Picture Perfect

Chapter 54

HARRY'S POV:

After spending the majority of the night having the most incredible sex with Toni and Chris (yes, I can actually say his name now), I wake up in the huge bed.  I've no idea what time it is as the curtains are drawn.  I am able to tell it's raining.  Yes, it's summer, however; we do have summer rain.  I see Chris' blonde hair on the pillow on the other side of the bed.  The spot between us, where Toni should be, is empty. 

After our first couple of rounds, we bathed, ate and repeated.  I have never participated in a ménage a trois, and not sure I would again; but there was definitely something so easy and so right about last night.  It was so amazing, easy and fluid. It felt so right.

I look around and notice the balcony door is open slightly.  That would explain why I was able to hear the rain so clearly.  I locate my boxers on the floor and slip them on quietly, trying not to cause him to stir as I get out of the bed. 

I move the curtain slightly and see Toni standing on the balcony wrapped in a sheet.  Her hair is mussed in that sexy, I had sex, way and her eyes are still heavy lidded.  She hears me walk onto the balcony and gives me a sweet smile.

"Why are you up, baby?" I ask her.

"I thought I could hear rain against the balcony and I wanted to smell the petrichor" she explains as I wrap my arms around her waist and stand directly behind her, taking in the rain.

"I'm surprised you can move let alone walk out onto the balcony" I tease her.

She laughs lightly and presses her body against me.  "Trust me, I am sore" she sighs as she looks up at me.  "Not that I am complaining.  That is definitely not the case."

I squeeze her and kiss the top of her head.  "Trust me, it was fun making you sore."

"Did I surprise you with my request, Harry?"

"Um, hell yeah you did.  I honestly wasn't certain whether Nico put a hit out on me.  Then when Chris was at the door at the same time, even he asked the same question.  We honestly weren't sure why we were both here.  Only that we had been given a letter saying to be here at 11pm." I tell her.  "Can you tell me why?  Why you decided to be with both of us?"

Snuggling in my arms, she presses her hands into my chest and looks up at me with those beautiful brown eyes.

"I wasn't ready to say goodbye yet."

"Goodbye to who?" I ask.

"Goodbye to me, isn't that right gorgeous?"  Chris steps out onto the balcony and joins us.

Toni reaches a hand out to him and brings him over to where we are huddled together.  He kisses her hand and presses it to his chest.

"I can't pull my head out of my ass, right?" he asks.

"I didn't want to say goodbye to either of you yet" she says

I stiffen behind her, my entire body jolted by her words.  I thought she was saying goodbye to him, not me.

"What do you mean, baby?" I ask her.

"Guys, you both have unfinished business or different priorities ... those priorities don't include me."

She pulls away from me and holds on to the railing on the balcony.  It's actually clear plexiglass – I hadn't thought ahead on whether anyone could possibly be watching us, although I'm not entirely sure anyone could see this high up.

"I don't understand, Toni.  How do my priorities not include you?" I ask her.

She continues to watch the rain fall and puts her hand out in order to catch the raindrops, looking up into the sky.