~*~ Chapter 16 ~*~
REDDING, CA - The Addams' House - Christmas Dinner
“Ok. He left… but did he say if he was coming back?” Kirstin needed to talk to him. It was really important.
“No, dear.” her mother continued “I’m afraid he’s not coming back. They rush off. Seemed pretty urgent.”
“What was urgent?” Tom appeared out of nowhere. Kirstin literally jumped a little.
“Jesus, Tom, you scared me.”
“Sorry, but what seemed urgent?”
“The Angels had to go and it seemed urgent.” Kelly informed her almost brother-in-law.
“Oh. But they didn’t even say goodbye to us?” Tom asked.
“They couldn’t find you and they were in a rush. They asked me to say their goodbyes to you.” Dawn Addams explained.
“Oh. Ok, then.” Tom placed both his hands on Kirstin’s shoulder. She was staying there, doing nothing, just thinking “Are you ok, honey?” he got nothing from Kirstin “K, baby, are you alright?” he shook her a little bit. That woke her up from her thoughts.
“Yeah. I’m fine.” she looked up at Tom and smiled weakly “Mom, if you will excuse me, I’m going to go lay down now.”
“Already? It’s 8:30 p.m., honey.”
“I know. I’m just tired.”
“Are you ok, sweetie?” Tom got worried.
“I’m fine. It was a pretty exhausting day and I just wanna rest.”
“Ok. Then I’m going with you.”
“Good night, mom, Kel.”
“Good night.” they both said together.
“Good night.” Tom said before heading to the stairs.
Tom was preparing himself to go to bed and Kirstin was in the bathroom, also changing to go to sleep. While in there, she just sat on the toilet, thinking about everything that had happened that night. It sure was a busy night. First, she had to deal with Ashley and his new girlfriend, a girl she knew from high school and detested. Then, there was the ridiculous scene where Tom hit Ashley. Then, she had that talk with Ashley and straight things up. Then, she got the ring she wished for almost a year ago from Ashley. Then, she read the piece of paper Ashley gave her and couldn’t understand what that was about. Then, he left without any explanation and without saying goodbye. A lot had happened. She just shook her head. She felt puzzled. The whole night was weird. She looked down at both her hands. Each one had a ring. On her right hand, on the ring finger, there was Ashley’s ring. On the other hand, on her ring finger, there was Tom’s ring, their engagement ring. She looked at both rings. They were both gorgeous. She couldn’t decide which one was the best “That’s not right.” she thought out loud. She should prefer the engagement ring. She loved Tom. She was marrying Tom. Why couldn’t she pick the ring she liked the best? She rubbed the ring Ashley gave her and looked at it for a while. Then she took a deep breath, went to the sink, splashed some water on her face, gently dried that with a towel and got out, going into the bedroom.
In the bed, Tom was under the covers, just staring at the bathroom door.
“Hey.” Tom said smiling. Kirstin smiled back, but said nothing “What took you so long in there?”
“Nothing. It’s just that I never use make-up so it takes me forever to take it off.”
“Oh, I see.”
Kirstin climbed onto the bed, but didn’t lie down. She just sat there, staring at Tom, which was lying down.
“Penny for your thoughts.” he asked softly. She smiled. It took a moment for her to say something.
“I love you.”
“What was that for?” Tom smiled.
“Nothing. I just love you.” a tear stared to fall from her right eye.
“Baby, what’s wrong?” Tom sat up “What’s wrong, baby? Talk to me.” he asked, embracing her.
“I don’t know. I just really feel like crying. I held back too many tears tonight.” Tom felt bad.
“It’s because of me hitting Ashley, isn’t it?”
“I think that’s part of it, yeah, but not all of it.”
“Then what is it, honey?”
“I don’t know. I just…” and then she started to cry even harder.
“Sh… That’s ok. Just… cry. If you feel like crying, just cry. It will make you feel better.” Kirstin’s head was on Tom’s shoulder and he was running his hand up and down her back. She couldn’t stop crying “I’m here for you, Kirstin. You don’t have to worry about it.”
Nothing was helping. She had to cry. She didn’t know why, though. After a few minutes, she was getting herself under control. When she felt she was feeling better, she pulled back from Tom. She was wiping her tears away from her face, but stopped when Tom started doing it. When he was done, he looked deeply into her eyes.
“I love you so much.”
