Die for you (Chapter Two Part Two)
James did not know how to understand this woman but sure was having fun trying to work it out, the thought giving cause to smile as he stretched his legs out in front of him as he lifted his arms and tried to stretch out any tiredness in his body.
He could feel the plush carpet under his feet and the warmth of some kind of underfloor heating that sent waves of warm air up through the carpeting and made him curl his toes inwards for a moment before he let them press flat once, more to the ground.
if he did recall anything about the house it was now lost after his sleep, they had still been all over each other as she had directed him into the house and through some sort of hallway and into the bedroom.
He turned his head to look at the money on the bed and could help but shake his head with a laugh as he turned towards the bedroom doorway and the hall that lay beyond it.
He walked from the room and looked up at the walls several pictures lined the walls, mainly art prints of scenery and such but it added a nice feel to the place he thought to himself as he moved to open the nearest door to where he stood.
it opened inwards to reveal a large living space that must have been her living room or reception area, on one of the walls sat a wide-screen television and below he saw the familiar design of an X-Box games console and a little way back from that was plush looking black four seated sofa with several pillows scattered across.
Comfort seemed a priority for her, he thought to himself as he closed the door to the room and turned to the next doorway in the hall and once more reached for the door handle and pushed it open.
"Success"
He said to himself as the door opened to reveal a large bathroom beyond. the far corner of this room was dominated by a large enclosed-style shower unit that was covered by some sort of frosted glass to spare the blushes of anyone that would have been inside of it.
Walking into the bathroom he used the heel of his foot to close the door behind him and was greeted by the sight of several large white towels on the back of the door he grabbed one from where it hung and flipped it across his right shoulder.
Turning around he now faced the bathroom sink and above that, he could see a large cabinet that he hoped held the next part of his quest as the excitement of last night was beginning to wane and the reality of his morning dog breath was setting in.
He opened the cabinet and inside he was met with several things he did not want to pry too deeply into but saw a bottle of mouthwash and he gave a sigh of release as he reached for the bottle spearmint flavoured relief.
The cap came off easily as he took hold of a small plastic cup from one of the shelves and poured a generous amount of the liquid into the cup and swirled it around in his hand.
He looked into the mirror and looked slightly better than he felt as he lifted the cup to his lips and took the spearmint-flavoured mouthwash into his mouth and began to swirl it around.
He felt the slight burn against the inside of his mouth and he could almost feel the protest of his cheeks before he reached to turn the cold water tap on and watched for a moment as it spilt into the sink before he spat the liquid into the sink and then turned the tap back again.
"No wonder she was so fun to kiss"
He said aloud as he felt the burning sensation begin to ease inside of his mouth and he felt like he might be becoming human once more, well maybe he would after a long shower he thought to himself
He turned on his heels and looked down at the large circular hot tub-style bath that sat against one part of the bathroom.
"Oh she knows how to live that's for sure"
He said to himself as he thought of the terrible communal showers he had used on his last deployment and how they sometimes barely could be called showers let alone clean and for a moment he had to fight back the temptation to crawl into it and spend way too much time there.
"Shower it is"
He said to himself as he moved to the shower and opened the door outwards to reveal the inside of it and was greeted with something more than the power on and power off switches and a dial for the temperature that he was used to having at his disposal.
With a bemused look on his face, he stepped into the shower and prodded his finger at what he assumed was the power button and was met with a humming sound and a blue LCD lit up on the front of the shower face that gave him numerous options including radio and an MP3 playlist among some of the more basic things you would expect to find, like water on and off and the temperature control.
He pressed the screen again now feeling a little more confident about his plan of attack and the water hissed into life and began to fall gently into the shower's space. he looked at the temperature as it seemed a little cool but was at least a place to start and it had not tried to serve him coffee at least.
The water now was warming up and he reached back to pull the door closed so as not to end up flooding the bathroom and potentially upsetting any neighbours if she had any.
He felt his curiosity begin to rise in him as he looked over the options displayed on the controls of what was an overly complex shower as far as he was concerned.
His finger found the temperature controls and he tapped them several times and could feel the heat begin to rise in temperature until it felt hot enough for what he wanted and could appreciate.
