Post by Addisonsgirl on Jul 28, 2013 11:14:50 GMT -5
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When Maddie woke up, her searching hands automatically wandered to the other side of the bed, looking for David's warm body. She frowned, her eyes still closed, when she didn't find him there, but that lasted only for a few seconds. Then she remembered that he had gotten up at what must have felt like the middle of the night for him because he had to pick up Bert Viola at 5 am for a stakeout.
Maddie sighed and snatched his pillow, pressing her face into it for a moment, inhaling David's scent. A glance at the alarm clock showed her that she could take her time to wake up properly before she had to get out of bed to get ready for work, so she snuggled a little deeper under the sheets again with a happy satisfied smile covering her face. Her body was sore in all the right places; she languidly stretched her body as she thought about last night. A bolt of heat hit her right between her legs as a slight blush covered her neck when she remembered how he had made her lose her mind over and over again. Sneakily, her hand reached down under the covers to lightly stroke her soreness. She closed her eyes as thoughts of the previous night filled her head. David's hands wandering all over her body, trailing a path of fire on her feverish skin, his mouth kissing her senseless, and not only on her lips but all over, him on top of her pounding her into the mattress; her on top of him, over him, beside him rocked by what seemed like one endless orgasm as she screamed his name until she was hoarse. Maddie’s hips began to move as she brought herself to an amazing orgasm reliving their torrid lovemaking. She finally pushed herself out of bed; she was becoming a sexual maniac she laughed but she wouldn’t want it any other way. She began to sing without even noticing it as she made the bed and gathered her undies to take into the bathroom, and she smiled to herself when she realized how apt those lyrics were:
“It had to be you, it had to be you
I wandered around and finally found
That somebody who
Could make me be true, could make me be blue
And even be glad just to be sad
Thinking of you
Some others I've seen, might never be mean,
Might never be cross, or try to be boss
But they wouldn't do
For nobody else gave me a thrill
With all your faults I love you still
It had to be you, wonderful you,
It had to be you.”
The song left Maddie’s lips as she walked into her once immaculate bathroom. She took a deep breath to calm down as she perused the scene in front of her. It seemed there was water and wet towels everywhere. She gingerly walked into the bathroom stepping into puddles of water. Her eyes checked out the sink caked with toothpaste and what looked like hair stubble; the mirror was streaked with shaving cream and of course the toilet seat was up. At least he has good aim, she thought disgustedly as she began to pick up the sodden towels and place them in the laundry basket. How difficult would it have been for David to have done the same?? Did he think she was a maid that was going to have to pick up after him? She noticed a pair of boxers lying outside the shower and placed them in the basket. Maddie was glad that David had left early to meet Bert for an early morning stake out or she would have gladly strangled him with one of the wet towels!
They had been practically living together since well really since the first night they had made love almost 6 weeks ago. And since they finally admitted they were deeply in love with each other there had never been a question of David not spending the night with her, and after she had so nonchalantly told him to bring some of his stuff over to her house, he had practically moved in with her. He only went to his place for a change of clothes and to pick up his mail. Why did he even keep it? she wondered once or twice but was afraid to think maybe he kept it just in case… Maddie pushed that ridiculous thought out of her mind and instead concentrated on getting her bathroom back to the way it should be – clean and orderly. As the hot water rained over her body most of her anger with David left her. So he was a bit messy; he had other good qualities she thought as she soaped her body. She knew he deeply loved her, and in spite of his often unreliable ways she knew he was always there when it came to things that really mattered; he had the magical power to make her laugh even when she didn't want to, and that usually made everything immediately a little better. And let's not forget the fact that David Addison is a sex god, she told herself solemnly and giggled. She had never dreamed that such sexual bliss and satisfaction was possible until she was with David. The man was insatiable and so was she when she was near him; actually just the thought of what he could do to her with his fingers, tongue and body could her arouse her. She couldn’t help smiling as she toweled off and walked out of the bathroom to dress. Her eyes landed on a pair of David’s dirty socks under the bed. She shook her head as she added another item to the laundry basket.
Maddie was feeling happy again as she headed to the kitchen for a cup of coffee. She could smell the coffee perking as she dressed so she knew David had set the timer so the coffee would be done when she came downstairs. A grin crossed her face as she thought about how thoughtful he could be – another one of his good qualities – but that grin was quickly erased when she walked into the kitchen. She couldn’t believe her eyes; it looked like a bomb had hit it! How much of a mess could one man make just making coffee and toast? The kitchen table was littered with his coffee cup still half filled with coffee, pieces of toast and crumbs were everywhere even on the tile floor and a stick of butter was melting in the middle of the mess. There were coffee grounds spilled all over the counter and there was even some on the floor she discovered when they crunched under her bare feet.
Maddie’s temper rose again but this time she was more than furious. She was aghast, disgusted and wanted to scream! How could he think it was ok to leave the house like this? Is this the way he was used to living? She would have to put him straight and fast. She couldn’t live in a mess and she wouldn’t pick up after him!
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David was sitting in his office with his feet on the desk filling out the paperwork for that morning’s stakeout with Bert. This time the wife had been far off base; her husband wasn’t cheating. He was working a second job in order to pay for a second honeymoon for their 10th wedding anniversary. A smile tugged at David’s lips as he thought where he and the blonde would be in 10 years. Hopefully, married with a couple of rugrats. He shook the thought out of his head. Day by day Dave, don’t ruin anything by going too fast for her. He had practically moved in with her, true, but officially, he still had his – now even emptier – apartment. If it had been him calling the shots, he would have given it up the day she told him to bring some of his stuff over, but despite Maddie's opening up to him, he still suspected that changes made her nervous, and if things changed too fast, she would feel like she was losing control over them. And that was still something he was afraid she had difficulties with. After all, it was her house, and he couldn't possibly tell her he wanted to move in officially, could he? That would seem a bit pushy...
David looked up at the sound of his door being slammed open – then – shut. Maddie was standing with her hands on her hips, the Hayes blue death rays focused his way. All of her composure and especially the way she looked at him turned him incredibly on; an angry Maddie was so hot.
David pushed his feet off the desk and threw her his best panty melting grin. “Maddie, honey!”
It didn’t work; her eyes darkened with anger. “Don’t you honey me!”
David stood up. “Why are your panties in a bunch, babe?” He asked knowing she was probably upset over the way he left the house, but he was desperately trying to lighten the mood; which was the wrong way to go…
“Do you think I’m a maid? Do you think I am going to pick up after you?” Maddie fumed, hands still on her hips.
“Maddie, Maddie, Maddie.” David approached her slowly. “Come on, tell old Dave what’s on your mind.”
“I can’t believe you!” Maddie looked into his eyes and was furious to see amusement lurking in the green depths.
“You are so cute when you get mad at me.” He purred.
“Well I’m about to get gorgeous!” She growled. “How could you leave the house in that mess?”
David just stared at her. Boy, she was fuming. Boy, he wanted to fuck her senseless.
“You are the most irresponsible, immature, messiest man I ever met!” She screamed.
He was about to say he was sorry, but then he heard those words leave her mouth and his temper began to rise. “Oh sorry, I didn’t realize you thought you were living with Mr. Clean.” He snarled and threw his hands up in the air.
Maddie’s hands clenched into fists at her sides. “Mr. Clean? I’d settle for living with Mr. Ed!”
“You calling me an animal?”
“If the hoove fits…”
Maddie and David yell over each other. (overlapping dialogue)
David: “I can’t believe you! Why do you always blow things out of proportion? Why can’t you ever talk about things sensibly? Calmly? So big deal the house wasn’t left as neat as a pin. So it was a little messy. Stop treating me like a boy. You’re not my mother!”
Maddie: “No! I can’t believe you. I am tired of telling you that I hate messes! Why do I always have to go around and pick up after you? Why can’t you learn to be neater and act like a man instead of a boy? You need to learn to pick up after yourself. I’m not your mother!"
Maddie and David looked at each other: green lava into blue steel. Maddie threw up her hands in the air disgustedly and slammed out of his office without another word. She needed to leave or she feared she would do to him with his tie what she yearned to do with the wet towel that morning.
She stomped angrily across the main office ignoring the glances of the staff and slammed into her office in exasperation. She clenched her fists at her side. “That man!” She muttered in fury as she approached her desk. She flopped down into her chair and was just about to put her head down her on desk when she noticed a folded note taped to her desk blotter. Curiously, she picked it up and opened it. She saw David’s familiar crooked handwriting. What was this? The note read:
Honey,
Sorry I messed up the bathroom and the kitchen. I was in a bit of a hurry and I promise it won’t happen again..ok I’ll try..... but not sorry I messed up the sheets last night... love you, the horny toad.
Unwillingly, a smile tugged at Maddie’s lips. That man! This time the tone was loving not angry. How did he always seem to know just how to finagle a way to cool her anger and heat her ardor? She sighed. Maybe she had overreacted a tiny bit she admitted to herself. As she had acknowledged this morning his good traits far outweighed his bad ones and she guessed she could let the maid come in a few more days. Maddie stood up and headed to David’s office. She wouldn’t let him off the hook so easily but she needed to clear the air between them.
In this trip across the main office she was calmer and she strode not stomped her way to David’s office. She knocked twice and opened the door after his ‘Spit and slide under’ remark.
“Why didn't you leave this in the kitchen?” she asked in an almost accusing tone, waving the note he had left on her desk.
David looked up at her from the file he had been flipping through and couldn't help the amused twinkle in his eyes. He loved it when she apologized in her weird ways. He knew odds were in his favor again.
“Well,” he purred and pointed to the note in her hand with his long index finger, “I believe it says I was in a hurry. That means I didn't have time.” a little smirk crept over his face, but she wasn't giving in that easily.
“Very funny,” Maddie snapped. “It's not like today's the only time you made a mess...”
“Holler, but don't hit!” David interrupted in his best imitation of Mr. Ed, and that caught her so much off guard, that she couldn't help but smile, although she tried very hard to hide it.
“Snap out of it, Addison,” she grumbled, but the sparkles in her eyes betrayed her. David chuckled and got up from his chair, rounded his desk and came strolling in her direction.
“Can I sleep in your living room or will you lock me in my stall?”
She rolled her eyes but replied: “I think that won't be necessary. I love horses.”
David feigned shock. “Frogs, horses... and you call me perverted?”
Maddie took a step in his direction. “It's a toad, and I only love it because it's cute and horny.”
He was near enough to reach out for her and pull her into his arms; she followed willingly, and he kissed the side of her throat and then purred in her ear: “Always.”
***
A few days later, David and Maddie were making room in Maddie’s spare room for David’s exercise equipment and sports paraphernalia that they had just brought over from his apartment with a leased moving van. Compared to their usual habits, the silence between them was strange. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence, because neither of them seemed to really notice it. Both were lost in their own thoughts, having no idea how amazingly similar those were.
David felt that bringing over his exercise equipment to Maddie's house was something like the ultimate step. He knew they were in fact living together, but still it wasn't official. They could still pretend they were not living together. He was dying to move in completely and officially with her, but he still was nervous about her maybe feeling pushed into it. He remembered how badly she had taken the way they had started their relationship – screwing their brains out before they had even had one date. This time he wanted to get it right – step by step, in the right order. They had been together only for like six weeks now – maybe that was too early for her; it wasn't too early for him, though – he knew already that he wanted to be with her, period. No back doors, no fire escape, no safety ropes.
Maddie felt that bringing over David's exercise equipment was like connecting the last piece of his life to hers. Their lives were really and truly mingled now. They were living together. But still... there was the fact that he still kept his apartment, even if he wasn't living there. But it was like if he could move back into his own hiding hole anytime he wished, and she didn't like that at all. It made her nervous. She wanted nothing more than to ask him to give his place up and move in with her completely and officially, but how could she possibly do that? She knew that David had been badly bruised in his earlier attempts to form serious relationships with women, and maybe this time he wanted to take it really slow before making it an official thing. Well, take it slow about the living together; the physical side of their relationship had gone anything but slow; in fact, the thunderstorm had roared over them before they even knew they had a relationship, and that had been something that had bothered her very much, because she had thought everything was just a thrilling game to him. She understood now how that all had happened and that he had been scared about more or less the same things as her. Still, she couldn't free herself completely from the thought that maybe, just maybe David wasn't ready for that much commitment yet...
David shook his head at himself. Someone has to start this, he thought, and always waiting for the other one to make the first move could have perilous consequences. Let's just throw a ball and see what happens. Come on, Dave, you can do it.
He cleared his throat and ran his hand through his hair nervously as he gazed at Maddie. “Well that seems to be it, babe.” David looked around the spare room which was now filled with odds and ends from his apartment. “Only thing left at my place is the bed.” Come on, Blondie. Ball's in your court. Play it back.
Maddie nodded as she threw a smile at him. He looked adorable standing in the middle of the room with his sweat pants hung low over his hips and an old wrinkled t-shirt. David’s hair was messy from running his hands through it, and Maddie knew him well enough to know that he had something on his mind, but she wasn't yet sure what it was, but she felt hopeful.... “Yes, I guess it turned out to be a plus that you had hardly any furniture.” She laughed a little nervously.
“Guess so.” David ran his hands over his mouth. Okay, either she didn't get it or she needed more encouragement. “Well it’s almost the first of the month...”
“Okay.” Maddie shrugged and stole a glance at him from under her long eyelashes. She knew him well enough to sense that he was heading in some direction, and suddenly, as she noticed the unease in his eyes, it hit her. Could it really be...? Her heart leapt in joy as her mind realized what he, in his David way, was trying to say.
“Yeah and the apartment is really empty.” David nodded quickly. “And I’m never there anymore. And…” he let his voice trail off. Now it's definitely your turn, Blondie. Give me something. I won't beg you to let me move in...
“And you’re wondering if you should pay next month’s rent?” Maddie cut in quickly, her heart beating a little faster.
“Something like that.” David’s heart stood still. He thought that everything was going great between them now that they were practically living together but who knew what was going on in that honey blonde noggin? Although it actually looked like... could it really be...?
Maddie took a deep breath and decided to go with the flow. She walked slowly over to him and wrapped her arms around his waist. Before her courage left her, she said, trying to make it sound nonchalant: “I say why waste the money.” Her blue eyes were shining with an inner light. “What do you say?”
A huge happy smile covered David’s face as he realized she was all for him moving in completely, officially, no back doors, no fire escapes. “I say why waste the money.” He let out a happy whoop of joy as he swept her up in his strong arms and whirled them around.
Maddie laughed and held on to him, her head spinning. “Hold your horses, Mr. Ed,” she gasped, “before you get too excited you should know something!”
David stopped whirling but didn't put her down. “”What's that?” he asked with an amused twinkle in his eyes that made the ever-present butterflies in Maddie's stomach flutter.
“There are rules in this house,” she declared with a serious face.
He raised a questioning eyebrow. “Such as?”
“You're gonna have to keep your messes under control,” Maddie demanded firmly, and David gave a fierce nod.
“I can pull it off,” he replied smoothly and added: “At least I can try.”
Maddie sighed. “Fair enough. And second – and most important...” she paused for effect, and David frowned. “You'll have to make love to me in every single room of this house, and often.” She looked at him with a mischievous smile.
“Ouch!” David gasped in fake indignation. “I knew there was a catch somewhere!”
“Addison!” Maddie hissed and punched him hard in the shoulder. “You are really...”
He laughed and claimed her mouth in a ravishing kiss. “I love it when you talk mean to me,” he purred into her ear and added: “Let's start right away to satisfy my demanding landlady and put this exercise bench to good use...”
“Now that’s the kind of exercise I love.” Maddie fluttered her eyelids flirtatiously at David as she pulled his t-shirt over his head. Her heart began to pound as David slowly unbuttoned her sweater and pulled it over her head to reveal a lacy black bra. David loved it. Here she was dressed in old sweat pants and a sweater than had seen better days but underneath she was wearing sexy black lace. David’s tongue moved slowly over the lacy bra as his hands pulled off her sweats. He groaned as his fingers petted a wet lacy thong. His knees almost buckled when Maddie opened her legs wider for him to pleasure her. “Oh God baby. You are so sexy.” He whispered as he moved her toward the exercise machine. “I’m going to show you a really great exercise.” He purred. He pulled off his sweats with one hand as he turned her around and bent her over the exercise equipment; his tongue was playing over that spot that drove her wild.
Maddie’s moans spurred him on, his dick was rock hard and his senses were reeling. He pushed back a bit to allow his eyes to run over her body still clad in her racy undies. Seeing her bent over the machine with her round ass exposed and her long sexy legs spread wide nearly pushed him over the edge. He controlled himself by taking a deep breath. Closing his eyes and counting to ten finally got him back in control. This was going to be wild he knew. His fingers played over Maddie’s erect nipples as his other hand pulled down her bra straps slowly down her shoulders until he finally peeled it off. His big hands cupped her breasts and squeezed them while his tongue continued to move across her neck. Maddie’s round ass was moving against David’s hard dick as her moans filled the room. “Ya like it babe?” He asked as his mouth trailed down past her shoulders, down her back, some angel kisses across her spine until they reached her curvaceous ass. He kissed her backside and pulled her black thong down slowly, oh so slowly. Her sharp intake of breath spurred him on even more, and then his tongue continued his path of fire down her left leg passed her thigh, a few baby kisses on the back of her knee, down to her shin then he moved to her other leg and repeated the erotic journey up her right leg until her body was bucking with her arousal.
“David, oh David.” Maddie panted as she held on tight to the arms of his exercise machine her face practically against the bench. One of her hands found its way between her legs as David moved up her body.
“Ahh yeah babe play with that hotbox.” He purred against her ear as he pushed his dick into her with one deep thrust. She was so wet that he could hear soft squishy sounds as he plunged into her which turned him on incredibly.
“Ooooh David I love your huge dick and how it feels inside of me.” Maddie crooned as she moved her ass to meet his thrusts. His magic fingers moved along with hers over her throbbing loins; his other hand was around her waist pulling her against his body as they thrashed against each other. Their moans of passion were escalating with each deep stroke. David felt Maddie pulsing around him as she screamed his name and that pushed him into his own climax.
They were still for a minute just trying to breathe again but then with one quick move David pulled Maddie up and turned her around until her ass was almost sitting on the bench of the machine. He took her legs and placed them on his chest kissing her feet until she was giggling. “David! Stop that! It tickles.” She squealed.
“Ssh babe. I’m gonna make you feel good over and over.” He bent his knees and plunged into her sodden core; his dick was buried inside her to the hilt. He heard her sharp intake of breath as he began to move slowly inside of her. His hips moved in a circular motion against her as he began to plunge into her with deep lazy pushes. Her eyes widened as he felt David deeper than ever before. Maddie clenched her insides around David and was rewarded by a deep grunt from him. His green eyes fixed on her wide blue ones; the smoldering passion in those green depths heated her blood. She began to cry out his name as pleasure coursed through her body as David made love to her slowly at first them with deep hard plunges that pushed them both over the edge again.
