Grow to Love - Part 8a
Title: Grow to Love
Author: Zee
Pairing: Nathan/Haley
Rating: FMA for now
Disclaimer: Nope, I don’t own a thing!
Summary: Haley grew up knowing little of the outside world. What she did know was that her job was to produce a son. And soon she was getting married
Author’s Note: This has yet to be betaed, so all mistakes are mine
Grow to Love
The pictures in this chapter are my own private pictures, taken when I was there last November. I had to post it in two parts, next part is coming shortly
Chapter VII - The Honeymoon
Haley stirred in her sleep. Something was draped over her, something other than her cover. She tried to think of what it could be. She slowly opened her eyes, recognizing nothing around her. Then it hit her. Last night she had gotten married, she was in Nathan’s house and they had done bedbusiness. She looked down to see what was draped over her. It was an arm, which meant it was Nathan’s arm. She carefully tried to move the arm, but it was not possible. It resulted in Nathan pulling her closer to him. She was now pulled all the way against his body, his hand sprawled flat against her stomach. It didn’t alarm her, it just made her feel safe. She felt Nathan stir and closed her eyes, pretending to be a sleep.
Nathan felt a body next to him. He drew in the smell and remembered. It was Haley, his wife. His thoughts went back to last night. He still felt bad for hurting her, those tears just broke his heart. He smiled when he thought about their little banter about her turtle, the smile on her face when he teased her. He leaned on his elbow, watching her. Her hair, flowing against the pillow, framing her angelic face. He removed his hand from her stomach and moved some hair away from her neck. He bent down and kissed the exposed skin. He felt Haley stir and then she started to giggle.
“What, are you ticklish?”
“No”
“No? I’ll see about that”
He started to tickle her and she squirmed and giggled even more.
“Nathan…Nathan, please stop” He did.
“So, you are not ticklish, hu?”
“No” She grinned at him. He smiled back.
“We should get up, we have to get ready, and it’s going to be a long day”
“When do we leave and what time is it now?”
“It’s noon and we leave around 2pm I believe. That reminds me. We are stopping in Paris to
do some shopping. My mom wants you to get some more clothes”
“What is wrong with what I have?”
“There is nothing wrong with what you have, it’s just that you don’t have enough. According to my mother, that is. With me, what ever you have is fine”
Nathan got out of bed and disappeared into her closet. A few minutes later he emerged with some clothes.
“Put that on” He gave them to her. “You can go to the bath room first”
“Can’t I pick out what I want to wear myself?”
“I want you to wear this, so go and put it on”
“Fine”
She stomped into the bathroom, displaying her dislike of the situation. Why was it him that had to decide what she was going to wear? She was old enough to decide herself thank you very much. And she was an adult, just like he was. She got dressed. Looking at her self he realized that she actually looked very good in what he picked out for her, something she would never tell him. She made sure she used a really long time in there.
“Haley, if you don’t get out here soon I’m coming in and I don’t care if you are naked”
“I’m done, the bathroom is all yours” She said as she opened the door and left the bathroom.
“It was about time. Wait for me and we’ll go for breakfast together”
“You like commanding people around, don’t you?”
“Just wait for me, please”
He went into the bathroom. Why did she have to be so difficult? He was the man, so he decided. Finished! She should know that. If it was like this it should be an interesting honeymoon, not only that, an interesting marriage. He really didn’t care what she wore, she would look beautiful in anything, but it was kind of fun to pick it out for her. Wonder what he could get her to wear. He finished up and went back to the bathroom. At first he couldn’t see Haley, but then he saw her, she was standing by the window, longingly looking out.
“Are you ready?”
“Um….yeah” He scared her, she hadn’t heard him come out.
“Let’s go. Everybody is probably up already. They’ll be down there”
“Oh, ok”
They walked down. As soon as they entered the kitchen everybody turned and looked at them. He felt Haley tens next to him. She stepped behind him. He grabbed her hand to reassure her that everything was fine.
“Morning you two, did you sleep well?”
“Yes mom”
“And you Haley?”
“I slept good, thank you Mrs. Scott”
“Call me Deb Haley, Mrs. Scott is my mother in-law”
“Sorry Mrs. Sc…I mean Deb”
“Come and sit you two, get some food before you leave”
“When do we leave actually?”
“The car will be here in an hour to take you to the airport. The company jet will take you to New York where you will fly Air France to Paris. You will arrive in Paris in the morning and then take Air Seychelles to the Seychelles in the evening. Everything is on the itinerary in your traveling brief”
“Thanks for organizing everything mom”
“Just enjoy your time there and get to know each other”
“And make sure you get Haley pre…”
“Dan, leave it”
“I’m just saying”
“You are not saying anything thank you very much. I do believe you said you had some work to do in your office. Now would be the perfect time to start that”
“Fine, I’m leaving” Dan left the kitchen.
“Finally, now that he is gone we can all finally relax” Brooke was holding Zara.
“So, bro, what did you think about last night?”
“What?” He looked shocked.
“I mean the party. What did you think I mean? …oh…”
“The party was great. I have never met so many people I didn’t know at once”
“Yeah, I know, it was the same in our wedding”
“What did you think about it?” Brooke asked Haley.
“It was nice. I have nothing to compare it too, and right now I don’t really remember that much”
“It was the same with me. Everything was so overwhelming. Luckily there were plenty of photographers so you’ll have the chance to see it all later. Oh, and there video as well. I remember when I watched mine. I couldn’t believe all the things that had happened and that I didn’t notice at the time”
“Brooke”
“What?”
“You are blabbering again”
“And?”
“Well, maybe there are other people that would like to talk to Haley as well”
“Like who? You? What on earth would you have to say to her?”
“Maybe I don’t have that much to say to her, but there are others”
“They are free to jump in whenever”
“And how would they do that when you are running a mile a minute” He grinned at her.
“You are teasing me”
“I know” He laughed at the pout that she was giving him. “But you know I still love you”
“You better”
“I’ll try”
“Be careful, you might end up sleeping in the nursery”
“Hey, Lucas. I would take her seriously. Remember the last time that happen?”
“So not going there again” Everybody around the table, except Haley who had no idea what they were talking about, laughed at him.
“So, back to you Haley. What did Nathan give you as a Morning Gift?”
“A what gift?”
“Nathan, you haven’t given it to her yet?” Everybody was looking at him.
“Sorry, I forgot. I’ll give it to her now”
“You can’t”
“What do you mean I can’t? Of course I can”
“No, it has to be in bed. It’s called a morning gift because it’s the first thing you give her as she wakes up the morning after the wedding. I told you that”
“I know, I’m sorry. I forgot. In case you didn’t notice, yesterday was kind of hectic”
“Nathan, don’t let him teas you. He forgot to give it to me as well in the morning. Just remember it the next time you have some time alone together, okay”
“Thanks a lot big brother, scaring me like that. That is not nice”
They all finished eating breakfast. Nathan and Haley went up to their suit to get things in order to get going. Lucas and Brooke remained down in the kitchen.
***
“I think he’s in love already”
“I don’t think so”
“You don’t have a woman’s intuition, you have nothing to say in the matter”
“Hey, I have known my brother longer than you have”
“True, but have you ever seen him in love”
“Well, no”
“I rest my case”
“But…”
“Cased closed, request for reopening is denied” She grinned at him.
“You are impossible, you know that?”
“I know, but you still love me”
“That I do” He gave her a long and lingering kiss.
***
Up in the bedroom Nathan and Haley was walking around, gathering their things in silence. Occasionally they bump into each other, trying to get to something at the same place. They would exchange a sorry, but that was it. Suddenly the phone called.
“Hello…Ok…We’ll be there in 5 minutes”
Nathan turned around and looked at her.
“The car is her. Are you ready?”
“Yeah, I’m ready”
They both walked down, leaving the luggage for the driver to pick it up. Once down stairs they said their goodbyes and got in the car. The ride to the airport was done in complete silence. Haley kept staring out the window, thinking about everything that had happened in the past days. Nathan seemed nice, just really irritating at times. It was something she had to work on, getting him less irritating that is. Last night had been full of emotions. From the wedding to the bedbusiness. The last not being the most pleasant experience. She couldn’t understand how her sisters could enjoy it. How could they enjoy showing themselves naked in front of anybody, let alone actually have bedbusiness.
They had arrived to the airport where they were escorted to the awaiting airplane. It was not one of the biggest airplanes, but it had 6 seats, 4 of them reclining lounge chairs.
Haley stopped halfway out the car door. She kept looking at the plane. Nathan could see that she was hesitating. He walked back to the car.
“It will be okay. I know it’s small, but it’s so much better than the larger once”
“I have never flown before. Whenever we went anywhere we always took the car”
“Statistically speaking it’s one of the safest ways to travel” That made her smile.
“That still doesn’t change the fact that it’s my first time flying”
“I know. I’ll hold your hand the whole time” He took her hand and she followed him.
They had been flying for about an hour and neither had really said anything. They were sitting opposite each other with a table between them. Haley kept looking out the window.
“Are you okay?”
“What?”
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah, just thinking”
“About what?”
“Everything, nothing, anything. Take your pick”
“I’ll take ‘anything’ for 200 please” She laughed at him.
“I’m just wondering what Paris is like. And the Seychelles. I have never been outside the States before”
“I’m sure you’ll love it. Do you speak French?”
“No, I took Italian at school. I don’t know why, I’m sure I’ll never get to see it”
“I’ll make sure you will”
“Thank you”
“I haven’t taken you there yet”
“No, but that you are willing to”
“It will be fun, we’ll make a road trip out of it”
“Have you been there before?”
“Only to Milan, but there are so many other great places”
“I bet”
They both got silenced again. Suddenly Nathan stood up and got something out of his jacket. He bent down next to her.
“I should have given this to you this morning, but I’m happy that I didn’t. Now is better”
He gave her a small gift, wrapped in gold paper with a purple ribbon. She started to unwrap it. Once the paper was gone there was a burgundy box. She opened it slowly, peaking inside the box. Inside was a platinum diamond set heart necklace.
“Nathan, you shouldn’t have”
“Yes, I should have. Because I wanted to and because you deserve it”
“But it’s too much”
“It’s not. Now you always have my heart with you. My heart belongs to you now”
“It’s beautiful. Will you help me put it on?”
“Yeah, it’s beautiful, just like you. And of course I’ll put it on. ”
She gave him the necklace and she turned around, lifting her hair. He fastened the necklace but left his hands. Haley was still holding her hair up. He leaned in, smelling her. He planted a kiss on her neck, lingering. She leaned into him, loving the feeling of his lips on her neck. She slowly turned around hesitantly leaned towards him. Slowly their mouths were inching together and their lips met in a small, kind of awkward kiss. After a few more hesitative kisses, their kissing became deeper. Nathan started to lean backwards and she gradually followed him. Soon they were lying in the aisle making out. She was on top of him and it felt great.
