Careless Mistake
by Kelli
Part 73
September 2006.......
"Be good for grandma," Britney said as she leaned down to give Mackenzie a kiss.
"I will," she said.
"I love you."
"I wuv you too," Mackenzie replied.
Lynn stood behind Mackenzie and smiled at the mother and daughter.
"Mackenzie, I think you've grown an inch since the last time I saw you, just a couple of weeks ago. You're looking more and more like your mama," she said, putting her hand on Mackenzie's head.
"Funny...." Britney said, standing upright, "Justin was saying the same thing the other day."
"I pwetty like mommy?" Mackenzie asked her grandma.
"Very pretty like your mommy," Lynn winked at her.
"You guys are good for my ego," Britney chuckled.
"Okay, Chase has his bottle," Justin said joining them in the foyer. "You need to say bye to him?" he asked Britney.
She shook her head. "No, I already did."
"Okay angel," Justin said as he scooped Mackenzie up in his arms. "I love you and be a good girl. Go to bed when grandma tells you too, okay?"
Mackenzie nodded and let Justin kiss her on the cheek.
"We've been having problems with her deciding that it's not her bedtime yet," Britney explained.
"Ahh okay. Eight-thirty, right?" Lynn asked.
"Right," Justin said.
"What do you say to daddy?" Britney asked.
"Wuv you, daddy."
"Bye mom," he said, giving her a one-armed hug and kiss.
"Thanks for doing this," Britney said, winking at Lynn before she hugged her.
"We'll try not to be too late," Justin said as he held the door open for Britney.
"Oh take your time," Lynn smiled at them as she waved goodbye.
"Did I tell you how much you took my breath away when I saw you?" Britney asked Justin, once they were in the limo and on their way to the hotel where the dinner was being held. She started to straighten the lapel of his tux coat.
"I did?" he chuckled. "You've seen me in this tux before," he said, looking down at her hands.
"I know but it's been awhile. You look gorgeous," she said leaning over to kiss his cheek.
When she pulled away she wiped the lipstick off of his cheek.
"You're in a good mood considering neither of us really wanted to go to this," he said, lightly draping his arm around her.
"I've decided to look at it as a new beginning in a way. I don't have a cast," she said holding up her arm and wiggling her fingers, "no children to worry about...."
He nodded. "You're right. We need to enjoy this night with grownups."
She smiled and scooted in closer to him. Her hand began to rub his thigh. He looked down at her hand and then back at her but she wasn't looking at him. Finally he grabbed it and held it in his. She glanced over at him and smiled.
"What?" she asked innocently.
He chuckled and shook his head. "Nothing. You look beautiful, by the way."
"Thank you."
The limo pulled up in front of the hotel where the dinner was being held. The driver walked around and opened the door for them.
"It was very nice of you to agree to give a little speech tonight," Britney said to him as they walked toward the ballroom.
"Well...." he shrugged. "Like you pointed out, this is a good way of making people aware of spinal injuries."
They were greeted by the woman who was in charge of the dinner. She showed them to their table, introducing them to different people along the way.
They sat down at their table and started talking to the people who joined them at their table. Each of them had different stories to tell and were fascinated by Justin and Britney's story, as well.
"Our physical therapist says that Chase should be crawling in a few months," Britney said.
"That's wonderful," the lady to her right said.
Britney nodded.
The presentations began so they all focused their attention at the podium. A few people got up and shared their experiences about someone in their life who had some kind of neurological damage and how the doctors at Mercy had helped them. There were wonderful uplifting stories. Finally a doctor got up and talked about how much donations help the hospital and certain departments and then Justin and Britney were introduced. Both of them decided to stand at the podium, even though Justin was going to do the speaking.
"Thank you so much. Thank you Dr. Greenly. Some of you may know our story," Justin started, glancing back at Britney, "my wife and our son, Chase, were in a car accident a few weeks ago that left Chase paralyzed from the waist down....at least for a few days. He was only four months old at the time...."
He continued with his speech about the wonderful staff at Mercy that helped Chase and their family through the tough times and that they were blessed to be able to donate to such a good cause, something that they believe in. By the time he was finished, the attendees stood and applauded them.
