"This Time Around"
By: gb
Chapter 43
Gillian struggled to wake up the next day as she moved lazily around the bed.
Sajan took over Ryan's place since he was already awake and out of the shower.
He frowned as he saw the little cat curled up next to Gillian who was still under the blankets.
"Hey, that's my place, Buddy." he teased and put Sajan on the floor.
He mewed in protest, but apparently liked Ryan enough to not attempt to climb back on the bed.
"Ryan, stop being so jealous!" Gillian's voice groaned from somewhere under the covers.
"I'm not jealous!" he insisted unconvincingly. "We should never have let him get on the bed. Now he's making his move."
Gillian reluctantly spoke to him, " Sajan's just loving us."
"He's gonna love me right out of this room!" Ryan grumbled good-naturedly.
Gillian smiled to herself.
Ryan reached down to pet Sajan and then walked over to the bed.
"Gillian?" he called.
She didn't respond, so he tried again.
When there was still no answer, he came over and pulled the covers back.
He gazed at the sight before him, desire already welling up in his body.
Gillian's hair was framed out around her face and she was wearing one of his t-shirts. Her eyes were still half-closed.
"Baby, we have to take him outside." Ryan told her.
"Ok, so we will." she replied simply.
"Hey, get up!" he cajoled grinning.
Gillian stayed where she was. "I had a lot of dreams last night- didn't sleep much."
"Bad ones?" he asked, sitting on the bed.
She sat up, the covers now in her lap.
"No, just things that I've been thinking about lately."
"Something to do with me?" he asked slyly.
"Maybe..." she teased.
Ryan couldn't resist her morning look another minute and leaned over and gently pushed her back onto the pillows.
Taking hold of her t-shirt, he shoved it up over her chest and stared wolfishly at her bare body.
He bent down and began to kiss her breasts lovingly.
Gillian moaned and held onto his hair.
He looked up and said, his voice thick with passion, "I don't think I can get enough of you!"
"So don't try..." she groaned and pulled him back to her breasts.
She shuddered as he finally moved away and got up off the bed to remove his jeans which he put on after his shower.
Gillian stared at him with all the love she felt for him in her dark eyes and then she rose and went over and grabbed him and unsnapped his pants.
She unzipped his jeans and yanked them down along with his boxer briefs.
At first, he was stunned at her boldness, but then he looked down and saw her holding him in her hands so lovingly and biting her bottom lip uncertainly at him and his heart turned over.
"I love you, Gillian. I'll never stop loving you!"
He held onto her shoulders while she continued to love him, a torchure he wanted to endure forever until unable to hold himself back, he urged her up and pushed her back onto the bed in a rush!
He pushed up her t-shirt again and pulled down her lacy little panties that were really wispy little nothings to him and joined his body to hers in a way that shocked them both!
Their coupling was fast and furious and included none of the gentle foreplay that usually marked their lovemaking.
"Say it, Gillian!" he begged. "Say you love me. I just want you to love me, Baby!"
Tears coming down like rivers on her face, she answered back, "I love you! You know I do! How could I not love you with every part of me...that's every part of you?!"
When passion exploded for them moments later, neither of them moments later, neither could breathe normally for a long time and they lay on top of the bedcovers not speaking.
Gillian was still wearing her t-shirt but it was bunched up under her arms and her panties lay on the floor completely forgotten. The tears she had cried only a few moments ago now had dried hard and tight on her face.
She turned and found him staring at her and he reached over and slowly brought her hand to his lips.
They didn't talk about what just happened and eventually, Gillian rolled over and sat down on the bed in only her t-shirt and Ryan got up off the bed and stood naked before her.
"Can you have dinner with me tonight? We can have it up here." she said slowly to him.
"Oh, like our last dinner up here?" he asked, carefully drawing her off the bed.
"Something like that...how about it?"
He shrugged, wearing a devil may care smile. "Why not? I'll meet you up here after I get back from the club."
Just then, they heard Peggy's voice out in the hall talking to one of the staff.
Ryan and Gillian looked at each other and the same thought came to them as Sajan mewed and walked towards them.
Gillian grabbed at and put on her robe as Ryan struggled to get back into his jeans as quick as he could and added a shirt as well.Gillian picked up Sajan.
"She might come in here!"
"Yep."
"She'll see Sajan- she'll throw him out!"
"That's a very distinct possibility along with us!" Ryan told her. "I told you we had a problem here!"
"Ryan, do something!" Gillian exclaimed, and she handed the cat to him quickly.
"Me?!" he asked, taken by surprise. He handed Sajan back to her."He's your cat!"
"Didn't I do my part already?" she asked, passing him back. "Didn't I sneak him up here?"
Ryan gave Sajan back. "Tell me, Princess. During all of your cloak and dagger activities, didn't you ever realize that we couldn't hide up here forever?!"
"Don't yell at me! I can't think of everything!"
"I'm not yelling!" insisted Ryan.
"Look, you'll have to do something!" Gillian went on and she gave him the cat again.
"Well, what do you want me to do?!" he asked excitedly, grasping Sajan who mewed irritatedly at all this handling.
This time, Gillian backed away from him.
"Just handle Peggy- then we'll talk to Edmund."
"Easy for you to say!"
"I know you can do it!" smiled Gillian and she headed for the shower.
Ryan sighed and put Sajan on the ground.
He opened the bedroom door a crack and peeked out.
Peggy was there.
Ryan wanted to turn around and go back inside, but she saw him and approached.
"Hey,Peggy." he tried to hide his nervousness.
"Good morning, Ryan."
"What's going on?" he asked.
"We're still searching for that cat."
"Up here?"
"Yes, well. Somehow, I thought maybe Gillian had seen him after all.
She looked shrewdly at Ryan. "Did she say anything to you?"
Ryan squirmed uneasily. Things like this were so much easier when he had been a con man.
"Well, Peggy,you see...it's like this..." he began.
Peggy looked down and saw her target: a black and white cat curled at Ryan's feet. A few seconds later, Ryan saw him too.
"I know what you're thinking." Ryan said quickly, trying to push Sajan back into the room.
The cat wouldn't budge.
"I'm thinking you're hiding a cat up here." stated Peggy.
"Ok, yeah," admitted Ryan. "But let me explain. See, I really didn't know Gillian had him up here until after I talked to you yesterday and well, Gilli's real attached to him already- already named him and everything. She was gonna take him to the vet today."
"Eddie won't like this." Peggy predicted.
"Actually, I was going to talk to him- honest. I just haven't seen him yet. Can you give me a little while?" he asked hopefully.
"Gillian charmed you into it..." Peggy smiled.
Ryan looked embarrassed. "What makes you think that's what happened?"
Peggy looked at him. "You are Ryan Lavery, arent' you?"
Ryan smiled and looked away self-consciously.
"Take care of that cat, Ryan." Peggy advised adn walked away.
Ryan picked up Sajan.
"Look, Buddy. All I did was buy us a little time. I gotta find Edmund- soon!"
end of part 43
(to be continued...)
Next time: The best laid plans go all wrong!