Remember Me This Way- Chapter 8
AJ- "Jena you don't mean that." AJ said as he stood up and started pacing the floor.
Jena- "Yes I do. I haven't been able to stop thinking about you for the last 3 days. I have these strong feelings for you and all I can think about is acting on them." AJ mind was going in circles. How could this be happening, and what had he done to pervoke it. He had only tried to be a friend to her.
AJ- "Jena, things are really complicated right now and you don't have a clue as to what you are saying. You and I are best friends, but you and Nick are lovers. Whether you get your memory back now or later nothing is gonna change that."
Jena- "It's already changed." Jena got up and made AJ turn around to look at her. AJ kept his stare to the ground, afraid to make eye contact with her.
Jena- "Did you ever stop to think that maybe all this happened for a reason. Maybe it was intended for me to loose my memory so that I could finally come to terms with who I am really supposed to be with." At her words AJ found the courage to look up at her.
AJ- "Jena don't do this. Please don't do this." Jena started to lean her face upwards to kiss him, but AJ broke away from her and left the house immediately. Jena sank down on the couch and cried herself to sleep.
*Later that evening*
Nick walked in the front door, tired from a long day of basketball with Brian. Dropping his keys and hat on a table he soon spotted Jena asleep on the couch. He walked over to her, kneeling down next her sleeping form. After all this time, he couldn't resist running his knuckles over her soft cheeks. His mind started to drift again, going back to the morning of the accident before they had left to go horseback riding.
*Memory*
Nick emerged from the shower dressed only in a pair of jeans and running his hands through his damp blonde hair. After putting on a shirt and some cologne he walked back over to the bed, where Jena was still sleeping. She was lying on her stomach, the bed sheets only covering her body from the waist down and her beautiful hair spread out over the pillows. Nick smiled to himself, remembering the previous night where he had made love to her for the first time. The feel and smell of her still surrounded him like a thick cloud of love that they had finally shared. He lightly ran his fingers over her face and then down the exposed flesh on her back.
Jena- "Hey, that tickles." She said as she giggled and opened her eyes.
Nick- "Sorry, I didn't want to wake you. But, if we are going horseback riding today you need to get ready."
Jena- "Oh do we have to? Couldn't we just stay in bed together all day." Nick laughed a little before leaning over and kissing her sweet lips. Jena pulled him closer and deepened the kiss, wanting to show him in all ways just how much she loved him and how much last night had meant to her. The urge to hold her again became unbearable, and before he knew it, he had flipped her onto her back, pulled the sheets away and gotten on top of her. Nick felt like he could get close enough to her, like he couldn't get enough of her. Her body was so warm and he skin so soft under his touch. After a few moments, Jena flipped him over and rested her weight on top of him, not once had their kiss been broken. Nick wrapped his arms around her, pinning her against him as tightly as he could.
Nick- "You know at this rate we may not make it to the stables. In which case, Brian is gonna show up here looking for us."
Jena- "Guess there's no way out of this huh?"
Nick- "I don't think so. But don't worry. We have tonight and the rest of our lives to be together like this." Jena smiled and kissed him again.
Jena- "Nick, I don't think you can even begin to understand how much I love you. And I do."
Nick- "I do know, cause you showed me last night and ever minute before that too." Jena leaned down and buried her face in the crook of his neck.
Nick- "I love you too, and I always will."
*Memory ends*
Nick felt tears come to his eyes as he looked down at his own sleeping beauty. He ran his fingers through her thick hair and down her cheeks again. Jena began to stir and a little smiled appeared on her face.
Jena- "Hmmm, AJ."