| “I think the stars are reflections of your soul.” “Oh my God! You actually said that?!” Gabby almost screamed as she laughed. Mark shook his head and looked at her as she tried to steady herself against him. “I know… How lame could I be?”Gabby tried to hide the more giggles that were surfacing, but she had no luck. “It’s sweet…” She said trying to catch her breath. Mark laughed and nudged her over into the water. “Hey these are new shoes!” She exclaimed, laughing despite the fact that they were probably ruined. “I told you to take them off.” “Well, I didn’t know you were going to be so damn playful.” She laughed, nudging him back. They paused as Gabby removed her strappy sandals, then they continued walking. “So, what happened to the girl?” She asked gazing up at the moon. “We dated for about a month and broke up cause she thought we were getting too serious… About 2 months later, I’m in this club with my friend Scott celebrating his birthday and she walks by with her new guy… It was stupid.” “You were jealous.” Gabriella stated looking up at him as they continued to walk. She felt the wet sand squish between her toes. Mark nodded. “I have a problem with that…. Anyway so that night my friend met the woman he would eventually marry.” “Wow, do you still hang out with this friend?” Gabby asked, imaging that the guy with the long dark hair in the picture was Scott. She watched Mark’s reaction. He smirked. “Oh yeah, we’re tight.” “How has he been handling all yall’s success?” Mark kicked a clump of wet sand absent-mindedly. “Oh you know, It’s just something you get used too.” Gabriella felt her pulse start to rise, “It must be neat having all those fans…I mean, all those people that love your music.” Mark was smiling. “Yeah it is, I mean before Creed I had just gotten my finance degree, thought I was going to be some kind of financial supervisor-” He suddenly stopped talking, they quit walking and he faced her. She looked into his eyes despite herself. “Gabby-” He looked apologetic. “You could have told me, you know.” She said examining his gorgeous face. Mark rolled his eyes. “I was just impressed that you didn’t know who I was…It’s been refreshing.” Gabby smiled. “Yeah, it has been,” she agreed softly, his eyes rose from the sand and he looked at her. He watched the way the hot summer breeze blew her dark shiny hair away from her face, and fell across her shoulders. He took in her kiss-able red lips and the way her giant blue eyes stared into his under thick long lashes. “You can’t look at me like that Mark.” She said, her voice trembled despite the warm air and she shivered. He touched her cheek with his hand, she felt the fire filled shock of his fingertips as they brushed down her jawbone and rested on her neck. “I know… But I-” “What?” Gabby asked, biting her bottom lip to keep from kissing him, they were getting closer. His deep green hazel eyes reflected the moonlight from hers. “I can’t stop this…” He trailed off, smelling her perfume. 'I cannot kiss this man…I can’t…' Gabby thought to herself, she let out a heavy sigh and closed her eyes resting her forehead against his chin. “God, Mark…” she whispered, breathing him in, she could almost taste him he was so close… And his body was so warm as it pressed against hers. “I’ve got to go.” Gabby moaned, as she slid her arms up around his neck, their bodies pressed even closer… She thought for sure she would experience heart failure any moment now. His arms slid around her waist easily as he enjoyed her shape against him… it felt like they were made for each other. She breathed on his neck and wanted to touch her lips there… and lower, and lower. 'I bet he looks amazing naked… “Mmmmm”. Good God, did I just make that noise out loud?!!!!' “You okay?” Mark asked, tensing up just a little. She gasped being shocked out of her x -rated thoughts. Her opened mouth accidentally pressed against his neck as he shifted only slightly. 'Only one thing to do now…' She thought giving a mental shrug. She bit him…extremely gently though, and she slid her tongue across his skin tasting how sweet he really was. 