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The sun shined way too brightly over Ali's eyes. She specifically remembers telling Matthew to keep their bedroom curtains closed so the sun wouldn't shine on her side of the bed as she slept. But once again it was small things that he did, unknowingly or not, it still grinded on her nerves. She pulled one of the extra pillows over her head and let out a small groan. Ali did not want to get up, not because it was seven in the morning but because it was going to be her first day at her new job. She wanted to mull over that detail but it proved impossible when she heard Matthew's rather heavy footsteps thud into their bedroom. She felt the her edge of the bed dip under the weight of her husband.
"Alex, you know you have to get up right?" Matthew asked as he removed the pillow from his wife's head and gave her kiss despite her morning breath. "I made breakfast."
Ali turned her head slightly, "You didn't have to." She mumbled into her forearm while looking at him from the corner of her eye.
Matthew sighed and laid a hand on her back. "I wanted to, really. There's no ulterior motive behind it."
Ali stayed silent for a bit and decided that there was no harm in accepting his breakfast, he looked sincere enough. "Thank you."
Matthew smiled. Ali was so accustomed to that smile. The way his blue eyes got smaller and little lines spread from the corners of his eyes while his mouth revealed perfectly straight white teeth. It was the smile that won her over in college when he first asked her out, when he asked her to be his girlfriend, when he asked her to move in with him, when he asked her to marry him, and when he asked her to forgive him. Ali always joked when they were younger that he'd be a dentist because of his perfect smile, never did she think she'd actually be right with that assumption.
"So you'll get up?" Matthew asked.
Ali playfully rolled her eyes at his persistence, even though she had clearly told him thank you which meant she was going to eat breakfast, she knew Matthew well enough to know that he was always a stickler for the literal way.
"Yes, I'll eat breakfast and get ready." Ali replied and sat up, giving her husband's thigh a pat before swinging her legs over to the edge. She could feel his eyes on her, watching her as if she'd make a mistake or surprise him, either way it was a bit annoying. "You don't have to watch me Matthew, I'm just going to brush my teeth then I'll join you for breakfast."
"I know, sorry. It's just you're beautiful you know, can't blame a guy for staring." Matthew apologized and stood, he gave Ali a rather deep kiss before heading off to the dining room.
Ali brushed her teeth and took a quick shower realizing that she probably wouldn't have enough time for her more longer preferred showers. She stepped out and quickly dressed in jeans and a simple but good flowing shirt. After she finished, Ali made her way into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee.
"Already filled your mug babe." Matthew said over his shoulder. Ali smiled her thanks before sitting down with him at the table and eating the breakfast he made her. "So are you excited for your new job?"
Ali shrugged with a small chuckle. "I'd say more of a mixture of both nerves and excitement. It's really hard to distinguish which is which if I'm being honest."
Matthew nodded and they finished up their breakfast before heading back into their bedroom to grab their work items. Ali busied herself while checking for any texts from family, friends, or work. Out of the corner of her eyes she could see Matthew standing in only his boxer briefs, she couldn't help but stare after all he is her husband and she couldn't deny the fact that his body was in very good shape, but a small part of her wanted to avert her eyes. While stuck in her internal battle, Ali didn't notice that Matthew had caught her wandering eyes and made his way over to her. His slightly cold hands on her hips and mint smelling breath was enough to break her from her thoughts.
"You like what you see?" Matthew asked with a smirk before connecting their lips in a passionate kiss. His hands gripped her hips tightly before lowering down to her ass and getting a handful of of it.
Ali moaned into his mouth, as she pushed her tounge into his mouth and had both hands splayed on his bare, broad chest. Although she was caught in the kiss, she could feel her fingers graze over the slightly curly chest hair that somewhat painted his chest, the feeling of it brought her back to their college days where he lost a bet with her and she made him dye his entire chest hair green. Her hands moved up from his chest to boad shoulders to his clean shaven face so she could pull him deeper into the kiss.
Ali could feel her husband's now warm hands reach under her shirt and slowly ascend until his fingers edged her bra cups up and palmed her breasts. Ali gasped into the kiss and went back to grip his shoulders, she could feel him lead her to their bed and onto her back and felt his familiar weight between her thighs. His lips were all over her neck in hot, open mouthed kisses that envoked low moans from Ali's lips. His hips ground into her covered center but Ali could tell that he was more than turned on. Her eyes flickered open for second and caught the time on the bedside alarm clock.
