Paula Carlin was sitting in her car, tears streaming down her face. Everything in her life seemed to be falling apart. Her marriage was failing, her daughter was drifting away from her, that didn't help matters when she had slapped Spencer. All the dreams she had imagined for her future were slowly burning as her world was crashing.
Tap Tap Tap
Paula was broken out of her thoughts as her head snapped around to look at who was tapping on her window. It was Ben.
She would be lying if she had said the past couple of months, she hadn't had a crush on him. When they knew each other in Medical School, she knew he had a crush on her but she was so in love with Arthur that she pushed any feelings she had aside but ever since she saw him again, she had felt those feelings bubbling back up to the surface.
She wiped the tears from her face and unlocked her door and waved for Ben to come in. Ben gave a sad smile and opened the door stepping into the passenger seat, closing the door behind him.
"Hey, I was walking out to my car when I saw you. Are you ok?"
Paula broke down and Ben wrapped his arm around her. She looked over at him and he pulled her into a hug. He ran his fingers through her blonde hair as he whispered comforting words into her ear.
Ben had a huge crush on her. He would be lying if he said that she wasn't the woman of his dreams. He thought she was beautiful and funny. Smart too and he definitely found that attractive. She hadn't aged much since college and even though she had two kids, she didn't look like she had any kids.
Ben held her for a few minutes until he heard her cries soften. "Paula?"
Paula slowly pulled back only a few inches. She brushed her fingers across his cheek and looked down at his lips.
He could feel her breath on his lips pulling her towards them. He knew he wanted to her and now it was his time to make his move.
He slowly moved his face in and kissed her lips, tasting the intoxicating taste of her mouth. He felt her wrapping her hand around his neck pulling him closer as she gently stroked the back of his hair.
He scooted closer to her while stroking her hair. He then moved his hands down to her shoulders, breathing in her intoxicating smell. He wrapped his arms pulling her closer, gently stroking her back.