purse, and then walks behind Steve. She gestures for me to give her a call and I can’t help but laugh at her subtly. Steve turns to see what she’s doing, but by the time he moves she’s already on her way out the door.
“She’s something else,” I say wringing the towel in my hand.
“Yeah, I’m sorry for interrupting,” he says taking a step forward.
The beat of my heart picks up the closer he moves toward me. No matter how hard I try to fight him, I can’t control the way my emotions and body feel when he’s near.
His arms reach out for me and I muster all the strength I can to not fall into him.
“Ash, come here. I need you to come to me…please,” he remarks, his tone begging for me to go to him.
“Steve, I can’t, I mean, we can’t keep doing this over and over again.”
Taking another step forward, he’s now so close to me. Lifting his arms, he places his hands on either side of my face.
“I don’t want to keep doing this over and over again with you, Ash. We…you and I are going to make this work. Through everything, all this time, I still feel the same way I did when we first met.”
“You’re right, there’s something that keeps pulling me to you, but there’s always so much that keeps pushing us apart. Our past is just that, the past…and now we tried, but it just couldn’t work.”
Shaking his head, he runs this thumb along the side of my face, a chill igniting throughout my entire body.
“I need you in my life, Ash. As much as I’ve fucked up over the years, there’s always been one thing that makes me want to be whole, be better, and be stronger. That one thing is you.”
His eyes stare into mine, it hurts so bad to love someone so much. I know that nothing I can do will help him be the man he wants to be, he has to want it.
“Steve, I’m not the one to make you that person.”
“Maybe you’re gonna be the one that saves me. It’s always been you, Ash…always and forever.”
His words rip at my heart, I can’t stand it anymore. He’s all I’ve ever wanted and now that he’s standing here with me, telling me this…I’m lost and without him I don’t know that I’ll ever want to be found.
Stepping in closer, I lean myself into his warmth. He makes me feel at peace even when we are at our worst. I would walk through fire for this man and I know that he’d do the same for me.
Looking up into his eyes, I can only pray that everything will fall into place…that he and I will finally be able to get through all of our shit and find a way to fall into one another without breaking apart.
Chapter 8
Today was quite eventful if I do say so myself. Knowing that Ashley is going to stay and that we’ve come up with a plan makes tonight that much more meaningful.
I’ve been waiting for this day for what feels like forever. Driving by myself to the airport, I’m anxious and excited to see my two friends. It’s been way too lonely around here with them gone. Now that they’re coming home, I feel like life might get back to normal.
Shortly after Cursed Magic door’s closed, Linc and Jo took a trip to visit family in Charleston, South Carolina. Something about near death accidents triggered Linc to go home and make things right with his brother and sister. The trip couldn’t have been easy on either of them, but I understood why Linc wanted to go. Life’s too short to live with regrets, especially when it involves family. I’ve spoken to Jo a few times while they have been gone and she seemed to be happy with the way things were going. I guess I’ll just have to interrogate Linc myself and find out all the details.
I’m not certain that they’ll be happy to hear how things have been here, especially when they find out that I’ve been talking to Christian again. We all have to move on one way or another and if having him in my life is helping me through my grieving process, then they’ll just have to accept it…I can only hope they will.
A sharp
“She’s something else,” I say wringing the towel in my hand.
“Yeah, I’m sorry for interrupting,” he says taking a step forward.
The beat of my heart picks up the closer he moves toward me. No matter how hard I try to fight him, I can’t control the way my emotions and body feel when he’s near.
His arms reach out for me and I muster all the strength I can to not fall into him.
“Ash, come here. I need you to come to me…please,” he remarks, his tone begging for me to go to him.
“Steve, I can’t, I mean, we can’t keep doing this over and over again.”
Taking another step forward, he’s now so close to me. Lifting his arms, he places his hands on either side of my face.
“I don’t want to keep doing this over and over again with you, Ash. We…you and I are going to make this work. Through everything, all this time, I still feel the same way I did when we first met.”
“You’re right, there’s something that keeps pulling me to you, but there’s always so much that keeps pushing us apart. Our past is just that, the past…and now we tried, but it just couldn’t work.”
Shaking his head, he runs this thumb along the side of my face, a chill igniting throughout my entire body.
“I need you in my life, Ash. As much as I’ve fucked up over the years, there’s always been one thing that makes me want to be whole, be better, and be stronger. That one thing is you.”
His eyes stare into mine, it hurts so bad to love someone so much. I know that nothing I can do will help him be the man he wants to be, he has to want it.
“Steve, I’m not the one to make you that person.”
“Maybe you’re gonna be the one that saves me. It’s always been you, Ash…always and forever.”
His words rip at my heart, I can’t stand it anymore. He’s all I’ve ever wanted and now that he’s standing here with me, telling me this…I’m lost and without him I don’t know that I’ll ever want to be found.
Stepping in closer, I lean myself into his warmth. He makes me feel at peace even when we are at our worst. I would walk through fire for this man and I know that he’d do the same for me.
Looking up into his eyes, I can only pray that everything will fall into place…that he and I will finally be able to get through all of our shit and find a way to fall into one another without breaking apart.
Chapter 8
Today was quite eventful if I do say so myself. Knowing that Ashley is going to stay and that we’ve come up with a plan makes tonight that much more meaningful.
I’ve been waiting for this day for what feels like forever. Driving by myself to the airport, I’m anxious and excited to see my two friends. It’s been way too lonely around here with them gone. Now that they’re coming home, I feel like life might get back to normal.
Shortly after Cursed Magic door’s closed, Linc and Jo took a trip to visit family in Charleston, South Carolina. Something about near death accidents triggered Linc to go home and make things right with his brother and sister. The trip couldn’t have been easy on either of them, but I understood why Linc wanted to go. Life’s too short to live with regrets, especially when it involves family. I’ve spoken to Jo a few times while they have been gone and she seemed to be happy with the way things were going. I guess I’ll just have to interrogate Linc myself and find out all the details.
I’m not certain that they’ll be happy to hear how things have been here, especially when they find out that I’ve been talking to Christian again. We all have to move on one way or another and if having him in my life is helping me through my grieving process, then they’ll just have to accept it…I can only hope they will.
A sharp
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