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the closest chance of a seat, then walked over to the fountain and sat down on its edge.
The slight vertigo I’d felt moments earlier seemed to slow to a stop and I closed my eyes again in relief. I couldn’t seem to figure out what was wrong with me. I was so confused and still shocked at myself for the way I’d treated my mum. There was also something else. Something missing in my mind. Something I wanted to remember. I just couldn’t remember what. I opened my eyes again and stared down at the clear, chilly-looking water in the fountain. I felt so sure that there was something else. Something or someone else that I’d forgotten. I just wished I could remember who.
Distracted for a moment by the trickling sound of water running from the fountain into its base, I had a flash of rain, golden hair and violet eyes. I shook my head at the hazy memory. It didn’t seem real and something in my head urged me to forget about it. Without thinking and tempted by the softness of the ripples in the water, I dipped my fingertips into the fountain.
“I heard you tamed the beast,” a voice whispered in front of me.
I jumped at the sound and then looked up into the shadows of the far corner.
Max emerged from the darkness and gave me a seductive smile. “Hello, Kitty,” he said.
I took a deep breath as I looked at him and tried to control the overwhelming urge I had to go to him. With a smile still gracing his lips, he tilted his head to the side and narrowed his eyes at me as though he sensed my struggle.
“Hello,” I breathed in response.
Max straightened and crept slowly around the fountain towards me. My eyes wandered down his body as he walked. His casual black jeans, black boots and tight, black shirt still seemed to make him look elegant. I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I turned my head as far as I could to look at him over my shoulder as he came around the fountain behind me.
“Looks like I found you first,” he said as he sat down on the edge of the fountain.
I gazed at him from behind the safety of my shoulder and watched out of the corner of my eye as he ran his fingers gently down my spine. I shivered and looked away. When I looked back up at him he was staring intensely at me. “I wanted to find you,” I managed to answer.
Max placed his hand on my arm and moved closer. “I know,” he said, as he caressed my arm.
“I needed to see you,” I whispered.
He stared at me with large, amber eyes and his face turned sincere. “I know,” he said.
His hand ran lightly up my arm and came to rest against the side of my face. Max pulled me closer to him until there were only millimeters between us. His eyes stared deep into mine and I lost my train of thought for a moment. As his lips brushed mine, I remembered.
“Why,” I asked quietly.
Surprised, Max pulled back and gave me a questioning look. “Pardon,” he said.
I moved away from him and stood up, pulling myself from his grasp. When I turned to face him, he appeared almost irritated. “Why,” I asked again. “Why did I want to find you? Why did I need to see you?”
Max seemed to relax at my question, resting his arms on the edge of the fountain near his hips and leaning back. He smiled serenely at me. “You know why, Kitty,” he said.
I screwed up my face at his answer and shook my head. If I had known the answer myself, I wouldn’t have had to ask him. I crossed my arms over my chest and glared at him waiting for another answer.
Max only grinned at my glare, then sat up and leaned forward. His face turned serious and he searched my eyes as he spoke. “You and I,” he began slowly, “belong together. We are destined for each other, Kitty. That is the way it is supposed to be and that is why you needed to see me, as I needed to see you.”
I continued to glare at him, confused once again by conflicting feelings telling me that he was right and that he wasn’t. Looking into his eyes, I saw his sincerity and suddenly seemed to
The slight vertigo I’d felt moments earlier seemed to slow to a stop and I closed my eyes again in relief. I couldn’t seem to figure out what was wrong with me. I was so confused and still shocked at myself for the way I’d treated my mum. There was also something else. Something missing in my mind. Something I wanted to remember. I just couldn’t remember what. I opened my eyes again and stared down at the clear, chilly-looking water in the fountain. I felt so sure that there was something else. Something or someone else that I’d forgotten. I just wished I could remember who.
Distracted for a moment by the trickling sound of water running from the fountain into its base, I had a flash of rain, golden hair and violet eyes. I shook my head at the hazy memory. It didn’t seem real and something in my head urged me to forget about it. Without thinking and tempted by the softness of the ripples in the water, I dipped my fingertips into the fountain.
“I heard you tamed the beast,” a voice whispered in front of me.
I jumped at the sound and then looked up into the shadows of the far corner.
Max emerged from the darkness and gave me a seductive smile. “Hello, Kitty,” he said.
I took a deep breath as I looked at him and tried to control the overwhelming urge I had to go to him. With a smile still gracing his lips, he tilted his head to the side and narrowed his eyes at me as though he sensed my struggle.
“Hello,” I breathed in response.
Max straightened and crept slowly around the fountain towards me. My eyes wandered down his body as he walked. His casual black jeans, black boots and tight, black shirt still seemed to make him look elegant. I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I turned my head as far as I could to look at him over my shoulder as he came around the fountain behind me.
“Looks like I found you first,” he said as he sat down on the edge of the fountain.
I gazed at him from behind the safety of my shoulder and watched out of the corner of my eye as he ran his fingers gently down my spine. I shivered and looked away. When I looked back up at him he was staring intensely at me. “I wanted to find you,” I managed to answer.
Max placed his hand on my arm and moved closer. “I know,” he said, as he caressed my arm.
“I needed to see you,” I whispered.
He stared at me with large, amber eyes and his face turned sincere. “I know,” he said.
His hand ran lightly up my arm and came to rest against the side of my face. Max pulled me closer to him until there were only millimeters between us. His eyes stared deep into mine and I lost my train of thought for a moment. As his lips brushed mine, I remembered.
“Why,” I asked quietly.
Surprised, Max pulled back and gave me a questioning look. “Pardon,” he said.
I moved away from him and stood up, pulling myself from his grasp. When I turned to face him, he appeared almost irritated. “Why,” I asked again. “Why did I want to find you? Why did I need to see you?”
Max seemed to relax at my question, resting his arms on the edge of the fountain near his hips and leaning back. He smiled serenely at me. “You know why, Kitty,” he said.
I screwed up my face at his answer and shook my head. If I had known the answer myself, I wouldn’t have had to ask him. I crossed my arms over my chest and glared at him waiting for another answer.
Max only grinned at my glare, then sat up and leaned forward. His face turned serious and he searched my eyes as he spoke. “You and I,” he began slowly, “belong together. We are destined for each other, Kitty. That is the way it is supposed to be and that is why you needed to see me, as I needed to see you.”
I continued to glare at him, confused once again by conflicting feelings telling me that he was right and that he wasn’t. Looking into his eyes, I saw his sincerity and suddenly seemed to
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