In A Heartbeat

Chapter Ten

Denny finished his last surgery and headed to the lounge hoping to catch Riley

before she left. She'd headed into the OR just before he took in his last patient.

He found her in the surgical lounge her feet propped up on the table asleep. He

smiled fondly, he'd always felt like the big brother Riley never had.

"Hey Riley. How'd that last case go?"

Riley jerked awake, grumbling when she realized she'd dozed off. "Hi Denny."

Riley's face took on a pained expression. "There was nothing I could do; his arm

was too badly injured. I had to amputate. I was just waiting for them to get him

settled in recovery. I wanted to check him one more time before I head out."

"I'm sorry Kiddo, sometimes there's just nothing more we can do. He lost his arm

but you saved his life." Denny assured her.

"I know, but I'd be willing to bet he won't feel the same way." Riley said with a sigh.

"Maybe not at first but eventually he'll realize just how lucky he was. Enough

about patients, want to tell me what really happened to your face?"

Riley squirmed in her chair and refused to make eye contact. "I don't know what

you mean, I told you what happened."

Denny reached over and tilted Riley's head up until their eyes met. "Come on,

we've known each other since medical school. You know I can always tell when

you're not telling the truth."

Riley sighed dramatically. "It's nothing really. It's over and done with."

Denny reached out and stroked Riley's injured cheek. He could just make out a

hint of fingerprints in the bruises on her cheek. A thought suddenly occurred to

him and his eyes widened.

"It wasn't that woman was it? The one who's been hanging around looking for

you. Did she hurt you?" Denny asked in concern.

"Oh God No Denny, it wasn't Sam." Riley gasped in shock.

"Sam... who's Sam."

"She's my friend; well she's more than a friend." Riley said blushing. "Which leads us back to this." She said pointing to her bruised cheek.

"You remember my Uncle Rielly?"

"How could I forget that asshole," Denny muttered.

Riley chuckled, remembering several run-ins Denny had with her uncle when

they were in medical school. Denny had hated the way her uncle treated her and

had made his displeasure well known.

"Well I umm... I umm..."

"Spit it out Riley." Denny encouraged.

"I recently started dating her... Sam I mean. Stevens saw us kissing in the

parking lot."

Riley glanced up waiting for Denny's reaction. Denny snickered and Riley glared

at him.

"Sorry, go ahead."

"Stevens confronted me about it last week. I told him my personal life was none

of his business. Well he saw us again when Sam brought me lunch. Guess the

SOB took it upon himself to call my uncle. Anyway, my uncle was waiting for me

yesterday when I got home from lunch with Sam. He was less than happy about

me seeing a woman. I think his exact words were, 'No niece of mine is going to

be a queer'. Things escalated from there and he smacked me in the face...

twice." Riley blinked trying to keep the tears from falling.

Denny leaned forward and wrapped his arms around Riley. "I am so sorry Kiddo.

I always knew the guy was a real bastard but I never thought he'd hit you." Riley

couldn't help it, the tears started to leak out. "I'm so proud of you for finally being true to who you really are."

Riley pulled away from Denny and looked at him in shock. "What do you mean?"

Denny just smiled at her knowingly. "You knew? You knew I was gay! But how I

never..."

"Riley, Carol and I have always known. I know you and Linda thought it was this

great secret but it was pretty obvious to people who know you. You know I never

liked Linda but I just never understood why you insisted on dating guys. Now I

understand," he said softly stroking her injured cheek with his fingertips.

Riley just stared at him in shock. He'd known all this time and never said a word.

"Why didn't you say anything?"

"I wanted to but Carol convinced me it wasn't my place. You needed to accept

who you are. It wasn't for me to tell you. So are you happy with Sam? Is she

good to you?"

"Oh Denny, she's incredible. She makes me feel things I never thought were

possible." Riley enthused blushing lightly.

Denny hugged her. "I'm so happy for you. So when are you going to bring her

over? Carol and I want to meet her."

Riley's eyes went wide in panic and she started to stutter. She could just imagine

the grilling Carol would give Sam. Denny laughed at the look of total panic on

Riley's face.

"Relax Riley, I promise we won't give her the third degree. We're your friends;

we want you to be happy. Besides, you haven't met the newest member of our

family yet. He should get to come home in two weeks."

"That's wonderful. I'm so thrilled for you guys. And I did get to see Jeremy. I

snuck up to the PICU. He's adorable." Riley told him. She yawned and rubbed

her eyes trying to say alert.

"Get out of here and get some rest. I'll take care of the post-op orders on your

patient."

