Serene by Diana Nixon

Author:Diana Nixon [Nixon, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-14T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

‘Have you ever been in love?’

Why I suddenly remembered Ivy’s question?

‘Many times,’ – I said in response.

How did I know that? I never gave it too much thought. There was a kind of attraction that made me want to spend a certain amount of time with this or that girl. But how did I know that I was in love? Or maybe love didn’t have anything to do with any of those girls. Maybe it was more physical, like an instinct that needed to be satisfied. Maybe until here and now I’d never seen love at all…

I looked through the glass wall, separating the classroom from the hospital hall. My eyes searched for Ivy’s. She was sitting on a small chair, surrounded by kids of different ages. They were saying something funny to her, because she wouldn’t stop giggling. Of course, she didn’t see me watching her, and for the first time since we met, I was glad I could spy on her without being noticed.

She looked relaxed and happy – a complete opposite from the way she looked back at the opening party, where every small thing was a challenge she was afraid to lose. I admired her willpower. Not many people are capable of going through hell and becoming even stronger. But Ivy Ryan was the most courageous girl I had ever met. She combined so many things; both fragile and strong, she was like a kaleidoscope of many colors and shades that I was sure I would never get tired of discovering.

My days began to start and end with her: thinking about her, dreaming about her, wanting to see her again, to feel her touch on my skin, her lips on my lips. Whatever I wanted to do outside my work, I wanted to do it with her: talk, joke, share crooked smiles, watch the sun going down, wake up with the urge of kissing her first thing in the morning or fall asleep wrapped up in her smell.

Does it mean that I have fallen in love with her?

As if too ashamed to say it out loud, I lowered my eyes and took a deep breath.

No doubt, deep down inside I knew the right answer to that question. My heart raced in my chest, giving away the things I was so scared and at the same time surprised to feel. I felt like I couldn’t look up again, afraid to find myself trapped in the depths of her beautiful eyes that even through the dark curtain of blindness could see it all, right through me.

“Stanley? What are you doing here?”

Too shocked to hear her voice, I cleared my throat and swallowed. “I...um…have been looking for you.”

Her expression suddenly got worried. “Is everything all right? Oh, God… Is Emery okay?”

I chuckled. “No wonder you are sisters. No matter what happens, you think about the worst.”

She smiled and shook her head. “So true. I guess it runs in the family. Ryan’s women have always been a bit overdramatic.” She paused for a moment.

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