Getting back to "Normal" | Rhekker

Chapter 39- Storm

Connor woke early in the morning, his alarm clock read 04.21am, still just under two hours before they had to be up. He looked back to Ava who was lying on her side with her back to him. Connor pulled himself up in the bed and sat against the head board. He brushed her hair off her neck and placed two fingers just under the jaw.

Connor brought his face closer to her, watching the slow rise and fall of her chest, feeling her pulse under his fingers. Ava stirred under him, feeling his breath and touch, rolling onto her back.
"I'm okey, baby" she tugged his arm, wanting him to come back to the mattress. Connor lay next to her and Ava kissed the top of his head. She brought his hand to her chest so he could feel her heart.
"I'm okey" she exhaled, closing her eyes. Connor snuggled into her chest, tangling their legs together.
"Go to sleep, surgery tomorrow" she encouraged him.
"Night" Connor kissed her neck.
"Mhm" Ava hummed, her eyes still closed.

Connor woke for the second time, finally getting up for work. He kissed Ava on the forehead, letting her get an extra few minutes before their alarm went off. Connor went into he kitchen and made the first coffee of the day, setting Ava's in a to go cup to keep it warm.
Ava wandered it onto the kitchen a few moments later, wanting to find Rhodes. She came up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist kissing his bare shoulder. Connor always slept with just boxers on, letting Ava have her pick of old t-shirts of his she could wear to bed.
"I missed you in bed this morning" she told him, resting her cheek against his warm back. Connor pushed the item that he was looking at away and turned to face Ava, giving the lightest of morning kisses.
"Morning" he kissed her again.
"What was that?" Ava asked, having noticed him push something away.
"Nothing Avey" he tried to pull her closer to him but Ava broke free grabbing the paper from the table.

The other women in Rhodes life, what happened to Robyn Charles?
Connor Rhodes, son of late business man Cornelius Rhodes, spotted with the elusive Ava Becker, a colleague, enemy, or more?

Before Connor could defended Ava, she spoke first, "Is my name really that difficult for Americans?"
"What?" This was not the thing he expected Ava to latch onto.
Ava pointed to were her name was spelt B-E-C-K-E-R, and not B-E-K-K-E-R.
"No Avey, your name is perfectly easy to spell" he assured her.
"We look happy" Ava ran her to tongue along her teeth, anyalsing the photo. It was clearly taken right outside the theatre from the other night. Connor had lifted Ava up off the ground a little, she hand on hand supporting her on his shoulder and the other on his neck. By the looks of it they had just kissed and were pulling away, a smile on both their lips.
"You're not mad, or upset?" He asked, studying her face.
"No, I expected something like this, I don't love the insinuation that I'm the other women, though"
Connor wrapped his arms around her shoulders, bring her into his chest.
"You know you're my only girl"
Ava hummed into his chest, looking up to him as she brought a hand to his heart.
"Actually, I think I might be a bit shaken, you know, from the shock of this. You might need to come with me to the shower to make sure I'm okey" she batted her eyelashes up to him.
Connor quickly scoop her into his arms and carried her to the bathroom. They discarded their clothes and got under the water -the paper forgotten on the counter.

They arrived to work four minutes late because of that morning's activities.
"And where were you two?" Maggie asked as they hurried in.
"Traffic" They said simultaneously, taking their dampened jackets off in a hurry.
"Really?"
"Yes, it's tipping down out there" Ava stressed before running off to CT.
Maggie turned to Nat and raised her eyes brows, Natalie chuckled and shook her head, setting down a copy of that mornings paper.

*

"Hey Connor, Ava's shifts already over, and the rains getting pretty heavy out there. Ethans already here to take over from you, why don't you and Ava head home together" Maggie suggested.
"Thanks Maggie" Connor touched her arm before running off to the doctors lounge. Ava was curled up on the small sofa reading her book. She was leaning so far over the edge of the sofa to be as close to the radiator as possible she was nearly falling off it.
"Avery" Connor exhaled, leaning down to kiss her.
"Maggie let you off early?" Ava questioned, closing her book.
"Yep" Connor leaned over her, brushing his lips to hers once more.
"Let's get home before the rain gets heavier" he pulled her to her feet, handing her a jacket.
They said goodbye to their friends and left the ED.
Ava sherriked as the cold rain hit her, "Come on!" Connor laughed, pulling her through the car park. They jogged hand in hand through the car park, laughing at the silliness of it all.