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Sadness fills my chest and I blink slowly, trying to digest the emotion. So much to see, so much to experience, so many things I thought I’d have all the time in the world to do...
When I look at Abel it’s so easy to forget, but forgetting doesn’t change the truth. I’ll still wake up tomorrow morning with cancer. I’ll wake up not knowing if tomorrow will be my last day. I’ll wake up not knowing if I’ll ever see Abel again.
The thought has me turning in his arms. I look up at him–at his messy hair and brilliant blue eyes that remind me so much of the color of the ocean waves that I grew up looking at. I commit every inch of his face to my memory. The cut of his jaw. The dip in his cheek where his dimple peeks through when he smiles. His full lips and the tiny dent in his chin. I soak every inch of him in, my mind taking mental snap shots as my eyes trace his face.
I reach up and slide my hands down his scruffy cheeks, loving the way the hair tickles my palms.
I feel like I’ve spent my entire life looking for this. For someone like Abel. Someone who makes me feel... Alive.
And I can’t help but wonder, what if. What if I wasn’t sick? What if what I feel for this man is something I could explore beyond tonight? What if...
Our gazes lock and I suck in a sharp breath, fairly certain that my heart is going to pound out of my chest at any moment.
“Tell me what you’re thinking about at this exact moment,” I murmur, my hands falling from his face as I continue to stare up at him.
“I’m thinking you’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.” His tongue darts out, sliding along his lower lip in a way that makes me desperate to feel his mouth on mine.
I swallow hard, having to resist the urge to press up on my toes and kiss him. It would be so easy, so effortless, and yet for reasons I’m not sure I fully understand, something stops me from doing it.
Maybe it’s because deep down I know that if I start I may never stop and there’s still so much I want to know. So many questions I want to ask.
Stepping out of his embrace, I head in the direction of a small two person sofa with a wicker table in front of it. Sliding my coat off, I drape it across the back of the couch before taking a seat, my eyes locked on Abel as he tosses his coat onto the table and takes the spot next to me.
“So this is where you live?” I gesture around the space.
“Well, not up here.” He smiles. “But in this building, yes. My apartment is just one floor down.”
“That’s convenient.”
“Yeah, it’s nice that I don’t have to wait for the elevator if I wanna come up here.” He shifts so that he’s angled toward me. “What about you? Where do you live?”
“I’m not telling you that. What if you decide to start stalking me?” I tease.
“I can’t promise that I won’t. However, I don’t think you’d mind it too much if I did.”
“You’re very sure of yourself.”
“Some things a man just knows.” He grins.
“Is that so?”
“It is.” He nods, clearly still waiting for me to answer the question.
“I live over off of Birch.”
“That’s all I get? That’s a pretty residential area. Apartment or house?”
“Apartment.”
“Big building or small?”
I shrug, choosing not to answer.
“Come on, you gotta give me more than that.”
“Nope, that’s all you get.” I can’t help but smile at the playful frown that slides across his mouth.
“Fine. Don’t tell me. I think you’ll find I’m a very resourceful person when I need to be. Just wait until I show up on your doorstep. Then you can see for yourself.”
