He kept his promise

By the time Kristina opened her eyes the next morning Alexis was there ready to take her baby girl in her arms for their morning ritual

The apartment was quiet now. It was an awful silence that Alexis dreaded. Kristina was spending the day with Ned and though she should have been basking in peace and quiet too many thoughts were in her head. Thoughts that were mostly about him... the charming enemy

He watched her out on the terrace sipping what was left of her morning coffee. He had never seen this side if her. Her bare feet, her hair pulled up carelessly and jeans and a white t-shirt, clothes that seemed much to common for her...

"Beautiful"

Strangely Alexis didnt jump at the sound of his voice coming from behind her in her apartment

She turned slowly to him catching his handsome face

"It is a beautiful day" she responded calmly

"I wasnt speaking of the day" he said with a slight grin

He could tell by the look on her face she loved the compliment

"Should I even ask how you got in to my apartment?"

"I could show you" he said seriously

Alexis rolled her eyes at him

"You could have knocked, I actually would have let you in"

"But then I couldnt have stood here and admired you. Ive learned very quickly you will never let me do that..."

"What just let you stand there and look at me?"

"See I told you wouldnt"

He was right she would have become way to shy to just stand there and let him study her from head to toe

"So youve come to spend your day to look at and study me?"

"If only you would let me" he said sincerely

Alexis rolled her eyes at him again

"Well if youre going to stare can I at least get you a cup of coffee?"

"Please"

He was being on his best behavior

"Ok, but Im warning you I was offering to be polite and the coffee its horrible"

"If I could... I would love to make you a fresh pot then. You deserve good coffee"

Alexis began to smile and then caught herself with a quick thought of the last man who liked to make her coffee

"Dont be silly Alexis..." she said to herself

"That would be great thank you. Kitchen is..."

Before Alexis could walk passed Lorenzo for him to follow her in to the kitchen, he blocked her way

She stopped, now clearly a few inches shorter than she was last night

He leaned down kissing her softly on the lips and then pulled away grinning

"Ive been wanting to kiss you well, since I broke in"

Alexis raised her eyebrow to him

"I was wondering when you were going to finally kiss me" she said devilishly

Lorenzo again was caught off guard by one of her many surprises

He followed her to the kitchen

"Theres nothing in here!"

"Dont start with me!"

"What do you eat?"

"I order in a lot"

"You have a child!"

"And she likes to order in too!"

Lorenzo shook his head

"I said dont start with me!"

"Fascinating" he said sarcastically

Alexis gave him an evil look

He laughed out loud

"Ok coffee, Cherios, Milk, apple juice, some unidentifiable thing in a plastic container"

"Give it a rest!"

"Thats basically all you have in your kitchen"

"Can you even hear me talking? Give it a rest!"

"Its just amazing"

Alexis paused allowing him time to get all of the humor he needed out it

"Actually its a whole lot more than I use to have in a kitchen... children will change you, you know" she said now laughing at herself

She then pointed towards the coffee maker

"You know you look pretty hot in those jeans and that t-shirt Ms. Davis, and the ponytail is completely irresistible"

Alexis looked down at herself realizing what she looked like "Sorry I wasnt expecting company. I would have..."

"That was actually a compliment" He said boldly sliding his hand back and forth on the revealed skin where her t-shirt and jeans didnt quite meet

She looked down watching his every move

She wanted to shiver from the goose bumps he gave her

"Um coffee is ready" she said not being able to get her voice above a whisper

Lorenzo pulled his hands away and went for the coffee cup

He left her there for a moment to compose herself

Moments later they were back on the terrace letting only the sun in on their affair

"Last night was wonderful. But it went by so quickly"

"Ive already replayed it a thousand times"

Alexis looked at him smiling shyly not expecting that kind of sincerity from him

"I have too"

A silence then went between them. It wasnt uncomfortable...his touch filled in the conversation

She felt his fingers gently intertwine with hers as if he were again studying her, memorizing her to the tips of her fingers

Her other hand went to his face

"Why is this so easy with you?" she said softly

"Maybe its because its just now apparent how hard it was with everyone else"

Alexiss heart pounded. He was right it had never been this simple with anyone else. They were two people that should be anything and anywhere but together. Except everything was falling in to place, like her hand was in his at that moment

She leaned in kissing him

One kiss after the other...

Not over indulgent. Sweet kisses one after the other...

Her touch, his taste

Everything between them was right at that moment

Hours had past, they had spent the afternoon together

Lorenzo saw Alexis glance at her watch

"I should go" He said pulling away from her

"Im sorry..." she said truly in regret "My daughter, shell be home soon"

"I know, I know. I dont want to complicate your life any more than I already have "

They both looked as if they were trying to understand

"I wish you didnt have to go"

He smiled shyly

"Maybe one day I wont have to"

End Ch. 4