Midnight Talk Between Friends

Chapter Three

Ray looked at Hilary and sighed.

"Well?" He asked. She looked down he could see the tears forming once more in her eyes. He felt only to wipe them away. If only he knew that she would let him.
"Well when you left Ray, I really couldn't explain what was going on inside me, what was going on with my emotions." She started a little weary and nervously. "It felt like a war was going on within me."

"It must have been awful." He said sitting beside her on the sofa. "Was there a reason for this?"

"Yes, the team breaking up.... Though it was only the start. It then started to get worse as the team became more happier with you gone, I couldn't see how, you were a valuable member of the team and there was no way that they could have been so okay with it." She answered.

"Well that wouldn't really make you cry like that." Ray answered, as he got slightly closer to the brunette still wanting to comfort her. There was something else... he knew it.

"That was because I realized something." Hilary added contently.

"What was that? You can tell me." Ray asked her. She shook her head.

"No I can't..." She led off. He grabbed her wrist, not too tightly though.

"Don't play coy with me Hilary, you can." He told her. She was a little shocked in the firmness of his voice.

"Well if I did, I'm afraid you wouldn't like me anymore." Hilary said, when she closed her eyes the tears finally felt. He was a little unsure of that – what would be so terrible that she would think that he would hate her?

"I wouldn't, all I want is to know what upsets you." He said as he then let his hand hold hers. "Please, Hilary."

"Okay. It was that I... I think I." She stopped again. "I think I love you." Not only was he shocked at what she said, but also he then felt like everything was adding up.

"What did you say?" Ray asked her smiling, though she never saw the smile.

"I said I love you..." Hilary trailed off once more. She stood up and walked over to the window to which she looked out into the stars and the rain. He stood up himself but never moved. "I won't be surprised if you want to leave, Ray." He shook his head to himself – he would he want to leave when everything began to come together.

He left China to see if he and Mariah still had anything together? He saw her and felt no affection to her and felt that something was wrong and that there was something missing. It was Hilary, she had helped him see Joseph's bit-beast, comforted him when he lost his, stood up to Tyson and he had now wanted to help her see that she could tell him anything – well now she has. All he wanted to do was take her in his arms and tell her that everything was going to be all right. He just now realized that she was the missing link in his heart. The only one he should be with. The one he cared for.

He walked closer to her and placed his hands on her shoulders and moved his head down close to her ear and whispered softly.
"Of course I don't want to leave." She was taken back but could not even move with him touching her so thinly yet firmly but all together comfortingly.

"Really?" She asked breathing steadily her head turning to face him. He moved his face closer and his lips swept over hers. A small moan escaped her lips before they parted.

"Would I have done that if I wanted to leave?" He then answered before kissing her softly again, then his lips began to press forcefully on hers urging to the fact that he wanted to slide his tongue into her mouth. Hilary draped her arms around Ray suddenly forcing the kiss to be fiercer. She didn't want to stop the kiss and by the way Ray licked his tongue over her lips neither did he, she softly parted her lips and he entered her mouth. He explored every corner of her mouth before allowing her passage into his own... soon they parted once more. The kiss left her speechless but he found the words to say.

"Hilary, I've wanted to find out what was missing in my life, it was you all along. I need to know, do you really feel the same?" He asked. Hilary smiled and looked up at him again.

"Are you crazy, you're the only one." Hilary replied softly, she kissed him on the cheek before sitting back on the sofa... she was now happily that she had told him and that she was able speak to him about anything. He sat next to her and she rested her head on his shoulder, which was where she softly drifted off to sleep in the silence of the room. He looked down at her and moved some of her hair from her eyes.

"Your so beautiful, strong and kind, Hilary. After one brief moment of pain, we're together." He said to her sleeping body before he too fell asleep.