JakeSteelsShade: Dressed in a thick toweling robe, his bare legs propped up on the slight coffee table in front of the sofa, he was settled comfortably in the plush spongy material of the sofa in his apartment. With Jade snuggled under his arm around her shoulder and idly playing with her hair, her body curled into his, they watched the rolling credits of which-ever movie had been playing on the television. "Hmm.. I never saw Casablanca before."

Jade MacCarthy: She brushed a few tears from her eyes, "You haven't?" She looked up at him and smiled, "It's a wonderful movie what did you think of it?" Her body molded into his, her satin midnight blue robe opened slightly as she moved in his arms.

JakeSteelsShade: "Well, uhh.." Having had his eyes on things other than the TV screen for the majority of the movie, he improvises an answer. An answer that didn't involve either Jade's slim sexy body, or the inside of his eyelids, which had been the two things to divert his attention during the film. "I think Rick Blaine had nice hair."

Jade MacCarthy: She laughed softly as she slide her body up long his body and she looked into his soft brown eyes. "Did you now?" She reached over for the remote and taking it in her hand she pressed the rewind button.” I never noticed his hair, lets have a look." With a devilish twinkle in her eyes she turned to look at the TV.

 JakeSteelsShade: He blinked, wondering if he'd been caught out. Decides to play the bluff onwards. "Err, yeah. Very, y'know, thick and manly.. How about I take that remote control off you now." Reaching down, he wrapped his fingers around the plastic control.

Jade MacCarthy: "Manly eh?" she held fast to the remote, pressing the play button, while trying to keep hold of the remote. Her struggling caused her robe to open a little more. "Now lets see.......

JakeSteelsShade: Managing to get a rapid finger to the 'pause' button, his hand struggled for control of the remote. Meanwhile, his other was playing it sly, creeping along the back edge of the sofa, coming up on her from behind. Suddenly it striked, getting a surprise squeeze on her ass.

Jade MacCarthy: She jumped in mock indignation. "Why Mr. Steel whatever are you doing?" Her eyes widened but there was a playful expression on her face and a soft laugh coming from deep in her throat.

JakeSteelsShade: "Aha.." wrenched the remote from her grasp in her moment of shock, he tucked the control under his body. "I don't know what you mean, Miss MacCarthy."

Jade MacCarthy: Reaching back her fingers encircled his wrist and pulled it up and round in front of her. "What Mr. Steel your right hand doesn't know what your left hand is doing?"

JakeSteelsShade: He gasped, as if he'd never seen the offending hand before in his life, but a small smile played on his lips. "I claim no responsibility for the actions of the aforementioned hand. It is it's own entity." And then the other hand dashes across the intervening space, and inside her robe, finding the tender flesh under her ribs.

Jade MacCarthy: She let out a soft "Ah" as his warm hand connected to her soft flesh. She blinked at him a small smile on her lips. "Mr. Steel just what are your intentions?"

JakeSteelsShade: "My intentions are purely dishonorable, I assure you." He quirked an eyebrow, twisting his captured wrist in a swift action that caused him to have encircled -her- hand now.

Jade MacCarthy: Her hands went to his shoulders and she pushed back from him, "Oh Mr. Steel." A coy look on her face and she struggled to free, although she wasn't trying very hard.

JakeSteelsShade: He chuckled softly, releasing her wrist after a moment of struggling, although not before he'd placed a kiss on her captured palm. "You know, you haven't opened your present yet."

Jade MacCarthy: "Present?" There was a surprised look on her face as she searched his face.
JakeSteelsShade: He smiled again, her surprise delighting him. "Yeah, present. You know, the things you wrap up in colorful paper, and give you people you care about.. about this time of year, too."

Jade MacCarthy: "Yeah I know what a present is... but I had no idea we were going to exchange them I didn't get you anything." She was blushing now, she didn't have money to buy presents not even any for her family.

JakeSteelsShade: "You've given me a present already, Jade." Rising to his feet, he tightened the sash of the thick bathrobe, lest it flap open and show his naked body to her. Gasp, what would she think? He smiled at the thought, heading over to the chest of drawers on one side of the room. Opening one of the drawers, he pulled out a small velvet cube, quite obviously a ring case, with a small blue ribbon tied in a bow around it. "But if you don't think we should give gifts, I could take it back.. I'm sure they'll give me store credit, since I don't have the receipt."

Jade MacCarthy: As he moved from her she changed her position on the sofa adjusting the robe so everything was back in place. Her heart stopped and she held her breath looking at the small box. "Oh Jake." It was barely a whisper.