Help Me

Night Swim

Maria

It's been an 2 weeks now and we've had to change our directions 2 times now. We were gonna go through Vienna, but that was off limits to walkers for some unknown reason, and then we couldn't pass through Germany, so now we're walking towards Venice, Italy. We had to ditch the truck but thankfully, found a different car just before we passed into Italy. We drove to a store and bought some clothes before getting changed and driving off once again.

My sunglasses slipped down my nose, the light grey beanie sat on the top of my head, and the matching high tops adorned my feet.
"You look like you're ready for a beach day... but sadly we can't stop, sorry darling." Tom frowned slightly.
"I'm in an old light blue convertible with you in Venice, Italy. I don't need anything else... well, other then some good music." I smiled as the warm breeze of their autumn, blew through my hair.
"Yeah, you're right." He grinned as he turned on the radio until we got to a motel and paid for a room for the night.
"They have a pool." I grinned as he laughed.
"When no one is out, then we can go if you'd like." He said as he drew the curtains and locked the door. "Hey, you want to order some food?" He asked as I walked into the surprisingly nice and spacious bedroom.
"Sure, I don't really care what we get." I said as I heard him pick up the phone and called for some Chinese takeout and he went to get it.
Once we finished eating, I peeked outside at the pool to find that it was totally vacant.
"Here, I bought this when I was out, it's the only one they had left. He said as he tossed me a bikini and I walked into the bathroom to put it on.

I walked out to see Tom shirtless with board shorts that hung low on his waist showing off his perfectly chiseled body.
"R-" he cleared his throat. "Ready?" He tried again as I laughed lightly before walking out with him. I dipped my foot into the crystal clear water of the pool as the water rippled making the reflection of the stars and moon look they're dancing to the sweet silence of the night. I walked in, basking in the cool water, as Tom jumped in sending water everywhere.
"You are such a child." I scolded playfully as he grinned and went under only to pull me down with him a second later. I rose my eyebrow with a little smirk tugging at the corner of my lips. I guess he was feeling bold when he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into his chest as my face flushed but I couldn't dream of pulling away. He soon brought us up to the surface to get some much needed air. His warm arm sent shivers up my spine as they contrasted with the coolness of the water and it drove me insane. He held me close as I wrapped my legs around his waist as he held us up above the water. I could see behind his eyes was a bit of doubt and confusion.
"What's wrong?" I asked as he rose an eyebrow. "You seem confused..." I started.
"I- I've never liked a client before, until you. You have a spirit that none of the others did. All they did was complain or cry about everything, but you? You haven't complained once. But it's really not professional... none of this is." He explained as I looked at him. "Now you look confused." He chuckled.
"You like me?" I asked cringing.
"Yeah, why? You're special, unlike anyone I've ever met." He said.
"I've never really had anyone like me... well for who I am. They always only wanted to get close to my dad, but you are put your life on the line to save mine, and you like me?" I cringed.
"I get that it's hard to believe, but people can like you for who you are, not just what you can get them." He chuckled as I wrapped my arms around him.
"Thank you." I said as I kissed his cheek, before I got out and walked into the motel room to get ready to sleep.
I long to taste his lips again, but I had to refrain from locking my lips again. He's right, it really isn't professional, but he was something that I haven't seen in a long time. He was genuine. I thought as I washed the chlorine out of my hair and off my body before I wrapped a towel around my body and put on some undies and a dark blue hoodie.
"I'll take the floor." Tom said as he walked in with a towel draped around his neck and water fell delicately from his hair and weaved in between his abs until they soaked into the shorts that hung low around his waist revealing the v of his pelvis. My face flushed darkly across my cheeks before he passed me into the bathroom to take a shower as well.
After a little while I heard the shower turn off and a knock sounded on the door. Tom came out with a towel wrapped around his waist and his hair absolutely soaking wet.
"Who is it?" He asked as he pushed me lightly back into the bedroom and reached for his gun.
"Housekeeping! I've brought some fresh towels and pillows!" The woman bubbled on the other side of the door and he looked through the peephole.
"Busy... just leave it there, we'll pick it up." He said.
"Are you sure, Sir?" She tried.
"Yeah, thank you, have a good night." He said as he watched her before letting out a sigh and walking towards me.
"I- I'm going to get dressed." He stuttered as his eyes roamed over my body with a little smirk tugging at the corner of his lips before he walked back into the bathroom to get dressed. I let a little sigh escape my lips as I willed my body to cool down and got into the large bed and snuggled into the puffy blankets and large pillows before Tom came over with pillows and grabbed the extra blanket off the bed.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Getting ready to sleep on the floor. Why?" He shrugged as I rolled my eyes.
"We slept together before, what makes now different? Because you said you liked me?" I gave him a look and flung back the covers. "Well, don't just stand there." I said as he smiled sheepishly and crawled in next to me. He pulled the covers back as I laid my head on his chest and he wrapped his arms securely around my waist as I curled into his safe embrace and fell fast asleep.