Hetty and Ryan: Overcome

California

It was the day before winter break, and Ryan's stomach was buzzing with more excitement than he had ever felt as a child on Christmas morning. He and Hetty would leave directly from work on a road trip to California.

Ryan had booked a one-night stopover reservation at a quaint, cabin-style hotel in Oregon. The photos online had shown beds with white feather comforters and fluffy cloudlike pillows, and all he could think about was making passionate love to Hetty atop one of those fairytale cabin beds.

After their first time together on the retreat, he was convinced he would never look at a cabin in the same way again.

"Pst!" Hetty was standing in the doorway to his office, her rose-pink cheeks glowing.

"Hey, gorgeous." Ryan stood up as she entered his office, and he was unable to contain himself. He shut the door behind her and pressed her up against it gently. Shocked (though not really) to realize how hard he was already, Ryan pushed his lower body against hers as he desperately put his hands up her blouse and caressed her with reckless abandon.

"Ryan!" she scolded, but he could tell her body didn't actually want him to stop.

"Oh my God," he groaned softly, his arousal pushing hard into her, his breath erratic. They kissed, and he felt panicked at the thought of not being able to take her right here in his office. His brain could not conceive of the possibility of stopping.

She finally shoved him away, hands firmly on his chest, just as there was a knock on the door.

Ryan ran his hands through his hair in frustration, then opened the door to discover Jason. He glanced behind him and found Hetty was sitting in his desk chair, actually looking quite comfortable and nonchalant.

"Hey, guys! What'cha doing?" Jason drawled out teasingly.

"Not too much, just getting my office shut down for the break so I can hit the road with my girl."

"Is it me, or is it hot in here?" Jason fanned himself with the small stack of papers he was holding.

"Oh, shut up," replied Ryan dryly, still looking hot and bothered from before.

"Good thing it was just me. This room is on fire! You two better be careful about messing around here at work."

"This is the first time it's happened. We just kissed," defended Ryan in a hushed voice. He saw Hetty cover her mouth with her hand to stifle her reaction.

"The first time, in the whole two weeks you've been together. Impressive!" shot back Jason.

"Three weeks," Ryan corrected him.

"My mistake!" Jason gasped in melodramatic repentance.

"Do you need something?" snapped Ryan playfully. "Because we are trying to get out of here."

"Nothing. Just came to say Merry Christmas, man." He gave Ryan a hug, then Hetty. "And, congratulations." He winked, looking genuinely happy for them.

"Merry Christmas!"

Once they were in the car, Ryan leaned across to Hetty so his mouth was right by her ear - her weak spot.

"To be honest, behaving myself at work for a full three weeks is impressive, in my humble opinion. You drive me so wild." He tried to kiss her, but she moved her head back slightly.

"Mmm, mmm," Hetty gently scolded, shaking her head. "Jason is right. We can't be doing any of that stuff on school property. I don't want to get fired - I love this school."

"Well, then we better hurry up and get to the hotel, because you're driving me freaking insane right now. You had to change into those yoga pants for the drive?"