Stable Connection

Chapter Six

Lina’s POV

            I woke up to my alarm going off the next morning and after a quick shower I headed downstairs for breakfast with my parents; I was surprised when Jon wasn’t at the table when I got down there, it was almost 7:00 and if he didn’t show up soon then my mother would send him right back out the door when he walked in. One thing about my mother was that she did not accept tardiness; in her book if you couldn’t be on time then you didn’t deserve to eat. Breakfast came and went with no sign of Jon and I ran back upstairs to get a belt to go with my sun dress after decided during breakfast that my outfit just wasn’t complete; I was searching through my collection of belts when my father called up to me.

“Kit-Kat if you’re not down here in thirty seconds we’re leavin’ without you!” My father was a stickler for being on time just like my mother and although it only took fifteen minutes to get to the church he insisted on leaving by 7:30 every Sunday.

“I’m not ready yet daddy, you and momma go ahead; I’ll stop by and pick up Jon and we will meet you there.” I called back down to him still searching for the perfect belt.

“You two better not be late!” He warned and I rolled my eyes; I knew better than to be late for church not only would my parents have my head but Pastor Jim would too.

“We won’t be.” I assured him and moments later I heard the front door closing behind them as they left.

            It took me a few more moments before I found a wide brown belt and fastened it around my waist; looking in the mirror it matched the brown floral pattern on my dress perfectly. I had on a white sundress that hung past my knees, long enough to be acceptable for church; it had yellow, green and brown tropical looking flowers scattered throughout and the yellow feather earrings I grabbed on the way out of the room completed the look. I left the house and took the side-by-side down to the barn to pick up Jon; after climbing the stairs to the apartment I knocked on the door and waited, after about a minute with no answer I knocked again.

            Jon opened the door a moment later rubbing the sleep out of his eyes; my mouth dropped open as I looked over him, he was shirtless and only wearing boxer shorts. He had toned abs with muscles that looked like they belonged on body builder; the tops of his arms and shoulders were covered in tribal tattoos while his chest was bare with only a thing line of hair running through the middle traveling down to his boxer shorts. It took me a few moments to compose myself before I realized that I was just staring at him; he raised his eyebrows looking back at me as if he was waiting for me to say something. Shit, what was I here for again? Oh, right church. Speaking of which why wasn’t he ready; did he just wake up?

“Why aren’t you ready yet?” I said glancing down at my watch to see if was 7:35; that only gave us ten minutes to get him ready or we would be late and I wasn’t about to let that happen.

“Ready for what?” He asked while yawning.

“Church!” I blurted out pushing him back so that I could enter the apartment.

“I told you I don’t go to church.” He replied shutting the door once I was fully in.