Her skin was so soft and warm, I could hardly resist. I could feel my insides churning, my touch filled with desire, a warm fire ignite deep in my belly. All those days spent watching her, wishing I could touch her and feel her  and finally here she was within my grasp. She looked so helpless, so vulnerable like a delicious meal served on a silver platter.

There was a part of me, a large part in fact that wanted to take her right here and now. I had been waiting for this moment from the minute I met her and gazed into her hypnotic blue eyes. I wanted her to be mine, body and soul forever.

I knew this was the opportune moment to tell her how much I loved her. I reluctantly tore my eyes away from her oh so tempting neckline and looked back into her eyes.

"Samantha I--," I stopped when I saw the fear in them and realized her body was trembling. Was she ill? "Samantha what's wrong?"

I hastily pulled out the gag in her mouth to let her speak but before I could untie it she moved her head away from me and by the way she opened her mouth I could tell she was about to scream. I quickly clasped my hand over her mouth firmly and leaned in close enough to whisper into her ears.

"If you scream I'll have to take you back downstairs and I'll never take you outside again."

At hearing those words she nodded her head violently. I slowly released my hand from her mouth and I felt her body slump against the wall as she exhaled loudly. She didn't utter a word, she just looked at the floor and I could tell her mind was elsewhere. 

"Let me take this off," I said as I gently turned her around to undo the rope I had tied her hands with. As soon as the rope was off, I gripped her arm firmly and led her to my bed. She was as quiet as a mouse the whole time. 

I then tied one of her hands to one of mine as we sat on the edge of the bed, with about 20 inches of rope between the two of us. If she were to try anything at least I'd be within an arms reach to stop her. You can never be too careful.

She didn't seem to notice my actions. She just looked at the rose petals and the picture on the bed, her face had became a pale shade of blue and she looked like she was about to throw up.

"Samantha, what's wrong? You don't like the roses? Or the picture?"

"What are you going to do to me?" she whimpered finally. She looked so distraught, so devastated it broke my heart too see her this way. 

"Nothing you don't want me to do. Let's watch a movie, pick one, anything you want," I said quickly in  an attempt to make her feel better.

She looked slightly more relieved when she replied. "Were just going to watch a movie, nothing else right?" Her tone was a little too hopeful, it made me wonder why I repulsed her so much.  

"Yes, and dinner of course. I ordered some pizza today."

My heart sank when I saw her sigh in relief as she looked at the box of DVD's I had placed next to my bed. She seemed to look through them probably deciding what movie she wanted to watch but then she glanced at the bed and looked at me again.

"Why did you have to do that?" she pointed towards the heart I had prepared for her.

I wanted to say 'it's because I loved her' but instead all I said was, "I don't know, I guess I got carried away with excitement."

"And the picture? You saw me that night. You saw what I did?" she looked at me and then lowered her gaze to her feet unable to make eye contact any more. "You must think I'm a slut don't you?"

I cringed at her choice of words, I didn't think that at all. If there was one person to blame, it was Ben. 

"Of course not. I wouldn't have done all this if I thought that way of you. It wasn't you're fault. He lead you on, he kissed you."

She looked like she was about to cry as she continued to stare at her feet. "Then why that picture?"

"You may not remember but it was the first time I talked to you."

She looked at me now with her brows knitted in confusion. "No, I would have remembered."

"I did. I asked if I could buy you a drink and you just turned you're back to me like I was a leper or something," I couldn't hide the spite in my voice. I still felt angry when I thought about it.

Her face seemed to light up as the realization set in. I could imagine the light bulb brightening up in her head.

"Oh my-- Now I remember. You were the tall guy with way too much gel in his hair. I could hardly see your face and everyone knows the last place you try to chat up someone is at a club. Is that why you brought me here, because I didn't let you buy me a drink?" she exclaimed angrily.

"Not entirely. I told you why I brought you here."

"Yes, yes I know. Please don't remind me. Can we please get rid of this, I can't stand it," she said as she gestured towards the petals and the picture. "No offence, I know you meant well," she quickly added when she saw how hurt I was.

I couldn't believe how ungrateful she was. She was lucky I didn't do what I'd wanted to do to her just a few minutes ago. Any other man probably wouldn't have had the strength and will power to resist like I did.

I grabbed the photo and threw it into the dust bin nearby. With my free hand I rapidly pushed the petals unto the floor leaving a trail of petals between us.