Maddie was the first to move. She smiled lazily at him as she untangled her legs and stood up. At first her legs felt like rubber and she unsteadily held on to the side of the exercise equipment. She closed her eyes to get her bearings. When she opened them she saw amused green eyes staring at her.
David chuckled when he noticed Maddie grabbing on to the exercise machine to steady herself. “Wow that must have been fanfuckingtastic if you can’t even stand up babe.” He put his arms around her and pulled her against him kissing her temple and pushing her damp hair away from her face. “If you’re a good girl you’ll get more later.” He winked down at her. “If you can take it that is?”
Maddie laughed and playfully punched David on his arm as she pulled out of his arms. “Oh I can take it just fine.” She turned and wiggled her bare ass at him. “Can you?” Maddie ran out of the room with David in hot pursuit.
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The next couple of weeks went by in a flash. David and Maddie were busy at the office with new cases and they were busy at home learning to live together without killing one another. They had to learn to compromise and share their lives while still keeping a sense of ‘self’ in the process. It wasn’t always easy to combine lives when the couple was so used to living alone but they were working on it; arguing but making up and making love as much as possible.
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Maddie woke up with a start and at first she didn’t know where she was or what time it was. She shook the cobwebs out of her head and lowered the television volume as her eyes sought out the time. She blinked once then twice. No it couldn’t be almost 2 o’clock in the morning! She jumped up and called David’s name but knew that he wasn’t home. If he had come home he would have woken her up. Instantly Maddie was alarmed. David told her he was meeting an old friend of his from the old neighborhood for a drink. His friend Bob had just moved here a couple of weeks ago to start a new life after a messy divorce and David was looking forward to catch-ing up with him. He was also a divorce lawyer which was an added bonus since Da-vid thought he would send clients their way.
Where could he be? Maybe he was involved in an accident? Maybe he was lying hurt somewhere? Maddie fretted as she paced across the living room. She stopped short when the thought that he was lying in a gutter dead drunk ran across her mind but she tried to shake that image away. David was a changed man; he wasn’t the old party boy, 5 Vicious Virgins, skirt chasing man that she met 3 years ago. Her hands clenched into fists. He better not be! she fumed to herself then immediately felt guilty and went back to worrying. If he wasn’t home in an hour she was going to start calling some friends in the department to try and locate him.
A few minutes later Maddie heard David’s key in the door. By the sounds coming from the front door she could tell he was having a hard time locating the keyhole. Her temper rose as she stood facing the door with her hands on her hips waiting…
David realized he had done wrong when he poured himself into a cab after a night of drinking with his friend Bob. He didn’t realize how late it was or how drunk he was until they left the bar at closing time. Damn, Maddie was going to be furious he thought as he tried to keep his eyes open during the ride home. Why did he let Bob keep convincing him to have just one more? David tried to keep his balance as he paid the cab driver. He made a last minute attempt to fix his wrinkled clothes and messy hair as he moved slowly up the walk to the house. It took him a couple of tries to get his key in the hole and almost fell into the house when the door opened.
First thing he saw after he stopped himself from falling by grabbing hold to the wall for support was Maddie’s blue death ray aimed at him. He slid a lopsided grin on his face as he turned to her.
“Maddie.”
“David.” It was almost a growl.
“I guess I should explain…” David held out his hands in a plaintive manner. “I lost track of time. We drank too much, ate too little and well...” he looked at her with sad puppy dog eyes, “I’m sorry.”
Maddie’s head snapped up in fury, “Sorry?” She snarled at him, “You’re sorry?” She walked towards him and pushed her hand into his shoulder almost causing him to topple over. “And that is supposed to make it ok?”
David grinned. “Well, I was sure hoping…”
“Well it doesn’t!” Maddie yelled. “I was worried, David! I thought something happened to you and you were badly hurt!”
“Sorry babe. I didn’t mean to make you worry.” He shrugged nonchalantly and that fueled her fury. “I lost track of the time.”
Maddie stepped back she was afraid she would do him bodily harm, she threw up her arms in exasperation and anger. “Oh the time got away from you?!” She shot blue darts at him. “At least you could have called to tell me you’d be late!” She looked into his red rimmed eyes and sniffed his way. “You smell like a bar.”
“Well I was in a bar…” He giggled as he let go of the wall and stumbled to the couch where she had fallen asleep earlier.
“And you’re drunk! Very drunk!” Maddie felt tears prick the back of her eyes. Now that he was safely back home and she didn't have to worry anymore, her fury about his thoughtlessness sank fully in. Images of a hungover, disheveled David coming in way too late for work flashed before her inner eye. Sure, she hadn't expected him to turn into some sort of boring Pat Boone – and she wouldn't even have wanted him to – but this wasn't what she wanted either. He had promised her he'd try to be what he thought she wanted – was this his idea of fulfilling that promise? “How could you, David?” Maddie stood over him, her rage rising by the minute. “You are disgusting!” David’s drunken haze ignored Maddie’s anger and pulled her into his lap. He tried to cover her mouth with his but she tried to pull away.
“Let me go, David!” She couldn’t stand the smell of liquor and smoke on his breath. “I want to go to bed!”
David held her tighter as his hands ran over her body. “Oh me too, honey. I’m gonna fuck you til ya can’t walk.” He mumbled into her neck.
“You are the one who can't walk!” she hissed and tried to pull out of David’s arms but his grip was like steel. She was so angry that she was seeing red. Next thing she knew her hand reached out to slap his face as her foot kicked his shin.
“Ow!!” David cried releasing her so suddenly that she wound up in a heap at his feet. “Whadja do that for?”
Maddie was sitting on the floor staring at him. “I told you to let me go, David.” She stood up and wrapped her robe around her tightly. “Don’t you ever do that again!!”
“Do what?” David laid his head back against the couch but before she could answer he drifted off into a drunken stupor.
Maddie looked down at him in revulsion and hurt. He just passed out? She shook her head deciding to let him sleep it off on the couch. She was too angry to think about it anymore that night.
David woke up a couple of hours later with a wicked headache and a rolling gut. He realized as he opened his eyes that he was fully dressed on the couch; he remembered coming home to an angry Maddie and …and then she slapped him and he must have passed out. Damn and she must have been so angry she just left him here. He sat up and felt a stabbing pain behind his eyes. God, why the hell did he drink so much last night? Was he trying to prove to his friend Bob that he could still out drink him? Well, that was dumb, Dave! he scolded himself as he made his way up to their bedroom. He stopped in the bathroom to brush his teeth and throw his smelly clothes in the hamper. He jumped in the shower hoping the cold water would help his hangover. After an ice cold shower David pulled on a fresh pair of boxers and headed to bed. His gaze fell on Maddie lying in bed and a fresh wave of remorse washed over him. What an ass he was. He realized she must have been worried to death when she didn't hear a thing from him all night. She wasn't used to waiting up for him, and she shouldn't have to. He knew Maddie’s insecurities and he just played right into them. He needed to remember he was no longer the single bachelor who had to report to no one; now he was in a committed relationship. Things were different. He saw Maddie stirring in her sleep. He sat down on the bed gently. “Hey Blondie blonde?” he whispered, “you up?”
Maddie heard David and opened her eyes. She was still angry about his drunkenness and not coming home to the wee hours of the morning but he looked so unhappy and sorry sitting there that she felt her heart clench inside her chest. “David.” Okay, she thought, so we had our first big fight as a couple. It surely won't be the last, and if we have learned something, then it's to speak out what bothers us so that we can clear things. And he looks like he realized that he screwed up.
He moved closer to her. “I’m so sorry babe. I was wrong.” Maddie nodded. “Yes David you were.” She sat up. “Not only for getting so drunk but for letting me worry. I mean you didn’t even think to call me?” She shook her head. “That hurts.”
David ruffled his hair which caused Maddie’s heart to drum faster. “I guess I gotta get used to this couple thing.” David admitted. He knew he was dead wrong by not calling and allowing her to worry but having a few drinks with the boys every once in a while was something he didn’t think he should have to give up just because they were together. “I should have called to tell you I’d be late. I was wrong.” He repeated and waited for her to say something.
Maddie nodded. “Yes you should have called.” She pushed a stray lock of hair behind her ear and took a deep breath. She was mollified and had already forgiven him, because she saw that he was truly sorry. But she also knew that it would only lead to complications and frustration if she kept her worries to herself, and she owed it to herself but also to David not to hold back but speak openly about what bothered her. So, when David smiled his half-smile and made a move to pull her in for a big kiss to seal their reconciliation, she backed away a little, and he frowned.
“What's the matter, babe?” he asked, truly confused. “I said I was sorry, and I meant it.”
“I hope you do,” she replied and nodded. His eyes narrowed a little, and she added: “Well, I know you do. But...”
“Aww no, why does there always have to be a but?” he interrupted, half seriously, half jokingly. She felt her temper rise. Being outspoken works two directions, Addison, she growled inwardly. Where's the point in me spilling my beans if you won't listen?! She wanted to do the right thing and be honest with him, and he was acting like a jerk again?
“But,” she went on firmly and already more than just a little annoyed, “staying out to all hours carousing in bars is NOT my idea of a man who is in a committed relationship.”
David shook his head to clear it. “What? Are you kidding me?” He stared at her in horror. This conversation seemed to be taking a completely wrong turn. Why was she talking about their relationship now, as if his faux pas – the faux pas he had already honestly apologized for! – had affected the essence of their relationship in any way?! “You mean I’m not allowed to go out for a few drinks with the boys?”
Maddie was really angry now. Why did he have to make it sound like she was trying to put a ball and chain on his leg? She wasn't, now was she? “Being allowed has nothing to do with anything!” Maddie pushed up to her knees. “I just don’t see getting dead drunk in a bar and staying out half the night is right for someone in a committed relationship!” She enunciated through gritted teeth. “There are things that are a definitely no go to me!”
David stood up. “Ok let me get this straight. Being in this…” he waved his hands to encompass them, “our committed relationship means that you are keeping me on a short leash and I can’t and can do things unless you approve of them? Is that it?” He knew he was exaggerating now, but he just couldn't help it. Somehow, this felt oddly like those times not so long ago before they had revealed their true feelings for each other, when Maddie had struggled with her fears and insecurities about him and his intentions and everything he said or did could easily be held against him. He had thought they had gotten beyond this point, but now this – one mistake, the first mistake, and she sounded like she was questioning their relationship?
Maddie jumped out of bed in fury. He was twisting the words in her mouth, and that just wasn't fair! It felt like he was deliberately misunderstanding her. Her hands were clenched into fists at her waist. “No that’s not IT! But I would think that a man who loves a woman wouldn’t want to spend his time carousing with his friends!”
“Carousing?” David ran his hands through his still damp hair. It stuck out in wild pikes over his head. “Who the hell is carousing? I’m talking of having a few drinks maybe once or twice a month with the guys!” Why did she always have to dramatize things to the max?! That just wasn't fair!
Maddie shot her right index finger at him like she wanted to stab him with it. “Having one or two beers and coming home at a decent hour is different than drinking til the bar closes and coming home dead drunk in the middle of the night!” Okay, she knew she was exaggerating a little now; she realized she made him sound like a notorious binge drinker, when in fact this was the first occasion that he had done anything like this since they were a couple.
“It is?” he folded his arms and raised an almost mocking eyebrow which fueled her fury and made her forget all good intentions to resolve this in a calm, mature way.
Maddie’s death glare was at full voltage. “Yes, it is.” She sneered. She tried to calm down by taking deep breaths. “How can you not see that, David?”she almost pleaded, but his answer was just a green stare. She pressed her lips together in a thin line. “Okay, then two can tango.”
“And what does that mean?” He wanted to know. He wasn't sure where this discussion was heading but he knew he wasn’t going to like it. Hell, he already didn't like it. He stood staring at Maddie waiting for her answer with his arms folded across his chest.
Maddie looked at him so intense, dressed only in his boxers and felt a mixture of hurt and defiance. Let’s see how he likes it. “It means that if you can go out with your friends drinking in bars then I can go out with my friends dancing in clubs?” She stared at him defiantly.
David chuckled. “Friends? And who pray tell are you talking about?” She had no friends that he knew about that lived in LA.
Maddie laughed too in an almost triumphant way. “Oh just that my friend Fran from my old modeling days called tonight while you were out.” Maddie tossed her head. “She invited me to go out with her tomorrow night to the opening of a new club. The owner of the club is a mutual friend of ours from our modeling days.”
David didn’t like this one bit. Dancing in clubs meant dressing up and shaking her curvy ass in a room full of sweaty, ogling men only waiting to hit on a bombshell like Maddie Hayes, even if she didn't intend them to. That was hardly the same as going to a bar and having a few drinks too many. But of course he wasn't going to give her the satisfaction of telling her that. “And?”
“So I guess I’ll call her back and tell her yes.” Maddie looked into his eyes and saw confusion and a bit of anger. Maddie turned her back and walked into the bathroom closing the door behind her with a definitive click.
***
After a few hours of sleep and the tiff with Maddie David was not feeling his best as the cab dropped him off in the front of Blue Moon. He knew Maddie had an early appointment with the tax consultant so he wasn’t surprised when she woke him up to tell him she was leaving. He hated to separate on a bad note so he pulled her in for a good morning kiss and was happy she didn’t pull away. He was wondering if she was really going out with her friend that night but he refused to ask her. He was fine with it anyway. It was fine for a committed couple to go out some times without the other. As long as they trusted one another why should it be a problem? David paid the cab driver and made his way into Blue Moon. He was picking Bert up for a day of work in the field and he was not looking forward to it at all.
Maddie spent a couple of hours with her tax consultant and lawyer questioning them on how to make David a partner in the agency. She hadn’t mentioned anything to him yet but she thought that he deserved his fair share of the agency and now that they were facing a future together she wanted them to be on an even footing career wise she never wanted him to feel inferior and insecure again when he met an arrogant asshole like Roderick Monroe.
When she finally made it into work she was hit with a mountain of paperwork from recently closed cases that she had been avoiding. Today was the day to tackle them she convinced herself; it would keep her busy and away from David. She had called her friend Francine early that morning to tell her she would love to go out with her that night. They made plans to meet at 8pm at a popular restaurant that Maddie had been dying to go to and then from there they would head to the club. Despite the reason she had initially agreed to go out that night because she wanted to teach David a lesson; she was looking forward to getting together with Francine and Katerina who was the co-owner of the club ‘Infinity’. She knew Francine from her early days of modeling and always got together with her when she came to LA. Now it looked like Francine was thinking of moving to LA permanently and starting a children’s modeling agency. Maddie was happy to think that Fran would be living nearby instead of an ocean away. Fran had been living in Italy for the last ten years after a bad break up with her philandering husband. Maddie didn’t know Katerina very well but she remembered her as being a fun girl, the life of the party. A female David Addison. At that though, Maddie began to wonder what David was up to. She had spoken to him once when he called to say hello and that he’d be home at 6. Maddie looked at the clock and realized it was after 5. She straightened the papers on her desk, grabbed her purse and made a quick exit through the now empty office.
When she got home David was coming down the stairway. She could tell by his damp hair that he had just showered and her first instinct was to throw him down and pull those sweats off his body. Instead she threw him a lazy smile. “Hey cowboy.”
“Hey babe.” David threw her a lopsided grin as he approached her. He reached in for a kiss. He wasn’t sure what her plans were and for obvious reasons he was reluctant to ask her. The slight nervousness in his belly bothered him. He shouldn’t be afraid to ask her plans or fear what her answer would be. He swallowed hard. “So you going out? Staying in?” David asked casually.
Maddie was a bit annoyed to hear David ask her plans so nonchalantly. Wasn’t he a bit jealous? She thought involuntarily but then called herself to order. Her intention tonight was not to make him jealous, that would be over the line; he had done nothing like that, and she didn't want to invalidate her point by doing wrong herself. She threw those thoughts away. The last thing she wanted to do was fight with him tonight. “I’m meeting my friend at ‘Diamond’ at 8.” She stared into his green eyes which revealed nothing. “Then we’re going to head to the new club ‘Infinity’. Are you ok with that?”
David nodded. “Sure, sure I’m fine with that.” He wasn’t sure that he was but if he didn’t want to be on a short leash there was no way he could rein her in. He nodded again. “I’m just gonna order a pizza and watch the game.” He knew she probably expected him to show some annoyance at her going through with her plan, but he wouldn't give her that satisfaction; if she was childish enough to play a little revenge game on him, he would be stubborn enough not to show her she was getting to him. Two can play this game, Missy. When Maddie climbed the stairs, her pumps stomped a little too loudly to seem nonchalant. He smirked to himself.
A couple of hours later David heard Maddie coming down the stairs and his jaw dropped to the floor. She was wearing a skin tight blue sheath dress that bared one entire shoulder and that was much too short in his opinion. He remembered one particular occasion when she had been wearing that same dress when they had gone out for a few drinks and dancing together, and on their way home they hadn't even made it into the house; he also remembered vividly that this dress allowed pretty easy access to her most precious parts. He asked himself briefly if she had deliberately picked it. What was he thinking telling her he was fine with her going out without him? Maybe a movie would be ok but seriously, dancing – and in that dress? But, No, he couldn’t, wouldn’t say anything now. He gulped, swallowed his jealousy and anger and strode to the bottom of the stairs.
“Well, well Miss Hayes. You’re looking absolutely stunning.” His eyes ran over her body giving her the Addison once over.
Maddie knew she looked great. She twirled around to give David the full effect of her outfit she heard him gasp. “Ya like?” She asked moving close to him.
“I like.” In spite of his underlying anger about the whole situation, he felt his dick grow hard under his sweats. His heart began to pound.
The intoxicating smell of Maddie’s perfume mixed with the pure scent of her nearly knocked him off his feet. He pulled her into his arms and nuzzled her neck. “Sure you wouldn’t rather stay home with me and…”
Maddie pulled away with a laugh. “Now now, David. It’s just one night with my friends.” She searched his eyes. “You said you were fine with it.”
David knew she was testing him and he didn't like it one bit. No, it was fine she was going out to have a fun night with her girlfriends. He had no qualms about it. None at all, he convinced himself; he trusted her. He shook his head as he looked at Maddie. “No babe, of course I’m fine with it.” But did he trust all those men she might encounter during her fun evening?
Maddie’s heart dropped a little, she was half wishing David insisted she stay home with him. Teaching him a lesson suddenly didn't feel so appealing anymore; it felt childish and immature. But if he wasn't going to give in... She forced a smile to her face to hide her feelings. “Good! Great!” She turned to the door and David was dismayed to see how her dress molded her curvy butt.
He wanted to beg her to stay but instead he put two fingers to his mouth and threw her a kiss. “Have a good time.” He winked. “See you later.”
Maddie heard the cab (David had been adamant she take a cab he didn’t want her driving alone at night with a few drinks in her) beep its horn and opened the front door to leave. She looked over her shoulder and just wanted to fall into his arms and stay home. She had always hated dance clubs but she once again forced a smile to her lips.
“Enjoy your game.”
