Memories of Darkness

Prodigious Techie

Disclaimer: It's on Chapter 3.

A/N - Wow, another chapter huh? I was on a break for awhile because then my computer's internet wasn't working so I decided to work on some of my stories--which apparently were this one and 'Nobody Noticed It' (that one has to have its title changed...)

Well anyway, on with the story!

STORY Fifth Life: Interrupted by fate

I woke up warm, in an environment I wasn't used to, and somewhat feeling hot and bothered and probably wouldn't be able to breathe, feeling a little heavy. Strands of silver hair spread out across my body. I knew that wasn't my hair though, and a figure was laying out on top of me. I smiled and kissed the top of the sleeping figure's head. There was a clock to the left of me, so I turned my head (the only main part of myself that I could move at the time).

"4:00 already? How long have we been asleep?" I asked myself. But then again the sun looked like it would set at any time soon. At least my arms were free as well...I think. I shook the figure on top of me. "Sephiroth. Sephiroth!" I whispered. He woke up and the first thing he saw was me. He smiled at me. "Hi Claire." he said. "Hey Sephy." I said to him and smiled back. "A nickname now? Since when did that happen?" Sephiroth asked me. "Oh it's pretty obvious--it just happened." I joked. He lifted his head and moved closer to me so he could kiss me, full, on the lips...oh that was sweet.

"Honey it's 4:00" I said.

"Really, now is it?" he asked me.

"Just look at your clock." I told him.

"Damn...you're right."

"Do you want me to leave?"

He got up, off me, out of bed, and grabbed a towel that was hung over a nearby chair and started to walk away. He didn't even answer my question. I sat up on the bed, the sheets covering my naked body, but then who'd care? Sephiroth already saw me, and sexed me up to put it bluntly. I wasn't looking at Sephiroth, I was thinking 'What if Ashley found out? She'd most likely blow a fuse.' But then again that was just Ashley. She was drunk; she wasn't usually like that. Sephiroth came back 30 minutes later (I was still laying impatiently and bored in his bed), with his towel wrapped around his waist, and handed a fresh towel over to me. "No, Clarene, I don't want you to leave yet." he finally answered. I took the towel. "All right." I attempted to wrap the towel around my body, since I assumed he wanted me to take a shower. I stood up and asked Sephiroth. "So um...where's your...ah...bathroom?" He didn't say anything, and just took my hand. I thought he was leading me to the bathroom anyway, and he did. There was a bath drawn, in a bathtub, with fuchsia-colored rose petals scattered. I seriously didn't expect this but it so much allured me. And he got all this done in 30 minutes? I didn't know what happened in this, but I can remember that suddenly, Sephiroth turned to face me, and placed a deep kiss on my lips.

Longingly, yet seductive, I returned his kiss, and somehow our towels were off us. I looked into those blue eyes of his, the aquamarine eyes that seemed to hypnotize me whenever possible. He held each of my hands in his, and he led the both of us to the awaiting rose petal-covered bathtub. There were candles lit and rose petals scattered along the edges as well. It looked like he didn't want me to leave just yet...

Moments later we were in the hot bathtub, and my body was being caressed by Sephiroth. His lips touched my breast ever so often, and he always rubbed my nipples, caressed my shoulder or my back. 'It's just sex' I thought. I used to think that it was something that I could have resisted until I was married, that I was scared to hurt myself when my hymen would break. It did, earlier that day. But I couldn't resist Sephiroth. This was my fault but then again, he was so beautiful, and I was in love. Why did I let myself fall in love with someone so easily--and after just one kiss? I was tearing, but Sephiroth didn't notice as he was busy "taking care" of me. Maybe it was because I was desperate? It's always that Ashley and Rachel had their boyfriends, and who did I have? Sephiroth? Really? I'm happy that I have someone but is it real? Sephiroth looked up at me as I moved my arms to cover my eyes and he noticed this. "Claire? Are you all right?"