"Thanks Denny. I'll do it while I wait for Sam. She drove me in this morning. So I

need to call her to pick me up."

"Okay, I really am happy for you. Bring your girl by to meet us." Denny

encouraged.

Riley assured him she would and headed out to call Sam and finish up her

patients post-op orders so she could get out of there.

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Sam prowled her apartment restlessly. She had talked to Riley earlier in the day

and she'd told her it would probably be late when she finished up. They had

ended up taking even more critical patients than expected. It was almost 11pm

and Riley hadn't called yet say to come get her. She worried about the long

hours she was working and knew Riley had probably not bothered to stop to

eat.

She had called Kim and Jess as soon as she'd gotten in that morning. Jess was

furious when she told her about the confrontation with Riley's uncle. Kim wasn't

surprised by the reaction, though it saddened her. It didn't make Sam feel any

better when Kim told her it was an all too common reaction to a parent or parent

surrogate to finding out their child was gay. Sam and Jess realized how lucky

they were that their parents and family had been so accepting. It wasn't like

there was just one gay child in their family to accept; two sisters being gay

wasn't that common in their experience.

Sam flopped down on the couch her thoughts going back to that morning at

Riley's condo. She had gone over it in her head all day. She still couldn't believe

she'd just lain there and let Riley take her. That just wasn't how things were

supposed to happen. She had never even touched her. Her experience with

Riley was so outside what she was used to she just wasn't sure how to react.

Sam enjoyed all the different ways two women could make love but always from

the position of being the one in control. Being passive just didn't fit her image of

herself. She couldn't even remember a time she'd lain on her back and allowed

someone to just take her. Even with the men she'd been with she had insisted

on being on top. The thing that scared her most was the fact of how much she'd

liked it. She wasn't sure if they were together again it wouldn't happen again.

Sam had never felt so out of control around anyone in her life. The ringing of the

phone interrupted her thoughts.

"Hello"

"Hey Sam, it's me," said a very tired sounding Riley.

"Hey Babe, you finally done?"

Riley was exhausted but felt better just hearing Sam's voice.

"Yes, please come get me."

"I'll be there in fifteen minutes."

Sam made a quick run into the kitchen. She'd picked up Chinese takeout earlier

and had it on warm in the oven. She knew it was unlikely Riley had eaten.

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Riley leaned against the wall outside the ER trying to stay awake. She sighed in

relief when Sam's T-bird pulled up into the small parking lot next to the ER. She

hurried over to get in.

"Hi." She greeted Sam, suddenly shy. During one of her breaks she had

replayed the events of the morning. She still couldn't believe she'd been quite so

aggressive with Sam. In her previous relationship Linda had always been the

one to initiate sex and call the shots so to speak. To just have taken over like

that was very foreign to her. Now face to face with Sam she was embarrassed

that she'd let her libido get the better of her. She didn't like feeling out of control.

Sam immediately sensed Riley's uneasiness and wondered what was wrong.

With anyone else she would've just let it go figuring they'd tell her when they

were ready. But, she found she couldn't do that with Riley, if something was

wrong she needed to know what it was.

"What's wrong?" She asked softly as she tilted Riley's chin up to make eye

contact.

Riley blushed as she met Sam's warm blue eyes. Sam couldn't resist and leaned

over brushing a soft kiss across Riley's lips.

"Nothing." Riley said looking down again, hoping Sam couldn't see her blush.

"I'm just tired."

Sam didn't believe her. "Riley..." she said with a question in her voice.

"We should get going."

"We will as soon as you tell me what's wrong." Sam insisted.

"I just um... I'm a little embarrassed."

"About what?" Sam asked curiously.

"Umm...about this morning... I'm not like that... I mean I usually don't do that...

It's just you make me so crazy... I can't help it." Riley felt like her face was on fire as she blushed fiercely.

Sam's brow furrowed as she tried to figure out what Riley was talking about.

Then it hit her, their lovemaking that morning. Or rather Riley making love to her.

Her mind flashed back to Riley on top of her thrusting deep inside. She felt an

immediate jolt of arousal. Her voice was deep and desire ridden when she

spoke.

"Don't worry Babe, I liked it." Sam's eyes widened in shock at her own

words. Whoa, shit where did that come from? She thought in panic. Oh, you

know it's true. Sam's little voice piped up.

Riley was shocked not only by Sam's words but by the rapidly spreading blush

covering her face.

Her mind was playing back the images from that morning. All the discomfort and

embarrassment she'd felt when she first got in the car were gone.

"Really?" Riley husked in a sultry tone.

