a haunting experiance

[icu1978]

The house was nearly 80 years old but in great condition. the previouse owners had completely remodeled the house before up and leaving town one day and putting the house on the market the next. The house was two story's with an attic and a celler.

Susan and her husband Dan where walking through the house with the realator

" why are they selling so cheap? surely they put in double the asking price in repairs to the place."
Dan stood with his arms folded across his chest watching the short round relator scratching at his thining head of hair.

" well sir. they just didn't want to stay here when they found out what happened here 40 years ago."

Dan huffed at the man. " and what could have happened 40 years ago to make a family just up and leave and put the house on the market at less than half the price it's worth?"

the man was turning a little red and looked uncomftorably around them they where standing in the den just off the kitchen, the sunshine poured into the room. caughing the realator looked at the newlyweds. " well i suppose you should know if your looking to by the place. 40 years ago another family lived here. a couple and their twin daughters. the girls where just 19 years old at the time. well one night a couple of men broke into the place and murdered the family but not before they raped the girls. "

taking a breath he went on with the story.
" the next day the cops where here and they followed a trail of blood in the snow outside for nearly a mile before it stoped outside of an old barn. seems one of the girls hurt her attacker. anyways there was a stand off and the cops shot down the murderers in the barn. ever since then this place has been reported to be haunted by the girls and those two men that murdered them."

laughing uncomftorably the round little man waved his hands infront of him.
" of course we all know that only children believe in ghosts and haunted houses." he looked back and forth between the man and woman hoping that they still wanted the place.

Dan droped an arm around his wifes shoulders and looked down at her with a shrug of his shoulders and a bored look on his handsome face. Susan smiled up at him and knodded her head.

dan looked at the man and said in a mild voice. " we still want the house."
three weeks later the papers had been signed and sealed and the house was theirs. they had moved in and where setting up house.

 

[Donalddeutsch]

Dan had just gotten done moving all the furniture and boxes in with the help of the movers, and was now sitting on the couch in the living room sipping a cold beer, that he had brought out of the cooler. He smiled up at Susan and patted the couch next to him. "So we are finally moved in, it is a beautiful house. What do you think of all these ghost stories that the realtor told us about?"

Dan wasn't one to believe in ghosts or anything of the supernatural like that, but he did some checking up on the history of the house while they were getting ready to move here. He knew that there was a murder here, and he wondered if everything he had heard was true, or just rumors to get the non-serious away from the house. He shrugged, and took another drink from his beer, before looking at Susan with a smile. "I love you, you know that?"

 

[icu1978]

sitting on the sofa next to Dan Susan cuddled againt his side and lay her head on his shoulder.

"So we are finally moved in, it is a beautiful house. What do you think of all these ghost stories that the realtor told us about?"

smiling up at Dan she shruged her shoulders. " i don't think anything of it baby, it's just stuff that gets told to little kids more than likely to keep them away from an empty house."

He shrugged, and took another drink from his beer, before looking at Susan with a smile. "I love you, you know that?"

turning she wraped her arms around him and kissed him on the jaw. letting her lips move up so that she could nip at his earlobe just the way he liked.
saying huskily " mm i love you to babe."

 

[shexay_xx]

Megan

Megan sat hunched in the corner of a room staring in awe at the new furniture that adorned the once empty room, she still couldn't believe that ...people were living here now, living...breathing humans. She sighed wistfully, what she wouldn't give to be alive again, to be able to breathe , to feel, to touch, instead of endless days running, hiding, and remembering. It was 40 years ago but still felt like yesterday when she was brutally raped and murdered in her home, her hand reached up too the back of her head her finger tracing the scar from where the bullet hit her, she was 19 and hadn't been allowed to grow up and now she never would, she remained a 19 year old as long as she was a ghost. She heard cruel laughter in the distance , and her eyes grew wide with fear, she tried to stop her body from reacting but it was as if her body was forcing her to get up and run, she knew that she was already dead, but it didn't stop the fear that ran through her body.
She ran dissappearing through wall after wall the laughter fading as got further away, she stopped her mouth open at the sight before her.

It was the people who had bought the house, Megan could choose to be seen but instead she mearly walked to a corner of the room leaving a cold breeze behind her and sat with her arms circled around her knees, her eyes fixed on them and her heart bursting with envy that they lived and she was forever bound to this house.

