Navy Love

4. Changes

I wake up in strong warm arms. I look up to see Ivan starring down at me. "Good morning beautiful." He smiles down at me.  "Good morning handsome." I smile back at him. He's so handsome. "How did you sleep?" He asks me softly.  "Excellent. How did you sleep?" I smile at him. "Perfect." He smiles.  "Let's get you back so you can get dressed." He tells me.  "Okay but bathroom trip first." I tell him. "Deal." We get up and sneak out of the room. "Back! Hide." He tells me. I step behind him then I see Zak. "Have you seen Harley? She's missing." He says.   "Missing?"  "Yeah, she wasn't in her room."  "She's probably in the restroom." He lies. "I'll go Check . I need to apologize again. I feel really bad about what I did." He tells Ivan. "Go check her room one more time." Ivan tells him. He then walks away. Ivan takes my hand and leads me to the bathroom. I go in and do my thing and brush my teeth. I go out to see Ivan talking to Zak. They then look at me. "He knows you slept with me." He tells me. "How?" I ask him as I come over to them. "He saw you come out of my room. We made a deal. You can sleep with me whenever you want but we have to clean bathrooms when we do." He tells me . "I'm sorry I got you in trouble." I tell him.  "No, we aren't in trouble. It's an exchange." He tells me. I look over at Zak shocked. He's letting us sleep together? "Did you explain it to her?" He asks Ivan. "Yes, she's shocked. She is shocked we aren't getting punished." He tells him.  "Harley listen, I'm sorry for treating you the way I did. It was bad on my part. Listen I'm still going to be hard on you. It's my job but I won't be as hard." He tells me. I look at him shocked. "Maybe you should tell her in Russian." He looks over at Ivan. Ivan then told me. "I understood. I just can't believe he's being nice." I tell him. "He's probably scared I'd report him." He tells me. "Your probably right." I tell him. "What does she think?" Zak asks.  "She's is still shocked. She understands though." Ivan tells him. I look at Ivan in his tank top and see his tattoos. I love a man with tattoos. Ivan then checked me starring at his dragon tattoo. "You don't like it?" He asks me. "I love it. I love a man with tattoos." I say in English. Zak then looked at me with a smile. "I'm glad you like it. I have another one on this arm." He shows me his other arm. It was a sun with the ALL seeing eye on the middle then Russian words at the bottom.  "Then I'm thinking of getting the navy cross on my peck." He tells me in English.  "That's great." I smile back at him.  "Do you have any tattoos?" Zak asks me.  "No, I want to get one after I'm married. I want an ankle charm bracelet. It's going to have an airplane, an anchor, a heart, and a cross." I tell him.  "Pretty." Ivan and Zak agree.  "Why after your married?" Zak asks.  "I don't want my wedding pictures to be ruined. I want to look beautiful on my wedding day not all inked up." I explain. "Thanks a lot. So we aren't going to look beautiful?" Zak jokes.  I chuckle at him. "No, your tattoos will be all covered up. You guys wear nice tuxes." I smile.  "It's kinda hard to hide this one." He shows me the one on his finger.  "I see. That's barley noticeable." I smile at him. "I guess your right." He smiles at me. "Well i better get my girlfriend some food. She needs it." Ivan tells Zak. The smile disappeared from his face. He looked heartbroken. "You two are dating?" He asks Ivan.  "Yeah."  "Oh, that was quick." Zak comments.  "We are going to learn about each other during our relationship." Ivan explains.  "I see. Well good luck you two. Ivan take care of her. She deserves a man like you." Zak tells him. I felt my heart drop. That was very kind of him. He wants Ivan to take care of me. He must like me. "I will."  Ivan says then takes my hand leading us to our rooms. I go in mine and get dressed. "Hello lover girl." Cattie smiles at me. "Hey Cattie." I smile back. I then tell her everything that happened with Zak. "He likes you. That's why he was a jackass. Most guys are asses when they have a crush."  "You think so?" I smile at her. "Yes." Charlie buts in.  "Well I'm with Ivan now. It doesn't matter." I finish getting ready I walk out to see Ivan waiting for me. "You ready?" He smiles. "Yes." He takes my hand in his. Cattie and Charlie follow behind us. "Aww. You two are so cute." Cattie smiles. "Have you two kissed yet?"  "No, I'm waiting for a special moment." Ivan says with his accent. I wonder if I have an accent. "Do I have an accent?" I ask Ivan.  "A little one not that extreme." He tells me. "Would you two stop talking about us?" Cattie smiles.  "We aren't. " i tell her.  "What did you say?" Charlie asks.  "Harley asked if she has an accent." Ivan explains.  "She does a little bit. You should hear her Spanish accent." Cattie smiles.  "You can speak Spanish?" Ivan asks me in English. "Yes." I answer him.  "She speaks Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and English." Cattie boasts.  "I didn't know you could speak French." He tells me in French. "Little, I'm not very good." I reply. "I speak German, Russian, English and some Italian." Ivan tells me.  "Awesome!" I smile at him. We make it to the mess hall. I get in line and grab my Tray and get some food.