I woke up in the morning and looked around the room... this wasn't my room...
and then I looked at the person sleeping beside me.. It was Faith... and then
it all came flooding back to me.. last night I told her everything.. I told
her that I loved her... I had to come out and say it.. I just couldn't keep
it in any longer.. she had to know how I felt about her... Well the risk paid
off... she loved me back.. I don't ever remember being so happy as I was last
night, I feel like my life is now complete that I have found what I was
looking for and she is peacefully asleep next to me. I inhale deeply as I
breath in the scent of her... she has always smelled like this.. she smells
like the air after a summer thunderstorm... I love that smell... of everything
being clean and new... I smell this and I am taken back to last night again.
Until last night I thought that I had good sex... I mean my little black book
contains ½ the women in New York City alone...but I had yet to make love to
someone who I truly had feelings for.. someone that I loved... and I don't
think that I will ever go back again.
Faith stirs beside me and opens her eyes to greet the morning...well almost afternoon.. I look at the clock and it is almost noon... we slept in but I didn't care... we didn't have to be in work today.. this was one of those rare occasions that we both got the weekend off. I look down at Faith and smile softy and then kiss her forehead.
"Good morning"
She looks up at me and smiles and I see in her smile the pure love that she has for me. It seems that after we confessed to each other what we had been trying to repress for so long.. well it changed us.. last night we tore down a wall that has been between us for 12 years.
"Good morning Boz..."
I love it when she calls me that... it is like her pet name for me.. I think that the only other person who has ever called me that is my Ma... others have and I have wanted to kill them for it.. but Faith she can call me anything because I know that she says it with love.
"Did you want breakfast?, I think that I might have some eggs in the fridge and sausage in the freezer...."
All right I didn't want to get out of bed but the rumble in my belly said otherwise....
"Faith that sounds great! I will help you out if you want.."
"Well I don't have any juice... the kids drank it all last night but you can run to the corner and get some... "
"I have Cranberry juice in my fridge... I will just run down to my place and get it"
I just wanted to spend some more time with her in bed first so I snaked my arms around her waist and pulled her closer... she let out a little moan and snuggled into me... God if this is Heaven please don't let me leave..... I don't want to leave but my bell rumbles again and this time Faith heard it... with a laugh she looks at me...
"I guess we had better get some food into that or it might start to bite!" she laughs again and pokes me in the belly.
I look back at her and smile as she turns over to face me, both of us are very aware that we are lying in her bed completely naked... hell I have no complaints. I am in ecstasy being here with her... I look into her eyes and smile...
"Faith?"
"mmmmm?"
"Did you mean what you said when you said you loved me too last night?"
She closes her eyes and then opens them again... in them I see that she still has the same look.. the look of pure love for the person that she is looking at.. and this makes me feel all warm inside...
"Boz, you know I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it.. Of course I love you"
She enforces this with a kiss that took my breath away. She loves me... she wasn't just saying that to comfort me... Her kiss intensifies.... and if I had been standing up I don't think that my legs would have been able to hold me up for very much longer... I return her kiss matching her passion with my own..
"Faith you realize that if we stay here we can't paint the walls today.. and we will have to do it later this week...."
She kissed me again... "I know but I am starting to like white...."
I lean into kiss her again and I never thought that sex could get better than last night but obviously I was wrong....
We didn't get out of bed until almost 2 in the afternoon, I ran down to my apartment and grabbed the juice and realized that I had some bacon and hashbrowns in the freezer so I grabbed those too...Then I ran to my room and grabbed an old t-shirt and some trackpants.. I know that she is going to want to paint when we finally get something to eat.. she says that she likes white now but as soon as she is out of bed she is going to hate it again.. I made it back upstairs in record time, taking the stairs two at a time.. when I got to the door Faith had started cooking our "breakfast" I don't know if you want to call it that now but that is what it was to us.. It smelled wonderful. I put the juice in the fridge and hand Faith the bacon and hashbrowns...
"How did you know that I wanted Bacon too? and hashbrowns? Nice touch Boz"
"Do you need a hand with anything?"
I went to the cupboard and took out a pair of plates and some cutlery and went to set the table.
