Careless Mistake
by Kelli
Part 28
Early October 2004...
Justin closed his eyes as he pulled Britney closer to him. They swayed to the soft music that was coming from the patio down by the pool. There was a local island band playing. Britney had her arms around his waist while she rested her head against his chest but as soon as she slid her arms up to rest against his shoulders and laced her fingers behind his neck he stopped and pulled her arms away from him.
"Ow," he said, making a face.
She stuck her lower lip out. "I'm sorry. Want me to put more aloe on it?" she asked, holding onto his forearms.
He slowly nodded.
She laughed and took his hand, leading him back into the bedroom.
"Take your shirt off and sit down," she said, pointing to the chair.
She got the bottle of aloe and poured some into her hand. He was just removing his wife beater when she stood next to him.
"Oh Justin, it looks worse," she said, gently touching it with her hand.
"Don't say that," he cringed.
"Okay, warning....I'm putting cool gel on your back," she said, leaning over his shoulder.
He laughed.
Slowly she rubbed the aloe onto his shoulders and back. She reached up and spread some over the back of his neck. She leaned to the right a little and smiled when she saw that his eyes were closed. Once the aloe was rubbed in and wasn't on her hands anymore she let her fingers work their way into his curls.
He chuckled. "Am I sun burned on my head too?"
"Probably. Even if you weren't, I just wasn't able to help myself, though."
He continued to smile as he closed his eyes and enjoyed the feeling of her hands massaging his scalp.
"You like that?" Britney asked, resting her stomach against his back as she leaned into him.
"Mmmmhmmmm," he moaned.
"I can feel the heat coming off of your sunburn through my dress," she said, looking down.
"Hmmm, we better take it off then," he mumbled.
She laughed. "My dress?"
"Yeah, if you're getting that hot touching my body," he smiled, his eyes still closed.
She pulled a couple of curls tightly around her fingers as she giggled.
"Ow," he said, reaching up to grab his hair.
"Oh, I'm sorry did I pull too hard?" she asked in a mocked surprised tone.
He quickly turned around in the chair to face her. She jumped back a little in surprise as he grabbed her around the waist. Slowly he moved one of his hands up to her hair and took a hold of it. He gently grabbed it and brought her head down to his and kissed her. He controlled the tempo of this kiss by using the hand that was in her hair to move her head.
When neither of them could catch their breath, they pulled apart and he let go of her hair.
"Did I pull too hard?" he asked, smiling.
She giggled. "You can pull my hair like that any time you want," she whispered against his mouth.
He closed his lips over hers as she giggled and his hands went around her back and started to unzip her dress. She was standing as close to him as she could get, with her legs on either side of one of his. Her fingers found his curls again but this time she didn't pull, she gently massaged again as their tongues tickled each others.
Justin stood up while still kissing her and lowered the straps of her dress from her shoulders. The dress was completely unzipped now so he pushed it down until it hit the floor. Now she was only wearing a white thong.
"Have I told you how amazing your body looks since you've had Mackenzie?" he whispered against her shoulder.
She giggled against his neck. "No. You think?"
He pushed her away from him a little bit and looked her up and down. He moved his hands over her stomach, up to her breasts. She looked down and started to unbutton his pants.
"Yes....very, very beautiful."
When she was finished unbuttoning and unzipping his pants she let them fall to the floor and smiled because now the only thing between them was her thong which he was already working on removing.
"I love you," he said as she finished removing her thong.
He pulled her close to his body and started to back towards the bed.
"I love you too," she said, in between placing kisses on his chest.
She landed on top of him as the back of his legs hit the bed.
"Make love to me," she whispered.
He answered her by kissing her passionately.
The next morning Britney swore she woke up with a smile on her face. She hadn't felt this relaxed in a really long time. Even though she missed her daughter dearly, she was very much enjoying this time she was having with Justin. She was now realizing that even though she had been in love with him for awhile now, she was feeling it on a different level again since being on the island.
"Morning sunshine," Justin said as he tickled her nose with a rose.
She opened her eyes and took the rose from him. He leaned down and gently kissed her lips.
"Morning."
"I brought fruit," he said, holding up a piece of cantaloupe in front of her mouth.
She leaned forward and took a bite, the juice started to run down her chin so Justin quickly leaned down and kissed her, making sure he licked the juice so it wouldn't drip too much.
"Mmm, thank you," she said, wiping her chin when he pulled away. "That could have been messy."
He smiled at her and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. "That's what I was worried about." He put the rest of the melon in his mouth.
"Last night was amazing," she said, lightly running her hand up his arm.
"I agree," he nodded.
"It felt different, didn't it?" she asked, giving him an inquisitive look.
"How so...."
"I just feel so much more relaxed right now....I don't know," she shrugged.
