Lust and Lies

The Real Reason

Noah's pov

Kristen wept into her hands. I moved to the couch and put my arms around her. She looked at me and I wiped her tears away. At that moment all I wanted to do was kiss her. Instead, I pulled the blanket on both of us and continued to hold her. It was the most love I've felt in a while. Holding her made me feel whole again. I played with her hair while she silently laid in my arms, she was no longer crying rather looking into the deep space. It was very quiet except the occasional people walking through the halls. After about a thirty minutes of silence Kristen sat up and looked me in the eye.

"Noah, what's the real reason you're here?" She asked softly tilting her head to the right just a little.

Without thinking I slowly grabbed her chin bringing us closer. I looked in her eyes while I bit my lip. I slowly inched my way closer. I tilted my head to the right and caressed the side of her cheek with my left hand. I longed for her lips on mine. I could tell both of us wanted this, both of us needed this. Finally I closed my eyes and kissed her passionately for a few seconds, we stopped for just a second to look at each other. She smiled and kissed me again. I've been waiting for this moment since we broke up. She was my one. All my problems melted away. I had nothing to worry about in that moment. My entire focus was on Kristen and the way our lips touched. When we finally pulled away she got up to turn the light off and came back to the couch. She cuddled up to me and kissed my neck before drifting off to sleep.

I was later awoken by a nurse in the room. Kristen was still asleep.

"Avery is out of surgery and is recovering in the ICU feel free to go up there in the morning, this room is reserved until then." She whispered.
"Okay thank you."

She walked out and shut the door slowly. I then started gently running my fingers through her hair. I kissed her head and tried to fall asleep. I couldn't stop thinking about our kiss and what it meant for us. I knew she loved Richard, but maybe she loved me too.

It was about 7AM and I woke up to Kristen sitting up.

"Sorry I didn't mean to wake you." She said quietly.
"Oh it's fine I needed to get up anyways. Um is Rich here?"
"Oh no I think he's coming later he didn't come back last night I don't think."
"Oh okay. A uh nurse came in during the night and said your mom is in the ICU recovering and we could see her today. But we can't stay in this room forever."
"I figured that, I just came in here to get away from everyone. I'm probably going to clean my stuff up, go check on mom and leave with Vivian I don't want her to be here all day. I need to call her school since she won't be in today. But if you maybe wanna come along?"
"Oh yeah that'll be great." I said smiling rubbing her arm with my thumb.

We got the room cleaned up and Kristen went to see her mom before she left. She wasn't awake but she wanted to talk to her for a second.  We grabbed Vivian and walked outside to the car.