 

[Donalddeutsch]

Dan had a chill run up his body for a second, and looked around, thinking that a door was open or something, but all the doors were closed, and he could see nothing. "Did you feel that breeze that came through just now? I might have been imagining it, but I don't know." He hugged Susan to him tightly, and kissed her again.

"What do you say we go upstairs and properly initiate this house love." He ran a hand up her side, kissing her neck, and her jawline. They were newleyweds afterall, and he was deeply in love with his beautiful wife.

 

[ThePhoenixMan]

"G"

"G" couldn't help but let his gut wrenching laughter roar out as he listened to the "newcomers!"

"Nonbelievers," he mused to himself as he wondered how he'd transform them into believers. He couldn't help but to laugh even moreso as he watched the lithe 19 year old Megan run through the room. No matter how hard she tried, she, like him, could never escape the confines of the house; nor, would he ever let her! Now that he too was trapped in the realm between the two known worlds with Megan, he was destined and determined to enjoy her fruits whenever he wanted, just like he had done that first night 40 years ago, and repeatedly ever since!

Willy was an unfortunate tag-along that merely got wrapped up in the heat of the moment. But even though he paid the ultimate price, he too has shared Megan's delights time, and time again.

Despite having Megan readily available, G caught himself eyeing up the new couple, cuddling closely on the nearby couch. A young newlywed, ripe, robust, and very well proportioned. The mere sight of her curled up on the couch brought a certain rise in his energy.

After all these years, G learned to harness this energy that was building within him. He also knew that when that energy reached certain levels, there was nothing he could do to control his actions. He continued to watch as the newlyweds cuddled, wondering where Willy was, knowing that he too would be very interested in the new couple, especially the new young filly!

 

[icu1978]

"Did you feel that breeze that came through just now? I might have been imagining it, but I don't know."

looking up at him she shruged. " maybe the air kicked on or somthing babe."

he also shruged his massive shoulders and then pulled her tighter against him as he kissed her again. so lost in her own desire of her husband she actually whimpered when he broke their kiss and looked down at her.

 

[icu1978]

"Did you feel that breeze that came through just now? I might have been imagining it, but I don't know."

looking up at him she shruged. " maybe the air kicked on or somthing babe."

he also shruged his massive shoulders and then pulled her tighter against him as he kissed her again. so lost in her own desire of her husband she actually whimpered when he broke their kiss and looked down at her.

"What do you say we go upstairs and properly initiate this house love."

raising her eye brows she gave him a wicked look and ran her hands down his chest. saying coyly " sweat heart i thought that was what we where just about to do.. it's not as if we have to worry about anyone walking in on us.. the whole house is ours."

 

[shexay_xx]

Megan

A faint flicker of a smile crossed Megan's face as she heard them mention the breeze, she wished that she could feel anything even coldness would be better than costant fear and emptyness, Megan's form trembled as the man that had killed and raped her so long ago and continued to use her floated into the room, he seemed transfixed by the couple and she felt fear for them, she knew the type of man he was, she thought of appearing to them and making herself seen but she was unsure if they would take her apperance in a good way,she would never hurt them but she was a ghost after all, she bit her lip her eyes flicking nervously to G's and she gathered her voice " Leave them be murderer" her voice wavered slightly, regretting her outburst immediately.

 

[ThePhoenixMan]

G snickered cruelly, almost laughing as the shy, quiet one gathered up enough courage to speak up. He looked back to the newlyweds, already beginning to make their way from their spot, giddily heading up the creaking stairs towards the master bedroom, the very same room where Megan's , parent's were killed execution style.

G recalled that night as if it were yesterday:

They had broken into the house to merely steal money and some goodies. It was G who ventured up the steps and was transfixed by Megan, sleeping atop her covers in a cute babydoll outfit. He knew he couldn't resist her that night! He also knew there was no way he'd be able to take her without a fight. That was when his criminal mind and instincts took over! He went into the parent's room and roused them, pistol whipping her father, knocking him out cold as he fell to the floor in a clump. He then bound and gagged her, along with her husband and left them on the floor!

