~*Chapter Fifteen*~
Knock, knock.
Leesa awoke with a start. The furious pounding on her door woke her from the most delicious dream - literally. She had been performing in a city made completely of chocolate bears, the type that had runny caramel in the middle. They didn’t mind if Leesa ate them either. In fact they thought it was a huge honor to be chosen. Leesa had eaten, and eaten… and had a good time doing it! So, obviously, she was quite angry when the knock at the door woke her.
As she struggled to open her eyes, she became aware of a presence in the bed next to her. She rolled over, remembering last night.
As her eyes opened, she saw AJ’s hand reaching above her to knock again on the wooden bed frame. Playfully, she reached out to hit his arm.
"Meanie!" she cried, as he tickled her in the ribs, tossing her over on her back. He pinned her arms above her head, and reached down to give her a good morning kiss. She gave in to him, and as he broke away, a smile spread across her face.
"Morning, cutie," he said, smiling back at her.
"Oh, you don’t understand, I was having the best dream… there were caramel bears everywhere, and I could eat as many as I wanted, whenever I wanted… AND YOU WOKE ME UP!" she cried mischievously.
"Sorry, but I had to. You realise that we have a free day today! No rehearsals, nothing. So that means, we can do whatever we want, all day. And that does not include lying in bed all day. It’s great out. Let’s go!" he told her, his mind ticking over with all the possibilities for the rest of the day. In truth, all he wanted was to spend the day in bed with Leesa, but they might get carried away, and he wanted their first time to be special, not something that happened because they were swept up in the moment.
"Kay…" she moaned reluctantly, and she pulled the tangled sheets from around her legs. AJ found himself watching as she struggled with them, and reached down to give her a hand.
She looked up gratefully as she became untangled from the sheets, and got up to jump in the shower. AJ watched as she moved gracefully into the bathroom, and then lay back down on the bed to think over last night.
It was perfect in every way. It could not have gone better, and he was so glad that it happened. His heart was nearly bursting with happiness, and as he listened to Leesa singing in the shower, he could tell that she was happy too.
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As Leesa rubbed herself down with the sea sponge, she cast her eyes skyward in a silent prayer of thanks.
Thank you for this gift of love
Aphrodite
I will remain forever grateful of this gift
You chose to bestow upon me
I remain your faithful servant
Blessed Be
Her heart beat faster as she remembered last night and the joy that it had given her. It seemed that a piece of her soul was complete. However, she couldn’t help but think that something bad was inevitably going to arise from their relationship. She couldn’t have realised then, how right she would be.
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AJ turned the radio on in the room, hoping for a sweet, romantic song. He got it. Savage Garden’s new song was playing, "I Knew I Loved You (Before I Met You)."
Maybe it’s intuition
But some things you just don’t question
Like in your eyes, I see my future in an instant
And there it goes, I think I’ve found my best friend…
I know that it might sound more than a little crazy but I believe…
I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life
There’s just no rhyme or reason
Only this sense of completion
And in your eyes, I see the missing pieces,
I’m searching for, I think I found my way home…
I know that it might sound more than a little crazy but I believe…
I knew I loved you before I met you…
The lyrics scorched his heart, resounding his very feelings into word. He felt an overwhelming sense of fulfillment, and most prominent of all, of love.
The DJ came back onto the radio, saying, "The brand new Savage Garden boys there, with I Knew I Loved You (Before I Met You). That song was dedicated to Xander, from her Buffy. Guys, we here at WWX 109.5 hope you two stay together forever. Now, up next…"
AJ looked up into the bathroom door, which stood ajar. Leesa leaned against the frame, the phone in her hand, smiling. She made her way over to AJ, and kissed him quickly on the lips. "There you go, how’s that to start off the day?"
AJ pulled her down to sit beside him. "I love you, you know that?"
"Yup, I know. It’s cos I’m such a wonderful person, right?"
"Yup. Just cos you’re you."
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