PIER 22
The familiar feel of
Sarah's
lips
against his own startles Brent .
Something comes over him, a spell cast
by the winter night, and he is drawn back inside. There was a time when
he thought that they could make it work, as the vivid memories show, and
right now the hands of time are taking a journey backward.
"Brent," Sarah huffs as she pulls
back reluctantly from the kiss, "that was incredible. That was how it should
have been. How it should still be."
A response eludes him. He stands
motionless, his hands feeling odd now as she continues to hold them in
her own. He takes in the almond-shaped eyes, so alive all of the time,
and the whisps of dark blonde hair dancing about her head in the night
breeze.
"Do you remember when it was like
that?" she asks, on the verge of being breathless. "When there was nothing
we wanted more than to feel that way all the time, getting totally lost
in each other?"
She stares at him expectantly but
he remains speechless.
"I remember. I remember how I couldn't
even try to focus on anything else when I caught a glimpse of you," she
continues. "I remember how much more exciting work became when we got to
work on things together. I remember wanting nothing more than to go home
at night so I could lie there with your arms around me and my head on your
chest."
He remembers, too. There was a time
-- such an exciting time -- when he could get lost in her, too. The sight
of her would light up the room. Looking over cases became so much more
interesting when he was collaborating with her. And the feel of her in
his arms ... Sometimes he felt as though he'd found what he had always
been looking for -- a home of his own.
"You do remember," she says. Her
smile widens and her face brightens. He feels the tips of her fingers caressing
his palms. "What we had was beautiful, wasn't it?"
"Yeah, it was," he gulps, unable
to believe that he is living this moment.
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