Post by fosforito on Oct 27, 2005 19:24:58 GMT -5
Now, here´s chapter 13 for you as I promised! 
I know: kinda cliffhanger and it´s also a long one but hope you´ll enjoy it though
Chapter 13 (Speechless)
Neither knew what time it was.
Jonathan und Alexandra still had been lying there for a while, Jonathan still inside her.
Their sexual agitation was gone long time ago but this made no difference.
Both didn´t say a word the entire time. Alexandra had cried and Jonathan gently had kissed the tears out of her face. Alexandra still had embraced him and she had felt Jonathan caressing her forehead. They had gazed into each others eyes for a very long time, without saying anything.
Only then when they noticed the wind blowing through the tree-tops and the rustling noise of the falling leaves, Jonathan and Alexandra had gotten up and have dressed again.
Still neither had said a word and both didn´t dare to say anything.
`Jonathan, just say something - say anything!´, Alexandra thought while putting on her coat.
`Alexandra, say anything!´, Jonathan thought while adjusting his tie. `At least tell me, where have you been the entire time!´
But Jonathan could feel, she wouldn´t tell him, at least she wouldn´t tell him now. And he wouldn´t tell her certain things either. But it was obvious, they would have to talk about certain things very soon.
Both looked at each other and stepped out of the cabin without saying anything - the place of their resurrected love. Risen like phoenix from the ashes. But was this true? Was it still love? Or was it just a rememberance of something happened long time ago?
`She can´t be a ghost!´, Jonathan thought when he gripped Alexandra´s hand without a word. She didn´t protest, holding his hand, too. Both walked back over the small path - the one they had taken when they tried to escape from the heavy weather.
Jonathan had touched Alexandra, he had felt her, he had tasted her, he had been inside her. A ghost doesn´t feel like that!
For a split second Jonathan could remember the certain night, long long time ago. The night, where Alexandra had vanished right in front of his eyes and where Scarecrow had shown up for the first time But this time, it was different! This time, she was really there!
`No! She´s definitely not a ghost! I know this now! No matter what you´ll tell me now, Scarecrow. This time you won´t catch me with your fairy-tales!´, Jonathan thought when he could feel Alexandra´s warm hand, pressing it lightely.
But Scarecrow was silent and Jonathan could feel him sitting in his dark corner, pouting.
`That´s all right!´, Jonathan thought. `You won´t take this away from me again!´
Alexandra swallowed heavily, when she noticed the ruins of the roofed bench in front of them. She didn´t know if Jonathan had passed by there before they had seen each other in the cabin. She looked to the ground when they approached the bench and she could feel his grip getting firmer when they arrived.
Alexandra wanted to pass by the bench, but Jonathan stopped. She didn´t say anything when she watched Jonathan´s other hand touching the beams and moving gently over the brittled wood - exactly as she did before.
`Do you feel what I feel, Jonathan? Can you see what I see?´, Alexandra thought and she felt her eyes filling up with tears.
In this moment he gazed directly into her eyes.
„Yes.", he whispered. „Yes, I do."
Alexandra pressed his hand and looked to the ground. She could feel Jonathan´s other hand touching her cheek. She stepped forward without looking up and both started to walk again.
Alexandra was searching for the right words. What to tell him now? Where to start?
`Why didn´t you let me talk when I had the right words in my mind, Jonathan?´, flashed through Alexandra´s mind.`But you placed your hand on my mouth every time. You didn´t allow me to speak and you ran over me like a bulldozer. And now I don´t know how to start.´
Alexandra stole a glance at Jonathan. He was looking at his feet while walking and he swallowed heavily. It was obvious that even he didn´t know what to say.
`Maybe we should continue from the point where we stopped when we were in the cabin. Maybe this would make it all easier.´, Alexandra thought embittered when Jonathan stopped and gazed into her eyes.
