*Chapter 32*

Auds and Urs had flown back to London and had done exactly what they had said they were going to do.. Nothing. They spent their time in either his or her flats just lazing about watching dvd’s, having play station competitions and eating takeaways. They had done a lot of talking as well, about her family life and about his, how they had got on in school, what colleges etc they had studied in, previous boyfriends/girlfriends. He had told her all about the rock band he had been in years before IL Divo and had played her the album they had made. It had taken all her strength not to laugh at how he had sounded then compared to the way his voice sounded now and he had threatened her with being tickled if she so much as grinned. He was using that threat all the time since he had discovered she was very ticklish. It was their last night before they were flying to Edinburgh and they were at Urs’ place as he had said he would cook dinner for them instead of having their usual takeaway dinner. He had decided that he was going to try and make the night as much of a date as he could without her realising what he was doing. She arrived and just walked in as he did at hers. She shouted “hello” and he shouted back that he was in the kitchen. She took of her jacket and hung it up and went through to find him in rather a mess. She burst out laughing as she saw him wearing an apron and covered almost head to toe in flour. He just glared at her but she couldn’t stop herself from laughing, no matter how hard she tried. Eventually she managed to get herself under control and said “Are you having fun?” then started laughing again. Urs tried to be mad at her, but her laughter was infectious and he soon found himself joining in and after they had both stopped Auds looked at him and brushing away the tears said “Can I do anything to help?” Urs looked around him and said “Um, yeah, you could chop those vegetables for me.” and he handed her a knife. She took it and grinned once more as she looked at how white he was. She turned to look at what she was doing and never noticed Urs had moved so that he was behind her and let out a shriek when this cloud of white powder suddenly flowed down over her. She turned to see Urs standing there with a bag of flour and a grin on his face. She shook her head and flour flew everywhere, her black top was now almost white and she was sure it had gone inside her top and was making her black bra white as well. He said “Oops, I’m sorry, I seem to have made a mess.” his eyes twinkled as he saw Auds looking round the kitchen and her eyes fell onto the other bag of flour he had sitting out.

She reached out for it and said “Oh, you are going to pay big time for that mister” and shook her head. She put a hand into the bag and took some flour out and he had done the same. They stared at each other for a few minutes then Auds suddenly threw her flour at him and they started just flinging flour at each other. Urs suddenly grabbed Auds round the waist and pulled her into him tight so she couldn’t get free and they stared into each others eyes for what seemed like ages, he leaned in closer to her and Auds’s breathing became deeper then just as she thought he was going to kiss her, he pulled at the front of her top and emptied his bag of flour down it. Then he let her go and she leaned back against the counter getting her breath back. She looked around the kitchen and tried to see something she could use that would really make a mess and grinned when her eyes fell on something. He had turned his back on her at this point, obviously thinking of what else he could use as well. She moved quietly over to pick up what she had seen and just waited for Urs to turn round. When he did she threw it at him and he spluttered as the basin of cold water hit him and soaked the front of his t shirt making it go even tighter than it already was. Auds burst out laughing then tried to run as she saw the look in his eyes. He caught her by the arm as she ran past him though and kept hold of her while he looked for something to get her back with. She squirmed and tried to get out of his grip but he was holding her too tight. She could see him smile as he took something out of the fridge and her eyes widened when she realised what it was. “You wouldn’t?” she said. Urs grinned and said “Yes I would” and he poured the jug of orange juice he’d made up earlier over her head. She blinked as it ran down her face and into her eyes. She could feel it all sticky and it was turning the flour into a gooey mess. She looked at Urs and said “Okay, I give up if you do?” Urs looked at her and decided to quit while he was ahead and said “Okay” then they both looked at each other and burst out laughing at the state they were both in. She collapsed onto the floor and stayed there until she had calmed herself down. Urs sat down beside her and said “Oh god, that was fun. I don’t think we’ll be eating this dinner tonight though” Auds smiled and said “Oh, I don’t know, just because we’re wearing it, doesn’t mean we can’t eat it.” then blushed as she realised how that had sounded. Urs noticed this and said “Don’t be embarrassed Auds, I think this has been good for us, we haven’t been like this with each other for ages. I missed it.” Auds nodded and said “Yeah, so have I, I haven’t felt like we were coping too well before. What with me running away, then almost knocking you out.” He turned to look at her and he looked into her eyes and saw that the sparkle was back and he wondered if he should. He was brought out of his dream by Auds saying “We should really get out of these clothes before we do anything else.” Urs stared at her and waited for her to realise what she’d just said then burst out laughing at the look on her face. “I can do that.” he said and pulled his t shirt off and throwing it away. Auds took a deep breath and said “I didn’t mean it the way it sounded.” Urs laughed and said “I know that, but I took my top off, what are you going to take off?” his eyes twinkled as he wondered if she would play along with him or if he was pushing his luck.