That's when Willy heard the commotion and joined in on the fun! The poor guy didn't realize what he was stepping into! G went and gathered up Megan, while instructing Willy to gather up her twin sister. The two girls were dragged forcefully into the master bedroom and then raped brutally, over and over again, in front of their helpless parents, while they watched, unable to spare their daughters from the torture.​

G refocused on the newlyweds. They reminded him somewhat of that unlucky couple. They looked like a younger version of Megan's parents. That only served to fuel the fire in G's loins even more, gathering more energy, already planning how he would expend it.

In a deep, dark, booming bass voice, he sneered back to Megan. "There's only one way, I'll leave them be." G broke out into a hideous laughter that was designed for not only Megan to hear, but the newly moved in occupants as well!

 

[icu1978]

as they where making their way up the stairs after Dan convinced her that the bedroom should be the first place they make love Stacy stoped and pulled him to her.. " what about right here on teh stairs baby.. wont that be fun?" of course she was only joking but the look in his eyes changed her mind about it being a joke after all.

grabbing the waist of his jeans her finges sliping inside to rub against the swollen tip of his errection she pulled him closer and planting a kiss on his lips that could set him aflame with wanting her as desperately as she wanted him.

a hideous laughter suddenly filled the air around them adn seemed to be coming from everywhere at once. jumping she grabed ahold of Dan wraping her arms around his waist. " what the hell was that Dan!!"

 

[shexay_xx]

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In a deep, dark, booming bass voice, he sneered back to Megan. "There's only one way, I'll leave them be." G broke out into a hideous laughter that was designed for not only Megan to hear, but the newly moved in occupants as well![/QUOTE]

She flinched at the sound of his laughter, she heard it day in and day out and it still managed to terrify her and the fact that he had disregard for the new ocupants wich she was sure would have heard that!Whenever she head that laughter it brought the horrible flashbacks back, her mother and father tied up and beaten , her murderer's body pressed on top of her, his hands grasping her hair and forcing her to look into her parent's eyes...the look in her father's eyes had been heart wrenching and she just could not ged rid of the memory, her sister screaming beside her ther hands desperately reaching for eachother.
She had to warn the couple, yes she might scare them by sowing herself but they were in more harm if she let G play with them, she swallowed nervously " I'm warning you to stay away from them...or I'll...I'll... warn them!" She forced herself to stare at him with her bright blue eyes, showing him that she was being serious.

 

[Donalddeutsch]

"I don't know, but it might be the wind." He said hopefully, and picked her up and carried her upstairs to the bedroom. "I think it might be safer for us up here for now." His erection didn't seem to disappear from the frightening sound, so he cuddled up to her, and started kissing and stripping her. 'I don't know what it was, but it doesn't mean we have to stop."

He started kissing down her body as he stripped her down, taking particular care of her nipples, like he knew that she loved, and working his way further down her body, licking and nipping at her inner thighs, and lips. "Hmm, so very tasty and fruitful." His erection was now standing at full attention, and he had completely forgotten about the strange breeze and sounds.

 

[ThePhoenixMan]

G couldn't help but to laugh, this time only so Megan could hear him, at her veiled threat! Megan could do whatever she wanted with the newlyweds, it wouldn't change his demeanor in any manor. If she did show herself, or warn them in any way, she'd only succeed in affirming what the realtor had said, confirming that the house was indeed haunted!

Sneering back to Megan, he commented, "Go ahead, scare them off, and we'll have the place all to ourselves once again!"

G watched as the non-believers moved from the steps in a heated passion towards the bedroom. He watched as Dan stripped his lovely wife down, exposing her to his leering eyes. He liked the way her red, ripe nipples stood at attention, given her husband's attention to them. "Soon," he thought to himself, he too would sample those juicy cherries. As he maneuvered down to her thighs and moved in to her sex, G knew he, too, would share in that, "very tasty and fruitful," treat.

G's mind was already formulating plans for the couple, as well as Megan. His devious mind never ceased working in overdrive, and always seemed to be centered around sex. He continued to watch as the couple ignored the sounds, and continued with their lovemaking. He recalled that eventful night, forty years ago, once more:

Having brutally raped the girls directly in front of their parents, G had left them as sobbing rag dolls lying on the bed. The girls were forced to look into the helpless eyes of their parents as G and Willy had their way with them. Their long hair, pulled back painfully so, kept their heads raised, as the tears flowed, meeting the tear-filled eyes of her mom and father. When all was said and done, G took the initiative to silence the girls. Scrambling for his discarded clothes, he retrieved the revolver and shot the two girls execution style. Each one, a single bullet in the back of the head, as their parents screamed out in their agony.