She felt ashamed of this thought, but it was a fact that Jonathan was the one and only man she had the best sex with ever in her life! No one of those guys, Alexandra had slept with over the last years could rank next to him! And no matter if the sex was soft, like the one they had 12 years ago or wild and passionate like the one they had today.
With Jonathan it wasn´t just having sex because of physical reasons, it was as if their hearts, their souls would become one – whether she liked it or not. Alexandra would never confess it but she knew it was the truth!
„Do you want me to drive you home?", Jonathan finally asked and Alexandra looked at him, astonished.
„What do you mean?", she said and she could hear her voice trembling.
With his head, Jonathan pointed at the parking lot and Alexandra looked across it.
`Oh right! There was a parking lot nearby the lake. I completely forgot!´, Alexandra thought, when she noticed a dark-green coloured Jaguar cabriolet.
It was the same car Jonathan had in the parking-garage and somehow she was glad that he had asked her.
„I can take you back to the city if you want to.", Jonathan said when they both stepped forward, still holding Alexandra´s hand.
„Oh, that´s nice from you", Alexandra said when they crossed the parking lot heading Jonathan´s Jaguar. „But it´s not necessary. I came here with my motorbike."
Jonathan stopped, gazing at Alexandra.
„Motorbike?", he asked, raising his eyebrows „I even didn´t know you´re driving motorbikes."
„Well..", Alexandra started when Jonathan opened the door of his Jaguar but then she kept silent.
It wasn´t that important to explain and Jonathan didn´t made the impression that he even wanted to know. At least she believed that.
Alexandra noticed Jonathan´s Rolex on his wrist and she asked him, what time it was.
Jonathan gazed at his watch and he was surprised when he realized how late it was already.
„It´s almost 6 now.", he finally said.
`Oh man, I have to go to Falcone.´, Jonathan thought.
„Oh! It´s that late already?", Alexandra asked, surprised.
`damn, Falcone is waiting for me and I first have to get back home to get my stuff!´, Alexandra thought while gazing into Jonathan´s eyes.
„You still don´t use a watch, right?", Jonathan asked, looking at her right wrist.
For the first time, Alexandra could see a light smile whisking over his face.
Alexandra grabbed into her coat pocket and pulled out her cell-phone.
„You still don´t use a cell-phone, right?", she answered with a big grin, pointing to Jonathan´s beeper clamped at the belt of his pants
`Some things will never change.´, they both thought.
Jonathan opened the door of his car and pulled something out of the glove compartment. It was his visiting card
„All my phone numbers are on it. My office at Arkham, my beeper and my car phone, too.", he said, then he pulled out a pen to write something on the card. „And this is my private number at home."
Then he passed the card to Alexandra.
„Thank you.", she said softly.
She took Jonathan´s pen out of his hand. He pulled a small writing block out of his suit jacket and Alexandra started to write down her cell-phone number.
`damn, Alex. Now you´re giving him the number, your boss is always using to call you!´, she thought when she handed back the writing block and the pen to Jonathan. `Don´t answer the phone by telling your name when someone calls you up next time.´
They gazed into each others eyes and again there was this awkward silence.
„Can we meet somewhere ?", Jonathan finally asked.
Alexandra nodded.
„Yes... yes, sure... I think, we even have to.."
„Tonight?"
Alexandra swallowed.
„I.. I still don´t know... maybe... I give you a call, okay?"
Jonathan nodded, but he could feel he was lightely disappointed of Alexandra´s reserved reaction. After all, they had sex with each other the entire afternoon! But he had to accept her reaction.
„Alright.", he said then.
For a split second they looked at each other again, then Jonathan touched Alexandra´s cheek. He hesitated for a moment then he bended forward and kissed her softly. Alexandra returned his kiss.
„See you later.", Jonathan whispered, caressing her cheek.
„Yeah.. see you later.", Alexandra said in a soft voice when Jonathan got into his car.
She turned around and walked across the parking lot.
Alexandra didn´t turn around again when she could hear Jonathan driving away and went back to her motorbike as fast as she could.
