Chapter 10: Protecting Love
Chapter 10:
When they arrived at the Seascape they saw Ivy, Ethan, Gwen and Sam
which surprised Luis . Walking to the table Sheridan got all the men'
attention, while Luis got all the ladies' attention.
"Hey everyone." Sheridan said cheerily, happy to be out of the
house.
"hey Sheridan. I thought you wouldn't be able to come." Ethan said.
"Well I had to beg my bodyguard to let me out, must be going soft
because I got out." she said poking Luis in the side causing him to
laugh.
"I think I got the better half because she's not going anywhere
else
after tonight as long as I'm her bodyguard."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I need some champagne, where's the waiter?" She
looked around but didn't see one. "Oh never mind I'll get my own
drink."
"Stay where I can see you." Luis added as she walked off. She
waved
her hand and kept walking towards the bar. He watched her walk, she
was
going to kill him.
At the bar a barrage of Sheridan's old friends huddled around her.
They wanted to know who the gorgeous man was that she came in with and
what was going on between them. Sheridan told them that nothing was
going on and that he was just her bodyguard. They all agreed that Luis
could guard their bodies anytime. All of them left to find their
husbands except for one who was recently divorced.
"Sheridan I can't believe you haven't done anything with him.
God
I
wonder what he looks like under that tux. You don't happen to know
Sheridan, do you?"
"No I don't." she said lying.
"You mean to tell me he's staying at your cottage and you haven't
seen him naked." Sheridan flashed back to when she walked in on him at
the Youth Center locker room stark naked. A lustful look filled her
eyes and Gale noticed it.
"That good looking huh?" Sheridan was no longer listening to Gale,
then she came back to reality.
"What did you say?" Sheridan asked blankly. gale just laughed.
"There's nothing going on between you two?"
"No." She said downing the rest of her champagne. Gale only smiled
and walked away. Sheridan grabbed another glass of champagne and
headed
back to the table.
"That woman is such a vulture." Sheridan hissed to Gwen and Ivy
looking straight at Gale, noticing that she was looking at Luis.
Ethan,
Sam and Luis were busy talking.
"Careful Sheridan your colors are starting to show." Ivy said
grinning as Gwen snickered.
"I am not.." before she could finish Gale came over and introduced
herself to Luis. She chatted with him for a while before she asked for
a dance. Luis looked hesitant to leave Sheridan but Ivy reassured him
that she would be fine with Sam around.
As the minutes went by Sheridan became angrier but tried not to
let
it show. The minutes seemed like hours as she watched them dance, she
was hurting. She clenched the glass in her hand watching the two of
them. Sam, Ethan, Ivy and Gwen came back to the table to see Sheridan
angry. They followed her view and smiled, she was jealous. Sheridan
watched as Gale whispered something in Luis' ear, that was the breaking
point for Sheridan. Her grip on the glass tightened.
"Sheridan, you might want to loosen the grip on the glass." Ethan
suggested as everyone at the table looked at her. All she saw was luis
and Gale and that was making her see red. She squeezed the glass more
and it broke in her hand. Everyone looked at her shocked. The pain
cut
through the anger she felt a moment later. She cried out in pain and
Luis was there in a heartbeat. She wrapped a cloth napkin around her
hand and pushed him away as she walked to the restroom.
She put her hand under the cool water, but her hand still hurt.
When the loss of blood slowed she put the napkin on her palm and walked
out. Luis was waiting for her when she came out, he grabbed her arm
gently pulling her to a stop.
"Sheridan you need to go to the hospital to have you hand looked
at."
"No I don't, I'm fine."
"Sheridan your not fine, your hand is still bleeding and you
probably have glass in your hand. Either you go to the hospital
agreeably or I'll carry you out, either way your going."
"I don't think so Officer." She spat out. She turned around to
leave but was suddenly lifted off the ground by Luis and thrown over
his
shoulder.
"Put me down!" she yelled as everyone was now staring at
them. He headed back to the table carrying her fireman style to get
their things.
"Sam, tell him to put me down. He's making me go to the hospital."
"I'm not in this, besides you should go to hospital, you may have
glass in your hand." That was all Luis needed to hear, he gathered
their things and told everyone goodbye.
