but we broke up. Before I went to Spain
she had been contacting me; I kept telling her I wanted nothing to
do with her, but she was relentless. She found me in Spain and held
me captive in my hotel room for 7 hours, had a gun pointed to my
head the entire time. She said that if she couldn’t have me, nobody
could. Eventually it became a ‘I will let you go for a specified
amount of money’ kidnapping. Finally, she simply broke down and
gave me the gun. I had her flown back to The United States,
somewhere safe where she could get the help she needed. After that,
I knew I needed a security team. That would’ve never happened with
Charles by my side.”
I smiled, glad that he wasn’t hurt or
injured. Even though that was way before I met him, my heart still
felt heavy.
We spent the whole evening talking and
staring at each other. Everything felt like a dream, like I wasn’t
even really there.
“ I think we should get you
home. You have classes tomorrow, don’t you?” Stefan looked over to
me and grabbed my hand.
“ Yes. From 10 am to 3pm.”
Man I really was beat.
Stefan helped me down the ladder and
out to the SUV. When I climbed inside I noticed the foggy glass was
still up. Stefan climbed in and sat beside me, taking my hand in
his and twisting our fingers around each other. I felt so
comfortable sitting next to him and I was sad that our night was
coming to an end.
I rested my head on his shoulder and
yawned, again. “I had a really nice time tonight. Thank you so much
for everything, it was the best first date ever.” I smiled and
looked up at him. He kissed my head. “I should be thanking you. You
made this night wonderful, Jennifer.” He leaned his head against my
head all while rubbing my fingers with his hand.
When we pulled up to the curb of my
house I didn’t want to say goodbye. Charles opened the door and
Stefan got out and then reached for me, helping me out of the
SUV.
“ Goodnight, Miss. White.”
Charles smiled and nodded at me.
“ Goodnight, Charles. Thank
you.” I smiled back. Stefan walked me up to the door and grabbed
both my hands. As he looked at me, I felt like he was staring into
my soul.
“ I had such a wonderful
time. Thank you for coming with me, Miss White.” He
smiled.
“ Thank you for having me,
Mr. Long.” He put his hands on either side of my face and leaned in
and pressed his lips against mine. His lips felt so soft and
sensual. He kissed me like he hadn’t kissed me for years, yet we
had just had a hardcore make out session a couple of hours
ago.
He let out a sigh and pulled his face
back from mine; he opened his eyes and looked at me. I was holding
my breath but relaxed after he took his hands off my
face.
“ Goodnight Jennifer.” He
turned to walk back down to his SUV.
I couldn’t say anything back. I was a
statue as he climbed into the car and it eventually took
off.
I finally opened the door and shut it
behind me. I felt like I was on cloud nine. I couldn’t stop
smiling. All I wanted was to be around him.
Kennedy wasn’t home; she was probably
out with Ayden. I was glad; I was in no mood to be answering her
questions.
I climbed the stairs and walked into
my bedroom. I slipped off my dress and heels and put on a tank top
and sweats. I grabbed my clutch and pulled my phone out of it. I
placed it on my night stand, turned off my light and lay down,
covering myself up. Maybe I could wipe this crazy smile off of my
face sometime soon. Suddenly my phone lit up. I quickly grabbed
it.
*Sweet dreams my dearest
Jennifer.
Please dream of me, as I
will dream
of you.
Goodnight*
My smile grew bigger. Was this
seriously happening? How did I get this lucky? I reminded myself to
thank Kennedy and Ayden for introducing us tomorrow. I didn’t text
back, but set my phone back on my night stand. No doubt I would be
dreaming of only one person tonight. It didn’t take long for me to
start drifting into a deep sleep. I kept imagining I was lying
there,
Tawny Weber
Lisabet Sarai
P. L. Gaus
Rogenna Brewer
Michael Cobley
Carlos Fuentes
Lucy Walker
Allie Larkin
Miranda James
EC Sheedy