Part 6
"I miss my son, I was so ready for a child, and then he was taken away..." Tears run down Alex's checks, and she can't continue. She buries her face into Ebert's chest. He rubs her hair softly, and wipes away her tears.
"You are lonely?" He says plainly. Sh e looks up at him. "I am. That's basically the problem, I may appear to be so strong, but I really need someone with me at times."
"That's my problem, too." He whispers.
"Is it?" she says, wondering if she can snuggle back into his warm, and safe chest.
He nods. "I can't get people to understand me."
"Why not, Albie, you seem so simple to understand?" She says seriously.
He gazes into her deep brown eyes, and he sighs. "I knew you would say that, everyone tells me that, but if I am why hasn't anyone yet."He turns away from her gaze.
She turns his head towards her gently.She looks into his sad blue eyes. "I upset you, I am sorry, I didn't mean to misjudge you."
He frowns. He listens to the music for a few seconds, and gazes down into her eyes. "It isn't your fault. It's my fault.I'm sor...." He is interrupted by her pulling him closer to her, and drawing him into a soft kiss. He looks at her stunned, as their lips depart.
"Was I wrong to do that?" She asks.
"No, its...you suprised me. I liked it though." He says giving her a smile.
"Look, don't be sorry, I misjudged you, it is my fault, but I would like to understand you, okay." She tells him.
"Would you really?"
"Yes, I would." She gazes up at him. "I have never met anyone I wanted to find so much about in such a short time. And I do mean a short time, until today, I never realized you may have been what I was always looking for.And now I am here with you, and it seems as if I was always meant to be here with you, in your arms."
"I am sad this will not work out, like the rest of my relationships, because we would not be able to last that long." Eberts tells her.
She is confused by this. "What do you mean? It can last if we want it to. I see no reason why we can't continue this relationship farther, maybe all the way to marriage if it comes to that."
"I would love to live in your world, and you do seem the type of person, I would be in love with a long time, and hope I do wish maybe this would lead to marriage. But I am not sure if I could lose my job over it. I'm such an idiot, I have always wanted a beautiful angel to come into my life, and when you do, I become the cowardly mouse, fretting over things." He turns away from her again. He is troubled so troubled, he does not know what to do, this whole situation has confused him.
"Lose your job? Why would you lose your job?" Then it hits her, the stupid out dated company policy. Eberts would surely be the one to lose his job, and she could tell it would sadden him, if they did continue the relationship, he would be the kind of person to feel sad for the short period she had to support them. Not that she knew he didn't act chauvanstic about it, its just he had had an old fashioned upbringing. He could tell.
He looks down at her. He begins tracing her soft,pink lips. "I would be willing to try, if you are. Maybe we can pressure the Official into changing it." He leans to kiss her. She responds by opening her lips slightly.
When their lips depart, he gazes into her eyes. "Would you mind if we went back to sleep. I feel exhausted."
"So, do I."She slides out of his lap, and lets him lay down. He crawls under the blanket, and opens his arm invitingly to her.
She crawls into the sanctuary of his arm. "Albie, one more question, before we go to sleep."
"Yes, my love." He says as he snuggles next to her.
"Was there a reason you were in bed at eight?" She lets him and buries her head in his chest again.
"I had a headache." he says simply.
"Do you still have a headache?" She turns her head to the left so she can speak
"Yes, but it will be okay, don't go and try to rush to find me asprin it won't work."
She laughs, "how'd you I was going to do that?"
"Everyone tries that to, but I am allergic to asprin. Sleep usually clears it though." He says yawning.
"If, it isn't gone when we wake up, I will massage your temples." She offers. She yawns as well and they both fall asleep.
"I miss my son, I was so ready for a child, and then he was taken away..." Tears run down Alex's checks, and she can't continue. She buries her face into Ebert's chest. He rubs her hair softly, and wipes away her tears.
"You are lonely?" He says plainly. Sh e looks up at him. "I am. That's basically the problem, I may appear to be so strong, but I really need someone with me at times."
"That's my problem, too." He whispers.
"Is it?" she says, wondering if she can snuggle back into his warm, and safe chest.
He nods. "I can't get people to understand me."
"Why not, Albie, you seem so simple to understand?" She says seriously.
He gazes into her deep brown eyes, and he sighs. "I knew you would say that, everyone tells me that, but if I am why hasn't anyone yet."He turns away from her gaze.
She turns his head towards her gently.She looks into his sad blue eyes. "I upset you, I am sorry, I didn't mean to misjudge you."
He frowns. He listens to the music for a few seconds, and gazes down into her eyes. "It isn't your fault. It's my fault.I'm sor...." He is interrupted by her pulling him closer to her, and drawing him into a soft kiss. He looks at her stunned, as their lips depart.
"Was I wrong to do that?" She asks.
"No, its...you suprised me. I liked it though." He says giving her a smile.
"Look, don't be sorry, I misjudged you, it is my fault, but I would like to understand you, okay." She tells him.
"Would you really?"
"Yes, I would." She gazes up at him. "I have never met anyone I wanted to find so much about in such a short time. And I do mean a short time, until today, I never realized you may have been what I was always looking for.And now I am here with you, and it seems as if I was always meant to be here with you, in your arms."
"I am sad this will not work out, like the rest of my relationships, because we would not be able to last that long." Eberts tells her.
She is confused by this. "What do you mean? It can last if we want it to. I see no reason why we can't continue this relationship farther, maybe all the way to marriage if it comes to that."
"I would love to live in your world, and you do seem the type of person, I would be in love with a long time, and hope I do wish maybe this would lead to marriage. But I am not sure if I could lose my job over it. I'm such an idiot, I have always wanted a beautiful angel to come into my life, and when you do, I become the cowardly mouse, fretting over things." He turns away from her again. He is troubled so troubled, he does not know what to do, this whole situation has confused him.
"Lose your job? Why would you lose your job?" Then it hits her, the stupid out dated company policy. Eberts would surely be the one to lose his job, and she could tell it would sadden him, if they did continue the relationship, he would be the kind of person to feel sad for the short period she had to support them. Not that she knew he didn't act chauvanstic about it, its just he had had an old fashioned upbringing. He could tell.
He looks down at her. He begins tracing her soft,pink lips. "I would be willing to try, if you are. Maybe we can pressure the Official into changing it." He leans to kiss her. She responds by opening her lips slightly.
When their lips depart, he gazes into her eyes. "Would you mind if we went back to sleep. I feel exhausted."
"So, do I."She slides out of his lap, and lets him lay down. He crawls under the blanket, and opens his arm invitingly to her.
She crawls into the sanctuary of his arm. "Albie, one more question, before we go to sleep."
"Yes, my love." He says as he snuggles next to her.
"Was there a reason you were in bed at eight?" She lets him and buries her head in his chest again.
"I had a headache." he says simply.
"Do you still have a headache?" She turns her head to the left so she can speak
"Yes, but it will be okay, don't go and try to rush to find me asprin it won't work."
She laughs, "how'd you I was going to do that?"
"Everyone tries that to, but I am allergic to asprin. Sleep usually clears it though." He says yawning.
"If, it isn't gone when we wake up, I will massage your temples." She offers. She yawns as well and they both fall asleep.