To make matters worse, G then went after Megan's mother...​

G once more, looked upon the naked couple, noting more and more how Susan reminded him of Megan's mother. He imagined that's how she looked when she was younger, before giving birth to the twins.

Even though he was dead, he was "alive" in the sexual sense. His energy was building and building, and it was focusing around his manhood. He turned and spotted Megan with hungry eyes.

 

[icu1978]

'I don't know what it was, but it doesn't mean we have to stop."

Stacy gave a throaty laugh as he picked her up and carried her to their bedroom over his shoulder. When he finally puts her feet on the floor it's only to quickly strip her naked. his hands and mouth moving over her body devouring her.

She had never seen him behave like this and she was discovering that she loved every minute of it. as he lay her on the bed she felt him kissing and nipping at her inner thighs before his mouth moved to her wet sex. crying out as she threaded her fingers through his hair pulling his face closer to her sex her head pushing back into the mattress as she lifts her hips up to him.

"Hmm, so very tasty and fruitful." the vibrations of his voice against her clit making her moan loudly and lift her hips slightly higher towards him.
her thighs shaking as he continues to use his tongue on her most sensitive spots.

" OH GOD DAAAAN!!!"

her first orgasm came suddenly feeling like her entire body was alive. suddenly needing to taste him she pulls him up to lay beside her. her thighs straddling his hips she leans downs and kisses him. her tongue slipping into his mouth she can taste herself on him and it only makes her desire burn that much hotter for him.

moving down his body she takes his erection in her hand wrapping her small fingers around him. using the tip of her tongue she licks him from the base of his cock to the tip as if she where licking a lollipop. twirling her tongue around the bulbous head of his erection before she takes him in her mouth and wraps her red lips around his shaft, only taking him half way in she sucks on him using her tongue to tease the thick hard tip.

loving the taste of him Stacy moans loudly around him before her mouth slides further down his shaft. slowly she works her mouth up and down loving the feel and taste of him. she has always loved giving him blow jobs. but something about this time was different.. more intense.

 

[ThePhoenixMan]

G watched with intense pleasure, the delicious porn taking place before his very eyes. She was HOT, and she was turning him on! He knew it would not be long till he had her. He also knew he could not sit idly by and merely watch their sex session and do nothing about it!

Like a flash of lightning, he was in front of the cowering Megan, pulling her by the hair to the near side of the bed, forcing her to her knees as he positioned himself behind her. He wrapped his hand in her long hair and twisted it within his fist, pulling it cruelly backwards, snapping her head back, forcing her to watch the scene on the bed. Megan's cries of pain were masked by the moans and cries of Susan, thrashing about on the bed.

G leaned over Megan's back and bit cruelly into her neck, before nibbling on the nearby offered ear. "Watch her suck cock you little tart! Take notes, because you will learn to suck cock just like that!" He hissed the cruel words into her ear, stripping her bottoms as he positioned his hardened rod between the swells of her rounded ass. He disregarded her pleas, as he always did, and took her at his will. He rocked his hips up and down, making Megan feel the length and girth of his shaft as it slid between the cheeks of her ass.

He continued to saw his prick up and down, teasing her while pulling on her hair like a rein. He was preparing her, like he usually did, for the rough sex she was about to receive. He warned her, and now he was delivering on his promise.

Besides, G had plans for the lovely lady once she passed out and fell asleep! Right now, he focused all his energy on Megan!

 

[shexay_xx]

Megan

Megan could feel the energy building from G , she felt it rising and it scared her that he was right. All she could suceed in doing was scaring them from the house and it had been empty for so long well if she forced herself to forget G and willy and she couldn't forget Sarah her twin, they spent their days hiding so they hardly saw eachother her twin was usually followed around by willy the less brutal of the two murderers but when G gave him orders he followed them to the letter.

