Chapter 7
Rachel was woken up that night by a loud thud. She sat up in bed and rubbed her
eyes in
order to get used to the dark. She listened to see if she could hear where it
had come
from, but when she didn't detect any other sounds, I she got out of bed and
cautiously
walked to the top of the stairs. Nothing. "Well who knows what that was" she
yawned,"I'm going back to bed"As I turned to walk back into the room, I felt two
strong
hands grip me around the waist. She sucked in her breath and spun around to face
AJ.
"Omigod, never do that again!"Rachel whispered loudly, with a little bit
of
excitement in her voice.
"Sorry" he said laughing.
"Was that you that
made that
loud noise?"
"Umm yeah, I was on my way to see you, but I tripped over one of
those
huge boxes you have all over the place, causing me to fall into, rather than
walk up that
narrow iron staircase"
"Well your here now," Rachel said, still giggling,"
So why are
you up at this time of the night to see me?"
"I couldn't sleep. I kept
wanting to do
this"
He kissed her long and firmly before she could protest. He altered his
position
and scooped her legs up, and carried Rachel into the bedroom, letting her gently
fall onto
the mattress. As soon as her head dropped onto the pillow, they both lost their
minds, and
werer only aware of eachother. AJ didn't care anymore whether it was the right
thing to
do. All he knew was that he didn't want what was happening to ever stop. But as
we all
know, every good thing must come to an end
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Rachel woke up the next morning before A.J, and decided to have a shower and
brush
her teeth. She padded into the bathroom silently, so as not to wake him from his
dreams,
and turned the water on. While it was warming up she went and brushed her teeth
and
took off the jewelry she had forgotten about the night before. She hopped into
the shower
and sighed as the warm water rushed down her face and arms.
Thoughts mixed
around slowly in Rachel's head as if she were still dreaming. The night before
had been
so wonderful, so amazing. She just hope I had made the right choice.
She
finished up
washing off all the soap, and wrapped a towel around her body before stepping
out of the
shower.
She went into the spacious walk in closet that was adjoining the bathroom and
put on
jeans and a baby-t that said "Angel" on it.
As soon as she had done her hair, and favorite of all, put on a little makeup
she walked
back into the bedroom. Rachel was surprised to find AJ had gotten out of bed and
was no
longer in the room. His clothes were also nowhere to be found.
"Hmm maybe he
went downstairs" she thought curiously.
Although I didn't find A.J, she did
find a
note on the fridge door reading:
Dear Rachel,
Sorry I left without saying good-bye, but I didn't want to disturb you while you
got ready.
Last night was beautiful and I hope there will be many more to come.
I only had the clothes I came in, so I wanted to go back to my place and change.
I got a
ride home from a friend who lives around here, so my car is still outside in the
parking
lot. I'll be back to see you this afternoon around 2 so don't go anywhere! See
you soon
love Bone
P.S There's a surprise waiting outside your door.
Rachel kept the note in her hand as she walked to the door. A big smile spread
across her
face when she saw the two dozen roses sitting outside the door. She picked them
up and
put them close to her nose, to take in the beautiful smell.
"How did I
deserve all
this?" she asked herself outloud, still smiling from both the note and the
flowers.
She closed the door and went to put the roses into a vase, when the doorbell
rang.
Chapter 8
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