"The Neighbors: A new Emaya Story"
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Rated M for Mature Content
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"Promise me this isn't the only time we're going to be together."
It was the exact question I was about to ask her but instead I kiss her longingly having no idea what's to come for me and the person I know I cannot be without…Maya.
But then that darkness from within looms across his face as his thoughts turn even more devious, if Emily continues to get in his way, he knows what he must do…
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Chapter 29: Protecting Love
Emily POV
I wake up in our bed before Maya does. Yes, this is our bed. It's just a thing, it doesn't define us. It just gives us a place to be together at night. It doesn't matter who slept in it before, it matters who sleeps in it now. Maya, Maya is the one who matters and her baby, our baby.
I lie on my side holding my head up with my bent arm supported by our soft fluffy pillows. My free hand delicately caresses Maya's beautiful slightly rounded belly. I cannot mask the joy I feel inside to be lying next to her because my smile gives me away every time. But my smile fades for a brief moment because I never thought I could feel a greater love than what I felt with Ryan, oh Ryan, I'm so sorry. I just didn't know.
I feel movement under my fingertips and my bright smile returns. She stretches. She opens her eyes trying to focus. She looks at me looking at her, and she, too, smiles brightly.
"Mmmm, good morning," she says.
"Good morning," I kiss her sweet lips.
She pushes my hair behind my ear, "What it is?"
"Nothing, I'm, I'm just happy I guess."
"Oh really," she turns on her side mimicking my posture.
"Yes, really," I mimic her by pushing her hair behind her ear. "When I woke up this morning and opened my eyes to you lying there next to me, it felt so right."
"That's because it is right," she scoots her body closer to mine.
"Maya, I wish we had met under different circumstances. I wish we were both single so there wouldn't be so much hurt and anger. I wish we could start a life together without our husbands, especially Josh, looming in the not so distance," my smile vanishes.
"Baby, look, we're in this thing together. Yeah, maybe if we met when we were single everything would be tied up in a nice neat bow. But it's not. And ya know something, I think it had to be this way," she cups the side of my face so I will look into her eyes and see more than the meaning of her words.
I furrow my brow, "You think hurting people we thought we loved for a lifetime was what needed to be done." I gently remove her hand and lie on my back staring at the ceiling.
"Em, we never would have known how much we truly love each other unless we experienced what we thought was a love for a lifetime," she drapes a leg over mine, our breasts brush up against each other's, she whispers in my ear, "You and I are here together right now because we thought we found our soul mates but in fact, our marriages are what brought us here to this moment."
I turn to look at her, "But we hurt two people we love."
"You could have chosen anywhere near the city to live but you chose to live next door to me. We both thought we had our lives figured out but little did we know how incomplete our lives really were. Em, we were supposed to meet this way. Sometimes loving someone causes hurt and yeah we caused some hurt. But in the end, Ryan and Josh will find their soul mates just as I found mine and you found yours," she kisses me tenderly.
"So you're my soul mate?" I smile shyly.
"Yeah baby, you're my soul mate," she snuggles into me, our bodies flush against each other.
"Maya?"
"MmmHmmm."
"You are my soul mate. You are the person I've been missing in my life for so long and I didn't even realize it until the first day we met," I hold her so close to me.
"I felt it too. When you turned to look at me, I thought, how did I get so lucky? My adrenaline rushed through my body making me feel all tingly and excited," she props herself up to look at me. "I didn't just want to see your body; I wanted to feel it pressed against me. I even dreamed about you ya know, while Josh was making love to me, it was the thoughts of you that gave me multiple orgasms," she raises an eyebrow.
"Maya!"
"What. What are you thinking right now?"
"I'm thinking that I couldn't get the images of you out of my head either. You were all I could see. You were the one I wanted touching me in the shower and you were the one I wanted to make love to me. I was so afraid of those thoughts. I've never had thoughts like that about anyone or any woman. But you, you were always in my thoughts and I think you knew that didn't you," I narrow my eyes at her with that smile only she can make me smile.
"I did. I could tell. Your body language and your breathing gave you away. I liked it. I thought it was cute and sweet and sexy," she kisses me more firmly.