“If you would please be seated and fasten your seatbelt, we are now preparing to land at JFK Airport, New York”
They both woke with a startle. They must have fallen a sleep. Her head was resting on his chest. She looked up at him and smiled. He smiled back at her. She moved up and gave him a kiss before she stood up. They both sat down, still looking at each other. This time they were seated on each side of the aisle. Nathan took her hand and held it as they landed.
They were quickly escorted to the waiting airplane which would take them to Paris. On the flight over they were sleeping, reading or listening to music. They didn’t talk much, but they both stole glances at each other. They arrived in Paris early the next morning. A car took them to Hotel de Paris, where they would be staying for the day, and they got settled in.
“Are you hungry?”
“A little”
“When you are ready to go we’ll go and have breakfast at this little café just around the corner.
They have the best Pain au Chocolat”
“What is that?”
“You have never had a Pain au Chocolat?”
“The fact that I have no clue what it is should tell you that I have never had it before”
“I can’t tell you what it is, you have to experience it”
“Okay, let’s go”
They left their hotel and went to the café Nathan was talking about. He ordered for them both and to Haley Pain au Chocolat looked like just pastry. They found a table outside, facing the street like most French cafés. Haley took the Pain au Chocolat and looked at it.
“So, this is the wonder?”
“Yeah”
“It doesn’t look like it’s that much, just look like regular pastry”
“It looks ordinary, but it the taste is something else. Give it a try”
“Okay, here goes” She took a bite, tasted it and closed her eyes.
“See, told you it’s something else. The warm chocolate that melts on your tongue, it’s something you can’t describe, you just have to taste it”
“It is really good”
They finished their breakfast, talking about different things, nothing important. Once they were done they went window shopping. Nathan was watching her to see if she saw something she liked. He knew what he had to get to please his mom, but he wanted to get something that Haley wanted too. They had been walking for a while when they arrived at Les Galeries Lafayette. Nathan knew he would find everything they needed in there.
Once inside Nathan found an English speaking sales person and started pointing to different outfits. They walked through several departments and the piles of clothes were getting bigger and bigger.
“Nathan, I don’t need that much clothes, I have enough”
“You don’t know my mother, you are going to need all of it, trust me”
“I’ll never get the chance to even use half of these”
“Like I said, you don’t know my mother”
“It’s too much, I can’t afford all that” They reached the lingerie department.
“Don’t worry about that. My mother is paying for it. Now, how many two piece bikinis did you bring?
“I have one swim suite and one two piece, but with a top that covers my stomach”
“That is not enough” He grabbed a handful of bikinis and gave them to her. “Here, try these on”
Haley looked at the skimpy bikinis that he had given her.
“I’m not wearing that, it hardly covers my ass”
“Exactly the point” She looked at him in shock.
“It’s too small. I need something that covers. Like those hot-pants over there”
“They cover too much. Those are fine, now go and try them on”
“Bu….”
“No buts, go and try them on. And make sure you show me each and every one”
She walked into the changing room and looked at the bikinis. They were all so small. He might make her buy them, but no way would she ever wear them. She decided on a white one first. She got undressed and had managed to get the bottom on when she heard Nathan outside the door.
“Are you finished yet?”
“Give me a second, I’m almost done with the first one”
“Do you need any help?”
“No thank you, I’m fine”
Suddenly the door opened and Nathan comes in. Haley has the top almost on, but gets startled and drops it. She sees Nathan and covers herself.
“Nathan, what are you doing here? You need to get out”
“You were taking so long I figured I would come and help you”
“I don’t need any help. Please go out Nathan” He was walking towards her now.
“You still haven’t managed to get the first one on, I say you need help”
“You startled me, that’s why I’m not done” She moves backwards as he is coming closer.
“I’m sorry about that, but I’m here now, so I can help you” He grabbed the top.
“Nathan…” Her voice came out in a low whisper
He was right in front of her now. She still had her hands covering her upper body. Her back was pressed against the wall. She looked up into his eyes. A part of her wanted him to go, another was anxious to see what he would do. He took a hold of her hands, slowly moving them away from her upper body. She looked away, avoiding looking at him.
“Look at me” His hand came to her face and turned it towards him.
“You are beautiful, your body is beautiful, you don’t have to be embarrassed”
He used his thumb to caress her lips. Her tongue came out and wet them. He leaned down and graced her lips with his. Light at first, before he leans in with his full body and deepens the kiss. His hands move up and caress her back, marveling in the feeling of her bare skin under his fingertips. Small moans escape her mouth and she has her hands in the nape of his neck, playing with his hair.
“Is everything alright in there?” They jump apart, both startled.
“Yes, everything is fine. Thank you” Haley turns red.
“Now she knows that you are here”
“And?”
“You are not suppose to be in here”
“Says who?”
“Says me”
“That’s just you, nobody else”
“Well, I don’t think you are supposed to be in here. What will people think?”
“Do we care what they think?”
“Yes we do, now please get out of here”
“Make me” He grins at her.
“Nathan” She starts to push him towards the door.
“Problems?” He continued to grin at her.
“Yes, you need to leave” She continues to push him.
“Okay, I’ll leave. On one condition”
“What?”
“You get all of these bikinis and I get a kiss”
“That’s two”
“Okay, so two conditions then”
“Fine, if it will get you to leave. I’ll get all the bikinis, but that doesn’t mean I’ll wear them”
“We’ll see about that” He gives her a smirk.
“Will you leave already?”
“What about my kiss?”
“Fine!”
She walks over and gets on her toes, reaching up to give him his kiss. She first nibbled at his bottom lip before she deepens the kiss and uses her tongue. It gets really heavy and just as Nathan is about to grab her she stops and push him towards the door.
You need to go The look on Nathan’s face told her that he wanted everything but go.
That is not fair?
What?
What you just did
What did I do? She gave him an innocent smile.
You know very well what you did She looked down and could see what she had done.
It was payback
For what?
For coming in here
You enjoyed it too
I didn't say I didn't enjoy it, I just said it was payback
I'm going to get you for this He grinned at her as he backed out of the changing room.
Haley turned around holding her clothes to her chest and grinned.
Once they were finished shopping they headed back to the hotel where they had dinner in their room. In the evening a car took them to the airport and they got on the plane to the Seychelles. It was a night flight and both of them mostly slept. The flight arrived at the main island of the Seychelles early in the morning, around 7am.
A representative from the travel agent met them at the airport and helped them over to the waiting helicopter that would take them to North Island. It was a 15min ride from the main island. Nathan looked over at Haley and could see that she was nervous as they were waiting for the helicopter to take off. He grabbed her hand and gave her a reassuring squeeze.
The flight over to the island went fast. The view as they were flying over the Island was amazing
Once they landed they were met by a hostess who took them to the reception where a fresh drink was waiting for them. They were explained things about the island and the villa and everything else. Every morning a menu would be delivered to their villa with the day’s breakfast, lunch and dinner options. They could either eat at the villa or at the restaurant. They would provide any other options they might have. The villa had a servant that would always be available and would serve any meal they eat there. There was a laundry service as well. Everything was back to nature, meaning everything was made from things found on the Island.
They were then taken to villa # 10 which was the one that was furthest away from people. There were only 11 villas at the Island and all of them were very private. Each villa had their own golf cart which they could take anywhere on the Island. Up until now everything has been overwhelming for the both of them, but it was nothing compared the when they came to the villa.
The villa had two buildings. One which they would not used contained two beds, bathroom, dressing table and an outside shower. The building which they would use contained a large bed, a divan, two dressing tables and closets. There was also a TV and a small couch. The next room, which was technically outside, contained a large bathtub, 2 outside showers, a divan and two sinks with mirrors. To the side was the toilet.
The outside area between the two buildings contained an eating and lounging area, a small kitchen, a large patio with a small swimming pool and a bungalow. It also had two sun beds. The villa faced the beach which was only 20 meters away. There was plenty of vegetation around the villa. Both Nathan and Haley were in shock, the whole place was incredible. They just walked around, not really listening to what the hostess was saying.
Once the hostess was done Haley unpacked while Nathan phone home to let everybody know they had arrived safe. She looked at all the bikinis Nathan had made her get, remembering the time in the changing room. Once she was finished unpacking Nathan was still on the phone. She walked out on the patio and looked out on the ocean. Suddenly she felt Nathan’s arms sneak around her. She encircled his arms and leaned into his chest. They stood like that for a while.
“Are they all okay back home?”
“They are all fine. I woke my mom up, New York is 7 hours behind us, it’s 2 am there”
“Was she mad?”
“No, she was just happy we arrived safely” There was a pause.
“This place is incredible”
“I know”
“Where did your mom find out about this place?”
“There was a magazine that did an article about it. And over on the other side of the Island there is a beach called the Honeymoon beach so she thought it was perfect”
“It is perfect”
“I know” Another pause.
“So, what do you want to do today?”
“I don’t know. You?”
“I have no idea, but what I do know is that I want to see you in one of those bikinis”
“So not happening”
“They why did we get them all?”
“You were the one who said I had to get them all, I was happy with the two I had”
“You were, I wasn’t” He grinned at her.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah”
“Why don’t you go and change, I’ll wait out here”
“Okay”
Haley went back inside and took a look at all of her bikinis. She decided to wear the swimsuit she got with her mother. She knew Nathan wanted her to put on one of the ones he made her get, but she wasn’t ready. Sometimes when they were kissing and everything, it felt great, but it still felt awkward. And yes, she was starting to get to know him, but he was still a stranger. She was doing all these things she had never done before, having all these experiences she has never experienced before. She didn’t know why, but she was happy it was happening with Nathan. She felt safe in his arms.
She walked back outside after she had changed. She had put a matching pareo around her waist. Nathan looked up at her and smiled.
“You look great. Wait here while I change and we’ll go and take a look around”
He had wanted her to wear one of the bikinis, but he knew he shouldn’t push her. Let her do things at her speed. Slowly she would be more comfortable around him and he her. It was taking some time to get used to thinking about some one else, and not only himself anymore. They had been married less than 48 hours, and things were looking good. He had heard about people that had a really hard time getting to know their spouse, some never really got along at all. He finished changing, putting on a board shorts before he headed out to Haley who he could see through the windows. Her hair looked like gold in the sun, flowing down her back. She was putting sun tan lotion on. He walked over to her. She must have heard him coming so she turned around.
