Ride (Reposted)

May 2015

"You make me want a boob job." Jess groaned as her, Emily and Ali were trying on bathing suits in preparation of opening up the Kelowna house for the May long weekend, "and an ass job."

"Why's that?" Emily laughed, adjusting a bikini top, giving her a funny look.

"Because you fill that bikini out perfectly." Ali pointed out.

"Okay. But look at you two with your abs. I've been starting back at the gym. Eventually I'll have those back. Everything's started to sag." Emily groaned.

"It seems like Jamie's feeling well enough to travel though."

"He still needs his crutches or a walker most times. Grocery shops he gets the scooter. The boys have been getting him out of the house though."

"It'll be nice to get out of Dallas. I've never been to Kelowna though." Ali mentioned.

"I love it. We'll do a girls day and go on a wine tour and maybe hit up Sparkling Hills and have a spa day too."

"Are you going to take that brand new Ferrari up there?" Jess grinned.

Jamie remembered every word of her asking him for a Ferrari, and one day a bright red 2015 Ferrari F12Berlinetta in the garage when she woke up one morning back in Dallas. And she loved every horse under the hood of that car.

"If we were spending most of the summer up there I'd have it shipped. But we are driving up. I'd love to race it in Area 27." Emily laughed from inside the dressing room.

"It's a good thing he can't drive. Who do you think will kill each other first Ali?" Jess asked.

"Emily will probably kill Jamie because he can't run, or walk. And he'll bug her the entire time."

"Hey now. I'll just drug him up the entire trip. He won't remember a thing." Emily laughed, "just be glad Jordie didn't volunteer you and him to join us."

"I'm surprised you haven't killed him since you've left Fossil."

"There's a been a few times I've almost killed him. Especially when he was walking around post surgery when he wasn't supposed to be. And then I remember the Ferrari."

"I can't believe he bought you one." Jess rolled her eyes.

"Neither can I! I get up one morning to go get groceries. I open up the garage door and my Range Rover is gone and there's a red Ferrari with a white bow on the hood in its place! I was partially joking about it."

"No you weren't. Let's be serious about that. You are a car girl. You've always wanted to get those filthy mitts on one."

"Who doesn't like cars?" Emily laughed, coming back out in normal clothes.

"Your such a dude." Ali rolled her eyes.

"Just don't tell Jamie I had it cut off at birth." Emily winked, making the girls laugh obnoxiously.

***

It was probably the longest drive he's ever experienced. The 4 day drive exhausted all of them. Including the dog.

But he was so excited to pull into their house in Kelowna. 3 and a half weeks in BC to relax and get some sun. Jordie, Jenny and his parents had been up a few weeks prior to make sure the pool, hot tub and the boat were in good condition as Emily and Jamie had been up twice the previous summer due to the extensive renovations on their house in Dallas.
Getting out to stretch he hobbled up to the front door leading Bailey up too. He felt bad that
Emily had to do the unloading but she was strong.

"I'm so glad we stayed in Kennewick last night instead of driving straight through." Emily stated as she hauled in the last suitcase.

"Me too. Let's go lay out by the pool before we do anything else." Jamie suggested.

"Do you think you'll be able to get down onto a lounger?"

"If it's in the water yeah. And you know what I just realized."

"What baby?"

"There's no bench in the shower in the master for me to sit on if I can't stand."

"We'll get you a chair when we go into town later. But let's go put some bathing suits on, and go lay out, get you moving in the pool." She wrapped her arms around his waist, him feeling immediately more stable.

When she got him ready he stepped outside so she could change. He missed being intimate with her. The year so far was just a massive roller coaster. From getting pregnant, to him being diagnosed with FAI and losing their baby, and almost losing her, to winning the Art Ross and going in immediately for surgery.

He felt a little sheepish about asking when he could be intimate with her again. They've tried a couple of times, usually spooning or her on top. It did the job, but he wasn't satisfied. He wasn't expecting the smoke show that came out from the bathroom. Her very revealing white bikini, along with the evidence she had been working out very hard in the gym, along with her new lotus mandala on her hip.

"Please tell me you aren't going to be wearing that when we have guests."

"Maybe." She grinned.

"Well it's just a bit revealing. And it's white."

"It's got lining in it. I've taken it for a test drive." She winked, leading him outside.

"My fiancée's a smoke show." He didn't even realize he replaced girlfriend with fiancée.

"Excuse me?" She turned around to look at him, she definitely heard him.

"What?" He tried to pass it off.

"Did you call me your fiancée?" She looked him square in the eye.

"No. I called you my girlfriend." He lied.

"I heard fiancée." She didn't believe him.

"I said girlfriend, you need to clean out your ears." He squeezed her shoulders, pushing her out towards their private backyard.

***

She loved the Kelowna house. Their backyard was their own private oasis, a hot tub, a grotto style-infinity pool with a waterfall overlooking the lake, along with a big private backyard with a boat dock and private beach just a short walk down the stairs. The master overlooked the lake as well.

And she definitely heard Jamie call her his fiancée. It was either the painkillers he was on, or he was up to something. She loved admiring his cut figure while he was stretching in the pool, splashing Bailey occasionally trying to get him into the pool.

"Maybe when we run into town later we can go get him a kiddie pool. You'll be cleaning the fur out of the filter if he goes in there."

"He goes into the pool at home all the time." Jamie shrugged.

This was a new bit of information Emily did not know about.

"He what?"

"You didn't know that?"

"I do now. Jamie, I bought him his crab pool so he can cool down in the Texas heat. Not use ours."

She stood up and crossed her arms at him and immediately he started putting on his charm. He started moving towards her in the pool beckoning her in.

"I'm not falling for it." She stood her ground.

"C'mon in babe." He reached out to her.

