Ranger's POV
It had been a week since Stephanie came and told me how she felt. I admit I'm a coward and have not gone to talk to her. She was everywhere in my life. I was on the verge of hibernation. She was in my mind when I slept. I had vivid dreams of her that made me wake in a cold sweat. I wasn't myself without her and even my men noticed it. I saw a girl walking down the street the other day with curly brown hair and almost drove up on the sidewalk. Tank is the most worried. I think he's the only one who really knows what she means to me.
I still hear your voice when you sleep next to me.
I still feel your touch in my dreams (my dreams).
Forgive me my weakness,
But I don't know why,
Without you it's hard to survive.
I stopped going to the office because it was too tempting to see her. I wanted more stolen kisses. I wanted to push her up against the wall of the office and let the passion leak out. She makes me feel so alive. Just having her near me is enough to make me feel like I own the world. Being away from her was making me nervous and irritated. I kept to my office to avoid taking my frustrations out on other people. I don't know how long I can keep this up. I just don't know how to approach her. I'm afraid that she's wrong and I won't be enough. What would I do if I lost her?
'Cause every time we touch,
I get this feeling.
And every time we kiss,
I swear I could fly.
Can't you feel my heart beat fast?
I want this to last.
'Need you by my side.
'Cause every time we touch,
I feel the static.
And every time we kiss,
I reach for the sky.
Can't you hear my heart beat so?
I can't let you go.
'Want you in my life.
Stephanie POV
This wasn't working the way I wanted. He was avoiding me and I was seeing him less now than ever. I was still with Joe just because I didn't know how to tell him that it was because I'd flung myself at Ranger and he'd virtually rejected me. I could always start a fight, but I figured it'd happen eventually, it always did. Joe was being nice to me… really nice to me. I didn't know why. He couldn't know what I'd said to Ranger and be worried about me leaving because no one knew.
I wanted Ranger. I wanted him to come see me. He hadn't been at the office or snuck into my room in what felt like ages. I had a little problem with a skip and some Vaseline and lemon meringue pie… I don't want to talk about it, but instead of showing up to make a smart ass remark, he sent Tank to check in on me.
Your arms are my castle,
Your heart is my sky,
They wipe away tears that I cry (I cry).
The good and the bad times,
We've been through them all,
You make me rise when I fall.
Going to the office was hard. I got to look at the alley where Ranger used to kiss me. It was a constant reminder of what I'd risked and apparently lost. I missed the way his kisses made me feel. I missed the fire feeling he sent throughout my body. I missed his touch. What have I done?
'Cause every time we touch,
I get this feeling.
And every time we kiss,
I swear I could fly.
Can't you feel my heart beat fast?
I want this to last.
'Need you by my side.
'Cause every time we touch,
I feel the static.
And every time we kiss,
I reach for the sky.
Can't you hear my heart beat so?
I can't let you go.
'Want you in my life.
Joe POV
She was sitting at her table and didn't move when I came in. I stood there and watched her. She looked so far away. I wondered what was on her mind. I set down a case of beer and she turned to look at me.
"Joe, you scared me! I didn't hear you come in."
"I know, Cupcake, sorry."
She smiled at me and I walked over and kissed her. I've loved kissing her since she was sixteen. I probably should've kissed her when I was eight and she was six, but I was too busy playing choo choo. She's driven me crazy since I was six and I figure she'll keep me feeling this way for the rest of my life.
'Cause every time we touch,
I get this feeling.
And every time we kiss,
I swear I could fly.
Can't you feel my heart beat fast?
I want this to last.
'Need you by my side.
Everytime We Touch- Cascada