Illegal Moves

Chapter 10

Iona's POV

I had fallen asleep again. I push off of Aleks and look around. He was asleep as well. I lean across him and reach for his phone. 2:41 AM. Shit, shit, shit! What was I still doing here. I shake Aleks awake. He groans and rolls over away from me. I shake him again. "Aleks it's almost three in the morning," I say frantically.. He groans again and rolls back over towards me. "So what, just go in my room, I'll take you home in the morning," With that he goes back to sleep. Really? He was so much help. NOT! I don't even know where his room is. I get off the couch and start wandering the house. I go into the laundry room first. Then a small bathroom. I venture upstairs. There is three rooms up here. I go into the first one. It's a medium sized empty room. I go into the next one. This was a big bathroom with a jacuzzi and a shower and two sinks and a big wide mirror. I go into the last room. It is his office. There is a floor to ceiling bookshelf full of files and books. There is a desk in the back of the room. I go over to his desk.
There is a picture frame on it. I hold it up to look at it. It's a picture of Aleks and a really pretty girl. Aleks looks a little younger but not much different. The girl has on a pretty white long coat and curled short brown hair. She was really pretty. They were huddled together like it was cold outside and smiling for the picture. Who was this girl and if she was an ex, why did he still have a picture. It was too late to care. I go back downstairs and look in more rooms.
The first one I get to is his room. Lucky guess. It has a queen sized bed in the middle of the room. There is a black nightstand on both sides. The bed has a brown bedspread and brown pillows on it with a fuzzy red blanket folded neatly at the end. It was a typical guy room. There was a dark wooden dresser and a closet.I walk over to his dresser. I find a huge t-shirt and change into it and out of my tight jeans and flannel. It falls just above my knees. I flip the lights off and take the red blanket and get cozy under all the covers.

"Beep beep beep," Aleks alarm on his phone goes off. Before I had went to sleep last night I took his phone and set an alarm for 6:15. School started at 8:30 and my house was about 25 minutes away from his so that would give us about an hour and a half to have breakfast and for him to get ready. I go out into the living room. Aleks is sprawled out on his back with his arms above his head, still asleep. I laugh and go into the kitchen and start to make breakfast. It's the least I can do. I get in the fridge and find eggs and smoked links. I put them on the counter while I search for a pan. I find it and crack eggs into it. As I am pushing the eggs around as they cook, Aleks walks into the kitchen. "That shirt looks good on you," he says sliding into a chair at the island. Before waiting for my response he says "Why didn't you wake me up? I could be cooking you breakfast," He whines. I pile eggs onto a plate and slide the plate towards Aleks. "Well you didn't seem to like it when I tried to wake you up last night, so I decided to let you wake up on your own," I say sitting down beside him with my own plate.
He leans over and kisses me on the cheek. "Thank you," he says. I just smile at him and eat my breakfast.

After breakfast Aleks goes to take a shower so I go change back into my clothes and wait for him to be done. I look at myself in his mirror above his dresser. My hair was a little greasy so I pull it into a messy bun on top of my head. As I walk out of his room, he's walking down the stairs in his towel. I force my eyes to the ground and walk to the living room. Before I can get there Aleks grabs my hand and pulls me towards him. "It's not illegal to look at me," He says smiling. Instead of being embarrassed I come back with a cute remark. "It's not that, it's just if I did I wouldn't be able to take my eyes off of you," I say laughing. He smiles and leans down to kiss me. I turn my head and put my hands on his chest to push away. He tries to pull me back. "Don't," I cry. "I have morning breath," He still tries to pull me to him. "I don't care," He says in his deep sexy voice.
"Well I do," I say finally freeing myself from his arms.
"There's a spare toothbrush in the bathroom upstairs," He says raising his eyebrows at me. I roll my eyes and head up the stairs to the bathroom.
When I come back down the stairs, Aleks is dressed in his school attire. That sucks. He grabs my waist and pulls me to him. I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him. This was just a sweet passionate kiss. Not a hot deep crazy one like we've had in the past. After a couple more seconds his phone goes off. We part so he can look at it. It was the alarm I set for when we needed to be leaving. He looks down at it. "When did I set this?" he asks confused. He turns it off.
"You didn't, I did, it's for when we need to be leaving. So like now," I say pulling him to the kitchen where the mudroom extends to. I put on my boots and he puts on his dress shoes. He doesn't let me drive this time.

