Caliber

Chapter 5

Dj's phone went off startling Anaya off of Dj's chest. Dj groaned and blindly reached for it. Knocking it off of the nightstand.

"Damn it!" Dj swore as he went after it, causing him to fall off the bed. Dj landed on his back with a thud, Anaya looked over the bed at him with a smile.

"Well, good morning " Anaya said and Dj smirked up at her. Then scowled as the phone let out another shrill. Dj grabbed the cell phone.

"What!" Dj yelled into the phone, Anaya cringed and felt sorry for the other person on the other side of that phone.

"God damn it Duke, I swear you have shitty timing, no I'm not going to get my ass dressed to meet you at the donut shop in time square. Buy me a dozen and they better be fresh when I get there." Dj said and hung up, Anaya looked at him.

"Who was that?"

"My buddy, Duke, he has a Op for our team. How's a dozen doughnuts sound for breakfast?" Dj asked as he stood up and sat back on the bed.

"Sounds good, when do we have to meet him?" Anaya asked, then laid her chin on his shoulder and placed a kiss under his ear.

"In his words whenever I can get my ass dressed and down there. And to call him when I arrive."

"So, that means I have some more time before I have to give you back to the military?" Anaya asked as she trailed her hand over his chest.

"Yes, that's what it means"

"Good" Anaya said as she forced him to recline on the bed. And captured his lips to deliver a kiss that actually made Dj see stars.

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Dj and Anaya walked out of the apartment building hand in hand. Anaya hailed a cab, but Dj shook his head and backed away from the cab door like someone had slapped him. Anaya let the cabbie go and looked up to see sweat on Dj's forehead. She went to touch his cheek, but he flinched further away.

"Dj" concern raced through Anaya and she tugged on Dj's hand.

"I can't tolerate small places" Dj said and he stared ahead, not moving. Anaya stepped in front of him,

"Hey, look at me," Dj looked down at her and she saw the shadows of the past trying to break free.

"I didn't know, and I'm really sorry" Dj's hand started to shake in hers. She tugged on his hand again.

"Hey, come back to me love, I'm right here." Anaya said and Dj took a deep breath, then put a finger under her chin and lifted so that he could capture her lips.

"I'm sorry Anaya, I'm haunted,"
"That's ok, we'll work through it together."

"I've tried getting over small places and it's just not happening." Dj said as let go of her hand and started to walk towards the doughnut shop. Anaya rushed to catch up.

"Dj! Wait can't we figure something out to help work out the issue?"

"I don't want to talk about it Anaya, just drop it."

"Dj please stop and look at me" Dj stopped and turned towards her. Frustration etched in his handsome features.

"Stop trying to get in my head," Anaya rested her hand on his cheek.

"I'm not trying to Dj. I want to understand, like I said last night, I want to help ease that pain I see." Anaya said and Dj took her hand and held it in his.

"And you have, before last night I couldn't be touched. And then you showed up and all I wanted was you to touch me. That's still all I want, being willingly touched by a person is new and I itch to go on missions." Anaya reached up and gave him a peck on the lips.