Through The Grapevine: A BWWM Romance by Sherie Keys Read Free Book Online Page B

out, and a while later, she fell asleep there in his arms, wishing herself into slumber.

Chapter Four
     
    When the morning light broke through the window, he opened his eyes and looked around him, remembering where he was and what was happening, and then he looked down at the woman in his arms and smiled at her. She was sleeping soundly against him, her breath coming in soft sighs.
     
    He thought he remembered a strange dream he had about her, a dream in which they were going down a long road together, and at one point, he had stopped on the road and taken her into his arms, kissing her for a while. Then he let her go and took her hand, and they walked down the road again. It was a sweet dream and it gave him a warm feeling, but he thought that it was a curious dream because it was Shannon in the dream and not Tiffany. It made him smile and shake his head in wonder.
     
    He held her while she continued to sleep, his eyes taking in all the loveliness of her face that he had somehow never seen before. He laid there that way with her in the quiet room, in the silence of the snow that was still coming down hard outside, and just relaxed in the stillness and warmth of her.
     
    She woke up to find that he was already awake and looking down at her silently. She looked up at him in surprise.
     
    "What are you doing?" 
     
    He smiled a little. "I was just watching you sleep. I've never actually watched anyone sleep before. It's interesting. Your guard is totally down and emotions cross your face as you dream. It's fascinating, actually." he touched the tip of her nose, "Also, you are a truly lovely woman, and it's nice to look at and appreciate beauty." He climbed out of bed and headed to the bathroom.
     
    "I'll be out soon," he said. He showered, dressed, and was ready for the road again in record time. She followed suit and they were both out of motel door before eight in the morning.
     
    She looked skeptically at the gas station. "Would you like to stop for coffee and donuts or wait for the next town?" she asked.
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    He looked from her to the gas station and then back to her again. "How far is the next town?"
     
    She checked the map. "I'm judging this by hours instead of miles, because of the snow. It'll be past lunch time by the time we get to it."
     
    Colby nodded. "Okay, we better get coffee and donuts here then."  They headed in to the gas station together and bought enough junk food to get them to the next town, and then they headed back into the snow again.
     
    He asked her about her life growing up in Colorado and she told him what it was like. They traded childhood stories and memories, sharing sweet and funny things as well as life changing difficult things, and as the miles passed slowly behind them, their friendship grew stronger as they faced the road ahead.
     
    She was singing along to one of the CDs later that morning and he was watching her quietly when his attention narrowed to her face, and then her lips and he remembered the dream he'd had. He remembered the kisses they had shared, and the memory of them made his heart skip.
     
    He looked away from her, focusing on the snow outside of the window and the sheet of white that lay out all over the road and the landscape, but he could not get the kiss out of his head, and after a while, he stopped trying to forget it, and just enjoyed the memory of it.
     
    They reached the next town in early afternoon and stopped for lunch, and then got back on the road again. Shannon yawned a few times and Colby looked at her in concern.
     
    "Are you tired?" he asked, reaching over and touching her arm.
     
    She nodded. "A little. I didn't sleep much last night. I'm okay, though. I'll catch up on it tonight.
     
    He furrowed his brow. "Why didn't you get any sleep?"
     
    She bit her lip and shrugged her shoulders. "Oh, it was probably just because it was an unfamiliar place. How did you sleep?" she asked. She didn't have to ask. She knew how he slept because she watched