He sat her down in the car and buckled her in. During the drive
Luis looked over at her a couple of times, she was mad as hell. When
they arrived there Sheridan was not making it easy for him. He gave up
dragging her and just threw her over his shoulder. He walked to the
desk and asked if Dr. Russell was in and the nurse said yes and that
she
would have her paged.
They waited in an examining room for Eve. Luis was wondering how
the glass got broken by her hand, but decided to ask her later when she
had cooled down. Eve then walked in.
"Sheridan I heard you have glass in your hand, let's take a look."
Sheridan held out her hand as Eve pulled up a chair and put Sheridan's
hand under a magnifying light. "You have a couple of pieces of glass in
your hand and your going to need stitches." Sheridan groaned at the
news. Luis only smiled slightly, he was right, but then again he was
always right when it came to her. Eve picked the glass out of
Sheridan's hand as she winced a little in pain. Eve left to get the
supplies she needed and would be back shortly.
"So how did the glass get broken?" he asked.
"I dropped it." she lied. Luis already knew that she had crushed
the glass in her hand from Sam. He shook his head, she never was
truthful with him.
"I already know that you crushed the glass in your hand Sheridan."
"Then why did you ask if you already knew?"
"To see if you would tell me the truth. Tell me something Sheridan
are you even capable of telling the truth?" That comment pissed her
off.
"Oh and your capable of being honest with me and telling the
truth?"
She asked angrily.
"I've always been honest with you and I've always told you the
truth, you on the other hand lie to me every chance you get."
"I can't believe you'd lie to me right in my face, your nothing but
a 2 faced..." Eve came back with the supplies needed and a needle.
Sheridan watched as Eve took the syringe out of the wrapping and
she
started to get nervous.
"What's that for?" She asked pointing to the syringe that was being
filled with something.
"It's to numb your hand up for stitches." Sheridan was visibly
nervous.
"Can't I just take a pill?" She asked desperately.
"No." Eve said as she pulled Sheridan's hand gently with her other
hand guiding the needle towards Sheridan's palm. Just as the needle
was
about to penetrate her skin Sheridan jerked her hand away.
"I don't like needles." She said balling her fist up, which only
caused the deep cut on her hand to start bleeding again. Eve quickly
placed gauzes over her cuts. Sheridan turned her head so she didn't
have to look at the blood on her hand. During this time Eve took the
needle and injected her, Sheridan didn't even feel it. Eve cleaned the
cut and stitched her up in no time. Eve told her that she had to be
careful with the stitches.
Luis observed Sheridan the whole time and noticed that she was
still
angry. He desperately wanted to know why she wasn't honest with him
and
why she didn't trust him. It hurt him that she didn't trust him.
Walking down the corridor Sheridan was turning men's head, but with one
look at Luis and his frown, they forgot all about what they were
thinking. The drive back to the cottage was quiet.
Sheridan walked straight for her room and slammed the door. Luis
groaned and slumped down in the sofa burying his head in his hands.
Meanwhile Sheridan was tense as ever so she decided to soak in the
bathtub. Luis heard her turn on the water and dig through the cabinets
angrily. He then heard her step out of the bathroom and walk towards
the livingroom. She came out dressed in a short red silk robe,
ignoring
him like the plague.
She dug into a closet, found what she was looking
for and left. Luis was fed up with her behavior and attitude towards
him, she was so ungrateful.
"Sheridan we need to talk." he said forcefully. Sheridan didn't
answer, she was too busy unwinding. Besides she had no interest to
talk
to him. "Sheridan if you don't answer me I'm coming in."
"For goodness sakes, come in Luis." Luis walked in to find the
bathroom aglow with scented candles and Sheridan laying in a bathtub
with bubbles. She got tired of waiting for him to say something.
"What
do you want Luis?"
"We need to talk Sheridan."
"About what?" Sheridan said nonchalantly as he sat down on the
covered toilet seat. "We have nothing to discuss."
"Yes we do and you know it. Why do you seen to hate me so much?"
"Haven't you always hated me since day one because I was a Crane?
Now why do you care if I hate you?" She said in a cold voice but her
heart ached as she spoke the words. Luis on the other hand grew
frustrated as hell with her.
"I don't hate you now, nor have I ever hated you. Sure we didn't
get along at first but when we went to Santa Fe together I knew you
were
different from your family.
