Jolt by Kris Bryant

Author:Kris Bryant [Bryant, Kris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626392496
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2014-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

I can feel tension seeping from Ali. I’m not sure why she’s in a bad mood, but I can tell that something’s off. After spending four incredible days getting to know her physically and emotionally, I’m hell-bent to find out. This is our last night together and I want to go out with a bang. Or five. Ali is sitting on the floor in the front room leaning against the couch, her guitar beside her, both of them very quiet.

“Are you okay?” I ask. I can tell she’s been crying. She smiles up at me and quickly wipes away her tears.

“I’ll be fine,” she says. She offers no explanation. I’m thinking of every horrible scenario in my head, all at once. Her tour bus caught on fire, something’s wrong with someone in her family, somebody died, she hurt herself.

“Why are you crying? Did something happen?” If I don’t find out the truth, my imagination’s going to get the best of me. That’s okay when I’m writing, but not in real life.

“I’m just upset. I’m mad because we’re leaving tomorrow morning and it just sucks. I’ll be back on the road for two months, and God only knows when I’ll get to see you again. It’s been so nice and peaceful, just the two of us, getting to know each other. You know? Now we have to go back to text messages and late-night phone calls, and it’s just going to be hard.”

I’m trying not to think about that, too, but it’s been weighing on me.

“I’m really going to miss you.” The look she gives me is sweet but sad. I smile at her.

“I’ll see you before your tour ends. I’m not going to go two months and not see you or touch you.” I drop to my knees so we’re eye level. “I’ve waited too long for you. I’m not going flip a switch and turn off everything I’m feeling just because you’re traveling.”

I realize that I’ve just opened my heart to her. I think she needs to know that I’m not Gennifer and I do think she’s worth the wait. Ali stares at me for a few seconds and then leans forward and kisses me. It’s sensuous and slow, and I don’t know how I’m going to handle being apart from her for so long. I vow in my head to see her every two or three weeks.

“I’m going to miss this,” she whispers against my mouth. “Your beautiful mouth, your touch, the noises you make when we’re together. Just knowing that you’re close to me.”

My heart tumbles around inside me, trying to stabilize. It ends up in my stomach.

“I’m going to miss you, too. You saved me. You know that, right? Thank you for talking to me that Saturday at camp. You woke up a part of me that I didn’t think would ever wake again.” I know I sound pathetic, but I’m trying to be sincere and truthful. I kiss her again, putting all of my heart into that kiss.

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