Ben And Meg In The Wild West
Chapter 5
Tim was standing by the fireplace. He lighted a cigar.
Slowly, to make sure that she could stand Meg east her way on to her feet.
" You embarrassed me" his eyes where cold.
Meg felt an incredible anger rising in her.
" Embarrassed you? You brought all of this on to your self " she said, but her voice was not louder than a whisper.
She tied her fist before she continued. "You embarrassed me! You embarrassed my father!!"
Tim blow out the smoke and looked at her trough it. " You are so beautiful when you are angry, my dear fiancee"
Mark backed away and walked in behind the door.
Meg was shaking in anger. " I’m not your fiancee! You got the ring back in Boston."
Tim laught and shook his head. Slowly, he walked up to her and ran his finger at her jaw.
" Do you think you can leave our engagement, just by returning my ring?"
He grabbed her jaw in a hurtful grip. She saw the anger in his eyes.
" Then you are wrong, Meg! You and I will be married"
She had to break free with every strength she had in her body. She touched her acing jaw.
" Why do you want me, Tim?"
Tim starred at her, then he just turned around.
" You’ll get a wife that hates you! "
He laught again and faced her. " And the problem with that is?"
Meg let the tears fall.
" I loved you. I did not deserve Connie or any other women!"
" Don´t take it personal" he said and sat down in a chair.
" Not personal? How am I suppose to take it? I find out that my fiancee is having an affair with a women I consider one of my best friends, on our engagement celebration."
" Meg, do you really think that I would sit around and wait for you to turn into Venus on our wedding night? Please don´t tell me that you are that stupid!"
It sounded almost as if he was talking to a child.
" If you had treated me in a more gentle way on our first time, you might have been supriced"
Meg tried to shake of the memory of her night with Tim. Gently was the last word she would use about Tim.
" You can suprice me now!" He got up and walked up to her. Meg took a steep back. Tim looked at her from head to toe. It made her feel filthy.
" What?" she said, even if she knew exactly what he meant.
" You can show me Venus. I have waited so long to feel you smooth skin against mine again"
Meg struggled until she was free from his seeking hands. She did not hastiest to run. She smacked right into Mark, but she did not care. Her face was again covered in tears.
Ben turned and started to climb the stairs. He had his eyes looked on the paper when he turned around the corner in the top of the stairs. He was headed to his office when he suddenly ended up with Meg in his arms. She almost knocked him over.
" Meg what’s the matter?" he asked and tried to get her to look him in the eye.
But she just pushed him away and rushed done the stairs. Mark appeared just a second afterwards.
"What’s going on?" Ben asked and looked at Meg as she disappeared through the main door.
" Go after her, boss!" Mark said at the same time as he was trying to catch his breath.
Ben did not think twice before he hurried down after her. Maria came into the lobby when Ben rushed passed her.
" Ben, wait!!" But he just ignored her.
Meg held up her big skirt as she ran down the dirty main rood. People starred at her, but she could not have cared less. Meg felt her skirt getting caught in small bushes when she ran over the open field outside town.
Ben was really supriced that she could run that fast with all does skirts. What made her run like her life depended on it? He followed the same patch as she. Ben knew where she was going…
The lake appeared in front of her. It was peace full and still. The water came from springs in mountains and brought it down in the lake trough a small waterfall.
Meg stopped in her tracks, and took in the stillness. She turned and saw Ben running towards her. She panic, if he saw her face he would se her bruises. She could not let him do that. She started to go out into the water.
" Meg no!!!"
His voice echoed in the valley.
He caught her by the waist and tried to get her up from the water. But she was like a wildcat and fought him like a demon. Ben gave up and picked her up like she weight nothing. Meg still fought and Ben lost his balance just as he reached the grass. They fell into the ground and tumbled.
Ben ended up on top of her and he caught her hands in his.
" Stop fighting!!"
He put one of his thighs over hers. He could feel her pounding heart against his own.
" Meg, please talk to me"
" Go away, please go away Ben!" she tried to get him of her.
"No, I wont!"
Meg stopped struggling and went totally still in his arms. She closed her eyes. He looked at her in horror. There where a bruise on her left cheek and a cut in her lip. She opened the thick eyelashes and their eyes locked. Meg knew what he was looking at. She tried to sit up, and this time Ben did´t do anything to stop her. She sat up and warped her arms around her legs.
" I had…an accident" her eyes filed with tears again. Ben sat up to.
" An accident? You fell of your horse maybe?" he asked and tried to make sound like he meant it.
" Yes…my horse!" Meg begged to god that he would believe her.
" Meg, I was last person that you saw before you walked up to that hotel room, and we both know that you did not have any bruises then! Tell me the truth"
She turned her head away from him.
" The man that you went up to see, did you know him?" Ben looked out over the lake. Just the thought that some one had hurt her made him see red.
" Yes…he was my fiancee once" she started to cry against her own will.
" And he hit you?" Ben tried to control his acing anger.
" I deserved it…"
" In hell you did!!!" Ben grabbed her by the shoulders and turned her to face him. His eyes meet her crystal blue. Big tears rolled down her cheeks.
" Now one deserves that, Meg" his voice where softer. He caught a tear with his thumb.
" It is not his hand that hurts, it´s the truth…" she said right into his eyes.
" What do you mean?" he realized that he was still holding on to her shoulders.
" I was so stupid. I thought he wanted me, but then again who would possibly want me?" she said and the tears just seem to be more and more.
He stared at her for a long time.
" I would…"
He caught her face in his hand. He stoked her hair in a motion that could have been done by him a thousand times before.
" If you where mine, I would cherish and honor you to death. I would love you in every way I know how."
She did not breath, she did not want to. What if she was dreaming? Oh, then she never wanted to wake up. His thumb traced her lips texture. He looked her deeply into her eyes.
" I've fallen in love with you, Meg. I love you."
She could only stare at him. Meg was not sure if she invented those words in her own mind. Her gaze wondered to his lips.
Slowly their lips meet. She felt the warmth of his against hers. She felt his strong arms around her, pulling her towards him.
Ben felt her arms sliding around his neck and locking in place. It felt like her heart was pounding it´s way out of her chest to meet his.
Never breaking their embrace, Ben lowered Meg into the grass. Their breathing was effected. Her fingers entangled in his hair. The kiss was first sweet and loving but soon became deep and passionate.
They both felt the wave that showered over them as the world closed around them…