“I will.” He said as the door closed leaving him alone and lonely.
David couldn’t concentrate on the game and the pizza tasted like dust in his mouth. His mind kept seeing Maddie in that dress being stared at by a bunch of horny guys and felt his hands clench into fists. He looked at the clock. 10 o’clock. He figured she should be home soon. He couldn’t imagine Maddie dancing up a storm at a club. At first he was so wrapped up in his thoughts he didn’t hear the ringing of the phone. Finally, he noticed the phone and picked it up roughly. “Yeah.”
“David. It’s me.” He could hardly hear her over the noise of laughter and loud music in the background; obviously she was still at the club.
David figured she missed him. He felt some of his cockiness returning. “Oh hey.”
“You ok?”
“Yeah just eating too much and watching the game.” He was waiting for her to say she missed him.
“Oh good.” She sounded a little disappointed, but only for a moment. “Well, I just wanted to tell you not to wait up.”
David thought he had misunderstood what she had just said. She didn’t just tell him NOT to wait up, did she? Where was the ‘I miss you David’ he was expecting?
“What?” His voice was gruffer than he wanted.
“Well, the restaurant was crowded and it took a long time to be served so we just got to the club a little while ago.”
“Ok.” What could he say?
Was David angry? She couldn’t tell by the tone of his one word answers. “Anyway, we want to catch up with Katerina. Is that ok with you?”
He was fine with it. No leashes Dave… “Um sure. Sure. Have fun.” He spat out.
Fun? Really, didn’t he care at all? Maddie was annoyed. “Oh I will.”
David heard the click of the phone in his ear and had to restrain himself from throwing it across the room. He jumped up and began to pace as his hands brushed through his hair. He was not OK with it.
The champagne was flowing freely and Maddie was tossing it down trying to have fun and forget about David’s indifference to her night out; or what seemed like indifference to her. She was getting a bit tipsy and found herself dancing with Fran and Katerina on the crowded dance floor. Boy, she hadn’t danced like this in years Maddie thought as she twirled around the dance floor. Of course men asked her to dance but she refused them all. She had no desire to dance with any man that was not David; although she had to admit to herself their attentions were flattering. But almost at the same moment, she was felt a little pang of guilt when she thought of how furious it would make her to think that David was enjoying flattery from some hot chick; suddenly she realized a little ruefully that her payback here might be a little too high.
Maddie was almost ready to leave; she was saying her farewells to the girls when a tall blonde man walked over to her and grabbed her in his arms. “Maddie Hayes?”
The sudden movement made her already dizzy head spin a little, and she let out an involuntary giggly gasp before she pulled away from him with a frown. “And who wants to know?”
“An old fan.” He smiled at her with big white teeth. Suddenly she thought of him as a big bad wolf and shivered; she instantly sobered up. She wanted to go home to David.
“Well hello to you, but I was just leaving.” She looked at her watch and was surprised to see it was almost 2 am. She realized now how the time probably did get away from David. She turned to leave.
“Wait,” the blonde stopped her and eyed her up and down, clearly undressing her with his eyes. He was a sleaze ball. “Give me a call sometime.” He winked as he handed her his business card. “My private number is on the back,” he added suggestively.
From her modeling days, Maddie was used to men and situations like that. Her strategy was to walk away without provoking any unnecessary commotion; also, in the modeling business you never knew if that man making a pass at you was your next modeling campaign's sponsor, so it was never wise to snub him. Just take his phone number, smile your best 1.000 watt smile and never call.
“Sure,” Maddie automatically replied with her best Blue Moon Shampoo Girl beam, perfected in years of practice, and, without thinking, put the card in her purse as she went outside to grab her cab home… to David.
***
David was wide awake, hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling of the dark bedroom without actually seeing it. Of course he wasn’t going to be able to fall asleep until Maddie was home – and that was probably exactly what she had intended – , but he'd be damned if he let her see him waiting up for her on the couch.
Of course, there was nothing to be worried about – she wouldn't get punch drunk and get herself into any trouble (like it could easily have happened to him in his earlier days, he thought a little ruefully), also she wouldn't flirt improperly or encourage any indecent behavior by men towards her. David smiled an ironic smile to himself; no, encouraging a guy to make a pass was not exactly something she was famous for. But still – it may be old-fashioned, but he simply didn't like the thought of Maddie going out alone – without him, that is – to a place where alcohol, short dresses and intoxicating music lowered any barriers and where it was highly likely for her to get hit on by men who had no business hitting on her. He knew, of course, that Maddie knock-'em-out Hayes of all women was surely able to defend herself and tell them to back off, but still...
The sound of clattering keys brought him down to earth from his thoughts, and he sat bolt upright in bed. A glance at the alarm clock told him it was a little after 2 am. Tit for that, he thought a little angrily, she had really gone the whole way to pay him back. But that would backfire, he swore to himself. He wouldn't give her the satisfaction to show his disapproval or annoyance. He would show her what it meant to be tolerant and trustful towards your partner in a committed relationship.
David's pricked up ears noticed that Maddie's steps seemed to be a little heavier than usual when she climbed up the spiral staircase. When he heard her approach the bedroom door, he quickly slumped back on his pillow and feigned sleep. The door was opened, and Maddie entered the room quite noisily. Obviously, she was a little tipsy; he knew her well enough to notice that even before she turned the lights on.
When the lights went on, he stirred a little and risked a one-eyed peek at her. She didn't look disheveled or anything, so it wasn't really bad. Of course not, he thought, she's Maddie Hayes. Always in control. She kicked off her pumps a little clumsily and sighed, then put her elegant evening purse on her vanity. It dropped to the floor with a surprisingly loud noise.
David saw his opportunity and sat bolt upright, pretending to have woken up from the thudding sound. Maddie looked at him with a slight twinge of guilt. “Oops,” she said a little sheepishly.
He ruffled his hair and yawned. “Oh, it's you,” he mumbled, making it sound deliberately nonchalant. “Hey.”
“Hey,” she replied in a firm, but not triumphant voice. “Go back to sleep. I'll be in bed in a minute.”
“Yeah,” he muttered and lay down again. He heard her rummage in the bathroom, and in about five minutes she slipped beneath the sheets beside him and curled up at his side. David wasn't going to give her the cold shoulder and turned slightly towards her. With an adorable little sigh she found her way into his arms, snuggled up to him closely and was asleep within the blink of an eye.
***
When David woke up, Maddie was still sound asleep. He took his time watching her for a few minutes, and a loving smile curled his lips when he drank her in. She had dutifully removed her make up, but a little black smear on her cheek, maybe from her mascara, showed that last night it had not been done as thoroughly as usual. Her skin was rosy, and her blonde locks curled softly around her face. Her full lips were slightly parted, and she snored softly. He sighed as he ran a finger down her cheek.
David stopped himself from kissing her awake and decided to head downstairs and fix some breakfast instead. Yes, that would underscore his point that he wasn't upset with her at all – and well, he had no reason to be. Surely, that would make her understand that she, on the other hand, had clearly overreacted the other night.
Carefully, not wanting to wake her up, David snuck across the room, heading towards the door. When he had almost reached it, he tripped over her purse that was still lying on the floor. He chuckled softly to himself. “My, my, my,” he murmured when he bent down to pick the purse up, “I thought there were rules in this house about messiness!”
He put the purse on her vanity and saw that a little white object had fallen out and was still lying on the floor. David bent down again and picked it up; it was a small rectangle card, a business card, obviously. He was just placing it on top of the purse, when a few scribbled lines on the back caught his attention. He frowned slightly and took a closer look.
“call me, babe,” it read, followed by a local phone number.
“What the fuck,” David murmured and turned the card around. He didn't recognize the name printed in front – Jonathan Edwards – , but then it didn't really matter. His angry glance wandered slowly over to Maddie, still peacefully asleep, looking like an innocent angel. Surely, there was an explanation for this. He was more than curious to hear it.
***
When Maddie opened her eyes, her head was feeling a little dull and heavy, although she didn’t actually have a headache. She hadn't drunk that much the previous night, she remembered, but it had been more than her usual limit, and that was enough to make her feel a little uncomfortable this morning. Well, at least she had managed to control herself and she had even called David to tell him not to wait up. Fair point well made, she thought, not without a little self-satisfaction.
“Rising and shining, Blondie blonde?” David said from the bedroom door, making her jump.
“David!” she exclaimed.
“At your service,” he replied with a smirk, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. He was carrying two steaming mugs of coffee and put them on the bedside table.
A little miffed now, aren't we, Addison? Maddie thought and was a little pleased. There you go.
“Thanks,” she smiled back and took the coffee.
“So,” David started and sat down at the edge of the bed. “I take it you had a nice time with your friends?”
“Oh yes, I did,” Maddie almost singsonged. “It was really nice to catch up.”
“And to dance?”
“That too,” she admitted and added honestly: “But, of course, it's never the same as dancing with you.” She gave him a smoldering look, but he seemed immune to it in a weird way, and she added a little defiantly: “Well, I'm sorry it got so late, but at least you didn't have to worry. I didn't forget to call you.” She took a deep breath and took a sip of her coffee. It was strong, black and smelled intoxicating.
“Oh no, you certainly didn't,” David replied and folded his arms. “Speaking of phone calls... who is Jonathan Edwards?”
Maddie frowned. “Who's that?”
“That's what I wanna know,” he insisted.
“And how am I supposed to know?” Maddie asked and put down her coffee cup, her voice and face a little annoyed. She had no idea what he was aiming at.
“Well,” David drawled and flipped something at her, a little white card, “I dunno, but you were carrying around his phone number in your purse.”
“What?” Maddie picked up the card and took a quick look at it; clueless at first, but then she remembered. The sleazeball that had made a pass at her when she had been just about to leave. “Oh, that!” She shrugged, but felt a little uncomfortable with it. “That was nothing. Just a guy who gave me his card.”
David leaned a little forward, and in his eyes she could see that he was really upset. “Just a guy who gives you his private phone number and calls you babe, and I can't help but wonder where he got the idea you'd be interested?”
“Interested?” Maddie echoed incredulously.
“Interested,” David repeated and said nothing more, waiting for her to speak – to defend herself? It dawned on her what he was aiming at, and she felt her temper rise. How could he?!
“I did nothing to give him any ideas,” she snapped. “I was leaving the club, and while I was passing him by, he grabbed me and shoved that card in my hand, that's all.”
“He grabbed you?!” David growled. “And he was still able to walk on two feet after that?”
“Oh well!” Maddie's voice was getting loud. “He grabbed my arm and stopped me, he knew my name, must have recognized me... that's all!”
“That's all?!” David echoed, his face a thundercloud.
“Yes, that's all!” Maddie pointed out icily, “and really, it's no big deal. That happens all the time. What was I supposed to do, throw the card back in his face?”
“Oh, you never had qualms throwing objects in my face,” David retorted and added: “You just could have said no thank you.”
She let out an exasperated sigh. “Oh David, come on!” She shook her head, her anger subsiding. For one second, she put herself in David's shoes mentally, and she quietly admitted that she would have wreaked hell if he had come home with anything like that in his pocket. She wanted him to understand that this really meant nothing. “Really, when you go to an event in the modeling business, you carry home a purse full of these cards, and many of them have the private number written on them.” She shrugged. “You don't want to be rude to a potential client, so you just take the cards and never use them. That's part of the business.”
David leaned a little forward and spoke in a very controlled voice that seemed to underscore his anger even more. “May I remind you that you are not in that business anymore,” he said, emphasizing his words with his vividly talking hands. “You could simply have said you're not interested.”
Maddie rolled her eyes. “Oh, come on! Now don't make such a big fuss about it. It meant nothing. I took it automatically, without thinking, all right? Next time I won't take any cards, okay?”
“Good!” David shot back. “Because accepting private phone numbers from random scumbags who think they can make a pass at you is not my idea of a woman who is in a committed relationship!”
Bang! That had backfired right into her face. Maddie knew she hadn't done anything really wrong, but she also knew that David was right. She would be furious with him if she were in his shoes.
She tried to placate him: “David...”
“Don't you David me!” he replied sharply. “For you, there are no-gos in a relationship, and that's fine. There should be. Well, we are in a relationship, and for me there are no-gos too. I don't expect you to say no if your girlfriends ask you to go out, to have some fun, to have some pink bubbly... but if any man shoves his private phone number in your hand, I damn sure expect you to respectfully tell him to fuck off!” He ruffled his hair, and that gesture – which was very often a sign of insecurity or confusion – combined with his anger touched her deeply.
“I know,” she answered quietly, “you're right.”
His jaw almost dropped. “I am?”
She nodded ruefully. “You are. I wasn't thinking. It meant nothing, but I should have said no. I'm sorry, David.” She shrugged. “I guess, just like you, I'm not yet used to having somebody at home waiting for me.”
Finally, there it was – David's half-smile. “I guess we're both still learning.” Unexpectedly, he took one of her hands and kissed it. “I'm sorry I was being an ass the other night,” he said. “I know I would have climbed the walls if you hadn't called last night. Now I can't promise that won't happen again, but I can promise that I'll be really really trying.”
Maddie nodded again. “Fair enough.”
David ran his left hand through her hair, and she shivered when his fingertips touched the base of her neck. “But you're the fairest of 'em all.” Playfully, she smacked his arm, and he caught her hand. “We good, babe?” he asked almost casually.
“Yes, Addison,” she replied with a smile that heated him up pdq, “we good.”
David cleared his throat. “Just for the record...” he held up the business card. “You wanna keep this?”
Maddie took it from his hand and crumpled it up. “No,” she answered and wrapped her arms around his neck. “I wanna keep this.”
“Well, I'm glad to hear that,” David purred a little smugly and pulled her close to him, claiming her mouth in a ravishing kiss that cleared all the cobwebs in her head and left her breathless and dizzy. She let out a soft little moan when a wave of arousal washed over her, and David's right hand went to the back of her head and cupped it while his mouth went down the side of her throat, making her squirm against his lips. His left hand took her right one and placed it on the huge bulge in his sweatpants. “I assume you wanna keep this too...” he murmured against her feverish skin, and automatically her hand closed around him through his pants, feeling him, and bolt of lightning shot right through her, and she felt her desire pool right between her legs. God, had it been more than two days already? David chuckled softly. “Yeah, you definitely wanna keep this...”
“David,” she breathed, “wait...” she made an attempt to wriggle out of his embrace, and he was startled for a moment.
“What's wrong?” He wasn't letting go of her.
“Just let me shower first,” she said, “I'm all sweaty.”
David ran his eyes up and down her body which made her shiver and burn at the same time and slowly shook his head. “Not enough,” he declared in a voice that was rough with desire and pushed her back down on her pillow. Almost in one single move, he pulled his t-shirt over his head – it landed on the floor – and pinned her body down to the mattress with his. Maddie gasped when she felt his muscular bare chest press down on her breasts that were already aching for him, and his rock hard dick pushing against her thigh through his sweats made her pant in eager anticipation, and automatically, her legs opened a little.
His hands roamed over her body with a sensual, but firm, possessive touch. “It's been more than two days,” he almost growled, “and we fought twice. Do you really think I care if you smell like water lily body wash?” He buried his face between her voluptuous breasts and inhaled deeply. “Besides, you smell great...”
“Oh, David...” Maddie sighed and grabbed his hair with both hands while his mouth found her nipples through the silk of her nightie and teased them expertly while he put his left hand firmly between her legs and stroked her through her already wet silk panties in the way that made her crazy. She opened her legs wider and pushed her aching center against his strong hand, wanting more, wanting it now. “Oh God, please...” she panted and reached down with both hands, tugging at the waistband of his sweatpants.
David chuckled again, his voice hoarse and laced with sex and hunger. “Missed me, huh?” He pulled down his pants and his boxers with one hand, the other hand still petting her throbbing center, she moaned loudly when he slid between her legs. He covered her mouth with his and kissed her with all the pent-up passion he had been carrying around for the last three days, and when she almost whimpered with need he gasped into her mouth: “Yeah, I missed you too.” His hand stopped petting her and pushed the wet silk of her panties aside. “This much,” he said and pushed his whole length into her with one deep, forceful thrust that made her claw at his back and cry out his name.
“Yeah baby, I'm here... tell me how much you missed me,” he demanded, while he was pounding into her with increasing speed, “come on, show me!” Maddie lifted her hips and met his every thrust with equal passion, gasping completely unintelligible words into his neck, and she had him enveloped between her legs, the soles of her feet at the back of his thighs, pressing him even further into her.
They were both so heated up that their climax was near; as usual, feeling Maddie about to fall apart underneath him, gave David the ultimate kick to muster all his strength for the finish. “Let go, babe, let go,” he spurred her on, “come for me, don't hold back... don't worry, I promise this won't be the last for today...”
And as if this was the confirmation she needed, Maddie screamed his name one last time before her body was shaken by an uncontrollable orgasm so intense that she almost threw him off of her. That was enough motivation for David, and he allowed himself to explode into a million pieces inside her.
Afterward, they both needed a few minutes to regain their breaths, their senses and their ability to move as much as a little finger. David was the first to find his voice again, although it sounded a little croaky.
He lifted himself on both elbows, his body still covering hers, and said: “Now you're sweaty.”
Maddie laughed. “So are you,” she purred back and pushed him off of her; he yelped in protest. “In fact, I think I'm not the only one who needs a shower...” She winked at him suggestively and swung her long legs out of the bed. Even if they felt a little rubbery after the rough ride they had just taken, Maddie felt wonderfully weightless as she sauntered towards the bathroom door, pulling her crumpled silken nighty over her head and dropping it to the floor.
David folded his arms behind his head and pursed his lips appreciatively, eyeing her from her head to her toes. She had expected him to follow her on her heels; when he made no move to do so, she pulled off her now damp and sticky panties and turned around, deliberately slowly, showing off her perfect butt, swaying her hips maybe a little more than usual. When she had reached the bathroom door, she threw him a seductive glance and let her undies fall on the plush carpet before she slipped into the bathroom. She knew David would follow her in a few moments.
Maddie brushed her teeth, splashed water in her face and took her time to study herself in the mirror. She couldn't help but smile at her reflection, and loved what she saw: she looked absolutely relaxed, sated and happy. Her face was flushed, her eyes shining, her mouth rosy and swollen and her hair a total mess; in short words, she looked like she'd been thoroughly fucked. And the best thing about that was that it was the man who deeply loved her who had put her in that blissful state. Plus, she had the pleasant feeling that they had taken another step ahead in their relationship, reached another level of understanding – it just seemed to get better and better every day.
Humming to herself, Maddie stepped in the shower and turned the water on, and as if on cue, David entered the bathroom and slipped into the shower beside her.
“What took you so long?” she teased.
He lightly bit her shoulder. “What made you so sure I would follow you?”
She laughed. “You can't resist me.”
David was delighted about her playfulness and reached for the bottle of body wash. “So smug today, aren't we, Miss Hayes?”
