The Girl Who Fell In Love With An Australian

Chapter 10

     In the middle of the night, Ruth woke up, yawned, rubbed the sleep from her eyes and she was getting ready to go use the bathroom. She looked over at the couch, Robert was half uncovered with the blanket mostly on the floor. She smiled to herself, shook her head, climbed out of bed, and quietly walked over to the couch. She didn't know that Robert had been quietly watching her walk over to him. He had woken up because he was getting chilled from not having the blanket on him very much. Since he saw Ruth walking over he decided not to make a single move. When she got closer, he closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. She didn't know that he was awake, but she was still concerned about him getting cold. She bent down slowly and picked up the rest of the blanket. She looked at Robert to make sure he was asleep and of course he was awake, but she didn't know that. She carefully put the blanket back on top of Robert, after she put the blanket on top of him she had a thought. 'Hmm.......Since he's asleep he wouldn't know if I kissed him or not.' As she was thinking, Robert slowly opened his eyes to see if she was still standing over him. She was, so he quickly shut his eyes again. Just as he shut his eyes, he felt something warm press to his forehead but as quickly as it happened the warmth disappeared. He didn't open his eyes until he heard the bathroom door close. His eyes shot open and he put his hand on his forehead to feel where he felt the warmth before. He smiled to himself in the dark room. He took his hand from his head, and put it over his heart. He could feel his heart beating rapidly and started to calm his heart beat down by taking long, deep breaths. He then thought, 'Ruth kissed me on the forehead and it's no wonder why my heart is beating so fast.' He heard the bathroom door quietly creak open, so he went back to pretending to be asleep. Ruth walked over to her bed, she paused as she stood right beside the bed, she looked over to the couch one last time and she crawled back into bed. Robert waited until he was sure she was asleep. Then he quietly climbed off the couch, walked over beside the bed and he looked down at Ruth's sleeping face. She wasn't the most beautiful girl in the world, but to him she looked perfect. He noticed that she was starting to toss, turn, and make little whimpers in her sleep. She was having a nightmare, he felt bad for her and so he woke her up. She woke up as soon as she felt a pair of hands grab her arms. She let out a small scared cry. She sat up, looked at Robert's concerned face. He looked at her and asked, "Ruth, are you okay?" She looked him in the eyes and replied, "I-I-I don't know. I was having a bad dream. I hope it doesn't come true." She looked away from him, Robert sat down on the bed, looked at Ruth with a small, sympathetic smile and asked, "Wanna tell me about it?" She looked at him again, smiled a sad smile, and then replied with a quiet voice, "I guess so.......In my dream, my family didn't want me, I had nowhere to go, no one to turn to, and worst of all, you didn't want to be my friend Robert." As he listened to her every word, he noticed she was propped up against the headboard of the bed. He waited until she finished talking, looked at her and crawled up toward her. She was confused at first. Why was he crawling toward her? He sat down next to her, took her in his arms and hugged her tightly. She felt warmth from his embrace and she felt something else that she hadn't felt in a long time. She felt warmth, sympathy, happiness, and overall, she felt loved. She smiled as Robert said, "That really sounds like a bad dream. I want you to know that will never, ever happen if I have anything to say about it." While he was still hugging her, she turned in his embrace and looked up at him. She felt her heart skip a beat, and she had an urge that she hadn't had before. She had the urge to kiss him. This time not on the forehead. Robert was looking at her and he felt the exact same way as Ruth. But he felt so much more, he wanted to take care of her, protect her, he didn't want anyone else to be near her, but the most important feeling that he felt was that he wanted her all to himself. He wanted her to stay by his side forever. As they sat there, looking into each other's eyes, Robert and Ruth couldn't deny the feeling that had developed between them. Even though they had only known each other for a few days. Robert sighed, looked at her, and gave her a kiss on the forehead. Ruth closed her eyes to the feeling. To say she liked it would be an understatement, she loved it. She loved the feeling of his lips on her skin. Robert stopped kissing her forehead, looked at her and said, "I think we should get back to sleep." Ruth looked down and nodded. Robert went to leave her side, but then, she grabbed onto the sleeve of his shirt. He turned back to look at her. She kept her head down as she asked, "Robert? Will you s-sleep next to me? I would feel better if you were next to me." Robert smiled, sighed and said, "Okay, how about this? I'll lay beside you until you fall asleep, then I'll go sleep on the couch again." She smiled at him and she nodded in agreement. So, Robert climbed on to the bed next to Ruth and he laid down beside her. She had her back to him, so he put his arms around her and was hugging her from behind as she drifted off to sleep. She went to sleep much faster by having him next to her. Robert loved the feeling of her being next to him, but he loved her warmth more. Robert never did go back to the couch because he fell asleep beside her, with his arms never leaving their place around her.

*Chapter 11 is a work in progress.  I have been working hard on publishing more, but I'm very busy with my studies.  My goal is to try to post every few days but it will be depending on my school schedule.  I want to Thank You all so much for Reading my Story so far!  I am so happy that all of my readers are enjoying the book.  Let me know if I should do some other types of stories.  Let me know what you guys would like to see from me.  I'm promoting a couple YouTube Channel for the first time.  Go and check out Charity  Strubhar's channel and Ethan Fineshriber's channels.  Charity is trying to get her channel to take off and Ethan does such a good job on his videos.  Again, thank you for reading! Bye