Chapter 15: Protecting Love
Chapter 15:
Sheridan walked onto her patio, with her drink in hand. She saw Luis
standing around, he was wearing his gun holster. Sheridan stood and
watched him, he was so good looking and he was all hers. She was
thankful that she had him. He turned her way throwing her a smile that
made her legs feel like jelly. She smiled back at him and laid her
towel on one of the reclining patio chairs. She stretched out on her
stomach, relaxing her body under the warm sun.
Luis watched her, relieved that she wasn't thinking about the impostor,
the mask and her families' involvement. He would do anything to keep
her mind clear, free of what her father and brother did. He knew Crane
security was guarding the perimeter of her cottage, so he could relax a
little. He sat down beside her and watched her.
Sheridan then turned
her head so that she was now looking at him.
"God Luis relax a little, you look tense."
"I am your bodyguard Sheridan, your safety is high on my mind,
among
other things." he said said wriggling his eyebrows. Sheridan blushed.
Luis just grinned at her, he loved that he could make her blush. He
then thought back to when Sheridan walked in on him naked in the
lockeroom, looking for sugar. 'Yeah right.' Luis thought and then
chuckled. Sheridan looked up then.
"What are you laughing at Luis?" she asked smiling at him.
"The time you walked in on me in the lockeroom, supposedly looking
for sugar. I swear I've never seen a woman blush so much in my life. I
guess I would of blushed too if I saw what I saw." Sheridan just
listened to him, she was blushing thinking about the incident. She was
also thinking about how full of himself Luis was.
"okay Lopez-Fitzgerald I was to looking for sugar." She said
defensively.
"Yeah Sheridan." Luis said with a cocky smile meaning that he
didn't
believe a word that had just come out of her mouth. Sheridan then got
up and walked behind him wrapping her arms around his neck. She slowly
ran her hand down his chest, bringing her lips to his ear.
"My walking in on you was an accident, but I did enjoy the view,
very much so." she whispered seductively, gently tugging on his ear
with
her teeth. She then stopped and went back to her chair and lied down.
Luis looked at her with hooded eyes, she was playing with him.
"Sheridan that was down right mean."
"I know that's why I did it." Sheridan then took her top off and
lied back down.
"You love messing with my head, don't you?"
"I don't know am I messing with your head?" She asked playfully.
Luis raised an eyebrow at her. She then threw her bikini top at him and
started laughing.
"If you don't behave yourself I'm going to have to take you in."
Luis warned smiling at her.
"Okay I'll be good."
They had been outside for a couple of hours when Sheridan's stomach
growled. So much had happened yesterday that she didn't eat and her
fight with Luis today.
"Luis give me my top." Luis handed her bikini top back to her and
watched her put it back on. "Are you hungry?" She asked.
"Actually I am, I didn't realize how hungry I am until you
mentioned
it."
"Well come on then." She grabbed his hand and pulled him into the
house. She quickly went to her room and changed out of her suit.
"Sheridan what do you want to eat?"
"I could go for some Chinese food. Is that alright with you?" she
asked sweetly.
"Whatever you want." he replied, planting a sweet kiss on her lips.
She pulled out the menu and they picked out what they wanted. Luis
called in the order while Sheridan searched for a movie to watch while
they ate. She found the perfect one and giggled. She put the tape in
the vcr and waited for the delivery man while Luis was in his room.
Fifteen minutes later there was a knock at the door. Sheridan got
up to get it but Luis stopped her. He opened the door up, it was one
of
the security guards. Luis paid the guard what he owed him. Sheridan
came out of the kitchen with a bottle of wine and 2 glasses.
"Where are the plates Sheridan?"
"Still in the cabinet, I thought we could eat out of the cartons
unless you feel like washing dishes afterwards." She set the wine and
glasses on the table and plopped down on the chair smiling at him. She
patted the spot beside her and he sat down. He pulled everything out
of
the bag and opened up the containers. Once everything was set up
Sheridan got up and turned the lights off and picked up the remote.