"Happy now?" I asked her grumpily.

"Yes and there's no need to be so touchy about it. Let's just forget about this and try to enjoy ourselves, okay?"

A few minutes into the movie and she was already laughing while she ate her pizza slice. Her laugh was different this time. It was warm and delicate unlike the condescending cackles I was used to. We were watching 'The Hot Chick' which she had chosen shortly after our little argument and everything had gone uphill from there.

I could tell she was thoroughly enjoying herself and that made me content. She was finally warming up to me, to my company. Here we were, sitting on my bed watching a movie together and having a good time. It was what I'd been hoping for.

"I can't believe he just did that," she said between fits of laughter. "You know I've watched this movie more than ten times already but it never fails to crack me up."

We both looked at each other at that moment and even though there was sound coming from the TV, there was an awkward silence as the tension between us grew exponentially. After a few seconds, she quickly looked away and swallowed a large chunk of pizza.

I took a bite too but I could hardly swallow because my throat had become so dry. I couldn't help but wonder what just happened.

It took awhile for the both of us to act normal again but we did eventually. After the movie was over she begged to watch another one and of course I agreed. Anything to make her happy.

We started watching "Alien vs Predator" and I couldn't help but watch her instead of the movie. I'd seen it a dozen times so I was sort of bored but I could watch her all day and never get tired. She was so entertaining to look at, the way her eyes widened whenever anyone got killed and the way the corners of her mouth tilted up into a small smile when the lead actor and actress kissed. 

We'd finished eating by now, and we were both half sitting, half lying down on my bed comfortably as we watched. I didn't want to seem too creepy by openly staring at her so I shifted my gaze back towards the screen as I watched the Alien stick it's tail through someone's abdomen. How romantic.

"What's your name?" she asked suddenly as she turned towards me.

I then realized I'd never told her my name and that it had never occurred to me before. "Erm, it's Jerry. Jerry Malone," I lied about my last name being the paranoid person that I was.

"Hmm, Jerry," she mumbled with her hand cupping her chin. "Well Jerry, I'm Samantha," she said as she extended her free hand towards me in an attempt to shake hands. 

We both laughed and I raised my hand to meet hers. She was actually interested to get to know me and it touched my heart to see her like this.

As our fingers touched a jolt of electricity ran up my arm sending shivers down my spine. She pulled back abruptly too so I guessed she must have experienced the same thing. And suddenly there was that same awkwardness and the same build up of tension between us as we sat there in silence. The movie had ended too so there was nothing to distract us this time.

She quickly got up and dragged me with her to the sliding doors that lead to the balcony. I followed her silently and watched as she peeped through the curtains.

"It's been awhile since I've seen a tree," she sighed. "I love trees and everything else that's green. Oh and sunshine too."

Something tugged at my heart when she said this. Guilt perhaps? I didn't know what to reply so I decided to ask her a question that had been on my mind for the past few weeks.

"Why Ben?" I asked and she looked at me momentarily stunned by my question.

"What do you mean, why him?"

"You know what I mean." We were standing so close to each other, I could see her pupils dilate as she was put on the spot. 

"He's my best friend, okay. Nothing less, nothing more," she said in frustration. "It was a mistake."

Even as she said this I knew it was a lie. I could see the pain in her eyes as she said those few words and I absolutely hated him for making her feel this way.

"It's not real you know," I said.

"How would you know?" she looked at me accusingly as she took a step back.

"You only liked him after he started dating someone else. You could have liked him before but you didn't, did you?" I was confident when I said this because I knew how right I was.

She was livid when she answered with ragged breaths. "That's none of your bloody business. I want to go now, suddenly the small room downstairs seems better than being here with you."

I simply shrugged in response as I lead her to the door and placed the gag back in her mouth. She cringed at my touch but that didn't bother me in the slightest. She knew I was right, that was the only reason why she was so angry. She'll cool down eventually, she has no one but me here so she couldn't stay angry at me forever.

Once we were in her room she walked to her bed and lay down with her back towards me. She didn't say a word but I did.

"You know Samantha, if I were Ben I would never have so much as looked at another girl. I would have pursued you until you accepted me and then I would have done anything and everything in my power to see that gorgeous smile of yours every minute of the day. Because you're special, you are truly extraordinary and if he couldn't see that then he never deserved you in the first place."

And with that I closed the door and as I locked it I could hear her choking back sobs on the other side.

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