Alone....Part 3

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That's when it hit Bo. He threw on some levi's, an old t-shirt and grabbed his keys. Bo went out into the storm. He had to see her.
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Bo was soaked to the bone when he arrived at Nora's. He saw the flicker of candlelight burning through Nora's bedroom window. He pounded on the door. No one came. Bo thought he could hear screaming inside. Maybe it was just the storm playing with his mind. No, he was sure he could hear Nora calling out his name. "Bo...Bo...Bo!" Bo busted through the door and followed the sound of Nora's voice, straight to her bedroom (wink...wink!!)

Nora was crying, unaware that Bo had entered her bedroom. She just could not get her dream out of her head. It seemed so real. She and Bo had made love, very sweet and very passionate, and very hungrily. "Oh, Bo" Nora cried out again!

"I'm here, Red", Bo replied.

Nora, unbelievingly, sat straight up. "Bo, what are you doing here?"

"I had to see you Red. You've been on my mind since the trial. No, wait, that's a lie. You've been on my mind since the day I met you. I've never been able to get you out of my head."

"Bo, have you been drinking? Are you drunk?" Nora questioned.

"Ya Red, I guess I am drunk. I'm drunk with you. I have you in every pore of my body, my mind, my soul, my heart. You are in me, and I can't get you out. I don't want to get you out"

"I don't know what to say Bo!" Nora noticed that Bo was soaked and shaking. Well, she thought, here's your chance Buchanan! Nora, getting up out of bed, wrapped her comforter around her ex-husband. "Bo we've got to get you out of those wet clothes. You're freezing!"

"Nora, nothing, and I mean nothing matters when you are not in my life. And I don't mean in my life as a friend. I need more than that. I need you as my friend, my lover, my confidant, my dance partner, my everything! You are the only one that can give me the peace that comes from that kind of love. I learned that tonight. Well, I've probably known it all along, but I just truly realized it tonight. You are me, and I am you, and we are one."

"Bo, I really don't know what to say. Everything you are telling me...I feel it, too. I have longed to hear you say these things to me for so long. But you didn't, Bo. You let me go."

"I never let you go, Nora. You have always been here" touching his heart, "and I know that I have always been there" placing his hand on Nora's heart, "with you. Please tell me that's true, Red."

"I'm speechless, Bo. Again, I really don't know what to say. But I do know what I feel. And I feel exactly the same way! My heart and body ache for you, my mind aches for you." And with that Nora stepped up to the soaking wet cowboy, and placed upon him a burning kiss. As their arms grabbed and groped for each other, through wet clothes and blankets, they both knew this was right. Within seconds they were naked, in a warm bed, reconfirming their love that never died.

As the sun began to rise, Bo noticed the rain was still pattering. They had been together all night. Quietly, Bo began to sing to this woman he adored:

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain,
Telling me just what a fool I've been........

Nora smiled to herself, and held on to this man. She knew that she would never, ever be alone again.