Eternal Blitz

14. So Many Questions

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"How is he doing?" Blane asks taking a seat beside me on the couch.

He called early this morning to check on Blaze and I thought he would prefer to see for himself. I didn't want him to worry any more than he already does. "Better. He's still asleep after last night."

There was no way I was going to wake Blaze after the night he had. He looked too peaceful to be disrupted and if anyone deserves some peace in their life it's Blaze. A few hours after falling asleep I woke up due to a nightmare. Not mine, but Blaze's. It took almost an hour just to get situated again before he was able to fall back asleep and waking up this morning, I knew to just let him rest.

He's had a hard night and add that to the few days he's subjected himself to that room, peace and calm are all that he needs.

"Thank you for being there for him."

I shake my head tucking my feet under my butt and turn to gaze down the hallway. "You never have to thank me. I should probably be thanking you as I wouldn't have had the courage to even see him again had you not showed up."

Blaze leaving that morning was the perfect opportunity for me to move on. Deep down it would have hurt but the need to replace that fickle part of my life would have taken over. Had Blane never come to me this would have ended like every other "relationship" I've ever had. Blaze would have been just another conquest checked even if we never finished. There would have been some lingering feelings but if he didn't want to see me anymore, I'd been forced to move on. I probably sound like a bitch but it's what I've become accustomed to.

Deciding not to delve any further into this topic I change the subject "So, girlfriend?"

Blane laughs leaning forward on his knees. "Even I'm surprised. We weren't traditional to start off with. I was using her for sex."

"Ouch. How did that go?" I don't know how that feels but most girls are what I would call sensitive. They can't decipher lust from love and sex for them is always more than just sex. Feelings always become involved and, in the end, they are hurt because they thought wrong.

"Broke her heart when she found out and then it bit me in the ass because somewhere along the way I fell in love." I can't help but laugh at how much of a sap he sounds like, but I guess I can't really judge. "I don't know what I would have done had she not forgiven me."

It's hard to see someone like Blane talk so briskly about being in love. "Had you ever been in love?"

He shakes his head running his fingers through his hair in the same manner as Blaze. "No, and that's how I knew it was love. I'm not proud of who I was." He states and I won't disagree because people like us usually regret who we were somewhere down the line. "But I'm proud of who she made me. No one could ever make me feel a grain of what she does."

"It sounds nice." I whisper recalling his words.

"What sounds nice?" I look up to see a sleepy confused Blaze walking down the hall. His hand runs through his messy bed head yawning as he sits down on the couch beside me.

"Love." I state quietly ruffling his hair.

He sits back leaning into my touch allowing me to massage his head. "Love? Who's in love?"

I look to Blaze figuring to let them have this moment to themselves. Pulling my hand back I graze his cheek and lay a kiss to it nodding at Blane as I head to the kitchen.

I probably could have stayed but I feel they need time to talk. As worried as Blane was, he needs to know from Blaze himself what's going on and with the regret Blaze holds he needs his brother to understand. I'm hoping a moment alone will help them to better understand one another.