Wild flowers; Housekeeper's Bell

Chapter 8

"Dean! Hun wake-up, come eat something." Bell gently shook him by the shoulders. "Dean Honey you need to get up!"

Dean's eyes fluttered open still heavy with sleep and a little groggy from exhaustion. 'He thought he had heard Bell and she was calling him for dinner, how domestic she sounded, he had to be dreaming, what would she be doing in his house at this hour and with food?"

He sat up on the sofa and rubbed his knuckles over his eyes trying to drive the sleep from them. His vision cleared and there she was standing in front of him, all fresh and make-up free with a red tube top on and short shorts that showed off her thick, long, sexy legs. She looked so much like his Bell, the one he had once loved. He had to blink twice to make sure he was seeing right and it was not a figment of his imagination.

"Bell, you're here?" He tilted his head to the side to look up at her confused and she smiled, he looked almost like the younger carefree Dean she had known in his half-sleep, half-awake state. 

"Yes, I'm here and I've come to keep a promise." She whispered, tracing her warm fingers over his lips and instantly his body was on high alert, he was ready to take her dream or not on the floor right now.

"What are you doing here at this hour and looking so good?" He whispered as he inhaled deeply, 'she smelt so good .' Bell straddled him and leaned over, her hair fell on his face and he inhaled the sweet scent of honey and oats, 'she still used the same shampoo, some things never change.'

She passed her hands over the strands of her hair and pulled them to the side of her shoulder leaving her long neck exposed and he smiled, she still remembered his weakness, her neck was always his favorite part of her sexy body and he took advantage of the exposed flesh nibbling on her sensitive skin making her moan out loud, his mouth to her neck brought an overwhelming sensations to her entire body, his hands ran up her arms and under her top along her spine, he could feel the power he still had over her body making her skin tingle and he felt her vibrate in his arms.

She pulled away from him, "You have to eat first, and then we could continue in your bed." She said breathlessly. He raised an eyebrow. 'So, he really was not dreaming, she was here in his home, and apparently, she had food, this was confusing.'

"What are you doing here Bell?" He asked again in a deep fully awakened tone.

"I told you..." she smiled as she stood up, offering him a hand up, "... I would do anything to prove to you we belong together, but you are going to be occupied for the next few weeks with the Slater account. I thought why not place myself in a place where you're not working all the time and that is your home..." she shrugged with a playful grin "...you only gave me two weeks Dean and I'm not letting a minute more of that time pass me, so I've moved in..." she shrugged.

He was about to protest saying she can't move in with him but changed his mind and instead asked. "Why are you doing this Bell?" He grabbed her hand and she turned around, "...you made it clear years ago you didn't love me, why are you back?" something like hurt flickered across her eyes.

"I told you, I'll tell you everything after my two weeks are up, I did love you and..." she paused and inhaled "...I still do, just give me my two weeks and I'll tell you everything." She turned her back to him and he groaned inwardly as he turned her to face him once again. He lifted her chin up with his fingers to meet his steady gaze and he saw her eyes glisten with unshed tears. 'Please don't cry Bell...' he prayed, 'If you do, I will not be able to say what needs to be said and you need to hear this before you lose yourself on a lost cause.'

"Bell..." he whispered and she met his eyes not shedding a tear as she stared up at him, "...I don't believe we could get back to where we were, I'm a different man now and I want different things, we're good in bed together. Why are you determined to change that?" she said nothing"...I've never lied to you and I won't start now if you were any other woman I would have had you out of my life and out that door in a second but out of respect for what we once had and the great sex..." he grinned "...you're still here."