His eyes were still on the screen he let his finger slide up the screen and pressed against the screen and another menu appeared before him as he pressed the MP3 option a list of playlists appeared before him and the one most recently played was simply titled morning.
He let his finger push the button and he could hear the music begin to fill the shower, a soft haunting sound that he was not familiar with but could feel the beauty in the woman singer's voice as she began to sing.
I can fly, but I want his wings
But I want his wings
I can sign but I crave the light that he brings
Revel in the songs that he sings
My Angel Gabriel
He listened for a moment and thought about how much of a ribbing he would have gotten from his squad buddies if they were here and saw him listening to the music, but he pushed the thought away and brought his hands up and ran them over his face.
He let his head roll back and could feel the water roll over his face and body as he let his shoulders roll back as the flow of hot water gave new life to his tired and sore body.
I can love
But I need his heart
I am strong, even on my own
But from him, I never want to part
You’ve been there since the very start
My angel Gabriel
He turned slowly in the shower and lifted his face to let the water wash over it once more. the music continued to play as he listened to the beauty of the song play through the speakers and he could not help but find himself becoming lost in the moment.
Without thinking he reached forward to where he had seen a bottle of shower gel that rested against an alcove that had been cut into the shower wall and he picked it up and used his thumb to open its cap.
With a tilt of the hand that held the bottle, he squeezed some of the liquid into his left hand before placing the bottle back in the alcove and placed his hands together and worked the liquid into both hands.
He could smell the lime essence of the liquid as it flooded his sense of smell and he lifted the hands to his chest and started to work the scent into his body with circular hand movements.
When he felt satisfied he moved his hands away from his body and let the water wash over him and it began to break up and cascade over his chest and to the floor of the shower as it washed off of him and he could hear the sound of the song come to an end.
He looked at the display on the screen and it indicated 04:17 and gave the option for him to restart the song once more, he had not even realised that much time had passed as he used his hands to wipe any lingering elements of the gel from his body.
He mused over the idea that she either only spent four minutes and seventeen seconds in the shower or she knew how to put this thing on repeat and that was something that eluded him.
He fought back the urge to press play once more thinking better of it and pressed the button to switch the shower off. this caused the flow of water to come to an abrupt halt and the lights of the display turned off and he was left slowly dripping water onto the shower floor.
He could feel the plush carpet under his feet and the warmth of some kind of underfloor heating that sent waves of warm air up through the carpeting and made him curl his toes inwards for a moment before he let them press flat once, more to the ground.
if he did recall anything about the house it was now lost after his sleep, they had still been all over each other as she had directed him into the house and through some sort of hallway and into the bedroom.
He turned his head to look at the money on the bed and could help but shake his head with a laugh as he turned towards the bedroom doorway and the hall that lay beyond it.
He walked from the room and looked up at the walls several pictures lined the walls, mainly art prints of scenery and such but it added a nice feel to the place he thought to himself as he moved to open the nearest door to where he stood.
it opened inwards to reveal a large living space that must have been her living room or reception area, on one of the walls sat a wide-screen television and below he saw the familiar design of an X-Box games console and a little way back from that was plush looking black four seated sofa with several pillows scattered across.
Comfort seemed a priority for her, he thought to himself as he closed the door to the room and turned to the next doorway in the hall and once more reached for the door handle and pushed it open.
"Success"
He said to himself as the door opened to reveal a large bathroom beyond. the far corner of this room was dominated by a large enclosed-style shower unit that was covered by some sort of frosted glass to spare the blushes of anyone that would have been inside of it.
Walking into the bathroom he used the heel of his foot to close the door behind him and was greeted by the sight of several large white towels on the back of the door he grabbed one from where it hung and flipped it across his right shoulder.
Turning around he now faced the bathroom sink and above that, he could see a large cabinet that he hoped held the next part of his quest as the excitement of last night was beginning to wane and the reality of his morning dog breath was setting in.
He opened the cabinet and inside he was met with several things he did not want to pry too deeply into but saw a bottle of mouthwash and he gave a sigh of release as he reached for the bottle spearmint flavoured relief.
The cap came off easily as he took hold of a small plastic cup from one of the shelves and poured a generous amount of the liquid into the cup and swirled it around in his hand.
