The Protection Program

TPP : Chapter XLIII

He paced the hotel room living room, he was nervous, scared, felt hopeless. They checked the whole stadium, evacuated everyone and checked everywhere. He couldn't find her and it was killing him, Nina was gone and he didn't know what the hell was happening to her. She was probably scared, alone, possibly dead but he didn't want to think about that.

He took in a deep breathe and plopped down onto the couch, his head was pounding and he felt sick to his stomach. He could cry right now, but he wouldn't, he had to be strong, he had to be a man and not cry. Crying would be soft and he wasn't soft, he wasn't soft until it came to Nina. When it came to Nina he had a different mindset, he hated cuddling and he hated the lovey dovey crap but when it came to her, it's all he wanted to do. He thought he was going crazy, love wasn't real, he never believed in it and he wouldn't ever but whatever he was feeling it was strong. He had feelings for Nina and there was no doubt about that, but these weren't just feelings, they were stronger then that, much more then that and he refused to label it love.

The knock on the hotel room door took him from his thoughts, he stood up and rubbed his hands down the thighs of his pants. He sighed out before shuffling to the door, he was like a zombie. He didn't have much emotion in him but dead, he felt dead with out her but he came right back to life when he saw her standing in the doorway.

"NINA."

He pulled her inside the door and engulfed her with a hug. He felt instant relief when her head hit his chest, his eyes shut tight to keep the happy tears from falling because at this moment he was the happiest person ever. He had his baby girl back in his arms and that's all that mattered. She wrapped her arms around his waist and squeezed tight, she missed him too. She missed his scent, she missed his looks, she missed his passionate adoration for her. She missed him, simple.

"You had me scared to death baby. Are you okay? Are you hurt? You hungry? Thirsty? How did you make it out alive?"

He didn't let go of the hug, as much as he wanted to see if there was any damage or see if this was even Nina and his figment of imagination was playing a trick on him, he didn't want to shake the feeling of her hugged up to him. He leaned down and kissed her head, her hair smelled like green apples, Nina, he thought to himself happily. He even missed the little things like her scent, her smooth skin, her small arms wrapped around him.

"I'm okay Aubrey. I'm okay."

He let out a sigh of relief, he pulled away from the hug and put his hands on her fragile shoulders. She had a small smile to her face as she looked up at him, he leaned down and kissed her, the Sparks went flying as they both felt butterflies in there stomach. He stepped closer to her without breaking the kiss, he missed this, he needed this. He was her baby even though they weren't technically dating, they weren't allowed too. It was against the rules so no matter how much he wanted to "cuff her" per se. He couldn't. If anybody found out or told the TPP headquarters about them even hugging in a sexual way, Nina would have to leave, let alone about them kissing. Even worse, the fact that he took Ninas virginity, don't get him wrong he loved every second of it and so did Nina, he made love to the girl he had strong feelings for, took her virginity and they had no regrets. But if anybody found out they would both be in serious trouble.

He lifted her up and held her against him, she wrapped her legs around his torso and her arms around his neck, she smiled through the kiss in complete lust and euphoria. He smiled too as he spun her around happily, she giggled sweetly through the kiss before pulling away, they put there foreheads against each other's smiling big, looking into each other's rich, dark eyes.

"I was so scared, I thought I lost you."

There was a clearing of the throat at the door and when he looked up his heart nearly fell on to the floor. Oliver stood in the doorway, looking pissed, Aubrey set Nina on to the ground as much as he didn't want too but he clearly had no choice.

"What in the hell is going on here? I heard you yell her name so I came to see what was happening and I come to the shock of my life. What did I tell you?"

Aubrey looked down, not ashamed, he was proud of his relationship he had going with Nina, he was just upset that they got caught. Oliver was like the dad of the family I guess you could say, he wasn't the big boss because obviously Aubrey was but Oliver was the wisdom man. He came up with the ideas, the tips and he helped the most when in need. So like I said, he was like the father of the family.

"Nina, go pack your bags. Your staying in my room tonight."

"What?! No, I just got her back, what do you-"

"It's either that or we send her back to TPP... I told you she was not here for your sexual desires! She's a parolee.. A criminal, you cannot trust her!"

Nina looked down, her heart throbbed in her chest, she was being judged by a man who didn't know anything but her name. She should have expected it though, that's what everyone did, they judged her without even knowing what she did, they knew she went to jail and she was considered a horrible person. Most of the time they didn't even know how long her sentence was, she could have been sentenced to 24 hours but that didn't matter, she had been locked up and now she was considered a "bad person".

Oliver looked down at Nina instantly feeling regret about what he said. He didn't mean it but at the same time he did, he meant to say it but in a nicer way. He didn't know anything about Nina so he looked at her the same way society did, as if she had a sign taped to her back that said "don't get to close or else I'll kill you".

"Nina... I'm sorry, I didn't-"

"Don't even."

She looked up, tears welling in her eyes, everybody knew it was a tough subject for her. They all knew that saying anything about her past or for example even saying she was a criminal that you couldn't trust, which is what Oliver just said, would damage her badly. She turned quickly and walked off to her room. She slammed the door hard, it wasn't needed but she didn't care, he needed to know how upset he just made her.

"I'll bring her over when she's finished."

He closed the door in his face before he could even get a word out. He messed up bad and now he was going to have to stay in the same room with someone who probably hates him. He walked over to her bedroom door, he was heartbroken but he couldn't let that show, he had to be strong for her, he had to show her that he was strong and tough and even though they were apart he would still protect her.

"Nina... Can I come in?"

He heard a faint yes come from behind the door, he waisted no time with entering. He didn't have much time to be with her so he was gonna have to take in her beauty for as long as he could. He walked in to see her on the bed, she had tears in her eyes but when he walked in she hopped off the bed and hugged him tight

"Can't you refuse, your my mentor, I don't want to leave you."

"I know boo. I wish I could fix it but I can't, it's just one night and then tomorrow we can be together all day at the party."

She mentally rolled her eyes, tomorrow was another party. Except instead of a few hours it was a whole day long event. Day 3 of H.A.W was the Houston pool party at Aubreys friends house. He was a multi millionaire for some reason so his house and pool were huge.

She stalled a lot during packing, simply because she didn't want to leave. She took her time, stopping to give Aubrey kisses every time he asked which was basically every thirty seconds. They would be apart for not even 24 hours yet acted like she was leaving for good. It was hard to say goodbye, it was harder on him then he expected and he didn't know why, he didn't like to say goodbye. He didn't like the feeling of her being away from him, he hated the feeling of them being so far apart when in reality she was right across the hall.

You'll see her tomorrow, you'll see her tomorrow, he had to repeat that to himself over and over to keep his heart from breaking a little more. It was hard being away from Nina, whether over night or for the rest of his life. Without her... He felt like nothing.