What I Want, Chapter Twenty-Four.

Late that afternoon, when she awoke to the harsh glare of the sunset on her face, though the sheer blinds, she lifted her arms to yawn, but they wouldn't move. She shifted to find another arm over her two.

Her first though wasn't of panic or fear, but comfort. She knew that arm, those sinewy muscles and the light brown hair, she pulled him closer and sunk into his weight. If this was a dream, it would last for however long she could make it.

"Kitty?" He asked, and her ears closed around the noise.

"Scott." She said dreamily. "Stay here.at least until morning."

"Morning's long past, Kitty." He said, and loosened his grip on her. "Now that you're awake, I should leave."

"Please don't." She said, her voice hitching as she spoke again. "Scott, please don't leave me alone."

"You'll be fine." He said. "I need to go."

"Don't." She said again, and gripped his fingers in her own, "Please, I've been lying to you, about everything. You need to stay with me, just for tonight, if nothing else." He pulled away again. "I'll be anyone you want." Her voice betrayed her tears. "I'll do anything if you'll just stay."

His hands found her stomach and rode up on it, sliding up over her stomach and her ribcage, the undersides of her breasts and over them, cupping them. "I want you to tell me the truth." He said, and then turned her towards him, his hands skimming to the small of her back, and his lips finding her throat. "Tell me what I want you to do."

"I don't know." She said, and slipped her fingers between his, she brought his fingers back to her breasts and smiled weakly. "I want you to touch me." She said. "I need to know I'm still real to someone."

"You've always been real to me." Scott said, slipping his hands away from her breasts. "I love you." He said against her ear. "Now what do you think I want you to do?"

"Love you." She said. "Scott.I love you.I." His hands found her hips, and she twitched into him. She wrapped her arms around him and moved her lips against his throat. "Be with me." She said softly. "Please, just stay with me."

As his head lifted to see her eyes, to know that it was true, Scott smiled, and her calm lips met his bowed ones, and they kissed and kissed and kissed forever.