He was about to start to soap her body when Maddie turned around and surprised him by taking the bottle out of his hand. “My treat,” she said firmly and squeezed a generous amount of shower gel into her hand, rubbed her hands together and started to run them all over David's wet body in long, soft strokes over his long arms and lazy circles over his well-toned chest, her gaze following her hands, her lips slightly parted, obviously enjoying what she saw.
David, for once, remained silent and just watched her doing what she was doing, as he studied her facial expression that was full of affection and desire, even devotion. He loved playing the bossy part in the bedroom – it came naturally to him – and he knew Maddie liked that too, but every once in a while he also enjoyed it when Maddie took the initiative and made a bold move at him.
“I had no idea getting clean could be so much fun,” he murmured and watched her hands glide down over his stomach, following his treasure trail and finally reaching his dick that had once again come to life the moment her hands had started their sensual journey over his body. When her right hand gripped him firmly, he gasped, and she smiled triumphantly, enjoying the power she had over him.
“See, sometimes you can learn from me too,” she replied, got down on her knees in front of him and took him into her mouth, taking him in completely and slowly pulling him out again. David groaned and let his head fall back against the wall of the shower stall. “Mmmmmmh,” Maddie purred, “you taste so good when you're so clean and fresh, like heaven with a sprinkle of hell...”
Then she guided him into her perfect mouth again, using her tongue and teeth just the way she knew he loved; while the warm water rained down on them, Maddie increased her rhythm steadily, and soon her head was bobbing frantically on his throbbing member, her wet locks flowing on his dick until he had to entangle both hands in her hair and push his hips forward in sync with her moves to intensify the sensation.
“Oh God, Maddie,” he groaned, “you're killing me... don't stop...”
But she had no intention of stopping, and a few moments later he came in a rush of ecstasy that left him with a spinning head, and could have sworn he saw a rainbow in the dancing water droplets spraying above his head.
Slowly, Maddie rose to her feet and steadied herself against him, her own head spinning a little. She was happy to see the expression of total bliss on his face, and that she was the one who put it there; she loved that she had that power over him.
“You ambushed me,” he said, still short of breath.
She laughed. “You can pay me back later,” she replied and playfully shoved him out of the shower stall, ignoring his protest. “Now it's my turn to get clean.”
David shook his head, still a little dizzy, and started to dry himself off with a towel. “You won't stay clean for long,” he murmured to himself, a wicked smirk playing around his lips.
When Maddie came out of the bathroom a few minutes later she felt her legs turn to rubber as her eyes landed on David standing next to the bed bare ass naked; his rock hard dick wrapped like a present with two of her dark blue silk scarves tied in an enormous bow around the shaft of his cock.
Her eyes followed his hand moving up and down on his dick. She gulped as she tried to form words. “I thought you were going downstairs to put on some fresh coffee.”
David turned his dick in her direction as his hand continued stroking it languidly. “I changed my mind.” He began to walk toward her still working on his cock. “I thought about what a bad girl you were last night.”
His words and the tone of his voice made goose bumps spread all over her body. She had no idea what he was up to now, but she knew it would lead up to her screaming his name again soon. Maddie couldn’t move her legs; she stood like a statue as David neared her. Her gaze moved from his dick to the smoldering look in his cat green eyes. “I was?” She croaked out shakily. He had promised earlier her orgasm wouldn't be the last one for today, and she knew he was about to keep that promise. Her loins were already on fire for him again.
David nodded slowly. “You was.” He stood in front of her and grabbed her ass with his free hand and pulled her against his rock hard body. He pulled off her short silk robe quickly, it puddled at her feet forgotten as she opened her legs and pushed her dampness against his thigh. “I think you need to learn a lesson.” He pinched her butt. “Don’t you?” David purred into her ear. He gave her his predator look, and she felt her knees shake. He could stand up to her in their daily lives, which was sometimes unnerving but nevertheless important to her, but when he got all bossy in the bedroom, she turned to nothing but putty in his expert hands.
Maddie felt David’s pinch on her butt cheek and it shot a bolt of heat to her already flaming hotbox. She looked into David’s eyes and saw a devilish glint in their depths that sent a delightful shiver down her spine in a dizzying mix of arousal and anticipation of something wild and unknown and therefore maybe a little dangerous... but so erotic. The words take me, hold me, use me, abuse me came to her mind. “I promise to be good from now on.” She wrapped her hand around his cock. “is this my present?” She whispered. “I thought I was bad?”
David chuckled as he pulled her hair to tilt her head back as his teeth lightly bit into her neck. He reached down and pulled the scarves off of his dick. “My cock is always my gift to you but,” he waved the scarves in front of her face. “I’m going to use these to make sure you stay here where you belong and don’t let any strange men hand you their phone numbers.”
Maddie pulled back, a little irritated. “David, I…”
“No more excuses!” David voice was gruff and Maddie felt the tingling between her legs intensify; she opened them wider.
David smacked Maddie on her ass then pushed her a bit roughly on the bed; before she knew what was happening her wrists were tied with the scarves to the wrought iron headboard, and for a second she felt uncomfortable, not sure at all she'd like this. “David, no!” Maddie tried to escape from her bonds but the more she struggled the tighter they got.
“Shhh babe,” David sat down beside her and touched her face, a gesture that calmed her immediately. She looked at him, and his green eyes were still a predator's eyes but also full of love and reassurance. “I’m gonna make you feel so good, honey.”
And just like that, Maddie wasn’t scared at all anymore, she was actually immensely turned on by the idea of being David’s prisoner; he could do whatever he wanted to her and she couldn’t stop him. And she knew whatever he was going to do, it would be awesome. Involuntarily, she found her legs spreading open wantonly. “Oh, David...”
Blazing green eyes wandered over her body; the intensity of his gaze actually felt like fire brands over her body. She licked her lips in anticipation as David winked down at her. He kneeled on the bed over her and took his red hot cock in his hand. He held it up in front of her face. “See this?” Maddie nodded. “This owns you.” She nodded again. Her tongue reached out to touch him but he chuckled as he moved slightly back so that her tongue missed his dick. “Just lie still, babe.” He ordered. “Just do as I say.”
Maddie could never resist David being the boss in the bedroom; it turned her on incredibly. She could feel her desire pooling between her legs; she raised her hips off the mattress. Another chuckle from David. “Can’t wait babe, can you?” He whispered as he began to trace the contours of Maddie’s body with the head of his cock. The sensation was incredible. It always filled her with wonder that something so hard and strong could be covered by such delicate skin. “Like this?” He asked as he rubbed his cock over that spot on her neck, he heard her moan with pleasure and he smiled down at her with a wicked glint in his eye, “I know you love my big dick, and,” his cock traveled over her throat, and she swallowed hard, “if you want it,” down her neck “to be only yours,” he bent his head and whispered in her ear as his dick moved down to her breasts, “then you are only mine,” he spent a few extra seconds rubbing his now pulsating cock on her hard nipples, “all mine, baby,” he massaged her voluptuous breasts slowly, “these belong to me and only me.” His voice was melted caramel mixed with a gruff bossiness that melted her further into the mattress.
He continued the erotic journey down over her belly and then up and down between her legs. “And I own this, sweetheart,” he purred dangerously as he moved his throbbing cock over the inside of her thighs to her flaming loins. “I can touch it, fuck it; me and only me,” he stroked her harder, “got that?”
Maddie’s answer was a guttural growl that sounded like, “yessss!!” She was gasping with the sensations that David was evoking in her body. The feel of the silk scarves on her wrists biting into her skin and his throbbing member stroking her body was making her crazed with passion. Her head was thrashing from side to side as her body flamed with desire. When David began to stroke her swollen nub with the head of his cock she ricocheted into one of the most intense orgasms she had ever felt. Her screams reverberated off the walls of her bedroom as her body bucked spasmodically on the bed. As the waves of her orgasm began to subside she was instantly pushed off the edge into another one as David plunged into her and began to fuck her hard pressing her down firmly into the mattress and using his entire body to give her pleasure.
David pushed into Maddie with one strong thrust and as he felt her pulsating around him he came with such a rush that he felt the top of his head had been blown off. Time was suspended as the couple found their release in each other; finally they spiraled back to earth.
As soon as he was able to move again, David reched for Maddie's wrists and freed them of the silk scarves, pulling her into a close embrace. She snuggled into his arms willingly.
"This time you ambushed me," she murmured.
David's gaze searched for her eyes, and when he saw she looked sated, happy and playful, he kissed her deeply before commenting smugly: "And you loved it."
"Kind of," she admitted, and he chuckled.
Maddie laughed too, and after a few moments David said: "I was serious, you know?"
She frowned slightly. "About what?"
"That you're mine," he explained. "I mean, I never liked it when a guy other than me was ogling you, but now that we're... we're an US..." She smiled, but didn't say anything, and he went on: "Well, it may surprise you, but I've always been the jealous type."
Maddie snuggled even closer into his arms and murmured happily against his chest: "I've always known that," she replied, "and I love that, too."
"Good," David replied, not less happily.
"And I've always been the jealous type, too," Maddie admitted.
David chuckled. "And don't I know that." She elbowed him lovingly. "Ouch!" he yelped. "But I'm very fond of that pretty green-eyed snake."
"Good."
By the time they finally got out of bed, it was early afternoon, and they were starving. For the rest of the day, a good time was had by all.
****
The next week sped by. Agnes and Bert were talking about moving in together so David and Maddie became sounding boards for the other couple’s worries and concerns. Maddie was sitting in her office relaxing for a change, David was out with Bert and Agnes had just left her office a minute before. Agnes had in her DiPesto way asked Maddie if it was strange living and working with David. Maddie was happy to share her bliss with Agnes but her joy was tempered by a general feeling of fatigue. Making love to all hours with David was heaven but she had to get used to less sleep. Oh most nights she was still in bed by 9:30 she giggled inwardly but she was doing other things instead of sleeping which was fine with her. She shook her head as she thought about how their late nights seemed to have no negative effect on David but then she remembered he was used to little sleep. Maddie could not wait for the weekend.
***
David was sprawled out on the sofa watching the baseball game on TV; he was wearing only a pair of shorts and a ripped t-shirt and was munching on a slice of pizza his eyes were glued to the TV screen. It was Sunday and David was enjoying a relaxing afternoon watching America’s favorite pastime. David took a bite out of the pizza and inwardly smiled as a commercial came on.
Maddie looked into the room and saw David eating greasy pizza on her pristine couch, a ripped open bag of chips spilled its contents on the cluttered coffee table (cluttered with empty beer bottles and the white pizza box with a half-eaten pizza) a pair of gym socks and his muddy sneakers trailed across the foyer. She shook her head in annoyance. How many times had she told David that his messiness bothered her! Did he forget or did he just not care? But when she looked back at David with his unshaven face and hair sticking out all over his head she swallowed her ire as a bolt of heat hit her right between her legs. Damn that man, even when she wanted to strangle him she could get aroused just by the sight of him.
Maddie sighed longingly as she strolled into the room. She had just showered and was dressed only in her short satin robe with nothing underneath. She undid the tie of her robe and let it hang loosely around her hips as she picked up the trail of David’s clothes that littered the floor. David waved at Maddie not really paying attention to her or what she was doing.
“What do you want to do about dinner?” Maddie asked as she tried to get his attention. She was horny and she wanted him badly. Since the first time they had made love she wanted him with a desperate need but these last couple of weeks her libido seemed to be out of control. She couldn’t get enough of him and was beginning to think that she was wearing him out. Oh not that he was complaining she smiled to herself. She looked over her shoulder at David who was staring glassy-eyed at the TV. She knew that when David was watching a sports game all his attention was on the small screen in front of him but she aimed to change that this afternoon.
“Whatever you want is fine with me.” He answered without looking at her. The Dodgers were playing the Phillies and David never knew who to root for. His allegiance had always been with his home town team the Phils but since he moved to LA he had also become a Dodger fan, so watching the two teams play against each other was exciting but also weird.
Maddie figured she would have to take desperate measures to get that man’s attention from the ballgame to her. She slowly walked across the living room until she was almost directly in front of David. She turned her back to him and bent over to pick up a napkin that was on the carpet; and when she bent over her robe hitched up to reveal her curvy butt.
David was just about to ask Maddie to move when she bent over and his focus was immediately transferred from the game to her naked ass that was practically in his face. His dick came straight to attention as his arms reached out and pulled Maddie on his lap. His lips nuzzled her neck as his hand crept up her thigh. She opened her legs in welcome as his fingers played between her legs; stroking, rubbing and petting her until she was squirming on his lap. The feel of his huge boner rubbing against her ass was fueling her arousal.
“You like that baby?” David whispered his interest in the ballgame forgotten. Maddie’s moans were his answer. “You really want to get laid huh?” David chuckled against her mouth as he pulled her robe slowly off her shoulders. Maddie pulled his head against her breasts; his lips immediately began to suck on her swollen nipples. “God Maddie I think my playing with your boobs had caused them to grow, honey.” His big hands fondled her breasts lovingly. “They are just perfect.” He murmured as his tongue made love to them. Maddie’s hands pulled down David’s shorts and she wrapped her hand around his huge erection while David continued to caress her tender breasts. “Feels good babe?” David purred into her mouth.
Maddie was so aroused she knew she was about to come; David was petting her throbbing core and when his mouth closed over her nipple she fell off the edge as her body began to spasm into a mind shattering orgasm that had he screaming out David’s name. The speed and intensity of her orgasms had also increased over the last weeks. She felt as if she could come all day.
David pushed Maddie down onto the couch and thrust his dick into her throbbing hotbox. His hands were running all over her body, his mouth was purring into her ear – I’m gonna fuck you so good baby, yeah keep coming for me, you love my big dick, God babe you are so hot – as he plunged into her over and over until they both fell into a whirlpool of passion that had them panting against each other. When they came back to reality David pulled Maddie on to his lap. He nuzzled her neck as his hands ran over her legs. “I still can’t believe this…” his hands wandered over her nude body,” and this…” His fingers played between her legs. “Is all mine.”
Maddie giggled and opened her legs wider. She couldn’t get enough of him and his love making. “And I can’t believe that this…” She held his half hard dick in her hand. “Is mine.” She licked his lips. “And I love how it is getting bigger in my hand… again.”
David put his arms around her waist and moved her on his lap until she was straddling him with her legs on either side of his body. He pushed his once again rock hard dick into her and heard her grunt in pleasure. Maddie took control this time as she pushed her loins down on to him until he was as deep as he could go and then she moved her hips up and down. David’s hands were still on her waist as he began to move matching her movements until they whirled out of control both crying each other’s names out in ecstasy.
“Wow!” David wrapped Maddie in his arms; he was still inside of her. Maddie put her head on his shoulder happy just to be in his arms. Finally they untangled themselves from one another. David pulled on his shorts while Maddie bent down to retrieve her robe.
Suddenly she felt light headed and dizzy; she swayed on her feet and grabbed hold to David’s arm. He looked into her pale face and was instantly worried. He gently pulled her back in his lap. “What’s the matter sweetheart?” David pushed back her damp hair off her white face. “You feeling ok?”
The wooziness wore off and Maddie just felt tired; she realized she was always tired lately. Maybe she was coming down with the flu. “No, I feel better now.” Maddie shook her head. “I just felt dizzy.” She kissed his lips and stood up.
“You sure?” David was concerned. She had been chalk white a minute ago. “You want to go to the doctor or something?”
Maddie laughed and shook her head. “I’m fine David.” She insisted, she did feel better and was suddenly ravenous. “How about if I make us something to eat?” she offered.
David shook his head. “No I’ll order in.” He smirked. “You’re sick enough.”
Maddie kicked him playfully as she went to get the various take out menus.
***
David woke up to the sounds of Maddie retching in the bathroom. He instantly jumped up and ran to her. He found her leaning against the toilet looking almost green. He bent down next to her. “What’s the matter honey?”
When Maddie woke up this morning overcome with nausea she began to put two and two together and came up with – three. Her, David and a baby. She was nervous over how David may take this new development in their relationship. She knew she was happy that David’s baby was growing inside her but how would he feel about it? She looked up into his concerned face. “Must have been something I ate.” She pushed herself to her feet and forced a smile on her face. Suddenly she felt a bolt of fear rise in her belly. Maybe David would think she tricked him? Maybe he wouldn’t want a baby so early in their relationship? Maybe he wasn’t ready for such a huge commitment and responsibility? Then Maddie stopped her whirling thoughts for a minute. Was she ready? How did she feel about the possibility that David’s baby might be growing inside of her?
“But we ate the same thing.” David told her. “You sure you don’t want to go to the doctor?” He hated the idea that she wasn’t feeling well.
Maddie wasn’t paying attention to what David was saying. All her concentration was focused on her jumbled thoughts.
“Earth to Maddie.” David called to her. “Really are you ok?”
“I’m fine David.” Maddie told him as she pulled off her nightgown and turned on the shower. “Fine.” She got into the shower and let the water run over her as her thoughts turned once again to a baby. Her hands instinctively went to her still flat belly. She had to find a way to get to the drugstore and get a pregnancy test without alerting David. She didn’t want to say anything to him until she was sure she was expecting.
Maddie kept up a steady stream of conversation on the drive to work; she felt nervous and on edge and didn’t want David to suspect anything. They separated when they reached the agency; David left with Bert to do some follow up leg work on a case while Maddie headed to her office.
A few minutes later when she was sure David had left the office with Bert she peeked her head out of her office. Agnes was busy typing a letter and the staff seemed to be busy with whatever it was they did to earn their money (reviewing files, cold calls, etc.). Maddie placed her purse firmly under her arm and headed for the exit. She wanted to run down to the drugstore to buy a pregnancy test but for some reason she felt like she was sneaking to do something wrong. She nonchalantly walked toward the door but stopped short when Agnes called to her.
“Miss Hayes! Are you leaving already? You just got here.”
“No, no Agnes I just ripped my pantyhose and wanted to run down to the drugstore to get another pair.”
Agnes peered over her desk and looked down at Maddie’s legs. “I don’t see a run.”
Maddie was getting slightly annoyed. “The run is under my skirt Miss DiPesto.” She told her firmly adding a glare along with her words.
“Oh, ok.” Agnes stood up. “Do you want me to go? I was thinking of going to buy some gum?”
Maddie shook her head. “No, that’s ok. I’ll get your gum. What kind do you want?” Maddie’s voice sounded shaky to her own ears. She raced out before Agnes could answer.
Agnes looked after Maddie with confusion. “Weird.” She mumbled as she resumed her typing.
When she returned to the office, Maddie handed Agnes a pack of gum then raced into her office and closed the door. She thought she would be able to wait until she got home to take the test but staring at the drugstore bag in her hand Maddie knew that she was fooling herself. She locked her office door, walked into the bathroom and locked that door. She took out the contents of the bag; three different brands of pregnancy tests. She said a silent prayer not even sure herself what she was praying for and opened the first box….
15 minutes later Maddie was staring at three different tests sticks all with the same results told in three different ways. Her wide blue eyes gazed at them for what seemed like the hundredth time: two double lines, a + and a yes. She was definitely having David’s baby….
