Chapter 6: A Fresh Start

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Annie awoke suddenly. She didn't know where she was. Something strange was under her head, a lap. She was laying on someone's lap. Slowly, she looked up and saw Auggie's peaceful, resting face. He was asleep. Her face felt puffy. Crying, she had been crying. Then, it all came back to her. The talk she had had with Auggie rushed back to her and she wanted to panic but soon remembered that Auggie hadn't seemed too upset with the news that she had slept with Eyal. Relief washed over her and she smiled. They finally had a way to make a fresh start. She had told him her secret and now they could move on and try to make things work.

Slowly, so as not to wake him, Annie reached for the watch on Auggie's hand. It read 3:47. She'd been asleep for hours on his lap. Why hadn't he moved her or woken her?

"Morning, Walker." came Auggie's raspy voice from above her head. He brought his hand up from the couch and rubbed her cheek, gently.

"Oh, Auggie, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you." She reached up and held the hand he had placed on her cheek.

"It's alright. What time is it anyway?"

"Almost 4 a.m." she said as she sat up next to him.

"Well then, I suppose since you pretty much have already, wanna stay here tonight, Walker?" He tilted his head and grinned in her direction. That's when she noticed the redness and puffiness of his eyes.

"Auggie, are you ok? Your eyes..."

Quickly, Auggie rubbed his face with his hands. "Oh, just tired I guess..." he said.

Annie didn't believe him. "Auggie, we can't do this anymore. We have to be honest with eachother. What's wrong?"

Auggie sighed. "You're right, I'm sorry. I was... crying. After you fell asleep."

She took his hand in hers, again. "Why?"

"Because of everything you told me. You finally opened up to me and told me the truth. I was so upset that you had to go through all that alone. Well, not completely alone, I suppose..." he let his sentence trail off.

"No, not completely. But Auggie, you have to know that it meant nothing, right?"

"In my head, yeah I do, but it's really hard to believe that here," he placed his hand over his heart, "when he was the one you ran to when you were in trouble. The one you let comfort you. Let touch you, kiss you," he pulled her hand that he was holding up to his lips and placed a soft kiss on it, "make love to you..."

Annie scooted as close to him as she could get. "Auggie, I swear to you, it was nothing. It was a moment of weakness, for both of us. I was so lost! I thought I had lost you forever, remember? I just needed human contact to remind me that I was indeed human and not just some killing machine." She placed her forehead against his, the way they had done a thousand times before. "I wish I had never gone dark. That we could go back to that night when you kissed me and just redo everything from that moment. But we can't. I'm trying, Auggie. Please, try to understand."

Auggie reached up and put his hands on each side of her face. "I do understand, Walker, I promise. It's just going to take some time for me to process it all."

"I love you, so much, Auggie. You have to know that," she whispered.

"I love you too, Annie."

Annie leaned in and kissed him, softly. He kissed her back, a little more forcefully. Soon, her hands were traveling up his arms and shoulders to around his neck. His hands went from the couch cushions to holding her waist.

Before she knew what was happening, he was gently pushing her back on the couch. The kissing became more frenzied, more needy. Both of their hands started moving along eachother's bodies, exploring what they hadn't explored in so long.

She allowed her hands to come between them only to start unbuttoning his shirt. Auggie stopped kissing her suddenly and placed a hand over hers to stop her frantic undressing of him."Annie, are you sure you want to do this?"

Her voice came raspy with need. "I've never been more sure of anything in my life."

A low, guttural growl came from deep in Auggie's throat as he bent down and started kissing her neck, frantically. Annie's hands, which were trapped between their bodies, grasped at his chest. She gasped in pleasure. Suddenly, he leaned back, got up off of the couch and pulled her to her feet. He kissed her, quickly, with all of his need translated into that one kiss. Pulling back, he said, "Bedroom?"

She leaned in, placed a kiss on his throat and whispered in his ear, "I thought you'd never ask." Grabbing his hand, she pulled him in the direction of his bedroom, careful not to let him run into anything along the way.

Once through the door, he pulled her to him, kissed her deeply and lifted her up off of the ground.

"Auggie!" she exclaimed in surprise. The next thing she knew, she was on the bed and he was on top of her. He never ceased to amaze her with the things he could do even with his blindness. His hands were exploring every inch of her he could get to while his lips kissed her face, lips and neck. Soft sounds of pleasure escaped her lips. Auggie groaned against her skin.

Never before had Auggie wished so much that he could see. He wanted so much to look into her eyes while she made those sweet noises. His hands would have to do his seeing for him. Trembling, he started trying to unbutton her blouse with one hand. His shaking hand didn't make it easy but he managed to get all the buttons undone and he slipped his hand inside her shirt and pulled it to the side.

"God, Annie, your skin is so soft. I'd almost forgotten..." he whispered against her neck as he kissed her. She rewarded him with another sound of ecstasy, louder this time. He felt her hands come up to his shoulders and suddenly he was on his back, underneath her. He'd forgotten how strong she was.

Annie straddled him and pulled her shirt the rest of the way off. She wasn't wearing a bra so she was now naked from the waist up. She took his hands from her waist and slowly guided them up her torso, over the scars of her gunshot wounds, up to the nude swell of her breasts. A sharp intake of breath came from Auggie's lips.

She smiled at his response to her and leaned down to kiss his neck, quickly. Her hands made quick work of his shirt buttons and soon his chest was bare to her. He was always so sexy to her eyes but only half dressed, he was definitely a sight to see. She allowed her hands to roam his naked chest. His breathing became more shallow and labored with her ministrations. She felt his hands come down and grasp the swell of her bottom as she leaned in and kissed him, deeply.

"Jesus, woman," he said against her lips, "we're wearing too many clothes for what I need to be doing to you right now."

"Is that so, Mr. Anderson? Well, we're just gonna have to fix that, aren't we?" She grinned against his mouth and pulled herself off of him.

Auggie sat up and felt for her standing next to the bed. She reached out and pulled his hands around her waist to the zipper of her skirt. He pulled it down slowly as he kissed her belly. Her skirt hit the floor and she was standing there in nothing but her lacy panties. Auggie stood in front of her and wrapped her nearly naked form in his arms. "Oh, Annie, you feel so good..." His lips found hers as her hands started working on getting his pants off. Soon, they were both standing there in their underwear, kissing eachother.

Almost as if reading eachother's minds, the underwear soon came off as well. She pushed him back down onto the bed and straddled him again. "Now, what was it exactly you wanted to do to me?" she whispered against his throat.

That growl again escaped his lips and he flipped her over onto her back. Before she knew what was happening, he was entering her, slowly. Her legs came up and around him as his hips began a slow, soft rhythm. Never before had their love making felt so good to either of them. They kissed and touched while meeting the other person's thrusts in perfect unison. Too soon, she felt herself beginning to climax. Feeling that she was close, his hips began moving faster and faster against her. The next thing they knew, they were collapsed against eachother, sweaty, tired and satisifed.

Auggie pulled her against his side and placed a kiss on top of her head. He felt her hand come up and rest on his chest. "That was amazing." she said as she looked up at him.

"Ditto." He grinned at her upturned face."

"Tomorrow's going to be an interesting day at work isn't it?" she quipped.

"Oh, you know it, Walker."

Annie smiled and laid her head back down on his chest. She hadn't been this happy in so long and hoped they could stay like this forever.

Auggie held her tightly against him as he pulled a blanket up over them. Now that she was back in his arms, he never wanted to let her go again. Soon, they were both asleep, faces alight with happiness.