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Tears were welling in her eyes and the quick glimpse I caught of her I did see what she was talking about.It was the airbag that caused most of the bruising, but it was brown and there was a still that gash on her collarbone that looked like it hurt badly.They’d treated it, but it needed nothing more than time at this point.Truthfully, even though I kissed her as many times as I had, I hadn’t really kissed her, fearful it would hurt.Her lip still had a cut through it and was swollen.It looked like somebody punched her squarely in the mouth.
I handed her the bag from behind me.“Here, Scar, you can do it yourself.”
“Thank you,” she cried.“Why don’t you wait outside?I’ll call you if I need you.”
“No, Scar, I don’t want to leave you.”
“Colt, I’m begging you.”
“Are you sure?”
She answered lowly, “No.”
“I’ll stay.I promise you can do this.”
I heard her turn on the shower then and listened as she squirted shampoo in her hand, then the loud sound of her squeezing out her hair and the soap hitting the floor of the shower.She didn’t groan nearly as much, which made it more bearable.But then a loud shriek came out and it took everything in me not to peel back the curtain and jump in there with her.“What’s wrong?”I asked instead.
“Maybe you can just wash my back for me?”she asked, her voice shaky.
“Of course.”
I opened the curtain slightly and grabbed the soap from her.I began washing her back and watched as she relaxed beneath my hands.When I was done, I tapped her shoulder to pass the soap back.Instead, though, she turned around and bared herself to me.“I don’t want to hide anything from you, Colt.”
I reassured her, “I don’t care how many bruises you have, Scar.You’re still beautiful to me.”
She chuckled.“It’s that look you give me when you look at me.You make me feel like I’m the most beautiful woman you’ve ever seen.”
“That’s because you are,” I said.
Scarlet giggled now and pulled me to her.Our bodies were touching and I could feel my clothes getting soaked by the minute, but none of that mattered because she wrapped her wet arms around my neck and kissed me.I helped hold her up while she parted her lips for me to enter and gave me everything she had in that one kiss.Our tongues were in perfect harmony and, for the first time, I could tell she was her old self again.She wasn’t thinking about being self-conscious or afraid, just giving herself to me.Fully.Completely.
When the kiss ended, I just looked into her beautiful eyes.“You should get done in here.You don’t want to stand on your good leg for too long, either.”
When she was done, she let me pick her up again and carry her to the bed where I plopped her down.She was still wrapped in the shower towel, one wrapped around her hair, too.“You know, I’m wide awake now.”
I saw the wicked look in her eye and only harrumphed.“You’ve got to be kidding me.”
She giggled and wiggled her toes on her good foot.“Come on, Colt, don’t tell me you’re not up for it.”Her eyes roamed to the belt buckle on my jeans.
I combed my hands through my hair and backed up.“It’s just two more days, that’s nothing,” I reminded her firmly and turned away.“You’re going to be the death of me, you know that?”
“So, you don’t want to be with me?”She pouted, knowing full well that was all I wanted.
“I don’t want to push it, Scar.”
She gave up then and took the towel off her head first.“Fine.Can you get me my PJs then?They’re in the top drawer.”
I went to retrieve them and passed them to her.“Thanks,” she said, taking them.“Also, turns out Damon was right.I’m craving pickles.You got any?”
“You know we do.”
She licked her lips.“Great, I’ll take one then.”
“You just want a pickle.”
“Yep,” she answered.
I knew what she was doing, ignoring her last request until it drove me so nuts I just gave in.But it wasn’t going to happen.
