He laid his arm across the king-sized bed and grabbed at the satin white sheets.
He needed her.
He needed her touch.
He craved her scent and the sweet taste of her sweet kisses she left all the way down his neck and that special spot behind his ear that made him feel like his entire body was being taken over. She haunted his dreams and every thought. She was such a beautiful nightmare.
Not being able to take anymore of this, he turned and looked at the clock. 4:45am. There's no way shes awake at this hour. They were to be married in exactly one weeks time; too long in his opinion. The house had been full of annoying chaperones who never let them have one single moment alone. But something about tonight- be it a thunderstorm; was different. He couldnt fall asleep. He missed her so.
He got up and put on his navy robe from the back of his closet and made his way to her room. "there's no way she's awake" he repeated. Yet he found himself softly knocking at her door. Hearing no reply, he started walking away untill he was halfway down the hall he head her door crack open slightly and saw her head peeped out.
He immediately rushed back over to her.
"Maria I am so sorry to have awaken you, I was just...uh..." He wasnt able to finnish his sentence. What would he tell her? that he was craving and obsessing over her at 4am?
She wasn't having any of it. If he came all the way to her in the middle of the night, something had to be troubling him. "No darling it's alright.. I couldn't sleep in?"
They both walked in and she softly closed the door behind them and they embraced each other firmly. Both releasing the tensions and stresses of the last month of craziness of being surrounded by chaperon's and wedding plans and the children; just everything.
"Truth be told I'm glad you came to me. I couldn't sleep. I was..uh...thinking of you.." she said in a soft whisper. Especially the last part.
Not letting her see, a very teary-eyed captain reached over and dried his eyes. Oh how he loved her. His Maria. His life. His love.
"Maria"
she looked up at him and saw the tears.
"Can I stay with you tonight? I can't sleep in that room alone any longer. I love you so much my angel and long to be close to you. However if you feel in any way uncomfortable I completely understand."
"Oh Georg" She wiped the tear streaming from his face. "of course you can"
they made their way to the bed and Maria laid down on top of him and placed her head onto his chest, right under his chin. Georg pulled the covers over them and breathed deeply. taking in her scent. the weight of her on top of him.
"What has been troubling you my love?" she asked with genuine concern. Why was he crying?
"Nothing anymore. I have my entire world in my arms. How could I be upset?"
He wrapped his arms around her a little tighter and put his finger under her chin to lift her head up and kissed her with all the compassion he was feeling at the moment. She wrapped her arms around his neck to deepen the kiss and placed her head back down onto his chest.
Soon her breathing slowed and he knew she was asleep. He kissed her hair and looked up and thanked God for giving him this angel and for giving him a second chance.
He was Home.