the inevitable

chapter 7- entangled

Chapter 7

Starling woke up entangled in Elliots arms.

She was on top of him, her body draped across his stomach with her arms across his chest. His head was rested upon hers and his arms were tightly wrapped around her back.

Star was the first to awake and when she was fully aware of her surroundings she was disgusted with her current location.

She hastily removed her hands from his chest and tried to remove his hands but he subconsciously tightened his grip. Still asleep, Elliot pulled her back in so his front was pressed firmly against her back. His hands were holding her possessively at the waist.

Annoyed with the situation, Starling reached her hand around and gripped his hair. She shook his head and angrily said,

"Wake up you asshole and let. me. go!"

With each break in her sentence she yanked his head back and forth aggressively.

"What in the-" Elliots voice was groggy, deeper than normal. He stopped mid-way through his sentence when he noticed how close the two were.

He let go of Starling's waist and shoved her away.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Elliot, his deepened voice not going unnoticed by Star, but she chose to ignore it.

"Me? You were the one clinging to me like a fucking octopus." Star stated.

"None of this would have happened if you would've just left like I told you to."

"That's not fair for me to leave when I was there first."

"I don't give a shit, you shouldn't even be here."

"Oh yeah like I wanted to be! I'm a fucking prisoner in case you forgot." Starling was now furious, the sarcasm was seeping from her pores.

Elliot didn't know what to say so he just simply walked out. This enraged Star.

"Oh and where are you going huh? Leaving already? No come back and scream at your hostage some more! You know you love to so why don't you-

Starling was rudely interrupted by being slammed against the wall.

Elliots hand was wrapped around Starling's throat, she brought her hands around his wrist to give her a sense of control in this situation, even though they both knew she had none.

Elliots body was pressed against hers, keeping her still. Elliots anger was radiating off of him.

"I swear, if you don't shut. up.." he threatened.

Starling was averting his gaze and he roughly grabbed her jaw and brought her face to meet his. Starling sent daggers with her eyes.

"You're gonna look at me when I talk." Elliot growled through his teeth, he stood back up to tower over her. As he stood he moved her jaw to keep her eyes locked with his.

"Stay out of my way." He released his hold on her and left the room. Starling waited until he was out of the room to couch and she inhaled jagged breaths.

With Elliot gone the energy in the room was much less hostile, she got ready and then realized how exposed she was during that entire encounter.

Shaking the thought she got dressed since they were landing soon.

Elliot was in the kitchen and grabbed a protein bar before he went to get ready. By the time the two were done they had landed in York New.

Nothing eventful happened for the rest of the day. They checked into their hotel, making sure they had separate rooms. Starling ordered room service, watch a dumb movie then went to sleep.