| Nick, meanwhile, had gotten dressed and made up the bed and cleaned up his room some..went over to the bathroom door and gave a quiet knock. He turned the knob, came in and said �Hey beautiful�, putting his arms around me and kissed me lightly on the neck. �Hey you.� He looked into the mirror and saw that my eyes were red, puffy and bloodshot. �Are you sure you are okay? We can talk some more?� �Yeah, I�m okay. No.. its ok, really.� Trying to smile to reassure him. �okay then.. as long as you are sure..� He knew the instant he saw my face in the mirror that I was not ok. He knew that I had been crying while I was in there and felt bad although he knew that he really couldn�t take the pain away. �You must be tired� �Yeah, I�m actually exhausted, I know you are tired too, since I got you up and put you through this horrible night.� �Let�s not talk about that now. You and I both need to get some sleep.� We lay down on the bed and he pulled the blanket about waist high over us and I lie beside him and put head in the crook of his shoulder and he moved and put his arm around me. We laid there in the dark together, looking as innocent as two lovers can. I looked up at him as the moonlight shone down on us and said, �I love you.� He then whispered, �I love you too.� Soon after that, I fell asleep, listening to his calm breathing and the steady beat of his heart. |