When Maddie woke up, her searching hands automatically wandered to the other side of the bed, looking for David's warm body. She frowned, her eyes still closed, when she didn't find him there, but that lasted only for a few seconds. Then she remembered that he had gotten up at what must have felt like the middle of the night for him because he had to pick up Bert Viola at 5 am for a stakeout.
Maddie sighed and snatched his pillow, pressing her face into it for a moment, inhaling David's scent. A glance at the alarm clock showed her that she could take her time to wake up properly before she had to get out of bed to get ready for work, so she snuggled a little deeper under the sheets again with a happy satisfied smile covering her face. Her body was sore in all the right places; she languidly stretched her body as she thought about last night. A bolt of heat hit her right between her legs as a slight blush covered her neck when she remembered how he had made her lose her mind over and over again. Sneakily, her hand reached down under the covers to lightly stroke her soreness. She closed her eyes as thoughts of the previous night filled her head. David's hands wandering all over her body, trailing a path of fire on her feverish skin, his mouth kissing her senseless, and not only on her lips but all over, him on top of her pounding her into the mattress; her on top of him, over him, beside him rocked by what seemed like one endless orgasm as she screamed his name until she was hoarse. Maddie’s hips began to move as she brought herself to an amazing orgasm reliving their torrid lovemaking. She finally pushed herself out of bed; she was becoming a sexual maniac she laughed but she wouldn’t want it any other way. She began to sing without even noticing it as she made the bed and gathered her undies to take into the bathroom, and she smiled to herself when she realized how apt those lyrics were:
“It had to be you, it had to be you
I wandered around and finally found
That somebody who
Could make me be true, could make me be blue
And even be glad just to be sad
Thinking of you
Some others I've seen, might never be mean,
Might never be cross, or try to be boss
But they wouldn't do
For nobody else gave me a thrill
With all your faults I love you still
It had to be you, wonderful you,
It had to be you.”
The song left Maddie’s lips as she walked into her once immaculate bathroom. She took a deep breath to calm down as she perused the scene in front of her. It seemed there was water and wet towels everywhere. She gingerly walked into the bathroom stepping into puddles of water. Her eyes checked out the sink caked with toothpaste and what looked like hair stubble; the mirror was streaked with shaving cream and of course the toilet seat was up. At least he has good aim, she thought disgustedly as she began to pick up the sodden towels and place them in the laundry basket. How difficult would it have been for David to have done the same?? Did he think she was a maid that was going to have to pick up after him? She noticed a pair of boxers lying outside the shower and placed them in the basket. Maddie was glad that David had left early to meet Bert for an early morning stake out or she would have gladly strangled him with one of the wet towels!
They had been practically living together since well really since the first night they had made love almost 6 weeks ago. And since they finally admitted they were deeply in love with each other there had never been a question of David not spending the night with her, and after she had so nonchalantly told him to bring some of his stuff over to her house, he had practically moved in with her. He only went to his place for a change of clothes and to pick up his mail. Why did he even keep it? she wondered once or twice but was afraid to think maybe he kept it just in case… Maddie pushed that ridiculous thought out of her mind and instead concentrated on getting her bathroom back to the way it should be – clean and orderly. As the hot water rained over her body most of her anger with David left her. So he was a bit messy; he had other good qualities she thought as she soaped her body. She knew he deeply loved her, and in spite of his often unreliable ways she knew he was always there when it came to things that really mattered; he had the magical power to make her laugh even when she didn't want to, and that usually made everything immediately a little better. And let's not forget the fact that David Addison is a sex god, she told herself solemnly and giggled. She had never dreamed that such sexual bliss and satisfaction was possible until she was with David. The man was insatiable and so was she when she was near him; actually just the thought of what he could do to her with his fingers, tongue and body could her arouse her. She couldn’t help smiling as she toweled off and walked out of the bathroom to dress. Her eyes landed on a pair of David’s dirty socks under the bed. She shook her head as she added another item to the laundry basket.
Maddie was feeling happy again as she headed to the kitchen for a cup of coffee. She could smell the coffee perking as she dressed so she knew David had set the timer so the coffee would be done when she came downstairs. A grin crossed her face as she thought about how thoughtful he could be – another one of his good qualities – but that grin was quickly erased when she walked into the kitchen. She couldn’t believe her eyes; it looked like a bomb had hit it! How much of a mess could one man make just making coffee and toast? The kitchen table was littered with his coffee cup still half filled with coffee, pieces of toast and crumbs were everywhere even on the tile floor and a stick of butter was melting in the middle of the mess. There were coffee grounds spilled all over the counter and there was even some on the floor she discovered when they crunched under her bare feet.
Maddie’s temper rose again but this time she was more than furious. She was aghast, disgusted and wanted to scream! How could he think it was ok to leave the house like this? Is this the way he was used to living? She would have to put him straight and fast. She couldn’t live in a mess and she wouldn’t pick up after him!
***
David was sitting in his office with his feet on the desk filling out the paperwork for that morning’s stakeout with Bert. This time the wife had been far off base; her husband wasn’t cheating. He was working a second job in order to pay for a second honeymoon for their 10th wedding anniversary. A smile tugged at David’s lips as he thought where he and the blonde would be in 10 years. Hopefully, married with a couple of rugrats. He shook the thought out of his head. Day by day Dave, don’t ruin anything by going too fast for her. He had practically moved in with her, true, but officially, he still had his – now even emptier – apartment. If it had been him calling the shots, he would have given it up the day she told him to bring some of his stuff over, but despite Maddie's opening up to him, he still suspected that changes made her nervous, and if things changed too fast, she would feel like she was losing control over them. And that was still something he was afraid she had difficulties with. After all, it was her house, and he couldn't possibly tell her he wanted to move in officially, could he? That would seem a bit pushy...
David looked up at the sound of his door being slammed open – then – shut. Maddie was standing with her hands on her hips, the Hayes blue death rays focused his way. All of her composure and especially the way she looked at him turned him incredibly on; an angry Maddie was so hot.
David pushed his feet off the desk and threw her his best panty melting grin. “Maddie, honey!”
It didn’t work; her eyes darkened with anger. “Don’t you honey me!”
David stood up. “Why are your panties in a bunch, babe?” He asked knowing she was probably upset over the way he left the house, but he was desperately trying to lighten the mood; which was the wrong way to go…
“Do you think I’m a maid? Do you think I am going to pick up after you?” Maddie fumed, hands still on her hips.
“Maddie, Maddie, Maddie.” David approached her slowly. “Come on, tell old Dave what’s on your mind.”
“I can’t believe you!” Maddie looked into his eyes and was furious to see amusement lurking in the green depths.
“You are so cute when you get mad at me.” He purred.
“Well I’m about to get gorgeous!” She growled. “How could you leave the house in that mess?”
David just stared at her. Boy, she was fuming. Boy, he wanted to fuck her senseless.
“You are the most irresponsible, immature, messiest man I ever met!” She screamed.
He was about to say he was sorry, but then he heard those words leave her mouth and his temper began to rise. “Oh sorry, I didn’t realize you thought you were living with Mr. Clean.” He snarled and threw his hands up in the air.
Maddie’s hands clenched into fists at her sides. “Mr. Clean? I’d settle for living with Mr. Ed!”
“You calling me an animal?”
“If the hoove fits…”
Maddie and David yell over each other. (overlapping dialogue)
David: “I can’t believe you! Why do you always blow things out of proportion? Why can’t you ever talk about things sensibly? Calmly? So big deal the house wasn’t left as neat as a pin. So it was a little messy. Stop treating me like a boy. You’re not my mother!”
Maddie: “No! I can’t believe you. I am tired of telling you that I hate messes! Why do I always have to go around and pick up after you? Why can’t you learn to be neater and act like a man instead of a boy? You need to learn to pick up after yourself. I’m not your mother!"
Maddie and David looked at each other: green lava into blue steel. Maddie threw up her hands in the air disgustedly and slammed out of his office without another word. She needed to leave or she feared she would do to him with his tie what she yearned to do with the wet towel that morning.
She stomped angrily across the main office ignoring the glances of the staff and slammed into her office in exasperation. She clenched her fists at her side. “That man!” She muttered in fury as she approached her desk. She flopped down into her chair and was just about to put her head down her on desk when she noticed a folded note taped to her desk blotter. Curiously, she picked it up and opened it. She saw David’s familiar crooked handwriting. What was this? The note read:
Honey,
Sorry I messed up the bathroom and the kitchen. I was in a bit of a hurry and I promise it won’t happen again..ok I’ll try..... but not sorry I messed up the sheets last night... love you, the horny toad.
Unwillingly, a smile tugged at Maddie’s lips. That man! This time the tone was loving not angry. How did he always seem to know just how to finagle a way to cool her anger and heat her ardor? She sighed. Maybe she had overreacted a tiny bit she admitted to herself. As she had acknowledged this morning his good traits far outweighed his bad ones and she guessed she could let the maid come in a few more days. Maddie stood up and headed to David’s office. She wouldn’t let him off the hook so easily but she needed to clear the air between them.
In this trip across the main office she was calmer and she strode not stomped her way to David’s office. She knocked twice and opened the door after his ‘Spit and slide under’ remark.
“Why didn't you leave this in the kitchen?” she asked in an almost accusing tone, waving the note he had left on her desk.
David looked up at her from the file he had been flipping through and couldn't help the amused twinkle in his eyes. He loved it when she apologized in her weird ways. He knew odds were in his favor again.
“Well,” he purred and pointed to the note in her hand with his long index finger, “I believe it says I was in a hurry. That means I didn't have time.” a little smirk crept over his face, but she wasn't giving in that easily.
“Very funny,” Maddie snapped. “It's not like today's the only time you made a mess...”
“Holler, but don't hit!” David interrupted in his best imitation of Mr. Ed, and that caught her so much off guard, that she couldn't help but smile, although she tried very hard to hide it.
“Snap out of it, Addison,” she grumbled, but the sparkles in her eyes betrayed her. David chuckled and got up from his chair, rounded his desk and came strolling in her direction.
“Can I sleep in your living room or will you lock me in my stall?”
She rolled her eyes but replied: “I think that won't be necessary. I love horses.”
David feigned shock. “Frogs, horses... and you call me perverted?”
Maddie took a step in his direction. “It's a toad, and I only love it because it's cute and horny.”
He was near enough to reach out for her and pull her into his arms; she followed willingly, and he kissed the side of her throat and then purred in her ear: “Always.”
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A few days later, David and Maddie were making room in Maddie’s spare room for David’s exercise equipment and sports paraphernalia that they had just brought over from his apartment with a leased moving van. Compared to their usual habits, the silence between them was strange. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence, because neither of them seemed to really notice it. Both were lost in their own thoughts, having no idea how amazingly similar those were.
David felt that bringing over his exercise equipment to Maddie's house was something like the ultimate step. He knew they were in fact living together, but still it wasn't official. They could still pretend they were not living together. He was dying to move in completely and officially with her, but he still was nervous about her maybe feeling pushed into it. He remembered how badly she had taken the way they had started their relationship – screwing their brains out before they had even had one date. This time he wanted to get it right – step by step, in the right order. They had been together only for like six weeks now – maybe that was too early for her; it wasn't too early for him, though – he knew already that he wanted to be with her, period. No back doors, no fire escape, no safety ropes.
Maddie felt that bringing over David's exercise equipment was like connecting the last piece of his life to hers. Their lives were really and truly mingled now. They were living together. But still... there was the fact that he still kept his apartment, even if he wasn't living there. But it was like if he could move back into his own hiding hole anytime he wished, and she didn't like that at all. It made her nervous. She wanted nothing more than to ask him to give his place up and move in with her completely and officially, but how could she possibly do that? She knew that David had been badly bruised in his earlier attempts to form serious relationships with women, and maybe this time he wanted to take it really slow before making it an official thing. Well, take it slow about the living together; the physical side of their relationship had gone anything but slow; in fact, the thunderstorm had roared over them before they even knew they had a relationship, and that had been something that had bothered her very much, because she had thought everything was just a thrilling game to him. She understood now how that all had happened and that he had been scared about more or less the same things as her. Still, she couldn't free herself completely from the thought that maybe, just maybe David wasn't ready for that much commitment yet...
David shook his head at himself. Someone has to start this, he thought, and always waiting for the other one to make the first move could have perilous consequences. Let's just throw a ball and see what happens. Come on, Dave, you can do it.
He cleared his throat and ran his hand through his hair nervously as he gazed at Maddie. “Well that seems to be it, babe.” David looked around the spare room which was now filled with odds and ends from his apartment. “Only thing left at my place is the bed.” Come on, Blondie. Ball's in your court. Play it back.
Maddie nodded as she threw a smile at him. He looked adorable standing in the middle of the room with his sweat pants hung low over his hips and an old wrinkled t-shirt. David’s hair was messy from running his hands through it, and Maddie knew him well enough to know that he had something on his mind, but she wasn't yet sure what it was, but she felt hopeful.... “Yes, I guess it turned out to be a plus that you had hardly any furniture.” She laughed a little nervously.
“Guess so.” David ran his hands over his mouth. Okay, either she didn't get it or she needed more encouragement. “Well it’s almost the first of the month...”
“Okay.” Maddie shrugged and stole a glance at him from under her long eyelashes. She knew him well enough to sense that he was heading in some direction, and suddenly, as she noticed the unease in his eyes, it hit her. Could it really be...? Her heart leapt in joy as her mind realized what he, in his David way, was trying to say.
“Yeah and the apartment is really empty.” David nodded quickly. “And I’m never there anymore. And…” he let his voice trail off. Now it's definitely your turn, Blondie. Give me something. I won't beg you to let me move in...
“And you’re wondering if you should pay next month’s rent?” Maddie cut in quickly, her heart beating a little faster.
“Something like that.” David’s heart stood still. He thought that everything was going great between them now that they were practically living together but who knew what was going on in that honey blonde noggin? Although it actually looked like... could it really be...?
Maddie took a deep breath and decided to go with the flow. She walked slowly over to him and wrapped her arms around his waist. Before her courage left her, she said, trying to make it sound nonchalant: “I say why waste the money.” Her blue eyes were shining with an inner light. “What do you say?”
A huge happy smile covered David’s face as he realized she was all for him moving in completely, officially, no back doors, no fire escapes. “I say why waste the money.” He let out a happy whoop of joy as he swept her up in his strong arms and whirled them around.
Maddie laughed and held on to him, her head spinning. “Hold your horses, Mr. Ed,” she gasped, “before you get too excited you should know something!”
David stopped whirling but didn't put her down. “”What's that?” he asked with an amused twinkle in his eyes that made the ever-present butterflies in Maddie's stomach flutter.
“There are rules in this house,” she declared with a serious face.
He raised a questioning eyebrow. “Such as?”
“You're gonna have to keep your messes under control,” Maddie demanded firmly, and David gave a fierce nod.
“I can pull it off,” he replied smoothly and added: “At least I can try.”
Maddie sighed. “Fair enough. And second – and most important...” she paused for effect, and David frowned. “You'll have to make love to me in every single room of this house, and often.” She looked at him with a mischievous smile.
“Ouch!” David gasped in fake indignation. “I knew there was a catch somewhere!”
“Addison!” Maddie hissed and punched him hard in the shoulder. “You are really...”
He laughed and claimed her mouth in a ravishing kiss. “I love it when you talk mean to me,” he purred into her ear and added: “Let's start right away to satisfy my demanding landlady and put this exercise bench to good use...”
“Now that’s the kind of exercise I love.” Maddie fluttered her eyelids flirtatiously at David as she pulled his t-shirt over his head. Her heart began to pound as David slowly unbuttoned her sweater and pulled it over her head to reveal a lacy black bra. David loved it. Here she was dressed in old sweat pants and a sweater than had seen better days but underneath she was wearing sexy black lace. David’s tongue moved slowly over the lacy bra as his hands pulled off her sweats. He groaned as his fingers petted a wet lacy thong. His knees almost buckled when Maddie opened her legs wider for him to pleasure her. “Oh God baby. You are so sexy.” He whispered as he moved her toward the exercise machine. “I’m going to show you a really great exercise.” He purred. He pulled off his sweats with one hand as he turned her around and bent her over the exercise equipment; his tongue was playing over that spot that drove her wild.
Maddie’s moans spurred him on, his dick was rock hard and his senses were reeling. He pushed back a bit to allow his eyes to run over her body still clad in her racy undies. Seeing her bent over the machine with her round ass exposed and her long sexy legs spread wide nearly pushed him over the edge. He controlled himself by taking a deep breath. Closing his eyes and counting to ten finally got him back in control. This was going to be wild he knew. His fingers played over Maddie’s erect nipples as his other hand pulled down her bra straps slowly down her shoulders until he finally peeled it off. His big hands cupped her breasts and squeezed them while his tongue continued to move across her neck. Maddie’s round ass was moving against David’s hard dick as her moans filled the room. “Ya like it babe?” He asked as his mouth trailed down past her shoulders, down her back, some angel kisses across her spine until they reached her curvaceous ass. He kissed her backside and pulled her black thong down slowly, oh so slowly. Her sharp intake of breath spurred him on even more, and then his tongue continued his path of fire down her left leg passed her thigh, a few baby kisses on the back of her knee, down to her shin then he moved to her other leg and repeated the erotic journey up her right leg until her body was bucking with her arousal.
“David, oh David.” Maddie panted as she held on tight to the arms of his exercise machine her face practically against the bench. One of her hands found its way between her legs as David moved up her body.
“Ahh yeah babe play with that hotbox.” He purred against her ear as he pushed his dick into her with one deep thrust. She was so wet that he could hear soft squishy sounds as he plunged into her which turned him on incredibly.
“Ooooh David I love your huge dick and how it feels inside of me.” Maddie crooned as she moved her ass to meet his thrusts. His magic fingers moved along with hers over her throbbing loins; his other hand was around her waist pulling her against his body as they thrashed against each other. Their moans of passion were escalating with each deep stroke. David felt Maddie pulsing around him as she screamed his name and that pushed him into his own climax.
They were still for a minute just trying to breathe again but then with one quick move David pulled Maddie up and turned her around until her ass was almost sitting on the bench of the machine. He took her legs and placed them on his chest kissing her feet until she was giggling. “David! Stop that! It tickles.” She squealed.
“Ssh babe. I’m gonna make you feel good over and over.” He bent his knees and plunged into her sodden core; his dick was buried inside her to the hilt. He heard her sharp intake of breath as he began to move slowly inside of her. His hips moved in a circular motion against her as he began to plunge into her with deep lazy pushes. Her eyes widened as he felt David deeper than ever before. Maddie clenched her insides around David and was rewarded by a deep grunt from him. His green eyes fixed on her wide blue ones; the smoldering passion in those green depths heated her blood. She began to cry out his name as pleasure coursed through her body as David made love to her slowly at first them with deep hard plunges that pushed them both over the edge again.
