Reid It’s been a few hours now, and Willow hasn’t woken up yet. Her fingers were slightly frostbitten, but nothing severe and her ankle had a mild sprain that should heal in a few days if she rests enough. What worried the doctors were the fact that Willow is asthmatic, but she was out in the cold for over 5 hours. Her lungs were healing, and she was breathing independently, but she still hadn’t woken up. So here I was, sitting next to her hospital bed with her hand in mine and praying that she would wake up soon. “Nothing yet?” I turn around when I hear River entering the hospital room and shake my head. He sighs and walks over to me. “I should have gone out to look for her sooner, or else she wouldn’t be like this right now,” I say, holding her hand against my forehead. River places a hand on my shoulder. “You can’t blame yourself, Reid. There’s no way we could have known she had an accident, and to be fair, as soon

Willow On the flight back to Denver, we sat in silence. Reid sat next to me, but I knew he wanted to get as far away from me as humanly possible. The only thing I did differently was calling this thing off before he had a chance to. I didn’t want him to know how hard I had already fallen for him, and I wasn’t sure how much of it showed. But I would be damned if he hurt me again. Last night I met the woman I kept seeing him with, but she seemed happy to meet me. Was she not his lover? What exactly was going on? Ugh, I shake the thought from my head because it made no difference now. Getting together with Reid as his fake girlfriend might have been the stupidest thing I’ve ever done. Why didn’t anyone try to stop me? Getting involved with him like that has proved to be the biggest mistake of my life. So much for “I’ll never fall for an asshole like Reid Grayson.” We landed back home in less than half an hour. He offered to drive

Reid “You’re a fucking selfish asshole!” Yes, I am, and you need to start seeing it. Don’t fall in love with me; you’ll only end up getting hurt. Ah, but I suppose it’s too late to say things like that because we’ve both fallen in love with one another. I replay our first kiss over and over again and wish that I hadn’t made the first move. She was so close that I could feel her breath on my cheek and see the throbbing of her pulse at her neck. I couldn’t resist Willow Creed any longer - at that moment, I had to have her. The complete ecstasy as I felt her lips on mine was overwhelming, her scent clouded my mind, and her moans made me see stars. Only to be filled with guilt the next moment. It was a stupid thing to do; I should never have kissed her and overstepped my boundaries. But now, I have proven to myself that what I felt for her wasn’t just pure lust for something I couldn’t have. I sit back in my chair and scoff; what

Willow Today was just awful, and that’s why I’m here in a bar drinking with my replacement. Michael is currently dealing with a massive business case and taking his foul mood out on everyone; thank fuck that this is my last week with him because I don’t think I can deal with another few months of this. Kim orders the cocktails and makes her way over to our table. “If it were any other company, I would have quit,” she says and downs her drink. I lift up my glass in a toast. “Hear, hear,” I say and down my drink as well, causing her to giggle. She gestures to the bartender for two more and hands over her keys to run a tab. “So, do you come here a lot?” she asks, looking around, and I nod. “Mel and I used to come here on Fridays or when we needed a breather, but since she’s been so busy with work and studies, I hardly ever see her anymore,” I say, thinking about how I haven’t actually spoken adequately to Mel since I’ve b

Willow I’m standing in front of the clinic Noah’s currently in, and I am feeling incredibly nervous. I haven’t seen him in over a month, and I hope my presence doesn’t cause a trigger. Breathing out a final sigh, I straighten my shoulders and walk through the glass doors. As expected, Noah set up a visitation for me, but he was still under high care, so I was only allowed in for about two hours. I was in the visitors’ area, and as soon as I saw him passing through the door, I ran over to him. “Woah, Specs!” He exclaims, wrapping his arms around me when I slam into him. He chuckles but then remains quiet, and we just stand in silence. I don’t think we needed to say anything to convey our feelings. “Let’s sit down, yeah?” he finally says and leads me over to a table. It’s when he sits down that I finally get a proper look at him. His black hair dye looks like it’s lightening up, and his blonde hair is starting to show; h