“There you are”
“Here I am. Are you ready to go?”
“Sure. Where are we going?”
“I thought we would take the golf cart and take a look around the Island and take a bath”
“I have never swum in the ocean before?”
“Never? Can you swim?”
“I have never swum in the ocean, only in swimming pools. I can swim, my brothers thought me”
“Good, let’s get going”
“First you need to help me put sun tan lotion on my back, I can’t reach”
“Sure, no problem, just hand me the bottle” She did.
He took his time putting on the lotion. Her skin was so soft. She asked him if he wanted her to put some on him, but he told her he never got sunburned. After they took the golf cart across the Island and found a beach with a bar. The beach was called Sunset beach. It was incredible. In the middle of the beach there was a table with two chairs. There were palm trees everywhere and at the edge to the vegetation there were a lot of poles with coconuts sticking up. They walked over to the bar and asked what it was. He told them that it is turtle nest and within the next two weeks they would hatch and if they wanted to they could come a long and watch. They told them that they would like that very much.
“Have you ever had a drink?”
“Never, only Champagne at my Sisterhood party. My mother almost killed me then and would kill me if I ever took another one. You?”
“Yeah, my brother has taken me drinking some times”
“But it’s not legal, I mean, not even Luke is old enough. Right?”
“There are always ways” He grinned at her.
“I bet you two have gotten in so much trouble”
“I think we have driven our mom crazy more than once”
“Poor thing”
“Nah, she’s a strong woman. I mean, you have to be to be able to live with me dad”
“Yeah, I’m glad my dad was nothing like that”
“How was he?”
“He was great, always spent a lot of time with me and my siblings. Helping mom a lot”
“That is good. My dad is nothing like that”
“I can tell”
“Enough about him, do you want to try a drink?”
“No, I shouldn’t. Like I told you, my mom would kill me”
“You mom is not here and you don’t live with her anymore”
“That is very true. Maybe I should try one”
“Not a bad idea. I’ll have the bartender make you something special”
“What?”
“Wait here, I’ll be right back”
Nathan left Haley on a lounge coach that was on the beach. She looked at him walking away. His body was really good looking, muscular after years of training. She liked looking at him, knowing that he was her husband. It felt strange to get married so young, but it felt safe to know that she was going to spend the rest of her life with Nathan. Shortly after he left her, he came walking back with two drinks. He handed her one.
“What is it?”
“Try it. The bartender it was the perfect first drink”
Hesitating a little she takes the straw in her mouth and takes a sip.
“It tastes just like a fruit smoothie, are you sure there is alcohol in it?”
“I’m sure, I saw him put it in. Just don’t drink too fast, okay”
“Okay” She gave him a big smile.
They spent the whole morning lounging on the beach, talking about everyday things. How they grew up, about their families, school and other things. It was a time of getting to know each other. Around lunch they decided to head back to the restaurant and eat there. He could tell the Haley was slowly getting intoxicated. She was giggling all the time. It was definitely time to get some food in her. They had a nice long lunch, where Haley had more to drink. After lunch they went to explore the island a little more. They never got around to Honeymoon beach, there were so many other things to look at.
STOP He hits the breaks on the golf cart.
What?
Look
Where?
Over there She pointed.
What is it?
It's turtles
It can't be. They live in the ocean.
These are land turtles silly. Look how cute they are She gave him a big smile.
Yeah, yeah, very cute He smiled back at her.
Let's go and take a look She jumped out of the cart.
Haley, wait. Be careful He ran after her.
They are not dangerous
You never know what they might do
Like what?
I don't know. Bit your or even chase you She started to laugh.
What? He looked at her with a confused look.
I would love to see a turtle chase me
He realized what he had said and started to laugh as well. They took a few pictures before they headed back to Sunset beach.
Are your ready for a dip in the ocean?
I don't know. The waves look kind of big
I'll help you
Are you sure it's safe?
I'll keep you safe He grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the ocean.
Nathan, what are you doing?
Helping you into the water, what do you think I'm doing? He smiled.
They walked into the water. The waves were not too big, but still, there were waves. Nathan could see that she was a little scared. He pulled her closer to him, making sure he had a good grip of her hand. The water felt good. It wasn't too cold. A larger wave came and knocked Haley of her balance. She flung her arms around him and shirked. He grabbed her and held on to her. He continued to hold on to her was they moved to deeper water and Haley could no longer feel the bottom.
Nathan, don't let go
I got you, just hold on. I'm going to swim out a little where the waves are smaller
Are you sure you can hold me?
Yeah, it's not a problem. Look
Without her noticing it he had swum out the where there were very small waves. He loosened her grip on her a little, but didn't let go all the way.
You want to try on your own?
I don't know
It's safe here, and I'll stay right next to you
She hesitantly let go of him. She had felt so safe in his arms. She took a few strokes and realized that she could swim in the ocean too. She was starting to enjoy herself, but she made sure she always saw Nathan.
Look Nathan pointed behind her. She turned around but saw nothing.
What? She turned back around but Nathan was gone
Nathan? Nathan! Nathan, where are you? She was getting scared and hysterical.
Boo She shrieked and turned around towards the sound. It was Nathan.
That was not funny She was pissed.
It was a little funny
No, it was not She started to swim towards the beach.
Haley She didn't answer. Haley, come back. Look, I'm sorry. I'll never ever do it again
She still didn't answer him and soon she was up on the beach. She walked up to the bar. She was so mad at him. He knew she was scared, and still he pulls a stunt like that. She had no plans of forgiving him any time soon. She ordered another one of those fruit drinks that she have had earlier.
Nathan could tell just by looking at her that she was pissed. He hadn't known her that long, but it didn't take a genius to figure that much out. He made it up to the beach and tried to figure out what he could do to get her to forgive him. He walked towards the bar and saw that she had ordered another drink. He walked up to her, but as he approached she stood up and walked over to the lounging area where they had been earlier. He decided to leave her alone for a while to see if she would cool off. He lay down in a hammock that was strung between two palm trees.
He woke with a startle. He looked at his watch and saw that he had been sleeping for an hour and a half. Haley was not in the bar and he looked up and saw her still over in the lounge chair. He walked over to her and saw that she was reading a book.
Haley, I'm really sorry for scaring you
You better be. You scared the shit out of me
I know, I'll never do it again
You better not. Next time I won't forgive you She still didn't look at him.
What can I do to make it up to you?
I'll think of something He could see a small smirk form on her lips.
Come, let's head back to our villa and get the salt water off before we eat dinner
He stretched his hand out to her and she took it. She stood up quickly, swayed and fell back down again. She tried again, but had problem getting up and standing still.
How much did you have to drink?
I don't know. There seemed to always be something in my glass
I think you have had a little too much to drink”
“No I haven’t, I’m just fine”
“If you are so fine, stand up, close your eyes and touch your nose”
“No problem” She dragged herself up, leaning against the chair.
“What was it I had to do again?”
“Close your eyes and touch your nose” He shook his head.
“Right, right” She closed her eyes, but opened them quickly again.
“The world is spinning. Is the world spinning? Can you see the world spinning?”
“Maybe your world, but mine is not moving” He laughed.
“That is not true, the earth is always moving. It turns around….”
“Yes, my world is moving” He figured it was best to play along if he was going to get her back to the villa.
“So, are you ready to go?”
“NO” She shouted.
“Why not?
“I have to touch my nose, but the world keeps spinning and it makes it harder”
“You don’t have to touch your nose”
“But I do, if not you are going to think I had too much to drink”
“I already do that”
“See, so I have to show you that I haven’t” Why didn’t he keep his mouth shut?
“I’ll touch your nose for you”
“If you do that are you going to think I have had too much to drink?”
“No, if I touch your nose I won’t think you have had too much to drink”
“Okay, you can touch my nose. I don’t think I can”
He leaned forward and gave her a kiss on the nose. Then he bent down, picked her up and put her over his shoulder.
“Nathan, what are you doing? Put me down!” She tried to hit him in the back, but it wasn’t hard at all. He ignored her. Once they got to the golf cart he put her in the front seat.
“Stay” He walked around to the other side and got in. They drove back to the villa where he managed to get her to drink a cup of coffee, take a shower and get dressed for dinner. She was still a little drunk by the time they got to the restaurant. They ordered their food and while they were waiting Nathan had to go to the restroom. He got back just in time for the food. They enjoyed dinner. Haley kept drank a fruit juice, and she drank a lot of it. He figured she was thirsty after all the alcohol she drank earlier. When it was time to leave Haley had problems getting up again. Then it hit him.
“You have been drinking those fruit cocktails, haven’t you?”
“No I haven’t” She started to giggle. She still had a little left in her glass and he tasted it.
“This is full of alcohol”
“Busted” She giggled even more.
“I never saw you order a drink?”
“Well, you weren’t here” She burst out laughing. It hit him. When he was in the restroom.
And she had kept ordering the same all evening.
“No more drinks for you young lady…ever”
“Not fair. I like it, it’s fun”
“I want to see how much fun you have tomorrow morning”
“What do you mean?”
“Just wait and see”
“I want to know now. I won’t move until you tell me”
“No problem” He picked her up again like earlier, draping her over his shoulder.
“Nathan, put me down. Everybody is watching” He ignored her.
As they passed the bar, Haley looked at the bartender and waved. “Bye, bye”
Once they got back to the villa he managed to place her on the bed.
“Nathan, I’m thirsty”
“No more drinks for you”
“I want water. Get me water. Please get me water. I want water. Water” It looked like she was about to cry.
“Fine, I’ll get you water. You stay there, do not move”
“I’m staying. I’m a good girl, remember”
“I don’t know about that” He mumbled on his way to the kitchen to get water.
“Here is your wat…” Once he came back in he saw that she had fallen back on the bed, feet dangling, sleeping. Small snoring noises came from her mouth. She was still fully dressed. He put the water down, walked over to her and lifted her feet up on the bed. He found one of his large t-shirts and put it over her before he slowly took of her dress. Yes, he had seen her naked before, but that was when she was awake and didn't have a lot of alcohol in her blood. He did not want her to get pissed at him again. And know her, the little that he did know her, this was something she could definitely be pissed at him for.
The next morning Nathan woke early. Habit from his dad dragging him out running every morning before school. He looked down at Haley, blissfully snoring. He had known this girl for 3 days and already he knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. It was going to be eventful, the he knew. He went to take a shower, hoping she would weak up by the time he is done.
