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He was amused when Lucy washed herself and stepped out of the shower.
Lucy blow dried her hair, brushed her teeth, and hopped in bed. Micah brushed his teeth with the spare toothbrush he had used. He walked toward his clothes and then looked at Lucy, unsure whether she was going to kick him out.
She didn’t. She patted the bed beside her. Lucy snuggled tightly against him, pulled the covers over both of them, and almost instantly fell asleep. Lucy was sleeping, and soon, Morpheus overtook him as well.
“I’ll buy you breakfast,” Lucy said, brightly, the next morning.
“Deal.”
“I enjoyed my time with you last night,” Micah said, between bites of scrambled eggs.
“It was quite nice, wasn’t it,” Lucy said. “That still doesn’t mean that I’m ready to go through with the mating ceremony, though.”
“Have you at least thought about it?”
“I have. I haven’t completely ruled it out. I’m giving us a chance, as you see.”
That’s a step in the right direction, at least.
“Well, you know that I love you, and I think that we would have a great future together,” Micah said.
“You love me, and I love you. But what kind of love is it? Are you in love with me?”
Micah didn’t say anything.
“That’s what I thought. And I couldn’t say that I’m in love with you either. That is what I’m looking for. I’m looking for the kind of love that makes my knees buckle. The kind of love where, every day, I look forward to the time we spend together as we plan new places to explore, even if it is just the local museums, and new adventures, even if it is in our own backyard.”
He smirked before he could stop himself.
“Does that kind of love even exist?”
“How could you even ask that question?”
After Lucy went to work, Micah went upstairs to his room and opened his computer. However, instead of tackling his duties, he stared out the window and thought about his conversation with Lucy.
Even if that kind of love exists, would I even be able to feel it? Am I capable of feeling that kind of intense love for another person?
After an hour of pretending, Micah gave up and closed his computer. He needed to get out and run.
Lucy was talking to Dean at the café. There weren’t any other customers and Clara’s employees were washing down tables and equipment they had just washed down ten minutes ago.
“Do you guys want to go up on the mountain?” Micah asked.
Lucy looked at Clara, who nodded her head, the concern clear in her eyes.
“You know how I feel about that,” Clara said. “I don’t want anything to happen to you guys. But, we are dead here, you are adults…”
“I promise we’ll be safe. There’s safety in numbers, we’ll look for cameras, and watch for hunters,” Lucy promised.
Sighing heavily, Clara nodded.
After hiking for a couple of miles, the three of them found a secluded spot off the trail. They looked diligently, but they didn’t see the tiny camera attached to one of the branches.
Quickly stripping and hiding their clothes, the three of them shifted. The day was incredible. Although it was January in Colorado, on a mountain, the air felt warm from the sun filtering down through the trees. The winter birds were singing and the air was thick with the sweet pine smell.
The three of them ran for a while to get out some of their pent up energy, and then lumbered through the woods, enjoying the day.
They were shocked when they finally returned to the area where they had left their clothes. Four hunters were waiting for them.
