MINE ALONE

Chapter 17

Here I am at the most horrid place to ever exist on planet earth.

Skate land.

Somewhere I have never been here and would have hoped it would stay that way until he dared me to skip school and follow him all the way here. Be reminded that I have not once skipped school, I always despised those who did.

It was a waste of money and time to take your parents money for years and not come out anything.

But here I am standing in line with this idiot. "You look uncomfortable. Should we go somewhere else other than the skate?" he asked, I have never once worn a skate shoe of course I'd be uncomfortable. "No, just nervous." I lied, he leaned in, almost too close and my nervousness heightened.

"You-you've never-been to an arcade have you?" I blushed, ashamed he noticed. He laughed. "So you are a sheltered princess." he said, laughing harder than necessary.

I turned around and stormed of, unable to bear this humiliation. He grabbed me, twirling me around to face him. "Now, now princess. You can learn and it's just unbelievable that you've never been to the arcade." His words sound sincere enough, and I guess he's right. I can learn. it shouldn't be hard right? I sighed as he pulled me back to the counter and paid for our skating shoe.

The entire time he was picking the shoe the female receptionist was eye fucking him, her eyes were glued to his face and biceps.

He didn't seem to notice and collect the shoe.

Handing me mine and walking over to the benches I glared at her and followed Elliot.

I sat down to put on the shoes that were unbelievable weird. Trying to stand up in them were even weirder and damn hard. I tried a few times and only fell flat on my ass.

Elliott laughed harder every time fell which made me even more embarrassed. I sat on the ground, defeated and embarrassed. Elliott walked over to me, still grinning and I wanted nothing more than to wipe it off his glamorous face.

Ugh, talk about horny. He pulled me up from the floor and as I was to fall again, he steadied me. "All you need to do is balance. Princess.

Just relax and let your body weight guide you. Ok?" I followed his instructions, but I didn't let go of his hands and he didn't retract them either so who am I to refuse?

After a few hours of falling again in front of a bunch of people and trying again, again, and again.

I finally got the hang of it so Elliott was also patient with me, laughing and encouraging me along the way.

It was nice.

Almost too nice and that was not good on my side. An hour later we left the skating rink and ended up at a burger place. The evening was fast approaching and I was surprised when I looked at the time.

5:00!! My god, school ends by 2:30 and from there to home would be about thirty minutes so the estimated time I would reach home by 3:00.

My life's well organized and everything is done in a certain period of time.

Enough of that, the burger right now is a grenade of different flavors in my mouth. "Are you enjoying it princess?" Elliott asked, taking a bite into his own. "It's amazing. I never knew a place like this was located in this area." He chuckled. "Yep. The burger is good but take my advice and never try their coffee." I narrowed my eyes. "Why?" I asked, sipping on my cola to help me wash down the dry ass bun.

"The coffee tastes like dirt. And don't even get me started on their fucking tea. Ewww. The shit is like they got some random bush or outdated tea bag, mixed it in cold water and heated it up in the microwave and served yah." He visibly trembled while explaining the taste of the beverages. "Yeah. That does sound... horrible."

He huffed in amusement and continued to munch on his burger.

We finished our food and walked out of the stuffy restaurant back into the cold night air. I breathe in, enjoying the fresh air up my nostrils and how it caresses my face.

"Well, this is where the fun ends. I really enjoyed myself today." Elliot smiled.

I turned to him, also smiling not only because he enjoyed himself but because it was a new experience for me as well. "I enjoyed myself too." I admitted embarrassingly.

He huffed in amusement. "I know you did, princess." He said, flashing me a set of pearly whites. "So, can I take you home, your highness?" I rolled my eyes at his jokes and walked to his jeep parked on the other side of the road.

He laughed and jogged past me towards the car.

He went to the passenger's side and waited for me to get in before opening the door for me and bowing dramatically. "After you. Your highness." I ignored him and got in and buckled my seatbelt.

He got in, closed the door and started the engine. "It's time I drop you home. Princess." I again ignored his taunting and stared through the window at the passing buildings.

We drove all the way to my house in comfortable silence.

So comfortable I didn't know when I dozed off.