Chapter 2

As she was walking out the door, Erica felt a pull on her arm and she turned to look and it was David grabbing her arm.

"Get your hands off me!" She shouted.

"Erica I will not allow you to go back out into this storm."

"I don't think you can allow me to do anything! You are not my boss and I sure as hell don't take orders from you!" She argued getting angrier by the second.

"Erica I just really don't think you should go out in this mess again. And you are no mechanic so I doubt you will get the car to start anyway."

"Sorry I snapped at you. I know I won't get the car to start but I just don't want to be stuck here."

"Stuck here or with me?" David asked.

"Just what are you getting at David."

"Never mind, you should really come inside and get warm, you have to be freezing."

"Well, yes I am pretty cold. Maybe I should come back inside and just wait until morning to get home and get a tow. It would be hell trying to get back to the car and waiting for someone else to find me."

They both headed inside and David closed the door behind them. "I think maybe I should start a fire. It's so cold in here we might both freeze. " David said heading towards the fire place.

Erica sat there shivering and watched as David put logs in the fireplace and lit them fire. She looked around and noticed how dark it was with the little amount of light the candles made. She thought about what it would like in the light. It would probably be almost as dark during the day as at night. She hadn't been here in years, not since Edmund was alive she thought still shaking.

David finished lighting the fire and turned back to Erica who was shaking almost violently. "Erica, you're shaking! You should really get your wet clothes off."

"I don't think so. You are not getting me naked!" Erica replied.

"Erica I am not trying to get you naked, you are going to get hypothermia if you don't remove your wet clothes! And it's not like I haven't seen you naked before." He said with a grin.

"I will not disrobe in your house David"

"Well I would get you something of Krystal's to wear but I know you would not be caught dead in anything from her wardrobe! I'll just go get you a bath robe from upstairs." Laughing slightly afterwards

"I guess I can live with wearing a robe as it is only for one night."

As he ran up the stairs to get the robe she sat thinking about being alone with David, in his house and in nothing but a bath robe. Just the thought of this started to almost warm her up. How could she be thinking like this? He is married and they could never be together anyway. It had been too long and they were not going to go bad. It was just then he broke her train of thought.

"Erica….off!"

"What?" she responded coming out of her thoughts.

"I said everything wet must come off! It's for your own good." He said with a smile

"Well surely you don't think that I am going to get undressed right here in front of you?"

"Why not?" he joked. "The bathroom is right out in the hall to the left. I can help you if you want?"

"I don't need any help undressing from you!"

"I meant help to find the bathroom. It is kind of dark."

" Thank you, but I think I can manage."

"Ok than I think I will just go make some tea for us to drink, it will help us to get warm."

David went to make tea and while he was in the kitchen preparing the water he had kept having these thoughts about Erica, from when they were together. Having no electricity he put water in a pot and put it in the fire for a couple minutes to heat it up. He was smart, how else was he going to get hot water? He thought to himself trying to get his mind off of him and Erica.

Erica headed to the bathroom to change into the robe. As she walked in there she wondered why she was having these thoughts about David. It's not like she had been lonely or anything. Her and Jack were starting to get close again and she never gave David a second thought any other time. She had been distracted today, her and Jack had had a fight earlier in the day and she was out driving around. That is why she was out in this storm and she thought maybe she was subconsciously thinking about David and that's why she was so close to Wildwind when her car broke down.

All of sudden she heard knocking and it startled her.

"Erica are you ok? It's been ten minutes."

She opened the door and he was standing there with a blanket.

"Finally, I was starting to worry maybe you had passed out in there and I was going to have to break down the door and get you!" he said with a half laugh

"Oh no I'm just fine, no reason to worry except for how my hair looks!" she said with a smile

"I think you look just as beautiful as ever. Oh and I got a blanket for you so that you can get warm. Or in case you want to cover yourself up, if you don't trust me that is." He said laughing

They both headed out to the living room to sit on the couch by the fire. They both sat down and David handed her some tea. She started to think about her argument with Jack and she started to cry. David heard her quiet sobbing and turned to see tears on her cheeks. He got down on his knees in front of her and put his hands on her knees.

"Erica, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" he asked concerned

He then took his hands and cupped her face trying to make eye contact with her.

"Erica look at me. What's wrong?" He asked again

"It's Jack. We had a fight today and that's why I was out driving today. I wanted to get away and stop thinking about him and then this happened. That damn car! " She said sobbing

"Of course it was Jack that made you cry, it's always Jack! It's alright Erica it's just you and me and Jack can't hurt you. Don't think about him think about something that makes you happy.

She moved closer to him as he removed his hands from her face and put them on her arms.

"Thank you David" she said softly as her lips pressed softly against his….

To be Continued…