HighonYou by Sky Robinson

that they never loved her, never wanted her but she got
through that just fine. A person didn’t need love, didn’t need any of the silly
emotions to survive in this world. But now that she knew how good it could
feel, the possibility of going back to not having him would make life hard.
    She should have never given Blake her body and she sure as
hell shouldn’t be opening her heart to the man. He could hurt her. Even if it
wasn’t intentional, she had opened herself up to it.
    Blake wasn’t the kind of guy who would try to hurt a woman.
Even in the short time she knew him he’d already proven that. He did the right
things for the right reasons. She just hoped like hell she wasn’t a mistake,
something he’d have to correct as soon as this ordeal was over. But that was
likely going to be the case.
    “This looks like a safe place to spend the night.” His words
jolted her away from her negative thoughts.
    The future of their relationship wasn’t something she needed
to worry about right now.
    Blake led her to the fancy hotel, to a room on the bottom
floor at the end of the building and in the darkest area. “Keep your head down
just in case they have cameras.”
    She did as he said, let her hair flop along both sides of
her face and kept her focus on the ground. Blake pulled a little machine out of
the bag, hooked a couple wires to the keypad on the door and pushed some
buttons. In a few seconds the red light on the door turned green.
    “We’re breaking in?” Crystal followed Blake into the room
and he shut the door solidly behind them. She didn’t expect him to break into
the room, didn’t expect to see him do anything illegal.
    “I prefer to think of it as borrowing the space but yeah. I
don’t know if either of our faces has been broadcasted after the shootings. We
can’t risk the front desk clerk recognizing us, can’t risk anyone knowing where
we are. If someone finds my car they’ll assume we are at that motel, they’ll be
watching that place. We should be safe here.”
    It made sense and she sure as hell didn’t want to take any
risks.
    “You know breaking and entering is illegal.” Crystal relaxed
enough to tease Blake.
    He flopped down onto the bed and grunted a little upon
impact.
    The room was dark but she could see the outline of his body
splayed out across the middle of the bed, a big flat screen TV sat on top of
one of the dressers and the room smelled clean. Much better than the last
motel.
    “Sometimes you have to do things on the other side of the
law to survive.” The way he said the words gave them more meaning than simply
talking about breaking into the room.
    “Do you mean me too?” She had to ask the question, had to
know if he understood she was only doing what she had to do in transporting the
drugs.
    “Yeah. I mean you too. Everyone deserves a second chance.
You were doing what you thought you had to do.”
    His words were a huge relief but just because he understood
her reasons didn’t mean he had any interest in continuing a relationship with
her. Her heart ached for him to feel the same way, to want the same things but
she knew there were no guarantees in life.
    “What about when this is all over. Will I see you again?”
She didn’t know why she was being so needy, so forward but Crystal had to know
if once they found the bad guys and put them away, once Blake wasn’t stuck
protecting her, if he would want anything to do with her again. She couldn’t
give him any more of her body, any more of her heart without knowing his true
intentions. She was falling too hard too fast for the man. She had to stop it
now before it was too late.
    “We’re going to find a way to be together. I’m falling for
you and I won’t just let that slip away. Life’s too short.” Blake climbed off
the bed and stood beside her, grabbing her hands in his and squeezing tightly.
    “Good.” Her heart filled with warmth. It was what she needed
to hear, what she wanted him to say so damn