Don't be scared
Out of all the places Rose imagined herself to be, right now, walking across a beach in Spain holding the love of her life’s hand was not on the list. Yet here she was. Luisa thumb tracing circles on her palm was slightly distracting Rose from her thoughts, but it was a good distraction.
“You alright babe?” Luisa said, stepping in front of the red head, stopping their stroll. Rose smiled, she always smiled when Luisa called her ‘babe’.
“Yeah, I’m fine.” Rose replied, pecking Luisa on the lips as she did, hoping it would distract her girlfriend from the fact that Rose was anything but fine. Her mind was constantly running wild with the thought of being caught, or someone following her or someone hurting Luisa…
“You’re not fine Ro, you can talk to me you know?” Luisa whispered, her fingers slowly brushing over Roses bare arms, leaving a trail of goose bumps behind them. Rose knew she could talk to Luisa, but she also knew Luisa didn’t want to hear what she had to say. Rose wasn’t even sure how she was going to tell Luisa the truth. ‘Look I know this sounds crazy, but i actually run a illegal plastic surgery ring and I was using your dad as a front so I could use the Marbella as a hide out. Oh yeah, I also killed a bunch of people and I have no idea who is after me. But I left it all behind for you!’ Rose had a gut feeling Luisa wouldn’t take that too well. In fact Rose was certain she would never see Luisa again if she told her. Therefore Rose wasn’t going to say anything, not yet anyway. “I know, but I’m actually good.” Rose said with a smile that thankfully Luisa bought.
“Good, do you wanna head back? It’s getting kinda cold.” Luisa said as she looked around the almost empty beach. The sun had fallen behind the waves, the air was now crisp and sharp around them. Rose didn’t want to leave, the beach was peaceful and practically empty. The soft sand between her toes and the gentle sounds of the waves had calmed Roses mind and she felt completely relaxed for the first time since she chased Luisa down that hall way in her wedding dress.
“Just a few more minutes.” Rose said as she pulled Luisa forward, towards the waves. Once they reached the edge of the water Luisa halted and a smile curled on Roses lips as she unlinked their hands.
“Come on Lu.” Rose said with a small laugh as she stepped into the small wave, not deep enough to cover her feet. The cold water rushed under the base of her feet as Luisa took a step back to avoid the wave.
“We left our shoes on the rocks for a reason.” Rose said with a smile as she took a step towards Luisa who was refusing to smile.
“I don’t like the sea.” Luisa spoke quietly, but still loud enough for Rose to hear.
“Why, the sea is beautiful.” Rose said as she turned and looked out over the moonlight lit sea before her.
“It’s also dangerous and uncontrollable.” Luisa stated, folding her arms as she spoke.
“Awww, your scared of the sea.” Rose said teasingly, stepping out the cold water and wrapping her arms around Luisa’s shoulders.
“At least i’m not scared of spiders.” Luisa whispered, wrapping her arms around the redheads waist as she spoke. Rose laughed, they had an agreement to NEVER bring that up. Rose wasn’t just scared of spiders, she was terrified. Luisa used to tease her about it until the agreement was settled that Luisa, under any circumstance, would not tease her about it.
“Oh, you’re gonna pay for that.” Rose whispered against Luisa’s neck, her hot breath sending chills down Luisa’s spine.
“Am I now?” Luisa had only brought up the spiders thing once before, after being told not too. Her punishment, leaving out details, was torturous for her and her wrists were chaffed for weeks afterwards. But right now, Luisa wasn’t thinking about where she was, and what Rose was about to do.
Before Luisa had time to react, Rose dropped her arms to the brunettes legs, and using all her strength, put Luisa over her shoulder and started walking into the waves.
“ROSE PUT ME DOWN!” Luisa practically squealed, her voice twenty octaves higher than usual. The brunette was trying to break free of Roses grasp, and Rose nearly feel face first into the water.
“If you keep fidgeting, i will fall in and you’ll come down with me.” Luisa suddenly stopped moving.
Once the water was as high as Roses chest, she stopped walking. She could feel Luisa trembling. She had moved Luisa into her arms so that the brunette was half in the water.
“Hey, you’re safe.” Rose whispered as she felt Luisa’s entire body trembling, and not because it was cold. The waves had ceased at this point and the water was nearly still.
Rose let Luisa slide the rest of her body into the water, Rose supporting Luisa’s weight until her feet touched the floor. The water was a little deeper on Luisa and nearly touched her shoulders, but not quite.
“I hate you.” Luisa whispered, the panicked look in her eyes not fading.
“No you don’t.” Rose whispered back, taking a step through the force of the water closer to Luisa.
“Right now I do.” Luisa fired back, not looking up at Rose, knowing if she saw Roses eyes, she would smile and Rose would win.
“You don’t hate me.” Rose said softly, brushing her cold fingers over Luisa cheek. “You love me.” Luisa looked up at this point, her eyes instantly catching with her lovers electric blue eyes. The moonlight making Roses eyes glisten. Both women leaned in, their lips brushing over one another, slowly.
“I do love you.” Luisa whispered against Roses lips.
“Told you so.”
“Thats your response? No ‘I love you too’, just an I told you so!” Luisa said, pulling her head back, Rose laughing at the brunettes little fit.
“You know I love you.”
“I know you do.” Luisa said, looking down at the water surrounding her, her heart rate suddenly increasing.
“Hey, Lu,” Rose brought her hand to Luisa’s chin, gently pushing it up to make Luisa stop focusing on where she was. “I love you.”
“I love you too.”