co-written by RatedrKjErIcHo
Holly went home and went straight to her room to lie down. She'd agreed to testify but she was still a little unsure of it. Unsure of herself. She closed her eyes and sighed deeply. She had to do this. She had to make them pay for hurting her. She had to.
John arrived home with dinner for the two of them. Randy had called him and told him about the D.A. meeting. So he asked Randy her favorite meal and went and picked it up. He hoped it did the trick. He hated everything she was going to have to go through at trial. He sat the food down on the table before he smelled what smelled like gasoline and walked toward the patio. He found Holly out there with a pile full of stuff and a book of matches ready to strike one and throw it on the heap.
"Holly?" She turned to him and he could see the tears but also determination. "What are you doing?"
"I'm burning things."
"Yeah I got that but why?"
"Because I don't want these things anymore."
He walked closer and saw the wedding album he had seen when she first moved in on the pile. "Are you sure about this? Because once they're gone, that's it."
"I know but I want to."
"Okay." He said walking closer to her. "Just be careful and don't burn anything else." He turned and walked back in the house. "When you're done, I got dinner. Chicken Parm and tiramisu."
She turned back to the pile and striked a match. She threw it on the pile and watched as it burned. All things about her life with Alex burning. She looked down in her hand at her wedding rings. They once represented her commitment to him and their marriage and she loved wearing them and having everyone comment on how beautiful they were. She took one last look and threw them in the fire. The last connection to Alex gone.
She walked into the house and washed her hands before she sat down next to John in the lounge. He already had a plate and a can of soda fixed and ready for her. He looked over at her as she sat down.
"You wanna talk about it?"
"Not particularly."
"It might help to talk about it."
She sighed. "I met with the DA today and the trial is starting soon."
"I heard that you met with Hunter."
"The defense is calling my old boyfriends as witnesses. They are trying to say I'm promiscuous and all that."
"You don't strike me as that kind of girl. A little kinky maybe but not promiscuous." He said smiling as she looked over at him. "They're trying to chip away at your armor and get a reaction out of you. Don't let them do it. You know what happened, the tapes and the testimony will show that. Have faith in Hunter. He knows what he's doing."
"I just…I guess..." She sighed. "I don't know what I'm trying to say. I know this trial has to happen to make sure the people who did things to me will be punished. I just…I regret so much."
"Regret what? You didn't ask for what happened."
"How I was before Alex made sleep with his friends and others. You're right. I wasn't promiscuous but I could be a little kinky well, a lot really. And I know that will come out. What if it works against me?"
"I don't think it will. There's a difference between liking to get a little kinky and crazy and asking to be raped and tormented."
"Yeah I guess there is."
"So, how kinky are we talking about?" He smiled trying to lighten the mood.
She looked at him and shook her head, smiling. "Is that really any of your business?"
"Just curious. I'm not above being tied up. Or being the one who's doing the tying either one. It's nice to spice things up."
She smiled. "Mmmm, well I think my type of spicing things up would be too much for you and not something I would want my brother know."
"Oh I know you don't want him to know. But I doubt anything would be too much for me. You would be surprised what I can take."
"Mmm, well I guess you will just have to imagine won't you?" She said going back to her dinner.
"You sure you want me to do that? I have a very active imagination." He said between bites. She looked over at him with her eyebrows raised a little.
"I doubt your imagination is anything close to the kind of kinky stuff I've been known to do." She picked up her spoon and took a bite of the tiramisu. "This is so good. Did my brother tell you my favorite things?"
"Nice change of subject." He laughed. "Yes, Randy told me what you liked. I figured after the day you had, something you liked would be nice."
"Well thank you." She said. "That's very thoughtful of you. It's just kind of weird. Nobody's worried about what I wanted in a very long time."
"Well, it's about time someone started. Don't you think?"
She smiled and nodded. They finished dinner and dessert and watched a movie. It wasn't long before they both retired to bed. She had a therapy session the next day and a meeting with a realtor about selling her and Alex's house.
She couldn't believe how nice John was being. It made her realize that maybe there was good guys like her brother and Ted out there. And maybe she was currently in a living situation with one of them.
John sat up in bed a few hours later, the dream he'd awaken from still bright and clear in his mind. He'd come home from work and Holly had been in the kitchen cooking dinner. She smiled at him and they sat and had a nice dinner. Like they had been. But then something strange had happened. He walked up behind her as she was doing the dishes and he'd wrapped his arms around her waist. His lips had grazed the back of her neck and she smiled, moaned softly and leaned further back into him. He turned her around to face him and kissed her, his fingers tangling in her hair. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he held her to him as the kiss deepened. He picked her up and sat her on the butcher block counter top and smiled as he pulled away pulling her top over her head. He pulled his own shirt off and that was followed by the rest of their clothes. Soon, they were making love in the kitchen. It felt so real. He could feel her skin beneath his finger tips. Smell her shampoo. Taste her kisses. He closed his eyes and sighed. He'd never thought of her like that before. He figured the talk they had earlier about her testimony and the talk about how kinky she could be had brought it on. Yes, she was beautiful but he couldn't be falling for her. That would complicate an already complicated situation.
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