Kevin woke up to the feeling of Bonnie sliding out of his arms and leaving the bed. He wasn't fast enough to protest before she was gone. He listened to her walking to the bathroom. Water started running shortly after. He stayed in bed and ran the night before through his mind.
"Good, you're awake," she said.
He moved his eyes from the ceiling and over to her. He had been so lost in his own thoughts that he hadn't heard her finish the shower. He sat up and kept looking at her. He couldn't believe almost 20 years had passed since he last saw her.
"You found me," he said.
"Huh?" She asked.
"I never stopped looking for you but you found me. That's why I chose to become a wrestler. Well, I love wrestling for one, but you were also a major part of me pushing so hard to make it to WWE. I figured that if I went on tv, maybe you'd see me and contact me. I looked at private messages on Twitter and Instagram everyday, just hoping one day you would message me," he said.
She walked over and sat down on the bed. There was a little, sad smile on her face.
"Don't flatter yourself. I went to the show to try something new. I didn't know you worked there," she said.
"Bullshit!" He laughed. "I know you. You wouldn't do that on your own. You went to see me."
"So what if I did?" She sighed.
She looked down at her bed sheets. She couldn't meet his eyes in that moment.
"Why did you take that knife for me?" He asked.
"Rather me than you," she answered.
"Don't say that," he said.
"You got this great life going for you. It won't matter if I die," she said.
"Don't fucking say that!" He shouted.
He grabbed her shoulders in a tight grip. She looked up at him again. Her eyes were wet. The walls were still down. She couldn't put them up around him. She never could.
"I love you," he said. "I still love you so much that it hurts."
She moved forward and kissed him. He had dreamed of feeling her lips again for so long.
"I love you," she said lowly. "Please, don't fucking leave me again."
He wrapped his arms around her and lowered her down on the bed. It took everything in him to not tear her clothes off and reclaim what he knew had always been his. Instead he took his time undressing her, touching and kissing her gently, trying everything he could not to hurt her.
"How are we gonna do this?" She asked.
"Any way you can lie where it won't hurt you?" He asked.
"Maybe like this," she said.
She rolled over on her right side so that her left side with the stab wound didn't touch the bed. He chuckled as he moved behind her. He pushed his right arm under her neck and kissed her shoulder. He lined himself up at her entrance and slowly pushed inside. She let out a moan and he couldn't help but smile. He had missed the sounds she could make.
"Kevin," she whispered.
"Easy, baby," he said. "I got you but I gotta do this right so I don't hurt you."
He placed a hand on her hip to keep her in place while he slowly started to move. He would love nothing more than to ravage her body but that would have to wait until she was healed. For now he would take his time and make slow love to her. He kept moving for minutes until she cried out in heavenly tones. He followed right after, lightly biting down on her shoulder as he came undone.
"Fuck, I've missed you," he said.
"I've missed you too," she said.
He kept lying behind her, drawing circles on her hip with his fingers. After a minute she rolled over on her back and pulled him in for a kiss. When they broke apart, she was smiling. He hadn't seen that smile for so many years. He was sure he was grinning from ear to ear at the sight.
"Do you like it here?" He asked.
"In this apartment?" She asked.
"Yes. And this town and your job," he said.
"It's fine. I won't miss it if one day it's gone but I don't hate it. I just don't love it either," she said.
"Would you come with me?" He asked.
"Where to?" She asked.
"Everywhere," he answered. "I can get you a job as photographer at WWE. Come with me. Travel the world with me and live with me. Be with me like we always planned."
He sat up. There was still a smile on his face. He pulled her up to sit as well.
"Do you have any pictures of your work I can show Hunter?" He asked.
"Of course. They're on my laptop," she said.
"Let's do this. Get dressed and we'll do a video call with him and show him some of your work," he said.
He took her hand and placed it on his chest.
"My heart has always been yours," he said. "You and me, baby. Let's do this. Please, come with me."
"Let's do this," she nodded. "Let's fucking do this."
He was quick to set everything up. Hunter was a fair man. He recognized talent when he saw it, and Bonnie had talent. When the video call ended, she had accepted a job offer. She stared at Kevin and grinned.
"Holy shit!" She said.
"I'd throw you down and fuck you senseless if I could," he chuckled.
"Ten days," she said. "No wait, nine days. Nine days now."
He gently pulled her close and kissed her.
"I can wait," he said. "Until then I'll be very gentle with you."
"I won't break," she said.
"No, but I'm not taking any chances. I can't have you disappear on me again," he said.
"Technically you disappeared. I went where you told me," she said.
"We disappeared," he chuckled. "But we found each other again. You and me, baby. We were always meant to be."