She
sat back down by Luis and grabbed the Mongolian Beef, eating a
mouthful.
"So what are we watching?" Luis asked noticing her mouth was full.
She held up a finger to say that she needed a minute while she chewed.
Luis just laughed. When she finally finished chewing she answered him.
"You'll see." With that she pushed play and fast forwarded past the
previews to the movie. Sheridan watched him until he realized what
they
were watching.
"Goldeneye, we're watching a Bond movie."
"Yep I love James Bond, I've seen every Bond movie, in fact i have
the whole collection of Bond movies but Ethan has borrowed alot of
them."
"Really, who's your favorite Bond?" Sheridan pretended to think
hard.
"I would have to say Sean Connery, although I love them all. You
know something I always wanted to be a Bond girl."
"There's a picture, you would be the sexiest Bond girl ever, you
and
those long tan legs." She smacked his arm playfully.
"I already found my James Bond." Luis looked at her confused.
"Don't
you remember what the gendarme said about you when you rescued me in
Paris." At that moment Luis remembered and threw a big smile at her.
He
leaned in and planted a kiss on her neck, but as soon as he smelled her
perfume he was lost. His kisses moved down her neck to her shoulder.
"Hey there officer, save that for later. I'm starving and I know
you
are too." She said as she ran her hand over his growling stomach. "I
can hear your stomach growling, so eat." She said in a mock command
"Yes ma'am." He said and then took a bite out of her beef and
broccoli.
They sat there most of the movie eating, especially Sheridan. Luis
was
amazed at how much food she could put away. He had finished awhile ago
and she was still eating. When she was finally through eating she
cleared the coffeetable with Luis' help. Luis plopped himself on the
sofa and pulled Sheridan down with him, she was now sitting up against
his strong chest. He had his arms wrapped around her waist.
Sheridan
was busy eating come cookie dough ice cream, which amazed Luis.
"You sure you don't any ice cream Luis?"
"No thanks I'm full.
"Your loss." She said sweetly and continued eating her ice cream.
Just then the phone rang. Sheridan reached over and picked up the
phone.
"Hello." She said in a giggly state because Luis was kissing the
back of her neck.
"Hi Sheridan, it's Theresa."
"Oh hi Theresa." The mention of Theresa's name caused Luis to stop
what he was doing. "How are you doing?"
"I'm doing great, what about you? I know how my brother can be, he
very overprotective.
"That he is." Sheridan said she she turned herself around,
positioning herself in Luis' lap. "But he's okay, he's actually been
kind of fun."
"Really? Luis fun? I mean he has his moments but they occur so
rarely." This made Sheridan laugh and Theresa joined in.
Luis was
glad
to see that Sheridan and Theresa could get along great and laugh
together although he didn't know it was at his expense.
"Although he has been kind of a downed, won't let me even leave the
house."
"This should be great news than, Mama's sister and nephew are
visiting soon."
"That's great, oh I'll put you on the phone with Luis, it was great
talking to you, bye."
"You too Sheridan." Sheridan handed the phone over to Luis. As she
handed him the phone she thought that this moment would be perfect to
get Luis back.
"Hey little sister. How's everything at home?" Luis asked.
"Everything's good, the household is not going to fall apart
without
you."
"That's good to hear, how's Miguel doing?"
"Still in love with Charity."
"You mean they're still glued to the hip." Luis said amused.
"I think its sweet, you could learn a thing or two from your little
brother." Sheridan said. Theresa laughed as Luis frowned. Sheridan gave
Luis a sneaky smile which Luis noticed. She pressed her body to him as
he gave her a 'no' look. Sheridan just smiled wickedly at him.
"Anyways Luis I called to tell you that aunt Carmen and cousin
Carlos are coming to Harmony for a visit." Sheridan began planting
kisses on his face, that moved down to his neck.
"That's great." Luis said trying to ignore the effect Sheridan was
having on him. She was now letting her hands roam and slowly began to
massage his chest.. She moved them lower until she got to his pants.
She pulled his shirt out.
All Luis could do was listen to his little
sister talk about how good it would be to see the aunt and cousin.
