My protector

37. Not Yet 18

Rileys POV:

I wake up once a sunbeam hit. Making me groan. I'm extremely tired. I feel as though I could sleep for atleast a day or two. But sadly I have to get up.

I turn onto my side attempting to shut out the light, but as i fling round my arm I hit a lump in the covers. Confused, I open my eyes wide.

Only to see James sleeping peacefully beside me.

Without any hesitation I quickly curl up to his warm bare body and try drift back off to sleep. He stirs then and pulls me closer, kissing my forehead lazily in the process. I'm sure I can sleep a little longer.

The time read 9:53 when we finally awoke from our slumber.

"morning babe" I smile as his eyes flicker open.

"morning Riles" he replies. His voice is rough and deep. Sending slight shivers down my spine when he kisses my lips. I'd kill to wake up to this every morning.

Without much deliberation we get up, ready and dressed. The clock had just hit 10:45 by the time we headed down for some well needed breakfast.

"good afternoon sleepyheads" I hear a voice laugh as we entered the kitchen. My aunt was sat, a cup of tea in one hand and her phone in the other. Watching us wonder in tiredly.

"I knew I wasn't going to see you up bright and early today. There's some waffles awaiting you" she say casually, pointing over to the counter. I scratch the back of my neck awkwardly and head towards the two plates. Collecting them both and placing them down on the table.

We eat our breakfast in silence, a tension filled silence, and it's sort of unsettling.

"so..." my aunt breaks the silence calmly. I turn and swallow the lump in my throat. The tone in her voice isn't sitting right.

What does she know?

"so...?" I say knowing she has more to say.

"what did you to get up to yesterday?" she inquiries raising an eye brow at me and James. I turn to face him and he does the same. Are expressions fairly similar.

"We just left the party a little early and chilled" I answer quickly. She continues to look at us. definitely Knowing what we did last night. Shit... I'm in for it.

"Oh really...?"

"Ya, the party was extremely exhausting" James chips in. Grabbing ahold of my hand under the table. I squeeze it softly has my aunt opens her mouth to speak.

"Because based off of what I heard last night, I don't think you both were as exhausted as you say" she says finally. I feel myself turning bright red. I bite my bottom lip nervously and turn to look at James, then back at her.

"I'll just leave for a bit..." James says quietly as he slowly gets off his stool. Clearly uncomfortable. I watch him leave, mentally begging for him to stay, then turn back to my aunt.

"Ri your 17..." she starts. I shift in my seat uncomfortably a si stare down at my food.

"I know..." is all I can manage to say. She just sighs loudly.

"look... Ri... I'm not going to punish you... Its a typical thing to do as a teen. But promise me it wont happen again till your over 18" she raised an eyebrow at me. I just nod.

"I was your age once... And I had been the same with my boyfriend. But we'd known each other for quite some time. Now I'm ok with you to being physical but there are limits. Now promise me that you'll wait till your 18" she raises her tone slightly, causing me to look at her. She doesn't get angry at me often.

"I promise..." I reply in a nearly inaudible whisper.

"you what?"

"I promise" I try put as much confidence in my voice as possible. She just looks at me before motioning for me to leave. I quickly get up and speed walk out the room. Heading in the direction of muffled music.

The music leads me to the living room. I walk in and see James sat on the couch with airpods in. Without thinking I sit down beside him and lay across his lap. Curling up as he plays with the ends of my hair.

"Riles I'm sorry..." he sighs quietly.

"babe don't be sorry, it's not your fault" I look up at him. Smiling weakly. I just don't want to talk about it any lomger. He places a soft kiss on my forehead and doesn't say anything else. As If reading my mind.

"hey Riles?" he then speaks up after a while. I look back up at him. Implying that I'm listening.

"have you decided where you want to go for our date" he quizzes with a sweet smile. I think for a moment before replying.

"there's a nice restaurant a few blocks away, I used to go there as a kid. How about there?" I answer finally. He places another kiss on my forehead.

"ill pick you up at 6" he announces without hesitation. I simle widely at him before laying curling back up into a ball across his lap. Just enjoying the warmth of his body.