She walked out of her room, down the staircase, up the other staircase, and
into the combat room. This was a room done in pure white with padding on
the walls and mats on the floor. She walked to the side, walked through a
padded door, and walked into the weapons room. I waited patiently until she
came back with two of our training swords. She threw one to me and then
fell into combat position. I did the same, but not before turning on the
stereo that's built into one of the walls. (Hey, if it were on the floor,
we could trip over it, not a smart thing to do with a sword and or
crossbow.) It was playing a loud alternative rock mix...perfect for sword
training. I started with a simple blow towards the chest, she blocked it
easily. She countered with a downward slash that would lodge itself in my
shoulder if I didn't know how to block it. I started to move to the left,
she countered by spinning to the left and making an attempt at my stomach,
I blocked and knocked her sword away, but she recovered quickly and before
long we were training heavily. There was a particular low swipe from her,
down near the ankles, and when I jumped over her blade, she swung it right
up and put the tip to my jugular. A perfect and un-escapable move. I
stabbed my sword into the mat underneath me and began the golf clap. She
smiled a little and then grabbed my sword and headed back to the weapons
room to put them away properly. When she came back, I was lying on the
floor. She immediately fell down next to me. I curled an arm around her and
felt her breathing hard.
"You're getting better. Soon, you'll be able to beat me a lot easier. Me
and my obsolete self."
She laughed and nuzzled her head onto my chest. I could feel her shake her
head. We stayed like that for about a minute before I got up, offering her
a hand to help her. Like always, she took it, and we went back to her room.
She gave me the familiar parting peck and then headed immediately to her
bathroom, while I simply plucked a book from her bookcase, sat down in my
chair and began to read. Twenty minutes later, she walked back out wearing
her black silk nightgown with her hair down and wet. She walked over and
climbed into her bed, pulling back the black comforter, only to reveal
black silk sheets. When she had become comfortable, she yawned and asked,
"Are you sitting with me tonight?" I nodded and turned the page. "Oh, yay...That's always good. That makes it easier for me to wake up in the middle of the night and rape you." I almost dropped my on, would you be able to keep a firm grasp on a stupid book when the love of your life said that to you? "Um, excuse me?" She chuckled and corrected the book in my hands. "I was kidding...But it is a bit funny to see you attempting to sleep in that chair. It's comfortable, but not that comfortable. I don't know why you don't just hop in bed with me." I felt myself turn a bit red at that. I mean, I have self control, but can any guy really control himself enough not to try anything? I thought not. "I don't really need you to sit with me tonight babe, I think Jack did a good enough job." Damn, I was really hoping to sit in on her with her permission tonight. What? Okay, I know pathetic...but can you blame me? "You really think so huh? So, if you bleed to death tonight...We can blame you?" I got up out of the chair and was about to walk out, but she grabbed my hand. "Jake, don't be like that, I just don't want to see you walking funny tomorrow because you slept in that damn chair." Oh, she had me there. Damn. I turned back around and leaned down for a kiss. "Okay...that's true, but just don't die okay?" She nodded and we gave the customary peck, and I was pulling away when she squeezed my hand. I stopped and looked at her. There was an odd look on her face, one I had never seen before. "Jake...It's just, well...I..." She was looking away, but with no warning, her arm jumped from the bed, curled around my neck, and pulled my lips to hers. I felt an electric shiver go down my spine...this must be a dream, it was simply not possible, but it felt so real... She let go suddenly and turned her head away. I saw a very shocked look on her face. I pinched myself, and it hurt...a lot. I had always thought that I would be the one to do that... "I'm sorry Jake..."
