Soul Mate

Chapter seven

                                                                                         Chapter seven

"Let's say our goodbyes and head to my place." You both say your good byes and head to the parking lot to leave to James house

. As you approach his car you hear a very loud high pitched annoying voice coming from behind you two. "Jamesy!!!" As you both turn around; you see a long haired blonde in a short black dress and too tall of heals jogging towards you two.

 Before you know it she throws her arms around James and hugs him. 

 Clearly James is uncomfortable, and gives her a pat on the back. 

 "Ciara. Nice to see you, hope all is well, this is my girlfriend Victoria." The title takes you and her both by shock, but you don't argue, instead you flash a proud smile and extend your hand, "how do u do?" She hates you. You can see it.

 "That's cool and all! Jamesy, we should totally hang out sometime and try to catch up, you know where to find me, see you around."

 You both get in his car and there is clearly an elephant in the room. "Jamesy.... Really?" You say in disgust. "Horrible nickname isn't it?" he jokes.

 However, you are not as amused as he is about this situation. "Care to share how you know her, maybe you picked her up at one of your clubs," you say in a snappy tone of voice. He clearly gets upset.

 "Really? We're just going to assume I'm the bad guy here right? That I've clearly been with her." You don't say anything. He sighs, " When I was lost and trying to find myself I went to a bar one night she was the bartender there, she kept saying she recognized me and I had no clue who she was, she walked up to me as I was leaving the bar and remembered that she seen me with my cousin before. She is my Cousin Rita's friend. I told her that was nice and to take care; long story short, Rita kept trying to get me back into the dating game and wanted me to go out with her friend. So I did, we went out to dinner; it didn't last long as soon as she finished eating I dropped her off at home. I hadn't seen her since then, but since that date she came up with that awful nickname."

 You sit there taking it all in. You believe him; and feel like you shouldn't be mad, he did handle that situation well and did introduce you right away. You say, " I'm sorry, I over reacted."

 He smiles and grabs you chin so gentle, "its ok love. You're cute when you're jealous." He says grinning. 

 You laugh a little and before you know it you arrive at his house. Remembering that tender kiss you both shared not too long ago on the dance floor makes you think you guys will pick up right where you left off, but instead you go inside you both change and freshen up for bed and cuddle up in his huge bed. His silk sheets feel amazing on you're bare freshly shaved legs.

 You both talk and watch a couple movies; eventually falling asleep. You both wake up the next day, Sunday; neither of you have work or plans so you stay at James house all day and relax. You make him breakfast, you both look at old photos of James as a kid, and talk about family memories from both of your guy's family's. 

 As you are enjoying your day with him, realization hits you. You remember what your boss at work proposed to you, what your next assignment would be. Your face must of gone pale because James looks up at you and gets curious. 

 "Something wrong love?" he says as he grabs your hand oh so gentle. You look up, "I was just remembering... the assignment my boss gave me; I don't know if it's because he really wants to give me a chance in life at writing or if it's to torture me.." He looks concerned now, "what is the assignment? Why would he want to torture you?" 

 You fill in James on the past with Edward. How he offered to take you to a dinner and you agreed thinking it was work related but it clearly wasn't and he clearly was interested in you. You tell James of how you friend zoned him and ever since then it feels like he gives you extra work; but with this assignment that he assigned to you it is heart aching to think about, so you begin to tell James," My boss, Edward he- you close your eyes for a second then open, he wants me to write about my story... my love story... my past and where I currently am." 

 James leans back into the couch, runs his hands through his silk brown hair, and takes a loud breath. It's clear as day that he knows why this is so painful for you-hell he's gone through what you've been through. Both of your pains are equal as one.

To know a love so strong, so powerful, so enchanting, so rich. It was everything. The love we had, the electric shock when we touched so to say. Us. We. My love and I. To have something so beautiful, so pure and trustful; then to have it yanked away in an instant; your world comes crashing down. Your heart crumbles away; a piece of you dies away with the love of your life. The love of your fuckin life! Imagine that? Huh. That pureness is now died away buried in dirt. I loved him... I love him, always have and always will.

James starts to speak, "Victoria,-"he grabs your hand and swallows hard; you can see his adams apple pop out a little. "You're so strong. You are such a strong woman, and I know what you've gone through but believe me when I say this, no matter how much it hurts still you must focus on the present. I know you'll be able to do this, and I will be here by your side to get through this-"

You didn't realize but you had started crying, tears fall onto your lap. He wipes your tears away.

 "Don't cry love, I promise it'll all be okay in the end. Don't give up, don't give in, show your boss you have what it takes. Start off slow, and just dive in."

 He raises your face up by your chin and kisses you slowly, passionately. You have tears all over your face at this point so this kiss is a mixture of mint, and saltiness. You break free from the kiss, "I'm so glad I have you. You're right I have to focus on the present." 

 He looks at you, takes a hard look at you and for a minute you are embarrassed that you are in shorts and a t-shirt with a messy bun. 

 "Victoria, will you be my girlfriend?" 

 You blush. You aren't shocked at his question, you feel comforted by it; this is what you want. You smile. "Of course James." 

 You both kiss. The night gets dark, you both have sex. No, it was more than sex. This was two hungry broken bodies becoming one making love exchanging all they have to pleasure each other. It was amazing. You fall asleep cuddled up against your broken hero.