mk1diva Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 loving the fluffyness from adelle and geoff/nic aswell great update anymore soon?????
solaris Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Thankyou for all the comments, I'm so glad that people are still enjoying my fic. Okay, update time! Be warned, much of this is slushy to the max! Enjoy. Warning - reference to past abuse but no detail. Chapter 25 As dawn broke on the horizon, Belle stirred. She was confused at first by the weight around her waist and opened her eyes, there was only one person to whom that muscled arm could belong! Smiling she ran her hand from the elbow to fingertips, gently caressing the warm, tanned skin. The arm tightened around her, Aden's lips leaving butterfly kisses on the back of her neck. Belle wriggled in his arms so that she could give him a good morning kiss, she didn't have work and school was closed so they had the day to themselves. “Good morning, sleep well?” Aden's eyes cracked open slightly before closing again. “I'm still asleep cos I'm dreaming, either that or I'm in heaven. Whatever, I'm not moving!” Belle's gentle laughter rippled through him, it made him feel as if he was home. He tucked his head in so he could tease her neck, hugging her closer still - smiling when she kissed the top of his head. “Come on Aden, you might not want to move but I do.” Belle squirmed until he loosened his hold, she moved far enough so that she could roll onto her side and watch him. He moved onto his front, tucking a hand under her pillow and looking for all the world like a young boy. She wished that she could return that innocence to him, wished she was capable of removing the damage that had been done. The darkness of her thoughts shadowed her face and made her restless, disturbing the resident bed-hog. “You're thinking bad things...stop!” Belle raised an eyebrow in query. “How would you know what I'm thinking? Your eyes might as well be closed with super glue!” Aden opened his eyes and sat up. I always know when you're thinking bad things. I don't know how, but I do. Relax will you? Enjoy having some us time?” She tucked her knees up and wrapped her arms around them, surveying him with mischievous eyes. “How can I enjoy 'us time' when one half of 'us' is intent on hibernating?” Aden was still too close to sleep to notice the look she was giving him, which meant that she got the precise result she been after. Aden lunched himself at her, tugging her on top of him then rolling so that he pinned her to the bed. Belle's laughter rang out full and free, she adored the naughty side of her boyfriend and took great pleasure in provoking it. He pinned her wrists to the pillow and looked down at her. “Just to be clear, I'm not hibernating.” Belle tried to smother the grin, but it didn't really work. “Of course you're not.” She studied him a moment before adding under her breath. “Teddy bear.” It took a moment for the last comment to register with Aden, when it did...the pretend indignation had Belle attempting to hide her laughter. “Teddy bear! Did you just call me a teddy bear? I so am not!” Belle's nose twitched as she tried to prevent the laughter escaping. “You could always kiss me, my teddy bears don't kiss me so it might help to disprove my theory...” “You're being mean, you called me a teddy bear and said I was hibernating! Whey should I kiss you?” “Because you want to?” The playful tone in Belle's voice had softened to one of invitation, he couldn't help but respond to it. Slowly he lowered his head, brushing teasing kisses at the corners of her mouth. The kisses deepened and Belle released one hand to run it through his hair, holding him to her. When her hand caressed the back of his neck, Aden realised that he still had her other hand pinned. Tension shot through him as he quickly released her, he rolled to one side and looked at her. “God, Belle, I'm so sorry.” Belle, shocked by the speed of his retreat, looked over at him. “Aden, what is it? What are you apologising for?” Aden squeezed his eyes shut, pinching the bridge of his nose with thumb and fore-finger. He made himself open his eyes again and look directly at his girlfriend. “I had you pinned, I'm sorry. It..it was wrong to do that.” Misery replaced the playful desire that had been in his eyes. “You must despise me. Oh God, I'm no different to...him...to my...” “Don't you dare compare yourself to that...that thing who hurt you!” Belle was almost shouting at him, she couldn't believe that he would think of himself in the same sentence as his grandfather. “You didn't do anything wrong!” Aden was looking at her in a slightly bemused manner. “What do you mean I did nothing wrong? I had you pinned down, I...” Belle sighed a little, realising that Aden's past was murky pit that was going to take time to deal with. “Aden, listen to me. You didn't do anything wrong, you didn't do anything I wasn't comfortable with. I released on of my hands very easily, you weren't hurting me in any way. I know that had I asked you to let go, you would have done. Yes you were in a dominant position, but only because I wanted you to be there.“ Belle stopped, how on earth had she ended up teaching her own boyfriend the basics of a normal, healthy relationship? “There's nothing wrong with what we were doing, I was happy and so were you. As long as no means no, stop means stop and we both respect each other's boundaries there isn't a problem.” Aden ran his fingers through her hair. “You're amazing, you know that?” Belle smiled, ambushing him with a quick kiss. “You can tell me as many times as you want?” She made it a question deliberately, provoking a laugh from him. He cuddled her close, revealing in the freedom to do so. “I'm a mess Belle, thing that should be normal feel...perverted.” Belle's hand on his face made him look at her. “What happened to you, shouldn't happen to any child. We'll work through it together, it will just take time - as much time as you need. You might be a mess, but you're my mess!” Aden's smile was a bit rueful. “You could have any guy you wanted...” Belle interrupted him by placing a finger across his lips. “I want you! Now c'mon lazy bones, time to get up!” She grabbed his hand, tugging him. Aden reluctantly complied, he couldn't believe just how lucky he was.
xknomex Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 awwwwww lots of fluff with just the right ammount of seriousness!!!! love it
wrongturntaken Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Aw, that was wonderful!!! I haven't had a chance to catch up with this fic all week so it was nice to have so many chapters to read! They were all really amazing too! I loved the Aden and Nicole interacton before and i loved the last chapter! This is to put simply, a brilliant story!!!!!!!
Lise Posted September 13, 2008 Report Posted September 13, 2008 That was brilliant. Can't wait for more.
zzazzb Posted September 13, 2008 Report Posted September 13, 2008 those last two chapters were fantastic geoff/nic and adelleness is gorgeous
adelle Posted September 13, 2008 Report Posted September 13, 2008 Awwwwwww is all I can say!! Great writing as usual, more please
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.