she could go home and take a
nap. Or maybe she’d just curl up in the dressing room and sleep
there. Yeah, that sounded like a good idea.
“He lost interest in you already?” Jackie,
one of the Corps girls, asked.
Anna shrugged but didn’t say anything. She
was too tired, too achy to expend the energy it took to answer.
“Anna, what happened to you?” Isaak squatted
down next to her and lifted her chin. “You have a bruise on your
cheek and you look like you haven’t slept.”
“I do?”
He nodded. “Did Peter...?”
She shook her head. “No. Just Devin.”
Isaak frowned. “Did you sleep at all last
night?”
Anna shook her head.
“Go to Aaron’s dressing room and sleep. I’ll
tell him what you’re doing.”
“But Isaak, I can dance....”
Isaak shook his head. “I don’t want you to
hurt yourself. Go sleep. Just get a good warm up this afternoon,
okay?”
Anna nodded and stumbled her way slowly to
Aaron’s dressing room. The moment her head hit the couch, she was
sound asleep.
*****
Something brushed Anna’s cheek and she jumped
and opened her eyes.
“Aaron!” She sat up quickly and looked
around. “Where am I?”
“My dressing room. Isaak sent you in here to
sleep, remember?”
Anna blinked several times as she got
oriented. “Oh, yeah.”
Aaron reached up to stroke her cheek and she
winced. “Devin hit you?”
She nodded. “I...misbehaved.”
He grimaced. “I can’t imagine what you did
was really that bad. He just wants any excuse to hit you.”
“Does it really matter whether he has a good
reason or not? He’s my Master. He can do what he wants.”
“No, it doesn’t matter because he shouldn’t
hit you regardless.” Aaron sighed. “What did he say you did?”
“I upset Peter.” Anna twisted her hands
together.
“You upset Peter? What happened?”
Anna sighed. “I told him I didn’t care what
apartment he picked out.”
“Why would you care about his apartment?”
“Because we’ll move in together eventually.
And he wanted to know which one I liked. I told him I don’t care.
That my opinion doesn’t matter and if he really wants to know if
it’s an okay apartment he should ask Devin.”
Aaron frowned. “It sounds like Peter was just
trying to be nice, Anna.”
Anna’s shoulders slumped and she looked at
her hands. Yes. Peter was just trying to be nice. Aaron was
right.
“I don’t know why Devin thinks I’d be able to
be successful in a relationship. But I guess it doesn’t really have
to be successful. We just have to stay together.”
“It’s too bad you can’t be with someone who
really cares about you,” Aaron said in a low voice.
She turned to look sadly into his eyes. She
knew he was talking about himself. “He’d hurt you, Aaron.” Oh, how
that hurt to say! She reached out to stroke his cheek. “I’d never
forgive myself if something happened to you,” she whispered.
They gazed at each other for a long time and
then suddenly their lips were touching. Aaron put his hand on the
back of her head to keep her from escaping when she pushed against
him, albeit unenthusiastically. His lips seized hers and his kiss
was full of every emotion that had plagued him for years. Anna
finally relented and let him kiss her, returning his kiss and
emotions with abandon.
“Oh, Anna,” he murmured against her lips.
“I’ve missed you so much.”
Tears rolled down her cheeks as she wrapped
her arms around his neck and held him as tightly as he held her.
His lips didn’t part from hers as he pushed her back onto the couch
and moved on top of her. He stroked her neck and pulled her leotard
off her shoulder before kissing her neck and collarbone and
shoulder.
Anna pressed her head back into the couch and
sighed as Aaron’s hand moved down to her breast, bringing her
leotard down with it. His lips followed his hands and his mouth
quickly found her breast.
“Oh!” she cried softly as he sucked on her
nipple.
Within a few minutes, they
nap. Or maybe she’d just curl up in the dressing room and sleep
there. Yeah, that sounded like a good idea.
“He lost interest in you already?” Jackie,
one of the Corps girls, asked.
Anna shrugged but didn’t say anything. She
was too tired, too achy to expend the energy it took to answer.
“Anna, what happened to you?” Isaak squatted
down next to her and lifted her chin. “You have a bruise on your
cheek and you look like you haven’t slept.”
“I do?”
He nodded. “Did Peter...?”
She shook her head. “No. Just Devin.”
Isaak frowned. “Did you sleep at all last
night?”
Anna shook her head.
“Go to Aaron’s dressing room and sleep. I’ll
tell him what you’re doing.”
“But Isaak, I can dance....”
Isaak shook his head. “I don’t want you to
hurt yourself. Go sleep. Just get a good warm up this afternoon,
okay?”
Anna nodded and stumbled her way slowly to
Aaron’s dressing room. The moment her head hit the couch, she was
sound asleep.
*****
Something brushed Anna’s cheek and she jumped
and opened her eyes.
“Aaron!” She sat up quickly and looked
around. “Where am I?”
“My dressing room. Isaak sent you in here to
sleep, remember?”
Anna blinked several times as she got
oriented. “Oh, yeah.”
Aaron reached up to stroke her cheek and she
winced. “Devin hit you?”
She nodded. “I...misbehaved.”
He grimaced. “I can’t imagine what you did
was really that bad. He just wants any excuse to hit you.”
“Does it really matter whether he has a good
reason or not? He’s my Master. He can do what he wants.”
“No, it doesn’t matter because he shouldn’t
hit you regardless.” Aaron sighed. “What did he say you did?”
“I upset Peter.” Anna twisted her hands
together.
“You upset Peter? What happened?”
Anna sighed. “I told him I didn’t care what
apartment he picked out.”
“Why would you care about his apartment?”
“Because we’ll move in together eventually.
And he wanted to know which one I liked. I told him I don’t care.
That my opinion doesn’t matter and if he really wants to know if
it’s an okay apartment he should ask Devin.”
Aaron frowned. “It sounds like Peter was just
trying to be nice, Anna.”
Anna’s shoulders slumped and she looked at
her hands. Yes. Peter was just trying to be nice. Aaron was
right.
“I don’t know why Devin thinks I’d be able to
be successful in a relationship. But I guess it doesn’t really have
to be successful. We just have to stay together.”
“It’s too bad you can’t be with someone who
really cares about you,” Aaron said in a low voice.
She turned to look sadly into his eyes. She
knew he was talking about himself. “He’d hurt you, Aaron.” Oh, how
that hurt to say! She reached out to stroke his cheek. “I’d never
forgive myself if something happened to you,” she whispered.
They gazed at each other for a long time and
then suddenly their lips were touching. Aaron put his hand on the
back of her head to keep her from escaping when she pushed against
him, albeit unenthusiastically. His lips seized hers and his kiss
was full of every emotion that had plagued him for years. Anna
finally relented and let him kiss her, returning his kiss and
emotions with abandon.
“Oh, Anna,” he murmured against her lips.
“I’ve missed you so much.”
Tears rolled down her cheeks as she wrapped
her arms around his neck and held him as tightly as he held her.
His lips didn’t part from hers as he pushed her back onto the couch
and moved on top of her. He stroked her neck and pulled her leotard
off her shoulder before kissing her neck and collarbone and
shoulder.
Anna pressed her head back into the couch and
sighed as Aaron’s hand moved down to her breast, bringing her
leotard down with it. His lips followed his hands and his mouth
quickly found her breast.
“Oh!” she cried softly as he sucked on her
nipple.
Within a few minutes, they
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