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Chapter 26

The crowd cheered as Louis and Rosie finished their act - Louis sitting in Rosie's curled trunk and Rosie standing on her back legs. Since Louis told me about his fear of heights, he has really improved on controlling the fear-Of course Rosie helps. She and Louis really do make a great team. If we did leave I don't know if either of us could leave Rosie behind, she has become such an important factor of our lives. I don't know if I would call her a pet, but she really is just like a big pet. People become attached to their pets and see them more as a person than an animal - that's our relationship with Rosie.

After the crowds cleared, I met Louis at Rosie's tent. I watched him put his robe on over his silver tights - he had been keeping a robe in the tent since the weather had started turning a bit cold. I walked behind him and kissed his cheek quickly before I grabbed Rosie's chain. He squeaked quietly and his cheeks blushed once he saw it was me. "You're not gonna properly kiss me?" He teased.

"Nope," I winked at him, "no more until we're alone. Anyone could catch us." I said playfully.

"Well, who says I'll let you kiss me?" So, this is how it's gonna be tonight? I thought we were past playing hard to get.

"Who ever said I wanted to kiss you?" I teased right back, smirking.

He walked right up to me and leaned really close to my face, our lips millimeters away from each other. "You can't resist me." He whispered. I was breathing fast and my heart felt like it might beat right out of my chest. He was right, I could not resist him. I've always heard that couples who have been together for a while loose the spark pretty fast, but Louis and I haven't. All I have to do is look at him and my heart skips a beat. I peered over at the tent opening to see that it was closed and no one would see them unless they walked in.

"Fuck it." I lunged forward to connect our lips and I grasped his hips in my hands. He made a surprised noise at the sudden contact but he quickly kissed me back too, opening his mouth and letting me in. I squeezed his hips and pulled him closer. Our hips rubbed together causing me to moan in the back of my throat and kiss him harder. He wrapped his arms around my neck then tilted his head to deepen the kiss. The muffled noises Louis was making were quickly making my trousers tighten and I could definitely feel Louis through his tights so, I knew we needed to stop. But before I could end the heated session myself, a loud rumble of thunder tore us apart making me gasp.

"What's wrong?" Louis asked after a few seconds of looking at my horrified expression.

"N-nothing," I cleared my throat, "Nothing, l-let's just get back to the car, yeah." He nodded, but looked concerned. I'm sure he didn't believe me, but I really didn't want to tell him what really was wrong. We both hurried outside the tent, as fast as we could with Rosie waddling behind us. Sprinkles of water were already falling from the sky and everyone was running around trying to get everything back on the train. "You go back to the car and I'll meet you there." I yelled at Louis as the rain droplets fell faster and got louder. He nodded and pulled his robe over his head to walk out into the rain. Rosie and I made our way to her car, I pulled her along as quickly as possible. The rain was pouring by the time we reached Rosie's car and I was drenched and cold all over. I ushered her inside then closed the car so she could stay dry. I ran as fast as I could, trying to find my way back to Louis's car through the thick downpour. The wind started picking up and sloshing the rain all around me, only increasing my shivering state. I started to cough, my sopping clothes clung to my body, my hair was soaked and falling in front of my eyes, and it felt that in a matter of minutes the slightly cool temperature had dropped to freezing. I was thankful that I could see blurs though and I couldn't wander from the train. I finally recognized the green color of Louis's car and thanked God I found it. I quickly flung the door open and rushed inside to get away from the pounding rain and bitter cold. I caught Louis in the middle of changing, him being only in his pants. But, that didn't stop him from dropping everything and giving me his full attention.