A TWIST OF THE WRIST

Chapter 4

Divine Miss J

His breathing slowed as he realized that he had caught her just in time before she crashed upon the marble floor. His heart fell when she fell. The angelic beauty wilted hauntingly limp in his supporting arms only inches from the ground. He longingly looked at her with concern and trepidation. His face was so close to hers that he couldn't help but be in awe of her silent allure. Her eyes were closed but her full cherry lips were parted slightly.

He sighed.

"You have no idea do you," he whispered as his fingers pulled back strands of golden hair out of her face. He could feel his temperature rise as her eyelashes despairingly tried to flutter open. He picked her up and let her body lean into his chest as he walked out.

The ball was boring, Ami finally concluded. She always tried to be optimistic about everything but nothing could help the boringness of the Paramount ball. The only thing that was a little bit intriguing was the fact that the beautiful Serenity had appeared with an equally handsome photographer.

Ami couldn't help but wonder why she had accepted Taiki's invitation to accompany him. Sure he was good looking, but for some reason he always came off as cold. It was rare that she ever saw him smile. She had met him in an English Lit. class, where he had adamant opinions about anything. Although he would rarely talk, it seemed that whenever a discussion began he would wait until the perfect moment to speak and give an everlasting philosophical statement that would haunt anyone.

Ami had admired that quality in him, but she certainly didn't know him. He had an appearance of a tortured artist who had to work for everything he had, but instead he was a huge trust fund baby. Never judge a book by its cover, right.

Taiki had disappeared with his stepbrother somewhere leaving Ami alone for a while. Ami knew she was getting frustrated with the stuffy, old money guests and wanted to leave. Instead of just following her gut and leaving, she forced herself to look for Taiki and tell him she was leaving. She walked down the hall that she saw Taiki and Seiya went. She was a woman on a mission, but still had a couple seconds to look at the art on the walls.

She walked and walked until there was no one around her, then she saw a closed door with voices shouting at each other. She crept closer to the door and noticed it was cracked open. She looked and saw Seiya and Taiki.

Seiya was sitting down in a chair holding his head in his hands. Taiki was standing looking out a window with one hand in his pocket and the other leaning against the wall.

"I don't understand why you don't like her," Seiya finally said.

There was an intense silence that Ami didn't ignore.

"You KNOW why I don't"

Seiya rushed up to stand by Taiki, putting his hand on his shoulder.

"Don't do this, Taiki," he said calmly.

Taiki rotated his head towards Seiya as different emotions painted his face.

"How can I not," Taiki exclaimed as he grabbed Seiya into his arms, "You know how I feel!"

Taiki rested his head on his shoulder as Seiya caressed his head. Then quietly, Seiya stated, "I will always love you, but I love Serena."

Ami couldn't watch or hear anymore. She didn't know whether to cry, throw up, or just run. She decided the third option and hauled herself down the hallway as fast as she could. She turned the corners hard and suddenly smashed into a tall blonde and tall brunette.

Ami landed on the floor, and the two girls smiled and apologized as they got her up from the ground. Ami was wide eyed and mumbled an apology.

Lita and Mina looked at each other and smiled down to the woman they helped out.

"Looks like you just found out a secret," Mina said.

"Care to share?" Lita asked hopefully.

Rain banged against a hard surface causing me to rise from a deep slumber. I was in motion without moving. Feeling of cold leather caused me to open my eyes. Waking up I instantly realized I was in a limo.

Water fell from the sky upon the window. I turned my head up and saw Darien slouched next to me with eyes closed. He was undeniably good looking with his bow tie half tied and with his jet black hair ruffled.

The limo slowed to a sudden halt, jerking Darien awake. We were about to enter the gate to my house.

"You're awake," he mumbled to me, with a half smile.

"I…" I didn't know what to say, remembering his close encounter and apology. I blushed.

"Thank you for taking me home," I finally whispered as the limo went up the hill to the circle of my driveway.

He nodded looking intently at me. I could feel my hands trembling with desire. My whole body ached for him to touch me. I felt like something heavy was pressing hard against my chest and only he could alleviate it.

"Good night," I muttered as I opened the door and slid off the jacket.

Suddenly, his hands came to my shoulders as he put back the jacket on. I turned to look at him as he husked into my ear, "keep it."

I nodded feeling the sparks from his hands upon my shoulders. From my back, I could feel his torso breathing hard up and down.

"Darien," I whispered, as I now turned my whole body around to him. My breasts were upon his chest and our faces were close together, closer than ever. I shut my eyes, though, as I realized I could smell the alcohol on his breath. I wanted to cry.

"You're drunk," I stated as I let my head droop down. With one swift move, he brought me to look at him, eye to eye; blue to blue.

Our noses grazed as his lips inched closer and closer to mine. Then suddenly as they were about to touch, I turned my head away, letting him kiss my cheek.

His lips were soft against my skin causing me to almost give him my mouth.

"You would have regretted it," I said, and got out of the car, walking slowly to my front door not caring I was getting soaked by the fallen rain because tears was already falling down my face.

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Divine Miss J