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Chapter 4: Touch

Jane got up and left Colin still snoring in bed, she grimaced at the sight of him. It occurred to her as she stared at him that she felt nothing for him anymore; she hadn't for a while. Her night with the stranger had opened her eyes, there was more to life than just putting up with someone. She crept around her apartment, determined not to wake Colin up and left as quickly as she could.

She still had an hour until work but she needed to get away from him, she didn't even want to be in the same room as him anymore. She drove towards the hospital, she kept going over what she would say to Colin that night, how she would let him down gently. She felt suddenly lighter, like a weight was being lifted slowly off of her, she smiled as she drove the rest of the way to the hospital.

He looked at his men in the room, all of them were slowly healing from their wound but others seemed to be struggling. He knew why of course; he had struggled to heal himself from those new bullets the vampires had acquired. As he looked at some of the younger ones he knew their numbers would diminish again in the next few hours. He groaned and sat down on the damp mattress on the iron bed in the room, he pulled his shirt back and looked at the bullet wounds in his chest, one still refused to heal. He lay back and caught a faint hint of her scent; he closed his eyes and remembered her warm, soft skin, the curves of her body and her touch. It warmed him to think of her and he had the sudden urge to see her again.

Jane sat in the staff room and yawned, she had taken on a few hours of overtime to help out and was now regretting it, still it kept her away from Colin for a few more hours. Kate walked in and slumped down in the chair next to Jane,

' Why did we agree to do this?' Kate said groaning

' I know why I'm still here, I don't know about you, perhaps you've finally lost it Kate?'

' I must have, I never do overtime, so why are you still here then?'

' Avoiding Colin'

' Why, what's he done?'

' Nothing, I'm going to end things with him'

' No way!'

' Yes way'

' Why though? He kind of has everything Jane, money, good job, nice car, property why would you want to give that up?'

' Is that what you base a relationship on Kate?' Jane said laughing tiredly

' Pretty much' Kate laughed and spilt some of her coffee

' I don't know, we've sort of just grown apart, to tell you the truth I don't even remember what I saw in him in the first place'

' Well if you're not happy maybe it's for the best' Kate said closing her eyes and sinking further into the chair.

Jane parked her car in the apartment garage and rubbed her face, it was now or never. She climbed out and closed the door; she opened the back door and began pulling her bag and coat off thee backseat when she suddenly straightened up. She had that feeling, the one you get when on some level you know that you're not as alone as you thought you were. Her skin began to tingle and she realised how cold it was, she shivered and slowly looked around.

He knew where she lived; he had been sneaky enough to go through her bag while she slept. He had waited maybe an hour before he saw her car pull in, he watched her get out of the car, her blonde hair glinted in the amber roof lights of the garage, it was nice to see what colour her hair was in the light. He watched as she paused and stood dead straight before slowly looking around.

Jane looked around but she couldn't see anything, she felt stupid there wasn't anyone there, she was just being paranoid. She grabbed her things and closed the car door before walking over to the elevator. She stood in the brightly lit elevator and rubbed her eyes, she had about two hours until Colin would show up, that was plenty of time. She showered and changed into a pair of jeans and a sweater and waited for Colin to arrive. Colin strolled through the door smiling in his oafish way and dumped his briefcase down on her floor,

' Come on Jane we'll be late, I cant believe you're not ready' she stared at him

' The dinner tonight, I told you about it weeks ago' he said huffily

' Oh…I forgot, maybe you should go without me'

' I cant go alone, now come on Jane hurry up and get dressed' she didn't know why, but she stood up and walked into her room and pulled a black dress out of her wardrobe, like a good obedient dog, she thought to herself.

He wasn't sure why he'd hung around but he was glad he had, she emerged from the lift with a snobbish man he'd seen go in an hour ago. She looked stunning to him in her long sleeved, floor length back dress, she turned to get in the car and he saw that the whole back of the dress was cut out, he remembered running his hands down that back. He wanted to again; she was arguing with the man who was talking to her like she was a child; he hated him instantly. He followed their car through the dark streets and watched the walk into the building, he was glad when he saw the man try to put an arm around her and she shrugged it off and walked away.

Jane hated going to Colin's work parties, he always did his best to make himself look good and make her look like an idiot. She sipped her champagne and listened to him drone on and on to one of his colleagues. She was able to slip away from Colin and she wandered off, she walked up some stairs and leant over the railing, she could see the whole hall of people below her, Colin was doing his best "work laugh" to one of his bosses jokes and she shuddered.

He watched her from upstairs, he saw her finally manage to detach herself from the snob and get away, she had stopped a few feet away from him, her scent became stronger.

Jane looked down and saw Colin looking around; he was looking for her. She looked to her right and saw a large velvet curtain that blocked off a private box; she darted over to it and peeked in to check it was empty. She pulled the curtain over and leant against the wall, her heart was thumping in her chest, her desire to avoid Colin had never been so strong. Jane froze as she felt fingers run down the exposed skin on her back, she wanted to turn around but she knew this wasn't Colin, she knew this touch.

He couldn't stop himself, she'd come right to him, he watched her lean against the wall so her back was to him. Her heart pounded in her chest and he couldn't hold back anymore, he gently trailed his fingers down the soft skin on her back, he felt her body tense for a moment then relax. She knew it was him, he knew it, she didn't turn around or say anything, she just let him run his hands over her skin.

Jane felt that excitement pulse through her again, it was him, she knew she should be scared but she couldn't help wanting him to touch her. She bit the sleeve of her dress as his hands ran down her body, over her breasts and back round to the exposed skin of her back. She could feel the body heat pouring off of him, his warm breath against her back, his lips caressing her skin,

' Jane, Jane where are you dear?' she jumped at the sound of Colin's voice, he gripped her shoulders and planted one more kiss on the nape of her neck before she heard his swift footsteps leaving. She didn't rush to find Colin; instead she sat down in one of the seats and ran her hand over her neck.

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