In Piece And Pieces (Completed)

Chapter 27

Daniel was so frustrated,he wanted to haul things into the universe.
The urge to break something was so strong.
He tightened his fist – an act that usually helped him regain control.
When he'd gone to the kitchen to fetch the milk,he'd held the glass so tightly that it almost cracked.
The evening had been such a memorable one and now it had turned sour.
The walk to her room was a silent one but his mind was in perfect chaos.
Macy had crawled into his head and had taken permanent residence there.
Her face,her smile,her scent, everything was engraved in his subconscious.
She both excited and confused him. One moment she's writhing in his arms,begging to be loved and the next she's recoiling,a crazy bundle of nerves.
When they got to her room,she extracted herself from his hold and sat on the bed.
Sensing that to be her own perfect 'goodnight wish',he murmured his own goodnight and left,gently locking the door behind him.

A shout,accompanied by incoherent words drifted into his ears and he sat up with a jut of alarm.

Macy!

He climbed of his bed and hurried to her room.
Thankfully, she hadn't locked the door from the inside.
Her face was white and she was sweating profusely.
He was by her side in a flash.
'What happened? Are you OK?
The response he needed was there. Her body was trembling uncontrollably. She wasn't OK.
She must have been having a nightmare.
He pulled her into his arms and she clung to him. He ran his hands up and down her back until her body slowly calmed.
When her body stopped shaking and he stopped hearing her sharp intake of breaths,he felt she'd gone back to sleep.
He gently pulled out of her embrace and she purred but he ignored that. He wasn't about to stay locked in her embrace till morning because even in this most vulnerable state of hers,she still managed to turn him inside out with longing.
He smoothened the bedspread where it had roughened from the impact of his body,stood up and made to leave the room but her warm fingers caught his wrist and he turned right back.
'Don't go..'. She whispered. '...Please,stay with me'.
He was going to protest but when he opened his mouth,no words came out.
He wanted to say no to her,he wanted to flee far away from her but he wasn't going to do any of that because her eyes were pleading and that look made him weak. Instead,he reclaimed his position beside her and sat down.
She sat up as well and took his hands.

They sat in silence for a thousand seconds or more and then she broke the silence.
'Thank you for staying'. She was staring him in the eyes.
He simply nodded, for lack of what to say.
There was another stretch of silence.
'Earlier,at the hospital,the doctor said the baby as well as myself are no longer in danger and I have you to thank for that. I mean...If you haven't stepped in at the time you did. I don't even know what would have happened to us'.
He rubbed his fingers against hers,his own little way of offering her strength,for her voice was already breaking.
'You've done some much for me these past weeks and and I'm such an ungrateful cow. All I do is upset you'.
'I'm not upset with you,Macy. I'm just concerned. I don't want to hurt you or the baby'.
'Why are you doing all of this for me, Daniel?'

Why? I love you,dammit!

'I care about you Macy. Maybe it goes way more than that. But I know I want to take care of you,in all the ways possible. All you have to do is let me'.
'I don't want to keep bothering you. I've done enough as it is. Sooner than later, we'd both have to part ways. You're a young man. There things you need to be doing. You've practically pressed the 'pause' button on your life just to take care of us. I can't keep been a burden'.
'Isn't it too early to cry about been a burden. We agreed you'd stay here,have the baby,most probably get and job and regain your stability before moving out'.
'Oh...did we?'. She drew back and gave him a disbelieving look. 'I really wonder when'.
'Thankfully, my memory is a sound one'.
She seemed to weigh some things in her mind for some time and then began talking again.
'If I'm staying. Then I have to be clear about certain things. I need you to promise me some things'.
'What might these things be?'
'You need to do other things aside us'.
'Have I been lacking in my job?'
'It's not your job! She was looking at him like he was an idiot. 'Your personal life is suffering,Daniel. Don't you get it? How old are you? You don't even have a girlfriend. How are you supposed to have a normal life,stuck in this house, hovering around us like a hawk?'.
'I wasn't exactly complaining'. He shrugged.
'But I am because I'm concerned about you. How boring your life must really be,with a demanding pregnant woman who does nothing else but throw tantrums'. She gave him a mischievous smile,obviously reliving the memories of all her crazy attitudes. 'I'm sure your sex life is suffering the most'.
He smiled a little and then when he fully realised the true meaning of her words and understood that it'd been her last sentence that had brought about the mischievous smile,he burst into laughter.
'First of all,Macy. You've got to be easiest pregnant woman I've ever encountered and second of all,how is it that you're concerned about my sex life?' He was still laughing very hard.
'How can I not be?'.
'What? Wait...you're serious. You really are concerned about that?'
'Of course,yes'.
'Oops,then you're really gonna be concerned for a long...long time. Such a shame'. He made a sad face.
'What do you mean?'.
His hold on her tightened the more.
'You see,Macy. My sexual needs are gonna have to wait. So far,only one woman awakens potent sexual hunger in me but she's unavailable at the moment and I don't want it with someone else'. He shrugged,pretending to be nonchalant.
She looked confused for a moment and then when his words sank in and she understood what he had meant,her face fell.
'I can't, Daniel. It can't be me. The perfect woman of your dreams,she isn't me'.
'Why?'
'Because I'm ruined...ruined beyond redemption'. She whispered,the tears gathering once more.

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