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hurt, he looked worried.
    “Ok,” he said simply as he picked me up off the floor and carried me to our bedroom. He held me all night long, patting my hair, and wiping my tears away as I cried.
    At some point, sleep found me and my mind was busy with nightmares until the afternoon sun woke me. Ari was in the shower; I could hear the water running. Pulling myself out of bed, I headed to the kitchen. I was now exceedingly thirsty. The broken glass was gone, the water wiped up, our kitchen restored to its clean and tidy state. I opened the cabinet and found that all of our glasses had been replaced by red plastic cups. A small smile spread on my lips as I filled one with water.
    I drank the cool water quickly and since I was in need of a shower, I went into the bathroom to join Ari. My bruises were more yellow than black and blue and I wasn ’t nearly as scary looking as I had been a couple weeks ago. Our master bathroom was spacious. The floor was covered in large, dark slate tile. We had two big sinks and a long mirror that stretched across the wall. Fog on the mirror kept me from seeing my reflection.
    We had a pretty cabinet on the wall to the left that held folded piles of thick, white towels. Two hooks held matching bathrobes. The shower was the centerpiece of the whole room. The shower doors were clear glass that opened French style. The handles were sleek and silver. The shower itself was very roomy and had three showerheads, one on each of the dark tiled walls. I opened the shower doors and walked in and Ari pulled me straight into his arms. He flipped the other two showerheads on, washed, and rinsed my hair, then my body with his clean smelling soap. His touch sent lovely tingles all over my skin. I closed my eyes and just let the feeling take over. Ari moved his fingers down to my swollen ribs.
    “We should have never done that last night. I could have hurt you.”
    “You didn’t hurt me, Ari. I needed you.”
    I was surprised at the words that came out of my mouth. I had never been bold about sex, but my statement was true. I needed to feel him. I needed him to want me.
    He turned the water off and wrapped me up in a robe, then started to put on his clothes.
    Despite the setback, I had had the night before, I wanted to be strong and move forward with my life. I did not want my fears to control me. I resisted the temptation to dress in Ari’s tee-shirt and boxers. Instead, I chose something much cuter and more appropriate for the middle of the day. I put on a little bit of makeup and sprayed some product on my hair to keep the frizz at bay, then met Ari out on the deck. He was sitting at the patio table reading the paper. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and kissed him on the cheek. He pulled me around to face him and I curled up on his lap.
    “So what do you want to do today?” I asked.
    “Mmm…” he stopped reading to think.
    “Actually, tomorrow is Lauren ’s sixteenth birthday and I haven’t gotten her anything yet. I guess I kind of have to take care of that.”
    “What are you going to get her, a new car?” I asked, teasing.
    “Ha, no, my parents already took care of that,” he said as he rubbed the stubble on his cheeks.
    “I have no clue about what I should get her.”
    I stood up and grabbed his hand, pulling him up with me.
    “I guess we ’d better get started then.”
    We hopped in Ari ’s SUV and spent the better part of the late afternoon in local shops around Dana Point. Lauren was going to be moving to the dorms this year, so I got her some things for her dorm room and some new clothes for school. I went overboard, as usual, but she is really fun to shop for and her reactions when opening gifts are priceless.
    After a lot of deliberation, Ari finally decided to get her a new surfboard. She was always complaining about having to use his old one. We stopped in Killer Dana Surf Shop, where Ari was greeted by each employee by name. Only they called him Are and not Ari. They did