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CHAPTERS 241 - 245 |
chapter 241:
[Tea angrily tosses her suitcases into the trunk of Carlotta's car. As she slams the trunk shut, Todd rushes toward her.]
Todd: Delgado, wait!
Tea: For what? More invasions of my privacy? More hurtful words?
Todd: Just come upstairs with me.
[Tea notices Carol watching them from a distance.]
Tea: Why don't you invite her upstairs?
[Todd follows her gaze toward Carol.]
Tea: She's more your type than I am, anyway.
Todd: You're right.
Tea: Enjoy yourself! I'm leaving.
[Todd grabs her arm as she tries to move around him.]
Todd: You're not going anywhere. Not without me.
Tea: If you think I would go anywhere with you ever again, you're mistaken.
Todd: I changed my mind about going upstairs.
Tea: Good! Now, let go of me. Right now!
Todd: I'm not letting go of you until you get in my car. I'm taking you somewhere.
Tea: Should I be afraid?
[Tea regrets her question as Todd's face registers the pain of her direct hit on his heart.
Tea's anger softens, as does her voice.]
Tea: Please, just let me go.
Todd: You're right about everything. You always are. That babe over there is totally my type. Before I met you, I would have had her upstairs and on her knees a few minutes after she hit on me.
Tea: She hit on you?
Todd: Are you jealous?
Tea: Should I be?
Todd: I'm not upstairs ruining her life right now, am I? I'm here, waiting for you to get in my car.
Tea: I can't be with someone who doesn't respect me.
Todd: I respect you.
Tea: Not my privacy.
Todd: What does that have to do with anything? You knew, when you wrote all that junk down, I would read it. You wanted me to know how lousy I make you feel. You were punishing me. I get that now.
Tea: How do you come up with these ideas?
Todd: You did write how much you hated being with me.
Tea: I never wrote any such thing.
Todd: I read it. Every word. Okay, not every word. You talk too much, even when you're writing. But, I read most of the words.
Tea: Did you comprehend what you were reading?
Todd: It's not like it was in Spanish, which is how I know you wanted me to read it. If you wanted it to be a secret, you would have written it so I couldn't know what the hell you were saying.
Tea: You would have just taken my journal to someone who could translate it for you.
Todd: Exactly! You knew that and you saved me the time. Thank you!
Tea: For making it easier for you to invade my privacy?
Todd: You don't get to pretend you're angry about that anymore, since we both know you wanted me to read it.
Tea: I thought that, if you did invaded my privacy by reading my private thoughts, you would at least know how wonderful I think you are if I put it in English, so you could understand what I was writing. That's not the same as inviting you to read my private journal.
Todd: How was I supposed to know that guy from your fantasies has my face?
Tea: He has your face. Your eyes. Your lips. Your body.
Todd: Okay, we can go upstairs for a quickie before I give you your surprise.
Tea: What surprise? Where do you want to take me?
Todd: Somewhere I've wanted to take you for a long time.
Tea: Could you be more specific?
Todd: I'll take you where I went after you dumped me at our last wedding.
Tea: Where is that?
Todd: I always wanted it to be a surprise when I showed you. You'll have to wait until we get there.
Tea: Give me a hint.
Todd: If I do, you'll figure it out. Now, shut up and come upstairs with me.
Tea: Unveil your surprise first. I'll reward you, if I like it.
Todd: And, if you don't like it?
Tea: I'll reward you anyway.
Todd: Is that a promise?
Tea: Take me to the place you wanted to share with me.
Todd: It's not what you're thinking.
Tea: What am I thinking?
Todd: That I bought you a house.
Tea: It isn't a house?
Todd: No. That's all you're getting out of me. Wait here. I'm going upstairs to get my suitcases you threw into the stairwell. I don't want some weird person trying on my underwear.
Tea: I have to return Carlotta's car to her.
Todd: She can wait.
Tea: I can return the car while you retrieve your underwear. You can pick me up at her house. Okay?
Todd: I should probably see Starr before we go.
Tea: How long will we be gone?
Todd: That depends on how grateful you are.
Tea: Are you done trying to push me away?
Todd: Everything is still as screwed up as it was. If you're sure you're okay with that, I guess I can keep trying to put up with you.
Tea: I'm very grateful.
Todd: Because I'm a generous guy?
Tea: Because we love each other.
[Tea moves closer to him. They share a gentle kiss.]
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chapter 242:
[As the lovers deepen their kiss, oblivious to anything but each other, a frustrated Carol realizes she has no chance with Todd and leaves the parking garage.
When Tea finally pulls away from Todd's determined kiss, he surprises her by picking her up in his arms.]
Tea: Todd! I need to return Carlotta's car before we go.
