Never let you go

Chapter 52

Grey:

I wake up the next morning wrapped up in Hunter's strong arms and I smile. We stayed up last night talking about all kinds of things neither of us wanting to waste time sleeping, but eventually we grew tired and curled up into bed and kissed each other until we fell asleep.

I was so touched by Hunter's words last night about wanting to wait. As much as I want to be with him in that way I know he's right. I know he deserves to know everything about my past and about how we met and our time together before the accident. I guess it was time I stop hoping that he'll somehow just get all his memories back one day.

I slowly turn around in his arms to face him and when I do he stirs slightly and a moment later his eyes flutter open. "Morning beautiful" he says with a sleepy smile on his face that could melt the toughest of hearts.

"Morning" I say back with a smile of my own as I try to shield him from my morning breath.

He leans in and kisses me softly anyway knowing that I hate kissing before brushing my teeth. I let him though because I could never refuse a kiss from him. Even if my breath could knock over a buffalo.

"What should we do today?" he asks as he wraps his arms around me and pulls me even closer to his chest. I rest my head against his heart just like I always do when we lie like this and I listen to its steady beating once more feeling it relax me.

I sit up slowly, unwilling to leave the beautiful sound of his beating heart but needing to look at him when I tell him what I want to do today. He looks at me with a puzzled expression unsure of why I just sat up.

"What's wrong?" he asks as he gently rubs my back.

"I want to tell you all about our past today" I say looking him directly in the eye. At first his blue eyes are unreadable and I feel my body tense up with nerves, but then they soften and he looks happy.

"I would love that" he tells me before pulling me down to kiss me once more. "But before we do that" he says as he releases me. "You seriously need to brush your teeth."

My eyes widen and I swat him on the shoulder. "Hunter!" I yell even though I'm laughing. He laughs with me uncontrollably and it's wonderful.

"I'm kidding! I'm kidding!" he says through his laughter as I go to swat him again. "You know I could care less about your morning breath" he says more seriously now as his laughter quiets down. "I love it" he says before kissing me again as he sits up.

When I hear the word love slip through his mouth I tense up ever so slightly. I know he wasn't saying he loves me but I'm pretty sure this might be the only time he has ever used the word love when referring to me so it was a big deal. It was definitely a step in the right direction. If Hunter had any realization of this he certainly wasn't letting on about it so I decided I wouldn't either.

We both get up and go to the bathroom to brush our teeth together and then while I shower Hunter goes out into the kitchen to make breakfast. After breakfast we head over to Hunter's so he can shower and change there and then we go out for a walk.

"Okay" I say taking a deep breath. "What would you like to know first?"

Without a moment's thought or hesitation he says, "I want to know how we first met. I want to know everything about that moment."

The sheer intensity of his blue eyes right now is enough to send a chill through me but in a good way. I can see the passion and desire there. He really wants this and the thought touches my heart that he cares so much.

I go on to tell him everything about our first meeting but of course I can only truly relay to him my perception of the nights events. I wish I could tell him everything he was thinking or feeling when he first saw me but unfortunately I can't because I don't know. We never really talked about that. I do tell him though how I was kind of bitchy and how he didn't seem to mind in the slightest.