Fishing for Love- Hooked (1/4)

Writers: Anna, Draconafin
Date Posted: 28th January 2007

Characters: Jenasie, X'amor
Description: Jenasie returns from her voyage and X'amor is there to greet her.
Location: Dolphin Hall
Date: month 1, day 28 of Turn 4

Jenasie raked a hand back through her curly hair, it was windswept all over the place, which for the moment didn't bother her as it meant the ship she was on had made good time back to the Harbor.
She'd spent the last candle mark or so standing at the ship's bow watching Zarias play in the white water created by the ships movement. The dolphin had danced back and forth and swapped sides countless times, occasionally peeling away from the ship to jump from the water with aerobatics one only saw with dolphins.

When they reached a certain point Zarias and the other dolphins that had joined in the game of ship chasing peeled away and when back to the rest of the Dolphin Cove pod. It was then that the dolphineer turned her sights to the harbor that was opening up in front of them. There was the usual crowd gathering at the sight of a returning ship and for a moment she thought she made out something strange on one of the jetties, but didn't get a second look as she was called over to help with loading equipment from their retrieval off the ship's deck.

X'amor had been making frequent visits to the Dolphin Hall every few days or so to get word on when Jenasie's ship was due back. It was lucky for him that he had made sure to visit that day because her ship had made better time than expected and had arrived a day early. He had spent some time swimming with Calodith in the waves, staying close to the shallows, but when he saw the sails of the ship he got out of the water. He got dressed into his light weight sleeveless tunic and pants that he had chosen due to the beautiful day and ignored the fact that his hair was still wet with a few beads of salt water still clinging to his face and arms.

His blue assured him that he was happy to stay on the warm beach and nap so the rider hurried to the dock to look for Jenasie. There were so many people trying to get to the ships crew that some dolphineers had to be used as crowd control, holding the needing wives and curious children at bay.
X'amor got a brief glimpse of Jenasie's beautiful green eyes and his heart leapt in his chest, but she hadn't seen him, she was unloading things from the ship. He tried to get closer and managed to get to the front of the excited throng but could get no further. He hoped she'd see him.

Jenaise reached up and flicked more of her hair out of the way as she raked a hand back through it to stop it falling in her face as she loaded a few last things on. One of the Ship's crew gave her a wave and a nod, signaling that the dophineer could go. She smiled and gave many thanks before moving across the deck and climbing down the ramp that had been set up to enable the different people to walk of the ship's deck. In amongst the crowd and those controlling them she recognized several friends from the dolphin hall. Giving a few waves and nods of acknowledgement she continued towards the gathered masses. **such a fuss** she joked mentally to Chino as the brown firelizard saw fit to join her. It was then she noted someone, some one special and those glorious charcoal and fire eyes stared back at her **X'amor!**

The dolphineer could do nothing to stop the excited grin that crossed her face as she recognized him "X'amor!" She called out waving to him as he made her way rapidly down the wharf, smiling the whole way.
"What are you doing here stranger?" she joked out loud as she drew nearer.

His face broke out into a similar grin when he heard her shout his name.
When she reached him he smoothed his features slightly and shrugged, "Well I heard a ship was bringing back beautiful dolphineers, and thought I might try to see if I could hook," he hooked his arm around her waist and pulled her to him far enough away though that he could still look into her eyes, "one for myself."

As if considering his words she tilted her head a little, her green eyes gave a vibrant flash of joy. How could she have forgotten how charming he was? The truth was that she had remembered his charm all to well and it kept the smile on her face as he held her, she had missed his embrace too. "Only one?" she taunted back in an amused tone, "How ever did you choose?" with that she wrapped one arm lightly around his neck and reached up and kissed him He was happy with her reaction and pulled her as close to him as he could as if he could make up for all the lost time. "I missed you..." he whispered into her ear as their lips parted momentarily.

Leaning into his chest lightly she gave a happy smile as his lips brushed her ear with his whisper. "I missed you too..." she returned in the same hushed tone he'd used as she kissed him again her words brushing his lips briefly first.

X'amor realized that hearing those few words were just what he needed to hear, but exactly what he didn't. **How can you be doing this to her? Why did you sleep with Cortana? Why are you trying so hard to get closer to B'vin and Eleada? What are you doing!?!** He squeezed her tighter he wanted to prove to her, to himself that he wanted her and her alone.

"Can we go somewhere?" His voice was gruff and he was suddenly aware of how many people were nearby and the fact that what he wanted to do with her would make the crafters do more than blush.