Sam felt her ears go hot. The sound of Riley's voice and the images from that

morning were doing strange things to her. She glanced over and swallowed hard

at the expression on Riley's face.

"Yeah." Sam managed to squeak out.

Riley leaned over the console. "Maybe you should take me home and we can

talk about this further." She purred in Sam's ear as her hand massaged Sam's

thigh.

Sam wasn't so sure she could drive. The pulse pounding between her legs was

totally distracting. When Riley's hand slid higher up her thigh Sam placed her

hand on top stopping her from going higher. She had to clear her throat twice

before she managed to speak.

"Babe if you keep touching me like that we'll never make it out of this parking

lot."

Riley stuck her lip out in a pout but removed her hand from Sam's thigh. Sam

breathed a sigh of relief and headed for Riley's apartment.

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Neither woman spoke as Sam made her way to the freeway entrance. Once she

was on the freeway and had calmed down a little she glanced over at Riley. A

soft smile lit her face; Riley was sound asleep. Poor thing must be

exhausted. Sam drove in silence not willing to risk waking Riley. She pulled into

the visitor parking lot and shut off the car.

"Riley..." Sam called softly. "We're here." Riley never moved or showed any signs of waking. Sam reached out gently shaking her shoulder. Riley instantly

jerked awake then looked around in confusion. Her face flushed in

embarrassment when she realized she'd fallen asleep.

"Sorry about that," she said sheepishly.

Sam reached out and ran a gently hand up Riley's arm. "Don't worry about it,

you must be exhausted. When was the last time you ate?"

At the mention of food Riley's stomach growled loudly. "Umm I'm not sure."

"Damn it Riley!" Riley jumped at Sam's angry tone. "You've got to take better care of yourself."

Riley looked down at her lap and Sam immediately felt bad for her outburst.

"I'm sorry, I just worry about you."

Riley smiled sweetly at Sam then leaned over to kiss her. "Thank you." She

whispered as she pulled back.

Sam reached into the backseat and flipped open a Styrofoam container that

Riley hadn't noticed. She pulled out a large bag and handed it to Riley. Riley

opened the bag and the odors coming from the bag caused her stomach to

growl loudly.

"I figured you hadn't stopped to eat so I picked up some Chinese earlier. I hope

that's alright?"

"It's wonderful, come on let's get inside so we can eat." Riley said eagerly.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There was little conversation as Riley dug into the Chinese food. By the time she

was finished Sam could see she was struggling to stay awake.

"I should get going and let you get some rest."

Riley's head jerked up and she looked panicked for a moment. "Please don't go.

I'd really like you to stay."

Sam wasn't sure that was very good idea considering what had happened the

last time they'd shared a bed. They still had a lot to talk about.

Riley saw the doubt flash across Sam's face. "Please, I really don't want to be

alone." She pleaded softly.

Sam sighed; there was no way she could refuse her. "Sure, I'll stay. What time

do you have to be in?"

Riley flashed Sam a brilliant smile. "I'm back on at 7am."

Sam glanced at her watch it was just after midnight. "Jesus Riley, don't you ever

get a break?"

"I'm off on Sunday. I actually could cut my schedule back some... but I've never

had a reason to," She gazed at Sam, her eyes warm and inviting, " 'til now that

is."

Sam lost herself in Riley's violet eyes. The two women sat staring into each

other's eyes. Riley finally broke their trance when she yawned widely.

"Come on, let's get you to bed," Sam said. Riley's eyes sparked. "To sleep

Riley... you need to rest."

Riley stuck out her lip in a pout but obediently followed Sam upstairs.

Sam removed her clothes and donned the tee shirt from the previous night. Riley

came out of the bathroom in her tee shirt and boxers and settled in bed. Sam

finished getting ready for bed then joined her.

Sam settled on her back as Riley turned out the light. Riley glanced over at Sam

and she opened her arms in invitation. Riley settled into Sam's arms with a sigh

and immediately fell asleep. Sam leaned down kissing the top of Riley's head

before drifting off to sleep.

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Sam woke early it was still dark outside. She glanced at the clock; it was just

after 5am. Riley was snuggled up against her side with her head resting on her

shoulder and her arm thrown over her waist. Sam smiled and closed her eyes

enjoying the feel of Riley in her arms. She drifted back to sleep and was

awakened the second time by the blaring of Riley's alarm. Riley groaned rolling

over to shut off the offending sound. She rolled back over to face Sam smiling at

her.

