You forgot. I like it when you're needy" he said with a wink

She simply shook her head at him, bit her lip and walked out.

Rick had caught onto something she must have not even realized she said. 'In future when we're living together...'

The line played on repeat in his head and it only made him feel good. They were going to have a future together. And in Kate's mind, it wasn't too far off that they'd be living together. It made him want to grab her and kiss her senseless. If he didn't have a flue, he would have done just that. But for now, he won't call her out on it. He just knew it meant a whole lot. And if anything, she was just the cure he'd needed the entire time he'd been feeling unwell.

With that thought in mind, he found himself falling back asleep

Kate had gotten into conversation with Martha once she was back in the kitchen. Martha was telling her about how Rick was always cranky when he was unwell, constantly needing attention and Kate laughed to her hearts content when she heard of all his antics when he was kid.

"I'd say he hasn't grown up one bit" Martha said

"Well, I have to agree" Kate said.

Martha looked in the direction of his room and said "well, he hasn't called out to either of us, so I'm guessing he fell asleep again"

"Well, this soup is almost ready, and I got to leave now, got a few assignments to look through"

"Yes of course, I don't expect you to be here all day darling... you've got otherpriorities I'm sure"

"Thank you Martha"

"I should be thanking you Kate, at least you were here to watch him while I was out"

"Anytime. I'll just go get my bag from inside and then I'll leave. Tell him to give me a call when he wakes up?"

"I surely will"

Kate put the stove off, and covered the dish. Wiped her hands on a napkin and walked on to his room to collect her laptop bag.