Cradle Broken Glass

Chapter Thirty Four

Layla woke up to the faint sound of snoring. She looked to the other side of the bed to see Eddie, completely naked without the blankets covering him, laying on his stomach, his hair looking like a bird's nest, his mouth slightly open and snoring like a caveman. She had to hold her hand up to her mouth to stop her from bursting out laughing at the position he was in. She ran her eyes down his body and couldn't help but appreciate the toned nature of his form. His shoulders were broad, his back muscled and his waist tapered. And his ass was a thing of the Gods. She leaned over to his side of the bed and rested the side of her body against his back, leaning down and biting down on his ear, before she started to lick and kiss his neck. The snores turned into moans and Layla giggled as he breathed out her name, not knowing if he was awake of dreaming. She was about to move down to kiss his shoulders when he jumped up and grabbed her, rolling them over so that she was underneath him, both wrestling around in the sheets as she screamed and laughed in delight.

"What time is it?" Eddie asked, mumbling into the pillow as he rested his whole body on top of her.

"If you stop suffocating me I will check." She said and Eddie laughed, before rolling off of her back to his side of the bed. She picked up her watch from the dressing table next to her.

"It's nearly midday." She said

"Shit." He replied and quickly got out of the bed.

"What?" She asked confused.

"I should have put an alarm on. We've got to leave soon if we have any chance of getting to San Diego by tonight." He said as he started to get dressed, and she soon followed. She noticed the dark circles beneath his eyes and put it down to the driving he had done yesterday. It was nearly a 20-hour journey and they still had about 9 hours to go. Layla moved and packed all her things up as Eddie did the same, and they both left the room, Eddie going to the front reception to pay while Layla put their things in the car. Once everything was paid and set up, they got on the road again.

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It had been five hours and Layla was bored. She had ended up continually poking Eddie in the ribs as he drove just to give her something to do, and every time she did, he would jump out of his seat and try to push himself as much as he could into the door on his side to get away from her. But even that had become boring. She sighed loudly as she fidgeted around in the passenger seat, trying to find something to entertain herself with. The radio was turned on and Eddie had been putting tapes in the whole afternoon, but she only started to pay attention when she heard the opening notes of Big Dumb Sex by Soundgarden playing. She tapped her fingers on the dashboard to the beat.

"Don't you, don't you want to thrill me?" She sang out in her best high-pitched Chris impersonation. Eddie turned to her and started to laugh his ass off.

"Yeah, IIIIIIIIII know what to do." She sang out and pointed towards Eddie.

"I'm gonna fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck you." She finished and she felt like she deserved both a Grammy and an Oscar for her Cornell impression. Eddie nearly swerved in the road as he watched her rendition and laughed so hard he was crying. After the song was over he was still laughing and Layla felt proud of herself that she had managed to cause that.

"If you keep on singing that I'm going to have to pull over and we may never make it to San Diego." He said, and Layla burst out laughing too.

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Layla could smell the ocean before she saw it. They had been in the car all day and her body was cramped up from the position she was in. Eddie started to slow down and turned off a road. Layla looked up and saw a beach house at the end of the road. She immediately fell in love with it and looked up at the white-washed wood with wonder. Eddie stopped the car and got out, grabbing their things from the trunk while Layla slowly got out of the car and admired her surroundings. Even though it was dark, the house was illuminated by garden lights, and she could hear the waves crashing into the beach to her left. Eddie moved in front of her and got to the door, taking a key out from under a plant pot and opening the door. He gestured for her to walk inside and she was enamoured even more. It was all open plan, with white washed wood walls and flooring, everything was either white or blue. There was a simple kitchen at the back, leading to double doors which lead out to a veranda. The living room had two couches and a small table, but looked like the most comfortable place to curl up in after a day at the beach. She looked to her left and saw a door leading to a bedroom that had a massive bed, filled with pillows. It was the most amazing place she had ever seen, and she couldn't believe that Eddie had decided to take her there.