yay for writers block breaking!
“This is it” she said.
“What?”
“This is the scene where the heroine realizes she’s on the outside looking in. The scene where there’s no sound at all, except for this beautiful but haunting melody as she watches the world around her.”
“What are you talking about?” A slight smile flitted across her face as he looked down at her. Leaning against his leg she looked at peace for the first time. He couldn’t remember ever seeing her so relaxed. She let her guard down, for him, only for him.
“It’s ok…I’m ok being the one outside looking in.”
“But you aren’t love.” His hand crept down to where hers was resting on his knee, and grasped hers firmly. “There’s me, there’s two of us looking in now.” He kept a firm grip on her hand as he felt her tense. He could tell she was trying to gain control of her emotions, trying to find a way to lock him out again. “Don’t shut me out. Don’t close down. I’ll never hurt you, and you know that.” Her eyes caressed the floor, almost as if she would rather be the floor than herself.
“Why did you have to be amazing?” She asked, almost as if she were talking to herself. He reached down and took her face in his hands, turning her towards him.
“Someone up there likes you and knew that nothing short of amazing would work”
“Well aren’t you humble?” She said, sarcasm lacing the air.
“Only when I need to be, and love, with you, humble is not what I need to be.” Evie’s friends all looked at each other in shock. This man, with his easy smile, and teasing ways, was stepping around Evie’s anger and stubbornness like it didn’t even exist. She swallowed, her brain felt like it was full of cotton around this man, and that was not a feeling that she was used to.
“Do you have any idea what you’re doing to me?” She whispered, leaning into him, all of a sudden her legs couldn’t support her weight, and she had to let herself trust that he wouldn’t let her fall.
“How did you do that?” Hunter turned his head towards the few people sitting on the couch, still supporting Evie’s weight.
“Do what?” He asked innocently. “All I did was not let her hide”
“No one can get Evie to open up when she doesn’t want to. She’s more secure than a Swiss bank account.”
“What?”
“This is the scene where the heroine realizes she’s on the outside looking in. The scene where there’s no sound at all, except for this beautiful but haunting melody as she watches the world around her.”
“What are you talking about?” A slight smile flitted across her face as he looked down at her. Leaning against his leg she looked at peace for the first time. He couldn’t remember ever seeing her so relaxed. She let her guard down, for him, only for him.
“It’s ok…I’m ok being the one outside looking in.”
“But you aren’t love.” His hand crept down to where hers was resting on his knee, and grasped hers firmly. “There’s me, there’s two of us looking in now.” He kept a firm grip on her hand as he felt her tense. He could tell she was trying to gain control of her emotions, trying to find a way to lock him out again. “Don’t shut me out. Don’t close down. I’ll never hurt you, and you know that.” Her eyes caressed the floor, almost as if she would rather be the floor than herself.
“Why did you have to be amazing?” She asked, almost as if she were talking to herself. He reached down and took her face in his hands, turning her towards him.
“Someone up there likes you and knew that nothing short of amazing would work”
“Well aren’t you humble?” She said, sarcasm lacing the air.
“Only when I need to be, and love, with you, humble is not what I need to be.” Evie’s friends all looked at each other in shock. This man, with his easy smile, and teasing ways, was stepping around Evie’s anger and stubbornness like it didn’t even exist. She swallowed, her brain felt like it was full of cotton around this man, and that was not a feeling that she was used to.
“Do you have any idea what you’re doing to me?” She whispered, leaning into him, all of a sudden her legs couldn’t support her weight, and she had to let herself trust that he wouldn’t let her fall.
“How did you do that?” Hunter turned his head towards the few people sitting on the couch, still supporting Evie’s weight.
“Do what?” He asked innocently. “All I did was not let her hide”
“No one can get Evie to open up when she doesn’t want to. She’s more secure than a Swiss bank account.”