Somebody was making a lot of noise. My head is pounding and the world was still spinning. I'm never drinking again. Where is that noise coming from, it is killing my head. It's from the bathroom. She tried to lift her head to see if she could move, but there was no chance. Maybe I can go back to sleep? If only the noise would stop. And the waves. The waves need to stop to. They are making too much noise. This was all Nathan's fault. Had he not given her that first drink. What am I wearing? This was not what I had on last night. I think. It's Nathan's. He undressed me. He undressed me? He undressed me! He is going to dye for that. What gives him the right to undress me? Ok, so he is my husband, but still, he has no right to undress me. Wait, do I have underwear on? Oh, thank goodness. Ok, that noise needs to stop now. If not I'm going to k....
"You are awake" Again with the noises. Why can't he stop?
"Don't yell"
"I'm not. I see you feel the joy of alcohol" He whispered.
"Where is the joy?" She asked with sarcasm.
"Are you up for anything this morning?"
"The only thing I'm up for right now is more sleep" He laughed at her.
"Again with the loud noises. Please stop"
"Sorry. If it's okay I'm going to the gym, you can sleep and maybe you'll be up for something later"
"You go, have a blast. I'm sleeping the rest of the day" She buried her face in the pillow.
"I'll see you later" He bent down and planted a kiss at he back of her head.
He was gone for 3 hours. He had spent some time in the bar, talking to some of the people that worked there. 3 hours would have to be enough sleep for her. As he walked into the villa, she was still sleeping. She was sprawled in the middle of the bed, her hair everywhere. He took another shower before he sat down next to her.
"Haley, sweetie. Time to get up"
"I don't want to go to school mom"
"You don't have to go to school. And I hope I don't sound like your mom"
"You are not my mom" She lifted her head, face completely red of embarrassment.
"No, no moms here. Just you and me" He smiled.
"Yeah, just you and me" She dropped her head down again.
"How is your head? Looks like it's better. I can talk normal to you now"
"Yeah, it's better. Still not 100%, but better"
"You won't be a 100% until tomorrow"
"Thanks"
"It's okay. It's a good thing we got that out of the way the first day we were her, that way we have the rest of the trip to do other things"
"I'm sorry. Didn't mean to ruin the start"
"It's yourself you should feel sorry for, you are the one with the hangover. And don't worry about it, we still have several days to do all the rest of the tings"
"Still, I feel bad"
"It's okay. Do you think you can get out of bed, maybe have some food?"
"I don't know about food just yet, but I think I get up"
He stood up from the bed, giving her space to get out of the bed. She crawled on all four after him, giving him her hand so he could help her out. She got out and managed to keep her balance. She started to walk towards the bathroom when she suddenly turned.
"I'm suppose to be mad at you about something"
"Ok, what?"
"I don't remember" He laughed.
"I see. Well, let me know when you do remember, if you remember"
"I will. I always remember. Just you wait" She stomped off into the bathroom.
30 min later she came out on the patio where ha had put out some cut fruits.
"You think you can eat?"
"I'll try. Those fruits look rally good"
"Here, try this" He had a fruit between his fingers, juices running down them.
She leans forward and opens her mouth, he put the fruit in and before he can take his finger out she closes her mouth around it. She sucks on it, getting all the juices. She gives him a sensual look before she lets go of his finger, grins and walks away. She walks over the cabana before she turns around to look at Nathan. He is still standing there, his finger in the air.
"Are you okay?" No answer. "Nathan?" he finally looks at her.
"What?"
"Everything okay?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't it be?"
"It looks like something is up" She looked down his body. He followed her gaze.
"Oh, ehm, eh" he didn't know what to say and turned halfway around.
"How about we take a swim, hopefully the water is cooling"
"Good idea"
She didn't know what had gotten over her. She had never done anything or acted like that before. It was a little embarrassing. It had to have been the talk she had with her sisters. She took her dress off and left it in the cabana. She had her two piece swim suit on, not one of those Nathan had gotten her, but the one that covered her stomach. By the time she turned around again Nathan was already in the water. She gets in. They sit in the seats that are under water, 3 feet apart.
"So, what did you do while I was sleeping?" She didn't want to talk about what just happen.
"I went to the gym and then I talked to the people in the bar, nothing exciting"
"Oh" What to say next? They sat in silence for a while. Nobody knew what to say next.
"Do you want to eat dinner here or at the restaurant late?" Safe topic.
"If you don't mind I would rather eat here. I don't feel like showing myself in the bar just yet after yesterday's little cave man show"
"You weren't that bad. I don't mind eating here though"
"You were not the one thrown over the shoulder and carried out like some cave woman"
"True, but that would just have looked stupid if you tried that"
"As stupid as it did when you did it to me yesterday, yes"
"No, that was just funny" She hit him in the arm.
"That was not funny, that was embarrassing"
"I thought it was funny" He laughed.
"You would" She tried to hit him again, but he caught her hand.
"Be careful with that, you might hurt me" He grinned at her.
"You would like that, wouldn't you" She gave him a smirk.
"I don't know about that, but I like other things" He pulls her closer to him.
"Oh yeah, like what?" She acted all innocent.
"Oh, I could think of many things, like this..." He starts to tickle her. She squeals and at the same time he pulls her even closer to where she is sitting across his lap.
"Nathan, stop that" He does.
"I could think of other thing as well"
He leans forward and plants a kiss on the side of her neck. She sub consolably moves her head to the side and welcomes him. His hands are at the small of her back. She moves hers up around his neck. He continues to kiss up her neck, behind her ear before he moves to her mouth. His hands a roaming her body, moving them under the fabric that is covering her back and stomach. He can tell that she likes what he is doing so he pulls her closer to him. She feels something hard between her legs. It takes a few seconds before she realize what it is. She tenses and moves back. She looks at him.
"Not yet. I'm sorry" She gets out of the pool and runs in to the bedroom.
"Hal..." He gets out, wraps a towel around him and runs after her.
He finds her on the bed, face buried in her hands. Silent sobs are shaking through her body. He sits down next to her on the bed. He puts his hand on her back. She doesn't do anything. He starts to stroke her back to calm her down.
What happen? Why did she run? She didn't know. All she knew was that she liked what he was doing, but she wasn't ready to have bedbusiness again. It was still a little sore and she didn't want to feel that pain again. She really liked it when they were kissing and when his hands were moving all over her body. She knew she had to talk to him. Tell him she wasn't ready yet. She slowly turned towards him, taking the bedspread to cover herself.
"Hi"
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm sorry I ran"
"You don't have to be sorry about anything Haley"
"But I know I have to have bedbusiness with you"
"Haley, you don't have to do anything you don't want to do"
"But I'm your wife. It's what I'm suppose to do, right?"
"Bedbusiness is something we both are suppose to enjoy. It's not something I can demand from you when ever I want. It has to be consensual"
"I see. But you wanted to have bedbusiness earlier, right?"
"A guy thinks about bedbusiness all the time. It doesn't mean we want it all the time. And sometimes we just can't control our...well, you know"
"Oh"
"So, even though we are kissing and touching it doesn't always mean that we are gong to or that we have to have bedbusiness. And for the record, it's just as new to me as it is to you"
"I know, but my mom said that your dad has talked to you about it, so you know what to do"
"Well, he did talk, but I can't say I got that much out of that conversation. My brother was nice enough to talk to me. Without him I don't think I would have known anything"
"My mom talked a little about it to me, but not much. Promise me you won't tell anybody about it. I promised"
"I won't tell anybody"
"Thanks"
"No problem"
There was a silence. Both of them couldn't understand why they suddenly had decided to tell so much to each other. It wasn't something one normally talked about. A sound from Haley's stomach made both of them look up.
"Looks like somebody is hungry again" He laughed.
"I'm starving"
"What do you want?" He got her the menu.
"I want that, and that, oh and that" Her fingers were pointing at the menu.
"Looks like someone is really hungry"
"I am. You got a problem with that?" She gave him an ugly look.
"No, no problem at all. I'll order for you"
They enjoyed the rest of the afternoon by their villa.
Nathan woke up and started to stretch. His skin hurt so badly. He looked at his arms and saw that they were flaming red. He got out of bed and walked over the mirror. Luckily it was only his arms, shoulder and upper back that were burned, but it really hurt.
"Ouch, that's got to hurt"
"Yeah, it does"
"I told you"
"Told me what?"
"To put some sun cream on. Look at me, I'm sporting a nice tan" She twirled around.
"I never burn"
"Well, apparently, you do now"
"What am I suppose to do?" The pain obvious in his face.
"Come here you poor baby. I'll put some lotion on" She pretended to pout.
"Not funny" He laid down on the bed again. She went and got something from the fridge.
"Ahhhh"
"What?" Acting all innocent.
"That is cold"
"That's good, means it's going to cool down your burns"
"It's too cold"
"Don't be such a baby"
"Hey, I'm not a baby"
"Then stop complaining" Laughing.
For the next few days they spent most of the time on the beach, playing in the water, talking and getting to know each other. Nathan always had a t-shirt on, protecting his burned skin. They had started this game where they would tell three things about themselves. Two would be correct and one would be a lie. The other had to figure out which one was the lie. So far Haley had the most correct answers. How she had him pegged out so quickly, he had no idea. Getting to know her was a little bit harder, but he was getting there. Some things though, he would never know and he had just accepted that.
Nathan was waiting for Haley to finish her massage. She had discovered the spa treatments on the Island and was up there getting pampered. They were going to meet in the library before heading back to the villa. He was looking at the book to see if there was anything interesting to read. Haley had been there the other day and came back with 10 books. How she was going to have time to read them all, he had no idea. Most of the books were novels that people had left behind. Nothing really interested him. He came across a few larger books filled with images. There was one about the Seychelles, one about the Second World War and then there was one with old Indian statues. He took it down from the shelf and opened it. When realizing what the pictures and statues were doing he looked around to make sure no one was watching him. He closed the book to see what the book was called. Modern Kama Sutra. He sat down and started to read and look at the pictures. He was so caught up in what he was reading he didn't hear Haley come in until the door slammed shut. He jumped and hurried to put the book under his towel.
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing"
"What do you mean nothing, I saw you read a book"
"Nothing interesting"
"Oh. Ready to go?"
"Yeah" He moved the book, making sure the toweled covered it, in front of his lower body and stood up.
"Are you okay? You look a little flushed"
"I'm fine. I just sat in the wrong position. Do you want to drive?"
"You are letting me drive?"
"Sure, one time has to be the first."
"Yeah, I'd love to drive" She skipped over to the golf cart. "Are you coming?"
"Just don't drive too fast"
"Like I could. This cart doesn't move faster than a snail anyway"
Yeah, right now he couldn’t get fast enough back to the villa. He needed a cold shower, NOW.
