So Help Me Girl


Part Two of the "I Love You" Trilogy


Author: Astrid
Archive: my site, Eclectic Roswell Fanfiction, http://www.chickpages.com/rants/vevay/roswell.html But if you want it, please ask first.
Rating: PG
Category: T/K
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Roswell characters or anything nor do I own the lyrics to Gary Barlow's song "So Help Me Girl"
Summary: Kyle's POV him and Tess
Notes: song lyrics in italics; sequal to Sweet Surrender
Feedback: Please! Thanks for the feedback on Sweet Surrender!

You could have kissed me, like this wasn't gonna last,
Kept me from saying, something I'll never take back,
You could've held me, like there was no chance of,
Me waking up where I am. You could have stopped short of every dream I ever had,

She kissed me. Let me backtrack a little. There was a bad storm while me and my dad were camping and Mrs. De Luca and Tess were worried about us. When me and my dad pulled up to the house, Mrs. De Luca and Tess came running out, smiling. Tess nearly knocked me over when she threw her arms around me. I'm not even sure she knew what she was doing when she kissed me. When she pulled back--god, those blue eyes--her smile sort of faded. I was in shock from it. She just sort of lost a bit of her fire. Dammit, why didn't I say something or kiss her again!
***

You had to be there when that old sun came up,
Making last night feel like a vision, of things yet to come,
You just had to hold me, like nobody else,
Now look what you've gone and done,
You had to love me, till I just can't get enough,

Apparently, getting caught in the rain wasn't the best thing for my health; I've come down with one helluva cold. Tess took my temperature last night; it was 101.8. She's been giving me medicine and making me chicken noodle soup since last night. When I woke up this morning, IN MY BED--Tess refused to let me sleep on the sofa in my condition--she was sleeping in the bed beside me. She stayed by my side the entire night; hell, she's skipping school today to take care of me. The way she looks at me, the way she touches me, sometimes, I think that she could be in love with me.

***

So help me girl, you've gone too far,
It's way too late, to save my heart,
The way it feels, each time we touch,
I know I've never been so loved, and I can't help myself,
So help me girl,

I don't know how, but Tess caught my cold, only she has it really bad; she has a fever of 103.7. I wish that there was something I could do for her. Max and Michael and Isabel are coming over after school with the healing stones. Tess keeps thrashing around in her sleep. I wish I could make her nightmare go away. I kiss her forehead and tell her that it's okay, that I'll be here when she wakes up. I can't believe it, that seems to have soothed her. I start pushing the strands of blond hair from in front of her face when she whispers my name. I answer her, 'Yeah, Tess?' And she says, 'I love you, Kyle.' Please don't let that be the fever talking. 'I love you, too,' I whisper back.

***

You've got to help me girl,
Cause I'm falling down,

You've got me falling down.

The healing stones worked. I should be happy but I'm not. Tess doesn't seem to have any recollection of earlier. Just when I thought that things might be straightened out between us. Maybe it was the fever talking. Dammit, why the hell do De Luca and Guerin keep looking over here, smirking at me and Tess. They've got to be up to something. As long as they don't do anything that'll screw up what I almost have with Tess. If I only knew how to tell her again that I love her. If only she'd help me out.

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