I know: kinda cliffhanger and it´s also a long one but hope you´ll enjoy it though
Chapter 13 (Speechless)
Neither knew what time it was.
Jonathan und Alexandra still had been lying there for a while, Jonathan still inside her.
Their sexual agitation was gone long time ago but this made no difference.
Both didn´t say a word the entire time. Alexandra had cried and Jonathan gently had kissed the tears out of her face. Alexandra still had embraced him and she had felt Jonathan caressing her forehead. They had gazed into each others eyes for a very long time, without saying anything.
Only then when they noticed the wind blowing through the tree-tops and the rustling noise of the falling leaves, Jonathan and Alexandra had gotten up and have dressed again.
Still neither had said a word and both didn´t dare to say anything.
`Jonathan, just say something - say anything!´, Alexandra thought while putting on her coat.
`Alexandra, say anything!´, Jonathan thought while adjusting his tie. `At least tell me, where have you been the entire time!´
But Jonathan could feel, she wouldn´t tell him, at least she wouldn´t tell him now. And he wouldn´t tell her certain things either. But it was obvious, they would have to talk about certain things very soon.
Both looked at each other and stepped out of the cabin without saying anything - the place of their resurrected love. Risen like phoenix from the ashes. But was this true? Was it still love? Or was it just a rememberance of something happened long time ago?
`She can´t be a ghost!´, Jonathan thought when he gripped Alexandra´s hand without a word. She didn´t protest, holding his hand, too. Both walked back over the small path - the one they had taken when they tried to escape from the heavy weather.
Jonathan had touched Alexandra, he had felt her, he had tasted her, he had been inside her. A ghost doesn´t feel like that!
For a split second Jonathan could remember the certain night, long long time ago. The night, where Alexandra had vanished right in front of his eyes and where Scarecrow had shown up for the first time But this time, it was different! This time, she was really there!
`No! She´s definitely not a ghost! I know this now! No matter what you´ll tell me now, Scarecrow. This time you won´t catch me with your fairy-tales!´, Jonathan thought when he could feel Alexandra´s warm hand, pressing it lightely.
But Scarecrow was silent and Jonathan could feel him sitting in his dark corner, pouting.
`That´s all right!´, Jonathan thought. `You won´t take this away from me again!´
Alexandra swallowed heavily, when she noticed the ruins of the roofed bench in front of them. She didn´t know if Jonathan had passed by there before they had seen each other in the cabin. She looked to the ground when they approached the bench and she could feel his grip getting firmer when they arrived.
Alexandra wanted to pass by the bench, but Jonathan stopped. She didn´t say anything when she watched Jonathan´s other hand touching the beams and moving gently over the brittled wood - exactly as she did before.
`Do you feel what I feel, Jonathan? Can you see what I see?´, Alexandra thought and she felt her eyes filling up with tears.
In this moment he gazed directly into her eyes.
„Yes.", he whispered. „Yes, I do."
Alexandra pressed his hand and looked to the ground. She could feel Jonathan´s other hand touching her cheek. She stepped forward without looking up and both started to walk again.
Alexandra was searching for the right words. What to tell him now? Where to start?
`Why didn´t you let me talk when I had the right words in my mind, Jonathan?´, flashed through Alexandra´s mind.`But you placed your hand on my mouth every time. You didn´t allow me to speak and you ran over me like a bulldozer. And now I don´t know how to start.´
Alexandra stole a glance at Jonathan. He was looking at his feet while walking and he swallowed heavily. It was obvious that even he didn´t know what to say.
`Maybe we should continue from the point where we stopped when we were in the cabin. Maybe this would make it all easier.´, Alexandra thought embittered when Jonathan stopped and gazed into her eyes.
She felt ashamed of this thought, but it was a fact that Jonathan was the one and only man she had the best sex with ever in her life! No one of those guys, Alexandra had slept with over the last years could rank next to him! And no matter if the sex was soft, like the one they had 12 years ago or wild and passionate like the one they had today.