Maddie was the first to move. She smiled lazily at him as she untangled her legs and stood up. At first her legs felt like rubber and she unsteadily held on to the side of the exercise equipment. She closed her eyes to get her bearings. When she opened them she saw amused green eyes staring at her.
David chuckled when he noticed Maddie grabbing on to the exercise machine to steady herself. “Wow that must have been fanfuckingtastic if you can’t even stand up babe.” He put his arms around her and pulled her against him kissing her temple and pushing her damp hair away from her face. “If you’re a good girl you’ll get more later.” He winked down at her. “If you can take it that is?”
Maddie laughed and playfully punched David on his arm as she pulled out of his arms. “Oh I can take it just fine.” She turned and wiggled her bare ass at him. “Can you?” Maddie ran out of the room with David in hot pursuit.
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The next couple of weeks went by in a flash. David and Maddie were busy at the office with new cases and they were busy at home learning to live together without killing one another. They had to learn to compromise and share their lives while still keeping a sense of ‘self’ in the process. It wasn’t always easy to combine lives when the couple was so used to living alone but they were working on it; arguing but making up and making love as much as possible.
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Maddie woke up with a start and at first she didn’t know where she was or what time it was. She shook the cobwebs out of her head and lowered the television volume as her eyes sought out the time. She blinked once then twice. No it couldn’t be almost 2 o’clock in the morning! She jumped up and called David’s name but knew that he wasn’t home. If he had come home he would have woken her up. Instantly Maddie was alarmed. David told her he was meeting an old friend of his from the old neighborhood for a drink. His friend Bob had just moved here a couple of weeks ago to start a new life after a messy divorce and David was looking forward to catch-ing up with him. He was also a divorce lawyer which was an added bonus since Da-vid thought he would send clients their way.
Where could he be? Maybe he was involved in an accident? Maybe he was lying hurt somewhere? Maddie fretted as she paced across the living room. She stopped short when the thought that he was lying in a gutter dead drunk ran across her mind but she tried to shake that image away. David was a changed man; he wasn’t the old party boy, 5 Vicious Virgins, skirt chasing man that she met 3 years ago. Her hands clenched into fists. He better not be! she fumed to herself then immediately felt guilty and went back to worrying. If he wasn’t home in an hour she was going to start calling some friends in the department to try and locate him.
A few minutes later Maddie heard David’s key in the door. By the sounds coming from the front door she could tell he was having a hard time locating the keyhole. Her temper rose as she stood facing the door with her hands on her hips waiting…
David realized he had done wrong when he poured himself into a cab after a night of drinking with his friend Bob. He didn’t realize how late it was or how drunk he was until they left the bar at closing time. Damn, Maddie was going to be furious he thought as he tried to keep his eyes open during the ride home. Why did he let Bob keep convincing him to have just one more? David tried to keep his balance as he paid the cab driver. He made a last minute attempt to fix his wrinkled clothes and messy hair as he moved slowly up the walk to the house. It took him a couple of tries to get his key in the hole and almost fell into the house when the door opened.
First thing he saw after he stopped himself from falling by grabbing hold to the wall for support was Maddie’s blue death ray aimed at him. He slid a lopsided grin on his face as he turned to her.
“Maddie.”
“David.” It was almost a growl.
“I guess I should explain…” David held out his hands in a plaintive manner. “I lost track of time. We drank too much, ate too little and well...” he looked at her with sad puppy dog eyes, “I’m sorry.”
Maddie’s head snapped up in fury, “Sorry?” She snarled at him, “You’re sorry?” She walked towards him and pushed her hand into his shoulder almost causing him to topple over. “And that is supposed to make it ok?”
David grinned. “Well, I was sure hoping…”
“Well it doesn’t!” Maddie yelled. “I was worried, David! I thought something happened to you and you were badly hurt!”
“Sorry babe. I didn’t mean to make you worry.” He shrugged nonchalantly and that fueled her fury. “I lost track of the time.”
Maddie stepped back she was afraid she would do him bodily harm, she threw up her arms in exasperation and anger. “Oh the time got away from you?!” She shot blue darts at him. “At least you could have called to tell me you’d be late!” She looked into his red rimmed eyes and sniffed his way. “You smell like a bar.”
“Well I was in a bar…” He giggled as he let go of the wall and stumbled to the couch where she had fallen asleep earlier.
“And you’re drunk! Very drunk!” Maddie felt tears prick the back of her eyes. Now that he was safely back home and she didn't have to worry anymore, her fury about his thoughtlessness sank fully in. Images of a hungover, disheveled David coming in way too late for work flashed before her inner eye. Sure, she hadn't expected him to turn into some sort of boring Pat Boone – and she wouldn't even have wanted him to – but this wasn't what she wanted either. He had promised her he'd try to be what he thought she wanted – was this his idea of fulfilling that promise? “How could you, David?” Maddie stood over him, her rage rising by the minute. “You are disgusting!” David’s drunken haze ignored Maddie’s anger and pulled her into his lap. He tried to cover her mouth with his but she tried to pull away.
“Let me go, David!” She couldn’t stand the smell of liquor and smoke on his breath. “I want to go to bed!”
David held her tighter as his hands ran over her body. “Oh me too, honey. I’m gonna fuck you til ya can’t walk.” He mumbled into her neck.
“You are the one who can't walk!” she hissed and tried to pull out of David’s arms but his grip was like steel. She was so angry that she was seeing red. Next thing she knew her hand reached out to slap his face as her foot kicked his shin.
“Ow!!” David cried releasing her so suddenly that she wound up in a heap at his feet. “Whadja do that for?”
Maddie was sitting on the floor staring at him. “I told you to let me go, David.” She stood up and wrapped her robe around her tightly. “Don’t you ever do that again!!”
“Do what?” David laid his head back against the couch but before she could answer he drifted off into a drunken stupor.
Maddie looked down at him in revulsion and hurt. He just passed out? She shook her head deciding to let him sleep it off on the couch. She was too angry to think about it anymore that night.
David woke up a couple of hours later with a wicked headache and a rolling gut. He realized as he opened his eyes that he was fully dressed on the couch; he remembered coming home to an angry Maddie and …and then she slapped him and he must have passed out. Damn and she must have been so angry she just left him here. He sat up and felt a stabbing pain behind his eyes. God, why the hell did he drink so much last night? Was he trying to prove to his friend Bob that he could still out drink him? Well, that was dumb, Dave! he scolded himself as he made his way up to their bedroom. He stopped in the bathroom to brush his teeth and throw his smelly clothes in the hamper. He jumped in the shower hoping the cold water would help his hangover. After an ice cold shower David pulled on a fresh pair of boxers and headed to bed. His gaze fell on Maddie lying in bed and a fresh wave of remorse washed over him. What an ass he was. He realized she must have been worried to death when she didn't hear a thing from him all night. She wasn't used to waiting up for him, and she shouldn't have to. He knew Maddie’s insecurities and he just played right into them. He needed to remember he was no longer the single bachelor who had to report to no one; now he was in a committed relationship. Things were different. He saw Maddie stirring in her sleep. He sat down on the bed gently. “Hey Blondie blonde?” he whispered, “you up?”
Maddie heard David and opened her eyes. She was still angry about his drunkenness and not coming home to the wee hours of the morning but he looked so unhappy and sorry sitting there that she felt her heart clench inside her chest. “David.” Okay, she thought, so we had our first big fight as a couple. It surely won't be the last, and if we have learned something, then it's to speak out what bothers us so that we can clear things. And he looks like he realized that he screwed up.
He moved closer to her. “I’m so sorry babe. I was wrong.” Maddie nodded. “Yes David you were.” She sat up. “Not only for getting so drunk but for letting me worry. I mean you didn’t even think to call me?” She shook her head. “That hurts.”
David ruffled his hair which caused Maddie’s heart to drum faster. “I guess I gotta get used to this couple thing.” David admitted. He knew he was dead wrong by not calling and allowing her to worry but having a few drinks with the boys every once in a while was something he didn’t think he should have to give up just because they were together. “I should have called to tell you I’d be late. I was wrong.” He repeated and waited for her to say something.
Maddie nodded. “Yes you should have called.” She pushed a stray lock of hair behind her ear and took a deep breath. She was mollified and had already forgiven him, because she saw that he was truly sorry. But she also knew that it would only lead to complications and frustration if she kept her worries to herself, and she owed it to herself but also to David not to hold back but speak openly about what bothered her. So, when David smiled his half-smile and made a move to pull her in for a big kiss to seal their reconciliation, she backed away a little, and he frowned.
“What's the matter, babe?” he asked, truly confused. “I said I was sorry, and I meant it.”
“I hope you do,” she replied and nodded. His eyes narrowed a little, and she added: “Well, I know you do. But...”
“Aww no, why does there always have to be a but?” he interrupted, half seriously, half jokingly. She felt her temper rise. Being outspoken works two directions, Addison, she growled inwardly. Where's the point in me spilling my beans if you won't listen?! She wanted to do the right thing and be honest with him, and he was acting like a jerk again?
“But,” she went on firmly and already more than just a little annoyed, “staying out to all hours carousing in bars is NOT my idea of a man who is in a committed relationship.”
David shook his head to clear it. “What? Are you kidding me?” He stared at her in horror. This conversation seemed to be taking a completely wrong turn. Why was she talking about their relationship now, as if his faux pas – the faux pas he had already honestly apologized for! – had affected the essence of their relationship in any way?! “You mean I’m not allowed to go out for a few drinks with the boys?”
Maddie was really angry now. Why did he have to make it sound like she was trying to put a ball and chain on his leg? She wasn't, now was she? “Being allowed has nothing to do with anything!” Maddie pushed up to her knees. “I just don’t see getting dead drunk in a bar and staying out half the night is right for someone in a committed relationship!” She enunciated through gritted teeth. “There are things that are a definitely no go to me!”
David stood up. “Ok let me get this straight. Being in this…” he waved his hands to encompass them, “our committed relationship means that you are keeping me on a short leash and I can’t and can do things unless you approve of them? Is that it?” He knew he was exaggerating now, but he just couldn't help it. Somehow, this felt oddly like those times not so long ago before they had revealed their true feelings for each other, when Maddie had struggled with her fears and insecurities about him and his intentions and everything he said or did could easily be held against him. He had thought they had gotten beyond this point, but now this – one mistake, the first mistake, and she sounded like she was questioning their relationship?
Maddie jumped out of bed in fury. He was twisting the words in her mouth, and that just wasn't fair! It felt like he was deliberately misunderstanding her. Her hands were clenched into fists at her waist. “No that’s not IT! But I would think that a man who loves a woman wouldn’t want to spend his time carousing with his friends!”
“Carousing?” David ran his hands through his still damp hair. It stuck out in wild pikes over his head. “Who the hell is carousing? I’m talking of having a few drinks maybe once or twice a month with the guys!” Why did she always have to dramatize things to the max?! That just wasn't fair!
Maddie shot her right index finger at him like she wanted to stab him with it. “Having one or two beers and coming home at a decent hour is different than drinking til the bar closes and coming home dead drunk in the middle of the night!” Okay, she knew she was exaggerating a little now; she realized she made him sound like a notorious binge drinker, when in fact this was the first occasion that he had done anything like this since they were a couple.
“It is?” he folded his arms and raised an almost mocking eyebrow which fueled her fury and made her forget all good intentions to resolve this in a calm, mature way.
Maddie’s death glare was at full voltage. “Yes, it is.” She sneered. She tried to calm down by taking deep breaths. “How can you not see that, David?”she almost pleaded, but his answer was just a green stare. She pressed her lips together in a thin line. “Okay, then two can tango.”
“And what does that mean?” He wanted to know. He wasn't sure where this discussion was heading but he knew he wasn’t going to like it. Hell, he already didn't like it. He stood staring at Maddie waiting for her answer with his arms folded across his chest.
Maddie looked at him so intense, dressed only in his boxers and felt a mixture of hurt and defiance. Let’s see how he likes it. “It means that if you can go out with your friends drinking in bars then I can go out with my friends dancing in clubs?” She stared at him defiantly.
David chuckled. “Friends? And who pray tell are you talking about?” She had no friends that he knew about that lived in LA.
Maddie laughed too in an almost triumphant way. “Oh just that my friend Fran from my old modeling days called tonight while you were out.” Maddie tossed her head. “She invited me to go out with her tomorrow night to the opening of a new club. The owner of the club is a mutual friend of ours from our modeling days.”
David didn’t like this one bit. Dancing in clubs meant dressing up and shaking her curvy ass in a room full of sweaty, ogling men only waiting to hit on a bombshell like Maddie Hayes, even if she didn't intend them to. That was hardly the same as going to a bar and having a few drinks too many. But of course he wasn't going to give her the satisfaction of telling her that. “And?”
“So I guess I’ll call her back and tell her yes.” Maddie looked into his eyes and saw confusion and a bit of anger. Maddie turned her back and walked into the bathroom closing the door behind her with a definitive click.
***
After a few hours of sleep and the tiff with Maddie David was not feeling his best as the cab dropped him off in the front of Blue Moon. He knew Maddie had an early appointment with the tax consultant so he wasn’t surprised when she woke him up to tell him she was leaving. He hated to separate on a bad note so he pulled her in for a good morning kiss and was happy she didn’t pull away. He was wondering if she was really going out with her friend that night but he refused to ask her. He was fine with it anyway. It was fine for a committed couple to go out some times without the other. As long as they trusted one another why should it be a problem? David paid the cab driver and made his way into Blue Moon. He was picking Bert up for a day of work in the field and he was not looking forward to it at all.
Maddie spent a couple of hours with her tax consultant and lawyer questioning them on how to make David a partner in the agency. She hadn’t mentioned anything to him yet but she thought that he deserved his fair share of the agency and now that they were facing a future together she wanted them to be on an even footing career wise she never wanted him to feel inferior and insecure again when he met an arrogant asshole like Roderick Monroe.
When she finally made it into work she was hit with a mountain of paperwork from recently closed cases that she had been avoiding. Today was the day to tackle them she convinced herself; it would keep her busy and away from David. She had called her friend Francine early that morning to tell her she would love to go out with her that night. They made plans to meet at 8pm at a popular restaurant that Maddie had been dying to go to and then from there they would head to the club. Despite the reason she had initially agreed to go out that night because she wanted to teach David a lesson; she was looking forward to getting together with Francine and Katerina who was the co-owner of the club ‘Infinity’. She knew Francine from her early days of modeling and always got together with her when she came to LA. Now it looked like Francine was thinking of moving to LA permanently and starting a children’s modeling agency. Maddie was happy to think that Fran would be living nearby instead of an ocean away. Fran had been living in Italy for the last ten years after a bad break up with her philandering husband. Maddie didn’t know Katerina very well but she remembered her as being a fun girl, the life of the party. A female David Addison. At that though, Maddie began to wonder what David was up to. She had spoken to him once when he called to say hello and that he’d be home at 6. Maddie looked at the clock and realized it was after 5. She straightened the papers on her desk, grabbed her purse and made a quick exit through the now empty office.
When she got home David was coming down the stairway. She could tell by his damp hair that he had just showered and her first instinct was to throw him down and pull those sweats off his body. Instead she threw him a lazy smile. “Hey cowboy.”
“Hey babe.” David threw her a lopsided grin as he approached her. He reached in for a kiss. He wasn’t sure what her plans were and for obvious reasons he was reluctant to ask her. The slight nervousness in his belly bothered him. He shouldn’t be afraid to ask her plans or fear what her answer would be. He swallowed hard. “So you going out? Staying in?” David asked casually.
Maddie was a bit annoyed to hear David ask her plans so nonchalantly. Wasn’t he a bit jealous? She thought involuntarily but then called herself to order. Her intention tonight was not to make him jealous, that would be over the line; he had done nothing like that, and she didn't want to invalidate her point by doing wrong herself. She threw those thoughts away. The last thing she wanted to do was fight with him tonight. “I’m meeting my friend at ‘Diamond’ at 8.” She stared into his green eyes which revealed nothing. “Then we’re going to head to the new club ‘Infinity’. Are you ok with that?”
David nodded. “Sure, sure I’m fine with that.” He wasn’t sure that he was but if he didn’t want to be on a short leash there was no way he could rein her in. He nodded again. “I’m just gonna order a pizza and watch the game.” He knew she probably expected him to show some annoyance at her going through with her plan, but he wouldn't give her that satisfaction; if she was childish enough to play a little revenge game on him, he would be stubborn enough not to show her she was getting to him. Two can play this game, Missy. When Maddie climbed the stairs, her pumps stomped a little too loudly to seem nonchalant. He smirked to himself.
A couple of hours later David heard Maddie coming down the stairs and his jaw dropped to the floor. She was wearing a skin tight blue sheath dress that bared one entire shoulder and that was much too short in his opinion. He remembered one particular occasion when she had been wearing that same dress when they had gone out for a few drinks and dancing together, and on their way home they hadn't even made it into the house; he also remembered vividly that this dress allowed pretty easy access to her most precious parts. He asked himself briefly if she had deliberately picked it. What was he thinking telling her he was fine with her going out without him? Maybe a movie would be ok but seriously, dancing – and in that dress? But, No, he couldn’t, wouldn’t say anything now. He gulped, swallowed his jealousy and anger and strode to the bottom of the stairs.
“Well, well Miss Hayes. You’re looking absolutely stunning.” His eyes ran over her body giving her the Addison once over.
Maddie knew she looked great. She twirled around to give David the full effect of her outfit she heard him gasp. “Ya like?” She asked moving close to him.
“I like.” In spite of his underlying anger about the whole situation, he felt his dick grow hard under his sweats. His heart began to pound.
The intoxicating smell of Maddie’s perfume mixed with the pure scent of her nearly knocked him off his feet. He pulled her into his arms and nuzzled her neck. “Sure you wouldn’t rather stay home with me and…”
Maddie pulled away with a laugh. “Now now, David. It’s just one night with my friends.” She searched his eyes. “You said you were fine with it.”
David knew she was testing him and he didn't like it one bit. No, it was fine she was going out to have a fun night with her girlfriends. He had no qualms about it. None at all, he convinced himself; he trusted her. He shook his head as he looked at Maddie. “No babe, of course I’m fine with it.” But did he trust all those men she might encounter during her fun evening?
Maddie’s heart dropped a little, she was half wishing David insisted she stay home with him. Teaching him a lesson suddenly didn't feel so appealing anymore; it felt childish and immature. But if he wasn't going to give in... She forced a smile to her face to hide her feelings. “Good! Great!” She turned to the door and David was dismayed to see how her dress molded her curvy butt.
He wanted to beg her to stay but instead he put two fingers to his mouth and threw her a kiss. “Have a good time.” He winked. “See you later.”
Maddie heard the cab (David had been adamant she take a cab he didn’t want her driving alone at night with a few drinks in her) beep its horn and opened the front door to leave. She looked over her shoulder and just wanted to fall into his arms and stay home. She had always hated dance clubs but she once again forced a smile to her lips.
“Enjoy your game.”
“I will.” He said as the door closed leaving him alone and lonely.