Todd: Before we go, you need a shower. I need a shower. We need to shower together.
Tea: After all that activity in the elevator, will you be able to follow through on that promise?
Todd: I'm not promising anything, except that you'll be getting wet...and I'll be watching.
Tea: That's all, just watching?
Todd: After everything we did in that elevator, if we try one more thing, one of us will end up in the hospital. It will probably be me.
Tea: Perhaps a long, hot shower will re-invigorate you.
Todd: Didn't you get enough already?
Tea: Not even close.
[Todd walks toward the elevator and sets Tea down.]
Tea: I was hoping you would carry me all the way to the penthouse.
Todd: You expect me to carry you up all those stairs?
Tea: I thought we were taking the elevator.
Todd: What if we get stuck again?
Tea: You wouldn't hear any complaints from me.
Todd: Maybe you're built like a camel, but I'm not. I need to use the john soon.
Tea: Now that you mention it...
[Tea frantically pushes the button for the elevator, suddenly discovering a need greater than her need for Todd.]
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chapter 243:
[Minutes later...
Tea finds Todd in the kitchen, digging his fingers into a container of coleslaw and shoveling it into his mouth.]
Tea: I thought we were meeting in the shower?
Todd: I needed some energy first.
Tea: What were you planning?
Todd: You know.
Tea: Details are always appreciated.
Todd: I thought you hated it when I talk and eat at the same time.
Tea: If you've changed your mind...
Todd: I'm just grabbing something to eat. I'm not backing out of this thing.
Tea: What thing is that? What should I expect of our relationship this time?
Todd: The same as always...disappointment.
Tea: I've never been disappointed...when you sincerely tried.
Todd: I can't give you what you want.
Tea: Why not?
Todd: Do you want me to have a heart attack?
Tea: You have panic attacks, not heart attacks.
Todd: The feeling still sucks.
Tea: I'm sorry you have to feel that way because of me.
Todd: I forgive you.
Tea: Do you?
Todd: I was kidding, Delgado. Lighten up.
Tea: How do I do that? Either we're apart and we're both miserable, or we're together and you're miserable.
Todd: Not all the time.
Tea: A few moments of ecstasy, once a day, isn't what I want for you.
Todd: It's more than a few moments and it sure as hell has been more than once today.
Tea: Did we break our record?
Todd: I lost count. We might have to do it all again tomorrow.
Tea: At the secret location you're taking me?
Todd: Maybe I shouldn't take you there.
Tea: Why? Where is it?
Todd: Are you sure you want to go? It might make you do that crying thing.
Tea: I wish you would tell me now what the surprise is.
Todd: I always wanted to see your face when you saw it.
Tea: Okay, let's go.
Todd: I thought you were taking a shower first?
Tea: I thought you were joining me.
Todd: I don't know if I can handle another go right now.
Tea: Nothing has to happen.
Todd: We'll both be naked. You'll expect something.
Tea: My only expectation is that we'll be together for the rest of our lives.
Todd: You really want that?
Tea: More than anything.
[Todd shoves one final handful of coleslaw into his mouth before taking hold of her hand as he leads her out of the kitchen, up the stairs and into the bathroom.]
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chapter 244:
[In the master bathroom...
Todd quickly removes Tea's clothing. He then stands back and openly admires her body.]
Tea: Did you want me to do the honors?
Todd: What honors?
Tea: You removed my clothes. Do you want me to remove yours?
Todd: I want you to shut up and let me look at you. I didn't get to see you while we were doing all that stuff in the elevator. I hate it when I can't see you.
Tea: It wasn't the first time we made love in the dark.
Todd: Those other times weren't really dark. I could still see you. I need to look at you like this every day. Okay?
Tea: Do I get to look at you?
Todd: Why would you want to do that?
Tea: For the same reason you want to look at me.
Todd: Because you're hot?
Tea: I am hot...for you.
Todd: After everything we did in that elevator, how can you still want more?
Tea: I'm standing here naked. You're looking at me the way that you are. You turn me on, Todd Manning. Didn't you read that in my journal?
Todd: I thought you were just making that junk up because you knew I'd read everything you wrote and you thought I'd be stupid enough to fall for your phony words.
[Tea seductively approaches her lover.]
Tea: Those words weren't phony. You appeal to me.
[She opens his shirt and places her hands under the fabric, caressing his sides.]
Tea: You make my skin tingle. You make my heart race.
Todd: Maybe you're allergic to me.
Tea: I want to step into that shower with you and wash every part of your body.
Todd: You think I can't take care of that myself?
Tea: I want you to wash my body, too.
Todd: I might agree to that. No washcloths, right?
Tea: I want there to be no place on either of our bodies that the other hasn't touched.
Todd: That could get gross.
Tea: Only the parts that we're both comfortable with.
