ELECTRIFY ME• aaron warner

31|BACK ON BASE

Kenji has offered to drive the massive van that Aaron somehow managed to get us. I didn't know that the Reestablishment owned such normal but huge cars like this.

I'm strapped in next to Aaron, seeing nothing in the darkness that is out the window. My eyes are drooping, and I'm trying to fight the tiredness inside of me.

I eventually give up, my head falling onto Aaron's lap. A sense of deja vu overwhelms me as I remember the time Aaron was sedated and was laying on my lap in a tank.

I see him smiling out of the corner of my eye, and I feel his hands brushing my hair. I can also see Adam who's sitting a few seats down.

A pang of guilt hits me. I don't want to hide my affection for Aaron, but it's so hard to show it when it hurts everyone around me.

No one here wants me to be with him.

Aaron notices too. "Jealously isn't a good look on you, Kent."

"Shut your mouth, Warner," Adam grunts.

Carven smirks, leaning in from the backseat. "The two of you are so pathetic."

I continue to rest my head on Aaron's lap, irritated. "For the love of god, can everyone just get along?"

"Sure thing, darling," Carven says.

Aaron looks down at me. "We won't be getting along if he confines to call you that."

"Just ignore him. He loves to antagonize."

This car ride has gone on far long enough. It's a chore to deal with the bickering of three men that have loved me at some point.

It's not something I want.

I want Aaron. I never wanted Adam. And Carven was supposed to be my best friend but he slaughtered our friendship.

Kenji laughs nervously from the driver's seat. "Let's talk about something more fun. Unicorns and rainbows..."

"Shut up, man," Ian says.

Lily shoves him. "What he meant to say is that none of us want to talk about unicorns and rainbows."

The car finally comes to a stop and there are some murmurs and woahs exchanged as everyone begins to step out. I forgot that some of them have never seen the military base before.

It's massive and quite intimidating to look at.

I look up at Aaron, a smirk playing on my lips. "Do I still get to stay in your room?"

"Our room."

I'm surprised that no one tries to stop us as as we walk in the corridors. Aaron has gotten everyone their own quarters and he has assigned each person a training schedule.

He says that if we are to stand any chance against Anderson, we need to grow stronger and more conditioned to fight properly.

I sit on Aaron's bed, kicking my legs back and forth in anticipation. "Do I really have to do all of this working out? I mean, I can fight. Kenji taught me at Omega Point a bit. I have powers too."

"I can teach you far more than Kenji could. Plus, you need to be conditioned, Lia."

I laugh to myself, watching him pace the room. "So you're telling me that you work out every single day? When do you have the time with all of your duties?"

Aaron chuckles, looking at me like he's been waiting to tell me his schedule his entire life. "Mondays are for legs. Tuesdays I work chest. Wednesdays I work my shoulders and my back. Thursdays are for triceps and deltoids. Fridays are for biceps and forearms. And everyday is for abdominal and cardio. Most weekends I do target practice."

I listen, impressed. I never knew how much time he dedicated to his training. But as I glance at the thin shirt he's wearing, I see living proof of it. As he reaches out to grab a water bottle, my eyes focus on the muscle on his arms.

He's wearing sweatpants. I've never seen him wear that before. I have to keep looking away because it's almost too hard to look at him.

It's Tuesday, which means he'll be working chest. Aaron already told me that we would start training when we got here to make up for the time he missed while he was staying at Adam's safe house.

Right now, I'm staring down at the sheets of his bed. Part of me just wishes he would take off the small amount of compressed fabric he has on.

"Something wrong, love?"

I laugh nervously. "No, not at all."

Aaron tilts my chin up and I try not to smile like a little kid when I see him. He's just so perfect that it continuously amazes me.

"You're nervous. Did you forget that I can feel your emotions?"

"Just nervous to take down Anderson, that's all."

Aaron keeps his hands steady on my face as he takes a seat on the bed next to me. My body turns to look at him.

"No... It's different. You're nervous because of how strong your feelings are."

I see a smirk slightly forming on his lips as he looks me up and down. "You're so horrified by how attracted you are to me."

"Good to know, love. Because I feel the same," he whispers.

His lips are against mine in an instant and I gasp. "Oh, Aaron."

"No words are needed, Lia. I'm all yours. No one else's."

I smile. "Then you should know that I'll only ever have eyes for you. And that you shouldn't listen to Adam or Carven ever."

I look him in the eyes, love radiating from me. "I was telling the truth that time we first kissed. I never liked Adam back."

"I know. I could feel what you felt, and it was nothing. But when we kissed, I could feel your excitement. I thought you wanted it as much as I did, love."

His fingers trail my cheek. "I never meant to force you into loving me."

"You didn't force me, Aaron. I fell for you, and I fell hard."

There's a loud knock at the door. "Hurry it up in there, lovebirds!" Kenji's voice echoes.

Aaron scoffs in annoyance. "When can we ever have a moment alone?"

I shrug. "What about tonight?"

Aaron gets up from the bed. "I expect you to keep that promise, love."

I follow him to the door where we meet Kenji.