"Good Morning." She said before leaning in to kiss Sam's lips. The kiss was

warm, gentle, and loving. Riley couldn't help thinking how nice it would be to

wake up every morning with Sam in her bed.

Sam returned the sweet kiss with one of her own and hugged Riley.

"Good Morning to you. Sleep well?"

Riley rolled onto her back and stretched her arms above her head. Her back

arched causing the tee shirt to pull tight across her breasts. She made a sound

like a contented cat. Sam's eyes were immediately drawn to the display.

"I slept great." The alarm rang again interrupting. Riley shut it off before turning back to Sam. "I'm sorry I have to get ready for work."

"I know," Sam said with a sigh. "Go ahead and I'll go make us some coffee."

Riley headed for the shower, smiling happily. Sam headed for the kitchen.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sam searched Riley kitchen for the coffeemaker, finally finding it under one of

the counters. She got the coffee brewing and hurried back upstairs to get

dressed. She was waiting for Riley with a cup of coffee already brewed when

she came down the stairs.

She handed the cup to Riley. "I was going to make us some breakfast but you

don't have any food in the house."

Riley blushed. "Yeah, I really need to get to the grocery store. It's just last week

was so crazy and I wasn't here all week, then all this with my uncle."

"Tell you what. How about I drop you off at work then pick you up some

groceries?" Sam offered.

"Oh Sam I can't let you do that. I'll grab something at the hospital."

"You're not letting me do anything, I'm volunteering. Besides if I'm gonna be

staying at night I need more than a cup of coffee in the morning." Sam blushed

when she realized what she'd just said.

Riley grinned. "So you're going to be staying the nights huh?"

Sam took a sudden interest in the tops of her shoes. "Only if you want me to."

"Oh Honey of course I want you to. I know we still need to talk but I really like

waking up with you." Riley told her honestly.

"Me too." Sam said shyly.

Riley couldn't help but smile at the transformation. One minute she'd been

standing across from a very confident, butch Sam and the next a sweet gentle

woman with a shy uncertain smile. It was endearing to say the least.

Riley opened a kitchen drawer and started rummaging through it. She pushed

the drawer shut and turned to Sam offering her the object in her hand. Sam

stared in surprise at the key ring in Riley's hand. She hesitated then reached out

to take them.

"I'll give them back when I pick you up tonight." Sam assured her.

"Naw... just hang on to them." Riley said smiling.

Sam swallowed heavily past the lump in her throat. "Are you sure about this?"

She asked nervously. No one had ever given her their keys before.

Riley grinned at Sam's nervousness. She reached out closing Sam's hand

around the keys. "Yes, I'm sure."

Riley looked at the clock. "Shit, I have to go. I'll call you tonight when I get

home."

"You'll call me tonight when you're ready to come home. Come on... I'm driving."

"But Sam, you don't need to do..." Riley's voice trailed off; Sam wasn't in the

kitchen any more. She heard the front door open and hurried to catch up with

Sam.

Sam dropped Riley off at the entrance to the ER before hurrying to what she

hoped would be her last therapy appointment.

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Sam sat in her living room as the late, late show played on the TV. She had

gone to bed earlier but hadn't been able to sleep. Her thoughts raced. It was

Friday and the first time all week she'd slept in her own bed. She jumped up to

pace restlessly. This isn't good. What's the matter with me? I always slept just

fine without a woman in my bed. Hell I slept better without someone else in the

bed. It's just being back at my own place after spending the week at Riley's. I

just got used to her bed... yeah, that's it. She tried to convince herself. Riley was on in-house call at the hospital tonight which was why Sam was at home trying

to sleep in her own bed. She curled up on the couch with a blanket and finally

managed to dose off .

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Riley stared up at the ceiling of the on-call room. It was after midnight and she

was exhausted. She had tossed and turned for the last hour trying to fall asleep.

"This is ridiculous." She groused pulling one of the pillows out from under her

head and wrapping her arms around it. Sam had spent every night that week in

her bed. It'd been one of the happiest weeks Riley ever had. Sam had picked

her up every night when she'd finished at work and always had food in the back

of her car to take to the condo. They had shared a quiet dinner every night then

Sam would hold her until she fell asleep. Riley would wake in the morning still

securely wrapped in Sam's arms. They would have breakfast together and Sam

would take her to work. She lay there for quite awhile replaying the events of the

last week in her head. She was surprised they'd managed to share a bed for a

week and not make love again. She sighed knowing that was her fault, she had

worked from 7am until after 10 pm every day this week. By the time Sam took

her home, she was too exhausted to do anything but sleep. She tried to clear

her mind of all whirling thoughts finally giving up, she growled in frustration. I do

not need Sam to sleep. I slept just fine before she came along. I'm just over

tired...Yeah that's it; I'm just over tired. She was almost relieved when her pager went off a few minutes later.

