DAY 2: On the way to Montgomery
Sometime during the night, Jenna had rolled over and had thrown her arm over Cody's midsection. He was a light sleeper, so the feeling of something hitting him, woke him up. He smiled seeing that it was her arm. He moved her arm off of him and pulled her closer to him. She let out a little sigh of content as her head laid on his chest. He leaned his head down and kissed her softly on top of the head as he drifted back off to sleep.
Jenna woke the next morning with her head on Cody's chest and his arms wrapped around her. He was still sleeping and she didn't have the heart, or the energy for that matter, to move him off of her. She snuggled in a little closer, breathing in his familiar scent, remembering that this is how she used to love sleeping next to him.
Cody was awake. He had been awake for awhile now, even though the alarm clock wasn't scheduled to go off for at least another two hours. He felt his heart beat a little bit quicker when she moved closer to him. Jenna started tracing small circles with her fingers on his muscular stomach; she still couldn't believe how built he had gotten over the years that they were apart. "You awake?" he whispered.
"Yeah. What time is it?" she whispered back.
"Only 6:00, we don't have to be on the road until 8:30..." he whispered as he ran his fingers up and down her upper arm, making her shiver a little and move even closer to him. He smiled as she moved closer; if she moved anymore closer, she would end up on top of him. Not that he would mind at all.
"Hmmm...what do you think we should do until then?" she said so softly that he barely heard her. She had a small smile on her face and her dark brown eyes were sparkling with the hint of mischief that he always loved.
"I can think of a few things we could do," he said as he leaned his head down to her. Forehead to forehead, they looked into each others eyes, trying to find out if they should even being doing this anymore or if they should give up and move on. Jenna found herself breathing a little bit harder having his face this close to hers; she bit her bottom lip and he lost it. He had to kiss her. Very slowly he moved his lips to hers, his one hand wandering down to her hip and pressed down gently, he placed his lips on hers. She closed her eyes and allowed herself to get lost in this moment with him. Her hands wandered to his back, running them up and down, feeling how muscular he was. Cody intensified their kiss, his tongue poking at hers. While one hand was still on her hip, the other one wandered up to her hair, tangling his fingers in the softness. As the kiss broke, she finally opened her eyes, "Did you feel that, Jenna?" he whispered as he moved his mouth to her ear. "Did you feel that spark again? We're supposed to be together.. Please don't make me sign those papers..."
Jenna felt tears starting to well up in her eyes. She placed a hand on his cheek, bringing his face back to hers. "I did feel it. And it scares the hell out of me, Cody," she whispered, trying to force the tears in her eyes not to fall.
Cody moved off of her and sat up and faced her. "Why does it scare you?"
"Because I know I'm not the same person I was when we were first married. I've changed, Cody. I'm not the impulsive and love sick teenager that I was. I almost died inside when we lost our baby...and you didn't even seem to care..." The mention of their lost baby was enough to make the tears start to fall. She brought her knees up to her chest and laid her head down, letting the tears fall freely. It was a long time ago that they lost the baby, but some days it still stings like it was yesterday. The only thing that hurt worse than remembered the baby was how Cody acted towards her afterward, eventually destroying their young marriage.
Cody tentatively reached out a hand to her shoulder, squeezing gently. He had hurt too when they lost the baby, but it wasn't the same for him; he wasn't the one who felt the baby growing inside of him. She was. "Jenna, what happened with our baby was unfortunate and I did care. I cared a lot. I'm sorry if I didn't show it enough. All I had ever wanted to do was have that baby with you.