They were all on their way to Edinburgh, messages and phone calls had been going round and everyone was on their way, some happier than others. David was sitting on a plane missing Janice already. It had been mad him going all the way home for two days, it takes longer than that to get over the jetlag, but he had wanted to see her. He smiled as he remembered what they had done in her office the day he had arrived and how he had gone home afterwards and decided to cook her favourite meal for dinner. He’d gone to the markets and bought some large steaks and all the stuff he needed to make his own special sauce. He prepared it all, then laid out the table, putting two candles on it, as well as a single red rose on her place setting. He had white wine in the fridge and red wine so she could choose whichever she fancied. He checked the time and headed for the shower then got dressed and went to start cooking. He was busy with it all when Janice arrived home and he didn’t realise she was there until she had put her arms round his waist and said “MM, something smells delicious babe.” David turned himself round and kissed her then said “Would that be me or the food?” Janice grinned and said “Oh, the food definitely.” David pouted then turned her round and said “Go have a shower and freshen up while I finish off here.” Janice smiled and kissing him headed towards the bathroom then heard him shout after her “Red or White wine?” “Red” she shouted back. He opened the bottle of red and poured her a glass and placed it on the table. He was just ready to serve it when she came back. He put the plates down and handed her the rose. They ate the meal and chatted away, David telling her about his talk with Auds and how she had hit Urs over the head. They finished the meal and Janice sat back and said “Oh, that was wonderful baby, I’d forgotten how good you could make that sauce, it never tastes the same when I make it.” David grinned and said “That’s because I put a special ingredient in it, that’s what makes it ‘my’ sauce. Janice looked at him and said “I’m going to get it out of you one day.” David shook his head and said “You’ll have to torture me first.” Janice grinned and said “That can be arranged.” She helped him take the plates through and jumping up to sit on the worktop said “So what’s for dessert?” David looked at her then said “I kind of ran out of time and didn’t make anything, so I was hoping that you wouldn’t mind if we had a different kind of dessert tonight?” Janice looked at him weird and said “What kind did you have in mind?” She watched as he walked towards her and he stood in front of her pinning her in. He took her hands and put them around his neck and she curled her legs round him. He leaned forward and kissed her on the nose then on the mouth. He let his hands wander up her legs from her knees towards her thighs and then up under her silk shirt and over her bare skin. She shivered as he unclipped her bra and pulled the straps of her shoulders. He brought his hands to the front of her shirt and started to open the buttons slowly keeping his eyes locked on hers the whole time. He let the shirt fall to the counter below and threw the bra off as well. He put his arms round her and lifted her off the counter and carried her through to the lounge and laid her down on the rug by the fireplace. He took his shirt off and laid down beside her and kissed her before just letting his eyes wander off her. He had seen her like this so many times, but he never got tired of looking at her. He blew softly onto her stomach and she moaned at the sensation it had caused. He carried on doing that for a bit longer until he realised that Janice had almost fallen asleep. He smiled as he looked at her lying there with her eyes closed and her hair all round her. He got up and wandered through to their bedroom, grabbed the duvet and put it over her and getting underneath it as well cuddled himself into her side and put his arm over her and fell asleep beside her.