Boston (Book 2 Rob and Caroline)

Future

"Good morning" Rob said kissing my neck to wake me up.

"It's boat day" I said getting out of bed.

"Well someone's excited, but we still have a little more time to lay here" Rob said pulling me back into bed and kissing me.

"Rob, not the time" I said pulling away, "we have coolers to pack and we need to get ready."

"I woke you up thirty minutes before you told me to" Rob said looking at me with pleading eyes.

"I have lots to do" I said shutting the bathroom door.

I walked out of the bathroom, "Caroline, do not wear that bikini" Rob said looking me up and down

I rolled my eyes "What's wrong with it? I thought you liked it?" I asked.

"I do, a little too much" Rob said, "please change."

"I'm not changing for you" I said with a laugh.

"I have a little something special planned for us when we get back tonight" Rob said getting out of bed.

"Can't wait" I said smiling I walked out and headed downstairs.

"I'll make coffee you just take a few minutes to sit" Rob said, pulling out two mugs "We are going to take a few minutes to sit on the beach and drink this."

"Sounds good to me" he got out the cream.

"Let's go" he said pecking me on the lips.

We walked outside and sat down in the sand. I held Rob's hand in mine. "You're mad that I didn't want to have sex this morning, aren't you?"

"I mean I'm not happy about it" Rob said, "we're young, sex should be a given, it shouldn't be this hard, and you turned me down last night so I just thought maybe this morning."

I tried to relax before answering, "Rob we're in a house full of family, I'm trying to work, you're injured, and we have a lot to do before we leave for the boat today." I feel bad, but how can he not realize everything we have going on?

"I know" Rob said, looking at me. "But it's like when we have sex that's our time and no one else gets to be involved."

"Is this not our time?" I asked looking at him. "Sitting here on the beach."

"Caroline I just crave that physical contact" Rob said

"We're cuddling" I said ready to argue.

"I crave that release, that bonding I get with you" Rob said, "and to an extent I can't help it. When I stop initiating that's when you'll need to worry."

"Rob, I don't mean to be difficult" I said, "but we can't have sex every time you feel horny."

"I get it," Rob said and kissed my temple, "I don't want to argue about this right now, let's just relax."

"But Rob, we just continually argue about this" I said, "we have to talk it out."

"Caroline the bottom line is I want to have sex and you don't" Rob said getting frustrated, "there's nothing to discuss."

"Rob it's not that I don't want to have sex" I said, "that's not it at all. I love making love to you, and I love that feeling and that connection, but I also have everything else going on and it's hard to juggle all of that and be like okay I've got an hour to just focus on us."

I thought about the pregnancy test I have in my bag, I still need to take it.

"But we need to take that time" Rob said, "that's what the issue is, it goes work, your family, the dog and then me, and then somewhere way farther down the list is our sex life."

"That's not completely true" I said, "I've made several sacrifices for our relationship lately. I did plan this trip."

"The issue is that our sex life should be above some things" Rob said.

"Rob, we've got a lot of family in the house" I said, which at this moment is the only excuse I have left.

"That doesn't mean we don't deserve time to ourselves" Rob said, "when we get back from the boat today. We're having alone time. The last time we had sex was two days ago, and that was two days too long."

"So what are we going to tell them?" I asked.

"Caroline, screw it. We don't get time for us, we're never the top priority. And we don't owe anyone an explanation. When the boat comes back in, we will stay for drinks and appetizers and then dip out and say we're having date night" Rob said, "I'm injured, the season is finally over. I want time with you before you get into super busy time in the spring."

"You know I do think it's hot when you take charge" I said leaning into him with a smirk.

"I'm gonna go make breakfast, you do whatever you gotta do to get ready" Rob said standing up.

I stood up, and we walked inside. "I love you" I said wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing him.

"Love you too babe" he said pulling away.

"Alright, we gotta be out of here in less than an hour" I said excitedly before walking upstairs. I packed my beach bag and took a deep breath. As of yesterday, I realized there's a chance I could be pregnant. I should probably find out before we go out drinking today. I mean there's no way I could actually be pregnant, he uses condoms and I'm on birth control. Would it be a bad or a good surprise if I was pregnant?

I sat on the toilet and peed on the stick. Standing watching it for what seemed like forever.

It's negative. I took a deep breath, I don't know why deep down I had some hope that it could be positive. I stuck the box under the sink quickly burying it in with my stuff and wrapped the test in toilet paper throwing it away.

I heard a knock on the door that startled me, "babe you almost ready to go" Rob said.

"Yeah, I'll be right down" I opened the door. Wrapping my arms around him and kissing him.

Rob pulled away, his arms wrapped around me, smiling. "I love you" he said and left a kiss on my forehead.

Authors note: I want to hear what you all think! Should Caroline tell Rob about her pregnancy scare? Do they need alone time tonight?