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sleeveless unitard with short legs and a low neck that immediately had Jamie salivating. "I've never seen you wear this," she mused as she pulled at the skintight fabric.
"I think I've worn it when I've been with you, but I always wear a T-shirt over it so it just looks like shorts."
"Don't wear the T-shirt today," she begged. "I want to see those muscles rippling."
"Um, Jamie?" Ryan reminded her. "Your mom will be in the gym too. Can you avoid trying to lure me into what we did the last time we worked out in private?"
"I promise I will not ravish you while Mother is there," she said sincerely. "But when I get you alone, all bets are off!"
"I do have to play a match tonight, Honey. You don't want to drain all of the lifeblood from my poor body."
"When do you have to be there?"
"We don't have to practice since we played last night. So I don't have to be there until around 3:30."
"Excellent. I'll have time to drain you and fill you back up again," she said with a gleam in her eye.
"I think I need a nap already," Ryan moaned.
After they were all dressed, Ryan asked, "Where is your weight room? I don't think I've seen it."
"Well, it's not as extensive as the one in Pebble Beach. It's located on the second floor of the pool house. That way you can just hop in the sauna or the spa after you work out."
Jordan interrupted to say, "I don't mean to offend you, but why on earth do you guys want to live in Noe Valley? I'd never move away from home if I had a setup this sweet!"
"Ryan loves Noe Valley, I love Ryan, and that's the bottom line," Jamie said firmly, giving her lover a pat on the cheek.
When they reached the pool house, Jordan started to pepper Catherine with questions about the design. As they drifted away to discuss some detail, Ryan leaned back against the wall and asked, "Do you want to live in Noe only because I do?"
"Umm, I guess so. After all, I had never been there before I met you, and I doubt that I would have ever gone there on my own. I was planning on living down here after I married Jack--so I guess the answer is yes, I want to live in Noe mainly because it's important to you."
Ryan blew out a breath and sighed heavily. "I guess I thought you liked the neighborhood," she said softly, a little pout forming on her lips.
"I do, Sweetheart! I've grown to love it! It really feels like home to me now. But that's not what you asked me. I grew up here, Babe, and I would have been happy to live here for the rest of my life. It's comfortable and familiar, and I must admit that I like the weather better. But this is just a place to me, Ryan. Noe Valley is much more than that to you, and it is tremendously important to me to make sure you have the things that make you feel happy and secure. I can move to Noe Valley and be perfectly content, but you couldn't do the same down here. It's an obvious choice, Baby."
"But I should be able to be as flexible as you are," she murmured, still pouting.
"You are terribly flexible, Sweetness, but this isn't an area that you need to compromise on. I want to live in Noe."
"But the weather really is nicer down here, and we could never have any real outside space. We'll never be able to have a pool or …"
"My parents have all of this stuff, Honey. It's a half-hour trip. No big deal. And since we're going to have to bring the kids down to see Granny and Gramps all the time, I think it will be nice to have a very different environment for them. Lord knows what will happen with my parents, but one of them will probably wind up living here. Hopefully we'll have a relationship with both of them by then."
Ryan gave her a quick look to confirm that such talk might have made Jamie a little sad. Seeing the dimming of the normal sparkle in her eyes, she deftly changed the subject. "I don't think Granny will be the name of choice for your mother. You'll have to come up with something a lot more elegant."
"Good point. We'll have to work on it. Now are we settled on our living
"I think I've worn it when I've been with you, but I always wear a T-shirt over it so it just looks like shorts."
"Don't wear the T-shirt today," she begged. "I want to see those muscles rippling."
"Um, Jamie?" Ryan reminded her. "Your mom will be in the gym too. Can you avoid trying to lure me into what we did the last time we worked out in private?"
"I promise I will not ravish you while Mother is there," she said sincerely. "But when I get you alone, all bets are off!"
"I do have to play a match tonight, Honey. You don't want to drain all of the lifeblood from my poor body."
"When do you have to be there?"
"We don't have to practice since we played last night. So I don't have to be there until around 3:30."
"Excellent. I'll have time to drain you and fill you back up again," she said with a gleam in her eye.
"I think I need a nap already," Ryan moaned.
After they were all dressed, Ryan asked, "Where is your weight room? I don't think I've seen it."
"Well, it's not as extensive as the one in Pebble Beach. It's located on the second floor of the pool house. That way you can just hop in the sauna or the spa after you work out."
Jordan interrupted to say, "I don't mean to offend you, but why on earth do you guys want to live in Noe Valley? I'd never move away from home if I had a setup this sweet!"
"Ryan loves Noe Valley, I love Ryan, and that's the bottom line," Jamie said firmly, giving her lover a pat on the cheek.
When they reached the pool house, Jordan started to pepper Catherine with questions about the design. As they drifted away to discuss some detail, Ryan leaned back against the wall and asked, "Do you want to live in Noe only because I do?"
"Umm, I guess so. After all, I had never been there before I met you, and I doubt that I would have ever gone there on my own. I was planning on living down here after I married Jack--so I guess the answer is yes, I want to live in Noe mainly because it's important to you."
Ryan blew out a breath and sighed heavily. "I guess I thought you liked the neighborhood," she said softly, a little pout forming on her lips.
"I do, Sweetheart! I've grown to love it! It really feels like home to me now. But that's not what you asked me. I grew up here, Babe, and I would have been happy to live here for the rest of my life. It's comfortable and familiar, and I must admit that I like the weather better. But this is just a place to me, Ryan. Noe Valley is much more than that to you, and it is tremendously important to me to make sure you have the things that make you feel happy and secure. I can move to Noe Valley and be perfectly content, but you couldn't do the same down here. It's an obvious choice, Baby."
"But I should be able to be as flexible as you are," she murmured, still pouting.
"You are terribly flexible, Sweetness, but this isn't an area that you need to compromise on. I want to live in Noe."
"But the weather really is nicer down here, and we could never have any real outside space. We'll never be able to have a pool or …"
"My parents have all of this stuff, Honey. It's a half-hour trip. No big deal. And since we're going to have to bring the kids down to see Granny and Gramps all the time, I think it will be nice to have a very different environment for them. Lord knows what will happen with my parents, but one of them will probably wind up living here. Hopefully we'll have a relationship with both of them by then."
Ryan gave her a quick look to confirm that such talk might have made Jamie a little sad. Seeing the dimming of the normal sparkle in her eyes, she deftly changed the subject. "I don't think Granny will be the name of choice for your mother. You'll have to come up with something a lot more elegant."
"Good point. We'll have to work on it. Now are we settled on our living
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