After the whole Martin impostor fiasco we
got to know each other better, we went on a couple of dates, shared
some
kisses." He saw her face soften but then it changed back. "Whether you
know it or not I do care about you, a great deal." At hearing this her
eyes began to water, 'why does he always do this to me. NO! Don't let
him do this to you.' The night at the wharf jumped back into her mind.
"Stop lying to me, for once just tell me the truth." she said
getting angrier as the tears slid down her cheeks. "You never cared
about me, it was all lies, just stop lying to me." She demanded
angrily.
"Why can't you believe me? I do care for you. I know you care for
me too, why can't you admit it?" She was paralyzed by his words but not
for long.
"I don't have to listen to this. Could you leave?"
"No."
"Luis get out!"
"No! Not until we clear some things up."
"Fine, since you won't leave I will."
"You wouldn't dare step out of that tub with me in here."
"I will always dare Luis." With that she rose from the water and
stepped out. Luis never took his eyes from her body, she was perfect
in
every way, she was perfection to him. Sheridan saw the look on his
face
and smiled. "Do you like what you see?" she asked seductively. She
didn't wait for an answer, she just picked up the towel and wrapped it
around herself. She blew out the candles and left leaving him in the
dark.
By the time Luis came back to reality Sheridan had slipped into a
white silk chemise and into bed. She sighed being in bed, she really
did need some sleep but she knew she would dream about Luis.
"I do care about you Luis, more than you'll ever know." she said
softly. Unknown to her was that Luis had been standing in the doorway.
"That's what I like to hear." Luis said softly. Sheridan jumped up
into a sitting position as Luis approached her.
"Don't you ever knock?"
"The door was open." He said sitting down beside her on the bed.
"What do you want?" She asked angrily.
"Why are you so hostile towards me after what I heard. You care
about me and there's no denying it anymore." Sheridan turned her head
away from him so she didn't have to look in those deep brown eyes of
his. Luis grew tired of her always trying to avoid him. He grabbed
her
chin gently and turned her face towards him. When he looked in her
eyes, he saw love. She was denying her feelings just like he was
doing.
"What happened between us?" he asked bringing his hand gently to
her
cheek caressing it. She leaned her cheek into the palm of his hand and
closed her eyes, enjoying his touch. She then opened them to be
staring
into his dark beautiful brown eyes.
She then moved her hand up
caressing his face then slowly gliding it to the back of his head
pulling him in for the kiss she so desperately needed and wanted.
The kiss started off slow but quickly progressed as they both
realized the other wanted more. The kiss continued, more heated by the
moment until they broke apart for air. The desire they felt for each
other was mirrored in their eyes. As soon as they had enough air they
leaned into each other for a long and passionate kiss. Sheridan began
leaning back, pulling Luis with her, he was now on top of her. He broke
the kiss leaving her breathless as he kissed down her face to her neck.
He planted soft kisses down her neck causing her to moan loudly. He
slowly moved his hand down her body caressing her thigh sensually, she
was gasping for air now, moaning with pure pleasure.
He was driving
her
crazy. Luis then stopped and pulled her up on her knees. He reached
for the bottom of her chemise as she pulled his shirt off and threw it
across the room. She ran her hands up his chest knowing that she was
definitely getting to him. He then pulled her chemise up and off, he
couldn't help but gaze at her. She leaned into him and began kissing
her way up his neck noticing how his breathing picked up. She reached
his ear and gently began nibbling on it.
"You never did answer my question." she whispered seductively into
his ear.
"What question?" he asked breathlessly.
"Do you like what you see?" she too asked breathlessly as he began
sliding his hands up her bare back.
"Oh God yes." she pulled back to look in his eyes. "Your so
beautiful." A soft smile took over her face as he began to kiss her
shoulder moving his kisses down lower as he laid her on her back.
"Luis." she moaned. He continued to plant kisses down her body.
He
then kissed his way back up to her lips.
As soon as his lips touched
hers she rolled them over with her now on top. She began her torturous
pleasure on Luis as she trailed kisses down his chest as she ran her
hands on down his chest. She slid her body down his legs until her
hands were at his belt buckle.
"These must be a little tight." she said unbuckling his belt and
sliding it slowly out of the loops. She then moved to unbutton and
unzip his pants, again moving slowly. She moved off of him and pulled
his pants and boxers off, then moved back to climd back on top of him.
