There she was, his beautiful Cress. The only women who could throw him off, the only one who could melt his bravado. He wasn't holding her and kissing her like he wanted to. No, he was holding a knife and he couldn't control himself. Levana, that cursed witch, was controlling him. He forced the knife deep into her abdomen.
"Ow!", suddenly he awoke from his dream. "Thorne what was that for?" He'd hit Cress. Oh stars above, he had HIT Cress, his one and only love!
"I'm so sorry Cress, I had a nightmare. I swear it was an accident." He exploded all at once. Was she crying, had he made Cress cry? She quickly tried to wipe the tears away, had he really hit her that hard? "Cress I'm sorry. Did I really hit you hard enough to make you cry?"
"Thorne, You hit me right above the stab wound." He saw how desperately she was trying not to cry. That was when he broke into tears. "Thorne don't cry I'm okay. Really I'm fine."
"Stop lying to me!" He accidentally yelled. That was when she got out of the bed and ran to her room sobbing. What had he done? He had hurt Cress, again. He hadn't been angry at her, he had been angry at himself. Thorne got out of bed headed to Cress's room. When he walked in she was still sobbing. She didn't appear to hear him walking in. He assumed his bare footed steps were drown out by her crying. When he sat down on her bed she glanced at him through her tears.
"Why are you mad at me?" Cress asked.
"Cress I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at me."
"Then why did you yell at me?" Her tears hadn't stopped but her sobs had.
"I yelled at you because I was so frustrated at myself that I just had to let it out."
"You can't do that Thorne. You can't take your anger and frustration out on me." She was shaking, he wanted to reach for her to calm her down. However, after what she'd just said Thorne figured it would only make things worse. So instead he said,
"Do I do that? Do I take my emotions out on you?" She nodded silently sending something painful through his heart, his soul.
She then added, "Only sometimes, not always." He had hurt Cress in yet another way.
"Cress I'm so sorry. I didn't ever want to hurt you. Now look what I've done, I have hurt you in so many ways. Stars Cress you mean so much to me, I…" He stopped heart aching, tears flowing and tried again. "I love you so much I don't know what to do with myself sometimes. Cress I need you in so many ways. I don't think I can live without you."
"Carswell," She was hugging him now. He loved the way she said his name. The name he normally hated sounded like perfection coming from her. But anything that came from Cress was perfect because she was perfect. "I love you too. I don't think I could live without you." Then she kissed him, all of his unsurities and sadnesses faded away. He pulled her even closer. Then he broke the kiss because he needed to say something.
"Cress I promise I will try to be better for you you deserve so much better than me." Thorne told her.
"Carswell," She said his name with such sweetness he couldn't stop himself, and she didn't try to, kissing her. All of the stress and sadness faded away as they fell asleep in each other's arms.
A/N: Here is a one shot to make up for not updating A Bumpy, but Wonderful Ride. I've still had no luck with the new chapter. Anyway I hope your day has been absolutely wonderful. Please review and tell me if you want more one shots.
~Kaleighaspiringauthor~
