Stay with Me by Awesomekristii (primary phonics .TXT) 📕

DELILAH

Where were we going?

Gazing out from the car's window, I could only see the darkness looming over the road, and the street light flickering over the concrete way.

It was already dark by the time we got out. Seating inside the office room I didn’t even realize it was already evening by the time, Stefan left, and he said about going out.

I didn’t even ask him where we were going until now. Maybe I didn’t even bother to know, as long as it’s him with me. I realized how much of a lovesick fool I sound but I didn’t think I could call the feeling anything close to love.

I had never experienced it to know.

The city almost came to an end and I saw the huge buildings slowly disappearing and being replaced with vast green stretches. The wind felt cool in my face, giving the perfect winter vibes.

I rubbed my hand over my shoulders to warm up from the cold. Despite it, it felt good to have the wind over my face. “Are you feeling cold?”

I looked away from the windows towards him, as he rolled the steering right taking a turn towards the tall trees growing on both sides of the road. It was the first time he had spoken since we had got inside the car.

“Not much.” I shook my head but the shudder in my body betrayed my words. I saw him let out a sigh before rolling up the windows. “ It’s already the end of November. The wind is nothing cool but freezing.” I didn’t object to him. He was right.

We fell into a comfortable silence again. I looked at the radio but didn’t try to put it on. I haven’t heard music in years, and somewhere it feels lonely inside without it.

My mind again drifted to the tune I had known by heart. I didn’t know from where it came, how it was hummed by me. I didn’t know anything yet it felt so familiar that for a second I felt it was of my mere existence.

“Where did you learn this tune?” I opened my eyes peeking at him. I didn’t even realise when I started humming that.

“Don’t know. I just get this tune in my mind and mouth unknowingly.” He didn’t said anything and my yes again drifted to his veiny broad arms, and the four letters inked so beautifully on his four fingers.

DAZE

I glanced back at the window, feeling a certain calmness wrapping me. Maybe it was him. The green stretches were no longer in sight but tall trees welcomed us a long way. I heard crashing sounds, and thrashing of water and somewhere I got the little vibe.

Was he taking me to a beach?

I didn’t know how to digest that when the unfamiliar view of the sand and the long sound of waves crashing on the shore reached my ears. I had never been to a beach before.

I saw him taking a swift turn to a side on the road where parking was written in a whiteboard. He unlocked the car and unfastened his seat belts, and was as quite as he was before.

I couldn’t take away my eyes from the view in front, and the excitement building inside. “Let's go.” I saw him giving me his hand standing outside my opened car door. When did he go out?

I didn’t hesitate for a second to place my hand over his. Maybe it was a natural instinct of mine. I never flinched at his touch, and there was never a turmoil inside me with the fact he was a man. It had been before.

I got out from the car while he closed and loved it. Unknown to myself, I took in a deep breath feeling the salty freshness of the air. It was beautiful. Calm and serene.

I saw him rolling up his pants, his white shirt sleeves up to his elbows, as he motioned me with his eyes to do the same. “Roll up the sweater.”

But before I could, I saw him grabbing my hands and rolling up my sweater till my elbow. I saw him kneeling down on his one knee and began to roll up my jeans. “Damien, you don-“

“It's fine.” His voice held no room for discussion and till the time he wasn’t done he didn’t get up.

Patting my knees, he stood up and again hold my hands before walking towards the beach. The sand fdo so good under my feet. Cold, and brushy. My feet almost dipped inside if he hadn’t held me firmly.

The loud sounds of the waves crashing the coast reverberated in my ear drums, making me feel the rush of adrenaline inside. We stood close to where the water had rose up earlier but quite a distance to not wet out feet yet.

I stared at the vast ocean laid under the moonlight. And I didn’t even know what adjectives should I use to describe them. It was that beautiful.

The gleaming water, and the reflection of the moon and the starry night summed such a calmness inside my heart. It felt this was what I had missed all of my life. “It's beautiful.”

“Indeed.” I felt him tightening his hold on me, and the familiar eyes over me. Did we talk about the same thing? I didn’t know why I felt its not.

I closed my eyes again, soaking the feel as much as possible. “Do you come here frequently?” I looked at him, and it felt my word had left him in a deep thinking of his own. Despite being just a inches away, it felt he was far far away from here.

“No, I am coming here after five years.” There was such emptiness in his voice that it felt like a robot.

I didn’t interrupt whatever he was thinking, but when I saw the sadness looming in his eyes it felt like I should have distracted him fro, whatever he was thinking. I should have. Thinking upon my words I called him, “Damien.”

He looked at him, his eyes felt so bare, and naked. “Thank you for taking me here. I have never been to a beach.”

His eyes softened at my words, the tensed muscles near his eyes and forehead relaxed. He gave me a nod, and it felt he wasn’t in the last anymore.