Matteo's Eyes

Chapter 18

I wake up in the middle of the night because of a nightmare. I feel around and remember I am in Shays arm. Because of my stirring Shay wakes up.

"Are you okay?" Shay says in a really attractive morning voice.

"Yeah just a nightmare." I lay my head back down on his chest. Shay wraps his arms tighter around me as if he can fend off my nightmares. I smile to myself happy to have him in my life. "Thank you Shay."

"Of course Ivy. But for what?"

"Everything. Just thank you." I fall asleep soon after that and so does he.

***

In the morning when I wake up Shay is already up. Even so, he hasn't released me. I sit up and look at Shay.

"Good morning Ivy." Shay smiles widely at me.

"Good morning Shay." I look around for a clock, "What time is it?"

"It's about 11 everyone else left to go grocery shopping or something like that." Shay pauses, "It's just us."

Shay winks and slowly moves so he on top of me. My heart races and whole body heats up. My stomach just did ten flips. Shay puts one hand next to me to prop himself up and the other one caresses my cheek.

"We can do whatever we want." he whispers seductively in my ear. He laughs at my stunned face and rolls off of me. "So what do we do first? Water balloon fight? Or we can make pancakes together? Oh! Or we can play hide n go seek!"

"Hide n go seek!" I giggle as I get up and run out of the room, "You seek first!" I call back already long gone.

I run around and search the house for a spot. I run into the dining room and I loose my balance. I fall hit the wall. I hit the lower portion that is made out of dark wood paneling. The panels open up and reveal a crawl space. Holy spy kids.

I climb in and close the door. Shay will never find me here. I feel around for a light and feel a strong hanging infront of my face so I pull it. The light turns on and I am able to look around the room I am in. It is this about two and a half  feet either way and 6 feet up. I wander what this room is for. The walls are bare cement. Not even a crack in them.

I just kind of stand there until I hear Shay.

"Ivy, where are you?" I don't move, trying not to make a sound.

After probably an hour or so I hear Shay yell again, "I give up! Come out! Ivy!"

I kick open the paneling, "Shay, come see this!"

"Where are-" he pauses, "woah."

I watch as he climbs in. I try to give him room to move but the space is so tight it is hard. Shay barely fits through the opening.

"I wonder what it is supposed to be used for."

"Storage?" Shay suggests.

I turn and look at him the same time he looks at me. I suddenly realize how close we are. My chest touches his and I can feel his breath hot on my cheek. I stare into his grey eyes. Fuck it if he hurts me he hurts me. I can just have Dad or Matteo kill him.

"Shay?"

"Yeah," Shay moves his hands and places them on either side of my face like he can tell what I'm about to say.

"I think I'm ready to be more than friends." I almost whisper.

"Thank god because I don't know how much longer I could've waited to do this."

Shay leans in till his lips are about an inch away from mine. He looks into my eyes for permission and I slightly shake my head yes. Shay closes the already so small space between us. I can tell he's kissed many girls before. His lips move delicately over mine. I kiss him back even though I don't really know what I'm doing. I run my fingers through his hair pulling him closer to me as if that's possible. Eventually Shay pulls away. Both of us out of breath.

The front door opens and I move to get out of the tiny crawl space.

"Stop." Shay grabs my shoulders suddenly serious.

"What?" Shay puts his hand over my mouth.

He leans in and whispers, "They aren't supposed to be back until late tonight. That's not them that just walked in."

Even though we are in a space they can't find us, Shay still moves so he is closer to the tiny door that they would have to enter to get to us.

We both listen intently.

"This is the safe house Marcello told me about before they killed him." I hear a mans voice say.

"Search the place report back." A different mans voice says.

We hear everything being torn apart and thrown everywhere. I hear glass breaking and tables being turned over.

"None of them seem to be home. I didn't see the boy or Ivory leave though. They are here somewhere and I want to girl. Kill the boy." I can tell it's Maxim now that he is standing closer.

I wrap my arms around Shay. Not scared for myself but scared for him. They will let me live but not him. I reach into my pocket and grab my emergency earpiece. I connect and disconnect it multiple times to send a signal to Dad. I wait with one arm still wrapped around Shay. I finally the ear piece blinks green showing a connection.

Thank god they taught me morse code. I send the message "Maxim in home. Safe. Hidden.". Dad will know what to do. As long as he is the one on the other side.

I stand on my tippy toes and whisper as quietly as I can to Shay, "I sent a message to Dad."

He nods his head in response. Shay puts his hand over top of my hand that's on his torso. He starts moving his thumb back and forth on my hand and I almost forget the situation we are in.

The ear piece blinks and Dad sends morse code back to me.

"Be home soon. Draw out. Attack behind." I get what he wants to do and I put the ear piece away.

I rest my head on Shays back after telling him what to do to. After about ten minutes Shay relaxes a little. He turns to face me and wraps me in a hug.

"Finally." Is all he says and I know why. I can hear the smile on his voice. I smile to myself too.

I hear car doors close and people yelling. Dads here. Shay and so look at each other ready to move.