Always You.

Twenty Seven

Once bitten, twice shy.

Right?

Wrong.

She still let down her guard and now wounds were reopened.

She could feel them bleeding and pulsing painfully just like before.

He was right. She just kept pushing him away.

But was she ready to loose him?

This was her deepest fear, getting broken again.

But it was all her fault, if only she'd let him in.

There was only one thing running through her mind but uncertainty held her back from saying it.

What if he goes on another trip, meets another Rita, accidentally gets her pregnant and then breaks up with her again?

Would it hurt more than right now?

She turned to look at the door.

He was still there. Then she remembered that only she could let him out of her house.

"Dee?"

She called out.

His head turned so quickly, you'd miss it.

She hadn't called him that in

...never

"I'll call you 'Dee' because no one else does."
Her sweet smile melting through his cold heart.

"What if..."

She started towards him but stopped midway.

"What if... I... I told you that I love you too?"

She whispered the last part.

"What?"

She nodded.

"...and I actually never stopped loving you."

Silence.

Her heart crumbled as he turned his back to her, his hand fell on the door knob.

Was she too late? She pushed him away so much that he gave up on her.
She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and walked to the door to open it for him.

She pushed his hand aside and wrapped her fingers around the knob and waited for the door to give way.

Everything happened so fast, the lights turned green but he pushed her hand away from the door before she could open it and pulled her to him.

He turned her around and backed her to the wall. "Say that again."

He whispered softly, his ragged breath, fanning her hair.

She looked up at him.
"I love you too....and I nev....."

He shut her up with a kiss.
She would've responded but she was shocked to the bone.

Her mouth opened for him immediately his tongue tried to gain entrance into her mouth.
They fought for control, she didn't back down until he won.

He placed one hand on the wall above her head and broke their kiss but he didn't let go of her mouth, he kept sucking her lower lip.

He groaned deep in his chest and  reluctantly, he released her lip.
Hungrily, he trailed wet kisses from the corner of her lips down to that point where neck meets shoulder.