The sky was getting darker and the air was hot and oppressive. A storm was imminent, both literally and metaphorically.
'I don't know what you expect me to do.' he said with his back to me.
'I don't expect anything' I replied, glancing up at gathering charcoal clouds overhead. If the situation hadn't been as difficult as it was, this would be the perfect situation for me.
Nothing turns me on like a thunder storm, a good fight and the back of his neck. Don't ask me why - I didn't say I wasn't a complicated character.
He turned around and looked at me - the look was essentially cold but with something definite underneath.
'I don't want to talk about this anymore.' he said
'Ok' I replied, still feeling really angry but not wanting to make things worse. Anger is not good on me. It rarely happens, but when it does, it really does!
'Come on then we might as well go, it's gonna start pissing down.'
We're in complete silence, unsaid things weighing down on us both worse than the humidity. Then all hell broke loose and a torrential downpour started, soaking both of us to the skin in ten seconds. He grabbed my hand and pulled me under some trees next to a high wall surrounding god knows what; I had no idea where we were and there was nobody else around. It made very little difference.
We stood there for a while, saying nothing, getting soaked and more and more annoyed. Then my rage got the better of me and I let fly at him with a torrent of abuse. I blamed him for everything, calling him every name under the sun and he just stood there and took it, letting me rant like a woman possessed, the only hint of a reaction being his tensed jaw - or so I thought.
Without a second's warning he'd grabbed me by the shoulders and thrown me up against the wall.
'Are you going to fucking shut up any time soon or am I gonna have to make ya?' he sounded genuinely incensed.
'Get your fucking hands off me!' his unexpected act of aggression had caught me off guard and I didn't quite know what to do with it. A part of me was concerned, even a little bit scared, but that was over-powered by a wanton, furious lust which, in combination with my earlier rage made my heart race. I wanted him now more than ever. He was staring at me with an expression that said he wanted to tear me apart - and I knew I was returning it with an I dare you.
I tried to push him away from me, but he definitely had the physical advantage here and with one hand pushed me hard back up against the wall, the other hand slamming into the wall an inch away from my face with some serious force.