When the day met the night

7

I didn't know what time it was when I woke up, the room was dark and there were no clocks. Jared's arm was still around me, his leg was over mine, holding me captive against his body. I lay there drifting in and out of sleep, finally my need to pee was too overwhelming to ignore, I gently tried to extract myself from his grip but as though he sensed me trying to move, I heard his voice ask sleepily "where are you going?", "to the bathroom" i whispered, he nodded and moved to let me go. I turned to look at him as I walked off and saw that he had his eyes open watching me, I gave him a small wave and disappeared into the bathroom. When I came out again he patted the bed next to him inviting me back in, "what time is it?" I asked looking for my phone, "don't worry about that, it's early come back here with me". I didn't hesitate, I hopped back in and he pulled me close again, his leg went over mine and we both dozed off again. I awoke to him planting soft little kisses on my neck and shoulder for a little while then said sleepily. "I think I'm hungry, do you want to eat?" He sat up on his elbow looking down at me, I nodded, "me too, tea and toast please". "That's all?" He said frowning, I nodded, "Ok then" he dialed room service and started making an order. I lay there staring at him, his beautiful long hair, all over the place, his body lithe, he was insanely beautiful to look at. "I'm going to have a shower" he said getting out of bed. "No you don't, then I'll have to answer the door!" I said jumping up, "I'll shower you can wait for them" I dashed into the bathroom leaving him standing there stunned for a minute. I turned on the water, then looked around to see him standing at the doorway. "Sorry" I shrugged my shoulders smiling, "yeah well you don't look very sorry to me" he frowned jokingly. "Do you want to join me?" I asked with a grin, I had a washcloth and soap and I started running it over my body as he watched me. His eyes staring at me in a way that made my insides turn to jelly. I turned away to let the water run over me, when I looked back he had disappeared, drat, I thought, oh well. A minute or two later I felt his arms around me as they came up and grabbed hold of my breasts. I gasped, "I thought" I started to say, "shhhh" he stopped me and I leaned into him in silence. It was fast and frantic as though we both knew our time together was coming to an end. He got out and I finished showering, I wrapped a towel around my body, joining him in the living room. The food had already arrived, lots of fruit, fruit juices, coffee and of course toast, I grabbed a piece sat down at the table and bit into it. He was eating some fruit, "your clutch has been buzzing for a bit" he said, as my
phone started vibrating, it must be Lucy wondering if everything went ok, I wasn't ready to talk to her yet, and I certainly wasn't ready to emerge out of this little bubble of pleasure. "It can wait" I said simply, he smiled. "What are you doing today? He asked, I sighed, "I'm going back to London" He looked up at me from his plate, "why don't you stay a day or two longer?" I slowly shook my head, "I'm heading up to the country to start the shoot in two days, you should come to London" I said casually. It was his turn to shake his head, "I've got a couple of meetings to go to tomorrow, then I'm heading back to LA". I suddenly felt bummed. I dropped my unfinished toast onto the tray no longer hungry. "Fair enough then, where did I drop my clothes?" I said shortly standing up. "You're going, already?" He stood up as well, "Yes I have to, my plane leaves at one, by the the time I get back, change it will be time to go" I turned away as if I was looking for my clothes, but in truth I was starting to feel my stomach wrap in knots at the thought of leaving. I felt his arms wrap around me from behind and pulled me against him, "let's meet again" he whispered kissing my neck. I turned to face him, "look let's just call this what it is, a really, really lovely one night stand" I said holding up my hand to create some distance. "Is that how you feel?" He seemed genuinely surprised "Harper I want to see you again". Now it was my turn to be surprised, "I just thought that, you, wouldn't, you know..." I didn't know how to finish the sentence. He pulled me in and moved his face close to mine, "That I thought it was a one nighter? I'll be honest, I wasn't really sure how it was going to go, but the thought of not seeing you again isn't sitting right with me" he whispered against lips. Relief flooded through me and I slipped my arms around his neck and kissed him softly, "well I guess I'll be seeing you then" I whispered back.