Lethal Obsession

Uncontrollable

**Saturday**

I enjoy the brief moment in Kale's embrace, not wanting him to let go. Even though I'm upset about Nate, when Kale holds me, all of my troubles subside. He pulls back from me and looks at me in the eyes and wipes my trickling tears.

"You are so beautiful even when you cry." He says softly. "If you want to talk about it, I'm here."

I sniffle a little from the cold, even though on the inside I am boiling with anger. Kale wraps his jacket around my shoulders.  "We can go back to my truck if you want?"

I nod. As we head back to his truck, he wraps his arm around my shoulder. He opens the door and helps me in and proceeds to get in after me. I sit close to him, wanting to feel comforted and to eliminate the loneliness I feel. I lay my head in his lap as he rubs my arm with one hand and and massages my head with the other.

"Kale?" I ask.

"Ya?"

"Thank you for coming back."

"I will always be here for you."

Those words sting right to my heart to hear. I hear them first from Kale, then Nate, and now Kale again! "That's what you said before, and then Nate said the same thing. Then tonight happened and I don't know what to believe anymore! I-is there something wrong with me?"

"No!! How could you ever think that? I'm sorry about everything that happened before with us Halston, you have to know that."

I decide to tell him what happened to cause the state I'm in. "Tonight, Nate was with Paisley. The elevator doors opened at the hotel and they were all over each other! I feel like such an idiot! He tried to say she drugged him! What a fucking joke! You know what? I need something to drink. I don't even want to remember any of this happened when I wake up. With my luck, maybe I will just black out again!"

"What a fucking prick! He fucked up Halston. Like I said, he doesn't deserve you. We can go back to my place and you can have something to drink there? I don't want you driving. I can take you back to your Jeep in the morning or have someone come get it for you. Plus it might not be the best idea for you to go home tonight."

I sit up still crying and look at Kale. "I missed you so much. Life was hell for me when you left!" I pound my fist at his shoulder unable to contain my rage. In that instant, I realize my anger is being aimed at the wrong person. "I'm so sorry Kale. I-I." I turn around and open my door to head to my Jeep. Kale gets out and runs after me and stands in front of my door so I can't get in. I look into his deep brown eyes and press my body into his, molding them together. I press my lips against his unable to control my emotion and actions any longer. He pulls back from my lips. "Halston, we can't. Not like this."

I place my throbbing lips back onto his and press him harder against my Jeep, not wanting him to stop. He cups my face in his hands and caresses his tongue with mine. It feels like we are kissing for hours and I have no regrets. He grabs my arms and spins me around to pin me against the door. Our kiss becomes more intense and so magical I feel like I'm floating.

As my hands start to wander up his shirt, he pushes them down and backs off. "Lets go back to my place. I have a spare room you can sleep in. I just want to make sure you aren't alone and you are safe."

I don't want to be by myself right now and it puts a small smile on my face knowing I won't be. "Thank you Kale."

We get in his truck and make the short trip to his house. He lets me out of the passenger side and we enter his home. Everything is in pristine condition. Kale has always been OCD with cleaning and it makes me giggle to see that he hasn't changed.