"Didn't mean for you to cry, baby," he whispered.

She smiled up at him. "I know that. It's just," she looked at the necklace again, "no one has ever done anything that sweet or thoughtful before."

He smiled at her and pulled her close. He kissed the top of her head and said, "Babygirl...I want to spend forever doing wonderful, sweet, and thoughtful things for you. Anything I can to make you happy."

The phone started ringing. He looked over at it and then at Alesha. He shrugged and ignored it. It stopped ringing after about the tenth ring. He smiled down at her and opened his mouth to say something, when the phone started ringing again. He growled softly and sighed, getting up and going over to the phone. "Hello?" he said annoyed, picking it up. "What? >pausepause< No. I don't want to. >pause< I'm busy. >pausepausepause< Look, I told you all I had to tell you the other day. >pause< What? >pausepause< No. You can't. >pause< I have company, that's why. >pause< Not that it's any of your business, but her name is Alesha. >pause< What? You don't know that. >pause< No. >pausepause< Yes, she is. >pausepause< Oh get over it. >pausepausepause<." He looked over at Alesha who was lost in thought, trying not to listen to the conversation. He sighed. "Look, I have to go. >pausepause< Don't say that. >pause< No, it's not that. >pause< I can't answer you. I don't...I don't know. >pausepausepause< Whatever. I have to go. >pausepause< Yeah. Whatever. Bye," he said hanging up the phone. He walked back over to the couch and sat down next to Alesha. "I'm sorry baby," he said softly.

She shrugged. "Not your fault," she smiled up at him. "Can we go for a walk?" she asked suddenly.

"A walk?" he asked looking at her funny.

She nodded. "On the beach. I love the beach at night," she smiled.

He grinned. "That's right. You told me that. Sure, we can do that," he said. Taking her by the hand, he helped her up. He walked over to the door, unlocked it, and led her outside.

"Wait," she said slipping her shoes off. She tossed them back at the porch and turned back to him. "Kay."

"Good idea," he said, pulling his off and tossing them as well.

She smiled up at him. "I love you, Nick," she said softly.

He looked at her, surprised. "Where did that come from?"

She looked around, behind her, and behind him. Shrugging, she said, "I have no clue. Some disembodied voice. That happen often around here?"

He laughed and pulled her into his arms. "I love you too Leshangel," he said. Releasing her, but keeping a hold of her hand, he led her down to the water. They walked along silently, enjoying each other's presence, and the peacefulness of the ocean. "Hey, baby," Nick said softly as he stopped walking.

"Yes," she answered leaning her back against his chest.

He wrapped his arms around her, resting his chin on the top of her head, he pointed. "See that star up there? That really bright one?" She nodded. "When I first went on tour, my mom use to tell me that she had asked God to send an angel to watch over me. She told me that star was the angel." He smiled down at her. "Well, for a while, when you were gone from me, it wasn't there. I would look up at the sky, same as I do every night, looking for some direction..and it wasn't there. That day you came back...when I looked up in the sky that night, there it was. Shining as brightly, if not brighter than before. And...I want...well, I want to give that angel to you, baby. I want it to watch over you as it watches over me. It can be ours. Watching over us. When we notice the light dimming, we'll know something is wrong."

Alesha felt the tears falling as he spoke to her. "Oh Nick," she whispered turning in his arms so that she could face him.

He looked down at her, gently wiping her tears away with his thumb. "I love you Alesha. More than I ever thought I was capable of loving anyone. I just hope and pray that I don't do anything stupid to screw this up," he said looking deep in her eyes. He kissed her gently, cupping her face in his hands. Sliding them down her face, and down her neck, he rested them lightly on her shoulders. They then traveled down her arms and onto her back, pulling her closer. One hand settled on the small of her back, while the other tangled itself in her hair. A soft moan escaped him as she pressed herself closer to him. His lips traveled to his favorite spot on her neck. "You taste so good," he murmured. His hand was moving back and forth slowly across that small part of her back.

Alesha's hands were roaming over his back, massaging his muscles gently. She slid them ever so slowly down, resting them on his butt. As he began nuzzling her neck, she kissed the hollow behind his ear, smiling softly as he shivered. "Cold?" she whispered against his ear. He shook his head, and gasped softly as she started slowly kissing and licking that sensitive spot. Her index finger was drawing lazy circles on the back of his neck, causing him to groan and press his erection against her leg. Her other hand was exploring his body. Having found it's way from his back to his front, she ran her hand slowly over his chest. She reached his stomach, but stopped as he pulled her gently pulled her down on the sand. Their lips had found each other again meeting with a passion new to both of them. He had landed under her, her legs straddling him. "Interesting position this is," she whispered.

"Yes, yes it is," he said breathlessly. he pulled her to him and kissed her passionately. One hand held her to him, tangled in her long hair, while the other one was sliding down her back pulling the rest of her closer.

She hand one hand on the sand next to his head bracing herself while the other one was back to exploring his chest. Finding his stomach again, she found that his shirt was pulled up slightly. Looking down at it, she smiled to herself. Alesha scooted down and kissed the uncovered spot of skin. She slowly pulled his shirt the rest of the way off from him, then resumed her kissing. She smiled as he sucked in his breath sharply. She traced around his belly button, giggling softly as he squirmed. "Tickle, baby?" she whispered laying her hand flat on his stomach. He nodded, eyes almost shut as he looked down at her. She smiled and kissed his belly button, tracing it with her tongue. She noticed that he seemed to breathe a little heavier when she touched that particular spot. Curious, she slipped the tip of her tongue in the hole, and circled it slowly. His breathe sucked sharply through his teeth as his body tensed and his hands grasped at the sand.