With Jonathan it wasn´t just having sex because of physical reasons, it was as if their hearts, their souls would become one – whether she liked it or not. Alexandra would never confess it but she knew it was the truth!
„Do you want me to drive you home?", Jonathan finally asked and Alexandra looked at him, astonished.
„What do you mean?", she said and she could hear her voice trembling.
With his head, Jonathan pointed at the parking lot and Alexandra looked across it.
`Oh right! There was a parking lot nearby the lake. I completely forgot!´, Alexandra thought, when she noticed a dark-green coloured Jaguar cabriolet.
It was the same car Jonathan had in the parking-garage and somehow she was glad that he had asked her.
„I can take you back to the city if you want to.", Jonathan said when they both stepped forward, still holding Alexandra´s hand.
„Oh, that´s nice from you", Alexandra said when they crossed the parking lot heading Jonathan´s Jaguar. „But it´s not necessary. I came here with my motorbike."
Jonathan stopped, gazing at Alexandra.
„Motorbike?", he asked, raising his eyebrows „I even didn´t know you´re driving motorbikes."
„Well..", Alexandra started when Jonathan opened the door of his Jaguar but then she kept silent.
It wasn´t that important to explain and Jonathan didn´t made the impression that he even wanted to know. At least she believed that.
Alexandra noticed Jonathan´s Rolex on his wrist and she asked him, what time it was.
Jonathan gazed at his watch and he was surprised when he realized how late it was already.
„It´s almost 6 now.", he finally said.
`Oh man, I have to go to Falcone.´, Jonathan thought.
„Oh! It´s that late already?", Alexandra asked, surprised.
`damn, Falcone is waiting for me and I first have to get back home to get my stuff!´, Alexandra thought while gazing into Jonathan´s eyes.
„You still don´t use a watch, right?", Jonathan asked, looking at her right wrist.
For the first time, Alexandra could see a light smile whisking over his face.
Alexandra grabbed into her coat pocket and pulled out her cell-phone.
„You still don´t use a cell-phone, right?", she answered with a big grin, pointing to Jonathan´s beeper clamped at the belt of his pants
`Some things will never change.´, they both thought.
Jonathan opened the door of his car and pulled something out of the glove compartment. It was his visiting card
„All my phone numbers are on it. My office at Arkham, my beeper and my car phone, too.", he said, then he pulled out a pen to write something on the card. „And this is my private number at home."
Then he passed the card to Alexandra.
„Thank you.", she said softly.
She took Jonathan´s pen out of his hand. He pulled a small writing block out of his suit jacket and Alexandra started to write down her cell-phone number.
`damn, Alex. Now you´re giving him the number, your boss is always using to call you!´, she thought when she handed back the writing block and the pen to Jonathan. `Don´t answer the phone by telling your name when someone calls you up next time.´
They gazed into each others eyes and again there was this awkward silence.
„Can we meet somewhere ?", Jonathan finally asked.
Alexandra nodded.
„Yes... yes, sure... I think, we even have to.."
„Tonight?"
Alexandra swallowed.
„I.. I still don´t know... maybe... I give you a call, okay?"
Jonathan nodded, but he could feel he was lightely disappointed of Alexandra´s reserved reaction. After all, they had sex with each other the entire afternoon! But he had to accept her reaction.
„Alright.", he said then.
For a split second they looked at each other again, then Jonathan touched Alexandra´s cheek. He hesitated for a moment then he bended forward and kissed her softly. Alexandra returned his kiss.
„See you later.", Jonathan whispered, caressing her cheek.
„Yeah.. see you later.", Alexandra said in a soft voice when Jonathan got into his car.
She turned around and walked across the parking lot.
Alexandra didn´t turn around again when she could hear Jonathan driving away and went back to her motorbike as fast as she could.
But now it makes her wonder just what Jon is involved in with Falcone.
