8 years in the life

Chapter 36 - The Gilmores

It was the first summer day of the year so, despite the early hour, the sunlight was already filling the room. They were still in bed and he was laying on his side, his head resting on his elbow, waiting for her to wake up. He was trying to capture every inch of her in his memory with this perfect luminosity on her skin. They were going to be apart for a week but it wasn't going to be as painful as it was during the first weeks. Since the end of the spring session, Robert had spent most of his time in New York. He went to DC and Chicago several times for his book, but that was never for more than two days. They had reached a stage where they were completely part of each other's lives. When they were physically separated, the presence of the other in their mind was safely there.

She could feel the slight breeze interfering with the warmness of his body next to her. Her eyes were still closed but he knew she was awake as she was having difficulty holding her smile.

"I think I've never told you how incredibly beautiful you are, it's like you're coming straight from heaven to dazzle me."

She giggled, raised her eyes to him and beamed. She was never bored by his words, no matter how cheesy they could be. It was his game, every morning he would compliment her and he was certainly not tired of doing it.

"I'll definitely miss this moment when you're gone," she said playing with his locks as she stretched her neck to kiss him.

He was leaving to Barcelona for a meeting and he would be back directly to Boston for the summer session. Having him almost every day these past few weeks was a blast, she was still amazed how they got along each other. After that 2009 summer, she never would have thought that life would turn out so well four years later. From now on, it would be her new motto - "give life some credit".

"Why are you staring at me like that?" she asked.

"I'm wondering how I'll manage not being able to touch you for six entire days. What about you? What are your plans?"

"I'm going back to Connecticut for the weekend, starting with Friday night dinner at my grandparents'."

"So, it will be official then, you're throwing us into the real world?" His mouth quirked up.

"You don't want me to tell my grandparents?"

"If it were only up to me, I would have already shouted it out loud to the whole world months ago, but I have to admit that having you only for me in our bubble worked for me too. Have I told you that I met Emily at the Harvard-Yale Football game last year?"

"No, you didn't. Did you two talk?"

"Of course we did, she was very nice to me and asked me why we weren't dating."

Rory giggled. "And what did you answer?"

"That it was difficult to date someone that was not living in the same city."

"So tonight, I'm going to tell that actually, it's not that difficult?"

He chuckled. "Indeed it isn't, but that's because I'm an extremely resourceful man."

She shivered at his gaze.

"How do you do that?" she asked

"Do what?" he said, now circling his finger around her navel.

"Make me feel sexy and turned on when I have to get up to go to work."

"Easy, you're are the sexiest woman that I know. If you want we can multitask and go shower together," he winked.

She frowned her brows, pondered for two seconds and jumped out of bed pulling him with her.

She made a mental note to thank her grandmother for the remodeling of the bathroom before she moved in the apartment. The shower area was absolutely ideal for the playful activities they liked to have in with high tech shower heads, even if she doubted it was Emily's first intention.