Continued....
Johnathon moved, gently laying me down. He moved so he was laying half on top of me and half on the ground, leaning on his elbow.
"Esme, I love you so much, I cannot bare to see how that man treats you. I want to be with you, forever, Esme...... Run away with me........"
I lay there, completely dumbfounded. I hadn't expected that. I stared into Johnathon's beautiful chocolate brown eyes. I couldn't bring myself to say anything. To be honest I didn't know what to say. I didn't want to hurt him. I loved him too much to say something that might hurt him but I needed to explain.
"Johnathon, I....."
He placed his index finger on my lips silencing me. I wondered if my eyes were showing my fear.
"Esme, I know what I am asking is a huge step for you. I also know that you can't just get up and leave. But what I will ask is that you think about it. And if you do decide to leave with me then the only thing I will ask is that we leave before Charles returns. As soon as we hear of his return then I want to leave. I cannot stand to see that man hurt you. Please Esme, think about it."
"Johnathon, I will think about it. That I promise you. Charles is leaving in 2 days, I am not prepared to make a decision until we know whether he is coming back or not. What we have at the moment is perfect and I don't want to ruin it!"
Johnathon didn't say anything further, I think he may have been slightly upset by what I had said, but I couldn't just up and leave like that. If I did decide to leave then I wanted time to say goodbye to some people. Evie for one. She was my best friend and the one person that knew about Johnathon and I. I couldn't leave without saying goodbye to her.
The next day I went to see Evie. I didnt know what to say to her. I knocked on her door and as I waited for her to answer the door I was thinking, about how I was going to tell her about Johnathon's proposition. When she answered the door she saw the happiness from every pore in my body and the sparkle in my eyes again. Right then and there she knew I had found someone I would be really trully happy with.
She hugged me and told me that I could tell her anything, so thats what I did. I told her everything from charles being home from the war for a week and what he had done to me to what Johnathon had asked of me. She was full of pure joy for me and said "Esme I'm so glad you have now found Johnathon, I believe you should run away with him an be happy once and for all. I just ask one thing please. Just stay in touch with me when ever you can." She pleaded, tears of happiness and sadness cascading down her cheeks.
"Of coarse I will silly. How could I ever leave and forget you?" I replied, the tears flowing freely out of my eyes and onto my cheeks also.
I was still unsure of what options to pick, this is going to be one difficult desion. I knew one thing for sure and thats that I'm in love Johnathon and I dont want to hurt him.
The next few days went past without incident. Charles left to return back to the war. I was pleased he had left. I wasn't sure how much more I could take of his abuse. He was nothing compared to Johnathon. Charles had evil blood flowing through his veins. There was something wrong with that man. Something must have happened to him to make him so hateful towards women. Or maybe it was just me. I didn't know and to be honest I didn't care anymore.
Johnathon and I took our relationship to the next level a few weeks after Charles left. I mean, we'd already done "everything" but we had decided to spend the night together. Johnathon came up with an excuse to get away from his parents for the night. He then snuck into the house after dark and we spent the night together. It was the most romantic evening I have ever had.
We spent the evening laying on the floor in front of the open fire place, the fire roaring in front of us providing us with ample warmth. Completey cocooned in our own little world for a whole evening. We slept, talked, ate and well, I'm sure you can all guess. It was perfect. I couldn't imagine ever having to live in any other way than this.
Until.....
Oh my gosh, I have to go, Someones here. IN my house and Johnathons asleep in my bed...... What am I going to do???
Esme xx
