Chapter Twenty:

Asa, Renee, and Matthew left, leaving Bo and Nora alone once again. He walked over to his desk and opened the bottom drawer. He pulled out an old wooden box he kept hidden in the back. He opened it up and began looking through the pictures. He looked at their smiling faces and sighed. Could they be this happy again? He placed the pictures back in the box and returned it to the bottom drawer.

He walked into the kitchen and found something to make for lunch. He walked down the hallway carrying the tray towards the bedroom. He opened the door and walked over to the bed setting the tray down on the bedside table. She was sleeping so he sat down in the chair that Renee had left beside the bed. He reached out and slowly ran his fingertip down her cheek. Her eyes slowly fluttered open and a smile spread across her face.

“Hey there beautiful.”

“Hey there gorgeous.”

She looked up at him and saw all her emotions and feelings mirrored back in his eyes. She wanted to tell him, she needed to tell him.

He saw everything he needed to see when he looked into her eyes. He wanted to tell her, he needed to tell her.

They both spoke at the same time…

“I love you, Bo.”

“I love you, Nora.”

“What?”

“You do?”

“Yes, I love you Bo Buchanan. I love you so much I think I might explode.”

“Do you know how long I’ve waited for you to say those words to me again? I thought I was never going to here you say them. How long have you felt this way?”

“Oh, for about 10 years now.”

He smiled that smile and kissed the top of her hand which was now intertwined with his. “Same here.”

He walked to the other side of the bed and sat down beside her. He reached over and caressed the side of her face. He ran his thumb along her cheekbone catching a tear as it fell onto her cheek.

“Shh…no more tears okay? Only happy endings from now on”

“You promise Bo, nothing but happy endings from now on?”

He brought his hand around to the back of her neck and pulled her towards him. Their lips touched for the first time and it was electric. She could feel the effects of his kiss from head to toe. He was the only man who had ever made her feel this way. Their kisses intensified. He slowly laid her down on the bed with him, never breaking contact. She ran her hands through his hair, breathing in his scent, losing herself in his kiss.

He slowly placed his hand under her t-shirt, running it slowly up her stomach. As his hand traveled higher he felt her stiffen at his touch. He broke the kiss and looked in her eyes. The passion and desire had been replaced by fear, not of him, but fear just the same. She started to cry…

“I’m sorry.”

“Shh…honey its fine. (she cries harder) Shh…stop crying.”

“I—I’m so sorry. My—my heart wants this but my mind takes over. You touch me and I want to lose myself there, but my mind keeps going back to that night.”

“It’s okay, it’s just going to take time and we have all the time in the world.”

“You’re not upset?”

“Of course not, honey. I’m a very patient man. Don’t you know how much I love you?”

“I do. I see it every time I look into your eyes.”

“Then hold my love here (places his hand over her heart) and remember this day, the day we finally gave our love a voice.”

Nora reached out and touched his face. She leaned in and kissed him before laying her head against his chest.

“Will you do me a favor?”

“Anything.”

“Will you sing to me?”

Bo leans down and kisses the top of her head, taking the hand that lies across his stomach, in his and intertwines her fingers with his. He begins to sing….

I've got sunshine, on a cloudy day...
When it’s cold outside, I've got the month of May.
I'd guess you'd say,
What can make me feel this way?
My girl, My girl, My girl,
Talking bout my girl.
My girl!

She closes her eyes and lets the sound of his voice fill her troubled mind. She replaces those things that she fears with thoughts of the love they have found again. She drifts off to sleep and dreams…..

 

I've got so much honey the bees envy me.
I've got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees.
Well I'd guess you'd say,
What can make me feel this way?
My girl, My girl, My girl,
Talking bout my girl.
My girl!

He looks down at her and smiles. He continues to sing, burning this day forever in his heart.

 

I don't need nobody,
Oh just my baby.
I've got all the riches baby,
One man can claim.
I'd guess you'd say,
What can make me feel this way?
My girl, My girl, My girl,
Talking bout my girl.
My girl!

He looks down at her asleep, her head still lying in the same place on his chest that it had lied so many times before. Soon he falls fast asleep and dreams…

And as the afternoon turns to dusk and the day comes to and end, the love they have rediscovered is just beginning….

~*~*~*~

He walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. She leaned her head back against his chest, loving the feeling of being held in his strong arms. She could feel his hot breath on the back of her neck as he lowered his lips to her skin. The first kiss sent shivers down her spine, the second made her weak in the knees. She turned around and ran her hand under his shirt and across his hard chest. She lifted his shirt over his head. She wrapped her arms around him and pulled him into another kiss. They swayed back and forth to the music playing in the background. They danced their way towards the bed. He lifted her t-shirt over her head, the moonlight filtering through the windows illuminating every curve. He laid her down on the bed.

Every touch set her body on fire. He slowly trailed kisses across her collarbone. He kissed down her chest stopping at the top of her breasts. He teased her one nipple with his fingers, the other with his tongue. She arched her head back as he took her breast into his mouth. A moan escaped from deep within her as he continued to bring her pleasure. He broke contact with her breast and began kissing her down her stomach. He looked up at her as he slipped a finger….

She awoke with a start…her heart racing. She was covered with sweat despite the chill in the air. She looked at him as he slept and smiled. She laid her head back down on his chest and closed her eyes.

“Now that was a dream”, she whispered as she fell back asleep.

~*~*~*~

He was lying in bed when he felt her hand lightly caress his cheek. He turned to face her and her smile made his heart race. She pulled him towards her and kissed him. His body immediately responded to her kiss. She broke the kiss and looked at him, her eyes dancing, the light was back. She rolled on top of him and began kissing his neck and down his chest. He brought her face back up to his and he kissed her again, opening her mouth with his tongue. Their kisses intensified. The feel of her body against his was bringing him closer and closer.

She brought her hands down his chest, stopping at the waistband of his pants. She unbuttoned his pants, slowly unzipping them as she continued to kiss his chest. She slipped his pants over his waist, throwing them behind her somewhere in the room. She smiled that smile and his breath caught in his throat. She reached down and ran her fingers along the inside of the waistband of his boxers. She finally slipped his boxers over his hips, they quickly joined his pants lying on the floor, or wherever they landed. She runs her hands down his chest and stops as she takes his desire and begins to….

He awoke with a start…his heart racing. He was covered with sweat despite the chill in the air. He looked down at her, her head lying on his chest, her hand across his stomach. He watched the slow rise and fall of her chest and smiled. He laid his head back down on the pillow and closed his eyes.

“Now that was a dream”, he whispered as he fell back asleep.