When the day met the night

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Time alternated between flying and moving at snails pace. Whenever I spoke to Jared it felt like an eternity before I would see him again, yet everyday, filming would go so fast, my head would spin. I'd finally arrived in LA, I got through customs and walked out scanning the crowd of people. I spotted him, a huge smile on his face, my heart raced at the sight of him and he strode up enveloping me in a tight hug and swift kiss. "Hi there beautiful, God I've missed you" he whispered in my ear. I melted, "me too" I said. He let go of me grabbed my suitcase and we started walking. As soon as we got into the car he started chatting excitedly, I sat there listening to him, occasionally joining in, he mostly just talked excitedly about what he'd been doing and how much he'd missed me. I loved the sound of his voice, he looked over at me every now and then, dazzling me with his smile. I drank in the sight of him, my heart beating 100 miles an hour. I had missed him so much I was so happy to be together at last.

I must have dozed off, because not long after, I felt him gently shaking my arm, "c'mon we're here". As we walked in I thought, wow, this place is huge, my little terrace paled in comparison. I looked around as we walked in, lots of light, bright colorful art everywhere. Lots of furniture doted around the place, bikes, instruments! "Like it?" He said coming over and putting his arms around me, "it's gorgeous, very big, don't you get lost in here?" I said smiling, he laughed, "once you know your way round it's fine". He held me in tight and kissed me long and hard, then he grabbed my bags and said, "follow me". I followed him up some stairs, down a long corridor and round another corner and walked into a room. It was his bedroom, it was light, simple with two or three pieces of white furniture. I looked at his side table, there we were, some of the photos he had taken in frames. He smiled, "no one comes in here but me and I love looking at them" I was about to say something but quickly stopped myself when he gave me a warning look, "So bathroom is through there, there's towels, everything you need, I'm going to go down and make some tea, come down when you're done, and don't worry there's no one here today I banned them from the house" he grinned and disappeared. Like the rest of the house, the shower was big, white, simple, beautiful in fact. I grabbed what I needed and jumped in, I felt better immediately, the warm water washing away the long plane ride.

I headed downstairs trying to remember which way to go. "Where are you?" I called out, he laughed "I'm here!" I followed the sound of his voice into the kitchen. He turned around and smiled, "feel better?" he came toward me, "yes much better thank you" his arms pulled me in and our lips came together, tongues reacquainting themselves, we stood there kissing for what seemed like an eternity, then finally broke apart to come up for air, "I've missed you" I said, he hugged me tighter, "me too, I'm so glad you're here, c'mon tea" he led me to the table and brought over some tea and toast, I laughed, "I aim to please" he said. He sat down next to me, he noticed his necklace and reached out and touched it, "you're still wearing it?" "Of course, do you want it back?" he shook his head "no you keep it, I like it on you" he sat back. "So, do you want to go out and have dinner or stay here?" I shook my head a mouth full of tea, "great we'll stay here, I was hoping you'd say that, I don't feel like sharing you with anyone" my heart raced as he leaned over toward me, he trailed his fingers down my cheeks, throat and down to my collarbone. His fingers then moved back up to grab a strand of my hair and he lightly twirled it as I finished my tea. "Come with me" he said once I was done, he took my hand and we walked through into a lounge room, full of couches and big stuffed seats, we headed for a big white one and he lay down pulling me to him. I put my head on his chest and my arm around him, he grabbed my leg and pulled it over his. We lay there quietly, his hand playing with my hair again, I yawned once, twice and dozed off.

It was dark when I woke up, there were some lamps on and I had a throw over me. Jared must have got up when I was asleep, I sat up and wondered where he'd disappeared to, I didn't even know where to look. I got up and wandered around, going from one room to another. "Jared where are you?" I called out, he suddenly appeared from one of the rooms, I gasped in surprise and he grabbed me around the waist, "who did you think would be jumping out at you?" he asked laughing, "goodness knows, where did you go? Sorry I fell asleep". "You looked so tired, I let you sleep and just caught up on some stuff, I'm all yours now" he was about to lead us back to the couch, but I pulled him away, "You'll have to show me the way"' I said softly pointing upstairs. A sensual smile played on his lips and he leaned in kissing my neck, "I thought you'd never ask, come on I'll show you lots of things" he said wickedly. He gently pulled me by the arm up to his room and proceeded to show me how much he'd missed me, over and over again.