Lunch with Joie

[Quinn du Paras]

"You are very welcome," I told her, smiling. "Thank you for coming with me, and telling about a reason to celebrate."

[Joie de Mornay]

"So we did celebrate my birthday," I said coyly, tilting my head to the side slightly.

[Quinn du Paras]

"Yes we did, forgive me," I said, looking contrite.

[Joie de Mornay]

I tsked for the second time since coming in here, keeping the sound soft and light. "Naughty Quinn..."

[Quinn du Paras]

"I know, you just can't take me anywhere," I said with a deep sigh.

The bill came and I paid it, plus a very decent gratuity. The server thanked us and then disappeared again.

[Joie de Mornay]

The meal completed in full, I took a last sip of the champagne, letting it roll slowly across my tongue before swallowing.

"Thank you again," I said, gathering my linen knapsack from the floor. "I very much appreciate it."

[Quinn du Paras]

"You are very welcome," I told her, smiling. "I enjoyed it, the company as well as the food."

[Joie de Mornay]

I hadn't felt very confident that Quinn had enjoyed himself much throughout the lunch, and it had put a slight damper on the joy I had felt earlier; birthday or no, I still much preferred to bring people comfort and happiness, and it upset me some to wonder if I didn't this time.

Rising from my chair with an in-born grace, I smiled at his responce, honest and unacting in it. "As did I. Were you finished with your errands, or did you have more?"

[Quinn du Paras]

Rising as well, I offered her my arm. "I had a few more places to go, but it's nothing that can't be put off if I wanted," I answered. "And you, did you have other places to go?"

[Joie de Mornay]

Taking his arm with the ever- present smile, I kept my touch light, keeping the press of my arm onto his airy, gentle. "Not in paticular," I said. "I really didn't have much of an excuse to go out today save that I had a sudden itch to purchase something."

[Quinn du Paras]

Leading her back out to the street, I asked, "Did you scratch that itch sufficiently or are you still in the mood to shop?"

[Joie de Mornay]

"I think I managed to quell it," I said, lifting the linen napsack carefully as I followed him out of the establishment.

[Quinn du Paras]

Once outside, I guided her out of the way slightly. "Then how would you like to spend the rest of your day?" I asked, not pushing her to say she wanted to spend it with me.

[Joie de Mornay]

"Naked," I said, a mischevious light coming into my eye. "Or part of the day anyhow, bathing - my family sent me a package with some Eiran oils in wonderful scents. I have a bottle in here actually," I said, touching where my purse hung, "I had thoughts of seeing if I could find a matching scent somewhere, so I brought it with me."

"What about you?" I asked, glancing up at him.

[Quinn du Paras]

"Well, now I'm going to be spending most of it picturing you naked and wet," I said, my voice a little rough edged at my reaction to her words.

[Joie de Mornay]

I blushed faintly at his reaction, though it were my own fault; I'd teased him purposely as I'm sure he knew, but I couldn't stop my own bodies responce. Feeling my nipples harden by the rough edge in his voice alone, I tilted my head down for a second, then lifted it to look boldly into his eyes. "Glistening," I said, a slight tease in my voice matching the faint smile on my lips. "Not simply wet, but glistening with oil in the late afternoon light."

[Quinn du Paras]

"You are wicked and cruel to tease me so mercilessly after I just bought you such a nice lunch," I told her, grinning. I was teasing… mostly, it was rather merciless teasing.

[Joie de Mornay]

Feigning an innocent look, I widened my eyes ever so slightly in attempt to appear doe-like. "Wicked and cruel?" I asked incrediously. "And why is that? Because I told you the answer to your question, and then corrected you?" A slow, sleepy smile crossed my lips, and I let the innocence fade away. "I could have told you other things, you know, such as the oil beading upon my nipples, the water trickling down the curve of my back to kiss upon my rear..." My voice dropped quietly as I spoke lest others should hear, faint to the point that Quinn would either have to lean forth to hear what I said or risk missing it. My teasing smile came back lightly, and I peered up at him with hazel eyes. "I don't think I was being so wicked and cruel before."

[Quinn du Paras]

As I'm sure she had intended, I leaned in very close to hear her words.

"Forgive my error, you are most definitely being wicked, cruel, and evil right now," I said softly. I tilted her chin up and leaned in further so that my lips caressed hers as I whispered. "I should let you get to your bathing then, I would hate to be the cause of you going unclean."

[Joie de Mornay]

I tasted a faint hint of champagne as I drew in a sharp breath, his lips close enough that they touched mine. "If that's what you wish," I whispered in return, struggling to keep myself in check as I'm sure he had wanted, "because I no longer feel the want to be clothed."

Letting my tongue out as the last word emerged, I ran it lightly across the thin flesh of his upper lip, tasting champagne once again before retracting it.

[Quinn du Paras]

The primal desire in me broke through at the touch of her tongue and I pulled her tight against me, kissing her hungrily.

[Joie de Mornay]

With a soft sound of pleasure I kissed him back, my free hand clutching unthinkingly to the fabric that covered his ribs.

[Quinn du Paras]

"Joie," I moaned. "I want you."

[Joie de Mornay]

His moan sent my knees slightly weak, and I whispered back against his lips. "Take me somewhere more private, please..."

[Quinn du Paras]

My urge was to refuse to take her farther than in the alley next to the building, but somehow I managed to think further than that.

"Your house or mine? You pick," I murmured as I kissed her neck.

[Joie de Mornay]

Trying to quell the moan as he kissed my neck, I succeeded only in making it soft, breathy. "Yours," I answered, not hesitating for a second. "We might encounter accidental interruptions at mine."

Stretching my neck to the side under the press of his lips, I clutched tighter to the fabric of his shirt, memories of his body flashing through my mind.

[Quinn du Paras]

"You really want to wait that long?" I asked, gripping her hips and pulling her tighter against me. "We could find somewhere closer…"

I really didn't think she'd say ok to me having her up against the wall, but it never hurt to ask and part of me wanted to see her reaction.

[Joie de Mornay]

"Quinn!" Laughing, I pulled back enough to look in his face, then pressed my lips against his hungrily. "I'm no Valerian," I murmured against his lips, my tongue snaking between mine to taste his as I spoke, "Humility is not in my scope." I pressed my hips flush to his before snaking away, performing a simple twist to escape his grasp. Sliding my arm across his, I caught his fingers with mine, then tugged him closer, my lips kissing his once more. "Besides," I murmured teasingly, "I may make you chase me down if you tried."

[Quinn du Paras]

"I don't want to chase you," I slipping my fingers around her wrist. "I want to have you" Leaning in, I kissed her neck again, flicking my tongue at the spot just below her ear.

"We can find somewhere no one will see," I whispered, becoming more enamored with the idea of having her sooner rather than later.

[Joie de Mornay]

Moaning softly as he kissed my neck again, I almost gave in... Almost. "Not in an alley, behind a latreen, or anything else," I said, my voice lusty. I was torn; my body ached with need, yet I didn't truly want to be taken down some dirt-filled alley, my dress stuffed up around my hips like a trollop - especially today. I was not a pushy person by nature, but I knew my limits, and that was one of them.

"Quinn," I said softly, my voice caught between despair and a purr.