Forever and Always (Sequel to Nothing More, Nothing Less)

Chapter 42

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             The next morning I woke up with my arms still wrapped around Maya whose hands were lying limply on the bed in between us. Her entire body moved with every breath she took. Her head was tilted up towards mine and our lips were inches away from each others. I leaned down and lightly kissed the top of her head, waiting for her to wake up also.

            I checked the time on Maya’s night table since that’s the way I was facing in bed. I blinked a couple times, waiting for the bright blue numbers to come into focus. The clock read 2:17. Wow we slept late…

            My eyes still felt heavy, but I stretched out in bed, making Maya roll out of my arms and back onto her pillow, falling asleep again. I rolled out of bed and fixed the sheets, putting them on top of Maya.  

            I immediately walked into the backroom to take a shower. I turned on the water and waited for it to get warm. I stepped back and looked into the mirror. My hair was completely knotted and I felt really sweaty and gross. I turned around and looked at my back in the mirror. Like I’d expected, I had red scratch marks on my lightly tanned back from Maya’s nails. I laughed a little bit. I had no idea why. I guess because I was so happy.

            The shower started steaming, signaling me to step inside. I let the warm water fall on top of me, enveloping me. I cleaned myself up and did my best to clean what was apparently my hair on the top of my head.

            Around ten minutes later, I finished with my shower and stepped out, wrapping a towel around my waist. I quickly brushed my teeth and decided to get changed first before I would shave.  I stepped back out into our room and found Maya still sound asleep in bed. I opened my closet door and quickly picked out a pair of sweatpants to wear, even though it was the middle of August. I grabbed a white t-shirt also and my green beanie that was thrown on the floor. I changed into my clothes and walked into the bathroom to shave.

            I swallowed, thinking back to last night. It was a lot more heated than I’d expected it to be. But, I couldn’t say no to my wife when she begged me to go faster. I couldn’t say no to her anyway. I just loved her too much, not to do what she asked me to do.

            After around another ten minutes, I finished shaving and cleaned up the sink. I know Maya hated it if the counter wasn’t cleaned up. Once I was done, I put a little bit of aftershave on that I knew Maya loved. She even told me once. Well, more than once actually.

            I fixed my beanie in the mirror and nodded at my appearance before I shut the light off and smiled at my wife who was lying on her stomach, her head buried into the pillow and her arms above her head. I walked around to my side and climbed in next to her. Maya stirred a little bit, but fell back asleep. I brushed her hair off her back and traced a line up and down her spine. I heard a small moan in the back of her throat. I started to lightly massage her shoulders, in hopes of getting her to wake up. She started to open her eyes and I nuzzled her neck as she turned her head to look at me. I smiled warmly at her and she turned over in bed to face me.

            “Good afternoon gorgeous,” I whispered as she stretched out in bed.

            “Mmm… hi…” Maya said softly, a smile on her face. “What time is it?” she mumbled tiredly.