He looked into the mirror and looked slightly better than he felt as he lifted the cup to his lips and took the spearmint-flavoured mouthwash into his mouth and began to swirl it around.
He felt the slight burn against the inside of his mouth and he could almost feel the protest of his cheeks before he reached to turn the cold water tap on and watched for a moment as it spilt into the sink before he spat the liquid into the sink and then turned the tap back again.
"No wonder she was so fun to kiss"
He said aloud as he felt the burning sensation begin to ease inside of his mouth and he felt like he might be becoming human once more, well maybe he would after a long shower he thought to himself
He turned on his heels and looked down at the large circular hot tub-style bath that sat against one part of the bathroom.
"Oh she knows how to live that's for sure"
He said to himself as he thought of the terrible communal showers he had used on his last deployment and how they sometimes barely could be called showers let alone clean and for a moment he had to fight back the temptation to crawl into it and spend way too much time there.
"Shower it is"
He said to himself as he moved to the shower and opened the door outwards to reveal the inside of it and was greeted with something more than the power on and power off switches and a dial for the temperature that he was used to having at his disposal.
With a bemused look on his face, he stepped into the shower and prodded his finger at what he assumed was the power button and was met with a humming sound and a blue LCD lit up on the front of the shower face that gave him numerous options including radio and an MP3 playlist among some of the more basic things you would expect to find, like water on and off and the temperature control.
He pressed the screen again now feeling a little more confident about his plan of attack and the water hissed into life and began to fall gently into the shower's space. he looked at the temperature as it seemed a little cool but was at least a place to start and it had not tried to serve him coffee at least.
The water now was warming up and he reached back to pull the door closed so as not to end up flooding the bathroom and potentially upsetting any neighbours if she had any.
He felt his curiosity begin to rise in him as he looked over the options displayed on the controls of what was an overly complex shower as far as he was concerned.
His finger found the temperature controls and he tapped them several times and could feel the heat begin to rise in temperature until it felt hot enough for what he wanted and could appreciate.
His eyes were still on the screen he let his finger slide up the screen and pressed against the screen and another menu appeared before him as he pressed the MP3 option a list of playlists appeared before him and the one most recently played was simply titled morning.
He let his finger push the button and he could hear the music begin to fill the shower, a soft haunting sound that he was not familiar with but could feel the beauty in the woman singer's voice as she began to sing.
I can fly, but I want his wings
But I want his wings
I can sign but I crave the light that he brings
Revel in the songs that he sings
My Angel Gabriel
He listened for a moment and thought about how much of a ribbing he would have gotten from his squad buddies if they were here and saw him listening to the music, but he pushed the thought away and brought his hands up and ran them over his face.
He let his head roll back and could feel the water roll over his face and body as he let his shoulders roll back as the flow of hot water gave new life to his tired and sore body.
I can love
But I need his heart
I am strong, even on my own
But from him, I never want to part
You’ve been there since the very start
My angel Gabriel
He turned slowly in the shower and lifted his face to let the water wash over it once more. the music continued to play as he listened to the beauty of the song play through the speakers and he could not help but find himself becoming lost in the moment.
Without thinking he reached forward to where he had seen a bottle of shower gel that rested against an alcove that had been cut into the shower wall and he picked it up and used his thumb to open its cap.
With a tilt of the hand that held the bottle, he squeezed some of the liquid into his left hand before placing the bottle back in the alcove and placed his hands together and worked the liquid into both hands.
He could smell the lime essence of the liquid as it flooded his sense of smell and he lifted the hands to his chest and started to work the scent into his body with circular hand movements.
When he felt satisfied he moved his hands away from his body and let the water wash over him and it began to break up and cascade over his chest and to the floor of the shower as it washed off of him and he could hear the sound of the song come to an end.
He looked at the display on the screen and it indicated 04:17 and gave the option for him to restart the song once more, he had not even realised that much time had passed as he used his hands to wipe any lingering elements of the gel from his body.
He mused over the idea that she either only spent four minutes and seventeen seconds in the shower or she knew how to put this thing on repeat and that was something that eluded him.
He fought back the urge to press play once more thinking better of it and pressed the button to switch the shower off. this caused the flow of water to come to an abrupt halt and the lights of the display turned off and he was left slowly dripping water onto the shower floor.
