Moongazer by Mari Mancusi

Author:Mari Mancusi [Mancusi, Mari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Dog Productions
Published: 2015-08-05T05:00:00+00:00

11

I wake up, still wrapped in Dawn's arms. For a moment I don't move; I just lie there, enjoying his warm body snuggled against mine. It's so strange. I barely know this man, yet I already have such a deep connection to him. I should be feeling overwhelmingly guilty, lying here in another man's embrace. But right now, my Earth relationship seems so distant. Almost ... unreal. As if it were a dream I once had.

It's going to be hard-torturous-to go back to Earth, I realize. To leave Dawn and all he's beginning to mean to me. But in the long run, what choice do I have? We each have our own separate lives and destinies. For a brief moment the stars aligned and we shared something special, but that's where it has to end. An alternate reality one-night stand, I guess. And now, as morning breaks, it's time to say good-bye.

I shift in his arms, rolling over so we're face-to-face. He opens his eyes, mere inches from mine. A beautiful, sleepy blue, they sparkle like crystal from under his long sooty eyelashes. He smiles a shy smile and reaches up to brush a lock of hair from my face. My heart breaks at the simple gesture. How am I going to say good-bye to him?

"Good morning," he whispers, kissing me lightly on the nose.

"Good morning," I say. I wish I could wake up this way every day for the rest of my life. But that's impossible. I know it. He knows it. And we both need to stop pretending and face it.

After a few more minutes.

We lie there together, legs and arms intertwined, stroking each other softly, neither person very interested in moving away. I can feel his morning arousal through his cotton pants, but he makes no move beyond an innocent caress. Which is probably for the best, no matter what naughty ideas my libido has been whispering. It'll only make things harder in the end.

At last, he grins sheepishly and sits up, running a hand through the long strands of his tousled hair. "Would you like some breakfast?" he asks. "I could go stand in line to see if they're doling out egg-synths this morning. It's a long shot, but you never know."

I shake my head. "No, it's okay. I'm not hungry." I'm actually starving, but I can't bear the thought of making him go wait in line. Or even get out of bed.

"It's probably for the best anyway. That fight last night-when I was bashing those guards' heads together. I'm afraid one of them might have realized what I really am."

My cozy thoughts fade as I remember all that had happened the night before. "What will they do if they figure it out?" I ask.

"Work to kill me, probably," Dawns says with a shrug.

I sit up, horrified, worried. "No! They can't! That's ... that's. .." I trail off, not knowing what to say. How to appropriately express my horror at the idea.

What difference does it make? a voice jeers in my head.

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