We Are Here and Now

"Okay, we have everything we need here. Miss Barsi, thank you for your cooperation," Detective Jeff Griffin said as he and his partner stood from the dining table.

"Is that it?" CiCi asked, she wasn't sure what the next course of action would be. She just knew that she told them everything leading up to the texts just two days ago and showed them the texts Sam had been sending.

"For now, yes," he replied. Sidney shifted in his seat next to his girlfriend. He wanted to interject, but the detective continued.

"We have enough here to get a search warrant. Given how he describes materials he would use, if he actually possesses them then we can get him for premeditated. For the time being we are going to take what you showed us and file for a restraining order."

"That's all?" Sid scoffed, "Doesn't seem like this guy understands boundaries. You think that will stop him?"

"Well, any violation will be grounds for arrest. It may only be a misdemeanor, but he will still have to spend time in jail."

"Okay, how long until the restraining order is in effect?"

"Give us until morning. In the mean time, if he contacts you anymore document it and don't respond."

"Ok I will," CiCi said. Sidney, Troy and Joseph saw the two cops out while CiCi sat motionless at the table flanked by her mother and Trina. They had shown up just before the detectives arrived giving CiCi enough time to catch them up.

"I better not regret this," CiCi mumbled to no one in particular.

"Sweetie, why don't you come stay with us for the rest of the week? After your show we can head home and you can be reclusive for a few days." Diane affectionately rubbed her daughter's back in a comforting fashion as she waited for CiCi's response.

"Oh, Mom. I don't know. Can I come up Wednesday and stay until Friday?"

"That's all the longer Sid will be gone this week?"

"Yes."

"Absolutely. Any amount of time spent with you at home is time worth spending."

"Thanks for understanding."

"Please, I know you don't get to see too much of him while he's in season."

"What are you girls talking about?" Joseph asked as the three men came back into the room.

"About CiCi coming up for a few days when Sid is away on his midweek road trip."

"Oh that's a good idea," Troy agreed.

"Shall we start dinner?" Trina asked politely.

"Yes, I'm sure everyone is hungry," Diane stood to follow Trina into the kitchen.

"You know, I'm going to go lie down for a little while. I'm not all that hungry," CiCi said avoiding five sets of eyes as she hurried out of the room and towards her bed.

Sidney watched her retreating body with sadness in his eyes. He hoped he wasn't pushing her away because of all of this. He decided he would give her a few minutes then follow her to, if nothing else, comfort her.

*****

She waited at the edge of the bed. If she knew Sidney, she knew he wasn't far behind her. That was one thing she knew she loved about him. He always knew when she needed to be alone with him even if just for a comforting hug without several sets of eyes on them. And that was all she really wanted right then.

And just as she had predicted, the door creaked open and his head peeked in through the crack. When he saw that she was sitting on the bed waiting for him he hurried through the door and closed it tightly behind him.

"Okay, it's locked," Sid said firmly as he approached his distressed girlfriend. He opened his arms and she quickly stood and threw herself at his embrace. "Baby, you're okay. I've got you."

"Always?"

"I'm not going anywhere. You are safe here."

"Am I being irrational about going and cleaning out my stuff at school?"

"Maybe a little, but if he isn't terminated by the time you go back then I am advising you take time away. We can go in after classes dismiss one evening to get your things."

"I can't believe this is happening."

"Let's not dwell on it. It's as far as we can take it right now. Everything lies with the police from here on."

"Yeah, you're right." She pulled back to look at Sidney. "Kiss me."

Sid cracked a half smile and leaned down to fulfill her demand. "You really locked the door?" She asked when he pulled slightly away. He nodded his head, confused and watched as she sunk down onto her knees in front of him.

CiCi's hands find the string on his low-slung sweats and quickly moved to untie it. Sensing the proximity of her face to the front of his pants, Sidney tried to step back and stare down at her with a raised eyebrow.

"What are you doing babe?" Sidney wasn't convinced that what CiCi was attempting to do was what she needed right now.

"Shh, I've been thinking about this all morning." His breathing quickened as she pushed his pants down his hips. When she looked up at him, she was rewarded with a vision of the beginnings of a beautiful flush on Sidney's neck. Her hands pulled the band of his boxers down just enough to breathe in deeply and take in Sidney's musky, masculine scent. CiCi felt her teeth bite at her bottom lip, and at that moment the only coherent thought her brain could conjure is how much she wanted to taste him and feel the delicious weight of his cock in her mouth. She placed heated, open mouth kisses down the fabric of his boxers.

From deep in his throat, Sidney let out a soft moan. His left hand tangled in CiCi's hair while the right pulled on her shoulder urging her to stand. "Are we taking this to the bed or the floor?" Sid mumbled. He did not yet realize that the moment was about him. She ignored his question and slid his boxers down to his ankles. The muscles in CiCi's pelvic floor tighten at the sight of Sid's semi-erect member. No matter how many times she has seen him, she will never be accustomed the exquisite vision that is Sid's nude form. Her hands reached out and grasped his legendary derrière as she grazed his hipbones with her teeth. She nibbled on the sensitive skin, and Sid's hands ran through her hair as he thrusted, apparently seeking friction against her neck and chest. The thrust must have been involuntary because he whispered "sorry" and made a move to pull her up to face him again.