David couldn’t concentrate on the game and the pizza tasted like dust in his mouth. His mind kept seeing Maddie in that dress being stared at by a bunch of horny guys and felt his hands clench into fists. He looked at the clock. 10 o’clock. He figured she should be home soon. He couldn’t imagine Maddie dancing up a storm at a club. At first he was so wrapped up in his thoughts he didn’t hear the ringing of the phone. Finally, he noticed the phone and picked it up roughly. “Yeah.”
“David. It’s me.” He could hardly hear her over the noise of laughter and loud music in the background; obviously she was still at the club.
David figured she missed him. He felt some of his cockiness returning. “Oh hey.”
“You ok?”
“Yeah just eating too much and watching the game.” He was waiting for her to say she missed him.
“Oh good.” She sounded a little disappointed, but only for a moment. “Well, I just wanted to tell you not to wait up.”
David thought he had misunderstood what she had just said. She didn’t just tell him NOT to wait up, did she? Where was the ‘I miss you David’ he was expecting?
“What?” His voice was gruffer than he wanted.
“Well, the restaurant was crowded and it took a long time to be served so we just got to the club a little while ago.”
“Ok.” What could he say?
Was David angry? She couldn’t tell by the tone of his one word answers. “Anyway, we want to catch up with Katerina. Is that ok with you?”
He was fine with it. No leashes Dave… “Um sure. Sure. Have fun.” He spat out.
Fun? Really, didn’t he care at all? Maddie was annoyed. “Oh I will.”
David heard the click of the phone in his ear and had to restrain himself from throwing it across the room. He jumped up and began to pace as his hands brushed through his hair. He was not OK with it.
The champagne was flowing freely and Maddie was tossing it down trying to have fun and forget about David’s indifference to her night out; or what seemed like indifference to her. She was getting a bit tipsy and found herself dancing with Fran and Katerina on the crowded dance floor. Boy, she hadn’t danced like this in years Maddie thought as she twirled around the dance floor. Of course men asked her to dance but she refused them all. She had no desire to dance with any man that was not David; although she had to admit to herself their attentions were flattering. But almost at the same moment, she was felt a little pang of guilt when she thought of how furious it would make her to think that David was enjoying flattery from some hot chick; suddenly she realized a little ruefully that her payback here might be a little too high.
Maddie was almost ready to leave; she was saying her farewells to the girls when a tall blonde man walked over to her and grabbed her in his arms. “Maddie Hayes?”
The sudden movement made her already dizzy head spin a little, and she let out an involuntary giggly gasp before she pulled away from him with a frown. “And who wants to know?”
“An old fan.” He smiled at her with big white teeth. Suddenly she thought of him as a big bad wolf and shivered; she instantly sobered up. She wanted to go home to David.
“Well hello to you, but I was just leaving.” She looked at her watch and was surprised to see it was almost 2 am. She realized now how the time probably did get away from David. She turned to leave.
“Wait,” the blonde stopped her and eyed her up and down, clearly undressing her with his eyes. He was a sleaze ball. “Give me a call sometime.” He winked as he handed her his business card. “My private number is on the back,” he added suggestively.
From her modeling days, Maddie was used to men and situations like that. Her strategy was to walk away without provoking any unnecessary commotion; also, in the modeling business you never knew if that man making a pass at you was your next modeling campaign's sponsor, so it was never wise to snub him. Just take his phone number, smile your best 1.000 watt smile and never call.
“Sure,” Maddie automatically replied with her best Blue Moon Shampoo Girl beam, perfected in years of practice, and, without thinking, put the card in her purse as she went outside to grab her cab home… to David.
***
David was wide awake, hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling of the dark bedroom without actually seeing it. Of course he wasn’t going to be able to fall asleep until Maddie was home – and that was probably exactly what she had intended – , but he'd be damned if he let her see him waiting up for her on the couch.
Of course, there was nothing to be worried about – she wouldn't get punch drunk and get herself into any trouble (like it could easily have happened to him in his earlier days, he thought a little ruefully), also she wouldn't flirt improperly or encourage any indecent behavior by men towards her. David smiled an ironic smile to himself; no, encouraging a guy to make a pass was not exactly something she was famous for. But still – it may be old-fashioned, but he simply didn't like the thought of Maddie going out alone – without him, that is – to a place where alcohol, short dresses and intoxicating music lowered any barriers and where it was highly likely for her to get hit on by men who had no business hitting on her. He knew, of course, that Maddie knock-'em-out Hayes of all women was surely able to defend herself and tell them to back off, but still...
The sound of clattering keys brought him down to earth from his thoughts, and he sat bolt upright in bed. A glance at the alarm clock told him it was a little after 2 am. Tit for that, he thought a little angrily, she had really gone the whole way to pay him back. But that would backfire, he swore to himself. He wouldn't give her the satisfaction to show his disapproval or annoyance. He would show her what it meant to be tolerant and trustful towards your partner in a committed relationship.
David's pricked up ears noticed that Maddie's steps seemed to be a little heavier than usual when she climbed up the spiral staircase. When he heard her approach the bedroom door, he quickly slumped back on his pillow and feigned sleep. The door was opened, and Maddie entered the room quite noisily. Obviously, she was a little tipsy; he knew her well enough to notice that even before she turned the lights on.
When the lights went on, he stirred a little and risked a one-eyed peek at her. She didn't look disheveled or anything, so it wasn't really bad. Of course not, he thought, she's Maddie Hayes. Always in control. She kicked off her pumps a little clumsily and sighed, then put her elegant evening purse on her vanity. It dropped to the floor with a surprisingly loud noise.
David saw his opportunity and sat bolt upright, pretending to have woken up from the thudding sound. Maddie looked at him with a slight twinge of guilt. “Oops,” she said a little sheepishly.
He ruffled his hair and yawned. “Oh, it's you,” he mumbled, making it sound deliberately nonchalant. “Hey.”
“Hey,” she replied in a firm, but not triumphant voice. “Go back to sleep. I'll be in bed in a minute.”
“Yeah,” he muttered and lay down again. He heard her rummage in the bathroom, and in about five minutes she slipped beneath the sheets beside him and curled up at his side. David wasn't going to give her the cold shoulder and turned slightly towards her. With an adorable little sigh she found her way into his arms, snuggled up to him closely and was asleep within the blink of an eye.
***
When David woke up, Maddie was still sound asleep. He took his time watching her for a few minutes, and a loving smile curled his lips when he drank her in. She had dutifully removed her make up, but a little black smear on her cheek, maybe from her mascara, showed that last night it had not been done as thoroughly as usual. Her skin was rosy, and her blonde locks curled softly around her face. Her full lips were slightly parted, and she snored softly. He sighed as he ran a finger down her cheek.
David stopped himself from kissing her awake and decided to head downstairs and fix some breakfast instead. Yes, that would underscore his point that he wasn't upset with her at all – and well, he had no reason to be. Surely, that would make her understand that she, on the other hand, had clearly overreacted the other night.
Carefully, not wanting to wake her up, David snuck across the room, heading towards the door. When he had almost reached it, he tripped over her purse that was still lying on the floor. He chuckled softly to himself. “My, my, my,” he murmured when he bent down to pick the purse up, “I thought there were rules in this house about messiness!”
He put the purse on her vanity and saw that a little white object had fallen out and was still lying on the floor. David bent down again and picked it up; it was a small rectangle card, a business card, obviously. He was just placing it on top of the purse, when a few scribbled lines on the back caught his attention. He frowned slightly and took a closer look.
“call me, babe,” it read, followed by a local phone number.
“What the fuck,” David murmured and turned the card around. He didn't recognize the name printed in front – Jonathan Edwards – , but then it didn't really matter. His angry glance wandered slowly over to Maddie, still peacefully asleep, looking like an innocent angel. Surely, there was an explanation for this. He was more than curious to hear it.
***
When Maddie opened her eyes, her head was feeling a little dull and heavy, although she didn’t actually have a headache. She hadn't drunk that much the previous night, she remembered, but it had been more than her usual limit, and that was enough to make her feel a little uncomfortable this morning. Well, at least she had managed to control herself and she had even called David to tell him not to wait up. Fair point well made, she thought, not without a little self-satisfaction.
“Rising and shining, Blondie blonde?” David said from the bedroom door, making her jump.
“David!” she exclaimed.
“At your service,” he replied with a smirk, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. He was carrying two steaming mugs of coffee and put them on the bedside table.
A little miffed now, aren't we, Addison? Maddie thought and was a little pleased. There you go.
“Thanks,” she smiled back and took the coffee.
“So,” David started and sat down at the edge of the bed. “I take it you had a nice time with your friends?”
“Oh yes, I did,” Maddie almost singsonged. “It was really nice to catch up.”
“And to dance?”
“That too,” she admitted and added honestly: “But, of course, it's never the same as dancing with you.” She gave him a smoldering look, but he seemed immune to it in a weird way, and she added a little defiantly: “Well, I'm sorry it got so late, but at least you didn't have to worry. I didn't forget to call you.” She took a deep breath and took a sip of her coffee. It was strong, black and smelled intoxicating.
“Oh no, you certainly didn't,” David replied and folded his arms. “Speaking of phone calls... who is Jonathan Edwards?”
Maddie frowned. “Who's that?”
“That's what I wanna know,” he insisted.
“And how am I supposed to know?” Maddie asked and put down her coffee cup, her voice and face a little annoyed. She had no idea what he was aiming at.
“Well,” David drawled and flipped something at her, a little white card, “I dunno, but you were carrying around his phone number in your purse.”
“What?” Maddie picked up the card and took a quick look at it; clueless at first, but then she remembered. The sleazeball that had made a pass at her when she had been just about to leave. “Oh, that!” She shrugged, but felt a little uncomfortable with it. “That was nothing. Just a guy who gave me his card.”
David leaned a little forward, and in his eyes she could see that he was really upset. “Just a guy who gives you his private phone number and calls you babe, and I can't help but wonder where he got the idea you'd be interested?”
“Interested?” Maddie echoed incredulously.
“Interested,” David repeated and said nothing more, waiting for her to speak – to defend herself? It dawned on her what he was aiming at, and she felt her temper rise. How could he?!
“I did nothing to give him any ideas,” she snapped. “I was leaving the club, and while I was passing him by, he grabbed me and shoved that card in my hand, that's all.”
“He grabbed you?!” David growled. “And he was still able to walk on two feet after that?”
“Oh well!” Maddie's voice was getting loud. “He grabbed my arm and stopped me, he knew my name, must have recognized me... that's all!”
“That's all?!” David echoed, his face a thundercloud.
“Yes, that's all!” Maddie pointed out icily, “and really, it's no big deal. That happens all the time. What was I supposed to do, throw the card back in his face?”
“Oh, you never had qualms throwing objects in my face,” David retorted and added: “You just could have said no thank you.”
She let out an exasperated sigh. “Oh David, come on!” She shook her head, her anger subsiding. For one second, she put herself in David's shoes mentally, and she quietly admitted that she would have wreaked hell if he had come home with anything like that in his pocket. She wanted him to understand that this really meant nothing. “Really, when you go to an event in the modeling business, you carry home a purse full of these cards, and many of them have the private number written on them.” She shrugged. “You don't want to be rude to a potential client, so you just take the cards and never use them. That's part of the business.”
David leaned a little forward and spoke in a very controlled voice that seemed to underscore his anger even more. “May I remind you that you are not in that business anymore,” he said, emphasizing his words with his vividly talking hands. “You could simply have said you're not interested.”
Maddie rolled her eyes. “Oh, come on! Now don't make such a big fuss about it. It meant nothing. I took it automatically, without thinking, all right? Next time I won't take any cards, okay?”
“Good!” David shot back. “Because accepting private phone numbers from random scumbags who think they can make a pass at you is not my idea of a woman who is in a committed relationship!”
Bang! That had backfired right into her face. Maddie knew she hadn't done anything really wrong, but she also knew that David was right. She would be furious with him if she were in his shoes.
She tried to placate him: “David...”
“Don't you David me!” he replied sharply. “For you, there are no-gos in a relationship, and that's fine. There should be. Well, we are in a relationship, and for me there are no-gos too. I don't expect you to say no if your girlfriends ask you to go out, to have some fun, to have some pink bubbly... but if any man shoves his private phone number in your hand, I damn sure expect you to respectfully tell him to fuck off!” He ruffled his hair, and that gesture – which was very often a sign of insecurity or confusion – combined with his anger touched her deeply.
“I know,” she answered quietly, “you're right.”
His jaw almost dropped. “I am?”
She nodded ruefully. “You are. I wasn't thinking. It meant nothing, but I should have said no. I'm sorry, David.” She shrugged. “I guess, just like you, I'm not yet used to having somebody at home waiting for me.”
Finally, there it was – David's half-smile. “I guess we're both still learning.” Unexpectedly, he took one of her hands and kissed it. “I'm sorry I was being an ass the other night,” he said. “I know I would have climbed the walls if you hadn't called last night. Now I can't promise that won't happen again, but I can promise that I'll be really really trying.”
Maddie nodded again. “Fair enough.”
David ran his left hand through her hair, and she shivered when his fingertips touched the base of her neck. “But you're the fairest of 'em all.” Playfully, she smacked his arm, and he caught her hand. “We good, babe?” he asked almost casually.
“Yes, Addison,” she replied with a smile that heated him up pdq, “we good.”
David cleared his throat. “Just for the record...” he held up the business card. “You wanna keep this?”
Maddie took it from his hand and crumpled it up. “No,” she answered and wrapped her arms around his neck. “I wanna keep this.”
“Well, I'm glad to hear that,” David purred a little smugly and pulled her close to him, claiming her mouth in a ravishing kiss that cleared all the cobwebs in her head and left her breathless and dizzy. She let out a soft little moan when a wave of arousal washed over her, and David's right hand went to the back of her head and cupped it while his mouth went down the side of her throat, making her squirm against his lips. His left hand took her right one and placed it on the huge bulge in his sweatpants. “I assume you wanna keep this too...” he murmured against her feverish skin, and automatically her hand closed around him through his pants, feeling him, and bolt of lightning shot right through her, and she felt her desire pool right between her legs. God, had it been more than two days already? David chuckled softly. “Yeah, you definitely wanna keep this...”
“David,” she breathed, “wait...” she made an attempt to wriggle out of his embrace, and he was startled for a moment.
“What's wrong?” He wasn't letting go of her.
“Just let me shower first,” she said, “I'm all sweaty.”
David ran his eyes up and down her body which made her shiver and burn at the same time and slowly shook his head. “Not enough,” he declared in a voice that was rough with desire and pushed her back down on her pillow. Almost in one single move, he pulled his t-shirt over his head – it landed on the floor – and pinned her body down to the mattress with his. Maddie gasped when she felt his muscular bare chest press down on her breasts that were already aching for him, and his rock hard dick pushing against her thigh through his sweats made her pant in eager anticipation, and automatically, her legs opened a little.
His hands roamed over her body with a sensual, but firm, possessive touch. “It's been more than two days,” he almost growled, “and we fought twice. Do you really think I care if you smell like water lily body wash?” He buried his face between her voluptuous breasts and inhaled deeply. “Besides, you smell great...”
“Oh, David...” Maddie sighed and grabbed his hair with both hands while his mouth found her nipples through the silk of her nightie and teased them expertly while he put his left hand firmly between her legs and stroked her through her already wet silk panties in the way that made her crazy. She opened her legs wider and pushed her aching center against his strong hand, wanting more, wanting it now. “Oh God, please...” she panted and reached down with both hands, tugging at the waistband of his sweatpants.
David chuckled again, his voice hoarse and laced with sex and hunger. “Missed me, huh?” He pulled down his pants and his boxers with one hand, the other hand still petting her throbbing center, she moaned loudly when he slid between her legs. He covered her mouth with his and kissed her with all the pent-up passion he had been carrying around for the last three days, and when she almost whimpered with need he gasped into her mouth: “Yeah, I missed you too.” His hand stopped petting her and pushed the wet silk of her panties aside. “This much,” he said and pushed his whole length into her with one deep, forceful thrust that made her claw at his back and cry out his name.
“Yeah baby, I'm here... tell me how much you missed me,” he demanded, while he was pounding into her with increasing speed, “come on, show me!” Maddie lifted her hips and met his every thrust with equal passion, gasping completely unintelligible words into his neck, and she had him enveloped between her legs, the soles of her feet at the back of his thighs, pressing him even further into her.
They were both so heated up that their climax was near; as usual, feeling Maddie about to fall apart underneath him, gave David the ultimate kick to muster all his strength for the finish. “Let go, babe, let go,” he spurred her on, “come for me, don't hold back... don't worry, I promise this won't be the last for today...”
And as if this was the confirmation she needed, Maddie screamed his name one last time before her body was shaken by an uncontrollable orgasm so intense that she almost threw him off of her. That was enough motivation for David, and he allowed himself to explode into a million pieces inside her.
Afterward, they both needed a few minutes to regain their breaths, their senses and their ability to move as much as a little finger. David was the first to find his voice again, although it sounded a little croaky.
He lifted himself on both elbows, his body still covering hers, and said: “Now you're sweaty.”
Maddie laughed. “So are you,” she purred back and pushed him off of her; he yelped in protest. “In fact, I think I'm not the only one who needs a shower...” She winked at him suggestively and swung her long legs out of the bed. Even if they felt a little rubbery after the rough ride they had just taken, Maddie felt wonderfully weightless as she sauntered towards the bathroom door, pulling her crumpled silken nighty over her head and dropping it to the floor.
David folded his arms behind his head and pursed his lips appreciatively, eyeing her from her head to her toes. She had expected him to follow her on her heels; when he made no move to do so, she pulled off her now damp and sticky panties and turned around, deliberately slowly, showing off her perfect butt, swaying her hips maybe a little more than usual. When she had reached the bathroom door, she threw him a seductive glance and let her undies fall on the plush carpet before she slipped into the bathroom. She knew David would follow her in a few moments.
Maddie brushed her teeth, splashed water in her face and took her time to study herself in the mirror. She couldn't help but smile at her reflection, and loved what she saw: she looked absolutely relaxed, sated and happy. Her face was flushed, her eyes shining, her mouth rosy and swollen and her hair a total mess; in short words, she looked like she'd been thoroughly fucked. And the best thing about that was that it was the man who deeply loved her who had put her in that blissful state. Plus, she had the pleasant feeling that they had taken another step ahead in their relationship, reached another level of understanding – it just seemed to get better and better every day.
Humming to herself, Maddie stepped in the shower and turned the water on, and as if on cue, David entered the bathroom and slipped into the shower beside her.
“What took you so long?” she teased.
He lightly bit her shoulder. “What made you so sure I would follow you?”
She laughed. “You can't resist me.”
David was delighted about her playfulness and reached for the bottle of body wash. “So smug today, aren't we, Miss Hayes?”
