The way Caitlyn had closed her eyes while he had played with her hair ever so tenderly had made him think of just how many time she seemed to enjoy such touches from him.  In the immediate moment, he had almost reached over and kissed her, but that would have been inappropriate considering Caitlyn was married.  Yet, his best friend was in pain...that much had been clear.  Then, she had taken his hand, and placed it on her thigh...a rather mostly bare thigh at that.  The kimono was fairly short to begin with, but her sitting position had risen it up some.  Never had his hands graze such warm bare flesh belonging to her...so intimate.  His heart began to race again, but he tried to focus more on her sorrow.<br/><br/>Then, she had said she couldn't talk about it right then, but as she had done so...she was closer, and there had been the kiss to his hand...so soft...almost inviting.  If it had simply been his imagination; he could have shrugged it off, but it wasn't.  This was something new between them.  And, with her so close to him...their faces so close...and the way she had leaned in...her kimono opening to a fantastic view of the top of her breasts had certainly been rather seductive...though he was sure it was unintentional.  Even so, it was not something he would forget anytime soon.  The combination of things that happened in that few span of minutes was causing his thoughts and emotions to jump around wildly, but he took a deep breath.  Nothing would happen between them...nothing ever did.  Though, he really couldn't ignore it all.  Something was different...no matter how much he dared not believe it.  There was also the invitation to talk in the morning...together.<br/><br/>Thus, he had gone to bed, but sleep eluded him.  He had laid there wondering if sleep eluded her as well...if she was laying next to her husband thinking of him.  Nathan was sure such a thing was fairly stupid to consider, but the kiss to his hand twice, the words so soft, the way she had put his hand on her bare thigh...all of it pointed to things he dared believe, but so badly wanted.  When sleep finally claimed him; it was with her deep in his dreams...every dream...all the old ones...and the new ones.  Even one of her coming into his room that night seducing him into having his way with her.<br/><br/>That next morning came, and Nathan was already up...as was his habit...exercising solo in his room for his Wing Chun routines.  The idea of talking to Caitlyn this morning made him so curious.  What would she tell him?  Was she going to talk about what had happened to cause her to have tears last night?  The morning seemed filled possibilities...as if anything could happen and would.  Even his exercises could not erase the touches of her last night, nor the dreams, or the views of her he had never had before.  Thus, once he was done with his exercises; Nathan took a shower, and came out wearing his dragon t-shirt, and matching black shorts.  He had no classes today, and usually helped out around the house or did some writing on such nice days.  Today, he was uncertain as the talk with Caitlyn approached.<br/><br/>Then, it occurred to him:  she had invited him to spend the morning with her...not just talk.  That was quite differently phrased.  They weren't going to just talk...they were going to spend the morning together.  He heard Jack leave as he was coming from his bedroom after getting dressed, and looked up towards the stairs and Caitlyn's room....wondering.