I WAS all right with it this morning. What the hell happened? What's up with me?

"So do you want me to take you home?"

"Please?"

"All right."

The both of us got out of the tub. A moment ruined, and it was my fault. I wrapped my towel around myself again and Sephiroth wrapped his towel around his waist. I quickly paced on out of the bathroom, looking for my way toward the bedroom where all my clothes still were, I hoped. Sephiroth was sitting on the edge of his now-drained bathtub, wondering what had gone wrong. 'This was her second time, after all, but still, her first day. She was scared, wasn't she?' he thought. He was right.

I quickly got dressed in my clothes, then sauntered out towards the living room...if I could remember where it was. Then I ended up pretty much roaming the halls of this house endlessly. Too many rooms, not enough doors leading straight to the main living room! Eventually, I reached the balcony with the stairs leading down to the place I'd been looking for. I heaved a huge sigh and slowly walked downstairs. Sephiroth was already there, redressed, and STILL smelling good (must be a really good cologne!) looking like he'd been waiting for me. I almost slapped my forehead 'Duh, silly, he WAS looking for me 'cause who ELSE is gonna take me home?' I thought to myself before slapping my forehead. I stopped myself before I did though because Sephy woulda thought that I didn't want to see him. And I certainly did NOT want to give the wrong impression. "Ready to go, sweet?" Sweet? Where did THAT nickname come from? Anyway I didn't ask Sephiroth about that. Right now I was worrying what the hell would Ashley think if she found out I came home with Sephiroth AGAIN? I reached the bottom of the stairs. "Uh, yeah, I'm ready." I replied. "Something wrong?" he asked me? Well, me backing out of sex kinda bothered me, because you know who ruined THAT. "N-no, nothing at all. Let's just go." I opened the door and walked outside, Sephy following behind. I politely let myself inside the car, as Sephiroth walked around it to the driver's side, and then got in the car. He started it up, and we were off to my house...another 15 minutes. Well the ocean is pretty much outside of the city, so it's either inconvenient or not. For him, I mean. And I still have Ashley to deal with...

Later we got back to the OTHER side of town...it's confusing now, I've just realized, that Sephiroth lives outside of town but is near the beach, whereas Ashley, Rachel, and I also live outside of town except not near him. Yeah we live near some other secluded district which is very annoying. Okay so we live near the harbor and the pier, and Sephiroth lives somewhere like as if he's got his own private beach! Damn, I'm jealous of my so-called boyfriend! Errgh, well anyway, we reached my house...or should I say, Tidus, Ashley's, and my house. Oh forget it. I unbuckled my seatbelt and was about to get out of the car when Sephiroth grabbed my wrist. "Eh?" I said, as I turned and he asked, "May I walk you to your door?" Oldest trick in the book, I know but I agreed and let him walk me to my door. So we did, and we suddenly ended up kissing for how long. When Sephiroth pulled away, he was breathing hard for air, as was I. I did however open the door and pulled him into the house. Tidus walked towards the living room from the kitchen, carrying a bowl of salad. "Oh Clarene, you're home this late? Rachel and Ashley just took off to go shopping and I..." he said, but neither Sephiroth nor I were listening, we just kissed...and kissed...and lead each other up the stairs to my room...heavily distracted.

We finally reached my room in the second-floor hallway, the one with pink walls and such (A/N - I think we talked about this in Chapter 2, right?) and we both walked in. I quickly pushed Sephiroth onto my bed, and locked the door behind me. "Clarene, y-you're too much..." he mumbled, as I crossed the small distance towards my bed, then laying myself on top of Sephiroth. "Am I, really?" I said in a low voice as I pressed my lips against his, longingly, and determined to make this session intense. Sephiroth unbuttoned my shirt. There again was the corset that I loved to wear, my breasts once again pushed up. I quickly slipped off my miniskirt, leaving me in my corset and panties. "You're seriously beautiful--if you weren't real, I swear I'd go mad!" Sephiroth responded, kissing me again and unbuttoning his shirt. He slipped off his pants as well, and was left wearing his boxers. I was about to lay on him again, when he hugged me and then rolled the both of us over so he was on top. Sephiroth then proceeded to reach under my back to unlace the corset as he kissed me, but...

"OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!"

Sephiroth and I gasped, then turned to the source of the voice.

Ashley. A fuming Ashley. And Rachel behind her.

"Ashley! Rachel! I-I thought Tidus s-said you two were going shopping!"

"LET ME AT HIM DAMMIT I'M GONNA POUND HIM TO THE GROUND!" shouted Ashley. I guess she's not used to him yet?

Rachel gripped Ashley's arms and attempted to pull her outside. "Sorry Claire but Ashley and I didn't wanna leave you so we came back here. FYI she's a little alcoholic again...aiight?" Well at least Rachel was in a different outfit than we saw her this morning. I slowly crawled out of bed, following Ashley and Rachel outside. They didn't care if I was wearing nothing but my corset and panties it didn't matter to them. I mouthed a 'thank you' and folded my arms.

"Ashley couldn't you just be a little nicer to Sephiroth? I mean he practically saved my life last night, and you always said that I should get a boyfriend?" I asked her. I tried to sound calm, but of course there were bits of anger involved. Why couldn't she just let me be happy? Rachel let go of Ashley as she leaned against the staircase railing and yawned. "You have only met him LAST NIGHT, Claire, and you're already trying to fuck him! Are you mad! Look I know I'm your best friend and all--" Rachel did a little 'ahem' then Ashley continued, "Okay ONE of your best friends, but I'm looking out for you is all!" she explained. "Look, if he just stays around for a while longer...just don't get intimate in front of us till after a week or so...I'll get used to 'im. All right?" Ashley offered. I shrugged, "Seems okay to me." Rachel chided her two cents in. "So do we have a deal or what?" "Guess so. Now can I PLEASE get back to what I was doing?" I replied. Ashley, Rachel, and I laughed. They went downstairs and I returned to my room. "Nice sudden change of heart?" Tidus asked Ashley. "Like I have a choice. You know we don't control her, that Claire." she replied. "Okay Ashley can we go back shopping now? I have to get a few CDs, ya know, Nelly, Kanye West, that stuff." (A/N - The real Rachel specifically asked for me to write that in) "Let's go then. I'll be back later, Tidus, all right baby?" said Ashley, and she and Rachel walked out of the house, Tidus placing a kiss on Ashley's cheek before she left. "Then I'll see you later, Ash-chan," Tidus answered.

I walked back to my room, those few steps and closed the door, Sephiroth waiting for me. "What happened?" asked Sephiroth. He was shirtless, most likely nude under my pink sheets. "Nothing really, just a truce of sorts, love." I said, leaning against the doorframe. Sephiroth propped up his head with his arm. "Interrupted by fate?" he asked. I studied his muscles, his features, his lips. God, I just wanted him to take me and ravish me right then and there! "Yes, interrupted by fate." I then allowed myself to crawl into bed beside him. It was MY room after all, I could do as I please. I lay next to him for a while, and he pulled his arm around my waist, he was kissing my shoulder, inching closer to my collarbone, then rolled over on top of me and we proceeded to do what we wanted to--we took each other, the way we wanted to before I'd messed up earlier, and before Rachel and Ashley accidentally did as well.

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A/N: Wow, it took so long for me to write this chapter. No inspiration. I was gonna have the hot and heavy stuff on it but my friend Loretta decided that it was better to keep the chapter the way it is, just have some closure to it (the last paragraph). Yeah, I had to agree with her I hope to have the next chapter out soon, if not, then something of my OTHER stories...yeah, I need work.

love always:
Lady Sephiroth Prodigious Techie

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