"I knew you knew."
"Em, I thought I had my life figured out until that day you moved in next door. Everything changed with that first hug, everything."
"It did. I felt it and I knew it was different."
"Look, Em, it's not like we set out to hurt anyone, it just happened."
"I know you're right," I caress the small of her back.
"We're in this thing together. You, me and our baby," she places my hand on her belly. "This, the three of us are what matters."
She kisses my lips. She pulls away briefly and looks deeply into my eyes. But before she can go any further her cell phone vibrates on the nightstand. We both try to ignore it but whoever it is won't give up. She grabs the phone,
"Hello," she says like she was just interrupted, well she kind of was.
I watch her as she listens to whoever it is on the other end.
"Okay, yes, that's fine. I'll see you then," she hits end putting her cell back on the end table.
"Is everything okay?" I asked concerned.
"It's fine, now, where were we…
She maneuvers herself on top of me rubbing against me. My hands slip down to her bottom needing her to be closer, needing to feel her intimacy, needing her to release herself to me…
Our mouths connect openly and passionately while our tongues play and the sounds of our love encourage our bodies to rub more vigorously together inciting one orgasm after another. My hand reaches for her wetness stroking her lips slowly at first but she is anxious putting her hand over mine encouraging it to move faster as she thrusts onto my palm. My fingers enter her body knocking her off balance onto me. She puts one hand against the headboard and the other on the pillow next to my face bracing her body so she can move against my fingers more vigorously circling bouncing slamming against me. I'm not sure what's happening but I go with it making her cum all over me as her body shakes and quivers feeling orgasm after orgasm until she collapses onto my body crying, crying real tears...
I have no idea what just happened, "Maya," I hold her close wrapping my arms around her as far as they will reach.
"I'm, I'm sorry Emily. I, I don't know what's wrong with me," she says through her tears.
"Babe, there's nothing wrong with you. It's something that you needed that we both needed. I love you so much. I will love you however you need to be loved."
"This right here, you and me, it's so perfect and then the hospital calls to tell me Josh is being transported to the city and I'll need to meet them to fill out some paperwork. I just wish he would go away!" she sobs in my embrace.
"So, what was that just then, a revenge fuck?"
She pulls away, "how can you say that?"
"Maya, I'm sorry. It's just that you were so forceful and determined like you wanted to punish him through me."
She looks up at me, "Oh my god Emily, you're right. Please forgive me," her body shakes and her eyes tear as she tries to move away from me but I won't let her.
"Maya, it's okay. Come here, let me hold you. Josh will not come between us. I won't let him. I'm going with you. Maya, we're in this together, don't ever forget that. And anyway I thought that was kinda hot," I try to get her to smile.
I can feel her giggle against me, "It was wasn't it. But I am sorry."
"I know and I understand. It's okay. I love you."
I kiss her over and over until she gives in to our love forgetting about Josh for just a little while longer…
At the New York City Rehabilitation Clinic…
"So, all you have to do is sign some paperwork and then we can leave?" I ask.
"Sort of. Look Emily, this morning that call brought me back to reality. I need to see him. I need to know what we're up against," she says seemingly trying to convince mostly herself.
"Maya, are you sure that's such a good idea?" I say with my arms folded across my chest.
"Em, he's still my husband and the father of my baby."
"Thanks for reminding me," I roll my eyes.
"Oh baby, you have me, all of me," she smiles with those eyes.
"Like I said, thanks for reminding me," I smile that smile only she can make me smile.
We hug for a long moment before the nurse tells her she can see him now.
"Will you go in with me?" she asks with that damn head tilt she knows I can't say no to.
I smile again, "Yeah."
We follow the nurse into his room. She checks his vitals and explains that he is heavily sedated from the transfer and most likely won't wake up while we are there. She leaves the two of us alone with Josh.
"He looks peaceful," she observes.
"Yeah, for a change," I can't help my sarcasm.
"Emily. Not here. Please," she looks at me with pleading eyes.
"I'm sorry."
Thank you, she mouths to me.
