"I want to go." Kara stated. Well, more like requested.
"Stay here for a while with me. Ditch Damon. I will take you wherever you want to go later." James insisted.
Kara pursed her lips in frustration. Why does he even care for what she does or where she is going? He always finds the reasons to throw her away from him in front of everybody else, but comes out to torment her when she is alone.
James furrowed his eyebrows as she did not answer to him. Was she trying to hide something?
"Kara, Speak up." James commanded.
"You will ditch me if I did not go with Damon. I know it." Kara mumbled in an almost inaudible tone.
"I will not. I promise." James replied gently.
Kara's eyes lifted up to meet his. She wished he was not lying this time. Today was special to her and she did not want it to get ruined.
It was Five Thirty am in the winter's cold. Everyone else was sleeping. If she stayed with James then they could spend some time before anyone else wakes up.
"Alright." She said and turned around to walk to the couch in front of the TV. Once there she turned around to face him and whispered with hope in her eyes,
"Please do not forget your promise, James."
"I won't." James gave a small smile and came to sit beside her on the couch.
Picking up the remote from the table he turned it on and started flipping through the channels absentmindedly. They did not need to say any words. The silence was comfortable between them.
"Will you be.." Kara started to speak, hesitation was clear in her words, "Will you be moving next week?"
"Yes." He responded. Stopping at a silly cartoon channel he dropped the remote on the table and turned to face her.
He had brought his own penthouse in the downtown. Staying in the large house of his family was alright and convenient but he needed some space now. Not having Kara in front of his eyes Twenty Four Seven is going to be hell for him, he already knew that. But it was a high time that he distanced himself from her. His control over himself had started to slip with each passing day. He just needed to wait one more year until Kara graduates from college.
Kara was fidgeting with her fingers. Her gaze stuck to the large Tv screen but mind wandering thousands of miles away in sadness.
James watched her closely. Sliding his hand to her cheek he pushed back the tendrils falling on her face and pulled her face closer to his.
Kara's eyes came to rest on him. His green eyes, liquid but somewhat like stones and stars and all the wonders in world mixed in one stared into her brown ones.
Was it going to be the last time they sit together, so close to each other?
"Would you miss me?" James asked while caressing her cheek with his thumb, his eyes following the movement.
"No." Kara responded calmly.
His complete attention snapped to hers. But there was nothing he could see except for sweetness.
"I will miss you." He mumbled, dropping his forehead on hers.
Kara gulped down the feelings that started to choke her. She felt like she wanted to throw herself on him and never let go. Even though there was an invisible wall that James had built between them that appeared in front of their family and disappeared when they were alone, she wanted him to be hers forever.
But she did not have the right. He had never given it to her. He never made any promises. He never uttered the words that she silently begged him to say. He knew what was between them. But he never let it grow.
"Come to me." He pulled her closer and engulfed her in his arms, hiding her inside his chest.
He spread his legs long on the couch, and slipped a bit down, keeping the pillows under his shoulders blades to lay comfortably and taking Kara with him in his arms. Kara's head rested upon James's chest, hearing the gentle thump of his heart beating against his chest.
Her eyes dropped close, relishing the rare moment that he had decided to bestow upon both of them.
~~~Past~~~
"I can not do it." Kara whispered with fright clear as day on her face.
Her Eight years self stared down from the seven feet wall in the abandoned home.
"Don't make her do it, James!" Damon shouted from the ground. Angry and frustrated because he could not do anything but shout from the ground. Gathering all his strength he jumped up to climb the wall, but his three feet tall height would not allow him to even touch the ragged edge of the wall.
"You can do it." James whispered in her ear, standing right beside her, "Just see the ground and nothing else."
Kara shivered as she stared down at the ground. The heights always had frightened her. James had lured her and managed to make her climb up the wall. But to get down from there she had to jump.
The task was not as easy for her as it appeared to everyone else.
"Jump!" James commanded.
"I don't want to." Kara turned her eyes towards him, "I am going to get hurt."
"You won't." James assured her.
"Kara, don't jump!" Damon shouted, "I will get someone to help you get down from there. Stay right there."
"Kara. JUMP." James seethed, his eyes got filled with anger. "Do not listen to anybody and do what I say."
"Kara, don't jump!" Damon's eyes sliced between Kara and James in worry.
"I am afraid." Kara whimpered.
James pushed her down.
Kara landed down on the ground with a sickening thud. Her ankle twisted to an awkward angle and she immediately burst out in tears.