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Riley had completed her morning rounds and was finally free. She paced up and

down in front of the ER waiting for Sam to arrive. She'd managed to change her

schedule and had both today and tomorrow off with no call. Riley was anxious to

start her weekend with Sam. She turned as the ER doors opened and blanched

when Denny strolled out. She caught a glimpse of Sam's car out of the corner of

her eye.

"Bye Denny, see you." Riley said trying to escape.

"Whoa... where are you going in such a rush?" He asked putting a restraining

hand on her arm. A grin broke out on his face when he figured it out. "Sam's on

her way to pick you up isn't she?" He asked rubbing his hands together in

anticipation.

Riley stopped in her tracks and groaned. "Come on Denny, you promised."

Denny wiggled his eyebrows at Riley and smirked. Riley's eyes widened when

she saw Sam approaching from behind Denny. Sam had seen the man talking to

Riley, when he'd put his hand on her arm; her protective instincts had kicked it.

She'd quickly parked the car and headed for Riley.

Sam walked past Denny and stood at Riley's side. "Everything okay? Ready to

go?" She asked.

WOW! Denny thought to himself. Oh, man... she's gorgeous... Riley you sure

know how to pick 'em. Denny couldn't help but let his eyes admire the tall

woman's dark good looks and beautiful body.

Riley glared at Denny, she didn't like the way he was staring at Sam. Knowing

there was no way out, she made the introductions. "Sam this is my friend Denny.

Denny this is my friend Sam."

Sam smiled in relief that this was a friend of Riley's and not someone harassing

her. She stuck out her hand to Denny.

"Hi nice to meet you."

'Nice to meet you too Sam, Riley has told me all about you."

"Denny!" Riley hissed.

A little half smirk appeared on her face as she turned to face Riley. "Really? All

about me huh?" she purred in a husky voice.

Riley's face flushed bright red and she glared at Denny. Denny was having his

own problems as his body reacted to Sam's sexy voice. Oh, Riley I bet you have

your hands full with this one, he chuckled to himself, thankful he was wearing a

lab coat. He couldn't wait to get a chance to tease Riley.

Sam relented when she saw Riley's expression. She reached out and put a

hand on Riley's shoulder squeezing gently.

"We should get going." She told her. "Nice to meet you Denny."

"You too Sam, maybe you and Riley could stop by the house sometime. I grill a

mean steak. I know my wife would love to meet you too. How about this

weekend?"

Sam looked at Riley to see her reaction. She had a panicked look on her

face. Hmm...I wonder what that's all about. I'll have to ask her about

that. Wanting to let a panicked Riley off the hook Sam turned to Denny.

"Well between mine and Riley's schedule it's hard to find time for much. I'll have

to take a rain check."

Denny looked disappointed and Riley appeared relieved.

Riley saw Denny's disappointed look and felt bad. "Not this weekend, okay

Denny. But I promise we'll come by the house to see Carol and Jeremy."

Denny remembered how new everything was for Riley and decided not to push.

"OK Kiddo, I'll hold you to that."

Denny said his goodbyes and headed back to the ER.

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Sam smiled over at Riley, she'd fallen asleep about halfway to the condo. Sam

gently shook her shoulder.

"Come on Babe, we're here."

Riley grumbled and her eyes slowly fluttered open. "Sorry about that." She

muttered in embarrassment. She scrubbed her hands over her face trying to

wake up. She didn't intend to spend her day off sleeping. "Just let me get a

couple of cups of coffee in me and I'll be fine."

Sam reached out and softly stroked Riley's cheek. Riley leaned into her touch.

"Don't worry about it. Did you get any sleep last night?"

Riley thought of the hour she'd spent tossing and turning in the on-call room.

"Not much." She admitted.

"I shouldn't even bother to ask if you've eaten huh?"

Riley shook her head no.

"Come on. I bought breakfast stuff when I went to the grocery store."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Riley used the last bite of pancake to chase the last bit of syrup on her plate.

Sam had insisted on making breakfast while she relaxed with a cup of coffee in

the breakfast nook. Riley patted her full stomach and yawned widely.

"That was really great Sam. I think I need some more coffee." She said as she

yawned again. She glanced over at Sam. She had that little half smirk on her

face that Riley had quickly learned meant she was up to something. "What?"

