Chapter 29: Forever and Always
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"Auggie, that therapist, she did something to me. She hypnotized me. I think that's why I reacted the way I did when you came home. I couldn't stop myself. It was as if I was being pulled by strings like a marionette. But, just now I had a dream and I think it means something important. Something about the Belenko's." She smiled then and grabbed his hand in her own. "Auggie, I think we need to discuss names for our girls, but right now you and Joan need to get Dr. Russell and find out what she knows."
Girls? How could Annie possibly know the babies were girls? They wouldn't be able to find out the sexes of them for atleast another month. But, that was a mystery for another time. "Annie, are you sure you're alright?" he said, squeezing her hand.
Reassuringly, she pulled his hand to her lips and placed a soft kiss on his palm. "I'll be ok."
His hand cupped her face and pulled her head to his chest. "I was so worried about you when you acted that way. About us. I thought... I thought you might really have regretted being together. That's why I came back. I knew if I was going to keep you I had to fight for you. I can't keep making the same mistakes I did like when I didn't come find you after you... disappeared." Placing their foreheads together like they always had he continued, "Annie, I'll always fight for you. Always. I love you."
She leaned up and kissed him firmly. In that moment, she forgot all about Henry Wilcox, the Belenkos, the C.I.A., being raped, everything. All that mattered was Auggie and her and this moment. For the first time in the weeks since being back from Columbia, she felt completely safe and happy. "Auggie," she said, a litle breathless. "help me to our bed."
He stood and reached out for her. When she placed her hand in his, he pulled her to her feet. Then, before she knew it, her feet left the floor and he was carrying her through the house to the bedroom. Sometimes, she forgot how strong her Auggie was. She wrapped her arms around him and enjoyed the ride.
Softly, he placed her in their bed. When he began to pull away, she reached out and stopped him with a hand on his arm. "Come to bed with me." He turned and faced her. He could feel her hand traveling up his arm to his chest. The touch sent shivers through him. God, this woman could heat up the Arctic with her touch. Her other hand found his waist and traced the band of his oh-so-tight jeans. Auggie's skin began to turn pink with the flush from her touch. His hands were clenched tightly against his side, afraid that if he touched her right now he wouldn't be able to stop himself from trying to make love to her.
"Auggie..."
He heard his name like a whisper from her lips. Her voice held that quality to it that she reserved only for him, for when she wanted him. Oh god... he thought. Without warning, her lips were on his stomach, kissing him. A breath caught in his throat. "A...Annie... God..." Her hands were on his pants now, unzipping them and pushing them down his legs.
"Auggie, I want you. In this bed with me. Now."
Sighing in defeat, he kicked off his pants and climbed into bed with this woman he loved so much. "Annie..." he began, in mild protest.
She put two fingers against his lips. "Hush. Don't think. Don't speak. Here and now is all that matters. Right now, I'm with the man that is the father of two baby girls. The man that I love so very much. And all I want right now is for that man to make love to me."
There it was again, the mention of the babies being girls. Curious. He filed it away to talk about later as he leaned towards her to give her exactly what she had asked for. For the life of him, Auggie would never remember why on Earth he had ever thought he could refuse or live without this woman. For in that moment, he was well and truly hers. Forever and always.