Kara woke up from the sounds of birds chirping outside. Sun shone right into her eyes, making her feel irritated from its direct impact.Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes clumsily she sat up straight, feeling the back of the couch against her elbow.But the coldness hit her like a prickling needle. The chill was in the air, but the warmth that she was missing had come from someone whom she really wanted to wake up with.Sadly, he was already gone.Her eyes landed on the wall clock which showed two pm in the afternoon.She had not even realized that she had slept so much.Her eyes searched for James, praying that he was still here but her heart knew that he was not. It was a strange feeling. But oddly, her heart thudded like a jackhammer inside her chest whenever he was near. She did not know if it was psychological or a tie of her soul to James's, but she always knew when he was nearby her.Finding the room completely empty, she stood u
She quickly climbed down the stairs and found the whole family sitting by the lunch table, as she had expected.It was a routine for as long as she could remember. The breakfast and lunch or breakfast and dinner was a family union time for Sullivan family. If they were in the city, they had to schedule their meetings keeping the food arrangement in mind.James on the other hand, ran by his own rules."Ah, my darling girl is here." Mrs. Rita, James and Damon's mom greeted me with the sweetest smile as soon as she saw me.Smiling openly at her greeting, Kara subconsciously pulled down her sleeves."Hey, Rita." She smiled at her and then around the table at everyone.Mrs, Laura, James's granny patted the seat right beside her with a gentle grin, offering her the place to sit."How are you doing my darling girl?" Mrs. Laura smiled while picking some red pasta and serving her with a glass of juice."I am fine." Kara thanked Laura gr
She had waited the whole day for James but he had once again proved her right but not appearing. He always did that. He gave her hope and then snatched it again. It was kind of his thing. She did not know what pleasure it gave him to break her trust again and again but it hurt like a bitch every time he did that and she fell for his talks over and over again.Kara knocked on the door of Damon's room. She was feeling a bit scared because if by some miracle James came home and did not find her here, he is going to lose his shit. His anger scared her the most. But this time her fear from his anger got overpowered but by her own fury for betrayal towards her. The day had already passed. There was no way in hell he was going to get to ruin her birthday.Damon's door flipped open, showing a six feet high man with blue eyes standing in front of her with nothing on his body except for boxers and a loose tank."Put some God damn clothes on!" She growled while pushing
She heard Damon give a loud curse right before a snap sounded behind them."What the hell?!" Damon cursed, stepping in front of Kara as he looked around the jungle, searching for the threat, "Have you seen anyone else come here, Kara.""I told you to wait for me, didn't I?" Kara flipped around as James voice rung around the empty jungle from behind her.She found him standing with his arms crossed over his chest, his jaw clenched tightly as his glare pinned Kara in her spot in shock while her heart thudded hard in fear. His anger was as apparent as a bright, shining day."What areyoudoing here?!" Damon exclaimed, staring at James in shock."None of your god damn business!" James did not spare a glance in Damon's direction. His eyes glaring at Kara, "Get out of here." James snapped at Damon."Why should I?" Damon asked arrogantly, "You get out of here. No one invited you anyway.""Actually," James' gaze swung
James' anger was out of his control. He tried to keep it down but the things that were roaming inside his head were vengeful and disgusting. All he wanted in those moments was the assurance that Kara was understanding why he was so angry, that she knew what she had done wrong.He had gotten busy with work. But at the same time he wanted to make this birthday special for Kara since this was going to be the last time he is at home for her birthday.He dragged her inside the dusty church, brought her forward harshly before letting her wrist go.
There are times in a person's life when they feel the most happy. This was the moment that Kara had been waiting for her whole life. Since the moment she had come to know what attraction meant, what interest and desire and love meant, there had been just one person, one man in front of her eyes and that had always been James. She never thought that she would ever want someone as she wanted James. She never dated anyone, never tried to even attempt getting into a relationship because she always knew to whom she belonged. There had never been any doubt in her head.And as James lips moved over hers, his lips sliding against her soft ones, his fingers slipping from her waist to her breasts, squeezing the softness and then pressing the mounds, earning a low moan from her mouth right before her hands slipped into the back of his head, caressing and pulling at his unruly hair, this was the end for her. The feeling was like e
There were times when James felt insecure seeing Kara with anyone else than him. Sharing her was never he enjoyed, be it was with her girl friends or with her family. He wanted her to be with him all the time, need him like he needed her, the desperate need he felt was unquenchable and he wanted her to feel the same. Kara showed that she wanted him, but he always wondered if she craved him just as desperately as he craved her?James mouth had started to descend down on Kara's when Kara's phone started ringing loudly. James' face dropped in Kara's throat in exasperation as a small giggle left her lips.
3 Years laterKara climbed out of the car while adjusting the dress she was wearing. Everything was the same as when she had left the place. Just as pretty as it was back then. The peach petals greeted her way when she slowly lifted her gaze to stare at the empty, hollow house. It did not look like home anymore. Even though it looked just the same as it did three years ago, the warmth that she had in her heart for this place had melted away.