Faith by Anj

Author:Anj [Anj]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: ! Yes
ISBN: 9781930928794
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: 2002-10-15T05:00:00+00:00

"What did you do after you got better?" I asked, when we both had stopped crying.

"I enrolled in college," she responded on a sigh, as she leaned her head back against the pillow propped beneath it. "I wanted to be a psychologist like you, but... I couldn't hack it." She reached down and fiddled with the sheet between us. "I mean, I didn't even know who I was, how could I help anyone else find themselves? Anyway, my therapist talked me into trying this. And five years later... here I am. I love the job… don't get me wrong. It's very rewarding to help people. Especially, someone like you," she added, as she cut her eyes over at me.

She was so very close, lying only a few inches away and yet, I knew nothing would happen between us. "Where did all the women come in?" I queried, feeling a smile forming at the corners of my mouth.

"Ah… I wondered when you'd get around to that one. Well..." She paused and turned her fidgeting fingers to the belt of her robe. "I… umm… I had a crush on my therapist to begin with." She cut her eyes over at me. I grinned. "But, she was straight as an arrow. Then I met this girl in college and we had a thing for a couple of months. My first… I suppose. And then let's see... there was a… succession of 'em. Ones I met at bars or through mutual friends."

"You mean none of the relationships lasted?"

"No, not more than a couple of months; some... not that long. I... I just couldn't commit to anyone for very long, or either... they didn't wanna stick around."

This frightened me a bit, because I wondered if I was letting myself in for heartbreak. I hadn't given much thought to the future of the relationship. I'd been too busy reveling in my newfound feelings to think past losing my virginity.

"That's why I want you to think about this carefully, before we go too far," she continued, as she turned over on her side to face me. "I feel more for you... than I have for anyone, but... who knows what will happen later on." Her eyes darted back and forth searching mine.

"What's that saying, I'd rather have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all?" I remarked, softly.

"You're incorrigible, you know that?" she asked, as she reached over and touched my hand. "No matter how I try to keep my distance, you still end up luring me in."

"Could be because I want you here," I responded, searching her eyes now.

"Such innocence," she remarked, as she reached up and touched my face. "It scares me to think I might hurt you, unwittingly."

"If I do get hurt… it'll be my own fault, right?" I heard myself say. “I started this, after all.”

"Well, I better go," she asserted, withdrawing her hand. "It's getting late and..."

"Stay with me awhile longer, please." I reached out for her hand, but ended up grabbing one side of the belt to her robe.

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