Chasing The Impractical (Brian Quinn Story)

Long Day - Apollonia

I woke up the next morning completly startled by Bella jumping up and down on my bed.

"Wake upppppp  wake upppppp" she commanded.

"Huh, wait. How'd you?" I mumbled in confusion as I leant up in bed.

"Thought I'd pick her up. Figured you'd be a little worse for wear after last night" I heard Q chuckle by my bedroom door.

"Wait, what. How'd you get in?"

"You never took your key back" he smiled and twrilled the keys around his finger.

"Creep" I groaned and fell back into the mattress, pulling the covers over my head at the same time.

"Noooooo, Apple it's Christmas eve. Get up big bum, get upppppp" Bella continued to whine excitedly.

"Yeah come on big bum" Q laughed as I felt his weight shift the mattress as he jumped into the bed next to me.

"I do not have a big bum" i groaned, quickly peaking my head over the clothes before just as quickly hiding away again.

I could feel Q move in the bed until I turned and found him under the covers next to me.

"You have a fanatically large ass, but awful morning breath. Now come on, up and Adams big butt" he chuckled and pushed the covers back.

Pulling myself out of bed, I told Bella to go pack some clothes before grabbing my towel off the dresser.

"At a girl" Q laughed from the bed as I scrowled at him and dragged my feet towards the bathroom.

After a long shower, Bella was sat watching some Christmas cartoon on TV in the living room. Opening up my bedroom door, I found Q still relaxing in my bed as though he owned the damn thing.

"You're all wet" Q smirked as I closed the bedroom door and walked over the wardrobe.

"Out perv" I ordered without turning around to face him.

"What, it's not like it's anything I've not seen before" he smiled and wiggled his eye brows.

Taking a deep breath in, I turned around to face him before allowing the towel to drop carelessly to the floor.

"Now you've seen, so out" I smiled smugly as I watched his eyes take in my body with complete shock and surprise.

"Yes ma'am" he finally gulped.

Once dressed and packed, I followed Bella and Q out to his jeep.

"Don't think so missy, in the back" I chuckled as Bella tried to confidently sit in the front.

With a hump she finally moved to the back and we quickly on our 2 hour drive to Mount Pocono where Qs family lived. Brian had thankfully put some films on his iPad for Bella,  it an hour into the journey we'd hit traffic and even if grown bored.

"So last night" Q spoke first as he waited in a sea of red brake lights.

"Can we not, it's Christmas. Can't we just enjoy ourselves, no strings" I groaned and put my bare feet up on the dash.

"Well talking of no strings, what would Miguel think about the towel failure this morning huh?"

I just shook my head and turned to look out of the window.

"You not heard from him?" He asked, this time more softly.

"No, and he would of arrived like 6 hours ago. Think I deserve at least a little text" I instantly splurged out.

"Yeah" Q sighed.

"You'd text" I mumbled to myself.

I hadn't expect Q to respond, but when I felt his hand on mine, I couldn't help but close my eyes to his touch. "Yeah Apps. I would".

Nearly an hour later we had moved the grand total of 10 miles. "Can we pull over, grab some food from that dinner?"

Q just nodded and quickly swung the car out and into the car park of the dim looking dinner. Once inside, we have the tired and old waitress our order of soda and burgers.

"Think I might have found away around this traffic" Q announced as he examined the map on his phone.

"I'm sick of being in the car" Bella groaned.

"I know sweetie, but you gotta behave or Santa ain't gonna bring you anything" Q warned and them smiled at me.

Bella, who was sat in front of us, just rolled her eyes and went back to playing on the iPad. As I checked my phone to still find no messages from Miguel, I felt Qs hand on my knee under the table. It was a flirty touch, but a friendly reassuring one which was happy welcomed.

"I got my mom a gift and signed it from all of us by the way" Q spoke and put his phone down.

"Oh, I got her something as well" I chuckled.

"Oh yeah, you get me anything?"

"Maybe, will have to see what Santa brings ya" I winked.

The second I winked, i felt my cheeks blush and quickly looked away from him. Was I honestly just flirting with Q.

As though reading my mind, Q chuckled. "It's cool, I know I'm hard to resist".

I couldn't hide my smile and just shook my head at him as the waitress brought over our food.

"And one kids burger for your sweet daughter" she announced.

Q and I just smiled at each other as Bella looked at the woman as though she gone mad. "Their not my parents, I'm being kidnapped and killed slowly of boredom, please help me".

The waitress quickly looked over at Q and I in shock.

"Ignore her. I'm her aunt and she's just being surprisingly naughty considering Santa's coming tomorrow" I smiled before turning back to Bella with a warnfull eye.

Today was going to be long day...