He was about to start to soap her body when Maddie turned around and surprised him by taking the bottle out of his hand. “My treat,” she said firmly and squeezed a generous amount of shower gel into her hand, rubbed her hands together and started to run them all over David's wet body in long, soft strokes over his long arms and lazy circles over his well-toned chest, her gaze following her hands, her lips slightly parted, obviously enjoying what she saw.
David, for once, remained silent and just watched her doing what she was doing, as he studied her facial expression that was full of affection and desire, even devotion. He loved playing the bossy part in the bedroom – it came naturally to him – and he knew Maddie liked that too, but every once in a while he also enjoyed it when Maddie took the initiative and made a bold move at him.
“I had no idea getting clean could be so much fun,” he murmured and watched her hands glide down over his stomach, following his treasure trail and finally reaching his dick that had once again come to life the moment her hands had started their sensual journey over his body. When her right hand gripped him firmly, he gasped, and she smiled triumphantly, enjoying the power she had over him.
“See, sometimes you can learn from me too,” she replied, got down on her knees in front of him and took him into her mouth, taking him in completely and slowly pulling him out again. David groaned and let his head fall back against the wall of the shower stall. “Mmmmmmh,” Maddie purred, “you taste so good when you're so clean and fresh, like heaven with a sprinkle of hell...”
Then she guided him into her perfect mouth again, using her tongue and teeth just the way she knew he loved; while the warm water rained down on them, Maddie increased her rhythm steadily, and soon her head was bobbing frantically on his throbbing member, her wet locks flowing on his dick until he had to entangle both hands in her hair and push his hips forward in sync with her moves to intensify the sensation.
“Oh God, Maddie,” he groaned, “you're killing me... don't stop...”
But she had no intention of stopping, and a few moments later he came in a rush of ecstasy that left him with a spinning head, and could have sworn he saw a rainbow in the dancing water droplets spraying above his head.
Slowly, Maddie rose to her feet and steadied herself against him, her own head spinning a little. She was happy to see the expression of total bliss on his face, and that she was the one who put it there; she loved that she had that power over him.
“You ambushed me,” he said, still short of breath.
She laughed. “You can pay me back later,” she replied and playfully shoved him out of the shower stall, ignoring his protest. “Now it's my turn to get clean.”
David shook his head, still a little dizzy, and started to dry himself off with a towel. “You won't stay clean for long,” he murmured to himself, a wicked smirk playing around his lips.
When Maddie came out of the bathroom a few minutes later she felt her legs turn to rubber as her eyes landed on David standing next to the bed bare ass naked; his rock hard dick wrapped like a present with two of her dark blue silk scarves tied in an enormous bow around the shaft of his cock.
Her eyes followed his hand moving up and down on his dick. She gulped as she tried to form words. “I thought you were going downstairs to put on some fresh coffee.”
David turned his dick in her direction as his hand continued stroking it languidly. “I changed my mind.” He began to walk toward her still working on his cock. “I thought about what a bad girl you were last night.”
His words and the tone of his voice made goose bumps spread all over her body. She had no idea what he was up to now, but she knew it would lead up to her screaming his name again soon. Maddie couldn’t move her legs; she stood like a statue as David neared her. Her gaze moved from his dick to the smoldering look in his cat green eyes. “I was?” She croaked out shakily. He had promised earlier her orgasm wouldn't be the last one for today, and she knew he was about to keep that promise. Her loins were already on fire for him again.
David nodded slowly. “You was.” He stood in front of her and grabbed her ass with his free hand and pulled her against his rock hard body. He pulled off her short silk robe quickly, it puddled at her feet forgotten as she opened her legs and pushed her dampness against his thigh. “I think you need to learn a lesson.” He pinched her butt. “Don’t you?” David purred into her ear. He gave her his predator look, and she felt her knees shake. He could stand up to her in their daily lives, which was sometimes unnerving but nevertheless important to her, but when he got all bossy in the bedroom, she turned to nothing but putty in his expert hands.
Maddie felt David’s pinch on her butt cheek and it shot a bolt of heat to her already flaming hotbox. She looked into David’s eyes and saw a devilish glint in their depths that sent a delightful shiver down her spine in a dizzying mix of arousal and anticipation of something wild and unknown and therefore maybe a little dangerous... but so erotic. The words take me, hold me, use me, abuse me came to her mind. “I promise to be good from now on.” She wrapped her hand around his cock. “is this my present?” She whispered. “I thought I was bad?”
David chuckled as he pulled her hair to tilt her head back as his teeth lightly bit into her neck. He reached down and pulled the scarves off of his dick. “My cock is always my gift to you but,” he waved the scarves in front of her face. “I’m going to use these to make sure you stay here where you belong and don’t let any strange men hand you their phone numbers.”
Maddie pulled back, a little irritated. “David, I…”
“No more excuses!” David voice was gruff and Maddie felt the tingling between her legs intensify; she opened them wider.
David smacked Maddie on her ass then pushed her a bit roughly on the bed; before she knew what was happening her wrists were tied with the scarves to the wrought iron headboard, and for a second she felt uncomfortable, not sure at all she'd like this. “David, no!” Maddie tried to escape from her bonds but the more she struggled the tighter they got.
“Shhh babe,” David sat down beside her and touched her face, a gesture that calmed her immediately. She looked at him, and his green eyes were still a predator's eyes but also full of love and reassurance. “I’m gonna make you feel so good, honey.”
And just like that, Maddie wasn’t scared at all anymore, she was actually immensely turned on by the idea of being David’s prisoner; he could do whatever he wanted to her and she couldn’t stop him. And she knew whatever he was going to do, it would be awesome. Involuntarily, she found her legs spreading open wantonly. “Oh, David...”
Blazing green eyes wandered over her body; the intensity of his gaze actually felt like fire brands over her body. She licked her lips in anticipation as David winked down at her. He kneeled on the bed over her and took his red hot cock in his hand. He held it up in front of her face. “See this?” Maddie nodded. “This owns you.” She nodded again. Her tongue reached out to touch him but he chuckled as he moved slightly back so that her tongue missed his dick. “Just lie still, babe.” He ordered. “Just do as I say.”
Maddie could never resist David being the boss in the bedroom; it turned her on incredibly. She could feel her desire pooling between her legs; she raised her hips off the mattress. Another chuckle from David. “Can’t wait babe, can you?” He whispered as he began to trace the contours of Maddie’s body with the head of his cock. The sensation was incredible. It always filled her with wonder that something so hard and strong could be covered by such delicate skin. “Like this?” He asked as he rubbed his cock over that spot on her neck, he heard her moan with pleasure and he smiled down at her with a wicked glint in his eye, “I know you love my big dick, and,” his cock traveled over her throat, and she swallowed hard, “if you want it,” down her neck “to be only yours,” he bent his head and whispered in her ear as his dick moved down to her breasts, “then you are only mine,” he spent a few extra seconds rubbing his now pulsating cock on her hard nipples, “all mine, baby,” he massaged her voluptuous breasts slowly, “these belong to me and only me.” His voice was melted caramel mixed with a gruff bossiness that melted her further into the mattress.
He continued the erotic journey down over her belly and then up and down between her legs. “And I own this, sweetheart,” he purred dangerously as he moved his throbbing cock over the inside of her thighs to her flaming loins. “I can touch it, fuck it; me and only me,” he stroked her harder, “got that?”
Maddie’s answer was a guttural growl that sounded like, “yessss!!” She was gasping with the sensations that David was evoking in her body. The feel of the silk scarves on her wrists biting into her skin and his throbbing member stroking her body was making her crazed with passion. Her head was thrashing from side to side as her body flamed with desire. When David began to stroke her swollen nub with the head of his cock she ricocheted into one of the most intense orgasms she had ever felt. Her screams reverberated off the walls of her bedroom as her body bucked spasmodically on the bed. As the waves of her orgasm began to subside she was instantly pushed off the edge into another one as David plunged into her and began to fuck her hard pressing her down firmly into the mattress and using his entire body to give her pleasure.
David pushed into Maddie with one strong thrust and as he felt her pulsating around him he came with such a rush that he felt the top of his head had been blown off. Time was suspended as the couple found their release in each other; finally they spiraled back to earth.
As soon as he was able to move again, David reched for Maddie's wrists and freed them of the silk scarves, pulling her into a close embrace. She snuggled into his arms willingly.
"This time you ambushed me," she murmured.
David's gaze searched for her eyes, and when he saw she looked sated, happy and playful, he kissed her deeply before commenting smugly: "And you loved it."
"Kind of," she admitted, and he chuckled.
Maddie laughed too, and after a few moments David said: "I was serious, you know?"
She frowned slightly. "About what?"
"That you're mine," he explained. "I mean, I never liked it when a guy other than me was ogling you, but now that we're... we're an US..." She smiled, but didn't say anything, and he went on: "Well, it may surprise you, but I've always been the jealous type."
Maddie snuggled even closer into his arms and murmured happily against his chest: "I've always known that," she replied, "and I love that, too."
"Good," David replied, not less happily.
"And I've always been the jealous type, too," Maddie admitted.
David chuckled. "And don't I know that." She elbowed him lovingly. "Ouch!" he yelped. "But I'm very fond of that pretty green-eyed snake."
"Good."
By the time they finally got out of bed, it was early afternoon, and they were starving. For the rest of the day, a good time was had by all.
****
The next week sped by. Agnes and Bert were talking about moving in together so David and Maddie became sounding boards for the other couple’s worries and concerns. Maddie was sitting in her office relaxing for a change, David was out with Bert and Agnes had just left her office a minute before. Agnes had in her DiPesto way asked Maddie if it was strange living and working with David. Maddie was happy to share her bliss with Agnes but her joy was tempered by a general feeling of fatigue. Making love to all hours with David was heaven but she had to get used to less sleep. Oh most nights she was still in bed by 9:30 she giggled inwardly but she was doing other things instead of sleeping which was fine with her. She shook her head as she thought about how their late nights seemed to have no negative effect on David but then she remembered he was used to little sleep. Maddie could not wait for the weekend.
***
David was sprawled out on the sofa watching the baseball game on TV; he was wearing only a pair of shorts and a ripped t-shirt and was munching on a slice of pizza his eyes were glued to the TV screen. It was Sunday and David was enjoying a relaxing afternoon watching America’s favorite pastime. David took a bite out of the pizza and inwardly smiled as a commercial came on.
Maddie looked into the room and saw David eating greasy pizza on her pristine couch, a ripped open bag of chips spilled its contents on the cluttered coffee table (cluttered with empty beer bottles and the white pizza box with a half-eaten pizza) a pair of gym socks and his muddy sneakers trailed across the foyer. She shook her head in annoyance. How many times had she told David that his messiness bothered her! Did he forget or did he just not care? But when she looked back at David with his unshaven face and hair sticking out all over his head she swallowed her ire as a bolt of heat hit her right between her legs. Damn that man, even when she wanted to strangle him she could get aroused just by the sight of him.
Maddie sighed longingly as she strolled into the room. She had just showered and was dressed only in her short satin robe with nothing underneath. She undid the tie of her robe and let it hang loosely around her hips as she picked up the trail of David’s clothes that littered the floor. David waved at Maddie not really paying attention to her or what she was doing.
“What do you want to do about dinner?” Maddie asked as she tried to get his attention. She was horny and she wanted him badly. Since the first time they had made love she wanted him with a desperate need but these last couple of weeks her libido seemed to be out of control. She couldn’t get enough of him and was beginning to think that she was wearing him out. Oh not that he was complaining she smiled to herself. She looked over her shoulder at David who was staring glassy-eyed at the TV. She knew that when David was watching a sports game all his attention was on the small screen in front of him but she aimed to change that this afternoon.
“Whatever you want is fine with me.” He answered without looking at her. The Dodgers were playing the Phillies and David never knew who to root for. His allegiance had always been with his home town team the Phils but since he moved to LA he had also become a Dodger fan, so watching the two teams play against each other was exciting but also weird.
Maddie figured she would have to take desperate measures to get that man’s attention from the ballgame to her. She slowly walked across the living room until she was almost directly in front of David. She turned her back to him and bent over to pick up a napkin that was on the carpet; and when she bent over her robe hitched up to reveal her curvy butt.
David was just about to ask Maddie to move when she bent over and his focus was immediately transferred from the game to her naked ass that was practically in his face. His dick came straight to attention as his arms reached out and pulled Maddie on his lap. His lips nuzzled her neck as his hand crept up her thigh. She opened her legs in welcome as his fingers played between her legs; stroking, rubbing and petting her until she was squirming on his lap. The feel of his huge boner rubbing against her ass was fueling her arousal.
“You like that baby?” David whispered his interest in the ballgame forgotten. Maddie’s moans were his answer. “You really want to get laid huh?” David chuckled against her mouth as he pulled her robe slowly off her shoulders. Maddie pulled his head against her breasts; his lips immediately began to suck on her swollen nipples. “God Maddie I think my playing with your boobs had caused them to grow, honey.” His big hands fondled her breasts lovingly. “They are just perfect.” He murmured as his tongue made love to them. Maddie’s hands pulled down David’s shorts and she wrapped her hand around his huge erection while David continued to caress her tender breasts. “Feels good babe?” David purred into her mouth.
Maddie was so aroused she knew she was about to come; David was petting her throbbing core and when his mouth closed over her nipple she fell off the edge as her body began to spasm into a mind shattering orgasm that had he screaming out David’s name. The speed and intensity of her orgasms had also increased over the last weeks. She felt as if she could come all day.
David pushed Maddie down onto the couch and thrust his dick into her throbbing hotbox. His hands were running all over her body, his mouth was purring into her ear – I’m gonna fuck you so good baby, yeah keep coming for me, you love my big dick, God babe you are so hot – as he plunged into her over and over until they both fell into a whirlpool of passion that had them panting against each other. When they came back to reality David pulled Maddie on to his lap. He nuzzled her neck as his hands ran over her legs. “I still can’t believe this…” his hands wandered over her nude body,” and this…” His fingers played between her legs. “Is all mine.”
Maddie giggled and opened her legs wider. She couldn’t get enough of him and his love making. “And I can’t believe that this…” She held his half hard dick in her hand. “Is mine.” She licked his lips. “And I love how it is getting bigger in my hand… again.”
David put his arms around her waist and moved her on his lap until she was straddling him with her legs on either side of his body. He pushed his once again rock hard dick into her and heard her grunt in pleasure. Maddie took control this time as she pushed her loins down on to him until he was as deep as he could go and then she moved her hips up and down. David’s hands were still on her waist as he began to move matching her movements until they whirled out of control both crying each other’s names out in ecstasy.
“Wow!” David wrapped Maddie in his arms; he was still inside of her. Maddie put her head on his shoulder happy just to be in his arms. Finally they untangled themselves from one another. David pulled on his shorts while Maddie bent down to retrieve her robe.
Suddenly she felt light headed and dizzy; she swayed on her feet and grabbed hold to David’s arm. He looked into her pale face and was instantly worried. He gently pulled her back in his lap. “What’s the matter sweetheart?” David pushed back her damp hair off her white face. “You feeling ok?”
The wooziness wore off and Maddie just felt tired; she realized she was always tired lately. Maybe she was coming down with the flu. “No, I feel better now.” Maddie shook her head. “I just felt dizzy.” She kissed his lips and stood up.
“You sure?” David was concerned. She had been chalk white a minute ago. “You want to go to the doctor or something?”
Maddie laughed and shook her head. “I’m fine David.” She insisted, she did feel better and was suddenly ravenous. “How about if I make us something to eat?” she offered.
David shook his head. “No I’ll order in.” He smirked. “You’re sick enough.”
Maddie kicked him playfully as she went to get the various take out menus.
***
David woke up to the sounds of Maddie retching in the bathroom. He instantly jumped up and ran to her. He found her leaning against the toilet looking almost green. He bent down next to her. “What’s the matter honey?”
When Maddie woke up this morning overcome with nausea she began to put two and two together and came up with – three. Her, David and a baby. She was nervous over how David may take this new development in their relationship. She knew she was happy that David’s baby was growing inside her but how would he feel about it? She looked up into his concerned face. “Must have been something I ate.” She pushed herself to her feet and forced a smile on her face. Suddenly she felt a bolt of fear rise in her belly. Maybe David would think she tricked him? Maybe he wouldn’t want a baby so early in their relationship? Maybe he wasn’t ready for such a huge commitment and responsibility? Then Maddie stopped her whirling thoughts for a minute. Was she ready? How did she feel about the possibility that David’s baby might be growing inside of her?
“But we ate the same thing.” David told her. “You sure you don’t want to go to the doctor?” He hated the idea that she wasn’t feeling well.
Maddie wasn’t paying attention to what David was saying. All her concentration was focused on her jumbled thoughts.
“Earth to Maddie.” David called to her. “Really are you ok?”
“I’m fine David.” Maddie told him as she pulled off her nightgown and turned on the shower. “Fine.” She got into the shower and let the water run over her as her thoughts turned once again to a baby. Her hands instinctively went to her still flat belly. She had to find a way to get to the drugstore and get a pregnancy test without alerting David. She didn’t want to say anything to him until she was sure she was expecting.
Maddie kept up a steady stream of conversation on the drive to work; she felt nervous and on edge and didn’t want David to suspect anything. They separated when they reached the agency; David left with Bert to do some follow up leg work on a case while Maddie headed to her office.
A few minutes later when she was sure David had left the office with Bert she peeked her head out of her office. Agnes was busy typing a letter and the staff seemed to be busy with whatever it was they did to earn their money (reviewing files, cold calls, etc.). Maddie placed her purse firmly under her arm and headed for the exit. She wanted to run down to the drugstore to buy a pregnancy test but for some reason she felt like she was sneaking to do something wrong. She nonchalantly walked toward the door but stopped short when Agnes called to her.
“Miss Hayes! Are you leaving already? You just got here.”
“No, no Agnes I just ripped my pantyhose and wanted to run down to the drugstore to get another pair.”
Agnes peered over her desk and looked down at Maddie’s legs. “I don’t see a run.”
Maddie was getting slightly annoyed. “The run is under my skirt Miss DiPesto.” She told her firmly adding a glare along with her words.
“Oh, ok.” Agnes stood up. “Do you want me to go? I was thinking of going to buy some gum?”
Maddie shook her head. “No, that’s ok. I’ll get your gum. What kind do you want?” Maddie’s voice sounded shaky to her own ears. She raced out before Agnes could answer.
Agnes looked after Maddie with confusion. “Weird.” She mumbled as she resumed her typing.
When she returned to the office, Maddie handed Agnes a pack of gum then raced into her office and closed the door. She thought she would be able to wait until she got home to take the test but staring at the drugstore bag in her hand Maddie knew that she was fooling herself. She locked her office door, walked into the bathroom and locked that door. She took out the contents of the bag; three different brands of pregnancy tests. She said a silent prayer not even sure herself what she was praying for and opened the first box….
15 minutes later Maddie was staring at three different tests sticks all with the same results told in three different ways. Her wide blue eyes gazed at them for what seemed like the hundredth time: two double lines, a + and a yes. She was definitely having David’s baby….