Chapter 6 – Vulnerable

Susan is lying on her bed trying to catch up on some sleep; she is exhausted from the hostile situation and not to forget her long shift before that. She looked at the ceiling cataloguing her thoughts from the event in the treatment room. She then slowly drifts off to sleep…

Distorted muffled noise coming from her mouth from the suffocation…"You not gonna get away you bitch!" the man yelled, when releases his arm from round her neck and pushed her forward… He pulled out his gun and pointed it at her…. "You're dead bitch!" He pulled the trigger… BANG! BANG!

Susan yelped when she heard a knock on the door, it had made her jump out of her nightmare. She sat up against the headboard dripping with sweat and gasping for breath. She touched herself on the chest to ensure that what she had was only a dream and by coincidence the knock on the door happened at the same time as the shooting. She lets out a sigh of relief and then another knock on the door. She slowly got up from her bed, feeling sore and stiff from her injuries and grabbed her dressing gown to cover her naked body. She walked through to the front door. She paused for a second thinking that who could be at the door? She is annoyed the fact she never bothered installing a door chain or one of those spy holes to see whom on the other side. She grabbed the baseball bat; leaning against the wall underneath the coat hooks and swung it over her shoulder. She turned the key and opened the door.

"Doug?" She said in her surprise

"Hi" Doug greeted looking at his young colleague in admiration in her dressing gown holding the bat "Have I come at a wrong time?"

"Erm no-no" Susan shook her head, lowering the bat and dropped it back where she got it. "I was just resting"

"Can I come in?" He asked raising his brows and smiled at her. "Are you doing baseball practice?" He joked; he knows perfectly well why she's holding the bat.

"Yes I'm sorry" Susan apologized rubbing her head giving a nervous smile, distracted by the presence of the man that she is attracted to. She stepped aside to let him in "So what brings you here?"

"I came to see if you were ok?" Doug asked walking in to her apartment, he looked around and inspected her possessions and the interior design "What a cosy place you have here"

"Thanks, yes I'm ok, tired and sore" Susan walked to the kitchen; she picked up the kettle and moved it to the sink, reached for the tap to fill it up with water. "Coffee?"

"Yes please" Doug watched Susan grabbing two mugs from the cupboard above her head. He cannot help noticed that the silky dressing gown she is wearing, clung against her skin, beautifully showing her curves. She grabbed the coffee jar.

"I'm sorry it's instant, I can't be bothered to make a pot" Susan said, turning her head to apologize, she caught Doug studying her backside. She looked at him with the slightest trace of a smile

"No worries" Doug replied lifting his head up quickly then realized that she had already caught him eyeing her up. He carried on watching Susan, who turned around to the kitchen surface to spoon the coffee granules in to the mugs. "So much time off did work grant you?"

"A week"

"Me too and I'm bored already"

"I don't have time to be bored, I have plenty to do, I might go and visit my sister Chloe and see how much my niece Susie has grown up"

Susan leaned against the worktop with her arms folded, looking down biting her lip. While Doug looked at her, he noticed the awkward silence between them. He doesn't know what say to break the ice. He is a normally a confident man when it come to chatting up women. Maybe Susan feels deep and vulnerable after the ordeal. She then buried her face into her hands and broke down in tears; the shock of the event has just hit her. Doug moved forward and hugged her.

"Shush" Doug said stroking her hair with her head resting against his chest. He can feel her tears wetting his shirt. "Let it all out"

Susan pulled away from his chest and looked at him. She closed her red and puffy eyes when Doug puts his hand on her cheek, wiping the tears away with his thumb. She opened them and stared at him with desire. She nervously moved in, to plant a sensual kiss on his lips. Doug lets out a moan from the unexpected surprise about Susan making the first move.

"I'm sorry" Susan said putting her hand against her mouth, stepping back feeling embarrassed from her actions "I've shouldn't have done that"

"Why shouldn't you?" Doug asked tilting his head to one side, looking at Susan tracing her own finger along her bottom lip looking away. "What's stopping you?"

"Nothing" She shrugged.

"Then I think you should carry on" Doug smiled playfully. He grabbed hold of Susan's hips and pulled her close to himself and kissed her. Doug broke away from the kiss and said, "Maybe we should spend the week getting to know each other"

Susan grinned and leaned forward to wrap her arms round his neck to passionately kiss him and started to unbutton his shirt and he untied her robe. They made their way to her bedroom leaving a trail of clothes behind…

The End.