Disclaimer: Don�t own characters, just muddle on through the plot� For lyrics to Send in the Clowns visit my Lyrics page. S e n d i n t h e C l o w n s P a r t S i x How had he managed to fall in love with her? When had it happened, when had the boundaries been crossed, his guard fallen, his emotions set free? As her hands moved up across his back, her fingers tracing across his neck in smooth clean lines. It felt like heaven, or what he�d always imagined heaven to feel like. He was aware of lifting her up and resting her back on his desk as the kiss continued, deep and intensifying with each delicious second. Now as he lay in bed the sound of her voice was pounding in his ears as sure as the blood pulsing in his brain, solemn, deep and gloriously consistent. He�d fallen big style and despite his attempts to sidestep the issue there was really no way he could deny it was happening. She�d begun to take over all rational thought; every feeling appeared to stem from her, every motive lead to her. The sheets pulled tighter across his body and he looked sideways at the sleeping figure. His wife, how the hell had he forgotten he was married? That his daughter was asleep in the next room and here he was fantasising about some other woman. Tomorrow he would tell her it was a mistake, and recommend she move to another department. * * * But as tomorrow dawned on him a sleepless Jack had reached no logical conclusion on how to end it, because every part of his brain was screaming out for her touch once again. She was at his desk when he made it to his office, her hair roughly clipped and hanging everywhere, her glasses sliding down her nose � but her eyes sparkled as she looked up at him and smiled. �Good morning, you�re late.� �Couldn�t sleep so didn�t want to get up.� He threw his jacket down on the sofa. �Regrets?� He sat down resting his forehead in his hands. �I don�t know, I really don�t know Nora. I can�t stop�wanting you.� She smiled pleased and stood up moving toward him, bending down in front of him and taking his hands. �Good, I want you to want me.� �God you�re so innocent you don�t realise how wrong this is.� �Yes I do, I just don�t want to think right now.� �But we have to, I�m married, you�re technically my student. I could be fired.� �And that�s the most important thing right.� �Hell Nora I�m not a kid, this is my life.� �Right and I am a kid so my life isn�t important. You seem to forget you kissed me. If you didn�t want this you shouldn�t have started it.� She stood up and began putting her jacket on. �Where are you going?� �Out, for coffee, to wake you up.� �I think I�m in love with you, and I can�t stop it.� �And you want to stop it?� �I have to.� �Don�t.� She closed the door after her and skipped down the hall and into the street. * * * Jack was home late, Sarah had been asleep for over two hours and Jessie was soaking in the bathtub when he went to change. �What happened, a sudden surge of criminals?� She asked not even looking up from her book. �Couldn�t get away.� �You mean you couldn�t tear yourself away � never mind, I don�t think my parents even noticed.� Jack sat on the edge of the bed and loosened his tie. �I�m sorry, I forgot dinner.� �Not the first time.� �I said sorry, I can�t always be at your beck and call I have a job to do. If I don�t we wouldn�t be living in this house�� �Ok don�t start ranting on. Shut the door I want some peace.� Jack got up and gently closed the bathroom door without even looking at his wife�s body relaxing in the tub. There was no need, he wasn�t interested. Something in his psyche had shifted dramatically. He went through the motions, undressing and making tea before resting in his favourite spot, out on the porch. The night was peaceful, or maybe it was just Jack who was peaceful. He closed his eyes and once again remembered the sweetness of Nora�s touch upon his skin. Cramped up on the couch in his office, with her body tightly resting against his, there was no need for him to try and seduce her or whisper his adoration to weaken her, he didn�t want sex from her just the warmth of companionship. And right now as he sat replaying the scene in his mind he wished she were there with him so he could tell her how he�d fallen in love with her over and over. P l e a s e r e v i e w S t o r i e s |