Saved by the Bad Boy

Chapter 24

I don't know how long we stand there, but we stand in a hug for a long time. I never wanted to leave, I didn't want to leave the safety of his arms. I wish it could be just us in the world, I wish they could just leave us alone. We sway back and forth in that hug, not wanting to move, not wanting to face that we have to go back, that we have to leave. But eventually we pull away.

"So, what did you do? You know, when you were looking for me?" I say sitting on my bed. He smiles, and blushes a little bit, which I find completely adorable. His cheeks turn redish and he adverts his eyes, his brow hair hanging over his eyes. I could stare at him all day and never get tired of him.

"Well, I followed you. I saw you get into the car and wrote down the license plate number. I knew a guy and he helped me track your car all the way into Canada. When I got there I found out you were living in it. So, I did some research and found some of your family. I found your aunt, Connie that lived near where you were, and I left her a call saying she needed to go to the parking lot and find a person in need. I'm surprised it worked, when it saw her car come I was so happy for you. I wanted to talk to you so bad, I watched you cry and cry. I followed you to the house and um, I watched you, making sure you were okay. I got food from the bank account I kind of stole from the D.E.A.D. I also got money from...my drawings." He says taking out a small notebook. I smile.

"May I see it?" I say shyly. He passes me the notebook and I open it to see many new drawings. And my mouth drops at them; they're all of me. Some of them crying, some of them are of me sleeping, some of me and my ice powers, and one of both of us hugging. I stare at it, he drew my face perfectly. My mouth is turned in a smile and my eyes shut as I rest my head on his shoulder, my arms around his neck. His face is buried in my hair and his arms around my waist, my belly very prominent with a baby. Tears fill my eyes.

"Einar, these are beautiful." He smiles.

"Only because you are." I hug him tightly.

"I don't know how much longer I could've lasted without you. I love you." He wraps his arms around me.

"I love you too baby." I pull away and he puts both hands on my stomach, "And I love you to, I can't wait to see you in person. Daddy loves you so much." He kisses my belly and my cheeks burn. Then all of a sudden I feel a kick in response to Einar's words. He gives me a big goofy grin. I put a hand on my back.

"Yea, he's already a pain." I say cracking my back. He shakes his head and turns me around, "What are you doing?"

"Giving you a back massage." He gently rubs my back and I actually feel better. I know leader is anxious for this baby, but I'm hopping that he'll give me plenty of time before coming, "So, a he is it?"

"Yes, I have a feeling. I'm sure he's a he." He laughs.

"And what are you going to name him."

"We." I correct him.

"If you want me to be his father." I turn around, giving him a fierce look.

"Yes, you are, and honestly I don't want to have to come up with one. I have about a month till the due date."

"Has the doctors leader has given you treating you well?" I nod.

"Yea, they're actually really helpful. Giving me good tips and things to do." He nods.

"That's good." I walk to the bed and sit down, "We need to get him and you out of here." I sigh.

"And you, and I would like to help Anne and her boyfriend out of here too." He groans.

"That's a lot of people, and I don't think that twit will be coming."

"What twit?"

"Her boyfriend." He says gruffly.

"Anne's boyfriend? Why?"

"They won't last long, he's not who he looks to be."

"How do you know?"

"He's too close to leader, I don't trust him."

"What? Why don't you trust him?"

"I just don't."

"Aw, we have overprotective big brother coming out."

"I'm not overprotective and we're cousins not siblings." I shake my head.

"You're too cute."

"There's no such thing as too cute." He says, the corners of his mouth twitching, "Exept for you." I giggle turning red. He leans in, our breath mixing. The door opens and he groans, pulling apart to see Anne and Jacob.

"Oh my gosh finally. You two are so complicated; you do the little things and then blow it out of proportion, then hurt yourselves, then turn into heartless monsters, then take forever to figure it out when you'll actually listen, and then you're inseparable." She says throwing her hands up. Jacob rolls his eyes. And she hugs me, squealing. I laugh and she sits next to me.

"So, what's our plan?" I shrug and she sighs.

"I don't know, they've locked us up so tight that I have no idea how we're going to get out."

"Well...we're in a new, run down building...and...the government is trying to take them out. So that gives us a good chance." We all nod in agreement. She give us a few ideas; wait till the next mission when mostly everyone is gone and run, getting a huge pair of scissors and getting off my collar, Anne stealing the button controlling the collar, Jacob hacking the collar and permanently turning it off. But they all have holes. The boy's stay strangely silent and I look over a few times to see them glaring at each other. I'm sacred to see if they'll ever get over it.