Time And Him Are Just Right Novels & Stories

Execution formation. Time had just run out.

“Perfect Lover?” I nodded, leaning slightly against the chair across from him. “It’s silly, I know. But the story behind them is kind of sweet. The idea is that if two people are perfectly synchronized, in the same ‘time zone,’ they’ll never miss each other. But if they aren’t…” I gestured vaguely, feeling oddly self-conscious. “...well, it’s not anyone’s fault. They’re just living in different worlds. Different stages of life, different priorities. You can’t force that kind of timing.” He studied me for a moment, something unreadable in his dark eyes. “And you think the person I’m waiting for is in a different time zone?”

Too full of something that did not have a name yet because it was brand new and still arriving. "Dee," I said into his shoulder. "I know," he said. His voice was not entirely steady. "I did not plan this," I said. "I know," he said again. "The timing is—" "Perfect," he said. I pulled back and looked at him. His eyes were bright. "Perfect?" I said. "Everything about you has happened at exactly the right time," he said. "Even when it did not feel like it." He looked at me. "This is no different."

You make a cute wolf, Ari, he’d said, and he sounded smug. I would’ve rolled my eyes if I could have, but instead I shot back through our link. You’re not so bad yourself. I could almost feel his smirk radiating off of him. “Arienne,” he hissed. He looked pointedly at the time. The clock on his phone read 11:59. I tensed against him, and he pulled me close. “How do we know?” I asked. “We just do,” he murmured. He took one of my hands in each of his, and squeezed gently.

The specific rightness of being in the correct place at the correct time being the correct person. Which was, I had come to understand, not the same as being happy. But was, in many ways, better. --- Marcus found me near the end of the evening. I was getting my coat. The dinner was winding down, the room thinning, the specific energy of an evening reaching its natural end. He appeared at my elbow. I looked at him. He looked at me. "Hey," he said. "Hey." A pause. "Thank you for coming," he said.

On the right timeline. With the right evidence. The correct amount.

I straightened and turned around to face him arching my brow in question. He shrugs now completely naked. "I need to block your alluring body from my sight, as much as I want nothing more than to fuck you again I don't think your pussy is up for it or that we'll have enough time." He says and looks at the clock on the wall behind me. I turned around to look at it and my eyes widen as I began to choke on the apple. I had thought it was in the morning but it was actually twelve in the afternoon. We only have exactly one hour and thirty minutes to hit the road in hopes of blocking those shipping trucks.

“What time is it?” “Just after four,” he said, not looking at a watch. She arched a brow. “How do you know that?” “I can tell by where the sun is in comparison to the horizon.” He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone, holding it so she could see. The screen read 4:11. “You cheated.” She laughed. “I swear to God I didn’t.” He pocketed his phone and lounged back, folding his arms behind his head. She admired the play of muscles in his exposed forearms.

Something with different intention, less exploratory and more certain, the movement of someone who had spent the past year of her life learning to be certain of the things she was certain about and was being certain now. He met me. Not rushing to meet me. Simply being where he was, in the right place, at the right time, which had always been his particular, infuriating, deeply correct quality. He had always been in the right place at the right time. Not coincidentally. Because he paid the kind of attention that knew where the right place was going to be and went there. The kiss was quiet.