She has her hands on the metal railing on the side of his bed. A safety precaution, I'm assuming, so he doesn't try to escape. I can't help the sarcasm, I suppose I could, but I really don't want to…
"Josh, there's so much that's happened. The doctors say you might not remember some things or you could remember everything. I don't know. And until your body heals for a while longer, they don't know what your physical capabilities will be. But I just want you to know that I'll be here for you when I can."
She reaches over the bar placing her hand over his. I don't like this. I feel anger consume me.
"Maya, I need to get some air, I'll just be outside the room," I walk away before she can say anything.
"Josh, that was Emily, if you didn't remember. She and her husband Ryan moved in next door and it turned out that Ryan works for the same company you do. So while you two were off to work, Emily and I spent a lot of time together. A lot of time. Josh, I want you to know that I didn't mean for it to happen, it just did and I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry. But there is good news. I'm pregnant. We're pregnant. Yep, we're having a girl. And you will be a part of her life, but it won't be as my husband, only her father."
I peek my head in, "Maya, they're telling us we need to go."
She gives me a slight smile with a nod and squeezes his hand. I hold the door open for her and when she is outside his room the nurse asks her to sign some more paperwork. When she turns her back to me I slip into Josh's room.
I don't trust him, not even sedated.
I grab hold of the metal bar so I won't grab hold of his neck and I have these words for him, "Hello Josh. It's me, Emily, the woman who stole your wife from right under your nose. The woman who makes love to her in ways you can only imagine. Maya loves me and I love her. And you, you're an inconvenience that I'll have to put up with for just a little while longer. You will never have her or her baby."
And just as I'm about to walk away I'm startled by his hand grabbing my arm so tight I thought I might scream! I turn and see his eyes are open, so dark so empty, and terrifying but the hold he has over me is cutting off my circulation putting me in a panic! My breath quickens! His grip gets tighter, my fear grows inside! I need to get away from him! I look around me and realize that I don't have a choice. My need for survival and my need to protect Maya at any cost take over my fear. I reach over my left arm with my right and grab the tubing connecting the IV drip to his arm and I bend it, stopping the flow of the medication. He starts to gasp and cough still with his eyes open! His monitors begin to chime warning the nurses that something is wrong! I squeeze the tube tighter and he finally lets go! My body is trembling as I pull my arm away and run out of his room bumping into the nurses who push their way by me to check Josh's vitals…
I'm on the verge of hyperventilating as I brush past Maya into the ladies room. The cold water pours out of the faucet as I lean over the sink splashing my face over and over again still trying to catch my breath. I grab a paper towel to dry my face and when I look into the mirror, Maya is staring back at me.
"What happened in there?" Maya questions me.
"I have no idea. The monitors just started going crazy," I lie.
She eyeballs me rather suspiciously.
"Maya, it's nothing. He's going to be fine." Unfortunately.
"Why did you go back in there?" she grills me.
"I, I put my bag down and went back to get it," I lie again.
"Are you sure that's all?"
I look at her through the mirror, "And I may have told him something to the effect that we're together?"
"Emily! If he could somehow hear you, that could be detrimental to his recovery! What were you thinking!" she crosses her arms so pissed at me.
I turn around holding her at her shoulders so she'll look at me, "Maya, I needed him to know that I love you. I needed him to know that I will do anything to protect you and your baby."
She was trying to look away from me the whole time I was talking until the very end; she locks eyes with me and really looks at me, "You would do anything to protect me and our baby?"
"Maya, I love you. I love us, more than anything. We both know what he's capable of and he needed to know I'm not afraid of him."
I let her go and she surprises me by walking towards me. I stumble a little as she brings her arms around me, holding me, leaning the side of her face against me. I put my arms around her and we just hold each other for several minutes.
She lifts her head up and says, "I love you. I love that you would do anything to protect me and our baby. I love you that you told me what really happened in there. I do love you Emily." She kisses me softly settling in my arms again.
And as I hold her and kiss the top of her head, thoughts of me squeezing that IV tube consume me. I would do anything to protect you Maya, anything…
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To Be Continued…
Josh's truth will come out. Emily's truth will come out.
What effect will this have on Maya?