The Past Between Us

-chapter three-

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'Sometimes I feel like I'm drowning. I try to swim up to the surface and while I'm there it's all perfect but then something pulls me down to the bottom of the ocean again. Its so cold and dark, so very lonely there. But I never know what it is, what always pulls me down to the bottom. I'm trying to hold on I'm ...trying so hard. But I can't. Its like all the happy moments I've had so far were just a cover, a facade, an escape because in the end I'll have to come back to the bottom of the ocean again, where I'm all alone. What if one day I can never come back up to the surface again? What if I'm stuck there forever? How long can I hold my breath underwater till I become one with the darkness? '

'I would swim to you.'

I chuckled. ' You'd swim to me? What if I'm too far?'

'I'd swim to you Larsen. Across oceans and depth and darkness, I'll swim to you. Till my breath runs out and my arms fall off, I'll swim to you. I wont stop till I find you. And when I do, I'd bring you back up and wont ever let you drown again.'

'I think you're the light I see from down there.'

'The light?'

'Yes, the single ray of sunshine that reaches the bottom, that always shows me the way to the top.'

But that light was so weak, losing its brightness over time till one day it completely disappeared.

Someone shook my body and woke me up, 'Miss Larsen? You fell asleep on your desk again. How little do you sleep at night?'

I wiped away the tear that was threatening to fall from my eye.

'Why are you crying- bad dream?'

'Yeah something like that Luke' I smiled.

'No worries Miss Larsen, after all what am I here for? We're done with the day's work. Let's go drinking. My treat.' he pulled me up from my chair.

'Do you even HAVE that much money to spend Luke?'

'Uhh okay maybe not my treat today' he chuckled.

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Work was so intense these past few weeks that I hadn't gotten chance to go out at all. Luke was right, I needed to take my mind off things and alcohol was obviously the best solution. Or maybe not but who cares. The little black dress finally saw the light of the day after being inside the closet for ages. Little black dresses always give you the confidence you need. This one hugged all my curves and stopped just a little below my ass. And the low v-neck in the front showed just the right amount of boob. Or maybe too much boob. But too much boob is never a bad thing. I took the cab to the bar because I had made the mistake of drinking and driving once. Never again.

I saw Luke waiting in front of the gates as my cab pulled over. He came up to open the door, ' You know Miss Larsen, you're always going off about how I'm always late, but look at you now, I've been waiting for an eterni-' he stopped mid sentence once I stepped out of the cab. His eyes were looking me up and down with a taken aback expression on his face.

I smirked, 'If you're done shamelessly checking me out Luke, can we go in?'

He finally looked away and I could totally see the faint blush on his cheeks. 'Erm I wasn't looking' he said, clearing his throat.

'Sure, I believe you Luke,' I laughed, 'did you give Sarah a call and ask her to join us?'

'Sarah said she wont be able to make it, she has a stupid blind date or something' he huffed, rolling his eyes. Luke and Sarah definitely had some feelings for each other, but they'd just never accept it.