Give Me Love (On Hold!)

Chapter One - The A Team

When I wake up, the sun says shine through the window as bright as ever. I lay in the unfamiliar bed that is much more comfortable than the one I’m used to. My apartment’s bed is just a mattress with one shin and stringy sheet. This bed was soft fluffy, and actually had room to fit both of my big Angel wings on. Turning away from the window, my eyes widen when I see Nathaniel Sera, sleeping close to me with both his eyes shut. Should I wait until he wakes up? God, I hate being the first one awake.

   He’s shirtless, and from what I can tell only dressed only in underwear underneath the covers. His legs are tangled in mine and his hand was inches away from my face. It was creepy just being this close to him. The previous night comes flooding back in my memory. What was I thinking?! I….I had sex with Nathaniel Sera! The guy who craved my death!

   My body aches, and is sore all around. Wow, last night really seemed to last long, but it was over now. I should sneak out, leave, and never return. Go down to Earth as soon as possible. Nathaniel had promised I wouldn’t be spending the next two weeks in prison, but I think I would have preferred that over what happened last night.

   I try untangling our legs, going gently and carefully so I would not wake him. I had to be quiet and quick, because he could wake up any second now. Suddenly I realize I have no clean clothes to wear. Damnit.  Why was I such an idiot? I’d done some pretty bad things in my lifetime, but this stood out as the worst.

   I didn’t want to have a conversation with him, or ask him for some clothes to borrow. Heck, I didn’t even want to see his brown eyes open or for all I know he’ll persuade me to do it again. Actually, I take that back. No way in hell will I ever be doing that again.

    Once I get our legs untangled, I sit up on the bed. Surprisingly, I hadn’t woken him yet, although his light snoring suddenly got louder. He would wake soon. Maybe I could just…take some of his clothes and return them in a week or so? I should leave a note.

  Standing up, my weight pushed against the wooden floor suddenly wakes a loud creak. Oh my god, seriously? Why was this happening to me? A drop of sweat hurdled down my forehead as I carefully took each step with caution. I was heading for his dresser, hopefully able to find something that wasn’t too…Guyish. I don’t mind wearing guys’ clothes at all, but I didn’t want to be mistaken for one.

   Taking one last step, it made a loud creak again. God, how does he sleep through this? “What are you doing?” a deep voice asks from behind me.

   Spinning around, Nathaniel is standing right there wearing nothing but his underwear as he looked down at me. I screamed, jumping for the bed. I quickly pull the covers up to hide my body. I was wearing nothing but a red bra and panties.

  He laughs at me, as if finding it funny I was embarrassed. There was nothing funny about it. I was a girl, wearing only my underwear, and he expected me to be comfortable with him when I down right hated him?

   “What the hell?” I asked, glaring over to him as my cheeks suddenly turned red.

  He steps closer to the bed still holding a cheeky smile. “Why are you so embarrassed?” he asks me between laughs. “We had se-“

  “Don’t say it!” I scream at him, covering my ears. I did not want to hear that word come out of his mouth ever. I didn’t want to be reminded of tonight, and I just wanted to leave. “Don’t you dare say that word Nathaniel!” I yell at him. Usually, people call him Nathan for short, since Nathaniel is quite a mouth full, so it was quite a shock when I called him that.

   “Whatever,” he says, opening up his dresser and digging through the piles of t-shirts. After finding something either he didn’t like or didn’t fit him anymore, he tossed it to me and left the room with a pair of jeans for him. Wow, he was actually going to let me change without watching me?