Calyx sighed softly as she heard the guys leave after their meal. She had
been here almost two weeks and she still hadn't taken a single meal with
the guys. It wasn't that she was frightened, no of course she wasn't
frightened. Who would be frightened? It wasn't as if she was all alone in a
house with seven men and two women. No wait she was all alone in a house
with seven men and two women. She had to admit that she was frightened,
just a bit by this prospect.
Her outburst when she had first arrived had been just the tip of the iceberg. Born out of a sense of understandable fear that she had been kidnapped for nefarious purposes. The relief that she had felt due to the presence of the other two women was beginning to fade. Yes Pip had taken charge and had moved the men out of the house in short order. But Spot, Ben, what ever his name was, the one she had married, he had a fundamental right to be with her. And there was nothing that anyone, not even Pip, could do to stop him if he decided to exercise that right.
Calyx rubbed her arms to warm herself up. Well he hadn't come to her room a single time since they had arrived. She could only hope he wouldn't come tonight either. She began to undress but the window opening caused her to stop. She opened her mouth to scream when "Hey don't do that, I really don't need my sister playing mother to me." Spot hissed.
"Why shouldn't I yell," She hissed back, "I deserve a night of peace after time you put me through."
"What I put you through?" Spot asked after he had climbed in. "You have no idea what it is like dear wife. And let me tell you something, I've been patient with you for almost two weeks I deserve a freaking medal."
"I am married to you, I would think that in and of itself makes this a hard day." Calyx said, "Now get out I want to go to bed."
"I ain't gonna be spending another night in a barn with a bunch of my friends." Spot announced, his voice still low.
"Well you aren't gonna be spending it here either." Calyx walked to the door. "I'm sure your horse could you some company."
"Now hold on a second I ain't gonna try anything I promise." Spot said holding his hands up.
"Really?" Calyx asked skeptically. "Then why did you marry me?"
"I don't know you were there on the platform. The idea just came to me. I figured that I shouldn't be the only guy here without a girl."
"You chose to have your sister come, the others probably didn't force you."
"No but they didn't know that I had invited her. Like I said it just thought of it as you walked off the train."
"Fine so you just thought of it, why me? There were other girls on that train."
"Yes but you were the prettiest." Spot sounded so matter of fact that Calyx was shocked.
"I'm not pretty." She finally responded.
Spot shook his head as he came closer, "Why do you think that?"
"I just know. What kind of guy wants to marry a girl with dirt brown hair and green eyes? Most guys what the buxom blonde with crystal blue eyes." Calyx said as she ran a hand through her hair.
"Maybe I'm not most guys." Spot said as he ran a hand down her cheek.
"Don't touch me," Calyx jerked away from his touch and backed up.
"I got every right to touch you." Spot commented taking a step closer.
"No you don't," Calyx said now against the door. "You tricked me Ben."
"I'm sorry about tricking you, but would you have come if I had explained everything?" Spot asked now right in front of her.
"You should have given me the chance to make the decision." Calyx said quietly.
"I guess I didn't want to take the chance you would say no." Spot said before leaning in to kiss her.
When he broke the kiss Calyx looked him in the eye, "I might not have, but I'm saying it now. Don't come near me again Benjamin Conlon unless you want to be missing essential parts." She pushed him hard and opened the door. "Get out and I won't scream."
Spot smiled at her before ducking out the door, "One day soon you're going to want me to kiss you."
"Not today." Calyx said as she shut the door in his face. She could hear him laughing on the other side as she leaned against the now shut door. Maybe being married to a complete stranger wouldn't be all that bad. But she wasn't going to find out tonight. She pushed off of the door and pushed the dresser into front of the door. She then went to the window and locked it. She closed the curtain and finally got ready to sleep. But even her anxiety wasn't enough to keep her awake all that much longer.
Her outburst when she had first arrived had been just the tip of the iceberg. Born out of a sense of understandable fear that she had been kidnapped for nefarious purposes. The relief that she had felt due to the presence of the other two women was beginning to fade. Yes Pip had taken charge and had moved the men out of the house in short order. But Spot, Ben, what ever his name was, the one she had married, he had a fundamental right to be with her. And there was nothing that anyone, not even Pip, could do to stop him if he decided to exercise that right.
Calyx rubbed her arms to warm herself up. Well he hadn't come to her room a single time since they had arrived. She could only hope he wouldn't come tonight either. She began to undress but the window opening caused her to stop. She opened her mouth to scream when "Hey don't do that, I really don't need my sister playing mother to me." Spot hissed.
"Why shouldn't I yell," She hissed back, "I deserve a night of peace after time you put me through."
"What I put you through?" Spot asked after he had climbed in. "You have no idea what it is like dear wife. And let me tell you something, I've been patient with you for almost two weeks I deserve a freaking medal."
"I am married to you, I would think that in and of itself makes this a hard day." Calyx said, "Now get out I want to go to bed."
"I ain't gonna be spending another night in a barn with a bunch of my friends." Spot announced, his voice still low.
"Well you aren't gonna be spending it here either." Calyx walked to the door. "I'm sure your horse could you some company."
"Now hold on a second I ain't gonna try anything I promise." Spot said holding his hands up.
"Really?" Calyx asked skeptically. "Then why did you marry me?"
"I don't know you were there on the platform. The idea just came to me. I figured that I shouldn't be the only guy here without a girl."
"You chose to have your sister come, the others probably didn't force you."
"No but they didn't know that I had invited her. Like I said it just thought of it as you walked off the train."
"Fine so you just thought of it, why me? There were other girls on that train."
"Yes but you were the prettiest." Spot sounded so matter of fact that Calyx was shocked.
"I'm not pretty." She finally responded.
Spot shook his head as he came closer, "Why do you think that?"
"I just know. What kind of guy wants to marry a girl with dirt brown hair and green eyes? Most guys what the buxom blonde with crystal blue eyes." Calyx said as she ran a hand through her hair.
"Maybe I'm not most guys." Spot said as he ran a hand down her cheek.
"Don't touch me," Calyx jerked away from his touch and backed up.
"I got every right to touch you." Spot commented taking a step closer.
"No you don't," Calyx said now against the door. "You tricked me Ben."
"I'm sorry about tricking you, but would you have come if I had explained everything?" Spot asked now right in front of her.
"You should have given me the chance to make the decision." Calyx said quietly.
"I guess I didn't want to take the chance you would say no." Spot said before leaning in to kiss her.
When he broke the kiss Calyx looked him in the eye, "I might not have, but I'm saying it now. Don't come near me again Benjamin Conlon unless you want to be missing essential parts." She pushed him hard and opened the door. "Get out and I won't scream."
Spot smiled at her before ducking out the door, "One day soon you're going to want me to kiss you."
"Not today." Calyx said as she shut the door in his face. She could hear him laughing on the other side as she leaned against the now shut door. Maybe being married to a complete stranger wouldn't be all that bad. But she wasn't going to find out tonight. She pushed off of the door and pushed the dresser into front of the door. She then went to the window and locked it. She closed the curtain and finally got ready to sleep. But even her anxiety wasn't enough to keep her awake all that much longer.
