Wings of Love (9 page)

“Sorry, I guess I wasn’t looking where I was
going.”  Amy rushed away embarrassed.

“No problem,” Bob replied as he went into his
bedroom.

Amy ran downstairs with the comforter and
pillows as she shrugged off her clumsiness.  She took
Adam’s shoes off and tossed them under the coffee
table.  He flinched as she placed his leg on the
couch. 

“I didn’t mean to hurt you,” Amy looked
apologetic.  “Do you need a pain pill?”  She
fluffed his pillows and covered him up with the comforter.

“Yeah, maybe that’s a good
idea.”  Adam relaxed.  “I’m tired and a little
bit sore from all the movement today.”

Amy went into the kitchen to get his
medication.  She searched through the cupboard for a
glass then filled it with water.  She also filled up an
ice pack and took two pills out of the plastic prescription
container. 

“Here you go honey.”  Amy handed
him the water and pills then she placed the ice pack on his
knee.  She sat on the floor next to him as she gently
patted his chest.  “You get some rest and I’ll make us
something for dinner.”

“Thanks babe.”  Adam closed his
eyes as he exhaled.

Amy searched the refrigerator to see what she
could scrounge together for dinner.  She took out a dozen
eggs, some mushrooms, one green pepper and a chunk of cheddar
cheese.  In the freezer she found some hash browns and a
loaf of bread.

Amy busied herself in the kitchen as she
chopped up the mushrooms and green peppers.  She fried
the hash browns in a skillet and was whisking the eggs when Bob
sauntered into the room.

“Something smells good in here,” he deeply
inhaled the aroma.  “Do you need some help?”

“If you make the toast, I’ll make you an
omelet.”

“You got a deal.”  Bob tossed the
loaf of bread in the air as he took the toaster out of the
cupboard.  He stood next to Amy as he buttered the
toast.

“Here you go,” said Amy as she turned around
to find Bob right beside her.  “Enjoy.”  She
handed the plate to him and went back to making another omelet.

Bob pulled up a chair and sat his large frame
down by the table reaching for the jelly to spread on his
toast.  “This is awesome Amy.”  Bob ate as if
he was famished.  “Thanks.”

“You’re quite welcome,” said Amy as she
carried two plates of food into the living room.  She sat
them down on the coffee table and knelt down next to
Adam.  She brushed her finger lightly on his nose to wake
him up.

“What smells so good,” Adam wrinkled his nose
and opened his eyes as he stretched his arms then rolled over to
wrap them around Amy as he gave her a kiss.

“I made us omelets and hash
browns.”  Amy handed him his plate.  “Bob made
the toast.”

Bob could be heard as his heavy steps came
down the stairs.  He grabbed his keys off the hall table
and jingled them.  “I’ll catch you guys
later.  I have hockey practice.  Thanks again
Amy for dinner.”

Amy turned the television on while they ate
their dinner.  When they were finished she took their
dishes and left them in the sink to do later.  She went
back into the living room and sat on the floor next to Adam.

“I finally get you all to myself,” she lay
her face on the couch and put her arm around Adam.  He
pulled her up next to him and kissed her head that lay on his
chest.  Amy felt the warmth of his body.  “I
sure missed cuddling with you.”

“You and me both,” Adam flirted with her.

Amy stared into his hungry eyes tasting him
as their lips met, a fire burning deep inside of
her.  She couldn’t wait until his knee was healed so they
could finally make love.  Amy rolled off the couch biting
her lip as she gazed up at Adam with a devious grin upon her
face.  She disappeared under the covers as she took great
delight in bringing Adam to the point of no return.

***

“That was a lot easier today than last week,”
said Adam as he hobbled to the car.  He waited as Amy
opened the door for him, then handed her his crutches as he sat
down in the front seat.

Amy placed them in the back seat and walked
around to the driver’s side.  She climbed in the car and
reached for the ignition to start the car.  “Are you
nervous?”

“No, I just want to get the stitches out so I
can get started with my physical therapy on the machines
today.”  Adam looked forward to moving on with his
progress.  “Maybe after therapy we can go get my
assignments?  I called yesterday and they said I could
pick them up anytime today.”