Luis' breathing picked up as Sheridan put her hands under his shirt.
"Luis? Luis? Are you okay? Your breathing kind of funny, are you
okay?" Theresa asked.
"Yeah Theresa I'm fine." Luis asked breathlessly.
"What are you doing?" Theresa asked amused.
"What do you mean?" Luis asked as Sheridan began unbuckling his
pants.
"I mean what are you doing. You're acting a little strange. Are
you and Sheridan doing something over there?" Theresa asked. Luis could
practically feel the smile his sister was sporting through the phone.
"Nothing." He said, holding back a moan as Sheridan worked her hand
in his pants.
"Whatever Luis, I have to go so I'll see you soon."
"Bye Theresa, I love you."
"I love you too, bye." With that she hung up. Luis had had enough.
He grabbed her and flipped her over on her back.
"You are so bad." Luis said.
"I told you I would get you back."
"Theresa is going to have alot of questions for me the next time I
see her."
"Luis we've never talked about this relationship." She said pushing
him off her and sitting up. "I mean how do we go about this Luis? Do we
tell people about us? Do we not tell them and keep it between us and
those who already know? I mean what are we going to do?" Sheridan
looked
like she was going to have a panic attack.
"Sheridan honey calm down." He said softly chuckling. He waited
for
her to calm down before he started talking. "We do need to decide what
we are going to tell people."
"We can't tell anybody?" Hearing this caused Luis' face to drop.
"Why not? Are you ashamed of me?" He said angrily. Sheridan looked
up with a blank look.
"Excuse me." She said not believing that she had just heard him say
that to her.
"You heard me Sheridan, I am after all the maid's son." Sheridan's
eyes narrowed.
"I can't believe you would say something like that to me." She
walked by him and rant he rest of the way to the bathroom, where she
knew she would be able to lock the door.
She quickly locked the bathroom doors and slid down against one of
the doors.
"Why do I put up with him?" She asked aloud. "Duh Sheridan, it's
because you love him so much." She said answering her own question.
Sheridan than decided she wasn't going to dwell on Luis' little
insecurities. She stripped her clothes off and got in the shower,
letting the stream of the hot shower relax her. After letting the
water
run cold she stepped out, toweled off and put on her robe. She stepped
out into her room and went straight to her dresser drawers. She
slipped
into some underwear and took off her robe, pulling out a wine colored
floor length nightgown with thin straps and put it on.
When she turned
around she saw Luis sitting on her bed, looking intently at her. She
was too mad to speak to him. She walked out of the room heading for
the
kitchen. Luis followed her calling her name but she didn't stop nor
did
she turn around. She sauntered into the kitchen. She reached up for a
glass and could feel Luis directly behind her.
"You're good at running away, do you know that?" Luis asked angry
again.
Sheridan turned around to face him, he had her trapped between his body
and the counter with both of his arms on either side of her.
"This isn't about my running away, this is about your insecurities in
this relationship." She said matching his anger. "You think I'm ashamed
of you which is the stupidest piece of crap I've ever heard come out of
your mouth." Luis opened his mouth to talk but talk but Sheridan put
her finger to his lips.
"Let me finish what I have to say because when
I
do I'm going to bed...alone." She took a breath and went on. "I didn't
want to tell anyone about us because of the deal you made with Julian,
I
don't want you to go back to jail. I don't know how you could think I'm
ashamed of you." She raised her hand to his cheek. "You're all I ever
wanted and for you to say what you said it hurts. I love you but
right
now I don't like you very much." She removed her hand and kissed him on
the cheek. "Goodnight Luis." Luis let her go and she headed back to her
room.
Luis stood in the kitchen beating himself up about jumping to
conclusions. It was all his fault, he was insecure. Normally he
wasn't
this way but Sheridan stirred all his emotions up. When he was around
her he couldn't control his emotions. She could drive him crazy. She
had every part of him- mind, body, heart and soul. It scared him to
think that she didn't feel the same way about him and from this spouted
his insecurities.
To Be Continued...
