So what was going to happen now? I sure as hell didn’t know. I don’t think Emily did either. I’m really attracted to her. I just wanted to hold her in my arms and kiss her forever. I had a sense she felt the same way, but I know better than to tell her that. Why would she want to be with another man after she had such a bad breakup? Besides, we started off so badly that she probably thinks I’m not interested. The question is, “Should I let all that stop me?” The answer is: I have no idea. What I think I’ll do is wait and see where this situation takes us.
“I think I’m going to go to the cellar and see if I can find a radio. We can try and send a message for help.”, I said.
“Good idea. I’m going to the bathroom to see if we have any running water.”
“Okay. I’ll see you later.”
“See ya.”
So, I went to the bathroom and turned the faucets on. Cold, clear water spilled out. Thank God, we have running water. I splashed some on my face. I didn’t know how much more I could take. Every moment I was with him, I get more turned on. I need to relax. I went over to the tub and checked to see if we have any hot water. To my great surprise and relief hot steamy water filled the tub. I took off all my clothes and got in. The heat and steam enveloped my entire body and I was totally at ease. I closed my eyes and let my thoughts wander. No matter how hard I tried, I always came back to the same thing: Nick. I fantasized about him getting in this water with me and making love to me. About him planting kisses all over me and me rubbing him all over his body. My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of his heavenly voice.
“Emily? Where are you?”
“I’m in here taking a bath. We have hot water, thank God.”
“Good. Mind if I join you?”
I didn’t know if he was joking or not. “Ha ha. Maybe some other time, Blondie.”
“Ok. Call me if you need me to scrub those, um, hard-to-reach places”, he laughed.
“You’ll be the first I call.”
I still didn’t know if he was joking. We did laugh it off, but something inside was telling me that there was more to it. I decided not to think about it right then. I had finally gotten myself to relax and thinking about the whole Nick situation would just get me all confused and stressed again. I closed my eyes and let my thoughts wander again. The heat of the water started to get to me and after awhile I couldn’t breathe so I got out. I wrapped my body in a big fluffy towel and dried myself off. I tried to dry my hair but without electricity to power my blow dryer, it was next to impossible. I left it alone and got out of the bathroom. Nick was sitting on the couch reading a comic book he must have brought with him. Why someone will ever bring comics on vacation I’ll never know.
“Hey. I see you are reading some very deep and intellectual material there”, I joked.
“X-Men are very intellectual. I learn a lot about human society by reading these.”
“Oh and here I was, wasting my time reading Kafka and Freud when I had Wolverine and Cyclops staring me in the face.”
“You should’ve known better, Em. If you had spent all those years reading comics like I have, maybe you could’ve reached my level of thinking.”
“What level of thinking? I bet if you had your head x-rayed, the doctors would have found holes in your brain from reading those things. Well, as much as I’d love to continue this friendly debate, I need to get dressed. I’ll see you in a few.”
The two of us laughed as I walked into the bedroom.
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