As Chris and Chad whispered to one another after their intense lovemaking, for that was indeed what it was, neither could bring themselves to broach the subject of what had just happened. The fire was still in each of their eyes but they were each reluctant to set off anything more. Each thinking it could have been a fluke or mistake.
"Chad," Chris began, "when do you think you might come back to work, you know it isn't healthy staying here all the time."
"I suppose sometime next week but, I don't think I'll be comfortable going back into a school right away. Seeing all those kids, being hugged, hearing the parents express their condolences would be too much too soon Chris."
"Well," she replied, "it was left that you could come back and work in the main office until you feel ready to go back or perhaps permanently. Whichever feels best for you Chad is what you need to do."
Chad thought for a moment and then replied, "You know I think Wednesday I'll go into school and collect my things from their, I'll work the morning shift and explain why I am not going to stay to the kids and parents."
Chris sighed to herself, she knew it would be a while before he would be comfortable returning to a school for any long term endeavor, and she hoped he could pull off one morning without having a breakdown. She knew that once he had made up his mind though he would do exactly what he said, so if he wanted to face them now and explain all the better.
They laid there for a while still talking, her bringing him up to speed on the past few weeks events and trying to get a feel for what the future might hold. She wanted to tell him that her fiancee' was out of the picture but she was still unsure of how to go about doing so. Chris knew that she had time though and nothing was going to be forced between them, she wouldn't let that happen.
"Chris," Chad whispered, "thank you for being here. I don't know how long it would have taken me by myself to work this out. I'm still not all better but I'm well on the road to recovery."
Chris smiled, "It was really my pleasure Chad, but don't think I'm just going to run off now that you've started to resemble your old self."
A few hours later and with a little teamwork the house was nearly spotless and they were left with nothing to do but to have interaction again. Their housework tasks had gone by with music in the house and not any words spoken, time for each to ponder what was twirling through their minds.
Chad kept thinking back to his dream of seeing Aimee, her telling him that it was alright to move on, surely she hadn't meant this soon though. But as he thought of this he did realize that was exactly what Aimee would mean, she would have never wanted him to suffer more than he had too. He smiled thinking about what her comments about his low sex drive over the past few weeks would have been. She would have been worried about him if she'd have been alive and he hadn't so much as tried to touch her. Solitude was never his strong suit and now he needed another person even more to help him through this.
He was also shocked at the fact that Chris had given herself to him completely, he wanted to question her on this but at the same time feared her reply. Deep down he knew he would love to go back into whichever room she was in cleaning and take her right then, he had all that pent up need to release still and now that he was rationalizing it with himself that it was ok, he wanted another life affirming act of carnal pleasure. But should that have been a one time thing he didn't want to corrupt it by making Chris feel guilty for cheating on her fiancee'.
Chris was at the same time thinking along those exact lines. She didn't want to ask Chad questions and have him get down or feel the guilt over perhaps entering an intimate relationship so shortly after his loss. But she needed to let him know soon that there was nothing standing between them anymore on her part. She wanted to go to him, to feel his touch again but she would wait it out and see what was going to happen.