Luis wrapped his arm around her waist and flipped them over. Sheridan
gasped in surprise. He slid down her body, his hands sliding over her
breasts, she raised up to him. He continued down her body until he
reached her panties. He slowly slid them down her long tan legs
slowly,
playing with her as she did to him.
Luis began caressing the inside of
her thigh driving her insane. She pulled him up into a furiously
passionate kiss. Luis pulled away breathing hard, looking into her
blue
eyes. Caught up in the moment he said what she always wanted to hear
from him.
"I love you." he said gazing into her eyes watching her eyes tear
up
because she knew he meant it.
"Oh Luis I love you too." letting the tears slide down her face.
He
gently kissed them away. She moved to whisper in his ear. "Make love
to me Luis." Luis did just that. They made love throughout the night,
bringing each other pleasures they had never experienced with anyone
else, but they knew it would never be like this with anyone else.
Morning came as the sunlight streamed into Sheridan's bedroom
waking
her up. She had a smile on her face waking up in the arms of the man
she loved. She turned over to look at the man she loved and did she
ever love him. Sheridan remembered the night of passion they shared.
She was too happy for words, he loved her. She decided she better get
up to make some breakfast. She slid out of his arms and out of bed
into
her red silk robe, heading for the bathroom. As soon as she got in the
doorway she felt his strong arms around her.
"Mmmm good morning." Sheridan said with a big smile on her face.
"Morning." he said kissing her neck. "Where ya going?" he asked
curiously, sliding his hand up her robe, rubbing her thigh. Sheridan
felt her knees almost give way, the man affected her with every touch.
"To make some breakfast for us."
"As good as breakfast sounds I'm not really hungry, not for food
anyway." He picked her up in his arms and she giggled. He laid her
down, coming down over her. Luis began kissing her neck, knowing it
drove her crazy as he untied her robe, letting it fall to the side. He
had her moaning in no time at his touches. Both of them were in a
world
of there own and did not hear Pilar and Hank enter the house.
Pilar told Hank that he could go on and go to the guest room where
Luis was staying. On the way to Luis' room hank heard moaning as he
passed Sheridan's room. He stood outside the door for awhile and heard
heavy breathing. He decided to check on her, he opened the door to her
room and walked in. The site before him threw him threw him through a
loop. He watched as his so called 'buddy' got the woman he wanted,
again. He then listened to Sheridan say how much she loved Luis. Hank
knew that Luis had lied about his feelings for her as he said I love
you
to her. The rage within him quickly built up.
"What the hell is going on." he yelled. Sheridan and Luis' heads
quickly snapped up to see who was there.
"Sh-t." Luis cursed. He and Sheridan quickly covered up as Pilar
came running into the room.
"Oh God." she said as she saw Luis and Sheridan wrapped up in
sheets. She knew it would happen eventually, with their feelings for
each other, but their relationship was definitely going to cause some
problems.
Sheridan was mortified, her face was a deep shade of red. Luis too
was uncomfortable, he had been caught by his mother, not to mention his
best friend. The both of them needed time to talk.
"We'll give you two some time." Pilar said as if reading her son's
mind. She practically had to pull hank out of the room.
Sheridan fell back on the bed as the door closed. Luis just stood
over her, this was going to be a serious problem, he knew Hank wanted
Sheridan. He looked down at Sheridan laying across the bed staring at
the ceiling. He couldn't take his eyes off her, she was so damn
beautiful. He would do anything for her. Damn, he needed a cold
shower, his body was betraying him watching her laying only in a dark
blue silk sheet.
Sheridan, meanwhile was totally frustrated. God what Luis did to
her, her whole body was on fire. She then got up to go shower in
desperate need of a cold shower to calm her body.
"Where are you going?" Luis asked.
"To take a cold shower." she said winking at him and letting the
sheet fall to the floor. God, she was going to kill him. He put his
boxers back on and waited for Sheridan to finish in the shower. Luis
decided to check on what was going on outside so he threw on a pair of
jeans. He peeped into the front room and saw that Pilar had left, it
was just Hank, who looked very mad.
He went back to Sheridan's room as Sheridan was coming out of the
bathroom in a terrycloth robe and towel on her head.
"Bathroom is all yours." She said opening up her dresser drawer.
Luis thought that he better go shower before she took off her robe and
he lost all restraint to keep from carrying her to the bed. He took a
quick shower and got dressed. When they were both ready they went out
into the livingroom to deal with Hank.
To Be Continued...
