Play House

Chapter Four: Aurora

I was hungry and after so much convincing Ace finally agreed to go with me to get food. I say much convincing like I didn't say "I'm hungry." And he smiled and said "Lets go get some food" We got up and got in the car as we were driving. I didn't realize how late it was, realizing it was around 3 am I ask. "What is even going to be open?" He shrugs. "Lets see... waffle house... and taco bell..." I laugh. "Definitely taco bell." He knows my experience with waffle houses. I don't know why he finds it so funny. This taco bell did not have any more parking or a drive thru... as you can see a bunch of drunk people go to taco bell after clubbing. We parked pretty close but it was still a 5 minute walk. When I got out I noticed an alleyway. "Short cut?" Ace shrugs. I begin picking up pace and I can barely see and I'm a tad bit scared. I hear footsteps behind me... I turned to see and it wasn't Ace. It was a bulky short man. Fuck where's ace? I begin picking up pace hoping to make it to the street where I'm visible... I can fight but... I'm not sure I could win. I hear a loud bang. I scream and my ears begin ringing. What the fuck is happening. Somebody grabs my arm. I look up to see Ace. "We need to run princess.. Are you okay?" My heart is beating out of my chest, my ears are ringing.. And I think I wet myself but other than that I think I'm okay. "Yeah." We begin running and Ace doesn't take his hand off of me. We got back to the car and were speeding away. "Did you shoot that man?" I don't look at him. He said he would kill for me but I didn't think he really meant it. "I didn't kill him love, I just temporarily paralyzed him." I take a deep breath turning to look at him smiling slightly. "Are you sure you're okay princess?" I nod my head. I look down at my hands that are still shaking, not as bad as before but most definitely shaking. He grabs my hand holding it as he shifts gears. He looks over at me every so often I think to make sure I'm not crying... I'm not really sure why he thinks I'm crying. We get to a different taco bell one with a drive thru. "What do you want?" He turns to look at me. "Uhhh... three soft tacos, chips and cheese, and a baja blast." He laughs and begins ordering. When we get home I immediately start eating. He's just staring at me watching me. I've never had anybody look at me the way Ace does. "What?" I question staring back at him as I take another bite of my taco. "You're so pretty." I laugh, almost spitting out my food. "What?" He says it hurts a little. "I'm sorry that was a tad bit cringe." He leans on the counter looking down laughing and shaking his head. I finish eating and throw the trash away. He's standing leaning on the counter with his arms crushed. I walk up to him, staring up at him. He wraps his arms around my waist, lifting me up and placing me on the island countertop. He pecks my lips a few times. "You're so pretty." He says again. I scrunch my nose pecking his lips. He brushes a piece of hair behind my ears , studying my face. He places his hands on the countertop beside my thighs leaning in. "You're pretty." I stare at him confused.. Why does he keep saying that? He kissed my forehead before walking away and going upstairs. I watch him so confused. I hop off of the counter following him upstairs. "Ace?" I question looking in my room. He's not there. "Ace?" I open his bedroom door. He's not there. "Ace?" I say walking back into my room wondering if he was maybe in the bathroom. I notice my curtains blowing. I see my window open. "Ace?" I say walking to the window and leaning out. He's laying on the roof looking up at the stars. "Are you okay? What are you thinking about right now?" I lay beside him but he stays silent staring up at the stars. His arm slithers around me pulling me back into his hold. He kisses my forehead but remains silent. Sometimes I wonder what's really going through this man's head. "Your sister comes back tomorrow..." he whispers. "I know... we can't be all over each other when they get back, we can't risk it." I whisper back. He stands up helping me up. "He walks to the bathroom and starts the shower. "Ace." he peeks his head out. "You can't sleep in here tonight... what if they come home and see you in my bed." He walks over to me backing me into a wall. "Well I'm your bodyguard and I was instructed to never take my eyes off of you." I push him back, making him stumble. "Okay okay. I'll sleep in my bed tonight but dont miss me too much." He shuts the bathroom door. I lay down on my bed and begin to drift to sleep. I hear the shower cut off and the bathroom open. He's got a towel wrapped around him. I shuffle to look at him. He smirks before walking out of my room and to his.

