Expect The Unexpected

Chapter 44

Sam’s POV

I held Maria as she cried on my shoulder. Once I had phoned the police and informed them that Michael was here they instantly showed up and it turned out that he was wanted back in Chelsea. He had missed his trial and the police were out looking for him.

They took him away as Maria had buried her face in my chest. She was shaking and crying and cursing and I felt terrible, but she needed to know the truth. I had to live with it and I knew that Michael was never going to tell Maria about what he did to Judy.

We sat in my living room as she couldn’t bear to be in her own apartment. I didn’t like seeing her so broken. She shouldn’t have had to go through this and I hated myself for not telling her sooner about what had happened to Judy. I guess I never really could bring myself to talk about it, I had supressed it all down and the time that I spent in that mental clinic really helped me out.

‘Maria’’ I said once I realized she had stopped crying.

‘’I need to move out’’ Maria said.

‘’Are you sure? You can just move out all of his stuff’’ I said.

Maria sat up and whipped the tears away from her face. She looked right into my eyes and spoke.

‘’I don’t want to do that, I want a new place.’’ She said and then looked around my remotely small apartment. It had two bedrooms and the rest of the facilities.

‘’Can I move in here until I find a new place?’’ She asked the question I knew she was going to ask.

I looked around the living room; I couldn’t say no to her, it wasn’t that simple. I liked her but I liked her more than just a friend. I knew that it was wrong and that she couldn’t feel anything towards me even if she wanted to because she was my phycologist.

‘’I guess you can’’ I replied after a while. She tried to smile but failed as another tear escaped her sad eyes.

I instantly leaned forward and hugged her small shaking body. She felt so fragile I hadn’t noticed that before. I always thought that she was the strongest from the both of us. She had the most knowledge and could get me to feel better about myself.

I wondered if she had anyone that made her feel better, I guess maybe Michael was always there, but when he wasn’t did she have anyone she could go to seek comfort from? I knew she had her friend Vicky but would she be able to talk to her like she would to a phycologist?

‘’I need to get some of my stuff from my old place’’ Maria spoke into my shoulder.

She sat up and had a serious look on her face.

‘’Are you sure?’’ I asked, feeling like I’ve asked that too many times.

‘’Yes’’ She said and stood up. I watched as she walked to the coat hanger and got her coat. I stood up and walked over to her and put my hand on her shoulder.

‘’I can go and do that for you’’ I said and she looked up at me and met my eyes. For a moment she didn’t say anything and the only thing that was between us was the undeniable chemistry that I knew she too felt.

The next moment she had her arms around my neck and was pressing her soft lips against mine. I instantly kissed her back, but I wasn’t sure who initiated the kiss, it all happened so fast. I pushed her against the door and deepened the kiss. I didn’t realise how much I had wanted to do this until I felt her kissing me back.

The next thing I knew she was taking off my shirt and I was doing the same to her. With our lips locking and unlocking we stumbled towards the bedroom and things that I had, deep down, wanted, took place.

I knew that maybe this was wrong, but I wasn’t taking advantage of her, I kept asking if she was sure and she kept nodding and I could see the desire in her eyes as we had sex.

We laid there on my bed, both out of our breaths. She rested her head on my bare chest as I lightly brushed my fingers through her hair.

‘’Sorry’’ She mumbled and I chuckled.

‘’What for?’’ I asked.

‘’For this, I just really wanted to do this for quite some time’’ She said and something strange happened to my insides. It felt like a sworn of bees had entered me and were buzzing uncontrollably.

‘’Your heart beat increased’’ Maria said and I felt her smiling.

‘’There is a good reason’ I replied and Maria laughed.

She seemed to be in a much better mood and I wasn’t surprised, the sex was great and it wasn’t just sex, it felt like so much more. We had connected on an emotional level and now we connected physically too. I just wished that she hadn’t gotten involved with Michael again and hadn’t gotten hurt.

We both fell asleep that night, arm in arm. It felt strange but comforting, especially when I didn’t even want to be alone that night. I was glad she was here and I was sure she felt the same way.