Good things come... PART1

8. So close,...yet so far apart..

Xenia

After I had cleaned the leftover dishes and locked up shop, I could finally continue with my actual work,.....only to realize, that a certain redhead ran havoc through my brain.

What the hell was she up to?

On one hand she denied trying to play me for a fool, while on the other.....admitting to me that I was right all along....by confronting her with, me not being her type....only to surprise me with compliments that even sounded halfway sincere.

I smiled wryly to myself and thought about the few compliments that were sparingly distributed over the past year or two by my actually girlfriend and as much as I disliked it.....I had to admit it..........I liked it!!!!
They made me feel good!
They made me feel, really, really good!

But they just came from the wrong woman!

Oh but that cute smile and those emerald green eyes......I let my mind wander... until a sudden noise outside of the store, startled me and hurled me back into the real world.
What was I thinking?
I found myself scolding me, for thinking about her beautiful green eyes,...when the only eyes that should be occupying my thoughts instead, were those of a steely grey.

Nevertheless, I wasn't able to bannish either those eyes, nor all of the rest of her, from my mind.

Damnit!!!!!
Enough already!!

I thought to myself and hurried, to finish the remaining floral arrangements, in order to be able to get home as quickly as possible,.....and hopefully loose these strange thoughts, which crowded my mind.....along the way somewhere.

And just maybe, if I was really, really lucky.....Maren would be there waiting for me.
Considering her workload though, that wouldn't be a sure bet,...buuuuuut who knew.....maybe she'd surprise me....who knew.

Shortly after I left work, and entered my Apartment, I knew right away.... She was here!!
Her interpretation of leaving a "trail of breadcrumbs", didn't leave room for any different interpretation.
Following the yellow brick road, made up of discarded shoes and a variety of clothes, I drew a deep breath, let out a heartfelt sigh and headed towards the bathroom, picking up after her....like usual.

Leaning against the doorframe, I finally saw the culprit, floating comfy and cosy, in the bathtub, filled with peach scented water.
Flakes of bathing foam, covering most of her body, all though sparing her breasts, ever so tantalizing, leaving me to guess if this was on purpose, or just a nice coincidence.
Not moving a muscle and with her eyes closed,....Maren layed there and looked like she was fast asleep.
Ohhh....god....how desperately I wanted to touch her,...touch those perky, rosy peaks, softly sinking and rising in the midst of the declining foam.
Little drops of water glistening on her creamy skin, like morning dew on rose petals.

We've hadn't seen each other for over a month now and I missed her really bad.
Slowly I made my way towards her, ever so careful, taking a seat on the brim of the tub......watching her, while holding my breath trying my best not to disturb her and doing my best at controlling my craving.....not giving in to my longing.....

A whole month had went by, a whole month....not being able to see her, or even to hear her voice.
She was always so freaking busy, jetting from city to city and from country to country.
Phonecalls from her were even rarer than a solar eclipse and mine.....?
Well let's just say, Maren didn't care much for interruptions while she worked......time zone differences, Jetlag and stuff like that.

She probably was exhausted from all of her numerous travels,....Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid,.....and knows where else, because I sure didn't, but that wasn't the point.
She was back.....finally!
And that was everything that I cared about.
I sighed softly, as I watched her.....she was finally back!