Todd: I've never been comfortable with any of this...not with you.
Tea: Why not with me? What's different about me?
Todd: Everything.
Tea: Is that good or bad?
Todd: All I know is that talking is bad. Talking in a shower is really bad. You could drown.
Tea: We don't have to talk.
Todd: Good!
Tea: You could show me how you feel about me with your touch.
Todd: Just touching? If we do that other thing, we might sprain something neither of us wants sprained.
Tea: I definitely don't want that part of you out of commission. After you show me your surprise, I want to make love all night long.
Todd: Nothing has changed.
Tea: Do you love me? As long as that hasn't changed, we'll find our way through everything else.
Todd: How do you do that?
Tea: Do what?
Todd: You almost make me believe that you'll really stick around. Why do I actually want that with you?
Tea: Maybe for the same reason I want that with you.
Todd: I don't have any clue why you would want anything to do with me.
Tea: I'm in love with you. Being with you, even just standing here together, makes me feel wanted...desired...loved. I like that feeling.
Todd: I always thought that feeling sucked.
Tea: Do you still think that?
[Todd takes a deep breath, exhaling loudly.]
Todd: I wish I did. I hate wanting this feeling to keep happening. I hate wanting to have a heart attack for you.
Tea: Just remind yourself that they're only panic attacks and you'll be okay.
Todd: You don't know what it feels like.
Tea: You're right, I don't. If you need physical space, take it.
Todd: You won't get pissed off and split on me if I can't give you everything you want?
Tea: I want to share a bed with you. That hasn't changed.
Todd: I can't do that.
Tea: What if I waited until you fell asleep and then got into bed with you?
Todd: That wouldn't work. I never sleep.
Tea: You do...sometimes. Do you think it would work?
Todd: That isn't what you want.
Tea: I would settle for that.
Todd: You shouldn't have to settle for anything. You deserve everything.
Tea: You give me everything I need.
Todd: That's bull!
Tea: You give me your love. That's all I need.
Todd: You want more.
Tea: I want you to try. Tonight, after your surprise, after we make love, I want you to try to stay with me.
Todd: I hate the way your eyes look when I disappoint you. I should be able to do this. What the hell's wrong with me?
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chapter 245:
Tea: Nothing is wrong with you.
Todd: Haven't you been paying attention all this time you've known me?
Tea: You have panic attacks. That's not uncommon.
Todd: It is when all you want is for me to fall asleep in the same room you're in and I can't do it.
Tea: We've been focusing on sharing the same bed. Do you think you could fall asleep if we were in the same room but not in bed together?
Todd: It's not the bed I'm allergic to. It's you.
Tea: You're not allergic to me.
Todd: It feels that way. It feels like something won't let me enjoy you like I want.
Tea: You want to sleep with me?
Todd: I want to make you happy.
Tea: You have. You will.
Todd: I'll try. I know I'll fail, like I always do, but I will try.
Tea: Will you try to share a bed with me tonight?
Todd: Can we get everything else out of the way first before I have to start having that heart attack?
Tea: It's a panic attack.
Todd: You don't have to keep saying that.
Tea: I want you to face what it is. It's not a heart attack. It's only a panic attack.
Todd: Only? I'm feeling stuff in my chest people aren't supposed to feel.
Tea: It may scare you, but it won't kill you.
Todd: I'm not scared of anything. I just hate that feeling.
Tea: I understand.
Todd: No, you don't.
Tea: I know what it's like to be scared.
Todd: You only think you know. Now, can we drop this and get wet together?
Tea: I would love to take a shower with you.
Todd: This is just to get clean after being stuck in that stupid elevator for days.
Tea: It wasn't days.
Todd: It felt like it was.
Just promise you won't try to do anything except get clean right now or one of us will pass out from exhaustion and I don't want you panicking and calling the paramedics while I'm unconscious. I hate waking up naked and finding strange people looking at me.
Tea: Has that happened often?
Todd: Once is enough.
Tea: Another mysterious moment from your past?
Todd: My past sucked. My future will probably suck, too, but at least it hasn't happened yet so it can't be held against me.
Tea: I don't hold your past against you. I thought you knew that by now.
Todd: You like to pretend none of it ever happened, but everyone else loves to rub my face in it. Can we drop this now so I can rub soap all over your body?
Tea: You can do whatever you want with my body.
Todd: You shouldn't say that to a guy.
Tea: I trust you.
Todd: I don't know why.
Tea: You don't need to understand it. Just accept it.
[Tea opens the shower door and turns the water on. After adjusting the temperature to her liking, she steps into the shower. Todd watches her as the water cascades down her naked body. Within seconds, his clothes are on the floor as he joins his lover in the steamy shower.]
to be continued...
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