Megan felt like she was invading the privacy of this obviously in love couple , Megan started backing out of the room her eyes darting nervously to G who's eyes were riveted by the writhing couple on the bed, suddenly his eyes were upon her and before she could dart away he was in front of her , she cried out as he plled her roughly by the hair and forced her to her knees she tried to twist from his grasp but he simply wrapped her hair in his fist and pulled it back until she cried in pain, forcing her to watch the couple on the bed, it was such an intimate scene and Megan twisted and stuggled desperately trying to break his grip, she was jealous of them , she had never had sex like that gentle loving sex she had been robbed of that the day G entered her house, she screamed in pain as he bit hard into her neck breaking the skin and her body shuddered with disgust as he nibbled on her ear his cruel voice sending shivers down her spine, "Watch her suck cock you little tart! Take notes, because you will learn to suck cock just like that!"

Megan;s eyes flashed with anger and she spat back out at him " I'll bite it off if you place it anywhere near my mouth you bastard!" she felt a cruel tug at her hair and she gasped with the pain, instantly regretting speaking out as her bottoms were pulled roughly down her legs " No please! I-I'm sorry just leave me alone please!" She felt the same way she always did when this happened , the same as she felt all those years ago, fear, desperation and helplessness it was as if she was realiving the scene everytime it happened, she saw once again the look in her father's eyes...

She struggled violetly beneath him as she felt his shaft between her asscheeks, it was even worse being so close to the couple she was finding it hard to concentrate on not letting them hear her, she tried t plead once more knowing that it was futile but still feeling the desperate need to try...as she always did "Please G , I'm begging you! Let me go please!"

 

[Donalddeutsch]

I smile as you start sucking on more and more of my cock. I had learned early on that you liked doing it, and were quite good at it actually. "Oh god that feels so good, don't stop." I had ahold of the back of your head gently as I started fucking your mouth with upword thrust to your downward bobbing.

It wasn't long before you could feel the head of my cock swell up in anticipation of blowing my load. "I can feel it, it feels like it's going to be a big one this time." I warn you, just in case you don't want to swallow it, you do sometimes, but sometimes you don't.

 

[ThePhoenixMan]

G stepped back only far enough to look down at Megans ass, which his free hand thwacked across several times, reddening it to a bight cherry color. Still with her hair in his other fist, he gleefully listened to her yelps and cries, wondering if the couple on the nearby bed could hear them over their own lovemaking sounds.

He grabbed his cock in his free fist and squeezed it tightly, forcing all the energy towards the bulbous, mushroom-shaped head! He placed the steel prod at the entrance to her pussy, and without anymore foreplay, shoved forward. He sank into the familiar channel, so tight, so raw, so fresh! He pushed until his fist was touching her. He was in! Not all the way, but he was in!

"Man, she is tight," he thought to himself, just like every time he took her. Her cries and pleas were disregarded as he cackled in triumphant glee over his conquest. "You might as well just try and enjoy it," he hissed at Megan, waiting for her body to adjust and begin betraying her, as it always did. G enjoyed this part the most; the part where Megan screamed and cried, "No," but her body screamed and cried, "YES!"

"Look at her suck that cock," he repeated. "Maybe, if you're good, I'll let you suck his cock too! I bet you'd like that!" G tormented her, feeling her insides begin to well with wetness, plunging his cock in the rest of the way. His groan of pleasure was sure to be heard by everyone in the heated room, though the couple on the nearby bed were too enrapt in their lovemaking session to care.

He withdrew slightly before ramming Megan forcefully against the bed, her face, less than a foot from where the young woman was sucking her husband off. With increasing speed, he began sawing his prick in and out of the tight channel, riding her like a young filly, keeping a firm grip on her long rein.

 

[icu1978]

"I can feel it, it feels like it's going to be a big one this time."

Feeling his cock swelling in my mouth she sucks him harder working her mouth up and down his thick shaft until she feels his warm cum shooting into her mouth and spraying against the back of her throat. swallowing as much as she can before it's forced past her sealed lips to drip down her chin and his cock. looking up at him when he is done she wipes her face and smiles.

" that was great babe."

he seemed angry and distracted when suddenly he bounds from the bed and pulls his clothes on in a hurry.

" i can't do this any more.. i don't love you and i can not continue lying to myself or to you.. i need to get out of here.. i will be back to get my things later."

turning away when he see's her stuned look he starts for the bedroom door. with his back to her he lowers his head and sighs heavely." i'm sorry "
and then he was gone.

stacy sat on the bed in stund silence. what the hell had just happened in the time it took to give one blow job she had lossed her husband. laying across the bed on her belly she begins to weep.

 

[Sharpedge19]

New Dan

OOC: Going to try and make this a simple entry post for myself. I'm replacing Dan for now.

