65. Drake and Stella talk about the future.
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Stella walked around the room, then collapsed suddenly. Her bad leg finally gave out, all of the running and crawling under the bed were too much for her muscles.
Drake looked at her on the floor and sat next to her. He pulled her to his lap.
" You are exhausted, did you get hurt?" He rubbed her leg.
" Drake!" She said very excited now.
His eyes lit up seeing her joy.
" What is it?" He asked.
" I need to call Storm." She said happily.
He shook his head.
" My house, no cousin love here."
" Oh, sorry it's all new to me. Storm made me work out everyday, he pushed me so hard.
I wanted to tell him...Drake, I ran today, up hill too. I ran into this house." She beamed.
He brushed her hair back.
" I see, yes let's call my cousin." He handed her his phone.
Her happiness was overshadowing his own.
He went to the kitchen to get them some food, and her some privacy.
" Storm something extraordinary happened today. I...yes I'm fine. Drake is fine. Your mommy?" She asked, she was afraid that she had passed away.
He said," She seems stable today."
" Storm, I ran today. I am sure it was the adrenaline, but I ran!" She told him.
" Your kidding, that's incredible. Turn the camera on, I need to see you." He said.
She did.
" Honey are you on the floor?" He asked her.
" Well, I got tired, I'm fine it doesn't hurt too much right now." She rubbed her tender leg.
" Stella, you are so very pretty my love, take off that towel." He told her.
She removed it and sat naked on the floor and showed him her leg.
He said,"Lay down. I will too."
She lay down. "Touch yourself for me, I need to see you." He told her.
She looked at the open door. He said," Do it."
She did. He moaned. " I need you, so much."
He said,"Oh, s**t dad's coming, gotta go bye my love!....Yeah dad..coming!" He yelled.
Stella stayed right there naked on the floor.
Drake found her like this.
" I don't want to know, but can I hold you now?" He asked her.
She rolled over. "Drake, welcome to the Stella love train!"
He did, he pushed up against her from behind. She arched against him. He sighed.
She groaned, her leg gave out and she fell to the floor again.
" Well s**t, that hurt." She held her leg and rolled over holding it.
He frowned at her, overdoing it once again.
" Sorry, I'm sorry. I'm a mess Drake." She apologized.
He kissed her and told her not to be sorry.
" I got us some food, come on honey." He lifted her to a chair out on the deck.
She stopped him. " Wait, is that a whale out there?" She pointed to a spout of water far off in the waves.
He nodded. " I think so."
She smiled. " I love this place."
" I bought it just for you. All for you, I've been planning for your return Stella, I love you. You are my life." He looked at her intently.
Stella grabbed his hand and pulled him onto her lap. He laughed nervously.
" I'm too heavy for you." He said.
She hugged his waist. "Nope not letting you go, I finally caught you Drake. You belong to me."
He touched her lips. " I'm your family now, I want to be Mr. Calloway."
" Drake, I'm not getting married. I decided I don't think I'm old enough. I mean, it would change everything. As much as I love you, I can't tie you down. What if 5 years from now, you"...
He stood up as she started to cry.
She looked away. " What if you...you want to have kids, I can't get pregnant. I'm not going to be able to give you children." She said, swallowing her tears.
" Right now, I am not sure I want kids, I don't think I would make a good father. My dad, well my therapist has given me some exercises to do, they involve letting go of past learned behaviors and adding new positive approaches to gain my goals.
I want to show you...my vision board. Don't laugh it will kill my ego." He said.
She got dressed and limped behind him grimacing. He turned around,"Coming?"
Then seeing her face in a grimace he said," Oh, Stella. No more running for you." He carried her to his office.
She looked at a huge board with pins and strings attaching things together, like Sherlock holmes solving a mystery.
A picture of her was on the board. He quickly removed something at the end of the board. She caught a glimpse of it before he yanked it off.
It was two children. A boy and a girl.
" You did have plans to have kids."
She turned away from him. She walked outside and went to her car.
She drove down to the beach.
Drake tried to call her, her phone was dead.
He locked up the house and left in his car. He thought he knew where she was going. He saw her turn down towards the beach.
He followed her. She got out and started walking.
" Stella, stop. Wait for me...please." He yelled.
She limped to the water and took off her dress. She dove in swimming out past the surf.
She swam for quite a while. Drake waited for her to come back. He sat in the sand and watched her, thinking about her tender heart.
She finally came in.
" I didn't see any whales, I wanted to swim with them."
She called to him, seeing him there.
" No, you were running away from our conversation." He said with his hand over his eyes to block the setting sun.
" Storm dumped me when he found out I couldn't give him babies.
I thought, well...I just figured you too are a lot alike. You would decide...I'm not the girl for you." She said looking away from his gaze.
" Nope, I wouldn't do that to you. I know Storm hurt you when he did that, Ash called me, I also spoke with Storm about it. Not many secrets in this family Stell." He saw her there in her underwear.
She sat down and drew her knees to her chest. "The cold water seemed to fix the swelling in my leg." She hugged herself.
" Drake I think I'm pretty messed up. I think I need therapy too." She admitted.
" I mean my parents....that's a whole issue there, then my hyper s****l behavior. I guess I think I can solve most things by falling in love and having lots of sex." She looked sheepish.
" Oh, that does remind me." He said.
" That shower with Kira?" He asked.
" That was interesting. She kind of made a pass at me, you know grabbed my boobs, kissed me, hit me with the shower wand."
His eyes got big, he leaned in.
" I can't walk for a while now." He admitted.
She grinned. "Well, I didn't reciprocate, I never tried anything with a girl before, sounds complicted."
He threw his head back and laughed. "Stella dating 5 men isn't already complicated, add one woman in the mix, might make it half a dozen lovers for you." He smiled.
" I didn't plan any of this, I'm...happy. I love all you boys. I really do." She admitted.
" Admit that I am your favorite though right." He asked.
" Drake, you know you are. You are my first. But...I would never tell the others this." She lied.
It was actually Ash. He was her very tender lover. She loved him very true, he thought the same as she did, they could talk for hours. She did tell Ash this once, he just smiled and said," I knew that."
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