"Well I was going to ask you to set the table but you are already doing that...let me finish cooking this bacon and hashbrowns and we will have a meal fit for a king"
"Or a pair of hungry cops" I quipped in
She said nothing... she just laughed I love the sound of her laughter.. when Fred died I didn't hear that beautiful sound for almost 3 months... I didn't realize how much I missed it until now. Faith pulls the bacon out of the frying pan and puts it to dry on some paper towels as she drains the grease into a jar, then she starts making the hashbrowns.. they shouldn't take too long because I threw them in the nuker to defrost. By now my stomach is howling at me for some food and the delicious smell coming from the kitchen isn't helping matters much. Finally Faith leaves the stove and comes towards me balancing three plates and two glasses of juice... I swear this woman must have waitressed in her day because she actually looks like she knows what she is doing when she puts the food on the table.
"I put the hashbrowns in the middle I hope you don't mind.. I didn't know how much you wanted..."
"Faith, this looks amazing..."
I don't say anything more, I just sit down and dig in... I know that she can cook.. I have eaten here many many times before... but this was unbelievable everything tasted so good.. but I think that might still have been the ecstasy that I was feeling from last night and again this morning...
"Boz?" Faith looked up at me from her plate.. "Do you still feel like painting the walls because now I am out of bed... I realized I am starting to hate looking at white again..."
I laughed... typical... just like her to say something like that... I looked back at her and smiled...
"Sure if you want to.. we can get right on it I thought you might ask that so I brought up some extra clothes for painting in...."
"Good we'll start by moving everything into the middle of the room... that bed is going to be a killer..."
I don't say much else... I am too busy feeding my self with Faith's great cooking... Afterwards I help her with the dishes and we start moving furniture in her room to the middle... we decided that we would start with the bed because it posed the biggest obstacle... then the dresser.. we finally got everything moved...and the floor ad the furniture covered with drop sheets... we started painting... I didn't like this colour.. I didn't like it at all when we had first gone to look at it... but now it is starting to grow on me...I looked over at Faith.. she had a long streak of paint running along her forehead and down her cheek.. I don't think that she realized it because she was still working like there was nothing wrong with this picture... I couldn't help but laugh at her... I felt bad but she looked so cute...
"What are you laughing at mister?"
"Faith look in a mirror..."
She turned around and looked in the mirror on her dresser and burst out laughing.... We were both laughing for the rest of the afternoon... it was almost 5 by the time we finished painting the room... I stood back and wrapped my arms around Faith... good job.. for two people who have no idea what the hell they were doing... and a good three hours of solid work...
"I think this is the quick-dry stuff... so we might be able to put this room back together in a couple of hours... but right now I have to grab a shower...and the way you look too Boz...."
She didn't finish the sentence because she was laughing too hard... then I looked at myself in the mirror.. no wonder she was laughing at me.. I had paint everywhere... speckled across my face... my hair had teal speckles all though it... I looked like an explosion in a paint factory... Faith came over to me and laid he head on my chest and sighed... damnit! She gets me every time with those sighs of hers... I wrap my arms around her.. I don't remember ever feeling so comfortable.
"Boz, we should get going the kids are going to be home soon..."
No sooner had she said that then we heard keys sliding in the lock and the door opening.. in walked Emily with her bags in hand... she looked exhausted... well then she always does when coming back from a sleepover...
"Hello?"
"Hi honey..." Faith pokes her head out the door "Were in here"
Emily comes into the bedroom and looks t the walls....
"It looks good mom... I like the colour"
And then she looks at me and starts laughing... she has the same laugh as her mom... and I cant help but smile.. I still love that sound...
"Bosco, you look like you have been though a paint war..."
"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up... I am going downstairs to have a shower.... "
I look at Faith and smile.. she looks happy... I don't think that I can ever be happy when she is sad...and lord knows NOBODY can be happy when she is angry...
"I will be back up in about an hour to help you move the furniture back... that bed is a killer for one person..."
She nods and hugs Em, Emily yawns and looks at us...
"Well I think that I am going to go watch some T.V. and then Veronica and I are going to go see that new movie playing tonight.."
"As long as you aren't home too late tonight.. you had a late night last night I bet.. I want you to have at least one good night of sleep this weekend..."
"I can get one Sunday night..."
"No tonight Em..."
"Allright you win..."
I smile at Faith and squeeze her shoulder as I walk by.. I feel her lean into my hand and affectionately as I head for the door...
"I will be back in about an hour or so to help you move the furniture back..."
"Allright Boz, see you then" She smiles at me as I put my shoes on and leave the apartment.
