Luc started laughing. He fell to one side and the bed started to ‘baaaa, Beeeeh, baaa, Beeeeh’ again. That started both of them laughing.
Once Meg caught her breath, she then pulled out the silk nightie in the style of a flannel shirt.
“Hmm… I look forward to seeing that on you,” he said.
“Well, what about these?” she said and held up the three bra and pantie sets.
“Damn woman, you’re going to kill me before I get a chance to heal,” he gasped.
Meg laughed and noticed that her little show and tell had given him an erection. “I’m glad you approve of my selections,” she said as she tossed them across his lap.
“You are so mean,” he said.
“Well, I got some boring stuff too. Jeans, and a flannel shirt for you and some other bits and pieces,” she said as she took stuff out of the bags and dropped them on the bed.
Luc looked at all the stuff and wondered how she and Ginny had managed to do so much in the three or four hours of shopping. “Wow,” is all he could say.
“I did get one other thing,” she said softly.
“Oh?” he asked. ” Wonder what she’s being hesitant about,” he thought.
“Yes, I got something you might like,” she said and pulled the tissue wrapped box out of the last bag.
Luc looked at the package and he took it from her hand. It was heavy. “May I?” he asked.
Meg nodded.
Luc unwrapped it and when he saw the box, he knew what was inside. He opened the box and blinked when he saw the clasp at the end of the chain. He picked it up and it flowed like water in his hand.
“Meg, you didn’t …” he started.
“Yes, I did. I looked at all the boring ones and then Andrew showed us that chain. Then he showed us the buckle he made just for you to go on the end of it. He’s the one who silvered the claw too,” she said.
“I love you,” he said. “You really must have impressed Andrew. Otherwise, he’d never have shared one of his creations with you”
“That’s what Ginny said. He even did some sort of blessing when I paid for it,” she said.
“Wow, I guess we better invite him to dinner when we plan things out,” said Luc.
“Definitely. Ginny wouldn’t settle for anything less than a dinner party,” said Meg. She took the chain from him and put it around his neck. It lay across the scar and down onto his chest. Then she kissed him.
Luc wrapped his arms around her and kissed her. Slowly they fell to the side. The pillows under them began to make a very familiar ‘baaaaa… Beeeeh, baaaa…. Beeeeh’ sound. To say that it broke the mood was an understatement. Both of them giggled as they untangled their arms and sat back up.
“I am putting the sheep on the dresser,” said Meg.
“Thanks. I know the kids were trying to be kind, but the whole ‘baaa, beeeh’ thing gets old after a while,” said Luc.
Meg nodded. After she put the sheep on the dresser, she gathered the new clothes up and put them in the laundry. Then she came back and sat on the bed. Her tea had gotten cold, but she drank it.
“You tired enough to want to go to sleep?” she asked.
“I was thinking a movie would be nice,” he said. “Sex would be wonderful, especially in that little nightie, but I just hurt too damn much,” he thought.
“How about Ironman 2?” she asked.
“That would be great, but we don’t have it,” said Luc.
“Yes we do. I got a copy today,” she said as she pulled it out of the last bag.
“What’s taking you so long to load the movie then,” he said with a smile.
Meg laughed and shredded the shrink wrap and then got the movie into the DVD player. She grabbed the remote control and crawled into bed next to Luc. As she leaned back, she paused for a moment. When the pillows didn’t baaa, she settled down and turned on the movie.
*
Friday rolled around and Luc was getting restless. He had almost full range of motion and was down to aspirin for pain. The only thing he hadn’t done was shift. Jeff had told him he had to stay home until he could shift. He’d tried, but the pain kept him from being able to shift. “Dammit!”
Pacing up and down the living room, he waited for Meg to get back from work. She had gone into work on Wednesday. Ginny said she needed the help and Meg had a client to visit this morning. He heard a car pull up and looked out the window. It was Kevin. “What the hell is he doing here?” Luc wondered as he opened the door.
“Hi Kevin,” said Luc.
“Sorry to bother you Luc, I know you’re suppose to be resting, but…” was as far as he got.
“Come inside before you tell me your woes. I think I will need to sit down for this,” Luc said. The two of them sat down in the living room. Kevin pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket. It was a list.
“Luc, Duke is driving everyone crazy. He’s contradicting things you have set up, fought with Ginny, pissed most of us off, and today he started hollering at Meg,” Kevin said. He hadn’t wanted to mention the last bit, but knew he needed to do so.
“What the hell has crawled up his ass?” asked Luc, trying not to growl. His neck started to pull as he tensed.
“Not certain, but I think he decided that if you hadn’t started dating Meg, you wouldn’t have gotten mauled by the bear and therefore Alpha Wolf Tech wouldn’t be in chaos right now,” Kevin said. “This is a list of the stuff he’s been saying or doing that is pissing the rest of us right off.” Kevin handed the list over to Luc.
Luc took the list and read it. He nodded over some of it, like he expected it while other bits made him growl under his breath. “I take it that Duke is transferring all of his anger about Penny onto Meg,” he said quietly.