They arrived at Tina's house. Nick waited, holding Ananda, while Tina got out her key and opened the door for them. They stepped inside. Both were shivering slightly from the November wind. It was Florida, but the winds carried from the north to them. Tina turned on some lights and followed Nick up the steps to Ananda's room where Nick carefully laid her down and covered her with a blanket. They both stopped and looked at her sleeping so peacefully, then looked at each other and smiled. Quietly, they walked out of the room and down to the kitchen. Neither spoke a word, waiting for the other to say something.
They stood by the counter. Nick looked at Tina with his beautiful blue eyes and she looked back with her light green eyes. They just stared for a while until Nick slowly reached down and took her face in his gentle hands. Carefully, he lifted her face up to meet his. She shut her eyes and she felt his warm, soft lips on hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he put his around her waist. Nick pulled her closer until they could get no closer to each other. Nick's tongue slowly inched its way into Tina's mouth. She parted her lips and let her tongue play with his before pulling away. He was leaning against the counter, and she kissed his neck slowly. He shut his eyes tightly and brought in a deep, quick breath.
Tina played with the hair at the bottom of his hairline as she kissed more and more passionately on his neck. She lifted her head and kissed his chin, light kisses up his cheeks and on her tiptoes, little kisses over his eyes and forehead. Nick could hardly stand anymore, so he turned them around and set her on the counter. He stood closely, between her legs, and kissed her as passionately as he knew how. He felt her melt into his arms, and pulled her even closer to his body. His hands ran up and down her arms, giving her goosebumps. Her hands started to play with the buttons at the top of his shirt. He knew what was going to happen and he started unbuttoning the top buttons also.
"WWWAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Came from Ananda's room. Nick stopped unbuttoning his shirt and brought his face up to look above Tina's at the cabinents. She put her hands on his chest and kissed him lightly on the nose. He backed away and lifted her from the counter. They walked hand in hand to Ananda's room, where Nick rocked the baby back to sleep.
They walked back down the stairs and into the living room where Nick sat on the couch and Tina on his lap. They looked at each other and Tina said "Nick... what happened in there?" Nick looked her in the eyes and replied, " I don't know... but I think... maybe... I... maybe..." Tina noticed his stutter and rescued him with a soft kiss on the lips. They parted and he smiled. "Tina... I think I love you..." Nick said quietly. "I love you too Nick." Tina said looking at his face. He looked at her and felt himself melt into her eyes. She reached forward and pushed a strand of hair away from his eyes. He leaned forward and kissed her once again.
They fell asleep on the couch, in each others arms...
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