If You Go Down, I Go Down With You

Seperate Rooms

We get in the car and I look at James. I just stare at him as he puts on his seatbelt and starts the car. He feels me staring at him and looks over at me.

"Put your fucking seatbelt on." He says and reaches over me. He grabs my seatbelt and hooks it for me. "Ridley stop drooling and speak."

"James. Why did you say we live together?" He smirks and his hand slips onto my thigh. "What? You don't want to wake up next to me every morning?"

"No. I don't." I say but I can't help but smile. "I told them we were living together, one, so we both constantly have an alibi and two, because now you actually have to live with me and I get to fuck you every night before bed."

"Wow, you're so thoughtful. We will not be sleeping in the same bed at night. If I have to live with you, since you trapped me into living with you, we will be sleeping in separate beds."

"Whatever you say doll." He smiles and turns his attention in-front of him, shifting the gear from park to drive and pulling out of the parking lot.

The rest of the day we have movers bringing all my stuff into James's house. We put my house on the market and all of my clothes are now in his room.

We did that because if for some reason the police had a search warrant for his-our-house, they would see our things in separate rooms and be suspicious.

But I was still not sleeping in the same bed as him.

We were in the kitchen late that night, it was around midnight and we were eating pizza then going to go to bed. In separate rooms.

I had cleaned up and was heading to my room for the night but I feel James's hand grab mine and pull me back. "Are you sure you don't want to sleep with me tonight?" He says, tracing his hands down to my ass and grabbing it hard.

I pull away from him and walk away. "Positive." I say and walk into my room, closing the door. I guess he gave up because I heard his door shut next.

I changed into just a T-shirt and laid in the king size bed. It was cold. I couldn't seem to get warm. And my mind was racing.

I couldn't stop thinking about what I had done. About the police questioning us. About what would happen if we, or I alone got caught.

I laid there for hours. I turned to look at the clock on the nightstand and it was 3AM. I decided to lose my internal battle and get out of bed.

I opened my bedroom door and walked down the hall to James's. I slowly opened it and walked in. He seemed to be asleep. Laying on his stomach, his head facing the right. Spread out in the middle of the bed.

I took a few steps into the dark room. "I don't bite doll...unless you want me to. Now get your ass over here and lay down." I guess he wasn't asleep.

He rolls over onto his back but he stays in the middle of the bed. I climb into his bed and he pulls my back against his chest and wraps his arms around my torso. "What made you change your mind?"

"I couldn't sleep." I whispered and turned around to face him. Our faces so close our noses brushed against one another's. "Neither could I." He says.

I lean forward and press a soft kiss to his lips. "Goodnight James." He smiles against my lips and kisses me again. "Goodnight Eliza."

I roll over so I'm laying on my back and he follows my lead. His head laying on my shoulder. After hours of stirring in the empty bedroom, alone, i had finally fell asleep, in his arms.