8spiders

How did this happen?

"I know you've got that thing with the girl from Texas, but this thing with Stacy is real. It's here. And a year (maybe longer?) that's a long time to wait for someone, Tony." Laura isn't really afraid of anything. Especially words.

Stacy...

Her naked body presses into me.

"Mmm. This is better than vanilla ice cream on warm peach pie."

She runs her hand through my hair, her lips over my skin.

"You're like an onion. You have layers like an onion. One day I'll peel through to every little bit of you."

When she leaves, her scent will linger behind. Like a ghost, she will haunt my room. Haunt my empty bed.

"Maybe this will go sour. Maybe it will turn into something so much more."

She asks if she can hold me just a little bit long before she goes.

"Stacy..." I stop her. "I'm in love with someone. I told them I wouldn't get involved with anyone emotionally and you, you're 9 months out of a 9 year marriage and still sorting through things. We have to leave it at that."

I can't see her face in the dark. I can't read her at all.

"Tony, you said nothing is ever so black and white... What does that mean?"

What am I doing?