Sam laughed and poured her another cup of coffee. "Go ahead and drink it but it

won't do you any good... it's decaf."

Riley looked down at her cup suspiciously. Sam laughed at her expression. She

put her fingers on Riley's lips before she could protest.

"You've worked 16 hour days all week; you need to get some rest."

"But I have the day off. I want to spend it with you, not sleeping." Riley whined.

"We will but I couldn't enjoy myself knowing you were exhausted. Just take a

nap then I promise we'll spend the rest of the day together. It's still early." Sam

assured her.

"Okay but only if you take a nap with me." Riley bargained.

Sam started to protest but her own yawn caught her by surprise. They made

their way together up to Riley's bedroom.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Riley's eyes slowly fluttered open. She glanced at the clock on the night side

table. It was just after 3pm. She cursed when she realized they'd been asleep

almost six hours. She gazed at Sam's sleeping face then allowed her eyes to

drift down her body. The shirt Sam was wearing pulled tight across her chest

accentuating her breasts. Riley felt a sudden jolt of arousal and all sleepiness

was gone. She cautiously pushed up Sam's shirt not wanting to wake her. Her

eyes roamed over her exposed breasts and she felt a throbbing begin between

her legs as she watched Sam's nipples harden in the cool bedroom air. Carefully

lifting up she laved one of the tightening buds with her tongue before sucking it

into her mouth. Sam moaned in her sleep but didn't awaken. Riley's arousal

soared. She couldn't get enough of Sam. She switched breasts sucking the

other nipple into her mouth while softly kneading its partner. She was amazed

Sam hadn't awoken yet. Her libido kicked into overdrive as she continued to

suckle Sam's now rock hard nipples. Her hand slid down Sam's abdomen and

into her boxers. She lightly ran her fingers through her thick hair, scratching

softly. Riley grinned when Sam's legs spread open. She glanced up, checking to

see if she was still asleep. Unable to resist any longer her fingers slipped lower.

Sam was so wet Riley couldn't hold back a moan at the feel of her under her

fingers.

Sam was in limbo between waking and sleep. She thought she was having a

very vivid erotic dream. Her eyes slowly opened and then widened in shock.

Riley was straddling her thigh and her fingers were stroking between her legs as

she suckled her nipple. Sam groaned loudly and Riley felt a sudden flood soak

her fingers. She lifted passion-filled eyes to Sam. Their gazes locked. Riley

leaned up and kissed Sam passionately as her fingers slipped inside. Sam's

back arched and she moaned into the kiss. Riley broke the kiss and went back

to Sam's nipple as she began to thrust in and out of her.

"Oh God Riley..." Sam gasped. She could feel herself nearing the edge. Sam

raised her knee pushing her thigh harder into Riley's center. Her hands came up

and clasped Riley's hips urging her to thrust against her. Riley immediately

began to ride against Sam's thigh as she continued to plunge in and out of her.

Riley felt Sam's walls flutter around her fingers. She ground down into her thigh

and thrust her fingers into Sam as deep as they would go. They cried out each

other's names as they climaxed together. Riley collapsed on top of Sam. Sam

wrapped her arms tightly around Riley holding her close.

As soon as Sam regained her breath, she rolled over taking Riley with her. Riley

gasped at the renewed passion burning in Sam's eyes. Sam pressed the length

of their bodies together.

"My turn." She growled.

Riley's passion quickly rekindled from the look in Sam's eyes. Sam lifted up and

removed her tee shirt and boxers before doing the same to Riley. As she

lowered her weight back down onto Riley, she stopped glaring at something on

Riley's night side table. Riley followed Sam's gaze to see what had caused her

ire. Riley couldn't help laughing when she realized Sam was glaring at her

pager. Riley reached over, picked up the offending object, and made a show of

shutting it off before tossing it to the floor. She wiggled out from under Sam and

getting on her knee's leaned over and unplugged the phone.

"I'm all yours." She said teasingly as she turned back to face Sam. Riley gulped

when Sam's eyes met hers. They had turned an incredible silvery blue and she

could see the fire burning in them. Sam rose up onto her knees and held out her

hand to Riley. She drew her into her arms and pressed their bodies together.

"Yes you are." Sam husked in her ear.

Riley felt an incredible surge of arousal and could feel her juices coating the

insides of her thighs. Sam ran her hands down Riley back to her butt. She took

the two globes in her hands and began to knead them as she kissed Riley

passionately. Her tongue explored every inch of Riley's mouth. Riley had never

been so aroused in her life. Her hips began to press against Sam urgently. Riley

whimpered when Sam pulled away.

