Lethal Bride - Season 1 - Episode 28

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Lethal Bride - Season 1 - Episode 28

LOVE

The Christmas vacation that
was supposed to be relaxing
ended up creating tension
between Easton and Crystal.

It was New Year’s Eve already and she was going to spend it in her room alone.

Since they got back from New
York, she avoided Easton like
plague. No doubt she had
feelings for him also but she was scared it would not work out then that would mar their
friendship.

She decided she wasn’t going to allow any romantic feeling come in
between them.

She looked at the clock, it was half an hour to new year, she kept staring
at the clock waiting for it to
struck twelve so that she
could wish herself a happy
new year, maybe send a text to Reuben and Francesca and sleep off.

At exactly 11:59, a tap
interrupted her deep thinking.

She sat up, she knew it had to
be Easton, there was no one with them at home, Easton had given them the time off.
“come in”, she said with so
much reluctance in her voice.

He got in and stood at the
door. He seemed nervous. “I just wanted to be the first to wish you a happy new year,
it’s about one minute to
midnight”. She didn’t know
how to respond so she kept
quiet. He got closer to the bed, “can I sit down?”, “of course
you can”, she tried to conceal
every form of uneasiness
from her tone. Easton sat
down and they both waited
for the New Year. The clock struck Twelve; they
simultaneously said “Happy
New Year”. He got up to leave
but sat down again. She
watched him but didn’t utter
any word. For about two minutes there was a loud silence between them before
he broke it.

“Crystal, I am not leaving here
without your heart”. She still
didn’t know how to respond so she kept quiet. “Please
Crystal, I know it’s
unexpected but I have nursed
this feeling for a long time”.
“what about all the women
you flirted with Easton” “I just used them to distract myself from what I felt for
you”.

“Easton, this wouldn’t work,
it’s going to affect us”
“it won’t I promise, just allow me show you how I feel, let’s
begin this year with Us”. she
got up from the bed and got
to the door, turned the door
knob and opened the door.

“Easton lets not make things complicated, you have to go
now”, he stared at her as a
cloud of sadness hovered
around him. Easton stood up
and got close to her, he gently
lifted her hands from the door knob and closed the door.

“I said I am not leaving
without your heart, and I
mean it”. He was dangerously
close to her now, she swallowed and tried to maintain a calm composure.

She knew what would happen next, she knew she didn’t have the strength to
overcome what was coming.

She wanted to move away from him but somehow her feet got stuck to the floor. He
took a hold of both of her hands and drew her really close to him.

“Crystal please be with me, you’ve known me for eight years, I’m not a stranger”.

Words got stuck in her throat,
she couldn’t utter anything.
For some reasons she felt
butterflies in her stomach. He cupped her chin with his right
hand, “Don’t push me away
Crystal”, his voice turned into
a whisper. She felt his hands
tremble a little. There was no
inch of distance between them, she could feel his breathe, she could perceive his
natural manly scent, by now
her guards had given way. He
kissed her forehead. “Crystal
don’t deny that you don’t feel something for me, I know you do, even if it’s little”. She remained speechless, “if only
you know how much i want
to kiss you now”, she
thought. He brought his face down to her face and lingered there for a while, she shut her
eyes hoping her wish for him
to kiss her would come true
but she was disappointed
when he withdrew and let go of her.

“Let me not ruin the New
Year for you”, he simply said
and left. Immediately he left,
she pinned her back on the
door and dragged a long sigh. She realized she had been really tensed in his presence.

Her thoughts were fixed on
him; she knew sooner or later
she would give in. What sane
girl would have Easton at her door and not let him in? She got back into bed; she knew
Easton would be at her door
at dawn. She dozed with
thoughts of him.

True to her expectation, at dawn he was at her door knocking. She turned and
faced the door. She waited a
while to see if he would give
up and leave, but his knocks
became more persistent. She got out of bed and opened the door. Immediately he saw
her, he cradled her chin and
planted a kiss on her lips. She
was dazed, it was unexpected
but she liked it. “Crystal I’m empty, there is a void I feel, you are the only
one that can feel it up”
“what happened to the
women in your life”
“you are different Crystal, can’t you see how much I want to be with you. God
knows how deep I’m in love
with you”, he drew her closer,
“please start this year with
me. You have known me for eight years, there is nothing to be scared of, you know
me, allow us to be, please”. His
eyes were pleading. She tried
pushing him away but he held
her firmly. “Easton please stop”
“I can’t”. She knew he wasn’t
going to leave until she
accepted him into her life. So
many thoughts rushed
through her. Deep within her she knew she felt something for him. “he has to work to
get me, I’m not giving in
easily” she thought. She didn’t
want to be like the other
women that threw themselves at him at the
slightest signal. She wanted to
have a long and different stand in his life.

“Easton you need to leave”. He
let her go and sat on her bed. “I said I am not leaving here without your heart Crystal”.

She ran her fingers through
her hair, “why are you so
adamant Easton”.

“Crystal, that’s because I want you. Crystal I have messed around with ladies but that
because I was running away
from my feelings, you saw
me like a brother and I didn’t
want to ruin that. But this time I will not run away, I’m staying to have what I want.

I love you and there is
nothing you or I can do to
change it”. She saw how
sincere he was. “this is funny Easton”
“what is funny?”
“Us, together, its funny”. She
folded her hands and stood
right in front of him, “Easton
its too early for this drama, you need to leave”

“Crystal have I ever lied to
you?”

“nope”
“then believe me when I say
I’m in love with you and I am not going anywhere”.