With her tongue, CiCi traced the delicate blue veins visible through his alabaster skin down to the base of his cock. Her head rested on Sid's thigh as she admired the beauty of his elongating form. She could feel the pulse in his femoral artery racing against her cheek. He wanted this. "Don't be," CiCi asserted, her voice husky with heat. Surely Sid could hear how bad CiCi wanted this, how bad she needed this. The tip of her tongue wandered from the base to the head before she wrapped her hand around him and pushed him back a little so she could give the underside of his shaft the same treatment.

Sidney's grasp on CiCi's hair tightened which told her that he was starting to lose himself to the moment. He had been so careful about hurting or upsetting her lately that he wouldn't pull her hair if he was thinking too much. It wasn't painful. In actuality it felt amazing. She felt her thighs clench together seeking sensation. "Cesira." Sidney whispered her name like a reverent prayer, and her thighs pulled together again.

Her tongue still continued it's ministrations all over Sidney. It ran back and forth from the front to the back of his shaft, down over his balls and then twirled around the tip. She knew this would make her hot, but she didn't realize that she would become this aroused so quickly. She let her hand fall from Sidney's ass and move to unbutton the plaid shirt she wore. As her fingers clumsily searched for the buttons, she took the head of Sidney's cock into her mouth and lightly sucked replacing the grasp of her hand with that of her mouth. With her other hand free, she quickly rid herself of the confines of the shirt. It fell to the floor and Sidney moaned deeply. Her eyes sought his and found him obviously appreciating the show. "If we lay down on the bed I can kiss you too."

"No. Right now is about you, Sidney." To emphasize her point, CiCi took him as far into my mouth as she could. Sidney tried to maintain eye contact but as her bottom lip became flush with where his shaft and balls met they closed on their own volition, lost in sensation. He shifted his weight and moved to sit on the edge of the bed, so CiCi shifted and settled against her thighs on the back of her ankles to accommodate the new position. Her legs spread, and even though her mouth was full with Sidney, she gasped as she felt her wetness rub against the confines of her jeans.

CiCi reached for Sidney's hands, still knotted in her messy dark hair, and pulled them to her face looping his thumbs behind her ears. She pulled away from Sid and demanded, "Take my mouth." Confusion crossed his face, but he would soon figure out what she was asking. She slid Sidney back into her mouth and locked eyes with him as her hands moved down to find her breasts. His grip on her cheeks got slightly tighter, but she was still the one directing the movements. Her hands squeezed her breasts, and she manipulated her hard nipples between her thumb and forefinger. Sid's eyes grew wide, but he still hadn't caught on that she wanted him to take her mouth how he needed.

She ducked her right hand between her legs and pressed the seam on her jeans against her dampness. With his full attention focused on what she was doing to herself Sidney hadn't realized he had begun thrusting into her mouth. A whimper escaped her mouth in response to how incredibly hot and intense this had become. When she managed to unsnap her jeans and slide her zipper down Sidney's grip on her cheeks became hard and he moaned her name quietly. His hands now guided her mouth with abandon. Even in the throes of passion Sidney was attempting to not be rough, and his hurried thrusts incited an impossible want deep inside her.

CiCi had managed to squeeze her hand down into her panties and the circles she was looping had become hurried and her left hand has dropped from her nipple to assist. She was in the midst of climbing higher and higher to sweet oblivion when Sidney suddenly released her face from his grip and slid his hands under her arms to lift her up. "Together," he asserted as he pushed her pants down over her smooth legs and pulled her astride his lap. Her calves squeezed the side of Sidney's thighs as she sunk down and buried him completely inside of her. She rocked up and down, finding their rhythm. In a matter of minutes, they came together, and as stars exploded behind her eyes, she knew that she was alive.

In the subsequent blissful aftermath of their pairing, Sidney planted kisses along CiCi's exposed neck and shoulder while they laid wrapped around one another on top of the cool sheets. In that moment, CiCi was aware that while physically she was complete, it was only Sidney who made her whole. Prior to meeting him, she was alive, but not truly living. And all he wanted was to provide for her, let her live her dream as he was living his. She needed him to know that she could accept giving up her job and being the support he needed every day too. And only he was able to make her forget for the last half hour the potential threat she had looming overhead. Because he loved her so unconditionally.

He kissed her gently, stirring her from her revery and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"About the future."

"What about it?"

"How we have another action packed summer planned. How I want to change the look of this room, how I imagine our kids taking over the two bedrooms our parents are using as guest rooms one day. How beautiful the lake will be as a backdrop to our wedding. How I am perfectly content giving up my job to be able to travel more freely and to allow me to develop as a painter. Where there are no scary coworkers wanting to hurt me."

"You are willing to get married in Canada?"

