each other and see how we feel about things?” Bal put her coffee cup down, the flush of bright rose on her cheeks deepened.
Surjan’s dark eyes widened at her words and he gave her a small smile. “Seriously, you’d be prepared to go out with me?”
“Yes, unless of course you don’t want to?” Bal’s cheeks reddened to scarlet.
“You have a very sweet nature. You must have, to be quite so forgiving. I’d very much like to see you again, maybe show you I’m not what you might think.”
“Perhaps we could go for a meal together?” Bal said.
“Yes. I’d love to. I know a very good place where the pasta is great.” He smiled at Bal and snatched a gulp of coffee.
“I love Italian food.”
“Would tomorrow be too soon?”
“No, tomorrow would be fine.”
“I don’t close the practice until six. So, shall I pick you up here about seven thirty?” Surjan asked.
“Okay, I’ll be ready.”
“Cedar, do we do the wish thing now?” Poppy asked.
“No, not yet there’s no need, we’ll save it for tomorrow. They’re doing fairly well on their own tonight.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, my sweet. Tomorrow, that’s when we do it, give them a bit more time and then it will work like a dream. Can we go back to the nest now?” He settled his warm arm about her.
“If yer wish. I can’t wait to find out what’s happened to Keri and Lucy.”
“You know, my sweet bud, you can get too involved with mortals.” He leaned down to kiss her.
“But they are so much fun,” she whispered.
“Aye, now let’s go and I’ll explain all about the new court fashion I’d love yer to try.”
“Is it anything like the saris?” she asked as they made their way to the kitchen window.
“No, my flower, not quite, I’ll tell you about it when we’re back in the nest.”
* * * *
She stared at him open mouthed and shook her head. “The fashion is for babies. Fairy babies?” she whispered.
“Aye, ’twas why I left the court to do fly about. So many fairies all wanting babes of their own, I couldn’t have stayed. I thought I wouldn’t want to be part of such a thing. I’ve never known anyone I would have thought it right to make a baby with. But Poppy, with ye, I could. I would love to make a baby with ye. A tiny Poppy. Why, she’d be as beautiful as ye are. ’Tis a very lovely thought.”
His words stole her breath. She shook her head. He was wrong about this, very wrong. She gulped.
“But Cedar,” she finally managed as she stroked over the glimmer of his chest. “I don’t think I’m ready for a baby, not yet. ’Tis a very big decision to make, something which would change my life forever,” she tried to explain.
“Not only yer life, but mine too, my sweet.” He traced a finger over the curve of her breast and left a wake of sensitized flesh that needed more of his touch.
“Yer don’t want me to decide right now, do ye?” she asked as he feathered kisses down below her jaw sending flashes of sensation over the rest of her body.
“No, not right now, but think about it, my flower.” His words caressed her like his hands, and she wrapped her fingers in his hair. While he covered her mouth with his and their tongues met, she did think about it for a few seconds. But all thought dissolved with the sweetness of his skin against hers as he lifted her dress and pulled it off. The heat of him throbbing against her melted her thoughts like ice caught in the sun.
* * * *
Later, as they lay cocooned together lazily caressing each other, she thought about a baby a little more. Not yet, I simply can’t do it. To have Cedar as a partner is one thing. But a baby would mean a commitment of years together. Would he really want to remain with me so long? She curled up against him. Perhaps I’ll think about it some more tomorrow . He is a wonderful fairy to have as a lover, and he is very clever. He knows so much about things I don’t.
But if I went back to the court with him, there’d be so
Surjan’s dark eyes widened at her words and he gave her a small smile. “Seriously, you’d be prepared to go out with me?”
“Yes, unless of course you don’t want to?” Bal’s cheeks reddened to scarlet.
“You have a very sweet nature. You must have, to be quite so forgiving. I’d very much like to see you again, maybe show you I’m not what you might think.”
“Perhaps we could go for a meal together?” Bal said.
“Yes. I’d love to. I know a very good place where the pasta is great.” He smiled at Bal and snatched a gulp of coffee.
“I love Italian food.”
“Would tomorrow be too soon?”
“No, tomorrow would be fine.”
“I don’t close the practice until six. So, shall I pick you up here about seven thirty?” Surjan asked.
“Okay, I’ll be ready.”
“Cedar, do we do the wish thing now?” Poppy asked.
“No, not yet there’s no need, we’ll save it for tomorrow. They’re doing fairly well on their own tonight.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, my sweet. Tomorrow, that’s when we do it, give them a bit more time and then it will work like a dream. Can we go back to the nest now?” He settled his warm arm about her.
“If yer wish. I can’t wait to find out what’s happened to Keri and Lucy.”
“You know, my sweet bud, you can get too involved with mortals.” He leaned down to kiss her.
“But they are so much fun,” she whispered.
“Aye, now let’s go and I’ll explain all about the new court fashion I’d love yer to try.”
“Is it anything like the saris?” she asked as they made their way to the kitchen window.
“No, my flower, not quite, I’ll tell you about it when we’re back in the nest.”
* * * *
She stared at him open mouthed and shook her head. “The fashion is for babies. Fairy babies?” she whispered.
“Aye, ’twas why I left the court to do fly about. So many fairies all wanting babes of their own, I couldn’t have stayed. I thought I wouldn’t want to be part of such a thing. I’ve never known anyone I would have thought it right to make a baby with. But Poppy, with ye, I could. I would love to make a baby with ye. A tiny Poppy. Why, she’d be as beautiful as ye are. ’Tis a very lovely thought.”
His words stole her breath. She shook her head. He was wrong about this, very wrong. She gulped.
“But Cedar,” she finally managed as she stroked over the glimmer of his chest. “I don’t think I’m ready for a baby, not yet. ’Tis a very big decision to make, something which would change my life forever,” she tried to explain.
“Not only yer life, but mine too, my sweet.” He traced a finger over the curve of her breast and left a wake of sensitized flesh that needed more of his touch.
“Yer don’t want me to decide right now, do ye?” she asked as he feathered kisses down below her jaw sending flashes of sensation over the rest of her body.
“No, not right now, but think about it, my flower.” His words caressed her like his hands, and she wrapped her fingers in his hair. While he covered her mouth with his and their tongues met, she did think about it for a few seconds. But all thought dissolved with the sweetness of his skin against hers as he lifted her dress and pulled it off. The heat of him throbbing against her melted her thoughts like ice caught in the sun.
* * * *
Later, as they lay cocooned together lazily caressing each other, she thought about a baby a little more. Not yet, I simply can’t do it. To have Cedar as a partner is one thing. But a baby would mean a commitment of years together. Would he really want to remain with me so long? She curled up against him. Perhaps I’ll think about it some more tomorrow . He is a wonderful fairy to have as a lover, and he is very clever. He knows so much about things I don’t.
But if I went back to the court with him, there’d be so
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