I find I have a small spring in my step as I hop down the two flights of stairs to my apartment.. I don't think that I have felt this good ever... She loves me back... she really loves me back.. I am soo lucky to have her.... I smile to myself as I open the apartment door and step inside closing the door behind me... I climb into the shower and smiled to myself... I let the hot water run over my body... I was so engrossed with the hot water and how good it felt to have her love me... I didn't even hear the door open...
Faith stirs beside me and opens her eyes to greet the morning...well almost afternoon.. I look at the clock and it is almost noon... we slept in but I didn't care... we didn't have to be in work today.. this was one of those rare occasions that we both got the weekend off. I look down at Faith and smile softy and then kiss her forehead.
"Good morning"
She looks up at me and smiles and I see in her smile the pure love that she has for me. It seems that after we confessed to each other what we had been trying to repress for so long.. well it changed us.. last night we tore down a wall that has been between us for 12 years.
"Good morning Boz..."
I love it when she calls me that... it is like her pet name for me.. I think that the only other person who has ever called me that is my Ma... others have and I have wanted to kill them for it.. but Faith she can call me anything because I know that she says it with love.
"Did you want breakfast?, I think that I might have some eggs in the fridge and sausage in the freezer...."
All right I didn't want to get out of bed but the rumble in my belly said otherwise....
"Faith that sounds great! I will help you out if you want.."
"Well I don't have any juice... the kids drank it all last night but you can run to the corner and get some... "
"I have Cranberry juice in my fridge... I will just run down to my place and get it"
I just wanted to spend some more time with her in bed first so I snaked my arms around her waist and pulled her closer... she let out a little moan and snuggled into me... God if this is Heaven please don't let me leave..... I don't want to leave but my bell rumbles again and this time Faith heard it... with a laugh she looks at me...
"I guess we had better get some food into that or it might start to bite!" she laughs again and pokes me in the belly.
I look back at her and smile as she turns over to face me, both of us are very aware that we are lying in her bed completely naked... hell I have no complaints. I am in ecstasy being here with her... I look into her eyes and smile...
"Faith?"
"mmmmm?"
"Did you mean what you said when you said you loved me too last night?"
She closes her eyes and then opens them again... in them I see that she still has the same look.. the look of pure love for the person that she is looking at.. and this makes me feel all warm inside...
"Boz, you know I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it.. Of course I love you"
She enforces this with a kiss that took my breath away. She loves me... she wasn't just saying that to comfort me... Her kiss intensifies.... and if I had been standing up I don't think that my legs would have been able to hold me up for very much longer... I return her kiss matching her passion with my own..
"Faith you realize that if we stay here we can't paint the walls today.. and we will have to do it later this week...."
She kissed me again... "I know but I am starting to like white...."
I lean into kiss her again and I never thought that sex could get better than last night but obviously I was wrong....
We didn't get out of bed until almost 2 in the afternoon, I ran down to my apartment and grabbed the juice and realized that I had some bacon and hashbrowns in the freezer so I grabbed those too...Then I ran to my room and grabbed an old t-shirt and some trackpants.. I know that she is going to want to paint when we finally get something to eat.. she says that she likes white now but as soon as she is out of bed she is going to hate it again.. I made it back upstairs in record time, taking the stairs two at a time.. when I got to the door Faith had started cooking our "breakfast" I don't know if you want to call it that now but that is what it was to us.. It smelled wonderful. I put the juice in the fridge and hand Faith the bacon and hashbrowns...
"How did you know that I wanted Bacon too? and hashbrowns? Nice touch Boz"
"Do you need a hand with anything?"
I went to the cupboard and took out a pair of plates and some cutlery and went to set the table.
"Well I was going to ask you to set the table but you are already doing that...let me finish cooking this bacon and hashbrowns and we will have a meal fit for a king"
"Or a pair of hungry cops" I quipped in
She said nothing... she just laughed I love the sound of her laughter.. when Fred died I didn't hear that beautiful sound for almost 3 months... I didn't realize how much I missed it until now. Faith pulls the bacon out of the frying pan and puts it to dry on some paper towels as she drains the grease into a jar, then she starts making the hashbrowns.. they shouldn't take too long because I threw them in the nuker to defrost. By now my stomach is howling at me for some food and the delicious smell coming from the kitchen isn't helping matters much. Finally Faith leaves the stove and comes towards me balancing three plates and two glasses of juice... I swear this woman must have waitressed in her day because she actually looks like she knows what she is doing when she puts the food on the table.
