Fallen Desire by N. L. Echeverria Page A

thirsty, but I don’t want to stop dancing afraid that if I do I’m going to realize just how tired I actually am.  “No thanks.  I’m going to stay here.  Hurry and come back.”  I don’t want to start thinking about all the things that are bothering me right now either. 
    “Okay.  I’ll be quick.”  Kim dances off the stage and then disappears into the crowd by the bar.  I just continue dancing and close my eyes and listen to the music. 
    “Lindsay!” someone shouts in my ear and places their hand on my bare shoulder. 
    I look behind me, and there he is.  Oh, how I’ve been waiting for him!   His hands graze my bare shoulders, stopping me from dancing and the desire begins to ball up in my gut.  He’s stunning.  “Ethan – how did you find me?”  I’m shocked and utterly excited to see him at the same time.  He’s here, hands on me, here for me! 
    “Can we go somewhere quiet to talk?”  He gently grabs my hand and guides me out the front door into the parking lot. 
    “Of course!” It had gotten much cooler outside.  He doesn’t say anything, just walks me to his car.
    “If you want, I can turn on the heater, and we can sit in here to talk?” he says.  His deep eyes look at me with passion and sorrow.  I can see that he’s hurting. 
    I want so much to rid him of his pain, to be able to tell him he’s perfect and should not be so sad. “That sounds good. It’s cold out here.”  Ethan opens the front passenger door for me, and I bend down to get in.  He shuts it behind me and then walks around the front of the car to the driver side.  Watching him walk to the other side of the car, I noticed how graceful he is and doesn’t seem awkward in the slightest.  Perfection!  He gets into the driver side of the car and then turns it on in order to start the heater. 
    “I’ve been meaning to come and talk to you the past couple of days Lindsay.”  He turns to face me and holds my hands in his.  “By the way you look stunning in this dress.”  He smiles and looks me up and down.  “I have to apologize for taking off the other night.  I don’t really know why but I just didn’t want to hurt you.  I know that probably doesn’t make sense right now, but it’s the truth.” 
    I smile shyly, “Ethan, its okay.  I just wasn’t sure if I did something wrong to make you take off like that.  I’ve been thinking about you and that night non-stop, I’m not even sure why.  All I know is that I care about you, a lot and I don’t even know you.  All the basic things that two people should know about each other, we don’t but I can’t help my feelings toward you, Ethan.  I need to know if I did something wrong, please tell me.”
    “No, Lindsay, it’s nothing you did.  You could never do anything that would make me want to leave you.  All I want is to be with you; I’m just not sure how.  I’m going through some things right now and I have to get them figured out, so I may not be around as much as I would like to be.  It has nothing to do with anything you’ve done or could ever do; it is just some personal issues that I have to get figured out.  I care about you more than I’ve ever cared for someone before, and that scares me because I don’t know why I feel like this.”  I can see how nervous he is through his expression.
    “I don’t know much about you either Lindsay, so I think we can start out with learning something’s about one another, and maybe that will help this whole situation feel even more right.”  He looks deep into my eyes with confidence and love.  I want nothing more than to pull myself into him and never let go.  He’s extraordinarily beautiful and the desire burning inside me in this moment is undeniable. 
    “That sounds really good.”  I don’t really know what else to say.  I don’t want to use words to show him how I feel.  I want nothing more than to show him.  Then, as if he knows my very thoughts, he places