"Easy Babe, I'll take care of you." Sam promised in a husky voice.

Sam lowered Riley to the bed and crouched over her. She kissed her deeply as

her hands began to caress her. Riley was frantic, the throbbing between her legs

was making her crazy. She put her hands on Sam's shoulders urging her lower.

Sam slid down to Riley's breasts and stopped. Riley tried to push her lower but

Sam refused. She placed open mouth kisses all over Riley's neck and chest

before finally making her way to her breast. As her mouth worshipped one

breast, her hand attended its twin. Riley's hips jerked and her back arched when

Sam finally took a nipple into her mouth sucking it deep.

"Please Sam... Please. Touch me." She begged.

Her hands went to Sam's shoulders and she tried again to push her lower. Her

hips thrust up trying to ease the ache between her legs. Sam seeing Riley's

frenzied movements moved down a little further. She kissed her way down her

abdomen to the top of her mound. Sam's knees where on either side of Riley's

keeping her from spreading her legs. Sam moved off to the side momentarily

and placed a hand on the inside of Riley's knees. She spread her legs open

slowly. She quickly took her place between Riley's spread legs settling on her

stomach. Her thighs clenched as she gazed at the treasure laid open before her.

Her head lifted and met Riley's gaze, her eyes had deepened to a dark purple

color and were filled with passion. She gently stroked the soft skin of Riley's

inner thighs. Riley's hips bucked up and her expression became pleading. Sam

reached out and gently spread Riley open. Keeping eye contact, she gently ran

her tongue up between Riley's legs. Sam's eyes closed and she moaned at the

exquisite taste. Riley's head snapped back at the first touch of Sam's tongue.

Sam thoroughly explored Riley with her tongue, lapping up her sweet nectar.

She pushed Riley's legs open further and moved down pushing her tongue

inside as far as it would go and began to pump rhythmically. Riley's hips bucked

in her face and she reached out wrapping an arm over her pelvis to keep her

still. Riley had begun to moan incoherently her head thrashing from side to side.

Sam felt the fluttering around her tongue and knew she wasn't going to last

much longer. She brought her free hand up and rubbed hard against Riley's

throbbing nub. Riley screamed her whole body going rigid as the huge orgasm

hit. Even before the tremors had stopped Sam pulled out her tongue and pushed

into Riley with two fingers. She latched onto her with her mouth as she began to

thrust her fingers deep inside. Riley quickly went back up and over the precipice

again. Her body arched then went limp; she twitched as the aftershocks rippled

through her body. Sam lay with her head against Riley's thigh, her heart

pounding. She'd climaxed with Riley the second time. She had never climaxed

before just from making love to someone. Sam slowly withdrew her fingers

causing Riley to whimper at the loss. She slid up next to Riley and drew her

against her chest.

Sam pulled back when she felt tears dampen her chest. "What's wrong Baby?

Did I hurt you?" she asked in a panic.

Riley's experiences with Linda hadn't prepared her for the incredible intensity of

Sam's lovemaking. Riley smiled through her tears her face shining with love. "I...

I just... never knew it could be like that. You are incredible."

Sam pulled Riley back against her chest. "You're the one that's incredible. I

came just from touching you." Sam admitted as she blushed.

Riley's lifted her head off Sam's chest and grinned at the blush staining Sam's

cheeks. She pressed herself tightly against Sam and ran her hands slowly up

and down Sam's back. The languor caused by their intense lovemaking and

soaring emotions finally over came both women and they drifted off to sleep

wrapped in each other's arms.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sam woke and gazed over at the clock. It was almost 5 pm. She looked down at

Riley sleeping peacefully on her chest and her heart soared with the feelings she

had for the beautiful redhead. Her mind drifted back to their lovemaking and that

she realized was what it was. For the first time she knew what it was to make love with a

woman and not just have sex with one. Sam felt a burst of panic but one look into Riley's sleeping face and it was gone. This was right; she just knew it. She was aware there was a lot she stil didn't know about Riley but that would come in time. Riley stirred against her. Sam ran her hands slowly up and down Riley's back enjoying the soft silky feel of the o

her woman's skin.

"Hi..." Riley murmured sleepily without raising her head from Sam's chest.

"Hi yourself." Sam responded leaning down to kiss the crown of Riley's head.

Riley shifted until she was fully on top of Sam before lifting up to meet her lips in

a soft kiss. The kiss quickly turned passionate when Riley pushed her tongue

into Sam's mouth. Sam's hands slid down Riley's back, she cupped the firm

globes in her hands and squeezed. Riley moaned into the kiss as she felt her

passion rise again. She broke the kiss and started to slide down. The moment

was broken when her stomach growled loudly.

