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He seemed larger than life as he came to a halt before her, those icy blue eyes very nearly causing her skin to dimple with gooseflesh as he laid them upon her. She was overtaken with simple awe of him. Had his arms always been so thickly corded with muscle? Had his features always been so perfectly chiseled, like that of some kind of perfect Greek god? It had been mere hours since she had last seen him, but laying eyes to him was comparable to a long drink of water after a trek through the hottest desert. Her rosebud lips parted just slightly as she saw the shock lay claim to him, watched as it moved like a powerful summer storm across his handsome face. The words she had planned and rehearsed in her heart were no where to be found in that breathtaking moment...all she could do was drink in the sight of him, breathe his scent, and try to convince herself that this was real and he was here. Finally, he spoke...his words thick with confusion and husky somehow, as if he were stirring from the throes of a dream. She took a single step forward, whiskey gaze never parting from his as she filled her lungs deeply, aware that once she began talking, breathing might become harder than expected. A very small smile dimpled her mouth, and she shook her head slowly. "While I'm sure the stewardess' speech on how to properly lock a seatbelt would have been absolutely riveting, I was only able to make it through about thirty seconds of it before I realized that I just couldn't do it. That I was making a mistake." Her smile faded slowly as she searched his face, seeking the strength to carry on. She found just what it was she sought there in his gaze...that calm, unwavering support that never seemed to falter, never seemed to fade. He'd been the proverbial eye in the storm that had become of her life since she'd received the text from Memphis, just a little over a month ago. She'd never forget the comfort she'd taken in him, in his unquestioning acceptance. Continuing, her voice wavered just slightly as her nerves threatened to overtake her. "You see, the idea of staying on that flight...of watching these mountains fade away...of returning to the city and just carrying on--it was all so wrong. Because if I had done that--if I had gone back-- I would have had to live with that decision for the rest of my life. I would have had to always wonder what could have been if I had listened to what my heart was whispering in my ear all morning...while I'd been too deaf to hear it." She pursed her lips, quite sure that by now, she probably wasn't making much sense as she rambled. Moisture crept to the corners of her wide topaz gaze, the urge to make him understand suddenly all-consuming. "What I'm saying, Seth...is that getting on that plane and being faced with the reality of losing you opened my eyes to something huge. It made me finally understand that this thing between us...it isn't just infatuation. Not for me, anyway." Swallowing hard and calling on the rest of her courage, she moved close--just a breath away, really-- and tilted her head up at him. A final breath was taken, before she finally bared her soul to him. "Seth, I'm in love with you. I know it wasn't supposed to be this way...that it wasn't supposed to go so deep. I know that, but it's the truth, all the same." A lump swelled in her throat, an alarming thing--she simply could not dissolve into tears just then. "If you don't love me back...if it's not the same for you, I can understand that. I just couldn't walk away without...without telling you." A single crystal tear hung suspended on her lower lashes, glittering like a diamond under the artificial lighting of the room. _______†______†______†________ Touch me I'm cold Unable to control Touch me I'm golden And wild as the wind blows And tumbling tumbling Don't go, fascination If just for tonight darling, .L e t s. g e t. l o s t.  †2010 Dodge Challenger† †Furious Fuchsia† | |