'Oh… my… God…' His mind screamed in ecstasy, “You need to get away from me now,” he said, his voice dangerous and low in her ear. She couldn’t move. She gasped again as he pulled her tighter against him and he kissed her neck and up and down her collar bone, her eyes closed and her body almost slid to the sand…She would’ve if his arms hadn’t been holding her so closely. She raised her head back up slowly as the shudders his kisses were sending through her ended; he was looking at her as her eyes opened hazily. “Good night, Mark.” She murmured as she leaned up and kissed his cheek sweetly. She walked away from him, leaving his cheek sizzling. He could still feel the hotness her body had imprinted on his. He shook his head and felt his feet start to regain feeling and move. Tonight he would not be able to sleep… And neither would Gabby. Candles were lit possibly everywhere in the hotel room. The fragrance of them tickled Gabriella’s nose and made her smile. She followed a trail of rose petals to the closed bathroom door. Nervousness rose up in her stomach as she opened the door slowly. At first her eyes had to adjust to how much dimmer the light was in there. She grabbed a candlestick and took two steps inside, candle light spilled across the Jacuzzi, it was bubbling with steamy hot water. Suddenly from behind her a pair of hands rested on her shoulders, warm large hands. She wasn’t afraid as she leaned her body back against the hardest chest she’d ever felt. She closed her eyes and turned around in his arms, feeling every ripple and muscle flex involuntarily against her body. She opened her eyes and stared into his, then she leaned up and they kissed feverishly as he got her out of her clothes. In flashes she could see and feel different things: The power of his body on top of hers under the foamy water, him kissing all over her body and holding her so gently, hands together with entwined fingers, and how she screamed his name… “Mar-” She began but she had a strange feeling about screaming his name andgasped instead, “More…” She heard David’s voice groan something back to her from far away. Slowly she was realizing it wasn’t Mark’s body that she was now on top of… no, this body was too puffy to be his. She opened her eyes, as David’s hand slapping her lower back shocked her to reality. “Ouch!” She screamed, it wasn’t a good scream but apparently David thought it was cause he did it again, asking her all sorts of obscene question she didn’t want to answer.She clamped her eyes shut, begging the fantasy to come back quickly. It didn’t happen, how was she even in this tub with him? Weren’t they fighting? “I’m tired.” Gabby stated blandly, leaning up off of him; she was still sitting on top of him in a position that was making her want to vomit. “What?” He asked giving her that look again… The look she didn’t recognize his eyes were such a dull gray color not like Mark’s at all. “I can’t do this.” She whispered her voice choked with emotion. She pulled herself up from the sides of the Jacuzzi and climbed out; her nude body scurried around the room to find a towel. “Gabriella what is wrong with you baby?” he asked, he sounded so worried that she had to turn around and look at him. “I’m sorry David…I just want to go bed now.” She said looking from the floor to his contorted position in the bubbling water. He started talking, his voice getting sort of whiny and not very manly. The concern had left him all together he didn’t care about her. She heard a few words that he was saying they broke into her thoughts about how sexy and entrancing Mark’s voice was. David was out of the water now and had a towel around his waist, his face was angry. She could feel her blood boiling as she listened to what he was saying. “I go through all this so we can be together, and all you want to do is sleep. I’m trying to make you happy!” He was shouting. He sure didn’t look like he was trying to make her happy now. “The only reason you did this was so that you could ‘get off’… Sorry but I want a relationship that contains more than pleasing your sexual desires.” Her voice held so much venom and hate in it she hardly recognized it. “Bitch,” he snapped. The next moment flew around her like a whirlwind; she was being slammed backwards. She felt the bones in her back crack as she smacked to doorframe, her head knocked back from the momentum sending a ringing sound in her ears. She waited for the numbness to leave her and for the pain to come, and it did. She gasped as the back of her head stung, and her back ached and throbbed painfully. Tears filled her eyes as she pulled herself away from the doorframe. She whimpered as she collapsed on the floor in the doorway. She rocked herself, wrapping her arms around her legs she cried in to them as her body heaved desperately. She fell asleep on the floor. |