See previous chapters for disclaimer.
A/n: Sorry this is a short chapter but I hope you will all like it. I'll have the next up soon. Thank-you all for the kind reviews, as always they are greatly appreciated.
4.00pm
Both stood in silence as they contemplated each other, breathing the same damp air, chilled by the same cold breeze. The voice that left his lips was a mere whisper, uttered so softly that she had to step closer still to hear it.
"There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision."
Dropping her eyes to the soggy ground at her feet, she sighed deeply, knowing he was awaiting an answer. She knew that if she opened her mouth, the words he wanted to hear would slip out whether she wanted them to do so or not. Not a word he had spoken to her on this miserable night had rung untrue in her ears, and the simplicity of the truth he always spoke had eventually seeped through her walls of distrust, and fear of the unknown. She had always known that it would come down to this, had both feared and anticipated it's arrival, and faced with it now she knew as she had known for ten years what she would say. She could tell him no lies just as she could not give her love to any other man. He had taken both more than a decade ago.
Looking up at him she once more fell into his eyes, her breath catching on the words she had recited in her dreams on so many nights. Looking down, she hesitantly reached her hand out and tenderly grasped his own, pulling it up and between them, bringing her other hand up to grasp it with both. He didn't move. Staring at their joined hands, neither noticed the tears that mixed with the rain as they silently tracked down her cheeks. Pulling his hand up she closed her eyes as she pressed his palm to the side of her face, her bottom lip trembling as she turned her face into it. She didn't notice when his other hand copied the first and cupped her other cheek, slowly bringing her towards him.
Her breathing stopped as she felt the warm breath touch her chilled skin. Time stood still for endless minutes, the rain the only noise in this moment.
He watched as she closed her eyes and brought his other hand up to touch her face. No words were needed; he had seen her decision written plainly on her face, as he knew it would have been. Leaning forward he paused just short of her lips and filled his lungs with her sweet breath. He had waited for this moment for more than a decade and wanted to treasure every second, every minute, every hour, and every day. Finally closing the distance, their lips met in a simple touch of warmth, neither moving, neither breathing, as they tasted of each other for the first time.
Neither heard the pull of the trigger, the bullet cutting through the rain, nor the silent impact.
Time slowed once more as her lips left his. Hands still entwined he pulled away and stared at her wide eyes as she gazed back. The last thing he saw was a sad smile, before she fell to his feet.
5.00pm
Apologies for the Cliffy, I'll post the next chapter a.s.a.p.
A/n: Sorry this is a short chapter but I hope you will all like it. I'll have the next up soon. Thank-you all for the kind reviews, as always they are greatly appreciated.
4.00pm
Both stood in silence as they contemplated each other, breathing the same damp air, chilled by the same cold breeze. The voice that left his lips was a mere whisper, uttered so softly that she had to step closer still to hear it.
"There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision."
Dropping her eyes to the soggy ground at her feet, she sighed deeply, knowing he was awaiting an answer. She knew that if she opened her mouth, the words he wanted to hear would slip out whether she wanted them to do so or not. Not a word he had spoken to her on this miserable night had rung untrue in her ears, and the simplicity of the truth he always spoke had eventually seeped through her walls of distrust, and fear of the unknown. She had always known that it would come down to this, had both feared and anticipated it's arrival, and faced with it now she knew as she had known for ten years what she would say. She could tell him no lies just as she could not give her love to any other man. He had taken both more than a decade ago.
Looking up at him she once more fell into his eyes, her breath catching on the words she had recited in her dreams on so many nights. Looking down, she hesitantly reached her hand out and tenderly grasped his own, pulling it up and between them, bringing her other hand up to grasp it with both. He didn't move. Staring at their joined hands, neither noticed the tears that mixed with the rain as they silently tracked down her cheeks. Pulling his hand up she closed her eyes as she pressed his palm to the side of her face, her bottom lip trembling as she turned her face into it. She didn't notice when his other hand copied the first and cupped her other cheek, slowly bringing her towards him.
Her breathing stopped as she felt the warm breath touch her chilled skin. Time stood still for endless minutes, the rain the only noise in this moment.
He watched as she closed her eyes and brought his other hand up to touch her face. No words were needed; he had seen her decision written plainly on her face, as he knew it would have been. Leaning forward he paused just short of her lips and filled his lungs with her sweet breath. He had waited for this moment for more than a decade and wanted to treasure every second, every minute, every hour, and every day. Finally closing the distance, their lips met in a simple touch of warmth, neither moving, neither breathing, as they tasted of each other for the first time.
Neither heard the pull of the trigger, the bullet cutting through the rain, nor the silent impact.
Time slowed once more as her lips left his. Hands still entwined he pulled away and stared at her wide eyes as she gazed back. The last thing he saw was a sad smile, before she fell to his feet.
5.00pm
Apologies for the Cliffy, I'll post the next chapter a.s.a.p.
