"This Time Around"
By: gb
Chapter 46
Ryan walked over to the cd sterio in their room and soft, quiet music filled the silence.
Gillian smiled as she recognized the group 98 Degrees and the song "I Do" playing for them now.
He walked back over to her and sat back in his chair.
They still didn't talk as he swept a strand of hair behind her ear.
Inside, Ryan had always believed that Gillian had come to watch over him. His strong addiction to her and their sometimes unusual closeness- that connection that he physically felt for her- stemmed from the fact that he just thought Gillian was a precious gift to bring good luck to him. He simply couldn't stay away even for his own good. And he knew it. Janie. He thought of her now.
"We have her back, Princess," he told Gillian. "We can see her soon!"
"I know." Gillian reached for him now and the two rose together and folded into each other's arms.
Gillian felt safe in his arms- a feeling that was foreign to her until she had met this man.
Alone and neglected for most of her life, though she had grown up in oppulence, she had never let herself relax knowing that no one would come to her rescue if something bad were to happen.
Even when she first found herself in love with Ryan, she denied it to herself thinking the vulnerability and complete absorbtion that came from it weakened a person and eventually, even robbed them of their soul.
But Ryan had changed her mind and now, she felt she was actually stronger for being able to love someone.
She held onto his hand as they walked back over to the bed.
The news was still new enough to them that it felt almost as if it were unreal. So, at the moment, talking about it was strange.
Ryan didn't feel like he was different now, but something had changed.
Gillian wasn't sure she actually qualified as mom since she hadn't had her baby yet. She made a note to go get some baby books and get ready right away.
Both still had so many questions and worries that their minds soon filled up with hundreds of scenerios.
For now, they were just happy.
Ryan began to slowly sway with his arms wrapped around his wife. She followed his lead and soon they were dancing slowly, cheek to cheek in their room. She in her pajamas and bare feet and he still in his shirt and trousers.
He sought her lips and parted them gently as she eagerly responded to his touch.
The music continued to play, but Ryan and Gillian stopped dancing and he led her over to the bed and insisted on picking her up to place her on top of it and she let him.
As she lay back against the pillows, he climbed next to her and his eyes focused on her pajama top.
"For me?" he whispered playfully.
"No," she teased him. "What's under it is for you..."
Ryan smiled and began to slowly unsnap the buttons one by one.
He opened the last one and pulled the top apart but still didn't take it off of her.
Ryan bent his head to her chest and she sighed in passion, but still had to tell him, "Ryan, being pregnant is going to make my hormones crazy- it did last time. There's gonna be changes."
"I know, I can see..." Ryan couldn't help staring at Gillian's breasts. There were little telltale signs that they were actually a little larger.
"I think I'm going to like some of these changes." he grinned and bent his head once more.
She laughed. "That's not what I meant!" she exclaimed. However, her body was already more sensitive to any of his touches.
Ryan stopped kissing her and helped her out of her pajama bottoms but left her top where it was. The silky material slid down her slender body easily.
She lay on the bed now next to him and he placed small kisses on her face.
He continued onto her chin, neck and throat.
When she tried to kiss him back by reaching for him, he put her hands away from him.
"No," he told her lovingly. "Not this time, Baby. This is just for you."...
end of part 46
(to be continued...)