Play House

Chapter Three: Ace

I never really understood Aurora. She doesn't really talk about her past. I just always admired how strong she is. But when I was laying in bed cuddled up with her while she was asleep her shirt had lifted off of her shoulder and I couldn't help but notice a medusa tattoo. I stared at it tracing it lightly with my finger hoping not to wake her. She moved a little in my arms. I lifted my finger sliding out from underneath her, placing her down. "Don't go, I'll have nightmares." She wines. I roll my eyes. "Okay i'll be back I just need to shower and brush my teeth." She lets out a wine. "Please hurry." I brush her hair behind her ear. "I will be quick princess." I got in the shower and washed myself quickly. I brushed my teeth and threw on sweats. I didn't bother putting on a shirt because she wouldn't notice and they make me get hot at night. I crawled back into her bed. Her back was turned to me so I turned mine to hers. "No." She whined. "Hold me Ace." I turned and wrapped my arms around her leaving space between us. She scooted up to me, filling the space. I felt myself grow underneath her. She grabbed my arms and I nuzzled my head into the crook of her neck. "Goodnight Ace." I could feel my heart picking up in pace the way she was letting me hold her, the way she was touching me, it was all so... "Goodnight Princess."

When I wake up I hear the shower running. I sit up searching for my phone. I can't find it so I walk around to see if it's on her side. I notice her phone 30 missed calls and 10 texts, all from Ajax, why the fuck was he blowing up her phone. I convince myself it's none of my business. I climb back into the bed and lay down in an attempt to go back to sleep and right when I'm about to fall asleep the shower cuts off and I hear the bathroom door open. Aurora's wrapped in a towel and her hair is wet. "Good morning Ace." She says without turning to look at me. "Morning." She grabs some clothes from her closet and walks back into the bathroom. "Hey princess, have you seen my phone?" she laughs. "Yeah It's on your nightstand." I move the remote and bag of popcorn and surely enough there it is. "Thanks" I lay down on my side and began scrolling on my phone. She walks out of the bathroom and lays against the headboard scrolling on her phone. I rolled over to look up at her. She looked down at me smiling. "What?" I stare amazed at her beauty. "You let me hold you last night." She turns her phone off and scoots down to where our faces are close. "I was scared Ace... I'm not really a scary movie person if you didn't notice." I laugh at her comment. I stare into her eyes as the silence surrounds us but it's not the awkward silence, it's the peaceful silence. "Ror why do you stay with that Ajax guy? And be honest... we've known each other long enough." She sighs. "We're not together Ace, it's just friends with benefits, and it's the only thing that's not made me uncomfortable since my ex..." She pauses, taking a deep breath. "Since my ex assaulted me." I gaze into her eyes, studying her face and silence swarms the room again. "Please stop looking at me with pity. I hate that look." She tries to laugh it off but I can tell she doesn't want to talk about it anymore. "Why him?" I question. "Because he doesn't judge my body, or make weird comments, and his schedule fits mine I guess." I sigh seeing how loveless this girl is. "You deserve to have love made to you not a guy who fucks you and leaves." She stares at me and then looks away. "Ace." She whispers still not looking at me. "You're a princess Ror you deserve that kind of treatment." I place my finger under her chin and turn her to face me. "Princess." She looks down at the space between us. "Look at me." She looks up and I can see tears in her eyes. "When my ex would..." she pauses. "When he would fuck me he would tell me how worthless I was and that I was only useful for one thing..." My heart begins to race and my throat burns. "You didn't deserve that." She smiles slightly. "I know." I wipe the tear that is streaming down her cheek. "I took up boxing after that.." she sniffles and wipes her nose. "I took up boxing so that nobody would ever even get the opportunity to touch me like that again." She takes a deep breath and begins to smile, wiping the tear off of her face. "I've never told anybody other than my sister about that before." She lets out a slight chuckle staring at me. "I'm so sorry that was too much.. I." I interrupt her. "I'm glad you told me that love." She smiles at me. I want to kiss her so badly right now but she just told me something that was so hard for her to talk about. She grabs my face. "Ajax doesn't deserve me." She whispers as her face gets closer to mine. "No he doesn't." I whisper. She looks down at my lips and back up at me. And I know I said I wasn't going to kiss her but she's making it extremely hard not to. I grab her face and place a light peck on her lips. She pulls away and looks at me. I instantly regret doing that. "Im so-" She stops me by kissing me back with a more deep passionate kiss.. One I've been craving for so long. She pulls away staring into my eyes. "Ace..." She turns and lays on her back staring at the ceiling. "What are we doing?" my heart sinks at her words... is she regretting this already? "What do you mean?" She turns her head to face me. "If we don't work out... you are my bodyguard. And what if Otto and Nova find out?" I pause and stare at her. "It's worth the risk Ror." She smiles at me and I can't help but kiss her. I've been waiting to do that for so long. For too long. "Ace." She's staring at my hands. "Yeah?" she pauses for a second. "You have really attractive hands." I laugh and kiss her. "We need to get up." she groans. "Can't we just lay here and stare at each other." I laugh and stand up. "You need to get ready, you have plans today." She sits up. "I do." I laugh. "Yes we're goin shopping." She stands up. "Why?" I walk to her dresser. "Because I'm gonna pick out your lingerie and we're gonna get rid of all of this." She smiles and I hear the sound of an electric toothbrush. "Ace?" She calls from the bathroom. "Yes princess?" She's quiet for a second. "Are you going to make love to me or fuck me?" I smirk and open the bathroom door to see her standing there in shock that I just bursted in without knocking. "I'm gonna make love to you princess." She stands frozen staring at me for a second. "I'll be ready in 45 minutes." I smile and walk out of the bathroom. I made her nervous. I walk into my room and open my closet. I put on black pants with a black button up shirt leaving the top two buttons open. I style my hair and put my watch on along with a chain. I walk into Aurora's room to see her already dressed and her makeup done. She's in a black mini skirt and a black cropped long sleeve shirt with flared sleeves. She's curling the ends of her hair. She looks over and smiles at me. I lean on her door frame and stare at her. "You're so gorgeous love." She blushes slightly, shaking her head nervously. "Okay i'm ready!" She unplugs her curler and grabs her purse spraying herself in her perfume. I watch her as she walks over to me. She kisses me. I grab her waist pulling her into me, a light moan escaping her lips. I'm falling in love with you even more Aurora every day and she doesn't even realize it.