Free Forgotten Royalty (Escaping The Throne) by Tiffany Wood

blanket up. “You don’t want me? You
never did, did you?”
    Before he can answer I run out of my room. Aunt Lynn had gone to bed so
I ran to the bathroom and locked the door. I started crying again.

Chapter Twelve
    “Sara? I know you’re in there. I-I don’t know what to say that will make
you understand. I-I’m just so …stupid! Why can’t I just say the right things?
Do you want me to leave?”
    I whisper, “Yes.” He leans against the door and I can smell him. His
smell is so intoxicating.
    “If you can look me in the eyes, tell me that you want me to leave, and
make me believe it, I’ll go. I’ll never bother you again.”
    I walk to the door but just lean against it. “Please, just leave me
alone.” I’m shaking uncontrollably. Something’s happening to me.
    “Sara, are you okay? You’re shaking aren’t you? Crap! I knew I
shouldn’t have kissed you again. Sara, open the door. I don’t want you to go
through this alone.”What is he talking about?
    “I c-can’t. J-just l-leave, I d-don’t-t n-n-nee-e-d-d your h-help. I
t-told you to q-quit s-sav-ving me.”
    He knows I’m not stuttering. It’s the shaking. “Sara, unlock the door.
Let me in. I can try to make it stop.” I slip down the door and start shaking
harder. “Sara, answer me please.” When I don’t answer he gives the door one big
shove and the lock gives.

He gently, pushes me clear of the door and lays me flat. “Sara. I’m
going to help you make the shaking stop. Do you trust me?” I can’t answer. He
turns my face so I’m facing him and looks in my eyes. “I know you can still
hear me. Please trust me.” His eyes plead for acceptance. Tears run down my
cheeks. He brushes his lips against mine softly. “I’m going to kiss you again,
but if I say we have to stop, you can’t force it. I know what I’m doing.”
    He kisses me lightly and gently parts my lips with his tongue. He kisses
me again and again. The shaking starts to slow. He moves to my neck and kisses
me from one side of my collar bone to the other. He kisses my chest right below
my collar bone moving inch by inch. He moves back up my collar bone and up the
side of my neck. He kisses me softly on my lips. The shaking has almost
stopped. He kisses me slowly two more times and the shaking stops completely.
He looks in my eyes and I lay perfectly still. I’m afraid if I do anything
other than breathe that they will start again.
    “I think it’s over. You’re okay.” He caresses my face and brushes my
hair back. He slowly helps me sit up against the tub. “How do you feel?”
    Right as he asks me that my stomach spasms and I turn my head just in
time to puke in the tub instead of on him. He holds my hair back. “It’s almost
over. You’re doing fine.”
     When my stomach quits heaving, he grabs me a glass of water and my
toothbrush. I brush my teeth and tongue and rinse out my mouth.
    “Thank you.” That’s all I could say.
    “Can you get up?” He looks down at me. “Maybe I better just carry you.”
    He lifts me up slowly and I wrap my arms around his neck. I bury my
face in his chest and hope he didn’t see my face. I was so embarrassed. I
hadn’t puked in front of a boy since second grade when Shaun and I had a pie
eating contest. I won, and then I lost it. It wasn’t pretty. I thought I didn’t
want him to see me cry, but I knew I didn’t want him to witness that. He
carried me to my bed again and laid me down. He tucked the covers around me and
turned to walk away.
    “Wait. Don’t go. I mean, could you just lye beside me. I don’t think
I’m going to be able to get back to sleep right now and I really don’t want to
be alone.”
    He turns back to me. “Scoot over. Don’t get used to it though. I wasn’t
going to leave. I was just going to go back to the chair.” He lay down beside
me and I put my head on his chest. He brushed my hair back away from my face
with his fingers and before I knew it, I was asleep.
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