"Yeah. I am. I don't have a big family and you know all my friends. They will go halfway around the world for that day. And the lake house is perfect."

"That sounds perfect. Think we can fit it in this summer?"

CiCi flinched away from Sid in shock. "You're kidding, right?"

"No. I'm serious."

"Are you asking me to marry you? Because an after sex proposal wasn't exactly how I expected you to do this."

"No, not a proposal. But I don't want to wait."

"You know I won't plan a wedding until there is a ring on this finger?" CiCi sassed while holding her hand out in front of Sid's face, making him laugh and try to push her hand away. Instead he just twined their fingers together and he pressed a kiss to her forehead.

"I wouldn't dream of that babe. But can we do it as soon as we get engaged?"

"What's the rush?"

"I don't know. Let's not put off something we know we want. That is if you say yes when I ask."

"Can we get the psycho out of our lives first. I would rather not have two things stressing me out."

"Yes. I agree."

"So, sooner rather than later huh?"

"It could have been the amazing blow job I just got talking..." Sid cracked a smile and grabbed CiCi's hips when she started to push him away. "You know I love you."

"Yes, and I love you. But don't day shit like that or I'll twist your balls off. Then you won't enjoy a blow job ever again."

"Well, damn."

"You can't make light about getting married."

"I would never."

"Okay, good. We should probably head back downstairs to see what the parentals are up to."

Sid groaned, pulled CiCi closer and buried his face in her neck. "Can't we stay here until they leave?"

"Oh God no! Then they will know we have sex."

Sid laughed loudly at this and looked up at CiCi. "Pretty sure they already do. You feeling better?"

"I always feel better when I'm with you."

*****
"Thanks for dinner Diane and mom," Sid said as they sat to have the meal prepared by their mothers. After some coercing, CiCi was able to get Sid to leave the bedroom and return to their company. And their parents were none the wiser about their little rendezvous upstairs.

"It looks delicious. I didn't think I was hungry until I sat down!" CiCi sat next to Sid and across from her dad at the kitchen table.

"Well dig in! We have plenty," Trina smiled as she passed a bowl of Caesar salad towards Troy.

As they indulged in creamy Chicken Alfredo their parents did everything to keep the conversation light and off the heaviness that was looming overhead. It was when Diane brought up summer that Sidney found the perfect chance to begin executing his plans. "Oh, we will probably just be in Halifax most of the time. But I would like to do something pretty special with Ci."

CiCi snapped her head around upon hearing this and gave Sidney a confused look. She was all of a sudden suspicious.

"Oh, that's exciting. Care to divulge what that may be?" Diane asked, a smile spreading across her face.

"I would like to marry CiCi."

All eyes were on Sidney and he finally got the sinking feeling in his stomach that he knew CiCi was trying to avoid earlier.

"Like marry, marry?" Diane asked.

"Don't you kids want to plan something instead of rush into it?" Trina retorted.

"I thought you were going to say you two were getting a puppy or something," Troy said.

"Look, guys. I know you all think this is rushed, but I've known from the moment I met CiCi that she was special. That she is the one who I am supposed to be spending the rest of my life with. I don't like drawing attention to myself. So I would like to do it at the lake house and we both want something small and simple."

"But you haven't even proposed. What if she says no?" Troy asked, a slight smile playing at his lips.

"I'm asking for your blessing. From all four of you. I love this woman," Sid emphasized this by drawing CiCi close to him, "And I don't want to hide my desire to be her husband from her."

"I think it's romantic," Diane said.

"Definitely a way to distract everyone from the unwelcome drama today," Trina provided.

"So this summer, huh?" Troy asked.

Everyone seemed to be voicing their blessings and showing their excitement towards the news and the young couple, except one person. CiCi studied her father's features as he sat contemplative and remained quiet.

"Daddy? Are you going to say anything?" She asked, trying to push him along. He snapped his head up when he heard his daughter speak to him.

"She's my little girl." Joseph directed his comment towards Sidney.

"I know sir."

"I've already gone through one engagement and that piece of garbage was with her for several years before they got engaged."

"I understand, but they were also very young and not quite sure where their lives were taking them. We are older now."

"He didn't ask my permission. I am sure you didn't know that either kiddo."

"I didn't. No," CiCi said. She wasn't sure what her dad was getting at with bringing up the past.

"I stand by tradition sir. I want you to know I will take care of her and love her unconditionally. I want to make her happy."

"You've been a constant in her life for two years now. And those two years you've treated my baby like gold. I can't imagine her with anyone else. Do me one favor Sid?"

"Anything, sir," Sid said feeling nervous at what the request could potentially be.

"Don't call me sir. I'm going to be your father-in-law. That is if she says yes when you ask."

"Yes--" and Sid caught himself from saying sir. CiCi squeezed Sid's thigh and rested her head against his shoulder, pressing a light kiss to his jaw. "Love you," he whispered to her.

"Love you, and I'll say yes," she said loud enough for only him to hear.

Notes

A little fluff among drama. Ah, drama. Gotta love it! Enjoy! Comments are always nice. Thanks ya'll!