Kapitel 33: Stay with me

Both eyes are red. While one is trying to shrink her head in embarrassment, the other are trying to take a peek on a face that he miss the most. The sky has turn dark. Cole led Aurora to a safer place. Climbing down the rocky place and he found the beach is empty but a long log that got washed away by the wave planting itself on the beach. A perfect place to sit. Just the lack of light. But all will be sort out if he can make fire. He's still holding Aurora's hand that fit perfectly onto his fearing if he let go she will run away. He ignore the palm that's getting sweaty. As long as he can feel the warmth from her hand. Arriving at the log, he wipe a little bit of dirt and let Aurora sit there. The moment they let go of the hand, he start feeling restless. Anxious. Insecure. The thought of making fire is forgotten when he grab on her hand again and just sat beside her while in a dilemma. He was distracted trying to think of a way to make fire and didn't realize Aurora who have been observing him ever since they left the rocky place. She try to hide her smile once in a while. Seeing him flustered and the uncool side of him really makes her wanted to laugh out loud. He's been avoiding her gaze and only dare to take a peek. Nothing else. Not a word was said after they cry their heart out. She was waiting him to say something but she can see he was struggling to get his word out. Even going down the rocky place, he only led her and using hand language to tell her what he intend to do. The muddleheaded side of him make her goes speechless.

After not saying anything and he's been distracted for quite sometime, she decided to not torture him any longer. She gave a hand signal toward Derek who was hidden from the view and the next moment the beach start to light up with pretty decorated lights. Cole was startled. He looked around to see if there is anyone else on the beach but he couldn't seem to find anyone beside them. Or maybe just someone trying to play a prank and took her away from him. The alarming feeling start to creep up on him again. Without any warning, he pulled Aurora closed to him and place her on his lap. He trapped her in his arm and the moment he felt her warmth, his heart start to calm down again. He sighed in relief.

Aurora wasn't expecting him to take this action. However when she saw how insecure he was, her heart ache. She did this to him. Making him having to bear all the torture the moment she left him. Seeing him still not speaking only to lean his head on her shoulder, she decided to make the first move. Slowly she touched his face and hold it up so she can see his face better. The stubble covering his handsome face, the thick eyebrow that she love to touch when he was in coma, the chiseled perfectly nose to complete his dashing look. She took her time inspecting his face ignoring the fact he was trying to hide his face away. Until this point, he still didn't want to look at her for long. His eyes would look elsewhere instead of her face. This is making her frustrated and insulted at the same time.

"If you're not going to say anything then i'm going back." She try to get up before she was trapped tightly inside his embrace. Tightening his hold onto her without realizing he put too much pressure causing her to feel her bone is going to break. He keep shaking his head but he was still struggling to say something, to make a sound but he was unable to do so. So he kept tightening his hold and shook his head as he look into her eye.

Aurora felt like her bones might crushed in his strong embrace decided to tapped a couple of times on his arm to loosen his hold a little bit. Realizing he was hurting her, he immediately loosen his hold despite feeling anxious. She just look at him in the eye without saying anything. Wanting to let him sort out his emotion and giving him a chance. She can see his struggle and place her head on his shoulder with one of her hand place near his beating heart.

"I'm here now. I'm here." She repeat slowly as his heart start to calm down. He nod and she just let him be. It took another couple of minute before she finally heard him say something.

"I love you Aurora. Stay with me."