Page 20 of Chaos

All it took was his voice speaking my name for my universe to come to an abrupt halt, slamming all emotions I’d pent up into my forefront.

“Eris,” he said in the middle of harsh breaths. “We. Should. Stop.” His body shook as he forced the truthful words outward into the air, letting the stale truth suffocate our moment. I swallowed his words, along with the fear that crept up my throat. I knew he was right, but I didn’t want to hear them any more than he wanted to say them.

His fingertips wrapped around my shoulders as he tried to prevent something neither of us was capable of doing: staying away from each other. It was out of our control. We craved each other. I shook my head against his chest, knowing I should agree, but desire and greed won my internal battle.

I opened my eyes and looked into his that begged me for an out.

“I’m not good for you,” he whispered his plea in a thick voice and leaned his forehead to mine.

“And I’m not good for you,” I answered his desperation with the truth.

He took my head in his hands and then kissed the tip of my nose.

“You don’t know what you’re saying,” he groaned.

“I do,” I said, not able to keep my mouth from his any longer. He moaned into my mouth as I did the same to him. He pulled me closer to him, and we got lost in one another again.

I’d never had sex in a storm, and I wasn’t sure I would again, but with Drex, the risk made perfect sense. Lightning struck and he cradled my body in his muscular arms. I didn’t know what the rest of the storm consisted of because it was just the two of us. Everything else just stopped.

I was not sure what it was about Drex, but he brought me to zero point. He struck every nerve in my body, regularly multiple ones at a time, but being around him helped my mind rest. He brought out every flaw I had, but in the same instance would take them from my lips. This was my reason for staying. Drex was zero point.

Drex walked me home, but neither of us spoke of anything important. We enjoyed each other in silence, letting the moment be what it was: beautiful.

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