When freedom strikes

VII

(Bellas pov)
The sun beats down on us as we enjoy lunch out on the lake. I listen to Kairo tell me about this mornings training laughing at the fact that Damion never actually showed his son what he looked like. "Great uncle Kairo. The mystery man." I tease him and he sticks his tongue out at me.

"Thank you for bringing me out here today." He locks eyes with me and I fight the urge to look away. His intense gaze making me feel warm inside. "It's no problem." His eyes blaze with lust and before I know it I'm in his lap. His cold hands feeling good against my warm back, "I bought you something." We laugh before he decides to go first. "Me first." He sets me down and walks over to his jacket pulling something out of the pocket. He walks back over to me and hands me a small red box. "What's this?" He shrugs and watches me open whatever it is he's gotten me.

When I take the top off the box the sun glitters down on a lavender crystal. I pull it out of the box and hold it up in the air. I watch as it dances in the sun, a small smile on my face. It was absolutely perfect. "I love it." I wrap him in a hug enjoying being in his arms again. He squeezes me close to him before letting go of me and cupping my face in his rough hands. "You mean the world to me Bella. I'd do anything to see you happy." His words barely above a whisper as he stares into my eyes, the energy between us magnetic. His lips find mine, the kiss slow and laced with so many unsaid words. His tongue slipping inside my mouth earning a moan from me.

Kairo stiffens and I pull away, confused. "What's the matter." I place my hand on his cheek, a gensture meant to be comforting but he frowns. "Bella.. I'm trying to do this the right way but when you.." his voice strained. "Make noises like that it's very hard to keep my hands to myself." I stare at him trying not to laugh but fail miserably. "You're adorable." I kiss his nose and stand up. He reaches for me but I shy away from him. I reach for my purse and dig around inside before my fingers find the velvet blue box way down at the bottom. I turn and hand him the box with a smile. He opens it up and his mouth drops, a brand new Cuban link chain. The smile never leaving his face as I put it on him. "Thank you Bella." Once again he reaches for me but I stand before he can get ahold of me.
"Aht aht sir. It's time to go anyway." I make my way to the captions booth and start the boats engine. I say I quick prayer to the lord and thank him for the water being smooth today. He knows how much I hate windy waters.

"You know it's sexy that you can drive that big boat." Kairo smiles his award winning smile at me while we walk hand in hand through a small park. "I know." The wind blows softly  as the sun attempts to keep everyone warm. Fall in Washington is so beautiful, the trees are filled with colorful leaves and small animals scurry across your feet trying to finds food for winter. The air always smells like pumpkin spice and apple pie, I love it.

We come to a stop at the small waterfall the park put in and I look over at Kai. He's looking up at the sky with a faraway look on his face. Not saying anything I study his features, he's still as handsome as the day we met. His eyes drawing me in every time I look at him, how did I get so lucky? Not only is he good looking but he treats me with the upmost respect. "What you thinking about agápi mou?" He called me his love, does he love me? My mind begins to marvel at the idea of him actually being in love with me and it makes me nervous.
"You. I got lucky when I met you. I mean.. you've never failed in reminding me that I deserve the world, or that I'm beautiful and strong. You've managed to fill that empty space in my heart and I don't know if I should be excited or scared."

He moves a few of my curls out of my face before smiling down at me. "How about both?" His words confuse me. "You should be excited because this is new to both of us. I want it to be as healthy as possible because I don't wanna lose you." As I stare up at him my mind fogs and I lose myself in him, in his words, his lips, his voice. He is captivating. "Be scared because you'll never know when Im planning on asking you to be my wife." He kisses my forehead and I can't help the blush that covers my cheeks. His words make me feel like I'm on cloud nine, I've never been more happy.

"Stay the night?" I turn to ask Kai as he walks me up to my front door. He gives me a playboy smile before pulling me in for a kiss. "I can't. I have to train tomorrow morning. I'll be done at 11 though. I'll come by then and we can spend the weekend together, okay?" I pout and he gives me another kiss, this time lingering a little longer almost as if he was fighting with himself to stay. "Fine but you have to cook dinner for everyone." He looks puzzled at my words. "Chacha and Jorge live with me you know. It was the one condition I made with Chief before he resigned." He rolls his eyes with a smile before nodding. "Fine I'll cook." He kisses my cheek before turning and leaving me on my front porch smiling like a school girl that spent the night with her crush.

When I get inside Chacha and Jorge are waiting for me in the foyer with their hands on their hips. "What?" I try and fight the smile that wants to take over my face. "And where have you been young lady? It's 8:45, we waited for you and everything." Jorge walks over to me and takes my purse and jacket hanging them up. "I was out." I tease them before walking into the living room, the pair hot on my trail. "We know that, but where were you? Who were you with?" Chacha wiggles her eyebrows at me as she makes herself comfortable on the beanbag chair we had next to the couch. "Kairo." My friends screech so loudly I have to cover my ears. They begin to bombard me with questions about my day and what happened.

"He's absolutely amazing guys. Even better than I remember to be honest...." I try and find words to describe how it feels to be with him but I can't, it's simply amazing. "I think I love him."

I know this chapter is all over the place but it needed to be done. Bella thinks she's in love with Kairo.. oh no. Don't forget to vote!
-Kayla