Finding Oriana

Chapter 28

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

I step over the threshold of my parent's house, and get pulled into my mother's embrace where she squeezed the life out of me.
"Oh my god, Ori! Oh, Christ! Thank god you're home, sweetheart. I thought I lost you again."
She's crying and I'm crying too while telling her I'm sorry.
"I'm so sorry, mum. I'm sorry I scared you." She pulls back a little just so she can look me over just like Kaiden had done. "I'm okay Mum I'm okay. I swear I just need some pain, killers for my head." Her eyes snap to my head, asking me what's wrong with my head. Of course, I explain why and her face turns to anger.
"I'll kill him. I swear to god, I will pull that lad's Balls off."
Again I'm shaking my head telling her it's done it's over.
"Please mum, just leave it. Can we sit down now, please? I'm suddenly feeling exhausted."
She sighs and I can tell she wants to go after him but I just want to get back to normal. She relents, of course. That is after my Dad, tells her, we can talk you know once I'm settled.
"Wait... I-I need to shower first though. I promise once I'm done and ready then we'll talk." I tell them all and when I look at their tired, worried faces. I send them all a reassuring smile just to show them I'm okay. All the while I'm telling them this though, I'm still holding Kaiden's hand. I've not let go of him, not since he'd pulled me into his arms.
"Oh, okay. Do you want me to get you anything?" My mum asks and I shake my head.
"I'm good, Mum. Just those painkillers will do. Thanks though."
Once again, I hug her and tell her I love her.
"I love you too, babes. I love you so much."
I pull back and a thought pops into my head.
"Wait, where's Carter? Is he mad at me? You know, with me sneaking out as I did."
Her face twists to mad, but she also looks sad, too.
"What's wrong?" I asked. My Dad, tells me he'd fired him. "What! No way? Why did you fire him? Oh god, dad, it wasn't his fault. I mean, yeah he'd annoy me at times when he'd hang around freaking babysitting me. Only this wasn't his fault. I sneaked out. I'd caused this. I should've told you, but I just wanted my freedom. I wanted it back. So yeah, I took it to the extreme of jumping the fence." I skip the part about Mrs Tanner sneaking me out though. I don't want her in trouble, too.
"So you want him back to watch over you?" My mum asks with a puzzled face.
"Oh god, no, mum, I hated having someone watching over my every move. I'm just sad for him you'd fired him. Mum Dad, I-I have Kaiden. I have you guys with me. I really don't want or need a sitter it makes me feel caged in." They both nodded, but still looked worried.
"Yeah, I suppose the threat's gone now. You know, I'm thinking now it might have been him you know the one that trashed your things." When my mum says this, I'm shaking my head again telling her I don't think it's him.
"Mum, he'd sworn blind it wasn't him. He said he'd never do something like... Well, I-I kinda believed him. I think he's messed up, but not enough to do that." Her brows nip together and then she looks over to my Dad, asking him if we should bring back Carter.
"No. No, please don't bring him back. Mum, I swear I'll be okay. As long as I'm with one of you guys I'll be fine."
She sighed and placed her hand on mine, telling me to take that shower.
"We'll discuss it when you're ready. I'll make you all some dinner, too."
My stomach chose that moment to tell me I'm starving.

When I get inside, I strip and move towards my bathroom, but pause when I hear Kaiden say, "I-I'll just wait here for you."
I turn to look at him, and for the first time, I see him looking lost. Seeing him like this kinda stabs at my heart.
Poor Kaid, he must've been beside himself with worry. So I walk over to him while he stands in the centre of my living room. Once I stand in front of him, I wrap my arms around his narrow waist and pull him against me. He followed by wrapping his big arms around my shoulders. We both end up signing while holding onto each other for dear life.

"We're okay, Babes. We'll be okay, I promise."
He sighs again, and then moved his head into the crook of my neck to breathe me in. It's like he's been starved of my scent. I pull back slightly and take hold of his hand pulling him with me to the bathroom.
Once inside, without saying a word, I begin to strip him from his clothes. Eventually, we stand in my bathroom, naked. Taking hold of his hand again, I guide us both into my shower. It's not a huge shower, but it's just enough room for the two of us. As the hot spray of the showerhead beats down on us, I take hold of the shower gel and wash his body. I'm loving his body practically worshipping it as I go. While doing so, his length is standing to attention. I'm moving down to his legs and I carry on until I'm kneeling in front of him. When I look up at him I see he's looking down at me.
He's looking down at me, with so much love and lust in his beautiful blue, grey eyes. I swallow a lump down, just feeling so overwhelmed with that one look.