“I love you so much, too.” she leaned in and kissed him harder on the lips. Tom left her lips and traced down to her neck. Kirstin was going crazy. He knew her neck was her weak point. She took Tom’s shirt off and pushed him back to the bed. She climbed onto him and kissed him harder on the lips. Then she trailed down, kissing his neck and collarbone. Tom just moaned. She then kissed her way down to his bellybutton. Tom moaned even louder. She knew that was his weak point. She stopped and looked over him with a devilish smile. She took off her nightgown and leaned in to kiss him harder. He unhooked her bra and she went down on him. After he released himself, it was his time to go down on her. After 11 months together, you know all the points to make your partner go insane. And that was just what Tom was doing to Kirstin. Driving her crazy. She was moaning really loud and she once actually screamed. After waves of pleasure, she grabbed his hair and pressured her mouth on his. They kissed for a very long time. They stayed like that, with him on top of her and them kissing, until she felt his arousal. She stopped the kiss and looked deeply into his bright green eyes. They just smiled at each other and all of a sudden he thrust himself into her. Their bodies moved together. After some minutes, Tom turned over and collapsed on the bed. They were breathing heavily. Kirstin had her eyes closed.
“I don’t know about you, but that was… wow… fantastic.” Tom said and Kirstin still had her eyes closed and a big smile on.
“That was great, Ash.” Kirstin laid there with her smile on. Tom sat up abruptly.
“What did you just say?” when she noticed the tone on Tom’s voice, her smile faded and she realized what a stupid thing she had just done.
“What?” she tried to play dumb.
“You said Ash. Right now.”
“No, I didn’t.” she also sat up.
“Yes, you did, Kirstin! I’m not dumb. You said ‘That was great, Ash.’”
“That’s impossible.”
“That’s what I would think if I hadn’t just heard it. But you just said it.”
“You’re crazy.”
“Am I, Kirstin? Am I crazy? Are you sure? Am I crazy or did you just call Ashley’s name after we had sex?”
“I… I mean, you…” Kirstin choked.
“Oh, my God! I can’t believe it!” Tom put his boxers on and left the bed, pacing around the room.
“Tom, it’s not like that, I…” Kirstin put on Tom’s shirt and followed him around. She was trying to calm him down ‘How stupid am I? God!’ she thought. “Tom, I really…” she placed her hand on his wrist, but Tom just shook it off.
“Don’t say anything, Kirstin. You can’t fix this. It’s done.” Tom had his back to her. Kirstin didn’t do or say anything. He was right. There was nothing she could do or say that could fix that situation. After a while of Tom pacing around and Kirstin standing still at this one spot in the room, she decided to speak.
“Tom, listen. I know I can’t fix what I’ve done. But that doesn't necessarily mean anything.”
“Oh, it doesn’t? Because from where I’m standing, it seems like you just had sex with me, but you were wishing and picturing Ashley there on the bed with you.”
“It’s nothing like that, Tom. I swear. I don’t know what came up to me, I mean…”
“You don’t know what you mean. Because it means exactly what I had just told you. You were picturing Ashley while we were having sex! God! How can I be this stupid? Why do I let you do this to me?” Tom was holding his fist as tight as he could. He just wanted to punch something.
“Tom, keep it down, please. Or else my mother will hear us and will come see what’s going on.” Tom was going insane. He didn’t know what to do “Tom…” Kirstin tried to grab his hand one more time, but he got off of her grip.
“Kirstin, just… let go now. I just need some time to think right now. I just need to be alone right now. What time is it?” he looked at the clock that was on the nightstand “It’s 10 pm. There are probably people downstairs yet. I can’t go there.”
“Tom, please…”
“Kirstin, I can’t really talk or look at you right now. You could have said any other name in that bed and I would have understood you had made an honest mistake. But… Ashley’s? After all we talked in this room just a few hours ago? After all I told you how I fell about that guy? Just… leave me alone. I’ll go to the bathroom and I’ll just leave it when I think of something, because I can’t really think right now.” Tom turned and headed to the bathroom.
“No, Tom, I wanna talk to you and…” Kirstin was beginning to cry.
“There’s nothing you can say that I wanna hear.” with that said, Tom went to the bathroom, locked the door behind him and left Kirstin on the bedroom, crying, sitting on bed.
* Thanx Taryn for reviewing and correcting the grammar errors *
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