About 20 minutes later we are pulling into my driveway. I can't tell if anyone is home because the garage is closed. "Well I guess I'll see you at school," I say leaning over the console to kiss him. He looks confused.
"Why aren't I taking you to school?" He seems hurt.
"Because I pretty sure that would raise some suspicions," he still looks hurt and worried. "I'll be fine I take the bus all the time," I lean over and kiss him quickly and then exit the car. As I get to the front door, he's backing out of the driveway.
When I get into the house I hear chatter and laughter. I head into the kitchen. Jim, Maria and... my momma are sitting at the table. "MOMMA!" I yell running at her and giving her a giant hug. She laughs and wraps her arms around me. After a while we release each other. Her smile fades and goes into a face I know is when I am about to get in trouble. "Where have you been young lady?" she asks. Jim answers for me.
"Carol, we've been letting her have freedom as long as she texts us, so I wouldn't be angry with her." Oh yeah like what I have is freedom. He continues to speak. "Although she did not text us this time," He says giving me a stern look.
"I know but my phone died and I didn't have a charger, but I texted you this morning," I say with a weak smile hoping that last line helped. Not really but they kind of switched the subject.
"Who just brought you home?" My momma asks.
"Um, a friend," I answer weakly.
"What type of friend?" There was no sense in lying.
"A boyfriend," I say sighing. My momma gasps. "Oh please Momma. Nothing happened. We both just fell asleep. By the time we woke up it was too late to drive. I swear to god," the look on her face means she believes me.
"Ok well don't make a habit of not texting."
"Yes Momma," I reply. "Well I need to go get ready for school," I announce to them.
"Oh no, your staying home and watching the kids for a little bit and then going to work since you didn't text last night," Momma says.
"WHAT!" I say in the harshest voice ever.
"You heard me," She says. I just roll my eyes and walk to my room. At least I got to go to work. That wasn't so bad.

Aleks' POV

What the hell? Why hadn't Iona shown up to school today. She lied to me. I'm in my car, speeding down the road towards her house. When I pull into her driveway, I slam on the brakes and get out, slamming my door in the process. I go up to the the front door and knock, well more like bang on the door. After a moment, a woman probably in her mid 40s answers the door. She looks a lot like Iona. Her eyes go wide for a moment but then go back to normal. I have that effect on the ladies. "May I help you?" She asks.
"Um yeah, is Iona around?" I ask impatiently. The woman turns around and shouts through the house "Iona! There's a nice lookin fella here to see you!" The woman had a southern accent. In a flash Iona appeared at the door in riding clothes. Brown breeches, a sweatshirt and black rubber riding boots. When she saw me she got an annoyed look on her face and stepped out of the door and down the steps pulling me along with her. The woman in the doorway looks at her with an expression that looks like are you going to explain? "I'll explain later," Iona responds harshly. The woman shuts the door and disappears in the house. I turn and look at Iona.
"Care to explain to me now?" I ask softly.
"I'll explain on the way," Iona says walking to my truck and getting in. I follow her and get in on the drivers side. When I get buckled in I turn to look at Iona. She quickly pulls my head towards hers and smashes her lips hard against mine. At first I'm caught off guard but then she slips her tongue in my mouth and I start kissing her back. She quickly deepens the kiss and starts moving over the console towards me. What was her deal? She was acting like an animal. In a different situation I wouldn't mind but right now wasn't the time to have a makeout session in my truck. I pull away from her. "What's your deal?" I ask her, breathing hard. She moves back over into her seat and leans forward in her chair. She puts her head in her hands. She talks through her hands "It's been a long day. I'm sorry I just lost control." I place my hand on her back and rub her back, trying to comfort her.
"Well tell me about it," I tell her.
She leans back in her chair and looks at me. "Do I have to?"
"Well you at least owe me an explanation on why you weren't at school"
"My momma was mad that I didn't text Jim or Maria that I wasn't coming home last night so she made me stay home and watch the kids for the day and another part of the punishment is making me go to work today," she says looking out her window. "Jim and Maria are my aunt and uncle that I'm staying with if you didn't know," she adds. "Also if your not busy I need a ride to the stables," With that I start the car and head to the stables.

An hour and a half later I am dropping her off. "What time will you be finished?" I ask her as she gets out of the truck.
"I'm off the clock at eight," she says shutting the door.
I roll down the window and yell out to her "K, I'll be here," She turns around and blows me a kiss and waves bye as she disappears into the barn.