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I will not cry

I will not cry

I will not cry

Even though he’d only been gone from the bed a few minutes, when he came back, I panicked and pretended to be asleep Childish? Yep Totally childish

I felt the bed dip as he climbed back in, and then his war Arms wrapped around

"Mhtie"

I waited, not speaking, just breathing I felt him shake me a little bit and let out a little chuckle

"Hey, hey you, are you sleeping?"

Should I snore? Whenever people faked sleep on sitcoms, they snored I let out a tiny one He kissedin the wake of hiscloser to Si he would let ht, as he sihter to his chest and kissed ht settled around us I fake snored for a fewtook over, and then I sighed heavily

Confused and numb, I ake until dawn

Chapter Twenty

I HAD FAKED IT

Faked it with Simon There must have been a rule written somewhere, maybe even chiseled into a stone tablet: Thou Shall Not Fake It With Wallbanger So let it be written, so let it be done I faked it, and noas doo overly dramatic? Oh my, yes But if this didn’t call for a little dra, I was up and out of bed before Si I hadn’t done the entire tiether Usually we stayed in bed until the other one ake, and then lounged for a while, laughing and talking And kissing

Mh the shower and was in the kitchenacross the floor in his socks, with boxers low on his hips, he grinned through his sleep haze and burrowed intoout here? I was a little loneso a quick kiss onRe for me at ten? I wanted to ive hi away and kissedI could feeloff, and I was almost unable to stop it I needed so--other than miserable But I adored Simon, and he didn’t deserve this So I let myself fall into the kiss, be swept away by this man once more I kissed him back feverishly, passionately, and then pulled away just before it could beco more than a kiss

"Fruit?"

"Huh?"

"Fruit I ood Coffee o" I patted him on the cheek as I waved hi quietly, and Simon stole a kiss or two here and there I tried not to sho messed up my brain was, tried to act as nor was up, but he took his cue fro

We sat outside on the terrace one last ti the breakers roll in

"Are you glad you came?" he asked

I bit down on " I s it a squeeze

"And now?"

"And nohat? Back to reality What tiet in tomorrow?" I asked

"Late Really late Should I call you or…" He left off, seeet in, nothe ocean He was quiet now, and this ti

I had packed early, so when the driver got here, I was ready to go Siged off,and pulling away just e’d been getting so close, but this had really thrown me for a loop

I had put all my Os in one basket, and the proble, perfection even with a condos out to the car and placed the to the driver for a h the house one last time It truly had been a fairy tale, and I had enjoyed every ainst hilad for the feel of hi you need?"

"I think so I wish I could figure out a way to get sohed, and he snorted into my hair