J. Cooper: Everlasting Sin

I changed the subject and grabbed her hand. “You know, when I was unconscious, I had a dream.”

“Not of us having hospital sex?” She rolled her eyes.

“No, silly.” I laughed. “I had a dream that we got married.”

“Oh.” Her voice was soft, and I could see the surprise in her eyes.

“Yeah. I had a dream that we were married and we had kids. Only, I didn’t realize I was dreaming. I thought I was dead. And it made me sad. I thought I’m going to miss out on so much. I realized that I had so much life to live. So many regrets to give up. I realized that I needed to forgive myself. I couldn’t hold on to that pain and guilt forever.”

She nodded. “Yeah.”

“But I couldn’t quite seem to find my way out of the darkness. I thought, This is it. I’m trapped here. ” My breath caught as I thought about what it had been like. “And then I heard an angel talking to me. It wasn’t the same sweet voice that had been speaking to me earlier. It was an angel that had wings and the face of the woman I loved. And as she kept talking to me, I felt something soft caressing me, like a butterfly. And I started warming up.”

“Oh.”

“And then the angel kissed me.” I caressed her cheeks and stared up at her, wondering how I had gotten so lucky. “And all of a sudden, the darkness was gone. And I knew as soon as I stared into her brown eyes that I had to make her mine.”

“Oh,” she repeated again breathlessly.

“Marry me, Riley. Please marry me. I don’t want to go another day without you in my life.”

“Oh, Hudson.” Tears fell from her eyes. “Of course I will marry you. I love you so much.”

“We’re in this together, my darling. You are my everlasting love.” I grabbed her around the waist and kissed her hard. “I don’t want to live life with any regrets any more. You’re the only one I’ve ever loved. You’ve been it for me forever. You’re my life, and I will spend my life showing you how much I love you.”

“You’re my everlasting love as well.” She kissed me hard. “And my everlasting sin.” She grinned, and I looked at the twinkle in her eye and then gasped as I felt her hand on my chest.

“Everlasting sin?”

“I’m going to make love to you,” she whispered in my ear. “Sit back and enjoy the ride, Mr. Blake.”

“I love you, Riley.”

“I know, my love. I know.” And then she winked at me and pushed me back.

I closed my eyes and laughed to myself. I’d never thought that when I’d picked on the little girl on the bus that one day we would eventually land up in love and about to spend the rest of our lives together. It seemed like it was the perfect ending to our story though. I was going to spend the rest of my life loving and protecting Riley. And I was going to have the time of my life making sure it was as good for her as it was for me.

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