Author: Zee
Pairing: Nathan/Haley
Rating: FMA for now
Disclaimer: Nope, I don’t own a thing!
Summary: Haley grew up knowing little of the outside world. What she did know was that her job was to produce a son. And soon she was getting married
Author’s Note: This has yet to be betaed, so all mistakes are mine
Grow to Love
The pictures in this chapter are my own private pictures, taken when I was there last November. I had to post it in two parts, next part is coming shortly
Chapter VII - The Honeymoon
Haley stirred in her sleep. Something was draped over her, something other than her cover. She tried to think of what it could be. She slowly opened her eyes, recognizing nothing around her. Then it hit her. Last night she had gotten married, she was in Nathan’s house and they had done bedbusiness. She looked down to see what was draped over her. It was an arm, which meant it was Nathan’s arm. She carefully tried to move the arm, but it was not possible. It resulted in Nathan pulling her closer to him. She was now pulled all the way against his body, his hand sprawled flat against her stomach. It didn’t alarm her, it just made her feel safe. She felt Nathan stir and closed her eyes, pretending to be a sleep.
Nathan felt a body next to him. He drew in the smell and remembered. It was Haley, his wife. His thoughts went back to last night. He still felt bad for hurting her, those tears just broke his heart. He smiled when he thought about their little banter about her turtle, the smile on her face when he teased her. He leaned on his elbow, watching her. Her hair, flowing against the pillow, framing her angelic face. He removed his hand from her stomach and moved some hair away from her neck. He bent down and kissed the exposed skin. He felt Haley stir and then she started to giggle.
“What, are you ticklish?”
“No”
“No? I’ll see about that”
He started to tickle her and she squirmed and giggled even more.
“Nathan…Nathan, please stop” He did.
“So, you are not ticklish, hu?”
“No” She grinned at him. He smiled back.
“We should get up, we have to get ready, and it’s going to be a long day”
“When do we leave and what time is it now?”
“It’s noon and we leave around 2pm I believe. That reminds me. We are stopping in Paris to
do some shopping. My mom wants you to get some more clothes”
“What is wrong with what I have?”
“There is nothing wrong with what you have, it’s just that you don’t have enough. According to my mother, that is. With me, what ever you have is fine”
Nathan got out of bed and disappeared into her closet. A few minutes later he emerged with some clothes.
“Put that on” He gave them to her. “You can go to the bath room first”
“Can’t I pick out what I want to wear myself?”
“I want you to wear this, so go and put it on”
“Fine”
She stomped into the bathroom, displaying her dislike of the situation. Why was it him that had to decide what she was going to wear? She was old enough to decide herself thank you very much. And she was an adult, just like he was. She got dressed. Looking at her self he realized that she actually looked very good in what he picked out for her, something she would never tell him. She made sure she used a really long time in there.
“Haley, if you don’t get out here soon I’m coming in and I don’t care if you are naked”
“I’m done, the bathroom is all yours” She said as she opened the door and left the bathroom.
“It was about time. Wait for me and we’ll go for breakfast together”
“You like commanding people around, don’t you?”
“Just wait for me, please”
He went into the bathroom. Why did she have to be so difficult? He was the man, so he decided. Finished! She should know that. If it was like this it should be an interesting honeymoon, not only that, an interesting marriage. He really didn’t care what she wore, she would look beautiful in anything, but it was kind of fun to pick it out for her. Wonder what he could get her to wear. He finished up and went back to the bathroom. At first he couldn’t see Haley, but then he saw her, she was standing by the window, longingly looking out.
“Are you ready?”
“Um….yeah” He scared her, she hadn’t heard him come out.
“Let’s go. Everybody is probably up already. They’ll be down there”
“Oh, ok”
They walked down. As soon as they entered the kitchen everybody turned and looked at them. He felt Haley tens next to him. She stepped behind him. He grabbed her hand to reassure her that everything was fine.
“Morning you two, did you sleep well?”
“Yes mom”
“And you Haley?”
“I slept good, thank you Mrs. Scott”
“Call me Deb Haley, Mrs. Scott is my mother in-law”
“Sorry Mrs. Sc…I mean Deb”
“Come and sit you two, get some food before you leave”
“When do we leave actually?”
“The car will be here in an hour to take you to the airport. The company jet will take you to New York where you will fly Air France to Paris. You will arrive in Paris in the morning and then take Air Seychelles to the Seychelles in the evening. Everything is on the itinerary in your traveling brief”
“Thanks for organizing everything mom”
“Just enjoy your time there and get to know each other”
“And make sure you get Haley pre…”
“Dan, leave it”
“I’m just saying”
“You are not saying anything thank you very much. I do believe you said you had some work to do in your office. Now would be the perfect time to start that”
“Fine, I’m leaving” Dan left the kitchen.
“Finally, now that he is gone we can all finally relax” Brooke was holding Zara.
“So, bro, what did you think about last night?”
“What?” He looked shocked.
“I mean the party. What did you think I mean? …oh…”
“The party was great. I have never met so many people I didn’t know at once”
“Yeah, I know, it was the same in our wedding”
“What did you think about it?” Brooke asked Haley.
“It was nice. I have nothing to compare it too, and right now I don’t really remember that much”
“It was the same with me. Everything was so overwhelming. Luckily there were plenty of photographers so you’ll have the chance to see it all later. Oh, and there video as well. I remember when I watched mine. I couldn’t believe all the things that had happened and that I didn’t notice at the time”
“Brooke”
“What?”
“You are blabbering again”
“And?”
“Well, maybe there are other people that would like to talk to Haley as well”
“Like who? You? What on earth would you have to say to her?”
“Maybe I don’t have that much to say to her, but there are others”
“They are free to jump in whenever”
“And how would they do that when you are running a mile a minute” He grinned at her.
“You are teasing me”
“I know” He laughed at the pout that she was giving him. “But you know I still love you”
“You better”
“I’ll try”
“Be careful, you might end up sleeping in the nursery”
“Hey, Lucas. I would take her seriously. Remember the last time that happen?”
“So not going there again” Everybody around the table, except Haley who had no idea what they were talking about, laughed at him.
“So, back to you Haley. What did Nathan give you as a Morning Gift?”
“A what gift?”
“Nathan, you haven’t given it to her yet?” Everybody was looking at him.
“Sorry, I forgot. I’ll give it to her now”
“You can’t”
“What do you mean I can’t? Of course I can”
“No, it has to be in bed. It’s called a morning gift because it’s the first thing you give her as she wakes up the morning after the wedding. I told you that”
“I know, I’m sorry. I forgot. In case you didn’t notice, yesterday was kind of hectic”
“Nathan, don’t let him teas you. He forgot to give it to me as well in the morning. Just remember it the next time you have some time alone together, okay”
“Thanks a lot big brother, scaring me like that. That is not nice”
They all finished eating breakfast. Nathan and Haley went up to their suit to get things in order to get going. Lucas and Brooke remained down in the kitchen.
***
“I think he’s in love already”
“I don’t think so”
“You don’t have a woman’s intuition, you have nothing to say in the matter”
“Hey, I have known my brother longer than you have”
“True, but have you ever seen him in love”
“Well, no”
“I rest my case”
“But…”
“Cased closed, request for reopening is denied” She grinned at him.
“You are impossible, you know that?”
“I know, but you still love me”
“That I do” He gave her a long and lingering kiss.
***
Up in the bedroom Nathan and Haley was walking around, gathering their things in silence. Occasionally they bump into each other, trying to get to something at the same place. They would exchange a sorry, but that was it. Suddenly the phone called.
“Hello…Ok…We’ll be there in 5 minutes”
Nathan turned around and looked at her.
“The car is her. Are you ready?”
“Yeah, I’m ready”
They both walked down, leaving the luggage for the driver to pick it up. Once down stairs they said their goodbyes and got in the car. The ride to the airport was done in complete silence. Haley kept staring out the window, thinking about everything that had happened in the past days. Nathan seemed nice, just really irritating at times. It was something she had to work on, getting him less irritating that is. Last night had been full of emotions. From the wedding to the bedbusiness. The last not being the most pleasant experience. She couldn’t understand how her sisters could enjoy it. How could they enjoy showing themselves naked in front of anybody, let alone actually have bedbusiness.
They had arrived to the airport where they were escorted to the awaiting airplane. It was not one of the biggest airplanes, but it had 6 seats, 4 of them reclining lounge chairs.
Haley stopped halfway out the car door. She kept looking at the plane. Nathan could see that she was hesitating. He walked back to the car.
“It will be okay. I know it’s small, but it’s so much better than the larger once”
“I have never flown before. Whenever we went anywhere we always took the car”
“Statistically speaking it’s one of the safest ways to travel” That made her smile.
“That still doesn’t change the fact that it’s my first time flying”
“I know. I’ll hold your hand the whole time” He took her hand and she followed him.
They had been flying for about an hour and neither had really said anything. They were sitting opposite each other with a table between them. Haley kept looking out the window.
“Are you okay?”
“What?”
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah, just thinking”
“About what?”
“Everything, nothing, anything. Take your pick”
“I’ll take ‘anything’ for 200 please” She laughed at him.
“I’m just wondering what Paris is like. And the Seychelles. I have never been outside the States before”
“I’m sure you’ll love it. Do you speak French?”
“No, I took Italian at school. I don’t know why, I’m sure I’ll never get to see it”
“I’ll make sure you will”
“Thank you”
“I haven’t taken you there yet”
“No, but that you are willing to”
“It will be fun, we’ll make a road trip out of it”
“Have you been there before?”
“Only to Milan, but there are so many other great places”
“I bet”
They both got silenced again. Suddenly Nathan stood up and got something out of his jacket. He bent down next to her.
“I should have given this to you this morning, but I’m happy that I didn’t. Now is better”
He gave her a small gift, wrapped in gold paper with a purple ribbon. She started to unwrap it. Once the paper was gone there was a burgundy box. She opened it slowly, peaking inside the box. Inside was a platinum diamond set heart necklace.
“Nathan, you shouldn’t have”
“Yes, I should have. Because I wanted to and because you deserve it”
“But it’s too much”
“It’s not. Now you always have my heart with you. My heart belongs to you now”
“It’s beautiful. Will you help me put it on?”
“Yeah, it’s beautiful, just like you. And of course I’ll put it on. ”
She gave him the necklace and she turned around, lifting her hair. He fastened the necklace but left his hands. Haley was still holding her hair up. He leaned in, smelling her. He planted a kiss on her neck, lingering. She leaned into him, loving the feeling of his lips on her neck. She slowly turned around hesitantly leaned towards him. Slowly their mouths were inching together and their lips met in a small, kind of awkward kiss. After a few more hesitative kisses, their kissing became deeper. Nathan started to lean backwards and she gradually followed him. Soon they were lying in the aisle making out. She was on top of him and it felt great.