Once the presentations and recognitions were over, people started to mill about the room again. Many people came up and introduced themselves to Justin and Britney.
"I'll be right back, I'm going to check on the kids," Britney said before leaving the room.
Justin continued his conversation with a couple of people and when she returned a few minutes later he turned to her.
"How are things?" he asked.
"Oh, they're fine."
"Good......you getting tired?" he asked, touching her knee.
"No, I'm fine. Why, are you getting tired?" she asked.
He shook his head. "No, I'm fine too."
Justin's ears perked up when slow music was piped in through the overhead speaker system.
"You want to dance?" he asked.
Britney looked around. "No one else is."
He chuckled, stood up and held out his hand.
"Okay."
She smiled and shook her head as she took his hand.
"Right. Doesn't matter I guess."
"Not for us," he said, leading her over to an empty space in the room.
He wrapped his left arm around her waist and held her right hand close to his chest and rested his forehead against hers.
"We haven't done this in a long time, huh?" he asked.
She shook her head. She didn't want to ruin the moment with small chit chat.
A few other people joined them on their make-shift dance floor, but Justin and Britney hardly noticed them because they were enjoying being in each other's arms.
"I'm actually glad we came to this tonight. We needed to get away for a few hours," Justin said when Britney moved her right hand to his neck and began playing with the short curls that hung down on his neck.
She opened her eyes and looked into his.
"Yeah, we did...."
He smiled at her and lowered his head a little so he could give her a quick kiss.
The other couples around them watched as they danced and smiled at how in love they seemed.
After dancing to a couple more songs, Britney faked a yawn.
"Maybe we should get going. I'm going to sleep well tonight," she said in an exaggerated tone.
"Oh okay," Justin said, putting his hand on her back. "Let's say good-bye to a couple of people before we go."
She nodded and followed him through the room.
Just as they were about the leave the room and enter the lobby, one of the doctor's wives stopped them.
"Excuse me.....I'm sorry, would you mind signing something for my daughter.....she's a big fan," Mrs. Driskell asked.
Britney glanced up at Justin. "We don't mind."
"Oh wonderful. It's up in my room here at the hotel, I didn't want to be presumptuous and bring it down with me," she said.
"We don't mind waiting," Justin said.
"Why don't we just follow you up, that way you can just leave it in your room," Britney suggested.
"That sounds great," Mrs. Driskell replied.
Justin gave Britney a strange look as they followed her to the elevator. Britney shrugged.
As soon as the elevator doors opened on the fifteenth floor, Mrs. Driskell handed the keycard to Justin.
"Would you mind? It's room fifteen-fifteen," she said as they walked down the hall.
"Um, sure," he said as he took the lead and headed in that direction.
Britney wasn't too far behind him and she winked at the doctor's wife and mouthed 'thank you' before she turned the corner and the woman stayed behind. Justin slid the card in the lock and the door opened.
"There we go," Justin said, stepping aside as he held the door open a little.
He looked around and grabbed Britney's arm as she started to enter the room.
"Brit.....what are you doing? Where is Mrs. Driskell?" he asked, looking down the hall.
Britney shrugged and pushed the door open wider. "Heading back to the party, I suppose," she said, taking his hand and leading him into the room.
He stayed confused for another few seconds until he looked up and saw the room filled with vanilla candles and roses. She was now standing behind him a little so she wrapped her arms around him from the back.
"Surprise," she said softly.
He smiled and placed his hands over hers while he chuckled.
"You sure did surprise me.....so I'm assuming this isn't the Driskell's room?" he asked as he peeled her arms from around him and pulled her around so she was standing in front of him.
She shook her head.
"Nope, it's ours for tonight," she said before reaching up to kiss him.
He let his lips linger a little bit longer on hers.
"And I'm assuming my mother is in on this?"
Britney stepped away and took his hand as she led him more into the room.
"Yep."
"And you're okay with leaving Chase all night?" he asked, pushing her hair off of her shoulder.
"Yes.....he's with your mom. I checked on them and everyone's doing wonderfully," she said as she started to take his jacket off.
He glanced over her shoulder and noticed their bags on the floor next to the bed.
