The Protection Program

TPP: Chapter XXXV

Her heat pounded profusely. Beads of sweat grew under her arms the closer they got to the airport, she was scared for her life. Literally. She hadn't let go of Aubrey's hand since they left the house and she had no intentions on letting go soon, he made her feel safe and that's all she needed at the moment.

"You okay? You look like your gonna be sick."

She nodded her head as if saying I'm fine, but she wasn't. She was far from okay, she did feel like she was going to throw up. Her stomach churned like butter and felt like she was dropping on an amusement ride. Her throat burned like hell and as much water as she drank that only made it burn worse.

"Don't be nervous, I'm here for you. I'll keep you safe and warm the whole ride."

She smiled but it wasn't genuine, Aubrey thought her worries were because of the plane ride but that was far from the truth. There was so much on her mind, especially about Mad Dawg. He not only knew she was coming to Houston but he knew Aubrey apparently because he had his phone number. Aubrey seemed confused like he didn't know him which only scared Nina more. Mad Dawg had his number and Aubrey didn't know how.

They pulled into the privately owned airport, it was big for a one man station. Aubrey's jet was huge, expected. It was all white and chrome on the outside and she really didn't want to find out what the inside looked like. She felt like crying, dropping to her knees and screaming out like a baby.

Her hand was busted open from punching the wall, Aubrey played doctor and wrapped it up sweetly. He could tell that she had been crying because her eyes were red and tear stains stuck to her plump cheeks like glue, but being the understanding guy he was he didn't ask about it. She was trying to open up and if she wasn't ready to talk about who was on the phone then he would wait. He would wait to know, he would wait to listen. He would wait for her.

"Nina!!"

The crew all shouted out happily when she walked in, Aubrey was behind her so she was first, she put a hand up to them saying hello without actually speaking. Aubrey let go of her hand when he realized Oliver staring hard, everyone was but Oliver was the only one who mattered in the situation. She's not your personal sex toy, she's not there for pleasure. She's there to be your prodigy, your her mentor and she's supposed to look up to you as a role model, not a boyfriend or sexual partner, he could hear his voice in his head. He mentally rolled his eyes before walking past Nina to go and greet his boys.

Nina stood there, looking around in awe. The jet was beautiful and very large which wasn't expected, she felt cold and empty without Aubrey, he was directly across from him yet she felt
Miles away. Her thoughts ran freely, killing her on the inside because they were all negative and based around the fact that her life ran on a extremely thin line when she stepped off the plane next.

"Alright, we're gonna start flying."

The pilots husky voice came through the implanted speakers, Nina sat down in one of the many reclining seats. She sat by the window and placed a hand on the seat next to her like a kid on a school bus, the seat was for Aubrey and Aubrey only but her whole world shattered when she saw him sitting with OB and Oliver. He promised he would sit by her, he promised he would sit by her and he promised he would hold her the whole way. He promised.

Nina decided not to worry because maybe he was just saying hi, maybe he would move up and sit with her after lift off. But he didn't. She was all alone once again and scared to death, she needed him most right now and he wasn't here and that broke her heart even more then it already was.

But little did she know it wasn't his fault, he wanted to be by her, he wanted to hold her and kiss her and comfort her but Oliver was in the way. Him and Oliver had different views of Nina, Oliver looked at her like a project that Aubrey was working on, he looked at her like she was a stray dog that Aubrey was taking in. To him, Nina was there strictly for the public to see that he isn't a total jerk outside of his business bubble. Aubrey's views of her were the complete opposite, he didn't believe in love but his feelings were immensely high and they only grew stronger. Oliver was clearly upset that him and Nina were hand in hand, he explained it was only because she was scared but he knew that was only half of the truth, not only was she scared but they both loved being attached to each other. Just the simplest touch gave them a rush of euphoria and it only got ardently the longer there skin was together.

"You okay Nina?"

He knew Oliver wouldn't let him sit with her but he could still check on her, make sure she was okay. That was being a good mentor, right? His heart ached more when she didn't respond, she kept her head down and her eyes lowered, she wouldn't even look at him and that hurt.

The ride was silent other then the occasional small talk between the crew, there were TVs all around, some were showing movies and some were showing video games that were being played via x-box. There wasn't much he could do, and there wasn't much that made Nina truly happy and feel not as nervous, only a few things took her mind from reality and the main one wasn't gonna happen thanks to over protective Oliver.

He slid his screen to the right, unlocking his phone and going into the safari app, he typed in the question he needed an answer to and smiled at the result. He looked at the time before standing and walking over to Nina, Oliver had his eyes on him but he didn't care, was he not allowed to watch tv? But deep down it was much more then that.

He grabbed the remote before plopping down on the recliner next to her, she looked up at him and her eyes widened with happiness. They were glassy and that only made him want to kiss her and hold her even more but he was skating on thin ice, he was surprised Oliver didn't call him back over just for sitting by her. He turned on the TV and flipped through the channels till he reached 12 and right on cue the theme song for Chef Stan began to play through the speakers that were embedded into the side of there seats. He kept his hand low but he opened it up asking for her to hold his, her brows furrowed a little as her eyes grew more wet, she was stressed and he could tell, he didn't know why but he wanted too. He wasn't going to force it out of her so comforting her from the pain was what he would do. She wrapped her small hand into his instantly feeling some relief

"I think I'm starting to like Chef Stan"

He smiled at her kindly as she finally flew in a bit of relaxation.