Chapter Twenty-Eight
Maya
I am so warm and cosy, I could stay here for an eternity. Wrapped up in Tommy’s arms whilst he sleeps is like being in heaven. His chest rises and falls silently as I watch and with the very tips of my fingers, so that it must feel like the brush of a butterfly’s wing, I trace the lines of his abs slowly. I follow the ridges round and round, mesmerised by the feel of his skin under my fingers, solid as a rock but soft as silk at the same time. How could I have possibly forgotten this? Forgotten him and gone on for so long without him.
Last night was a mind fuck of a revelation.
Everything is coming back to me so fast now, all the blanks that I have been missing are starting to fill. It’s been almost seven months since the accident, seven months that Tommy has waited for me. I think that fact makes me love him even more than I already did.
“Baby, if you keep thinking so hard you’regoing to hurt yourself,” I glance up at him as he smirks down at me.
“I’m just thinking about, well, everything,” I admit. “I’m so sorry, I feel so guilty for what I have put you through.”
He lifts a hand and rubs the frown between my brows.
“Maya, of course I’d have waited for you. It has always been me and you, even when we were too dumb to do anything about it,” He says.
“Oh god, Fallon. She knows,” I grimace. “How did she take it?”
“She felt like shit for coming between us and had been keeping me updated on how you’ve been doing. I don’t think I could have stayed away from you for as long as I did if it wasn’t for her”
“I’m sorry I kept you away, I wasn’t ready to face anyone for a while,” I say, hoping my expression proves just how bad I feel about it all.
“Stop apologising. There is nothing we could have done differently,” He leans forward and kisses me sweetly, his way of shutting me up.
“Goooood morning!” The door bursts open as a beaming Max stands there, hand on his hips with the widest grin ever. “Well, you two weren’t discrete one-bit last night,” He winks.
“She remembers me Max,” Tommy says proudly, holding me tighter to him.
“Shut up!” He gasps, almost look like he is going to cry. “Oh bro, I’m sohappy for you. And of course, you too Maya! This is amazing!”
Turning back to Tommy, he smiles down at me before kissing the top of my head.
“Have you told the girls yet? I need to see their reaction to this,” He runs over and jumps on the end of the bed.
“Max, get the fuck out of here! We’re naked and if you manage to see any inch of the skin on my girl I’ll remove your eyeballs,” Tommy growls, making me laugh.
“Okay, okay. Grumpy pants. You’d think his mood would be better since he got some last night.” Oh, now he is just trying to get a rise out of him, which makes me laugh even harder. He runs out of the room before Tommy can respond.
“The little shit. He’s been unbearable since all this happened. This is what you left me to deal with.” I can tell he’s only pretending to be in a mood with him though, no one could be angry with Max even if they tried.
“Leave him alone. He’s happy for us,” I say as I snuggle back down into his arms. “Now let me have ten more minutes peace before we face the world.”
“How about you have twenty whilst I’ll run downstairs to get your favourite coffee?”
“I have already said I love you, you don’t need to bribe me,” I wink at him as he slides out of bed.
I stare at his glorious arse and ripped back as he walks over to the bathroom. What is it about a man’s back that’s so sexy? God, I could getused to this.
I’m in the living room with Tommy and Max, waiting for our friends to come round. Max told them to come round as he was beside himself at telling them my newfound memories. Now that they seem to be coming back in a steady stream, I ponder over what else may come to light. I’m also excited to tell the girls about last night. Well, mostly excited. I am anxious at the thought of telling Fallon. She’s been fine the past week since I’ve been around her brother, but now I know what she was like before, I remember just how much she despised the thought of us.
I’m at the point of no return with Tommy. I love him, I always have, and if she can’t handle that there’s not much I can do about it. As if there wasn’t enough time wasted before my life went to shit.
I’m lying across the couch, my legs resting on Tommy. Ever since last night, it’s like we physically can’t be apart from each other. I even ended up going on the coffee run with him earlier, acting like a love-struck teenager all over again.
“Knock knock, you’re favourite human is here,” Fallon calls as the elevator doors open. Blair and Gracie walking in behind her.
Gracie is the first one to notice the way Tommy and I are sitting and starts to jump up and down clapping her hands.
