02 Put the beast back asleep ~girl POV

I put the beast back asleep.

(the girls point of view)

I woke up and saw him asleep cuddled up against him and my mind was reeling from how I got here.

I wonder if he remembers me from 6th grade. That’s how we met. My mom was a soldier and was always on the move and for afew years we were in a Pennsylvania small town right on the Maryland line. Anyway, we hung out alot together until the 8th grade when my mom just had to get deployed overseas and I wasn’t given a choice to stay. Both of us cried on our last day hanging out. He gave me a puzzle piece necklace that he had a fitting piece on a bracelet he kept. We kept in touch on and off but not long conversations. When I turned 20 I returned to the states since my mom was still stationed there and I was over it, I wanted my own life back. I went back to that small town in hopes I would find my long lost crush. On the plane ride, my finger lightly rubs the semi worn puzzle piece as I reminisced about the last summer day he kissed me…our first kiss and last. It was about 2 years since I last talked to him and a old girlfriend said he lives alone had a harsh few years since high school started, which I remember one of the conversations when we did chat, his dad died, jobs were not accepting him to what he wanted to do. Then a girlfriend he was with for two months was abusive, controlling, cheating and when he finally managed to break up with her, he had bad whiplash from her clique to where police had to get involved and arrests were made. They were lessened because of rich people but got decent jail time regardless.

I’m jolted back to reality being back on the plane as it lands. I sigh with content as I am now even closer to a new start of freedom and home. I got my stuff from the baggage claim, got a bus to the car rental, got the keys to a SUV and off I went. After about 2 hours I got to my friend Jaimie’s house and after our hi’s and hugs and catch up she gave me the low down of my crush. He still lives in the same area in a house renovated to apartments, hasn’t been with anyone, secluded himself except for a few *********** people. Jaime gave me a small notepad and said here is everything you need to know. It gave me an address, hobbies, what he did, and everything. We went out shopping with her to get some fall attractive clothing, lingerie and other items. I devised a plan to see him tomorrow as I tried on a fall dress that looked kinda similar to the last day of summer we spent together..

When we got home, I went upstairs in the guest room and laid everything out for the next day.I couldn’t help myself imagining his kiss, but longer, the passion I had for him so long ago, put my hand underneath the jeans and could feel myself already wet.