Under His Roof

chapter five

When Julian returned, he found Kimberly at the back of the house, reading by the pool.

"Hey."

She looked up from her book, squinting at him. "Hey."

He sat down at her feet and she lowered her book. "What?" She asked.

"Have you decided what you want to do?"

She smiled. "Actually yeah, I was wondering if you could take me around the compound? I just really want to see what else there is around here."

"You want me to take you around the whole compound?" He asked. "It's pretty big."

"The bigger the better."

✎_ _ _ _ _

Julian opened the front door and waiting outside was a sleek black golf cart, the keys were in and it was running, but there was nobody inside it.

Julian motioned for Kimberly to go ahead of him and he closed the door behind them.

Kimberly got into the passenger side, holding onto the railing in front of her as Julian got in.

"How did this get here?" She asked.

"The gateman."

She nodded. "Ah."

He pressed down on the pedal and the cart lurched forward before settling into a steady pace, the wind blowing strong on them from all sides.

"So if you went down that way," Julian pointed to the right. "You'd go down to the athletic courts and stuff, like tennis, golf, football, all that good stuff."

"Oh, cool." Kimberly said, knowing full well she wouldn't be caught down there once.

"But I'm going to take you this way first and then circle around." Julain said, driving to the left. "Down here is the mini-park, there's a lake and the compound makes money from it because non-residents usually come by and visit the park but for a fee."

"Well that's pretty smart." Kimberly said, looking out to the pond where an older couple were feeding some ducks as a lady who looked to be in her twenties jogged by, sweat dripping down her face and into her exposed cleavage.

"That's Amber." Julian said, "Seeing her is always fun."

Kimberly looked up at him. "Are you serious?"

"What?" He asked.

She shook her head, looking away. "Nothing. It doesn't matter."

She heard Julian sigh from beside her, but didn't look up at him again, just staring out at the scenery that passed by them.

They drove for a couple of minutes until they reached the courts and fields, slowing down.

Julian stopped at the football field, smiling as three guys who looked to be about his age were playing a game with each other.

It seemed to be two against one as two of them were surrounding the other, but the one being surrounded passed them, dribbling the ball and using fakes. He got close to the goal and kicked the ball, it soared right in, hitting the net before falling to the ground. He took off his shirt, waving it around in the air in celebration, and Kimberly couldn't help but smile as she watched it happen.

"Marc!" Julian called.

He looked over and smiled as he saw Julian, running over to the golf cart.

As he got closer, Kimberly could see more clearly his chiseled jawline and defined muscles. He had jet black hair that was cut shorter than Julian's, and he also seemed to be a lot bigger than Julian.