“Ready to hit the books
again?”  Amy questioned him as she raised her
eyebrows. 

“Yeah, I bored of just watching TV all day
and doing crossword puzzles.”  Adam laughed.

Amy parked the car in the closest spot at Dr.
Perry’s office.  She held the door for Adam as he walked
into the building.  She signed in for him as he sat down
in the waiting room.

Adam was just about to lose his patience
after they waited over forty-five minutes when the nurse finally
called his name.  He followed the nurse down the hallway
with Amy right behind him.  They took a new x-ray of his
knee then placed him in a small room to wait for the doctor.

Adam lifted himself upon the table, the white
paper rustled as his weight sat down on it. Amy walked over to him
and stood between his legs that dangled over the
edge.  She wrapped her arms around him and could feel his
heart racing.  “Don’t worry everything will be okay, I
promise.”

“Good morning.”  Dr. Perry quickly
came into the room.  “Your x-rays look
good.”  Dr. Perry rolled up his pant leg and examined his
incision then he removed the twelve staples.  “You can
start your outpatient physical therapy today.  I’ll see
you in a couple months.”  He exited as fast as he had
come in.

“Off to therapy now.”  Adam smiled
as he got down from the table.

Adam’s physical therapy was right across the
parking lot from Dr. Perry’s office.  He had to ride the
bicycle for ten minutes to stretch his ligaments.  The
therapist also had him do many exercises to strengthen his muscle
as well as some weight lifting.  By the time he was
finished he was exhausted.

Amy was reading a magazine when he came back
out into the waiting room.  “Ready to go?” She looked up
at him and noticed he looked wiped out.

“Yeah, we’ll stop at the school and then get
home.  I was going to take you out to lunch but maybe we
can pick something up instead.”

Amy drove to the Sanilac County Community
center.  She put the car in park and shut it
off.  “Why don’t I run in and pick your stuff
up?  I’m sure it will only take a minute.”

Adam watched Amy as she strolled into the
building.  She was one in a million that was for
sure.  As he looked at her he could not help but
smile.  His emotions for Amy ranged from admirable to
zealous and everything in between.  He honestly could say
there wasn’t one thing that annoyed him about her.  He
watched her come out of the building as she carried his
books.  He only hoped someday he could repay her for all
she had done for him.

“What do you want for lunch?”  Adam
asked as he smiled at her with appreciation.  “We can go
anywhere you want.  My treat.”

As Amy pulled into the Burger King drive thru
window Adam shook his head and smiled.  
Leave it
to Amy to pick an inexpensive fast food joint when she could have
chosen any restaurant in town. 

“This has sure been a boring vacation for
you, huh?”  Adam took a bite of his
Whopper.  “Why don’t you go out tonight with the gang or
something?”

“There is no place I’d rather be than here
with you,” Amy rested her hand on his.  “After you
recuperate we can make up for lost time.”

“I’ll take you on a mini
vacation.”  Adam shared his idea that he had been kicking
around in his head for while.  “We can go visit Janet in
New York and hang out at all the hot spots.”

“That is a great idea,” Amy’s smile beamed up
at him.  “I haven’t seen Janet in awhile.”

Adam worked on his homework as Amy did a few
loads of laundry.  He paid attention to her folding his
clothes with her gentle hands.  She smoothed the wrinkles
out carefully before placing his shirts and jeans on
hangers.  She dropped a sock and bent over to pick it up
unaware that he was checking her
out
.  Damn.  How am I supposed to
study?  She even makes doing laundry
sexy
.  He could not wait until his knee was stronger
so he could show her exactly how much he loved her.

***

Amy watched the $20,000 Pyramid while Adam
was taking a shower.  He had his three month check up
with Dr. Perry this morning.  Adam had worked diligently
at his physical therapy.  If his therapist asked him to
do sets of exercises three times a day he did it
five.  If he told him to use a machine fifteen minutes he
did thirty.  All his hard work and efforts had paid
off.  Dr. Perry gave Adam permission to return to all his
normal activities.  He could even skate to build up his
endurance and speed again.  Dr. Perry even said the words
Adam had been waiting to hear, he could return to his hockey team
in three months!

