Reflections

Staring at the blank ceiling above my memories where coming back more and more as time passed. I recalled one of my worst memories. The time I broke up with Julianna. I was no longer in college. I ran my father’s shop day in and day out. And then found out Julianne had moved on with Micheal a few weeks after our falling out.

I hated my life.

A small smile graced my lips when I was saved by Jules. It was early in the morning when....

Raising my hand toward my pounding head, I said surprised, “Jules?”

“Glad to know your still alive,” she sounded like a woman on a mission and I glanced down to see my self naked. Grabbing the blanket from her, I covered my lower half.

That devilish smirk I fell in love with reappeared and she said, “I’ve seen you naked plenty of times. Now get up,” she tried hoisting my body up and I sighed.

Helping her to get me up, I asked, “Why are you here?”

“Because I can smell back at my parent’s house. Take a shower,” she commanded and then sarcastically said, ”No possibly a bath to soak the stench off.” I tilted my head. “I mean it. I’ll get the hose if I have too.”

“Alright, alright,” I stumbled toward the bathroom and Julianne followed to start the water.

Looking in the mirror, I didn’t realized how much I had let myself go. I had dark circles under my eyes, my brown hair grow out, and a slight beard had formed.

"You look like a Jesus I'm Drunk t-shirt," Julianne's voice said playfully and she pointed to the warm bath with bubbles in it. "Start soaking."

Walking over to the tub, I quickly dropped the blanket and lowered myself in the water. I don't know why I was being self-conscious, but I was.

But as I lied in the warm water my body seem to melt.

Wow, this felt great. I didn't know how sore my muscles were becoming, I thought surprising.

Sitting by the bath tub, Julianne played with the movable shower head. I asked again, "Why are you doing this?"

Her eyes peered over at me for a moment and then she replied, "Everyone is becoming worried about you."

"I'm fine," my direct respond spouted out and she turned the water back on and fired the shower head water at me.

"Wrong answer."

Looking at her with disbelief that she was shooting me like a bad dog with a water sprayer, Julianne smiled.

"It has been voted that I will be your wake up call," she announced to me when tossing a soap bar in the water.

"Oh, really and who's on this so called committee?" For some reason I was being defensive.

"Your parents, your teachers, your co-workers, me," Julianne said and I laughed.

Bitterly I responded, "Oh I highly doubt you care about me-"

Water caught me off guard and I found myself trying to wipe the water from my eyes. "Wrong again. Now it's time to face the real world. When you are all done and clean, you are going to shave off that dead rat growing on your face, then get change into nice clothes and go to your professors at school."

"I can't, I need to take care of the shop," I was about to say more, but I covered my face from her water torture.

"As of now, you've been demoted from your position. And your parents are telling you to get your butt back into school and finish with your degree."

She went to shoot me again, but this time I grabbed for the shower head and we both began to fight over it.

"Why are you here? Shouldn't you be with fart-tart?" I said at the same time she shouted, "Why are you an idiot?"

"Why are you here?"

"Because I love you, you dope!"

She slipped into the tub and landed on my leg. Trying to get off of me, she said, "Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you."

"I'm okay," I replied even though I'm pretty sure I have a hefty bruise from her bony hip. She was lying on top of me I asked, "You love me?"

She kissed my lips and took me by surprise. "Yes I love you."

"What about your boyfriend?"

"Boyfriend?" Her eyebrows knit together in confusion.

I added, "Come on Jules. You don't have to spare my feelings, you're dating Micheal."

Her body shifted tensely as she said in disgust, "Oh my lord, no. I could never love that Neanderthal." Julianne's lifted up, "Why would you even think that?"

I broke away from her eye contact in shame, "I bumped into him and that's what he said."

"Are you fucking kidding me? I'm going to murder him." She growled out and then questioned, "Is this why you dump me?"

My eyes widen in fright and I shuddered, "Well, it ah, ah maybe. He's so different from me Jules. He can give you so much more than I could ever offer. He has a fancy home, a high career, he-"

"He's an asshole, Tyler," Julianne cut my rambling and grabbed my chin tight. "What you think that I wouldn't love you after finding out you drop out of school?"

Before I could answer, she attacked me again, "Do you think I'm that shallow of a person that I couldn't accept the sacrifice and commitment for your family? That I couldn't love you because you don't have fancy fart-tart material possessions?"

"No, I, I just," I was tripping over my words. How could I express how I was a no one. "Know that I'm nothing special."

Julianne's watery eyes glared at me as she yanked my hair toward her. "Don't you ever think that again. You are special. Your the only thing," she pulled me so close that our noses were touching, "that makes me happy."

Her lips teased me as they rest ever so gingerly on mine. "My happiness is key right?"

Slowly Julianne's tongue traced my lower lip make me crave a taste of her once again. I was getting distracted until my eyes met her beautiful green pools.

"Yes Julianne. I would do anything to make you happy."

She suddenly snagged at my bottom lip with her teeth and seductively played with it. My body was squirming to have her.

"Then don't make stupid decisions without me. If I want to dump your ass, I will, but hell are you going to cut me out of your life-"

I urgently kissed her. Her pink lips are still soft as I remembered. But what always took my breath away was her intense passion.

I found my self sitting up more as her tongue sudden danced with mine. Her hands started to roam over my shoulders to my back.

Yes, I was fully aroused when she ripped off her semi wet shirt and attacked my neck with her deadly lips. Julianne's hot breath whispered in my ear, "I want you. All of you. Always."

I slightly groaned with pleasure as the air intensified more and more. "Oh god Jules! You're going to be the death of me."

"Do you want me to stop?" She said in that playful tone and it was my turn to kiss her neck thoroughly.

A sharp sigh escaped her lips and she said with a shaky breath, "Let's take this to the bedroom. But first, we need to set up some ground rules with your stupidity."

Finally I responded, "Okay, I'll make you a deal. You'll make all my dumb decisions for me in exchange for taking me back."

She rubbed my chest and purred, "Plus I get to change into your comfy sweats. Deal?"

A smile grew wide onto my face, "Deal."

Julianne gave me a sudden hug as she murmured, "Never leave me again."

Stroking her auburn hair, I said with every inch of me fully serious, "Never."