SUMMER'S RAIN

CHAPTER 51

CHAPTER 51

A week later I am walking to the gym we have in the house when I run into Dominick. I have managed to avoid him the whole week since him, and Case’s return. Living in a house bigger than FORT KNOTS HELP'S TOO! I have the feeling Dominick had been doing the same thing.

“Are you heading to the gym too?” I asked.

“Thought I would get some workout time in” Dominick answered.

“Yeah same here.”

Neither one of us speak again. We continue walking to the gym. I hate how awkward things have become between us.  But for the life of me, I don’t know how to fix it. Walking in the gym, I go straight to the treadmill put my head buds in my ears and blast the music. I manage to run three miles, before looking up and seeing what Dominick is doing. He is lifting free weights and my God, he has muscles bulging everywhere on his six foot seven body, he is wearing a black muscle shirt that fits him like a glove. Even his black sweat pants looks good on him. His black, blue hair is tied back as it always is. He truly is magnificent. Looking at him my mind goes back to the night we had sex and how I had touched all those muscles. How I had given myself to him without a second thought. My body grows hot just thinking about it. I think I’m close to foaming at the mouth as I watch him.

Dominick must have felt my eyes on him. He turns toward me looking me in the eyes. We stare at one another. I can’t take my eyes off him. Still holding eye contact, he sets the weights back on the table and starts walking toward me. Goose bumps run up my arms. However, before Dominick has time to reach me Case walks in the gym. Dominick stops in his tracks. Turns toward Case and asked, “Hey man what’s up?” I step off the treadmill knowing Case would think I’m breathless due to my workout not because of Dominick. Case tells Dominick that they have to go back to the Angels council for a couple of hours. It seems Dominick is going to have to have the same kind of transfusion I did.

When Case reaches me he wraps his arms around my waist, and says, “there's my girl” then he bends his head down and kisses my lips. When he lifts his head, he tells me how much he loves to see me all sweaty. I laugh at him unable to help myself.  I know Dominick heard every word Case was saying. I also know he doesn’t like it. I see his body tense.  His muscles tighten and anger shows on his face. I want to pull away from Case, so I won’t hurt Dominick.  At the same time I don’t want to hurt Case by pulling away from him. Once again, I don’t know what to do.

Dominick and Case left for the Angel council a short while later leaving me confused and frustrated. I had a cold shower and was lying on my bed when Lisa, knocks on the door. She comes in and jumps on my bed. In the last eleven months Lisa and I had become closer than ever. She always has that I’m sexy as hell but will kick your ass thing going on. However, she has calmed down on the hair thing. It used to be we never knew from one day to the next if she would show up with purple, orange, or rainbow-colored hair but over the last few months she's changed. Now she keeps it a beautiful color of red.
“What’s going on?” She asked.

"Just laying here, what about you?"

"Bored I want to do something, but I don't know what.”

That’s when it hits me. I need to get away. I need to leave, take some time to clear my head. Figure out how to stop these feeling I have for Dominick. “You know I’m bored too. What do you say about you and me going on a little vacation together?
"Yeah right like Case would ever just let us do something like that without him.”

"He can’t stop us if I block him. I mean I will tell Summer where we are going, so they wouldn’t be worried about us.”

“What’s going on with you?”