“If you would please be seated and fasten your seatbelt, we are now preparing to land at JFK Airport, New York”
They both woke with a startle. They must have fallen a sleep. Her head was resting on his chest. She looked up at him and smiled. He smiled back at her. She moved up and gave him a kiss before she stood up. They both sat down, still looking at each other. This time they were seated on each side of the aisle. Nathan took her hand and held it as they landed.
They were quickly escorted to the waiting airplane which would take them to Paris. On the flight over they were sleeping, reading or listening to music. They didn’t talk much, but they both stole glances at each other. They arrived in Paris early the next morning. A car took them to Hotel de Paris, where they would be staying for the day, and they got settled in.
“Are you hungry?”
“A little”
“When you are ready to go we’ll go and have breakfast at this little café just around the corner.
They have the best Pain au Chocolat”
“What is that?”
“You have never had a Pain au Chocolat?”
“The fact that I have no clue what it is should tell you that I have never had it before”
“I can’t tell you what it is, you have to experience it”
“Okay, let’s go”
They left their hotel and went to the café Nathan was talking about. He ordered for them both and to Haley Pain au Chocolat looked like just pastry. They found a table outside, facing the street like most French cafés. Haley took the Pain au Chocolat and looked at it.
“So, this is the wonder?”
“Yeah”
“It doesn’t look like it’s that much, just look like regular pastry”
“It looks ordinary, but it the taste is something else. Give it a try”
“Okay, here goes” She took a bite, tasted it and closed her eyes.
“See, told you it’s something else. The warm chocolate that melts on your tongue, it’s something you can’t describe, you just have to taste it”
“It is really good”
They finished their breakfast, talking about different things, nothing important. Once they were done they went window shopping. Nathan was watching her to see if she saw something she liked. He knew what he had to get to please his mom, but he wanted to get something that Haley wanted too. They had been walking for a while when they arrived at Les Galeries Lafayette. Nathan knew he would find everything they needed in there.
Once inside Nathan found an English speaking sales person and started pointing to different outfits. They walked through several departments and the piles of clothes were getting bigger and bigger.
“Nathan, I don’t need that much clothes, I have enough”
“You don’t know my mother, you are going to need all of it, trust me”
“I’ll never get the chance to even use half of these”
“Like I said, you don’t know my mother”
“It’s too much, I can’t afford all that” They reached the lingerie department.
“Don’t worry about that. My mother is paying for it. Now, how many two piece bikinis did you bring?
“I have one swim suite and one two piece, but with a top that covers my stomach”
“That is not enough” He grabbed a handful of bikinis and gave them to her. “Here, try these on”
Haley looked at the skimpy bikinis that he had given her.
“I’m not wearing that, it hardly covers my ass”
“Exactly the point” She looked at him in shock.
“It’s too small. I need something that covers. Like those hot-pants over there”
“They cover too much. Those are fine, now go and try them on”
“Bu….”
“No buts, go and try them on. And make sure you show me each and every one”
She walked into the changing room and looked at the bikinis. They were all so small. He might make her buy them, but no way would she ever wear them. She decided on a white one first. She got undressed and had managed to get the bottom on when she heard Nathan outside the door.
“Are you finished yet?”
“Give me a second, I’m almost done with the first one”
“Do you need any help?”
“No thank you, I’m fine”
Suddenly the door opened and Nathan comes in. Haley has the top almost on, but gets startled and drops it. She sees Nathan and covers herself.
“Nathan, what are you doing here? You need to get out”
“You were taking so long I figured I would come and help you”
“I don’t need any help. Please go out Nathan” He was walking towards her now.
“You still haven’t managed to get the first one on, I say you need help”
“You startled me, that’s why I’m not done” She moves backwards as he is coming closer.
“I’m sorry about that, but I’m here now, so I can help you” He grabbed the top.
“Nathan…” Her voice came out in a low whisper
He was right in front of her now. She still had her hands covering her upper body. Her back was pressed against the wall. She looked up into his eyes. A part of her wanted him to go, another was anxious to see what he would do. He took a hold of her hands, slowly moving them away from her upper body. She looked away, avoiding looking at him.
“Look at me” His hand came to her face and turned it towards him.
“You are beautiful, your body is beautiful, you don’t have to be embarrassed”
He used his thumb to caress her lips. Her tongue came out and wet them. He leaned down and graced her lips with his. Light at first, before he leans in with his full body and deepens the kiss. His hands move up and caress her back, marveling in the feeling of her bare skin under his fingertips. Small moans escape her mouth and she has her hands in the nape of his neck, playing with his hair.
“Is everything alright in there?” They jump apart, both startled.
“Yes, everything is fine. Thank you” Haley turns red.
“Now she knows that you are here”
“And?”
“You are not suppose to be in here”
“Says who?”
“Says me”
“That’s just you, nobody else”
“Well, I don’t think you are supposed to be in here. What will people think?”
“Do we care what they think?”
“Yes we do, now please get out of here”
“Make me” He grins at her.
“Nathan” She starts to push him towards the door.
“Problems?” He continued to grin at her.
“Yes, you need to leave” She continues to push him.
“Okay, I’ll leave. On one condition”
“What?”
“You get all of these bikinis and I get a kiss”
“That’s two”
“Okay, so two conditions then”
“Fine, if it will get you to leave. I’ll get all the bikinis, but that doesn’t mean I’ll wear them”
“We’ll see about that” He gives her a smirk.
“Will you leave already?”
“What about my kiss?”
“Fine!”
She walks over and gets on her toes, reaching up to give him his kiss. She first nibbled at his bottom lip before she deepens the kiss and uses her tongue. It gets really heavy and just as Nathan is about to grab her she stops and push him towards the door.
You need to go The look on Nathan’s face told her that he wanted everything but go.
That is not fair?
What?
What you just did
What did I do? She gave him an innocent smile.
You know very well what you did She looked down and could see what she had done.
It was payback
For what?
For coming in here
You enjoyed it too
I didn't say I didn't enjoy it, I just said it was payback
I'm going to get you for this He grinned at her as he backed out of the changing room.
Haley turned around holding her clothes to her chest and grinned.
Once they were finished shopping they headed back to the hotel where they had dinner in their room. In the evening a car took them to the airport and they got on the plane to the Seychelles. It was a night flight and both of them mostly slept. The flight arrived at the main island of the Seychelles early in the morning, around 7am.
A representative from the travel agent met them at the airport and helped them over to the waiting helicopter that would take them to North Island. It was a 15min ride from the main island. Nathan looked over at Haley and could see that she was nervous as they were waiting for the helicopter to take off. He grabbed her hand and gave her a reassuring squeeze.
The flight over to the island went fast. The view as they were flying over the Island was amazing
Once they landed they were met by a hostess who took them to the reception where a fresh drink was waiting for them. They were explained things about the island and the villa and everything else. Every morning a menu would be delivered to their villa with the day’s breakfast, lunch and dinner options. They could either eat at the villa or at the restaurant. They would provide any other options they might have. The villa had a servant that would always be available and would serve any meal they eat there. There was a laundry service as well. Everything was back to nature, meaning everything was made from things found on the Island.
They were then taken to villa # 10 which was the one that was furthest away from people. There were only 11 villas at the Island and all of them were very private. Each villa had their own golf cart which they could take anywhere on the Island. Up until now everything has been overwhelming for the both of them, but it was nothing compared the when they came to the villa.
The villa had two buildings. One which they would not used contained two beds, bathroom, dressing table and an outside shower. The building which they would use contained a large bed, a divan, two dressing tables and closets. There was also a TV and a small couch. The next room, which was technically outside, contained a large bathtub, 2 outside showers, a divan and two sinks with mirrors. To the side was the toilet.
The outside area between the two buildings contained an eating and lounging area, a small kitchen, a large patio with a small swimming pool and a bungalow. It also had two sun beds. The villa faced the beach which was only 20 meters away. There was plenty of vegetation around the villa. Both Nathan and Haley were in shock, the whole place was incredible. They just walked around, not really listening to what the hostess was saying.
Once the hostess was done Haley unpacked while Nathan phone home to let everybody know they had arrived safe. She looked at all the bikinis Nathan had made her get, remembering the time in the changing room. Once she was finished unpacking Nathan was still on the phone. She walked out on the patio and looked out on the ocean. Suddenly she felt Nathan’s arms sneak around her. She encircled his arms and leaned into his chest. They stood like that for a while.
“Are they all okay back home?”
“They are all fine. I woke my mom up, New York is 7 hours behind us, it’s 2 am there”
“Was she mad?”
“No, she was just happy we arrived safely” There was a pause.
“This place is incredible”
“I know”
“Where did your mom find out about this place?”
“There was a magazine that did an article about it. And over on the other side of the Island there is a beach called the Honeymoon beach so she thought it was perfect”
“It is perfect”
“I know” Another pause.
“So, what do you want to do today?”
“I don’t know. You?”
“I have no idea, but what I do know is that I want to see you in one of those bikinis”
“So not happening”
“They why did we get them all?”
“You were the one who said I had to get them all, I was happy with the two I had”
“You were, I wasn’t” He grinned at her.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah”
“Why don’t you go and change, I’ll wait out here”
“Okay”
Haley went back inside and took a look at all of her bikinis. She decided to wear the swimsuit she got with her mother. She knew Nathan wanted her to put on one of the ones he made her get, but she wasn’t ready. Sometimes when they were kissing and everything, it felt great, but it still felt awkward. And yes, she was starting to get to know him, but he was still a stranger. She was doing all these things she had never done before, having all these experiences she has never experienced before. She didn’t know why, but she was happy it was happening with Nathan. She felt safe in his arms.
She walked back outside after she had changed. She had put a matching pareo around her waist. Nathan looked up at her and smiled.
“You look great. Wait here while I change and we’ll go and take a look around”
He had wanted her to wear one of the bikinis, but he knew he shouldn’t push her. Let her do things at her speed. Slowly she would be more comfortable around him and he her. It was taking some time to get used to thinking about some one else, and not only himself anymore. They had been married less than 48 hours, and things were looking good. He had heard about people that had a really hard time getting to know their spouse, some never really got along at all. He finished changing, putting on a board shorts before he headed out to Haley who he could see through the windows. Her hair looked like gold in the sun, flowing down her back. She was putting sun tan lotion on. He walked over to her. She must have heard him coming so she turned around.