When I wake up Nova is back home and I'm assuming Ottos gone back to his place. "Hey!" I say wiping my eyes walking into the kitchen. "Hey." She's eating an egg toast and scrolling on her phone. I open the fridge and pull out the juice. I can't really get the image of Ace wrapped up in a towel out of my head. And truly I'm not mad about it. I hear footsteps descending the stairs. "Good morning ladies!" He smiles as he walks into the kitchen. He's got on a white t-shirt and gray sweats, so much for trying to be subtle and not make it obvious because now I'm going to have to try ten times harder not to look at him. "I heard you shot somebody in the leg last night?" Nova's finally looking up from her phone. "Yeah he was following Aurora down the Alley way since she decided to run off." He's opening the fridge and grabbing my juice. He places it down and grabs a cup. "That's my juice." I whine as he rolls his eyes pouring it in a glass. "Sharing's Caring Aurora." I scoff and turn back to Nova. "Anyways, how was your mission?" Nova shrugs meaning it went well and nothing out of the ordinary happened. Which is a good thing concluding nobody got hurt. "No injuries to our side?" Ace questions. "Nope." Nova places her plate in the sink and begins walking upstairs. "How's Ajax?" She says going up the stairs. I scratch my head... I can't tell her I broke things off with Ajax shell get suspicious... and technically I still haven't. He's been blowing up my phone and I've just been ignoring him. "He's doing pretty good!" I turn to look at Ace who's leaning up against the fridge staring at me hard thank god Nova doesn't see him. "That's good!" her voice disappears and I know she's gone. "He's good." Ace mimics I roll my eyes walking down the hall and towards the guest bedroom. He follows. He pins me up against the wall. "He's good but I'm a better princess." He says kissing down my neck sending electricity throughout my entire body. "Ace stop you're gonna get us caught.. Ottos probably on the way back." He kisses me on the lips and slowly pulls away. When he's done he stares at me. But doesnt say anything before walking away. I don't get that man sometimes. I wait a few minutes before Ace leaves to walk out. When I do Ace is sitting on the sofa. I walk past him and drop something on accident, bending down to pick it up. He's staring at me hard. He moves a pillow on top of his lap and I can't help but laugh a little. He flips me off as I walk up the stairs. It's so funny seeing how easy it is to make him hard. I threw on some biker shorts and an oversized hoodie. I do some light mascara not really in the mood to do a whole lot of makeup. I walk back downstairs grabbing my purse. "Where are you going?" Ace asks standing up. "We're going to get some food because I'm hungry and unfortunately I can't go anywhere without you." A smirk spreads across his lips. He nods, grabbing car keys from the key rack. "Nov we're going to get some food!" I yell in hopes she can hear me. "Ace is going right?!" I laugh at how worried she is for me to go somewhere without a body guard. "Yes! He's driving me!" His eyes are wandering all over my body and I know it's going to be extremely hard to keep his hands off of me when Nova's home. "Okay be safe!" Nova shouts back and we begin walking out of the door and into our garage. "Which key did I grab today?" Ace begins hitting the unlock button and a car's lights flash; it's a Mercedes C-class. Not mad, it's a very sexy but casual and calm car that's not too flashy and draws unwanted attention. He opens my door and lets me climb in. He gets in the driver seat "god this is going to be harder than I thought." He mumbles under his breath. "Are you actually hungry?" I shake my head no and a smirk grows across his face he cuts the engine on and the garage door begins opening when begin to drive down the driveway and after about 15 minutes we are at a motel. "Ace... this doesn't look sanitary." he laughs getting out of the car.. "What we're about to do isn't very sanitary, princess."