"Maybe it's in the island air...."
"Maybe," she smiled.
They continued to eat the fruit when there was a knock on the door. Justin had a pair of shorts on so he jumped up and answered it while Britney sat up and pulled the sheet up with her to cover herself. He rolled a tray with breakfast goodies into the room and sat down next to her again.
"Good, I was starving," she said. "This fruit was good but it just wasn't cutting it."
He laughed as he watched her put a couple of scoops of scrambled eggs onto a plate.
"So, what's the plan for today, Mr. Romantic?" she asked.
"Well, I checked around a little bit and they have great markets if you want to go shopping...."
She nodded as she took a bite of eggs.
"Or there's a private yacht ride we can take out into the ocean...."
Her eyebrows raised as she continued to listen.
"Or we can just lay out on the beach again....."
She furrowed her eyebrows...."Can't we do all of it?" she pleaded.
He laughed, leaned over and kissed her and said, "We'll try to pace ourselves, how's that?"
"Sounds good."
After they ate a little bit, Justin stood up.
"I'm going to take a quick shower."
"Okay," she said, finishing the last couple of bites from her plate.
He went into the bathroom and she stood up, letting the sheet fall to the bed. She caught a glimpse of her reflection in the mirror so she walked over to it and turned around a little bit, looking at herself. She had filled out in different places since she had Mackenzie. She had always been a curvaceous woman to begin with but having a baby made her fill out even more. She smiled when she thought about the compliment Justin had given her and she threw on a robe and started to look through her makeup bag for her birth control pills.
"Well shoot," she said, dumping the contents out onto the bed.
She bit her lower lip as she looked through her purse. Still no birth control pill container. "I remember packing it, don't I?"
She stopped to remember her actions back in Kentwood before they left. She remembered having them in her hands and then getting a phone call. After that, she can't remember what happened. She was standing in the middle of the room, her one arm across her waist while the other elbow rested on the arm and her eyes were closed.
Suddenly she jumped when she felt something wet splash on the back of her neck. Justin wrapped his arms around her from behind and got her face wet with his wet hair.
"What are you doing? It looks like you're deep in thought," he said.
She turned around in his arms and looked up at him.
"What is it?" he asked.
"I didn't pack my birth control pills," she said nervously.
All she could think about was her romantic evenings with Justin turning into long games of checkers.
"Are you sure?"
She nodded.
"You looked in my suitcase?" he asked.
"Why would they be in there?"
He shrugged. "I don't know, I'm just grasping at straws."
She started to pout. "You don't have any condoms do you?"
He smiled at her and tried not to laugh. "No, I don't." He let her loose in his grip a little bit. "So, what are you saying? Were we okay last night?"
She scratched her head and pulled away from him so she could walk around the room. Her mind was calculating.
"Yeah, we're fine because I took a pill yesterday morning before we flew here....it's the next couple of days that I'm worried about."
"Well what time of the month is it for you? I mean are you fertile right now?"
She went to her purse and grabbed a small calendar out of it. She counted the squares and then looked up at him.
"I think we'll be okay," she said and then bit her lower lip, holding the calendar in her hand.
"You think?"
She nodded.
He rubbed his forehead.
"I'm sorry, Justin. I ruined this...." She let her arms flop to her side.
He walked over to her and put his hands on her shoulders and looked down at her.
"Nothing's ruined...."
"Yes it is....now we can't make love and we're on this romantic trip...."
He stopped her before she went any further.
"Nothing's ruined."
He took her hand and led them over to the bed to sit down.
"I love you...."
She looked up at him.
"I love you too," she responded.
"So that's all that should matter right now," he said tenderly.
She squinted her eyes. "What do you mean?"
"I mean that we shouldn't worry about what might happen. We are here on this beautiful tropical paradise, alone and we need to enjoy it. We're here to figure out who we are to each other as Justin and Britney, not as Mackenzie's parents..."
She nodded.
"But what if I end up...."
"Pregnant?" he finished.
She bit her lower lip again and nodded.
"Then we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. We already know what kick ass parents we are," he chuckled.
A slow smile formed on her face.
"Well yeah," she teased.
"I mean if you think about it, we take a risk of getting pregnant every time we're together anyway because the only birth control that is one hundred percent effective is abstinence..."
"That's true." She took a deep breath. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure. And I'm not just saying this because I want sex," he chuckled.
She giggled. "But I'm sure that's a small part of it," she winked at him.
"Maybe a tiny part," he said, holding two fingers apart about half and inch. "I just feel so much love between us when we make love. I want to experience that with you every night.....and possibly every day," he said pulling her close and nibbling on her neck.
She sighed and leaned into his side.
"I want that too, Justin. Very much."
