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Beautiful.
Even with tears in them, her eyes were so beautiful.
“There is and there never was anything wrong with you Catalina. You are an extraordinary human being and if your mother is so evil that she would go to the lengths she did, then she did not deserve you.”
And one day I will make that woman pay for these tears.
“You are a shining star in a world that is plagued with nothing but darkness.”
Catalina leaned into me as I wrapped my arms around her.
“Everything is going to be okay,” I whispered to her as I slowly untangled myself from her as I gently picked her up, carrying her to the large black couch in the middle of the room. I kept her on my lap and pulled her close to me as I tightened my grip on her. She settled into me as she rested her head on my chest. Tears still leaking from her eyes.
“Everything is going to be okay.”
* * *
She’s asleep.
I should get her into her own bed but I don’t want to let her go.
Against my instincts, I gathered her back up into my arms and carried her up the stairs to her room. It wasn’t difficult to find, the house itself had only three bedrooms, one of which was particularly larger than the rest and housed some more photos of her and others. Her room was big. The room was painted black with matching dark hardwood floors and a huge floor-to-ceiling glass door that led to the upper-level balcony. A large king-sized bed with black silk sheets and a large dark green blanket was in the center of the room. A dark wooden end table accompanied each side of the bed, both decorated with gold lamps. A simple black dresser, that housed many more books, pictures, and little crystals was pressed up against the wall. A fairly large black rug with a crescent moon etched on it lay beneath her bed in the center of her room.
Cozy.
I pulled back her sheets gently laying her down on her bed and tucked her back in.
How many times had she done this? How many times had she cried herself to sleep?
I hated it. I hated the thought of her upset. The thought of her crying herself to sleep was enough to make me want to hunt down every person who caused those tears and see just how much torture they could endure.
I would. I would do it. I would do it for her.
I turned around to leave. To let her get some sleep in peace but I felt her as she gripped my hand and gently tugged me back.
“Stay.” Her eyes remained closed as she whispered as if she was in that sweet place between sleep and reality.
Always.
I reached down and kissed the top of her head as she pulled the blanket down and I slid in next to her. She laid her head on my chest and just for a second I forgot how to breathe. It had been so long since I had shared a bed with another. I had plenty of lovers before but I had never welcomed them into my bed or even let them rest next to me. This was new. Different. I had never welcomed or wanted this sort of intimacy with anyone. But with Catalina… it felt right. I pulled the blanket back over us and pulled her in closer.
“I will stay as long as you wish.”
* * *
I have to be dreaming.
She was still here, her head on my chest. She’s here. This was real.
I don’t want to get up.
Yet I had to. I gently moved her head to the soft pillow and got out of the bed, careful not to wake her, and gently tucked her back in.
If I wake her up before she’s ready she’ll kill me.
I made my way down to the kitchen.
Coffee. I need coffee.