I put my hand to her cheek, turned her head back towards me, looked deep into those amazing eyes, and said "For what?!" I saw pure joy spark in her eyes, but I didn't continue looking long enough to revel in it, because her arm went back around my neck and pulled me in. I felt myself sit on her bed, but I know that I no longer controlled my body, my soul had curled up in my brain and was having a little party. I put my hand on her lower back and pulled her closer to me, the electric shivers on my spine extending through my whole body. Her lips on mine...it was just an extraordinary feeling that I had never known to this extent, there was the customary peck at our every parting, but this was worlds different, and the most amazing feeling I had ever experienced. I ran a hand through her hair and then put my hand on the back of her neck, pulling her closer as I laid down beside her. She pulled away and began to breathe heavily. I then realized that I hadn't taken a breath since I had sat down, and I began to breathe again as well. The air tasted better, colors seemed brighter, everything was magnified in beauty a hundred thousand times brighter simply because she had kissed me...If this wasn't love then I don't know what is. I looked at her and she was grinning like a fool, which I suppose I was too. She leaned her forehead against mine and I looked at her eyes, they were brimming with tears. "What's wrong?" She shook her head a little and looked up at me. "That's just it, nothing could ever be better." A tear swam down her cheek and I kissed it away, she laughed a little and huddled closer to me. "There's no way you're walking out that door without a fight, you do know that?" I raised an eyebrow. "And how exactly would you stop me?"
She smiled a little before tilting her chin forward and saying,
"Like this..."
"Are you sitting with me tonight?" I nodded and turned the page. "Oh, yay...That's always good. That makes it easier for me to wake up in the middle of the night and rape you." I almost dropped my on, would you be able to keep a firm grasp on a stupid book when the love of your life said that to you? "Um, excuse me?" She chuckled and corrected the book in my hands. "I was kidding...But it is a bit funny to see you attempting to sleep in that chair. It's comfortable, but not that comfortable. I don't know why you don't just hop in bed with me." I felt myself turn a bit red at that. I mean, I have self control, but can any guy really control himself enough not to try anything? I thought not. "I don't really need you to sit with me tonight babe, I think Jack did a good enough job." Damn, I was really hoping to sit in on her with her permission tonight. What? Okay, I know pathetic...but can you blame me? "You really think so huh? So, if you bleed to death tonight...We can blame you?" I got up out of the chair and was about to walk out, but she grabbed my hand. "Jake, don't be like that, I just don't want to see you walking funny tomorrow because you slept in that damn chair." Oh, she had me there. Damn. I turned back around and leaned down for a kiss. "Okay...that's true, but just don't die okay?" She nodded and we gave the customary peck, and I was pulling away when she squeezed my hand. I stopped and looked at her. There was an odd look on her face, one I had never seen before. "Jake...It's just, well...I..." She was looking away, but with no warning, her arm jumped from the bed, curled around my neck, and pulled my lips to hers. I felt an electric shiver go down my spine...this must be a dream, it was simply not possible, but it felt so real... She let go suddenly and turned her head away. I saw a very shocked look on her face. I pinched myself, and it hurt...a lot. I had always thought that I would be the one to do that... "I'm sorry Jake..."
I put my hand to her cheek, turned her head back towards me, looked deep into those amazing eyes, and said "For what?!" I saw pure joy spark in her eyes, but I didn't continue looking long enough to revel in it, because her arm went back around my neck and pulled me in. I felt myself sit on her bed, but I know that I no longer controlled my body, my soul had curled up in my brain and was having a little party. I put my hand on her lower back and pulled her closer to me, the electric shivers on my spine extending through my whole body. Her lips on mine...it was just an extraordinary feeling that I had never known to this extent, there was the customary peck at our every parting, but this was worlds different, and the most amazing feeling I had ever experienced. I ran a hand through her hair and then put my hand on the back of her neck, pulling her closer as I laid down beside her. She pulled away and began to breathe heavily. I then realized that I hadn't taken a breath since I had sat down, and I began to breathe again as well. The air tasted better, colors seemed brighter, everything was magnified in beauty a hundred thousand times brighter simply because she had kissed me...If this wasn't love then I don't know what is. I looked at her and she was grinning like a fool, which I suppose I was too. She leaned her forehead against mine and I looked at her eyes, they were brimming with tears. "What's wrong?" She shook her head a little and looked up at me. "That's just it, nothing could ever be better." A tear swam down her cheek and I kissed it away, she laughed a little and huddled closer to me. "There's no way you're walking out that door without a fight, you do know that?" I raised an eyebrow. "And how exactly would you stop me?"
She smiled a little before tilting her chin forward and saying,
"Like this..."