"I put the hashbrowns in the middle I hope you don't mind.. I didn't know how much you wanted..."
"Faith, this looks amazing..."
I don't say anything more, I just sit down and dig in... I know that she can cook.. I have eaten here many many times before... but this was unbelievable everything tasted so good.. but I think that might still have been the ecstasy that I was feeling from last night and again this morning...
"Boz?" Faith looked up at me from her plate.. "Do you still feel like painting the walls because now I am out of bed... I realized I am starting to hate looking at white again..."
I laughed... typical... just like her to say something like that... I looked back at her and smiled...
"Sure if you want to.. we can get right on it I thought you might ask that so I brought up some extra clothes for painting in...."
"Good we'll start by moving everything into the middle of the room... that bed is going to be a killer..."
I don't say much else... I am too busy feeding my self with Faith's great cooking... Afterwards I help her with the dishes and we start moving furniture in her room to the middle... we decided that we would start with the bed because it posed the biggest obstacle... then the dresser.. we finally got everything moved...and the floor ad the furniture covered with drop sheets... we started painting... I didn't like this colour.. I didn't like it at all when we had first gone to look at it... but now it is starting to grow on me...I looked over at Faith.. she had a long streak of paint running along her forehead and down her cheek.. I don't think that she realized it because she was still working like there was nothing wrong with this picture... I couldn't help but laugh at her... I felt bad but she looked so cute...
"What are you laughing at mister?"
"Faith look in a mirror..."
She turned around and looked in the mirror on her dresser and burst out laughing.... We were both laughing for the rest of the afternoon... it was almost 5 by the time we finished painting the room... I stood back and wrapped my arms around Faith... good job.. for two people who have no idea what the hell they were doing... and a good three hours of solid work...
"I think this is the quick-dry stuff... so we might be able to put this room back together in a couple of hours... but right now I have to grab a shower...and the way you look too Boz...."
She didn't finish the sentence because she was laughing too hard... then I looked at myself in the mirror.. no wonder she was laughing at me.. I had paint everywhere... speckled across my face... my hair had teal speckles all though it... I looked like an explosion in a paint factory... Faith came over to me and laid he head on my chest and sighed... damnit! She gets me every time with those sighs of hers... I wrap my arms around her.. I don't remember ever feeling so comfortable.
"Boz, we should get going the kids are going to be home soon..."
No sooner had she said that then we heard keys sliding in the lock and the door opening.. in walked Emily with her bags in hand... she looked exhausted... well then she always does when coming back from a sleepover...
"Hello?"
"Hi honey..." Faith pokes her head out the door "Were in here"
Emily comes into the bedroom and looks t the walls....
"It looks good mom... I like the colour"
And then she looks at me and starts laughing... she has the same laugh as her mom... and I cant help but smile.. I still love that sound...
"Bosco, you look like you have been though a paint war..."
"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up... I am going downstairs to have a shower.... "
I look at Faith and smile.. she looks happy... I don't think that I can ever be happy when she is sad...and lord knows NOBODY can be happy when she is angry...
"I will be back up in about an hour to help you move the furniture back... that bed is a killer for one person..."
She nods and hugs Em, Emily yawns and looks at us...
"Well I think that I am going to go watch some T.V. and then Veronica and I are going to go see that new movie playing tonight.."
"As long as you aren't home too late tonight.. you had a late night last night I bet.. I want you to have at least one good night of sleep this weekend..."
"I can get one Sunday night..."
"No tonight Em..."
"Allright you win..."
I smile at Faith and squeeze her shoulder as I walk by.. I feel her lean into my hand and affectionately as I head for the door...
"I will be back in about an hour or so to help you move the furniture back..."
"Allright Boz, see you then" She smiles at me as I put my shoes on and leave the apartment.
I find I have a small spring in my step as I hop down the two flights of stairs to my apartment.. I don't think that I have felt this good ever... She loves me back... she really loves me back.. I am soo lucky to have her.... I smile to myself as I open the apartment door and step inside closing the door behind me... I climb into the shower and smiled to myself... I let the hot water run over my body... I was so engrossed with the hot water and how good it felt to have her love me... I didn't even hear the door open...