It had been a long productive day Lee thought to himself as he stood from behind his desk, wondering where was Alicia? "Computer located Lt. Devries," he ordered.
<Lieutenant Devries, is in the special operations gym.> The computer droned on.
"Hmmmm." Lee mused as he stepped out into the hallway and walked to the end of the hall and stepped into the gym. He watched her for a few minutes before stepping into the locker room, changing into a T-shirt and shorts. Barefoot he walked back into the gym and watched her for another couple of minutes then stepped in behind her, tapped her shoulder, with a smile.
Immediately an elbow strike caught him in the solar plexus, her barefoot came down hard on his instep, she caught his arm and flipped him. It wasn't until he was airborne that she realized that it was Lee.
Lee literally flew through the air and stretching his hands ahead of him, he landed on the mat using the arms to support him. He rolled over and looked up in amazement at Alicia.
She sucked in a breath, bent over at the waist with her hands on her waist, and said, "Sorry." She ran a jacketed arm across her face to clear her eyes of sweat, and added, "I was so focused," breath, "...that...I just reacted. Are you okay?" She winced as he rolled again and climbed back to his feet.
"er..I'm fine" said Lee who thought about some moves that would be useful.
She tried to straighten up but the pain in her side brought her back down. "Ooooh." She knew she needed to be moving while she cooled off but somehow she stayed where she was watching Keung approach.
"Look like you got a stitch there," pointed out Lee.
"I know," she said talking several more deep breaths and was able to stand almost straight and started pacing, she asked while she moved, "care to go around? I mean I do owe you the opportunity to get me on the mat." She stopped moving and tried to stretch out her side...but found that really hurt. She felt him move up behind her and take her right wrist in his left hand, a foot on either side of hers. And place his right hand on her right hip and continue the slow steady stretch. Closing her eyes she clenched her teeth and breathed in several times hard and fast as he pushed the stretch. Finally, when she couldn't take it any longer she buckled her knees, went limp in his grip, and with him knelt on the mat. She rested her forehead on the cool mat and both of her hands went to her right side..."I think," she said with a moan, "I definitely have over done it for today."
Lee glanced at Alicia on the mat having a moan and was not impressed. He went over to her and offered his right hand to her.
Alicia sat back on her heels and reached her right hand up to Lee. Sighed pulling her left leg forward and up ready to stand. "Thanks." She said with a smile. "Think you can be professional about it and help get rid of this stitch in my right side?"
Lee smiled. "C'mon here love. It's a common problem. I understand that you been practicing in the gym everyday." Alicia approached Lee and wondered what he was going to do. Lee pulled her baggy T shirt up to reveal her bare side. Slowly he used his hand on the place where she had her stitch. With slow movements he rubbed her side. "Breath slowly." The other hand gripping her T shirt.
She had to fight not to hold her breath as he pressed deeply into the spot that was the problem. In order to keep herself from pulling away from him she took and released a breath and moved in and circled his head with both her arms. "I don't know." She took a breath but it came out as an, "wow." And she did try to pull back. "sorry I know I'm such a wimp, but damn that hurts right there. Worse then my shoulder did that time when you first started teaching me on the side. She hated that there were tears in her eyes when he looked up.
Lee remembered that first time how the relationship began to take off. As he rubbed deeper, he had memories of the two Captains...Cutter and Young...friends...long dead. Suddenly he began to think further back...to the 20th Century...his family...He blinked hard. I don't want to go along that route. He noticed tears in her eyes...perhaps remembering too.
She had his head in her hands. Lee stopped, gently wiped her eyes of her tears and looked longingly at her eyes. He was very much in love with her..they had been through a great deal in the past. He kissed her on the lips.
She settled her arms lightly on his shoulders and relaxed into the kiss and passionately continued it until both had to come up for air. 'god' he had amazing breath control...she still had tears in her eyes but she was also smiling. "Your quarters or mine, Lt. Commander?"
"Lt...forget the quarters. There's no one around at this time of day. Computer...lock the gym doors." They fell to the mat, both of them removing each other clothing and made love.