“There you are”
“Here I am. Are you ready to go?”
“Sure. Where are we going?”
“I thought we would take the golf cart and take a look around the Island and take a bath”
“I have never swum in the ocean before?”
“Never? Can you swim?”
“I have never swum in the ocean, only in swimming pools. I can swim, my brothers thought me”
“Good, let’s get going”
“First you need to help me put sun tan lotion on my back, I can’t reach”
“Sure, no problem, just hand me the bottle” She did.
He took his time putting on the lotion. Her skin was so soft. She asked him if he wanted her to put some on him, but he told her he never got sunburned. After they took the golf cart across the Island and found a beach with a bar. The beach was called Sunset beach. It was incredible. In the middle of the beach there was a table with two chairs. There were palm trees everywhere and at the edge to the vegetation there were a lot of poles with coconuts sticking up. They walked over to the bar and asked what it was. He told them that it is turtle nest and within the next two weeks they would hatch and if they wanted to they could come a long and watch. They told them that they would like that very much.
“Have you ever had a drink?”
“Never, only Champagne at my Sisterhood party. My mother almost killed me then and would kill me if I ever took another one. You?”
“Yeah, my brother has taken me drinking some times”
“But it’s not legal, I mean, not even Luke is old enough. Right?”
“There are always ways” He grinned at her.
“I bet you two have gotten in so much trouble”
“I think we have driven our mom crazy more than once”
“Poor thing”
“Nah, she’s a strong woman. I mean, you have to be to be able to live with me dad”
“Yeah, I’m glad my dad was nothing like that”
“How was he?”
“He was great, always spent a lot of time with me and my siblings. Helping mom a lot”
“That is good. My dad is nothing like that”
“I can tell”
“Enough about him, do you want to try a drink?”
“No, I shouldn’t. Like I told you, my mom would kill me”
“You mom is not here and you don’t live with her anymore”
“That is very true. Maybe I should try one”
“Not a bad idea. I’ll have the bartender make you something special”
“What?”
“Wait here, I’ll be right back”
Nathan left Haley on a lounge coach that was on the beach. She looked at him walking away. His body was really good looking, muscular after years of training. She liked looking at him, knowing that he was her husband. It felt strange to get married so young, but it felt safe to know that she was going to spend the rest of her life with Nathan. Shortly after he left her, he came walking back with two drinks. He handed her one.
“What is it?”
“Try it. The bartender it was the perfect first drink”
Hesitating a little she takes the straw in her mouth and takes a sip.
“It tastes just like a fruit smoothie, are you sure there is alcohol in it?”
“I’m sure, I saw him put it in. Just don’t drink too fast, okay”
“Okay” She gave him a big smile.
They spent the whole morning lounging on the beach, talking about everyday things. How they grew up, about their families, school and other things. It was a time of getting to know each other. Around lunch they decided to head back to the restaurant and eat there. He could tell the Haley was slowly getting intoxicated. She was giggling all the time. It was definitely time to get some food in her. They had a nice long lunch, where Haley had more to drink. After lunch they went to explore the island a little more. They never got around to Honeymoon beach, there were so many other things to look at.
STOP He hits the breaks on the golf cart.
What?
Look
Where?
Over there She pointed.
What is it?
It's turtles
It can't be. They live in the ocean.
These are land turtles silly. Look how cute they are She gave him a big smile.
Yeah, yeah, very cute He smiled back at her.
Let's go and take a look She jumped out of the cart.
Haley, wait. Be careful He ran after her.
They are not dangerous
You never know what they might do
Like what?
I don't know. Bit your or even chase you She started to laugh.
What? He looked at her with a confused look.
I would love to see a turtle chase me
He realized what he had said and started to laugh as well. They took a few pictures before they headed back to Sunset beach.
Are your ready for a dip in the ocean?
I don't know. The waves look kind of big
I'll help you
Are you sure it's safe?
I'll keep you safe He grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the ocean.
Nathan, what are you doing?
Helping you into the water, what do you think I'm doing? He smiled.
They walked into the water. The waves were not too big, but still, there were waves. Nathan could see that she was a little scared. He pulled her closer to him, making sure he had a good grip of her hand. The water felt good. It wasn't too cold. A larger wave came and knocked Haley of her balance. She flung her arms around him and shirked. He grabbed her and held on to her. He continued to hold on to her was they moved to deeper water and Haley could no longer feel the bottom.
Nathan, don't let go
I got you, just hold on. I'm going to swim out a little where the waves are smaller
Are you sure you can hold me?
Yeah, it's not a problem. Look
Without her noticing it he had swum out the where there were very small waves. He loosened her grip on her a little, but didn't let go all the way.
You want to try on your own?
I don't know
It's safe here, and I'll stay right next to you
She hesitantly let go of him. She had felt so safe in his arms. She took a few strokes and realized that she could swim in the ocean too. She was starting to enjoy herself, but she made sure she always saw Nathan.
Look Nathan pointed behind her. She turned around but saw nothing.
What? She turned back around but Nathan was gone
Nathan? Nathan! Nathan, where are you? She was getting scared and hysterical.
Boo She shrieked and turned around towards the sound. It was Nathan.
That was not funny She was pissed.
It was a little funny
No, it was not She started to swim towards the beach.
Haley She didn't answer. Haley, come back. Look, I'm sorry. I'll never ever do it again
She still didn't answer him and soon she was up on the beach. She walked up to the bar. She was so mad at him. He knew she was scared, and still he pulls a stunt like that. She had no plans of forgiving him any time soon. She ordered another one of those fruit drinks that she have had earlier.
Nathan could tell just by looking at her that she was pissed. He hadn't known her that long, but it didn't take a genius to figure that much out. He made it up to the beach and tried to figure out what he could do to get her to forgive him. He walked towards the bar and saw that she had ordered another drink. He walked up to her, but as he approached she stood up and walked over to the lounging area where they had been earlier. He decided to leave her alone for a while to see if she would cool off. He lay down in a hammock that was strung between two palm trees.
He woke with a startle. He looked at his watch and saw that he had been sleeping for an hour and a half. Haley was not in the bar and he looked up and saw her still over in the lounge chair. He walked over to her and saw that she was reading a book.
Haley, I'm really sorry for scaring you
You better be. You scared the shit out of me
I know, I'll never do it again
You better not. Next time I won't forgive you She still didn't look at him.
What can I do to make it up to you?
I'll think of something He could see a small smirk form on her lips.
Come, let's head back to our villa and get the salt water off before we eat dinner
He stretched his hand out to her and she took it. She stood up quickly, swayed and fell back down again. She tried again, but had problem getting up and standing still.
How much did you have to drink?
I don't know. There seemed to always be something in my glass
I think you have had a little too much to drink”
“No I haven’t, I’m just fine”
“If you are so fine, stand up, close your eyes and touch your nose”
“No problem” She dragged herself up, leaning against the chair.
“What was it I had to do again?”
“Close your eyes and touch your nose” He shook his head.
“Right, right” She closed her eyes, but opened them quickly again.
“The world is spinning. Is the world spinning? Can you see the world spinning?”
“Maybe your world, but mine is not moving” He laughed.
“That is not true, the earth is always moving. It turns around….”
“Yes, my world is moving” He figured it was best to play along if he was going to get her back to the villa.
“So, are you ready to go?”
“NO” She shouted.
“Why not?
“I have to touch my nose, but the world keeps spinning and it makes it harder”
“You don’t have to touch your nose”
“But I do, if not you are going to think I had too much to drink”
“I already do that”
“See, so I have to show you that I haven’t” Why didn’t he keep his mouth shut?
“I’ll touch your nose for you”
“If you do that are you going to think I have had too much to drink?”
“No, if I touch your nose I won’t think you have had too much to drink”
“Okay, you can touch my nose. I don’t think I can”
He leaned forward and gave her a kiss on the nose. Then he bent down, picked her up and put her over his shoulder.
“Nathan, what are you doing? Put me down!” She tried to hit him in the back, but it wasn’t hard at all. He ignored her. Once they got to the golf cart he put her in the front seat.
“Stay” He walked around to the other side and got in. They drove back to the villa where he managed to get her to drink a cup of coffee, take a shower and get dressed for dinner. She was still a little drunk by the time they got to the restaurant. They ordered their food and while they were waiting Nathan had to go to the restroom. He got back just in time for the food. They enjoyed dinner. Haley kept drank a fruit juice, and she drank a lot of it. He figured she was thirsty after all the alcohol she drank earlier. When it was time to leave Haley had problems getting up again. Then it hit him.
“You have been drinking those fruit cocktails, haven’t you?”
“No I haven’t” She started to giggle. She still had a little left in her glass and he tasted it.
“This is full of alcohol”
“Busted” She giggled even more.
“I never saw you order a drink?”
“Well, you weren’t here” She burst out laughing. It hit him. When he was in the restroom.
And she had kept ordering the same all evening.
“No more drinks for you young lady…ever”
“Not fair. I like it, it’s fun”
“I want to see how much fun you have tomorrow morning”
“What do you mean?”
“Just wait and see”
“I want to know now. I won’t move until you tell me”
“No problem” He picked her up again like earlier, draping her over his shoulder.
“Nathan, put me down. Everybody is watching” He ignored her.
As they passed the bar, Haley looked at the bartender and waved. “Bye, bye”
Once they got back to the villa he managed to place her on the bed.
“Nathan, I’m thirsty”
“No more drinks for you”
“I want water. Get me water. Please get me water. I want water. Water” It looked like she was about to cry.
“Fine, I’ll get you water. You stay there, do not move”
“I’m staying. I’m a good girl, remember”
“I don’t know about that” He mumbled on his way to the kitchen to get water.
“Here is your wat…” Once he came back in he saw that she had fallen back on the bed, feet dangling, sleeping. Small snoring noises came from her mouth. She was still fully dressed. He put the water down, walked over to her and lifted her feet up on the bed. He found one of his large t-shirts and put it over her before he slowly took of her dress. Yes, he had seen her naked before, but that was when she was awake and didn't have a lot of alcohol in her blood. He did not want her to get pissed at him again. And know her, the little that he did know her, this was something she could definitely be pissed at him for.
The next morning Nathan woke early. Habit from his dad dragging him out running every morning before school. He looked down at Haley, blissfully snoring. He had known this girl for 3 days and already he knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. It was going to be eventful, the he knew. He went to take a shower, hoping she would weak up by the time he is done.