"You sure thought of everything....."
"I learned from the best," she said seductively as she started to unbutton his dress shirt.
He watched her as she continued to undress him. She was in control tonight and he wasn't about to take that away from her. He knew she had felt bad for the other night when he wanted to make love and she didn't.
When she pushed the shirt off of his shoulders and it hit the ground, he was left in a wifebeater and slacks. Her hand started to trace the muscles on his arm.
"If there's any moment when you're uncomfortable...." he started to say but she stopped him by putting her fingers over his lips.
"I won't be. I miss you," she said as she took his hand and put it on the strap of her dress.
He took the not-so-subtle hint and lowered it. He kissed her bare shoulder as he did this and did the same with the other strap. They were now standing right next to the bed and Justin was concentrating on kissing her neck as his hands lowered her zipper on the back of her dress. As he lowered the dress, he let his hands lightly touch and tease her skin all the way down her body. This made her breathing pick up a little. She now undid his belt and threw it behind her. Once the dress landed on the floor, Justin took a step back and chuckled because she was completely naked, except for her shoes.
"You didn't have anything on underneath that all night?" he asked, shaking his head.
She giggled and unbuttoned his slacks.
"Maybe.....maybe not," she winked at him.
She pulled the wife beater over his head and then quickly unzipped his pants and let them fall to the floor, next to her dress. She pushed him back on the bed and crawled over him, kicking her shoes off as she did.
She straddled him and started to kiss him, grinding her hips as she did. They actually stayed like this for a few minutes just because they enjoyed kissing each other so much. When Britney couldn't take it any longer she started to kiss her way down his neck to his shoulder. His hands caressed anywhere on her body he could reach while she did this.
When she stood back on the floor she wiggled her finger, motioning for Justin to scoot up on the bed, so he did so and rested his head back against the pillow. Britney took off his shoes and socks and rejoined him on the bed. She kneeled in between his legs, right at his knees and stared at him. Suddenly she was overwhelmed with emotion.
"I'm so lucky to have you in my life.....I love you so much," she said.
He reached his hand out and she took it and laid across his body and then he started to kiss her again. He turned them over so her back was against the bed and while his mouth continued to make love to hers, his fingers explored their way down her body and then brought her to a peak. He knelt a little and removed his boxers and then placed both hands on the bed on either side of her head and continued to kiss her. Her hands roamed up and down his back and she grasped for his body to be closer to hers. He didn't waste any time obliging her and she gasped as he slowly entered her. They moved together, like a slow dance.....just as they had earlier that evening together. Both were overcome with emotions because they realized how precious life was and were clinging to every moment they had together. It had literally been weeks since they had been together, intimately, because of the trip and then the accident. It almost felt like the first time again. Both explored each other's bodies with their hands and mouths as they continued their dance.
Britney rolled them over and ended up straddling him as she tried to catch her breath. She looked down into Justin's eyes and only saw the passion he had for her there. She continued to move her hips and lowered her head so she could kiss him again. She wanted to be kissing him when they both climaxed together. Her body collapsed on top of his while they both were catching their breath. She could feel the perspiration on her forehead and smiled at the activity that made her so blissfully exhausted.
"I don't think I can move," Justin moaned into Britney's hair that was covering his face.
She started to trace a line on his skin. "Me either," she sighed.
He leaned his head down and kissed her shoulder.
"Have I told you how glad I am we went to this dinner tonight?"
She chuckled, which only caused friction between their bodies and started to turn them both on again. "Yes, but I'm even more glad now, aren't you?"
She could tell he was nodding.
"I'm going to go start a bath," she said, lifting her body to rest on her forearms.
"Okay. Don't be too long," he said, pulling her down for a quick kiss before he left her body.
"I won't."
She returned quickly, as promised and they laid next to each other on top of the bedspread, which never got turned down, while they listened to the bath water running.
The rest of the night was spent exactly like this.....by each other's sides, loving each other. This is exactly how Britney had hoped the evening was going to end. When they woke up the next morning, they were going to have breakfast, probably make love again and then have to return to reality so she was going to enjoy every moment with her husband that she could.
Her plan worked.
