Chapter 6: Protecting Love
Chapter 6:
The next morning Luis found himself waiting for Sheridan. It was almost 12 and she was still in bed, he decided to go look in on her. He knocked on the door and called her name. To his surprise she was awake, she told him him he could come in.
"Good morning." he said noticing she was sitting up in her bed.
"Good morning." she replied sweetly.
"So how long have you been awake?" he asked curiously. She hesitated a bit but she still answered him.
"Actually I've been awake for almost an hour."
"Why haven't you come out of your room then?" He hoped she wasn't mad at him.
"My body aches, so I didn't feel like getting up much." Luis was immediately concerned which Sheridan noticed.
"I'm okay Luis, just doing a little too much..." she said but got quiet towards the end.
"What did you say Sheridan?" he asked.
"Oh never mind I'm fine." She got up, she was definitely feeling the effects of her dream.
"I think I need to soak in the jacuzzi."
"Isn't that outside?" Luis asked.
"Yeah so what?" Sheridan asked getting out of bed and putting her robe on.
"Your not going outside." Luis said in a commanding tone.
"Luis the jacuzzi is covered, no one will see me, your so paranoid."
"No I'm not I'm just cautious, you should try it."
"Listen you can stand here while I go soak or you can come along, either way I'm going." She didn't wait for him to answer. She opened up her suitcase and pulled out her swimsuit and headed for the bathroom to change. Luis just stood there, the woman was beyond frustrating, she just wouldn't listen. By the time his mind caught up with what she had did she was heading out the back door to the jacuzzi.
"Sheridan damnit would you listen?" Luis asked angrily.
"Yeah." she paused and then went on. "In the jacuzzi." she then walked out the door to a little house in the back. She walked in, closely followed by Luis.
"See Luis, you can't even see inside and if it makes you feel better you can stand guard outside the door. I'm not leaving." She said defiantly.
Luis just stood there brooding, she knew how to rub him the wrong way. He watched her turn the jacuzzi on and put her foot in to test the water. He was more than ready to put her in her place until she took off the dress that was covering her swimsuit. Luis' mouth nearly dropped to the floor and his eyes definitely popped their sockets. Sheridan definitely wasn't hiding anything in that suit. Her suit was a leopard print bikini with a light blue trim, it had a small triangle top and tied at the neck and back. Her bikini tied at the sides. Luis just stared at her, she was perfect but so damn stubborn. She had this incredible hold over him but he was determined to get it to stop. He couldn't take his eyes off her body, especially her top half. He watched her slide into the jacuzzi and sigh. He was staring and he knew it but he couldn't look away.
Sheridan was unaware of his staring, she was just glad to get relief. She then thought about how she would really feel if her and Luis ever actually made love. 'It will never happen.' Sheridan thought. She gave a frustrated sigh. The man had her on edge and she didn't like it one bit. The phone ringing broke her thoughts, she had brought it along with her. She reached over for the phone and noticed that Luis looked very sexy with the tight black T-shirt on and blue jeans, not to mention the gun holster he had on which made him look even sexier. The man was too good looking for his own good.
"Hello." Sheridan said.
"Hi Sheridan, how are you doing?" Ethan asked.
"I'm fine Ethan, as good as can be expected in my current situation. So how goes with you?"
"Going good, Theresa and I are getting ready to go to a movie."
"Ethan are you crazy? Remember that talk we had about temptation?"
"Yeah I remember it. So what?"
"Excuse me." She said rising from the water. "Ethan you should care, you should definitely care, she's your temptation. Stay away from her."
"I don't know if I can, she's..." Sheridan cut him off.
"You better stay way from her Ethan, go to New York and see Gwen for your own good."
"I think I'll do that, I just miss Gwen. I guess I'll go pack, bye Sheridan. I love you."
"Bye Ethan, I love you too." She wondered if Ethan was in love with Theresa, she hoped not. She put the phone down and slid back down into the water. She looked up at Luis, he looked a little bothered by something.
"What's wrong Supercop?" she asked with amusement.
"Huh?" Luis asked looking down at her.
"Something on your mind officer?"
"Nope."
"Your such a liar Lopez-Fitzgerald, but I won't push it." Sheridan felt her stomach growl.
"Oh God I'm hungry." she rose up from the water and stepped out. She slipped her shoes on and turned the jacuzzi off. She didn't bother o put her dress back on, Luis wanted to fall out. She walked ahead of him and out the door. Luis jumped back to his senses and followed her back into the cabin. She headed straight for the bathroom to take a shower. Luis was relieved when she shut the door to the bathroom.
A little while later he was walking down the hall when Sheridan came walking out of the bathroom in a towel. He groaned loud enough for Sheridan to hear.
"Something wrong Luis?"
"No." he said abruptly and continued walking. She glared at his back for a moment and went into her bedroom to get dressed. She put on some khaki capris and a baby blue scoopneck tank. She towel dried her hair and combed it back and she did her makeup.
She walked out of her room but she couldn't see Luis so she thought she would take a step outside and maybe do a little walking around. Just as she put her hand on the door knob she was grabbed by the waist and spun around. She gasped as her body collided with Luis'.
"Luis, what the hell are you doing?"
"What am I doing? What are you doing? I could of sworn up and down that I told you not to go anywhere without me. I can see you don't listen very well."
"I listen very well, just not to conceited assholes who think they know everything." The two glared daggers at each other. Luis was still holding her, her heart was slamming against her ribs. They were so close, yet so far.
"If you try that again Ms. Crane you'll have a new set of bracelets." He said dangling the handcuffs in her face. Sheridan looked up into his eyes with a daring look.
"You wouldn't."
"Try me." Luis said looking her in the eye, he was for real. She backed out of his hold and glared at him. She turned from him when she felt tears welling up in her eyes. 'Oh great.' she thought. She rushed off to her room, locking the door forgetting all about her hunger.
"Don't even cry Sheridan, not over that asshole." But she couldn't help it, the tears flowed. She threw herself on her bed and buried her face in a pillow and softly cried. She stayed in her room until the sun went down. She got up and looked in the mirror. Her eyes were bloodshot and her mascara was running, she had black tears slowly sliding down her pale cheeks. She wondered why she let him do this to her. 'Get over it Sheridan.' She grabbed some pajamas and headed for the shower.
She felt refreshed after her shower but she was still hungry, she was starving now. She went to her room and pulled her matching see through red robe over her boxer pajama set she had on. She walked down the hall, her red robe flowing behind her. She walked straight for the kitchen. She assumed Luis was in his room, in all truth she didn't care where the hell he was. She made herself a bowl of fresh fruit and a glass of wine. She went into the living room unaware that Luis was there. She sat on the window ledge looking out at the night sky, eating her fruit. Luis just watched her, wondering what she was thinking. He felt the need to apologize to her but he didn't want to. Why should he apologize for doing his job. He watched as she took off her robe. He just looked at her intently.
To Be Continued...
