The Project

Chapter 26

                                                "Relaxing Day"

            When I woke up the next morning I felt my face pressed against something hard. Without thinking I pressed my face into it and took a deep breathe. I felt like I knew that scent from somewhere but I couldn’t place it. Then I felt a hand run down my back and I jerked straight up in bed. When I looked down I saw a very amused looking Aidan watching me.

            “What are you doing here,” I asked confused.

            “You don’t remember,” he asked with a frown. Then I remembered what happened last night. Christian doing those things to me, Aidan beating him, then him bringing me home, and me falling asleep in his arms.

            “Yes. I remember. You stayed all night,” I said with a soft smile.

            “Of course I did,” he said looking slightly embarrassed.

            “You are so sweet,” I said as I leaned over and touched his face. I saw his cheeks turn slightly pink and I couldn’t help giggling.

            “Don’t laugh,” he grumbled as he tried to sit up. I reached out and wrapped my arms around his waist before he could leave though. I felt his whole body tense up and I pressed my lips against his shoulder. I slid my hands up his chest and felt him shiver. Before I could blink he had turned around and pressed me back against the bed with his body over mine.

            “Want something,” I asked slyly as I smiled at him. I could have sworn I heard him growl before he crushed his mouth down on mine. I gripped the back of his hair and pulled his body down tightly on mine. I heard him groan before moving from my mouth to my neck. I wrapped my legs around his waist and arched up to give him more access to my neck. I heard him whisper my name and I snapped back to reality.

            “Stop,” I said quietly as I pushed him back.

            “Ok,” he said back as he rolled off of me and looked at the ceiling.

            “How come every time we kiss we end up like that,” I asked after a minute.

            “I have no clue,” he said with a laugh. Without saying anything back I curled into his side and I heard him sigh as he wrapped his arms around me.

            “Thank you for…last night,” I said.

            “There’s nothing to thank me for,” he said quietly as he kissed the top of my head.

            “Yes there is. You helped me and then you beat him,” I said shaking my head.

            “I did that because I love you. I don’t need your thanks for that,” he said as he tilted my head up to look at him. I kissed him gently before standing up.

            “Where are you going,” he asked me.

            “I need to change.”

            “Why?”

            “Would you like me to stay in my pajamas all day,” I asked as I looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

            “I guess not,” he said as he frowned. “I have a great idea,” he exclaimed after a minute.

            “Really? What’s your idea?”