A New Era

After I had explained the scar on my hand to Nick we had settled into bed for what was left of the night. I was unable to fall asleep; I was still wound up from the emotionally charged goodbyes from earlier. Nick was drifting off to sleep while I lay in bed next to him as I had for the past eighteen years. I played with my rings in a desperate attempt to forget how painful the goodbyes were. Nick sensed my fidgety nature and started massaging my back in attempts to get me to relax.
“Leave work at the office, Jay.” Nick whispered.
“Wish I could.” I said as I continued to play with my rings.
“You need your rest.”
“No, I can run on little sleep. I’m a Shepard after all; it’s in my blood.”
“You’re also a Balboa and you need your rest.”
“I’ll be fine.” I said as I stopped fidgeting with my rings, sat up in bed, turned my bedside lamp on low and picked up some files that I had brought home with me.
“You are so much like Jen.”
“Ha, she did raise me; besides you were the one who started our fairy tale.”
“And I’ve loved every second of it.” Nick said as he grabbed the files I had picked up moments before and tossed them on the floor.
“Nick!!!”
“You’re tired, close those gorgeous brown eyes I fell in love with.” Nick said as he kissed me and turned off the light.
“Not before we do this.”
I kissed Nick’s sculpted body as I straddled him. Of course Nick didn’t resist as he let me do away with his drawstring lounge pants and boxers.
“So you want more?”
“Yes, I want more but I also want to forget about work and you’re the only one who can make me forget about all the pain.”
Nick took the verbal cue and removed the black lace lingerie I had on. Nick and I didn’t fall asleep until 4am that morning. Thankfully it was Saturday so we didn’t have to worry about getting the girls to school. JD had graduation rehearsal with Hannah and Leah at 10am. Then the actual graduation ceremony was at 4pm. JD had decided that she was going to follow in mine and Jen’s footsteps as far as what college she was going to attend in the fall. Jen and I were more than thrilled that she was going to Georgetown. Hannah and Leah had also decided to go to Georgetown in the fall.
It completely blew my mind at how fast everything was going. Between last night and the impending graduation, I was surprised that I was still sane. In my mind things were the way they were before. When JD was still my baby girl who loved to follow me around, loved to help me with her sisters and wanted to be just like me when she grew up. With that last thought I pushed everything on my mind aside and focused in on the moment.
Eighteen years of marriage and three kids later; Nick and I hadn’t lost our touch. It was as if we were still the people we were when we first started dating. I didn’t know where Nick stood on the subject of our sex life, but in my opinion it was still pretty damn good. Everything was familiar to say the least; Nick knew what I liked as I knew what he liked. Nick knew that I liked to be on top, what every little movement and sound meant. I barely had to utter a word when we were this in sync with each other.
This time when Nick and I had sex; it was beyond bliss, it was beyond anything we had experienced together before. Nick was on top, which left me on the bottom. I met Nick movement for movement, thrust for thrust. Before long he had me reminiscing back to our honeymoon, back to the night that we conceived JD. There were a few times where Nick got me to arch my abdomen towards him as he went on his hands and knees above me.
After a while Nick noticed that I was finally getting tired and we stopped for the night. Neither of us bothered to get back into our clothes, instead we stuck with the bedding to cover our bodies. Nick had let the bedding rest on his waist line letting it cover everything from his waist down. Of course the bedding covered me completely, from my shoulders up were the only things showing. The last thing I remember before falling asleep around 4am was Nick’s warm body against mine. It was always comforting to me when Nick and I were this close; it just went with the bond we had built over eighteen years of marriage.
Hours later we woke up at 10am to the sound of the twins knocking on our bedroom door telling us that JD had gone to graduation rehearsal and they were going for a run. Nick and I lay in bed for a bit before we reluctantly got out of bed. We lay in bed together much like Dr. Gregory House and Dr. Lisa Cuddy did in the seventh season premiere of Fox’s House MD, few years back. Nick replicated House by laying on top of the bedding with his laptop covering the part of his anatomy that had serviced me quite well the night before. I had on the other hand was mirroring Cuddy perfectly, I had one of the pillows covering my chest and the bedding covered me from the waist down; which left my back along with a side view of stomach as I laid on my stomach like Cuddy did in the premiere. Nick could never see what I liked about the show.
“You look like you are pretty happy with yourself.” I said.
“Where are you going?”
“To the bathroom, to shower before Jay and Joce get back from their run.”
“Oh, I really you would stay here in bed for me just a little bit longer.”
“I can tell that you want to join me.”
“Do you blame me? I have a hot boss and an even sexier wife.”
“Just do me a favor, Nick; and keep it professional when we’re at work. The last thing I need as the new Director is for the entire agency to think that I’m giving you any kind of special treatment because we’re married. I’m already getting slack from Vance and the other agencies’ Director for succeeding my sister.”
Nick nodded as he reluctantly watched me get out of our bed and walk into our master bath that was connected to our bedroom. I purposely left the bathroom door open since Nick was the only one in the adjoining room. The need for modesty was minuscule, he had seen everything the night before and we were married so I just left everything as is.
“Did I tell you today that you have a hot body?” Nick called to me.
“Okay, if you want me that badly why don’t you come do something about it?” I called back.
Nick got out bed as I stepped into the shower, then a few seconds later we were at it again. When I felt the temperature change in the water I knew we were no longer alone.
“It was fun while it lasted.” I said as I got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my body.
“It was too short, babe.”
“Je vous aime, vous savez que mais nous avons besoin d'une pause, c'est le temps pour prendre une pause de tout le sexe.”
“You know that I am not as well versed in the various world languages as you are. You know that my mind doesn’t switch between English and another language with the ease that yours does.”
“I know, love; it’s just so much fun to toy with you.”
Nick laughed as we both picked up on me reverting back to my free – spirited twenty – five year old self from years past.
“I love it when you’re this happy, Jay. It reminds me of the early days of our relationship.”
“I love you too.”
With that exchange, Nick and I got dressed and resumed our roles as parents.