"Matt." Ali said, trying to get him to pay attention. He gave her some sort of primal grunt in response but continued his assault of kisses while he popped the button on her jeans. "Matt! Stop." Ali said with more force and a slight tug of his dark brown hair that curled a bit at the tips.
Matthew popped up like a Prarie dog with a confused expression. "I didn't hurt you did I?"
"No," Ali gently eased him off of her and sat up. "But we're going to be very late for work if we even try."
Matthew leaned forward and kissed her again, "I can be really fast babe."
Ali smiled at his whiney tone and ran her nails up his thigh, smirking when she heard the hitch in his breath. "No can do, besides I don't want it to be fast and I don't want to be late on my first day at my new job, plus I already showered."
Matthew relented with a groan and nodded, "Tonight?"
Ali giggled with a nod, and buttoned up her jeans again as Matthew went about hiding his obvious arousal in his dark blue dental scrubs. "I'll see you later Matt, I'm heading out first." Ali informed and gave him another kiss before grabbing her keys.
"Babe you got this, you'll be amazing today." Matthew called out as she left.
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Ali was nervous, that much was known. Maybe it was her profuse sweating, or her erratic swearing whenever someone would drive too slow, it even could've been the amount of people she cut off in the span of a few roads that showed you how much of nervous wreck she was. But nonetheless, she powered on and finally pulled into the parking lot of the DC baseball stadium. The place was huge and Ali only had a few minutes before she considered late, and by the size of building she was most likely going to be late. She grabbed her bag and jogged into the stadium asking for help along the way. She ended up in an office in the same hallway as the locker room, and various exercise, training and medical rooms.
She knocked once and heard a man's voice let her in.
"Ah it's great to see you Ali." The man in a sports polo and khaki pants said. He had a heavy Australian accent which made her name sound like 'Ah-leh'. "As you probably already know from the email, I'm Andy Cahoone, the head coach for the DC women's baseball team, the Senators. I hope you know a little about them, I know baseball wasn't on your resumé, but I think you'd be a great fit here."
"I won't lie, I'm not the biggest baseball fan, men or women's but I think I could get the hang of it really quickly." Ali stated with a smile.
"Glad to hear that." Andy clapped and reached over onto a separate table and retrieved her uniform that consisted of long and short khakis and black pants, some tights, short and long sleeves polo shirts, and a hoodie and puffy jacket. "We have to have you all decked out in the Senator's gear, so as you can tell these are your uniforms. You can match whichever ones you want, and here are your ID credentials, you'll need them whenever you're in the stadium and when you travel with us. Don't worry, we will definitely provide you with a lot more sets as time goes on."
"Okay, is there any place I can go and change?" Ali asked while holding the sets of clothing.
"Yes, follow me." Andy led her out of the office and into another office with her name on the door. "This is your office, it has a locker inside for your clothing and personal items, there's your desk and computer for whatever needs you might have for it, and there's a your own private restroom, so you change inside there. Once you're done meet me in the hallway and I'll take you to meet the girls."
"That's fine with me." Ali smiled. After she changed, she felt her phone vibrate with a text from Matthew.
Matthew: You got this babe, have a great day! Love you :)
Ali smiled at his sentiment and sent him one back.
Ali: Thank you baby. I'll tell you all about it when I get home. I love you more :*
Ali pocketed her phone in the khaki shorts she was given and left the office to meet Andy in the hallway.
"Okay, time to meet the girls, they're getting ready for their morning practice session so things are gonna be a bit rowdy in the locker room. Later on I'll show you to the recovery room." Andy said with a slight warning and his hand on the locker room door.
"I think I can handle it." Ali chuckled.
"Alrighty then." Andy pushed open the locker room door to reveal a bunch of half naked women in spandex, baseball shorts, sports bras and open baseball jersey shirts. Some even had the black camouflage paint streaked under their eyes. Some were dancing around singing some kind of insider's song. Overall the locker room looked like a mad man's home.
"Well, meet the Senators." Andy chuckled.