Sam laughed lightly as she rolled Riley underneath her. "Guess it's awake huh?

Time to feed the beast?" she asked teasingly. She leaned forward, kissing down

Riley's neck.

Riley kissed Sam's neck then suddenly leaned over biting her neck then moving

up to her earlobe and nipping again. Sam groaned and felt her nipples tighten.

"Oh yeah Babe it's time to feed the beast." Riley whispered in her ear, her hot

breath making Sam gasp.

Much to Sam's shock Riley managed to roll her back over and come out on top.

She straddled Sam's hips and took an already hard nipple in her mouth.

Riley spent the next hour explaining in detail just what beast needed to be fed.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sam lay flat on her back gasping for air, her body covered with a sheen of

sweat. Riley's head was resting on her belly as she too gasped for breath. Riley

finally managed to get the energy to slowly slide up Sam's body and collapse on

her chest.

"WOW..." Sam panted. "WOW..." She didn't appear to be capable of a full sentence. "That was... that was... WOW." Sam was reeling, Riley was the first

woman she'd ever been with who could keep up with her.

"Are you sure you've only been with one woman before?" she asked in a husky

voice, her throat dry from panting.

Riley slid up to tease Sam's ear running her tongue around the rim. Sam

shivered. "Oh yeah I'm sure. I'm a fast learner. I had a good teacher."

Sam stiffened slightly as she felt a surprising twinge of jealousy. Riley felt her

stiffen and realized she was jealous. She smirked as she leaned close again.

"Yeah I had a great teacher... You..." she told Sam nipping the top of her ear.

Sam was surprised at the warmth that spread through her chest with Riley's

admission. Before she could say anything else, Riley began to kiss and nip her

way down her neck. Sam was exhausted and didn't know if she could go

another round with Riley. Usually she wore her partners out not the other way

around. She grinned when she realized she'd finally met her match. Sam

decided it was time for a distraction.

"Aren't you hungry Babe? You haven't had anything to eat since this morning."

Riley lifted her head up meeting Sam's eyes. She wiggled her eyebrows, her

eyes sparkling as she smacked her lips. To her surprise and pleasure, Sam

blushed. Riley couldn't hold back her laughter at seeing the big tough cop blush.

Sam growled and rolled over taking Riley with her. She pinned Riley to the bed,

drawing her arms over her head and holding them with one hand. Sam rose up

on all fours, hovering over Riley. She still had her arms pinned above her head.

Her heated gaze traveled down the length of Riley's body. Riley swallowed hard

as Sam continued to leer at her. She could see the fire burning brightly in her

eyes. She looked like a panther ready to devour its prey. Sam licked her lips and

started to lower her head down to Riley's breast. Sam's stomach picked that

moment to growl loudly, Riley's stomach growled as if in answer shattering the

moment. Riley started to giggle. Sam collapsed back down onto Riley laughing.

She hugged the smaller woman tight.

"So what do you say we go get something to eat?" Sam finally asked.

Riley didn't want to share Sam with anyone and really didn't want to end their

time together in bed. Her stomach protested again.

"Come on..." Sam said as she started to climb out of the bed. Riley put a

restraining hand on her arm stopping her.

"No... You stay here and relax. You made breakfast. I'll make us some

sandwiches and be right back." She told Sam as she climbed out of the bed and

grabbed a robe off the back of the bathroom door."

"I'll help." Sam offered.

"Let me take care of you for a change." Riley insisted.

Sam nodded and settled herself against the headboard as Riley headed for the

kitchen. Riley came back shortly with sandwiches, chips, and a pitcher of ice tea

on a tray. She stopped in the doorway taking in the sight of Sam sitting against

the headboard with the sheet pooled around her waist. Riley was surprised at

the flash of arousal the sight caused. She placed the tray over Sam's lap and

quickly shucked her robe before moving up next to her. They laughed and joked

as they enjoyed their meal. Riley put the tray on the floor when they were

finished and cuddled up under Sam's arm resting her head on her shoulder.

Riley was amazed at how relaxed they both were with their nudity. She would've

never pictured herself sitting in bed nude, eating and laughing with another

woman. It was so different from her experience with Linda. They had never

cuddled or were never nude around each other except when they were actually

having sex. They certainly never hung out in bed together.

Sam relaxed back against the headboard enjoying the press of Riley's soft body

against hers.

"Tell me about the woman... the one in medical school." She inquired suddenly.