The Lover's
The drive home seemed way longer than usual. Maybe because I drove home in silence thinking about everything that happened. I was glad I got to go home early. I really needed to pull myself together. I pull into my garage and I can hear Villain yelping from behind my garage door leading to the house.
Fumbling with my keys and bag, I manage to get my side door open and villain tackles me, licking my face and yelping. "Ok ok! You must be happy I'm home early!" I set my purse and work bag down and let Villain out the patio door. Usually he is raring to go but tonight he seems spooked. Since he has been older I've been able to let him out without a leash. Tonight he is acting like he doesn't want to be outside. "Oh Villain what's wrong?
I grab his leash and take him out. While we are outside, I get the eerie feeling we are being watched, but I don't see anyone.
We hurry back inside. I decide to make sure all the doors and windows are locked just in case.
After my routine of a long hot shower and a fresh pair of pajamas I light a fire and settle on my couch with a glass of wine. Meka texts me to see if I'm ok and I just say yes. I don't even feel like getting to what happened earlier. All of a sudden I hearrumbling outside. Sounds like a storm is coming, and also sounds like good sleeping weather to me. I settle in on my couch and start to nod off.
It's around 2 am when the storm and a knock at my door wakes me up. What the hell! This better not be Stephen I think and it clearly is not. It is in fact the very drenched Andrew at my door. "Zoe it's pouring out here let me in please!" I slide out of the way so he can walk past me. "Zoe I've been outside for 15 minutes trying to get in. I called you but you didn't answer." "I what?" I'm still dazed from waking up. I look at my phone and it's dead. "I was just about to sleep in the car until you woke up." "Yeah that seems to be the theme tonight." Andrew confused "What do you mean?" I just shake my head. "Andrew why haven't I heard from you? I mean I didn't think our fight was that bad. I was really being a brat jealous insecure Idk"... "Zoe I'm sorry. You didn't do anything wrong. I was wrong. I didn't want to face my feelings so I ghosted you. I wasn't ready to feel the things I was feeling." "The whole time I was at the conference all I could think about was you.It began to consume me. I decide to leave early. I wanted to apologize face to face and I couldn't take being apart from you anymore. I had to get back to you. I got sick while I was away but I really think it was food poisoning." I began to think about what Ms. Bea Saïd about twins and feeling ill when they are apart. I decide to tell Andrew everything. "Andrew I need to talk to you about something." "Zoe", as he starts to take all his wet clothes off, Andrew is standing in front of my fireplace completely naked his almond skin almost glowing in the light of the fire. "Tell me later. I want to hear what your body has to say." Drew grabs my face and kisses me almost like he wants to devour me.
I slide out of my pajamas and he picks me up with one arm and sits on my couch. I straddle him. He gives me a chance to get a rhythm and then he takes over. I can't contain myself anymore "Drew I love you!" "I love you too Zoe. I'll never leave you again I promise." He picks me up and lays me on the floor in front of the fireplace. Every time we kiss its electric every time we make love it feels like the world stops. It's just us. And that's just fine with me.
I wake up the next morning not even sure what time it is. Andrew isn't beside me. I get up and wrap one of my throw blankets around me and my nose guides me to the kitchen. Andrew is in the kitchen with just a towel on making breakfast. I walk up behind him and put my arms around him. "You must be ready for another round ?" "No sir," I laugh. "I think I need a few days to recuperate." "But...I do have something to talk to you about." "Ok I'm all ears." We both sit down at my table and I try to think of where to start. I guess the only place to begin is the beginning. I tell Andrew everything from the dreams I was having the tarot cards, Ms. Bea everything. Andrew sits in silence for what seemed to me like forever. "Well?" I said "Well?" Andrew says that seems like quite the story. He doesn't believe me, I thought. "But Zoe... I do believe you. I mean you have the cards so obviously this is real. I have never heard of twin flames either. I guess this explains why I feel so connected to you." "Wait Drew! I never said you didn't believe me out loud." "But Zoe I heard you clear as day." Things are starting to get stranger and stranger. "Zoe we can sort that out later... What do we do about these cards? Did you pull your card for today?" "No, not yet, I only have one more card left after today. It's almost over. I grab my bag and pull the box out. Nervously I pick the card from the top of the deck. The card has a picture of a male and female on it seemingly staring longingly at one another with an angle of some sort in the sky between them. I looked at my chart and the card was " The Lover's". "I wonder how these cards work?" Dew says, staring at the deck in shock. "I'm not sure Drew I don't think anyone does. This deck is enchanted; it doesn't even work like the tarot cards that we see today." "So you mean to tell me you just pick up a card and it tells you what is in store for you just like that?" Drew reaches for a card and I can't move quick enough to stop him. "Drew Don't!" I yell. But I'm too late. He snatches a card from the deck. I started to cry. "Andrew you aren't supposed to touch the deck. I forgot to tell him. I am the only person that is allowed to touch the deck." Drew turns his card over well then let's see what I have in store. He turns the card over. Drew the card is blank, all of a sudden the card began to change and a skeleton figure appeared riding a horse carrying a banner with a flag on it. I look at my cheat sheet. "This is the Death card". This can't be happening. I know he is not about to be taken away from me not now. "Andrew" "Zoe... it's ok." "I'm calling Ms. Bea." I quickly explain to her what happened and she says that we must come to her at once. Andrew we have to go now! The ride to canal street seemed to take an eternity. Pulling into her driveway Ms. Bea comes outside to meet us and motions us to hurry inside.