Fighter

4

Eros
ONE WEEK LATER

She kept avoiding me, and it pissed me off. It also made me feel guilty because she was really the one who was caring for me. I didn't know how to do anything. She would iron my shirts, cook me breakfast lunch and dinner and on top of that deal with my bullshit.

She was in the kitchen when I came home. I smiled a bit. Time to get her.

"Leona."  I called out. She didn't even look at me as she tried to make a quick escape for the stairs, but I had experienced her plan way too many times to know where she was going. I grabbed her arm.

"Let me go Eros." She sneered. With the way my name came out her mouth she absolutely hated me. I didn't blame her.

"I want to talk. Please." I begged. I saw her fight her internal battle before she gave in and sighed.

"Make it quick. I have things, better things, to do." I sighed.

"I wanted to apologize for my actions. I've been the worst husband and I know that I can make it up to you if you let me? We'll take it slow of course. I really want to build a relationship with you." She laughed.

"For a second I almost believed you. You're begging me to come back because you've realized all that I've done for you. You've wasted my time. Don't bother waiting on the divorce papers. I'll print them out myself you honestly make me sick." She scoffed. My heart dropped. Anger fueled my actions and I left.

I drank my heart out at the local cheap pub. My father appeared before my eyes. I sighed.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I'm here to talk to you about your personal problems son. I told you to treat her good. Yet here you are."

"Dad. I tried. I was begging for her forgiveness. She said I make her sick." He sighed before laughing hysterically.

"That's what your mother told me when we had our first fight. She didn't talk to me for a month. I'm surprised she continued to be with me. But that's not the point Eros. She has some type of feeling towards you-"

"Yeah, hate." I said taking another gulp of beer.

"You're stupid. Do you think she would put this much effort into someone she hated? She just cared about you Eros she wants to see you do better. Don't tell her you're trying to get back on her good side. Just do it."

"How do you know this?"

"Because she's the one who called me Eros. She's waiting outside to take you home because she does t want you to drink and drive. Trust me she cares." I sighed and followed my father out of the pub. Stumbling a bit as I walked. She was waiting for my outside of my truck.

"Leona." She looked up at me in a numbness I couldn't decipher. "I'm sorry." I said.

"Can you give me the keys?" She asked. She was unaffected by my apology. Quietly she drove me home and walked me up the stairs, getting me some night clothes and allowing me to change before making sure I was safely in bed

"Can you sleep with me. Please?" I asked.

"Eros, I can't." She said quietly.

"Why not?" I asked offended.

"Because. I can't."

"Please?" I asked her. I saw her physically deflate.

"Only until you go to sleep. Then I'm going back to my room." She said more to herself than me. She stripped of her pants and slid into bed, she was all the way on the other side of this California King. Silly Leona within the second I pulled her into me.

"Only until you go to sleep." I'm not going to sleep then.

"Okay." I muttered innocently. "Do I really make you sick?" I asked. It had been on my mind since she said it and it hurt to say it but it affected me a lot more than it should've.

"No. I was just angry and I apologize for that. It was rude of me to say something like that." She said from under me.

"I accept your apology." I whispered. I felt nice and warm holding her. Very different from when I was having after sex cuddling with my flings. That felt like more of something I had to do. This was something I wanted to do. Everyday, it made me feel safe. I started to think about ways I could actually get to know about the woman that was laying into me right now. I wanted her to know she was special. She had been taken by my father but she continued to be happy. She didn't try to run away. Why was that? Did she actually like being here?

Soon I heard her snoring and I smiled. Mission complete. I could now go to sleep peacefully.

                                           ~*~
I woke up and Leona was still laying beside me. She looked peaceful in the sunlight and I smiled. Before my head began to split. I had a headache due to all the stuff I drank last night. As much as I felt like going to sleep and sleeping this off I knew I had to get up. It was mission Love Leona. I like that mission Love Leona.

I got up and stumbled to my bathroom where I took some Advil and drank some water. I brushed my There before heading down to try and make breakfast. Leona watched me fail at trying to make breakfast plenty of times. She quickly left the room of course because she was ignoring me but. I was going to be successful today. I looked up a recipe and sighed. Hard work to put in. But it would definitely be worth it.