Somebody was making a lot of noise. My head is pounding and the world was still spinning. I'm never drinking again. Where is that noise coming from, it is killing my head. It's from the bathroom. She tried to lift her head to see if she could move, but there was no chance. Maybe I can go back to sleep? If only the noise would stop. And the waves. The waves need to stop to. They are making too much noise. This was all Nathan's fault. Had he not given her that first drink. What am I wearing? This was not what I had on last night. I think. It's Nathan's. He undressed me. He undressed me? He undressed me! He is going to dye for that. What gives him the right to undress me? Ok, so he is my husband, but still, he has no right to undress me. Wait, do I have underwear on? Oh, thank goodness. Ok, that noise needs to stop now. If not I'm going to k....
"You are awake" Again with the noises. Why can't he stop?
"Don't yell"
"I'm not. I see you feel the joy of alcohol" He whispered.
"Where is the joy?" She asked with sarcasm.
"Are you up for anything this morning?"
"The only thing I'm up for right now is more sleep" He laughed at her.
"Again with the loud noises. Please stop"
"Sorry. If it's okay I'm going to the gym, you can sleep and maybe you'll be up for something later"
"You go, have a blast. I'm sleeping the rest of the day" She buried her face in the pillow.
"I'll see you later" He bent down and planted a kiss at he back of her head.
He was gone for 3 hours. He had spent some time in the bar, talking to some of the people that worked there. 3 hours would have to be enough sleep for her. As he walked into the villa, she was still sleeping. She was sprawled in the middle of the bed, her hair everywhere. He took another shower before he sat down next to her.
"Haley, sweetie. Time to get up"
"I don't want to go to school mom"
"You don't have to go to school. And I hope I don't sound like your mom"
"You are not my mom" She lifted her head, face completely red of embarrassment.
"No, no moms here. Just you and me" He smiled.
"Yeah, just you and me" She dropped her head down again.
"How is your head? Looks like it's better. I can talk normal to you now"
"Yeah, it's better. Still not 100%, but better"
"You won't be a 100% until tomorrow"
"Thanks"
"It's okay. It's a good thing we got that out of the way the first day we were her, that way we have the rest of the trip to do other things"
"I'm sorry. Didn't mean to ruin the start"
"It's yourself you should feel sorry for, you are the one with the hangover. And don't worry about it, we still have several days to do all the rest of the tings"
"Still, I feel bad"
"It's okay. Do you think you can get out of bed, maybe have some food?"
"I don't know about food just yet, but I think I get up"
He stood up from the bed, giving her space to get out of the bed. She crawled on all four after him, giving him her hand so he could help her out. She got out and managed to keep her balance. She started to walk towards the bathroom when she suddenly turned.
"I'm suppose to be mad at you about something"
"Ok, what?"
"I don't remember" He laughed.
"I see. Well, let me know when you do remember, if you remember"
"I will. I always remember. Just you wait" She stomped off into the bathroom.
30 min later she came out on the patio where ha had put out some cut fruits.
"You think you can eat?"
"I'll try. Those fruits look rally good"
"Here, try this" He had a fruit between his fingers, juices running down them.
She leans forward and opens her mouth, he put the fruit in and before he can take his finger out she closes her mouth around it. She sucks on it, getting all the juices. She gives him a sensual look before she lets go of his finger, grins and walks away. She walks over the cabana before she turns around to look at Nathan. He is still standing there, his finger in the air.
"Are you okay?" No answer. "Nathan?" he finally looks at her.
"What?"
"Everything okay?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't it be?"
"It looks like something is up" She looked down his body. He followed her gaze.
"Oh, ehm, eh" he didn't know what to say and turned halfway around.
"How about we take a swim, hopefully the water is cooling"
"Good idea"
She didn't know what had gotten over her. She had never done anything or acted like that before. It was a little embarrassing. It had to have been the talk she had with her sisters. She took her dress off and left it in the cabana. She had her two piece swim suit on, not one of those Nathan had gotten her, but the one that covered her stomach. By the time she turned around again Nathan was already in the water. She gets in. They sit in the seats that are under water, 3 feet apart.
"So, what did you do while I was sleeping?" She didn't want to talk about what just happen.
"I went to the gym and then I talked to the people in the bar, nothing exciting"
"Oh" What to say next? They sat in silence for a while. Nobody knew what to say next.
"Do you want to eat dinner here or at the restaurant late?" Safe topic.
"If you don't mind I would rather eat here. I don't feel like showing myself in the bar just yet after yesterday's little cave man show"
"You weren't that bad. I don't mind eating here though"
"You were not the one thrown over the shoulder and carried out like some cave woman"
"True, but that would just have looked stupid if you tried that"
"As stupid as it did when you did it to me yesterday, yes"
"No, that was just funny" She hit him in the arm.
"That was not funny, that was embarrassing"
"I thought it was funny" He laughed.
"You would" She tried to hit him again, but he caught her hand.
"Be careful with that, you might hurt me" He grinned at her.
"You would like that, wouldn't you" She gave him a smirk.
"I don't know about that, but I like other things" He pulls her closer to him.
"Oh yeah, like what?" She acted all innocent.
"Oh, I could think of many things, like this..." He starts to tickle her. She squeals and at the same time he pulls her even closer to where she is sitting across his lap.
"Nathan, stop that" He does.
"I could think of other thing as well"
He leans forward and plants a kiss on the side of her neck. She sub consolably moves her head to the side and welcomes him. His hands are at the small of her back. She moves hers up around his neck. He continues to kiss up her neck, behind her ear before he moves to her mouth. His hands a roaming her body, moving them under the fabric that is covering her back and stomach. He can tell that she likes what he is doing so he pulls her closer to him. She feels something hard between her legs. It takes a few seconds before she realize what it is. She tenses and moves back. She looks at him.
"Not yet. I'm sorry" She gets out of the pool and runs in to the bedroom.
"Hal..." He gets out, wraps a towel around him and runs after her.
He finds her on the bed, face buried in her hands. Silent sobs are shaking through her body. He sits down next to her on the bed. He puts his hand on her back. She doesn't do anything. He starts to stroke her back to calm her down.
What happen? Why did she run? She didn't know. All she knew was that she liked what he was doing, but she wasn't ready to have bedbusiness again. It was still a little sore and she didn't want to feel that pain again. She really liked it when they were kissing and when his hands were moving all over her body. She knew she had to talk to him. Tell him she wasn't ready yet. She slowly turned towards him, taking the bedspread to cover herself.
"Hi"
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm sorry I ran"
"You don't have to be sorry about anything Haley"
"But I know I have to have bedbusiness with you"
"Haley, you don't have to do anything you don't want to do"
"But I'm your wife. It's what I'm suppose to do, right?"
"Bedbusiness is something we both are suppose to enjoy. It's not something I can demand from you when ever I want. It has to be consensual"
"I see. But you wanted to have bedbusiness earlier, right?"
"A guy thinks about bedbusiness all the time. It doesn't mean we want it all the time. And sometimes we just can't control our...well, you know"
"Oh"
"So, even though we are kissing and touching it doesn't always mean that we are gong to or that we have to have bedbusiness. And for the record, it's just as new to me as it is to you"
"I know, but my mom said that your dad has talked to you about it, so you know what to do"
"Well, he did talk, but I can't say I got that much out of that conversation. My brother was nice enough to talk to me. Without him I don't think I would have known anything"
"My mom talked a little about it to me, but not much. Promise me you won't tell anybody about it. I promised"
"I won't tell anybody"
"Thanks"
"No problem"
There was a silence. Both of them couldn't understand why they suddenly had decided to tell so much to each other. It wasn't something one normally talked about. A sound from Haley's stomach made both of them look up.
"Looks like somebody is hungry again" He laughed.
"I'm starving"
"What do you want?" He got her the menu.
"I want that, and that, oh and that" Her fingers were pointing at the menu.
"Looks like someone is really hungry"
"I am. You got a problem with that?" She gave him an ugly look.
"No, no problem at all. I'll order for you"
They enjoyed the rest of the afternoon by their villa.
Nathan woke up and started to stretch. His skin hurt so badly. He looked at his arms and saw that they were flaming red. He got out of bed and walked over the mirror. Luckily it was only his arms, shoulder and upper back that were burned, but it really hurt.
"Ouch, that's got to hurt"
"Yeah, it does"
"I told you"
"Told me what?"
"To put some sun cream on. Look at me, I'm sporting a nice tan" She twirled around.
"I never burn"
"Well, apparently, you do now"
"What am I suppose to do?" The pain obvious in his face.
"Come here you poor baby. I'll put some lotion on" She pretended to pout.
"Not funny" He laid down on the bed again. She went and got something from the fridge.
"Ahhhh"
"What?" Acting all innocent.
"That is cold"
"That's good, means it's going to cool down your burns"
"It's too cold"
"Don't be such a baby"
"Hey, I'm not a baby"
"Then stop complaining" Laughing.
For the next few days they spent most of the time on the beach, playing in the water, talking and getting to know each other. Nathan always had a t-shirt on, protecting his burned skin. They had started this game where they would tell three things about themselves. Two would be correct and one would be a lie. The other had to figure out which one was the lie. So far Haley had the most correct answers. How she had him pegged out so quickly, he had no idea. Getting to know her was a little bit harder, but he was getting there. Some things though, he would never know and he had just accepted that.
Nathan was waiting for Haley to finish her massage. She had discovered the spa treatments on the Island and was up there getting pampered. They were going to meet in the library before heading back to the villa. He was looking at the book to see if there was anything interesting to read. Haley had been there the other day and came back with 10 books. How she was going to have time to read them all, he had no idea. Most of the books were novels that people had left behind. Nothing really interested him. He came across a few larger books filled with images. There was one about the Seychelles, one about the Second World War and then there was one with old Indian statues. He took it down from the shelf and opened it. When realizing what the pictures and statues were doing he looked around to make sure no one was watching him. He closed the book to see what the book was called. Modern Kama Sutra. He sat down and started to read and look at the pictures. He was so caught up in what he was reading he didn't hear Haley come in until the door slammed shut. He jumped and hurried to put the book under his towel.
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing"
"What do you mean nothing, I saw you read a book"
"Nothing interesting"
"Oh. Ready to go?"
"Yeah" He moved the book, making sure the toweled covered it, in front of his lower body and stood up.
"Are you okay? You look a little flushed"
"I'm fine. I just sat in the wrong position. Do you want to drive?"
"You are letting me drive?"
"Sure, one time has to be the first."
"Yeah, I'd love to drive" She skipped over to the golf cart. "Are you coming?"
"Just don't drive too fast"
"Like I could. This cart doesn't move faster than a snail anyway"
Yeah, right now he couldn’t get fast enough back to the villa. He needed a cold shower, NOW.