She grinned evilly, continuing that torture as she caressed the line of fine blonde hair that started at his stomach and disappeared mysteriously at the waist of his jeans. She followed it down a ways, as he moaned deep in his throat. Running her fingers back up his stomach, he shivered again. Her hand moved down his leg, squeezing the muscles as she went. Coming back up, she brushed against his arousal. Slowly unbuttoning his jeans, she ran a finger along the length of him, still hidden in his boxers. Running a finger under the waistband, she slid across the tip of him, slick with precum. She kissed along that same line, her tongue leaving a wet trail behind her lips. He gasped and gripped her shoulders tightly. When she licked the tip of him that was peeking out, tasting the salty fluid that was waiting there, he groaned. She moved up to kiss him softly on the mouth and then from his neck to his stomach, paying painful attention to every inch of him. Reaching his stomach, she stopped long enough to gently tug at his belt loops so that he would move and let her pull his jeans off. She then ran both of her hands up and over his manhood and then over his stomach. Caressing him softly, squeezing gently, she kissed along his legs, and up to his hips. "Leshangel," he moaned as she kissed above and around his rock hard sex, now throbbing in her hand.

"What baby?" she asked looking up at him, tracing the tip of him with her finger.

"I...can't...please?" he begged. Smiling softly, she ran her tongue around him and then took him fully and deeply in her mouth, invoking a cry of shock from him. She cupped his balls in her hand, massaging them gently as she sucked and kissed and licked him. He dug his fingers into her shoulders as feelings of passion like none he had ever felt over took him.

"Oh...God...baby," he cried softly, pumping himself deeper and harder as he reached the point of release. "It's...I'm..." he said biting his lip as he spilled into her mouth. "You..." he said breathlessly and pulled her up to him. She seen that his eyes were squeezed tightly shut when he said in a shaky voice, "Do you see what you do to me?" He opened his eyes and looked at her. "I've...I've never felt this way," he whispered, his eyes wide.

She kissed him softly. "We can stop if it bothers you," she said.

"Oh, it bothers me," Nick murmured as he rolled her onto her back. He ran a hand from her shoulders down to her knees and back up again, cupping her breast in his hand. He squeezed gently, running his finger over the nipple lightly. Smiling softly as she arched her back filling his hand with more of her. "But I don't want to stop," he whispered as he kissed her softly. Moving his hand down he slowly lifted her shirt up, sliding it off her. "They actually make those?" he asked looking at her, surprised. Confused, she looked down and laughed. "Convenient, huh?" she said.

Nodding he kissed her again as he undid the clasp on the front of her bra. He moved his mouth from her lips to her breast, he began a sweet torture of biting, sucking, and licking her nipples. His hand was back to roaming as it slid down her stomach and to her most sensitive spot. Running his finger gently, up and down, he could feel how ready she was, even through her jeans. He slowly undid them and slid his hand inside. Rubbing gently, caressing her, her breathing became heavier as his touch brought her near the edge of sanity.

"See what YOU do to ME?" she whispered, looking deep in his eyes. He smiled his sexy half smile and kissed a fiery trail from her chest to her stomach. Sliding her jeans and panties off, his lips traced the shadows the moon made on her body. He ran a finger along her wetness, causing her to inhale sharply. He gently spread her legs, kissing her inner thighs softly. He ran his tongue along the edge of her slit, causing her to shiver with excitement. Each time his tongue passed over her, he went deeper, causing wave after wave of pleasure to wash over her. He began sucking her, lapping softly. She felt herself rising higher and higher on clouds of passion as his mouth and hands teased her. When she finally fell over the edge, it was with such force that she was left breathless, stunned.

He slowly kissed his way back up to her mouth and whispered in her ear, "I'm not through with you yet," he said taking her hand and placing it on his revived and fully erect member. She slowly began caressing it. "I...want..." he said, and then looked away, suddenly embarrassed.

"What do you want?" she asked softly, turning his face towards her slowly.

"You," he said, looking down at her, his blue eyes, a deep midnight blue with desire.

"You have me," she said smirking at him.

Growling softly, he mumbled, "I want to be inside you, to feel you around me."

"So what's stopping you?"

"I don't...I didn't..." he said looking down at her. Rolling him over, she straddled him, sitting back on his legs. She ran a hand down the length of him, watching his eyes narrow and his teeth catch his lower lip. She squeezed him gently, leaning forward and kissing him hard on the mouth, while slipping all of him inside her. His eyes flew open, wide with surprise, as a moan escaped him and his hands dug into her shoulders, trying to push more of him inside her.

Moving slowly, he matched her perfectly. She could feel him tensing as he came close to his release. But before he did, he rolled her on her back, never breaking contact with her. Pushing deeply inside her, they became as one. Their hearts and souls mixing as intimately as their bodies. As his seed poured into her, and their cries of ecstasy mingled, she knew her heart, mind, body, and soul would forever belong to him.

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