Amy got up from the couch as Adam came down
the stairs with only his sweats on drying his curly hair with a
towel. 

“Come hither,” Amy grasped the towel that
hung around his neck and pulled him close to her.  She
leaned against his warm chest still damp from the shower and the
smell of Irish spring still lingering.

Adam smiled at her as he grabbed the towel
and snapped it lightly on her tush.

“Adam!”  She shrieked trying to
wrestle the towel from him.  “I call
roughing!”  Amy laughed as she wrapped her arms around
his waist hugging him close then pinched him on the ass.

Adam picked her up as she pretended to try to
get away from him and carried her up the
stairs.  “Holding!”  Amy laughed so hard her
sides ached.

Adam opened the door to his room and gently
tossed her on the bed.  He held his body above hers with
his muscular arms.  He kissed her throat with such
passion that Amy’s laughter quickly turned to desire. Adam lay
on his side and unbuttoned her blouse lingering with a kiss at each
one.  He opened the clasp of her bra exposing the beauty
of her breasts.

Amy gazed at him with eagerness in her
eyes.  She felt the passion for him build as he fondled
and caressed her nipples.  He cupped her breasts in his
hands and devoured them as they rose and fell from her heavy
breathing.  Adam unzipped her pants and slid them off of
her.  She tingled with anticipation as his hands
proceeded back up her leg, sensuously massaging
them.  “You are so damn beautiful Amy.”

Amy burned with desire as she felt the
softness of his lips, yearning for his body to be
hers.  She slipped his sweatpants and boxers off of him
tossing them on the floor.  She crawled back toward him
like a temptress feeling the heat of his body under
hers.  Adam softly murmured her name as she left a trail
of wet kisses from his torso to his neck.  Her lips
gently nibble his earlobe as he rolled over with her in his
arms.  She felt the warmth of his breath as he
whispered.  “I want you babe.”

Amy moaned as Adam slowly began to make love
to her experiencing for the first time the need to have
him.  The intensity built slowly and steadily increased
until finally they both closed their eyes and felt their bodies
become one.  Adam collapsed holding onto Amy as she
pressed every inch of their bodies together.

“I love you Amy.”  Adam said as he
stroked her hair with his fingertips and looked at her in
wonderment.  

“I love you Adam,” she whispered still in a
state of bliss.  “with all of my being.”

Adam woke up with Amy still nestled in his
arms.  He watched her breathe as she
slept.  Her beauty was unmistakable as she lay here next
to him with her hair tousled on his chest and
pillow.  Amy looked like an angel.  Adam smiled
to himself as he thought of last night.  
She may look
like an angel but she sure was a seductress in
bed
.  He kissed her lightly on the nose and drifted
back off to sleep.

Chapter 9

“American Airlines Flight 187 to New York is
now boarding at Gate 26,” the intercom announced through the
terminal.

Amy clung to Adam’s hand as they boarded
their flight.  He guided her down the aisle towards their
seats.

“Would you like the window?”  Adam
inquired as he gently squeezed her hand.

“You can have it,” she said quietly.

Adam placed their jackets in the storage unit
above them then sat down next to the window.  He softly
massaged Amy’s back trying to relax her for their
flight.  With his other hand he reached into his pocket
and took a roll of lifesavers out.  “Here,” he offered
her one.  “I heard that it will keep your ears from
popping.”  He took a cherry one and placed the rest back
in his pocket.

“That was so thoughtful of you,” she eyed him
appreciatively. 

The plane taxied as the stewardess informed
them of all the emergency procedures.  Amy gripped Adam’s
hand feeling safer having him next to her.  The captain
announced that the flight would take approximately one hour and
fifteen minutes to arrive at JFK airport.

Amy peeked shyly out the window as the plane
started to go faster down the runway.  Before she knew it
they were up in the air.  She clutched his hand tighter
as she felt a little uneasy.  Then the airplane flew
smoothly, the only sound she heard was the hum of the
engines.  She released her death grip on Adam and
relaxed, exhaling deeply.

“You okay?”  He asked with
concern.

“Really, I’m fine.”  Her smile
convinced him.

“Wow, it looks like we are floating on the
clouds,” Adam said as they looked out the window.