IC:

Dan stormed off, though he honestly didn't know why. The entire time he had been given that amazing blowjob, it felt like he wasn't the only one recieving it. As soon as he did cum, larger than he ever did before he seemed to lose control. Almost as if another person took over his body. The next thing he knew was that he had yelled at his wife whom he loved so much, he even told her that moments before there love making.

Now, Dan stood outside the room, his mind whole once more. He looked back into the room and using the mirror accross the room, he saw her crying. Although not himself, he had made his own wife cry, his fist tightened and he yelled at himself in his head. Though, his reasoning butt in and started to think of ways to go in and comfort her. If she had done this to him, he didn't have a clue what she would do if she was in his position. He decided finally, to screw it and go back in and pray to god it never happened again.

Dan stepped into the room and saw Stacy, still in the spot where he left her. He went over and sat beside her. "Hey...I'm sorry babe... I...I don't know what came over me. You did absolutely nothing wrong..." Dan put his arm around her.

 

[icu1978]

Sitting up she looks at dan and then throws her self into his arms. her tears soaking his shirt. " how could you be so hatefull Dan." pressing her face into his neck as she tightens her arms around him.

she couldn't seem to calm down no matter how much she wanted. taking a deep breath filling her lungs with air she holds it for ten seconds and then lets it out slowly. she could hear the wheezing in her lungs and she tryed desperately to calm down but it wasn't working the more she tryed the harder she cryed.

sitting up she smacks Dan on teh chest. her face pale from the azthma attack. " inhaler.....bath..rooom...box." she gets out as she leans over the side of the bed and puts her head between her thighs. tears steadily streaming down her face becuase of what had taken place between her and her husband.

 

[BRIGHTWELL]

wrong address

OCC: sort of,
I hate being a ghost, it was much easier being allive. Oh sure there was that prison and jail thing, but what the heck, I went where I wanted got drunk when I wanted and robbed and stole when I wanted. But now thats all over. Ok it was my mistake, hell I broke into alot of old houses in the area. And when your drunk they all look the same. Not that I'm drunk. That dogooder with the shotgun put an end to that. Ok so I hit this place did my thing strangly I had gottten out of the barn and hauled ass to this other guys house, he's the one with the shot gun. Lightsout. So I go and haunt his house what a week or so, ok it was 40 years. Hey how was I to know it was the wrong house! I here now and ready to get to work! (any earlier work was NPC.)

 

[Sharpedge19]

He took her beating but he quickly realized her breathing was off. Shit! He thought to himself, he nearly forgot about her asthma. With her head between her knees, he ran into the nearest bathroom and ransacked everything he could and after about a minute, he found it and quickly ran back to her and placed it in her hand that was grasping her knee.

He watched as she braught it to her mouth and breathed, he relaxed slightly. "I will make it up to you dear, I promise... and I know just the perfect way..." He grinned and hugged her, pressing her against the bed. He hated it when he was the cause for her asthma attacks, he loved her so much and hated when he hurt her just a bit.

 

[ThePhoenixMan]

G continued fucking into Megan like there was no tomorrow! The brutal attack was no different than any other time he had fucked her. Her cries and pleas were ignored as he rammed his thick shaft into her time and time again. Every brutal thrust slammed her into the bed. The negative energy in the room was growing immensely.

G shouldn't have been surprised that the newlyweds had absorbed some of that energy. The way Dan reacted was obviously a result of the absorption of all that bad karma surrounding him. Of course he would never understand. Only those who were on the other side of the visible realm of life understood the forces of focused energy. G's sexual rage, Willy's horniness, Megan's and Sarah's despair all combined to fill the house with the dark cloud that surrounded them.

When Dan stormed off, it was a culmination, a climax of sorts, an exclamation, punctuating the presence of that force. G came with a thunderous roar, flooding Megan's abused snatch with what felt like gallons of pent up energy. Satisfied for the time being, he left her there like a rag doll, much like he always did, and drifted off to a corner to recuperate.

He remained there, watching the two newlyweds try to mend and patch the bridge that connected them to each other. The negative energy in the room had subsided now that G had gotten his release. G breathed heavily, slowly regaining his strength, waiting for the two to kiss and make up, and then eventually drift off to sleep!

That's when he was going to make his next move!