She gave a small hum as if she was considering it and let her hand slide under the front of his loose shirt, "Depends, where'd you have in mind?" She questioned him having some idea of what he was thinking, well she knew what she was thinking, she just wanted to be with him.
She wanted to enjoy her time with him in a way that would not be acceptable in public, not even amongst the open minded crafters of the dolphin hall. Flashing him a cheaky smile she took a small step side ways towards the hall, and whispered tauntingly in his ear, "You might just have to catch me first though..."

He watched her as she stepped away from him while a broad smile spread across his face. He let his eyes take in her stance that was obviously meant to draw attention to her well formed curves. It was working. His eyes flared with his need, "I think you'll be surprised..."

Jenasie titled her head, listening to him, "Oh really? ... I'd like to see that" She gave the dragonrider a wink and made a few sly steps towards the hall, thinking how she could easily lose him in the masses of people hanging around, which was not something she wanted to do. From where she was standing she looked him up and down,
**_Shards_ he is handsome** everything about him just fitted together so flawlessly and she knew she wanted him, needed him.

X'amor weaved his way through the few people that had gotten between them.
His intense grey eyes were only for her as he followed her steadily into the Hall. He knew she was teasing him, he could tell by the way his body reacted to the slightest movement of her hip or the small playfull smile she beamed at him.

He tried his hardest not to bump into people but he had had to catch a woman once from being unbalanced by his shoulder. She had been completely surprised at the look in his eyes as he looked to make sure she was okay, it hadn't been hostile, it was concerned but withdrawn, the obvious need held in check for those few moments of righting the unsteady woman.

"So sorry miss, please excuse me." he said calmly, she was about to respond but he was already stepping closer to his goal, his eyes already back on Jenasie.

Seeing X'amor nearly run into another woman she barely suppressed a giggle, "Are you always so clumsy?" she taunted lightly over the crowd, he was watching her so intently he would have been able to read her lips if he hadn't heard it. She was flirting with him, it was so clear, the dolphineer hadn't realised it at first, but as she made her way through the various different gatherings of people she was pausing to check if he was still following her and her playful smile remained the whole time.

Turning once, she was about to move off again with a faint movement of her hip when she bumped into another man on his way through the hall.
Her cheeks reddened with a light blush as she turned to check if he was ok. The dolphineer was greeted with empty space; it would seem he'd been fine and kept going. Her green eyes cast around the area, looking for X'amor, she appeared to have lost him, unless he'd taken her momentary distraction to sneak up on her.

And that's exactly what he had done. He had seen her bump the other man and had moved quickly into a crowd of people that were passing behind her. When she began looking around he waited for her to turn away again then he moved up behind her and slipped his hands around her waist. He put his lips to her ear, "Gotcha..." Then he nipped playfully at her earlobe before spinning her around to give her a quick kiss. Then he looked her in the eyes, "You know you're a horribly mean person." his eyes smiled, "I mean how could you tease me like that? Me? This poor defenceless dragonrider?"

She returned the kiss, even though she'd been momentarily stunned when he'd caught up with her. Giving a meek smile back Jenasie adopted an apologetic tone that was still infused with her amusement and her current flirtatious nature, "I'm sorry," she grinned and whispered in his ear, "but you're such and easy target" She teased and kissed his neck, just below his ear lobe. "Besides, what would you do with out me?" came the question as she leaned into him again, her fingers wrapping around the back of his neck as she interlocked her hands around him.

His hands almost stilled at her question but he covered it up by make a quiet moaning sound that was very real as he felt her body against his. "The real question is what _can_ I do _with_ you?" He hoped she didn't pounce on the fact that he hadn't answered.

The dolphineer didn't notice the fact he'd avoided her question as she kissed his neck again, teasing at it lightly with her teeth.
"No.." she drawled, "The question is, _what_ do you _want_ to do?" She leaned back a little so she could see his eyes. Jenasie was still pressed against him, with her fingers locked behind his neck, watching him, she was such a tease.

His eyes looked at her pleadingly, "Jen!" he whispered, "If you don't take me some where I'm going to drag you onto the beach, and sand isn't fun to roll around in." He hoped she'd hurry up, he really didn't want to embarass her infront of her fellow dolphineers but he didn't know how much more he could take.

Her own eyes flashed at the possibility of teasing him more. With a painstakingly slow movement, she unwrapped her hand from his neck and then cradled his face in both her hands and kissed him again, dropping her right hand to his arm she gave him a tug and led him through the maze that the hall was, heading straight for her quarters.

X'amor sighed in relief when they got to Jenasie's rooms. He didn't have much time to look around though, his body had been deprived of her, taunted by her, and now was reacting very naturally to her. He grinned as he scopped her up and carried her into her sleeping chamber. That night he devoted himself to her, and her alone.

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