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."
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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.
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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