Sorry if there's been too much sexy time these past few chapters, but oddly enough, I feel it's really good for character development, because so much can change between two people at that intimate level, and who doesn't love a little smut ;)
Xoxo,
Caroline
PS. UNEDITED !!!
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MAEVE
After I can breathe again, I hear his voice.
"Maeve, babygirl, please. Let me take you back to bed", Gabriel says. Shivering from the wet and cold, exhaustion leaves me no room to protest. I feel two strong arms wrap under my knees and my upper back, lifting me up. The ache in my groin is painfully familiar and so it the water soaking into my skin, making me tremble. The repressed memories and emotions from eleven years ago all flood back.
Everything is the same.
I just want to curl up against his chest and forget everything. I want to go back to last night, when all I knew was his touch and all I felt was his love. I feel like I've now tainted him. All my problems damaged him. And I hate myself because I did so, but I hate myself more because I don't care enough. I just want him to hold me and tell me everything's aright and tell me that rejecting his advances wasn't the wrong thing to do.
I don't want his to hate me for this, but I just don't want to remember cold white tile and wet hair and big, meaty hands touching my body.
I just don't want to remember.
"Maybe a beach", I start, trying to take my mind off of him. Gabriel sets us on the bed, pulling up the covers and silently protecting me from myself with his tight grip; a physical shield for all the emotional problems. Somehow, he put on boxers and so thankfully there's something between us as I sit straddling him with my face buried in his chest and the warm, soft blankets acting as a cacoon.
"And we can drink fancy drinks on the sand, a-and maybe I can get a tan", I mumble.
"What are you talking about, babygirl?" He asks, not using my name. In one of our joint therapy sessions, we talked about this. We talked about how he couldn't say my name. It was just one added trigger that my therapist said I didn't need if I ever broke down again.
"A vacation-n. Maybe a fun trip for your birthday o-or something like that", I say quietly, my voice trailing off. Between his body and the sheets I start to warm up.
"Yeah. We could rent one of those huts you see out on the clear blue water", he says, catching on.
"And we'll just go far, far away, mh?" I mumble. His grip tightens.
"Yeah, babygirl, that sounds really nice", he replies softly.
"And can we ride jets skis? Or hike in jungles? Or–".
"We can do anything you want. It'll be a special vacation– just you and me. What do you say we go when school ends? It'll be your graduation present?" He suggests, calmly running a hand up and down my spine while the other rests firmly on my waist.
"That sounds nice", I say, pulling away, with serene thoughts of a week in the Bahamas filling my mind. We're silent for a few moments before I put my head back down to his chest, letting him hold me while I involuntarily drift to sleep with thoughts of clear blue waters and rough hands on my body where they don't belong.
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I wake with a start, gasping and desperately pulling sheets up my body to protect myself. From what, I can't remember, but all other thoughts leave my mind at the sight of Gabriel. He stands only in boxers and I could honestly stare at him for hours, but his voice snaps me out of my revere.
"Babygirl? It's almost noon, I think you should eat something", he says, worry etched into his words. My hand goes to my head and I yawn, feeling my damp hair and looking around the room.
"Noon?" I ask, confused and disoriented.
"Yeah, I called the school. Told them you were sick. I also told Addy to postpone all my meetings until tomorrow. I thought maybe we should take a day off, you know?" He asks, awkwardly scratching the back off his neck. I watch the muscles in his stomach flex with the movement, trying to control myself very hard and not drool. I hear him chuckle, and my eyes snap up to his face before I blush, looking down at the bed.
My thoughts take a darker twist, remembering this morning.
"I-I'm sorry–", I start.
"No, don't even finish that sentence. I thought I made myself clear, before, you say no when ever you don't want to, and I stop. It's that simple. Please, babygirl. Don't worry over it too much. I was just concerned about you. A-are you feeling better now?" He asks anxiously before sitting down on the bed next to me, placing a kiss to my forehead when I nod. I peck his cheek before standing, ready to follow his into the kitchen for food. I look down suddenly when I feel his gaze on my body, realizing I'm still naked. My flushed cheeks redden and I move to cover myself with the sheet.
He walks to the closet, coming back out momentarily with one of his t-shirts.
"You know, you could just walk around naked the entire day. I really wouldn't mind at all–", he says, nonchalantly, hesitating to give me the white shirt in his hands. I giggle, rolling my eyes but grab it from his hands. The sheet drops and I hear an appreciative growl come from him, but ignore it altogether. I throw it on, loving the smell of him still on it and how it reached mid-thigh on my short frame.
I start to walk off, heading to the kitchen to satisfy my hunger, but he grabs my wrist pulling me back. My heart jumps for a second, but I remind myself that it's just Gabriel.
"Hey, guess what?" He asks teasingly.
"What?" I snort.
"I love you", he says, his eyes shinning with something more and his hands sending spark ricocheting through my entire body. Everything from this morning– the pain, the memories, the touching– all fades into background noise as I'm stuck in his gaze. The chill in my bones feels so good and I could cry because I suddenly feel a thousand times less alone in this world, and he feels like a family.
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Gabriel
WerewolfMaeve Gray was done. Finished with her life. It was a sob story to end with her dive off a school roof, but when the man of her dreams - literally- comes to her aid, she can't help but break down her walls and fall head over heels. But he has sec...
