Awakenings: Joanna

Epilogue

I closed the cardboard box and sighed. Second to last. One more and I'm done. It had taken me two days now, but I was almost done unpacking all the stuff. I had forgotten I hated moving that much. But it was much better now, we had two more rooms and a whole lotta more space. The kitchen was wonderful, and we had a room dedicated to Kat's work and I had a separate workspace too. Our bedroom was slightly smaller than I had before, but the closet connected to it was almost twice the size - good enough for clothes for two people, even us. The area was nice too, at least in spring and summer. In late autumn, like now, it was just cold and wet. The wind blew outside relentlessly. I walked to the living room and saw Kat going through a box of books and miscellaneous papers. I walked to the window and watched as the wind punished the trees in our yard; the water beat relentlessly on their leaves. It was cold enough that some of the water fell down like hail. I grinned and turned towards her. "Do you remember, dearest?," I asked her. She turned towards me with her eyebrow raised and grunted slightly and looked at me confused. I nodded towards the windows. "It's the same kind of weather as back then...," I said and turned to look outside. I heard her stand up and walk beside me. She wrapped her hand around my waist and hold me close.

"I do," she said softly. "It was the worst weather I have ever seen, and it brought me the best thing I have ever had," she said and kissed the top of my head. I smiled at her and leaned my head against her. She caressed my cheeks with her fingertips and looked outside. "You were still so far in the closet you hadn't even realized it yourself," she said. I remembered and blushed slightly.

"Yeah, it was the day everything changed. I was just dumped and then I met you and you woke something deep inside me that I had kept repressed for so long," I said. I turned to face her and tiptoed, then kissed her gently. "I remember it still, dearest," I said. "You awoke my sexuality and saved my heart, all in one great swoop," I said and smirked at her. She grinned back and kissed me gently, then wrapped her hands around my waist and pulled me close.

"I can still swoop you any six ways to Sunday, and you can't do anything," she said, kissed my neck and grinned. I arched my back and closed my eyes. "Not that you seem to mind that at all...," she added softly and kissed me again. I thought back to that day and remembered our first time together. I pushed myself away from her and smiled at her.

"It's been, what, two years since then?," I said. Kat nodded at me. Two years of bliss living with her in my apartment and hers, and now we were finally done with being separate and bought a house of our own. "Do you think," I said and turned around, walking slowly towards our bedroom, "that I have learned enough during those two years," I said, twirled around, and winked at her.

"Enough what?," she said, and smiled at me. I smirked at her, put my hands behind me and unclasped my dress, and let it fall down.

"Enough," I said and walked to the bedroom, swinging my hips while walking and undid my bra, and let it fall on the floor. I stopped at the bedroom door, turned around, and looked at her. I licked my lips, winked at her, and stepped into the bedroom.

"Let's find out, love," Kat said, and I heard her walking towards me.

She walked in and closed the door behind her. The wind blew outside and the rain beat on the roof. Hailstorm tried its best to disturb the people living in the house, but they didn't hear anything else but each other's breathing and moaning. Outside, the elements were trying their best to display the anger of nature. Inside, it was just Love.