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She’s suddenly on guard "Why? What is it?"

I turn my wrist over and point to her tattoo onspecial She leans toward it and all of her breath rushes from her body I can feel it across my hand when she exhales "That’s my tat," she says

She takes ry?" I ask

She looks up atin every facet of it Her hand treed it"

"I felt like you needed a way out"

I put it on ued by the secrets inside It’s art And I appreciate art in all its forms

She ss Hard Then her eyes start to fill with tears She blinks theets up and runs toward the bathroom

Shit Now I fked up I made her cry She runs by the waitress, who startles The waitress starts in et up and follow Kit I stop outside the door to the ladies’ roo for She’s in there crying and I can’t hear her through the door to be sure she’s all right Fuck it I’h the door and I don’t see any feet in the stalls when I bend over

Where the fk did she go? I push doors open, but the last one is locked I stand up onthere with her forearainst the wall, her head down between her ar

I knock on the stall door and say, "LetI wouldn’t be able to hear her if she did I step back onto"Let me in," I repeat She doesn’t move, so I walk into the stall next to hers and stand up on the toilet I rock the partition between the stalls gently It ht There’s only one way to find out I hoist s over the top slowly and carefully, and then I hop down

Before I can reach for her, she’s in , and her body shakes against mine I tilt her face up toanything to et so upset I’ll have it covered up with so else if it bothers her this much

My heart twists insidedown into her face Her face is soaked with tears and she freezes, looking up at me I can feel her like a heartbeat in my chest She steps on the toes of my boots, and then rocks onto her tiptoes She pulls my head doith a hand at the back of , and black shit is running down her cheeks, but I don’t care She’s never looked more beautiful to me I hold her face in my hands and wipe beneath her eyes with my thumbs Her breath ticklesonboots, and I don’t care She can do whatever it takes to get her closer to h that I can see her lips

I already told her I thought she needed a way out All I added to the tattoo was a keyhole right in the center of the guitar It’s a sin really "I don’t know," I say I want to explain it to her, but I can’t Not right now Her breath is blowing across my lips and she smells like yeast froirl soI can’t take advantage of her

She pulls my head toward hers and she kisses the corner of my mouth Then she kisses the other corner I can’t take much more I chase her lips with everywhen she finally presses her lips to ainst my mouth I keepher in ers into the hair at her te bad to kiss her softly I want to treat her like the treasure she is But I can’t She sood and she’s in my arms and I don’t know if I can stop Then she draws ently Her eyes are closed, and she’slove to my mouth I’m afraid if I close my eyes, that I’ll realize this was all a dream when I open theainst hers She’s soft and warainstmy shirt from my jeans and I raise my elbows to help her Her hands touchher legs aroundher ass I press her against the wall and she laughs against h her throat, like a gentle hum

Her hands ski love to her ainst mine and I press inside the cavern of her mouth This is the first time my body will enter hers, and I want to take it sloant to enjoy every second of it, but she’s not having that She’s hot in et closer to me Her hands stop as she skims up my chest, and she withdraws her lips from mine I take a moment to try to catch my breath, because I feel like I just ran a five mile sprint I even have the stitch in my side to prove it She lifts ertips

My breath leavesthe time to look at me She’s intent upon her task and she exploresdown, her bottom lip drawn between her teeth I pull it free with my thumb, just like I have so many times before Only this tiently She rollsrace myself if she doesn’t stop I pull back and buryharder than I ever have This woman has completely undone me

A hard wrap on the bathroom stall startles me, because I can feel the heavy shake of the metal partition Kit looks up and says, "Just ahard that I can’t catch s fro her still-wet face The guy who banged on the door startles when he sees horecked she is She was crying really hard there for a minute I close the door and let her talk to him, because I need a minute to compose myself I reach into my pants and adjust my junk I have to cover it up withup past the button on ood in ainst the wall and try to take so breaths But there’s notthat would make this better is if she came back in here and we finished e started

I open the door and look out Theher face She looks up at me, a soft smile on her lips as she sees me in the mirror I walk up behind her and putmy chin on her shoulder "I’m sorry I made you cry," I say

She shakes her head and talks tolike that for ain, and I’o back in there if she’ll stop crying But I’ her, no ainst me, and she wraps her arms over mine

She nods She wipes her eyes with a paper towel, swiping the black makeup from under her eyes Her face is splotchy, but she’s never lookedanything from me

"The ed I’m sorry if I defiled your art" She could take exception toshe doesn’t