Rescued By Nova

Chapter 14

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The following morning, I was awake long before the sun was up. I laid there in my bed just staring at Joey. It wasn’t going to be very long, and he would be awake and we would have to talk about reality. We would have to talk about what we were going to do from here. I had built a good life for myself in Colorado, I don’t know that I would be willing to walk away from it. His entire life is in South Carolina. Would he be willing to give up his life there and move to Colorado? Would he even consider it? Is he even thinking about a life after today? We still don’t know much about each other. He still doesn’t know my name. The only thing he knows is Maggie. Why is life so hard?

“Why are you thinking so damn hard this early in the morning when I could be f*****g your brains our instead?” He suddenly said in a husky voice as he reached out and grabbed my breasts.

I groaned. “Stop it Joey, you know why I’m thinking so hard. Unfortunately, even though the s*x is f*****g magical, it can’t magically make all our problems disappear.”

After it was out of my mouth I couldn’t it back. I should have just let him f**k my brains out again. It would have been more satisfying.

“Marry me and move back to South Carolina with me, then we can have magical s*x anytime we want.” He answered. His tone was that of simplicity. Like there was no other answer in the world.

I started at him, my jaw dropped open. I was sitting up now, he sat up and leaned in, he rubbed his thumb on my bottom lip and said “Honey, if your mouth stays open like that I am going to stick my c**k in it.” And then he kissed me. When he moved from my mouth I was lost again. Damn this man, I am never going to make any progress if he keeps this up!

“I can’t just marry you! I can’t just move to South Carolina! I have a job, a life, Nova’s training, friends, I can’t just up and leave everything.” I practically yelled it, I didn’t mean to yell it but I was afraid I would lose the nerve or he would kiss me silly again.

I got off the bed and moved to get dressed. We would never talk about anything if we stayed in bed. We all know where that would lead. My whole body was sore in all the right places, and I wanted nothing more than to stay in my bed with him forever but that wasn’t a practical thought. So, I had to get dressed and gain some distance from this man that made me lose my damn mind. I put on a sundress and flip flops and took Nova outside. I left him in bed in stunned silence to think about what I said. He could think about what he was going to do next.

I had been outside for 30 minutes or so when he finally joined me. He had put his shorts back on but nothing else. Damn he was tempting. I almost pushed him back inside and took his shorts back off.

“Sorry, I couldn’t find the rest of my clothes.” He said with a sheepish grin on his face.

I’m not sure I believe him, but I decided if I just look away maybe it wouldn’t be so bad. It didn’t help, he walked right up to me and wrapped his arms around me. The tears that I had refused to let fall were now doing just that. I couldn’t stop them if I wanted to. The last 36 hours had been some of the best hours of my entire life. And now it was over. As much as I didn’t want to admit it, I was in love with this man, I wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with him. He said marry me and move to South Carolina, if I thought that was a serious offer I would probably have said yes. But it was just the magical s*x talking. When I could pull myself together just a little bit, I pulled myself away from his tear-soaked chest. He started talked as soon as I did.

“These last few days have been nothing short of amazing. But we both have lives we have to return to. This isn’t goodbye, just see ya later. I will see you again. There is nothing that will keep me from you. I will move mountains to get to you. I have fallen in love with you, but don’t let that scare you away. I don’t know how we will make it work yet. I don’t know what long term will look like, but I do know that one day I will marry you and spend the rest of my life with you in my arms. I want you barefoot and pregnant in my kitchen. I want to see a mini Maggie running through the house with unruly brown curly hairy. And we will have magical s*x all the time whenever, wherever, and however many times you want. I will f**k you more times and in more ways than you could ever imagine. Give me some time to figure out all details. I promise you Maggie, I will find you. I don’t know how long it will take but I will make it happen. Hopefully sooner rather than later.” Joey said these things to me with so much conviction and without every letting me go.

He pulled me to him and kissed me. When he pulled away from me a car pulled behind me. He lifted his hand and waved. I turned to see it was Josey.

“I love you Maggie, don’t ever forget that. Remember, this is see ya later, not goodbye.”

And with one last passionate kiss he walked away and got into the car with Josey and they drove away.

I sank to my knees and cried. Nova came to offer me what comfort she could. And I sat there, and I hugged her, and I cried.

He loved me. He loved me and I let him leave.

I went back to the trailer and showered and dressed in clean clothes. Loaded Nova into the car and headed home to Colorado.

Nova and I passed our first tests to be on our way to being certified for SAR. It was and exciting and exhilarating moment.

Joey loved me. We spent an amazing 36 hours together and he loved me.

I decided I wasn’t going to cry anymore and think about the sadness of the goodbye. I was going to look forward to the see ya later. If he took too long to find me, I would show up in South Carolina for a magic filled weekend to make sure he remembers his promise. He may not know exactly where I live but I do know where to find him. And even if I wasn’t ready to admit it, I love him too. I will marry that man someday and have as many kids as he wants.

I arrived home mid-day and that evening had dinner with all my favorite people. Diana had baked a caked for me and cooked dinner for everyone that was delicious. She made some homemade dog biscuits special for Nova, she needed special treatment too. No one asked why I spent an extra day in Nebraska, and I wasn’t quite ready to share that information with everyone. I did want to get Scarlet alone so I could tell her everything. I needed a friend. It was hard to be happy, but their support and Nova’s celebration meant more to me than they would every know. Everyone had to work the following day so we all went home early so we could get some sleep. It was a wonderful evening. I loved everyone in my life.

My only regret is I wish we would have at least exchanged phone numbers with Joey and could have stayed in touch. It would be nice to talk to him sometimes. To be able to call him and share the highlights of my days. To tell him good night every evening before I go to bed. But I didn’t give him my number so I can’t call him.

I fell into a peaceful sleep. My dreams full of Joey. Dreams of the future. Promises of things to come.