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“Are you comfortable?” I ask.
“Very much so.” She smiles and puts her hands over my blanket-covered feet. I lay my laptop on my lap and start writing.
Chris is quiet and all you can hear are the sounds of Axel’s breathing and the clicking of my keys as I type away. It’s hours later when I feel like I’m finally finishing the story and wrapping up the characters, except I don’t know how to end it. I write romance, so in my blood I want the two main characters to end up together. But I also want to be realistic about this. Not everyone can end up together. It isn’t a fairytale, it is real life. But I can’t seem to get them to have a breakup either. I mean, they weren’t together so is one of my characters really just going to leave without a thought about the other?Is that really what Chris and I are going to do later tonight?
I need a minute to think, alone. So I leave my laptop open on the couch and head into the bathroom. I don’t want to leave today, but there is no way I can just ask Chris if I can stay. I mean, what is my plan? To just move in with her after knowing her for barely a week? That is the definition of insane plans. But I can’t help but want to stay here with her and Axel and the no wifi and the sex and the chopping of trees. All these things I have grown accustomed to. I’m just not ready to leave yet, but I am too afraid of her rejection. I mean she had just said this was a fling for as long as it lasts. It isn’t meant to turn into anything else, no matter how good we fit together.
“W-What are you doing?” My eyes widen as I walk out of the bathroom to see Chris scrolling on my computer.
“You left it open and it caught my eye… did you write about me?”
“Don’t be crazy.” I scoff, trying to play it off. But the main character I named after her is Max, clearly a similar name to hers.
“So Max isn’t me?” She stares me straight in the eye and waits for a response.
“It’s rude to go through other people’s stuff,” I reply, snatching my computer. I head for the bedroom even though I can hear Chris following me.
“Carrie, I’m sorry I read it but did you mean what you wrote?”
“How much did you read?”
“Mostly the end, I didn’t know how much time I’d have,” she admits sheepishly.
“I-Um…” I am speechless. On one hand this is my chance to tell her what I want, but on the other hand, I would be exposing myself even further.
“Carrie?” she prompts and I stare at her, even more confused than I was minutes ago. Did reading what I wrote change anything for her? I feel like I am standing naked before her, exposing all of me while she is fully clothed and shielded.
“I like you. I don’t think I’m ready to leave today and that story was my way of figuring out my feelings for you. Because I didn’t expect you or to fall for you so quickly. But I understand you don’t feel the same so you don’t have to say anything.” She holds up a finger to my mouth.
“I like you too,” she says quietly. “I’ve been fighting myself with asking you to stay and I thought you’d never want to.”
“Of course I do, I have come to love it here. Love being here with you.” I smile and she pulls my body in by my hips. Her lips press against mine slowly and we melt into one.
TEN
CHRIS
1 YEAR LATER…
“Are you sure you don’t want to install some wifi?” Chris asks for the hundredth time.
“No, I like that I have to go into town if I want to check social media. It keeps me focused on things here,” I admit.
“Okay.” She kisses my forehead and pulls her shirt over her head, exposing her white tank top and tanned, toned arms.
“Besides, why would I want wifi when I have my own personal entertainment right here?” I smirk. Then I play with the ring she gave me last night. It still feels too heavy and too much for my dainty fingers, but I also know she picked it out specifically for me.
“Oh you just want me to fuck you again, don’t you?” She pushes me onto the bed and I collapse under her. All my senses on high alert as she climbs on top of me and begins kissing me. Her lips feel like two soft pillows, while her hands, although calloused from working too hard, slide against my body.
“I want you,” I murmur into her skin. She is so much tanner than I am just because of how much time she spends outside working. Even though I spend an equal amount of time tanning in the hot tub outside.
“Mmm, we have company coming soon, remember.” She pulls me up into her. We crash into the dresser behind her with a bang and we both laugh.
“Oh right, the group from the city.” I nod. We both live in Chris’s cabin, but continue to rent out the other cabin, now with a backup generator. Most of the time it is locals, but sometimes it is a group from the city looking for some quiet. I think this one is looking for a work getaway, but I can’t be too sure.
“So tonight we will have plenty of time to do that, but for now we have to go get the cabin ready.” Chris kisses my cheek and takes me by the hand.
“I’ll stay here with Axel then, I need to get some words in before tomorrow.” I sigh sitting on the couch. I don’t love the set up and cleanup of getting the cabin ready, and I know Chris doesn’t mind doing it alone.
