M&Ms
Chapter 14
By Crystal

"Well, should we wake her?"

"I don't think that would be a very good idea."

"Why not?"

"She might get cranky!"

"But she's always cranky!"

"No, Nick, she's not!"

"Yes, Sass, she is. But she's beautiful when she's cranky."

"And she's awake."

"No she's not."

"Yes, Nick, she is."

"How can you tell?"

"Because she's smiling. Open your eyes, Brash." Damn it, caught. I opened my eyes and tried not to smile. "What are you two doing and what will I be cranky about?"

Nick got the goofiest smile on his face. It scared me half out of my mind. "It's Sunday morning. We were contemplating on whether or not we should wake you up to ask you to go out and have some fun."

"I'm really not in the mood to. Why don't you two go without me?"

Nick looked at Sass. "Could you give me a minute alone with her, please?"

Sass smiled. "Sure thing, Nick. I'll just go hop in the shower for about an hour. See ya." She left with a smug smile on her face.

I looked at Nick and wondered what was in that head of his now. He knelt down beside the bed and ran his fingertips along my forehead.

"You aren't feeling any better?"

"Not really. I think I'll just let the depression sink in for today. Throw myself a pity party."

"Don't do that."

"I think I'm entitled."

"You are," he agreed. "But I like you most when you're happy."

"Sorry to disappoint you, Nick, but now is not a happy time."

"It's better than what you first imagined."

"Nick, please don't. I don't want to talk about the babies." I turned over in the bed, my back to him. He sighed, audibly.

"You're even going to turn away from me?"

"It's not that, Nick, and you know it."

"No, Brash. I don't think I do." I felt a hand slide up and down my back and I couldn't suppress a slight moan.

"You're back is really tense Brash. Turn on your stomach and I'll massage you."

"I'm too lazy to refuse." I gently turned onto my stomach. I was told it was okay, at this phase in my pregnancy, to lie like this. But not for much longer. Pretty soon I would be too fat to even.. Oh… My god." Nick's hands lifted up my top so it lay loosely at the top of my neck. Carefully, without sitting up and exposing myself, I lifted it completely off of my body and then rested my head on the soft garment. Nick straddled me and began to rub his hands along the length of my back. Tiny goose bumps covered my skin as his hands glided across my spine. With my eyes closed, I imagined I was on vacation with a Swedish hunk named Franz deeply massaging me.

"Oh, Franz."

Nick's hands stopped. "Who is Franz?"

I dug my face in my pillow and laughed. "Sorry. Franz is no one. Hey! Keep going. It feels nice."

"You were daydreaming about being at a resort with a Swedish masseuse named Franz, weren't you?"

"Yeah. How did you know?"

"I grew up with a lot of women, therefore, I can always tell what a woman is thinking."

"Is that so?"

Nick laughed. "No, but it was fun to pretend for a while. No guy on earth has a clue what a woman wants. Not even Christina Aguilera could help us out."

"Don't listen to that peroxide blonde. Nobody can tell you what a girl wants except for the girl herself."

Nick leaned down and rested his head on my shoulder. "What do you want?"

I sighed. "I want to be loved and treasured. I want to be with someone who completes me, someone who I complete. Someone who I can trust implicitly with my life and my heart. And who has great hands." I laughed at the last part and felt Nick sigh into my neck.

"Too bad. You're almost perfect for me."

"What am I missing?" I asked, smiling.

"The need for a great lover." I turned my head to face him.

"Being lovers goes beyond sex, Nick."

"True, but what about all the little stuff?"

"What little stuff?" Nick turned me over, but kept is position over me.

"Like holding." To demonstrate, he slid over me and wrapped his arms around my back. "And caressing." His hands slid up and down my sides, lightly brushing my breasts and ribs. "Kissing." His lips lightly came to mine and nibbled on them, contentedly. "And of course, good in bed." Before his lips could come down on mine again, I held him off with my hand and then sneezed into my pillow. I looked up at him and watched as his eyes got smaller. "What?!" I asked.

"No orgasms?"

I laughed so hard my body shook under him. "It doesn't happen all the time."

"So, where was I? Oh yeah." He leaned down and took my bottom lip between his teeth and lightly pulled away. He let go, letting his eyes retreat down my body. "My God," he mumbled. I went turned an awful shade of pink.

"Are you embarassed?" he smiled cockily as he watched my face deepen to a crimson. "Aww. You're breaking my heart. What's the matter baby?"

"I just realized that I'm naked under you." Nick slid to my side, then threw back the covers.

"You still have your knickers on."

"You are such a pervert!" I laughed. He slid back on top of me and buried his head in my neck, kissing and nibbling on me.

"I wish I could stay here with you all day," he mumbled.

"You would break Sass's heart. It would mean the world to her if you took her out."

"But I might never get you in this position again before you're all big and full of a baby."

I laughed and lightly smacked him away before he could kiss me again. "You're such the lady charmer. Really, my heart is racing."

"You're just saying that." The smile on his face lightened my mood tremendously.

"Maybe I can go with you guys."

His face changed, slightly. "Are you sure that's okay?"

"I'm almost positive. Besides, if I stay here then I'll be bored out of my mind."

"All right. But at the first moment that you're not feeling well we're heading straight back here."

"Got it, Dad."

"Don't call me Dad. It would make it all the much harder to kiss you."

"Just kiss me, Nick."

"I always do what a lady tells me to do." He leaned in and kissed me, sweetly, passionately. It felt so nice that I was the first to deepen it. I parted my mouth and gladly accepted him.