Only One Road – chapter 6

– VI –



“Sleeping with your eyes open?” he asked and I jumped slightly, startled.

“Something like that”, I nodded and finished my pizza.

“What was the name of the private dick?” he asked casually.

I knew him well enough.

“What are you going to do?” I looked in his eyes and he smiled the same old way.

“Research”, he shrugged lightly.

“That’s all?” I narrowed my eyes.

“For now”, he nodded calmly. “What was the name?”

“Dinah Waters”, I sighed and slid off the windowsill.

I wiped my hands on the towel and when I turned around he was standing right behind me.

“Jesus”, I muttered. “Wear a bell or something!”

He put both arms on the counter and I was caught in the middle. For someone with several broken ribs he moved surprisingly swift. I pressed my lips tight and stared at him. I am not going down that road again, dammit! He didn’t say anything, he just looked at me.

“What?” I asked finally after several minutes.

“Kiss me”, he said simply.

I didn’t even smile at that.

“No”, I looked at him without shifting my gaze. “You are going to heal and then you will get the hell out of my life…”

“Kiss me”, he repeated as if he didn’t hear a single word that I just said.

“No”, I said with a little more desperation than I liked. “Dylan, I already told you… I am not going down that road again…”

He leaned closer and brushed his lips against mine. Damn him…

“Kiss me”, he whispered.

I wanted to smack him hard, I wanted to yell at him, push him away, kick him out into the rain. I didn’t. Instead I planted a very light kiss on his mouth. He closed his eyes and then we just stood there for God knows how long, lips brushing, breaths flowing into one another. Then I gave him another very light peck. And another. The next one wasn’t as light. And the one after that. And then I couldn’t hold back anymore.

I buried my fingers in his hair and kissed him so hard that he let out a groan. I felt like someone who just found out that they will be executed tomorrow morning. And I didn’t even care. His tongue was driving me crazy after a while with the same old blistering speed. Finally I pulled him off of me, afraid that I’ll end up crushing his damn ribs if I don’t stop right now.

“Stop”, I whispered and he didn’t say anything. “Your ribs… The cuts… Stop…”

He took a very shaky breath and dropped his head into my shoulder. He was shaking like he had a fever.

“God, I missed you…” he muttered in barely audible voice. “I missed you so much…”

“I missed you too, you psychotic son of a bitch”, I whispered into his hair.

He raised his head and looked at me, his transparent eyes pulling me in like quicksand.

“Let’s not go down the same road again”, he said softly and I just looked at him. “Let’s take a different one…”

I slowly ran my fingers through his silky hair.

“No”, I whispered. “With you there is only one road… And it leads straight to hell…”

His mouth twisted in resemblance of a smile.

“Hell I can handle”, he said seriously. “As long as you are with me, I can handle anything…”

“You are a selfish prick”, I snorted.

“I know”, he agreed and buried his face in my throat.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and closed my eyes. Some people never learn.