~How To Save A Life~ Chapter 6

I would've uploaded earlier, but I was up in Maryland for a few days, sorry ;]

"Ok..." Getting him a bowl gave me an excuse to turn away from him. How could someone so young look that good? I inhaled and exhaled, trying to clear my mind of all inappropriate thoughts of him. I mean, he's the man investigating my brother's murder, talk about off limits.

"Here..." I handed him a bowl and spoon. Then, I reached into the utensil drawer and pulled out the ice cream scooper. Once we both had pretty good size helpings of ice cream, I stuck it back in the freezer and we sat down at my kitchen table.

He smiled after he took a mouthful. "Rocky Road's my favorite, you?"

I spun my ice cream around in the bowl. "Yeah..."

He put down his spoon. "Does it have anything to do with Brian?"

I laughed without humor. "Am I that predictable, now?"

"No, you're just that depressed..."

"I guess I am. But, it was his favorite and I always used to have it in the house otherwise he'd complain. And to be honest, I don't even like it that much."

"Rena, you have to get out of this rut. Every day you probably go to work, thinking about him, and you come home thinking about him, and you go to sleep thinking about him. Do you think he'd want you to be that upset?"

My eyes were starting to water and I didn't want to cry in front of him. So, I kept looking down.

He lifted my chin so our eyes met. His face was blurred by my tears. "Rena, he would want you to be happy and you know it."

I smiled at him. "Your ice cream is melting."

He laughed and shoveled a spoonful of half soupy ice cream into his mouth. He is so sweet. He can make me smile even when I'm literally about to cry. I've only known him for about 2 days, but I'm really starting to...

"Are you ok?" he asked.

"What?"

"Your eyebrows are pulled together like your focusing pretty hard on something."

I chuckled. "I was just thinking about something."

He scooped up the last bit of ice cream and swallowed it. "And what would that be..."

I blushed. "Well, to be honest, I was thinking about you."

Now it was his turn to blush. "Oh, well, uh..."

I scooted my chair around so that we were sitting side by side.

Taylor shook his head and started leaning away, "Rena..."

I put my hand on the back of his neck and held him still. He didn't resist me. I had to sit up a bit to reach his lips. They only touched lightly at first, but then it changed. His lips, ice cold from the ice cream, moved earnestly over mine. He pulled me into his lap and I wrapped both my arms around his neck. It was incredible, then the mood changed again. Taylor leaned away, panting.

"What's wrong?"

He just shook his head.

I touched his cheek. "Taylor?"

"We can't do this." He started moving underneath me, so I stood up and he did the same. He grabbed both of our bowls and put them in the sink.

"What's wrong?" I asked again

"Stuff like that can't happen between us. We have to stay professional. I could lose my job for that." He ran his fingers through his cropped hair. "God, if anybody found out..."

I put my hands on his shoulders. "Listen, no one's going to find out, besides it was just one kiss."

He backed away from me again. "You should...go back to your room."

My eyes lingered on his face for a few moments, then I just nodded. "Okay, um, goodnight, I guess."

His expression became less strained and he managed a small smile. "Goodnight, Rena."

***

I woke up and looked at the clock. It was 9:14. Not too early, not too late to be getting out of bed. So I went through my morning routine of brushing and washing, then I put on my comfy rub and went down the stairs. Then I heard a sharp clink.

I froze.

It sounded like metal on metal. Then there was a series of other clinks, some loud, some soft, culminating with a sound I knew. And that was the cocking of a gun.

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[queenmonique2012]

idgi

[TheRealAlexJonas]

@queenmonique2012  What don't you get?

[queenmonique2012]

@TheRealAlexJonas wats going on downstairs

[TheRealAlexJonas]

@queenmonique2012 she heard someone putting a gun together downstairs, then she heard someone arm it for firing aka cocking it

[Avrilrocks989]

*screams*  >.<

[NeshaNe0313]

omg RENA!