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She opens her eyes long enough to say. "It was a good night, wasn't it?"
"It was the best night ever. I'm so proud of you."
A soft kiss on her forehead elicits a sleepy gurgle from her before she's silent again.
"Can you drive around the block a few times?" I say to Kevin, trying not to wake her up.
He nods silently to me in the rear-view mirror.
The city flies past the window with her body against mine. It looks so different tonight. This place that I know like the back of my hand, my city, my home.
With my girl.
I groan inwardly at my own idiocy.
This can't continue. It has all the makings of a volcanic eruption that is going to level everything in its path.
But if I can sit right here for another moment with her, then it might be worth it to raze the planet to the ground.
A text message comes through and I watch the letters scroll past the screen.
Damien:Let me guess, you're not even going to show up to our meeting? Ditching us last week, and already late tonight? Are you even our brother?"
Fuck.
I'd totally forgotten about the weekly meeting after all the excitement of the night.
And I was going to tell them tonight about Clarissa. If they don't find out from me, they're going to read about it online tomorrow.
Kevin slides into the curb.
I cherish the last few moments of just her and me in our bubble and gently touch her face to wake her.
"Home now, Rissie. Wake up."
She growls and rubs her eyes. "I wasn't sleeping. I was resting my eyes."
"Sure, Rissie," I say as I help her out of the car and into the building. I prop her against the wall of the elevator and she leans her head back, eyes closed.
"More eye resting?" I tease her.
"Yup. See? I'm not asleep. A sleeping person couldn't answer you."
Her lightheartedness is like a balm to my heart. "You can sleep when we get home and I get some food into you. Did you even drink anything all night?"
She opens her eyes, looks shifty, and clamps them closed again. "Actually, I am sleeping. I can't answer that."
"Hellion."
"Manwhore," she spits back.
"Guilty."
I can see she's trying to think of a comeback when the elevator comes to a smooth stop and the doors open.
She's about to step off the elevator when her eyes go blank.
And then her face floods with fear as I turn to see what's she's looking at.
