Caught In Bliss

I Don't Want To Come Down

Don't ask why it's been over a month since the last update. Please DO bug me when I don't update within two days, I've been busy but I love this story and wish to finish it. Enjoy. Also the formatting will change a bit in this chapter, I'll fix it in editing.

The night was a slow one as everyone beamed back and forth about different subjects. Melanie cracked jokes while Varun groaned because it was at his expense. Sometime between dinner and nine o'clock Dom had found herself drifting in thought. The inactivity of the group brought her back into her head, her stomach twisting. As everyone prepped to leave for the night, Melanie stayed back for a bit to make sure the brunette was fine.

"Do you want me to stay?"

"No." Dom shook her head, desperate to send a message to Kat but knowing well enough the woman needed her space to work through things.

"Are you sure?"

"Mel, I'll be fine."

"Dom." Melanie studied the woman as she shook her head.

"Yeah, I'm okay. I'm going to shower in a bit and then head to bed. I'll see you tomorrow."

"If you need me. Call me."

"I promise."

Melanie pulled the brunette into a hug before holding Dom's face between her palms. She studied her before kissing her cheek and pulling away. There was silence before the woman left and soon, once more, the brunette was alone. Dom ran her thumbs one after the other in a circle before she trailed up to her room. Her steps were slow, calculating in a way as she tried erasing her uneasy thoughts. Once she made her way into her bedroom, she pulled off pieces of clothing one at a time, her mind wanting to clear but never doing so. She ran a bath, her fingers trailing the water for the temperature before lighting a candle. The moment she slid into a water, a soft grin caressed her skin. The last time she actually took a bath, one where she didn't hop in the tub just to quickly get clean and then hop out, was with Kat. No matter how hard she tried, her entire being went towards the redhead.

Dom could still feel the redhead's touch against her skin, her breath against her ear, the whispers she made that caused the small hairs on the back of her neck to stand up . It sent chills up her spine just thinking about the woman. Kat didn't have to do much of anything to get the smaller woman to be devoted to her. Dom rolled her eyes at herself, her fingers brushing against her own smooth arms.

"If it doesn't work out..." Dom began, sliding down under the water where her breast began to submerge. "If it doesn't work out, I will be able to get over this. Even if I don't want to, I will." Dom took in a deep breath, the ocean breeze from the candle relaxing her as she exhaled. "Think positive. Things will work. They will."

While the brunette lay soaking in her own bathtub, hundreds of miles away,back in Toronto just hours earlier, Kat had found herself in the bedroom on her knees. She was sorting through her clothes that she still kept in the place, getting ready to let her parents know that she was coming over as Ray watched her from where he stood near the archway. He was quiet ever since ripping the marriage certificate as if that alone gave him the right to act stubborn like a child.

"Are you going to say something or are you going to stand there all night?" Kat turned to face him as Bernie slept peacefully on the bed nearby.

"What do you want me to say?"

"I don't know. But you staring at me isn't helping."

"I'm not trying to help."

"Clearly." Kat grabbed two outfits, standing before pacing towards the bed.