"Nope." She took her sunglasses off and hooked them on the string between her breasts, and placing her hands on her hips.

"Don't use you body against me." He warned.

"I'm not." She gave him a grin and went back to the lounger and bent over to pick up the SnapBack he left on a lounger, knowing he would go wild with the view, and placed it on her head.

Judging by the look on his face and his bit lip, he liked what he saw. Swaying her hips she came around to almost the deep end of the pool and sat on the side of it.

"It's not fair." He groaned as he came over to her, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"What's not fair." She asked as she pushed her fingers through her hair.

"That its always my snapbacks that get wet." He laughed as he pulled her into the pool.

"Jamie!" She gasped as she came up for air.

"Not bad for a gimp eh." He grinned, pulling her back in to him.

"Not at all." She grinned, "I wasn't planning on getting wet."

"You're the one who sat on the edge."

"How are you feeling in the water?"

"Great. There's almost no pain." He said confidently as she wrapped her legs around his waist.

"I wonder how awkward it's going to be with Tyler and Ali." She stated.

"Are they off again?" Jamie rolled his eyes.

"Very off. Like knock down drag out fight while she was visiting him in Prague."

"It's because they love each other too much but they're both so stubborn neither one will admit it."

"That was deep Jamie." She laughed, splashing him.

Before he could react she swam away from him and into the shallow end.

"Where are you goin?" He asked, his head cocked to the side.

"To dry off and go into town to get groceries. Do you want to join or stay here?" She stated.

"I think I'll stay. I'm pretty exhausted from the drive." He grinned.

"Coming from the guy who slept most of the trip." She glared at him.

A nap wasn't sufficient enough when she fell asleep on the lounger, and she couldn't wait for bed tonight.

Showering off quickly, she got dressed and asked Jamie if he still wanted to stay home or join, in which he decided to join, to get him out of the house, and so she had someone to talk too to stay awake.

***

He enjoyed having all of his closest friends at the Kelowna house, it was a good kick off to summer.

He couldn't go wakeboarding or tubing like everyone else could but he could drive his boat and get everyone knocked off.

It definitely helped perk him up when he was starting to feel down because he couldn't do anything besides for watch TV. It got his mind off of things. Tyler antagonizing Ali was irritating though, if not it was always awkward. Seeing the girls heading out with hiking gear on took him off guard. They all hated hiking, especially Jessica, Emily and Jenny after doing Grouse Mountain in Vancouver last summer.

"Where do you guys think your going?" Jamie called out to them.

"We're going hiking." Jenny announced.

"But you guys hate hiking." Jordie pointed out.

"We didn't ask for your opinion." Jess sassed him.

"We're taking the dogs to burn off some energy. And this is to improve and get healthy again." Emily winked at Jamie.

"Have fun, and remember the bear spray." He smiled at her.

"Yes mom." She grinned, "we're going to take Bailey and Dahlia with us so they can wear off some energy."

"I'll see you in a bit then." He came over to her to plant a big kiss on her.

"We get it, we're in your house. But for everyone's sake. Get a fucking room." Tyler growled.

"Don't look." Jamie grinned at Tyler, giving Emily a slap on the ass as she walked out.

"Don't make me push you over." She threatened, before walking around the corner.

He wanted her so bad. He missed being intimate with her. He was going to try to have his way with her tonight. The pool helped with his flexibility.

***

She hated hiking. Her legs were sore, and her calves were cramping.

It was all in the name of getting fit. She wanted to get in shape again, and to be healthy. She had successfully quit smoking when she found out she was pregnant, and continued to be smoke free when she lost the baby.

"I'm dying; actually dying." She groaned as Bailey pulled her up a hill.

"Why did we have to pick a 5 hour hike." Jenny complained, holding tight to Dahlia's leash, so she wasn't competing with her cousin Bailey.

"Let's never do this again." Jess decided.

"You guys are awful hiking partners." Ali laughed from ahead.

"I'm just looking forward to the beer at the top of this trail." Jess decided.

"And our wine tour tomorrow." Jenny said.

"And I am going to get bombed." Emily laughed.

"Wine drunk is my favourite drunk." Jenny laughed. "You and Jamie are getting your pictures done next week eh?"

"It took so. Much. Convincing. And he hates, HATES, getting his picture professionally taken. I had to bribe him." Emily groaned.

"What did you have to do?" Jess laughed.

"I had something for him that he'd like. Pretty much I have to cough up the boudoir photos I had done once these are done. And going to Tofino will be a nice getaway. He wants to leave Bailey with you though." Emily looked at Jenny.

"And how did that go over with you."

"I told him the suite we booked was dog friendly. If Jamie ever said it was him or the dog. I'd choose the dog."

This made the girls laugh. It was true. Bailey was her baby.

But Jamie bought her the dog. And she also wanted another one.

***
Watching her fresh out of the shower after her five hour hike, he knew he needed to pounce before she put some clothes on.

"Nice to see your moving better." She giggled as he started to kiss her neck.

"The pool has helped a lot. How are you feeling now that you've showered?"

"Better. I'm going to be sore tomorrow."

"Hmm wanna be sore elsewhere." He asked her.

"You perv." She laughed, pushing him away.

"Well now that you smell better." He pulled her back.

"Hey now. I didn't stink in the first place."

"I want you so bad."

"Do you now?" She turned around and sat on the counter.

"I could take you right here but in reality I want you in bed."

"If you feel like you are up to it." He watched as her towel came apart, showing off her body.

"This is the best I felt in a long time." He assured her.

Pulling her off the counter and wrapping her legs around her waist he carried her to bed, making her laugh.

He couldn't wait to ask her to be his wife next week. He wanted to ask her all the time, but with them getting photos next week he wanted to get the moment captured on camera.

He showed her how much better he was feeling, how much he missed her body, and how much he loved her.

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