Taste of Peaches

19

"Hey beautiful." I heard Alessandro say while pulling me up so I was sitting up. "What is it?" I asked a little dazed before I felt him leaving small sweet kisses on the side of my neck.

I leaned into his touch before feeling him stop and pull me into a hug. "I made us some soup. You want some?" he asked and I just nodded while getting up with him and walking over to the kitchen.

"Hey Alessandro?" I asked and felt him pull me in front of his body. "Yes?" he asked and I took the time to admire his perfectly chiseled features.

"Thankyou for doing this for me, even if it is magerly irresponsible." I stated while he took my hand in his.

"I think I might just do anything for you. Now let's get some food in you..."

-

As I layed ontop of his chest I felt him take in long breaths that somehow seemened to ground me.

I nuzzled my face against it a bit before pulling away and falling asleep.

I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing and as slowly as I could I rolled off Alessandro's chest and picked it up before blindlessly picking it up.

"Hello?" I said into the phone.

"Hello Mia." a very French accent responded and I smiled a little bit. "Oh, hey Jacques." I said while sniffling a bit.

"Are you ok?" he asked and I let out a humorless laugh.

"What is with everyone worrying about my health. Yaa I'm fine, just a little sick... whats up?" I asked. And heared Jacques clear his throat on the other side of ther line.

"Well I was just checking in on you, after you dropped me off I hadnt heared from you."

"Oh that... I'm sorry, ive had alot going on lately." I said with much sympathy in my voice before pulling out some pain killers and ploping one in my mouth. Before I could swallow it I felt a lump in my throat come up and I ran to the bathroom throwing the phone on the bed in the process.

I started vomiting.

Before I could even comprehend the magnitude of the stuff coming out of my mouth I felt strong arms wrap around my chest and a hand pull the hair out of my face.

"It's ok." Alessandto cued entel I had finished emptying my stomach and fell back on his broad chest.

I felt him gently stroke my cheek before placing a kiss on the top of my head.

"You're ok..." he said before rubbing my shoulder.

-

"If you're feeling any better do you want to go on a drive?" Alessandro asked and I looked at him quizically before nodding my head and wrapping the blanket tighter around me.

"Yaa that sounds nice." I simply muttered all while crawling over to him and placing my head on his lap. To which almost instinctively he started gently stroking my hair.

"You're so pretty..." I heard him mutter to himself, I just shook my head while intertwining our fingers together.

After sitting like thant for a few minutes I made my way to my feet and walked over to the front door where I slipped on a pair of tennis shoes and a wrapping the blanket around me so it wasnt dragging on the floor.

I wasnt really dressed to go out in a pair of pjamma pants and a oversized t-shirt but we were only going on a drive so I didnt really care what I looked like.

Alessandro wasnt to far behind as he came in behind me slipping on some shoes as well and putting on a coat he had hung up at some point when I was asleep.

"Delilah!" he called and she came running up to him from werever she was before letting him latch the leash onto her.

Next thing I knoe Alessandro had grabbed my hand and was pulling me out the front door where he helped me into the passenger side of his G-wagon.

Once inside with Delilah in the back he looked to me for confirmation to leave the driveway and I just nodded before placing my forehead on the window.

I was feeling much better from yesterday but I still felt tired.

I was zoning out entel I felt a hand creep it's way onto my thigh where it made small circles.

I felt my gaze be drawn to the man sitting next to me and I let my eyes trail down his face as he concentrated on the road in front of him.

The feeling of his hands on me caused a eruption of butterflies to form in my stomach but I soon felt his hand be drawn away as he turned a corner.

We drove for another twenty minutes before he stopped in a parking lot and turned on the heater as it was getting a little cold.

It was dark out at this point and I rubbed my eyes before meeting gazes with Alessandro.

He cooed me over to sit in his lap and I happily accepted the invitation. As I crawled over the center console I felt the blanket I had tightly wrapped around me slip off.

When I had successfully made it to his lap I buried my head in his chest before feeling him take the blanket that had fallen off of me around the both of us and wrap his arms around me.

I felt him shift a bit so his head was resting on the glass window.

We were both lost in our own train of thoughts when a small dog crawling ontop of us caused a small laugh to escape Alessandros lips.

"Hey Mia would you mind me turning on some music?" he asked and I shook my head in reply before closing my eyes again.

I heard Chase Atlantic turn on and before I could snuggle closer to Alessandro he pushhed my farther into the crook of his arms all while leaving light kisses on my neck.

We sat there for a long time before he reluctnely pulled away and we drove back to my house.

God I wish I could spend every second of every day curled up next to him...

When I look back on it now I don't know why I couldn't realize that I loved him. But there's no way of telling my past self that is there?