The Devils Son: Afterlife

14. Pressure

We stand in silence. I can feel Levi watching me as I stare down at the ground. There is an intense atmosphere and tension building in this small room.

A wave of relief washes over me when the room comes to a stop and the doors open up to two college girls all dressed up and ready for the bar, clearly have there pre drink on already.

  "Where are you guys all going" the brown haired girl in a tight short black dress says eyeing down Luke as the elevator doors shut and the room continues on its way up.

  "And who the hell are you?" The blond one in ripped jeans and a crop top says smiling and eyeing down Levi.

  I watch as Levi's eyes don't leave me. He doesn't even acknowledge the girl staring up at him.

  "Oh shit, which ones yours" the brunette says turning to me.

  "Oh, none of them, they're all yours" I say grinning. Luke immediately looks over at me giving me a look. I bite my lip trying not to laugh as the brunette gets closer to him.

  "God you are hot, what are you doing later" she says almost grinding on his leg.

  "Fuckk" I hear Luke say under his breath as he stares down at the girl. I can tell he likes her but he knows he can't touch her, it's one of our main rules. I almost burst out laughing when the door finally opens for our stop. Levi immediately slips past the blond girl trying to get his number and out into the hallway. I grab Luke and pull him away out into the hallway before he makes a big mistake.

   Levi walks down the hall and opens one of the doors and walks in, me and Luke following close behind.

  It's appears to be a loft style pent house. There's a kitchen that immediately opens up to a living room that has a big glass staircase leading to the second floor.

  "What is this place" I ask wondering around as Luke walks to the fridge and opens a beer almost immediately.

  "My penthouse" he says watching me wonder

  I sit down on the couch and watch Levi as he stares at Luke in disgust as he hammers back a beer.

  "What's rent like on a place like this" Luke says walking out towards the large windows covering the entire far wall that look out onto Los Angeles.

  "You couldn't afford it" Levi says and Luke turns back to him and gives him the finger before sitting on the couch.

  "What are we doing here" I ask after a moment

  "This is the first place I brought you" he says

  "And where did we go after this?" I ask, "this place isn't ringing any bells"

  "The Club" he says with a small grin

  "What a great idea, we should go to the club" Luke says sitting up straight

  "We're not going to the club" Levi says dismissing Luke altogether

"Maybe we should" I say after a moment, Levi looks over at me confused as Luke than stands up.

  "That's It were going 2 against 1" Luke says smiling.

  "This isn't a democracy" Levi says standing up

  "Exactly, this is a dictatorship and it's pretty obvious Charlotte is really in charge here" he says smiling, trying to get a raise out of Levi.

   Luke than falls back on the couch screaming and it only takes me a moment to realize Levi is hurting him.

   "Stop!" I say as I stand quickly and run over to Levi and stand in front of him grabbing his arms.

   His attention turns away from Luke and to me and I can feel the warmth leave his skin as his veins stop glowing red, Luke finally stops crying out in pain.

  "If we went to the bar before than maybe we should go and try" I say and he doesn't say anything back, he just walks over towards the stairs.

  "Are you okay" I ask moving towards Luke as he sits up.

  "Fuck that guy" he says watching Levi as he walks up the stairs. "After hell I need to get drunk so please tell me we are going" he says slightly annoyed.

  "I don't know yet I'll go talk with him" I say standing up and Luke immediately grabs my hand stopping me.

  "I'll be fine, he won't hurt me" I say seeing the concern all over his face. My heart aches for a moment seeing this side of him. I wish we could go back to our bed back before the movie when we had our moment. Fuck.

  I walk towards the stairs and climb them to find a large bedroom with a king bed in the middle facing the huge windows. I walk towards the light coming from one of the rooms on the far wall and I push it open to find Levi pulling on new pants with his shirt off in what appears to be a walk in closet.

   "Oh" I say immediately covering my eyes and turning my face away.

   "You don't have to cover your eyes" he says and I can hear the amusement in his voice.

  I slowly lower my hand but I continue to look down at the ground away from him.

  "What is the plan, are we going out to try it" I say finally gathering my words.

  "If you think that will help" he says as he walks towards me. I press myself against the frame of the door as he slips past me and out into the bedroom.

  I can't help but stare at his defined back as he walks to the dresser and pulls out a watch. He turns back and I can tell by his expression he caught me staring. It's not my fault, put a damn shirt on.

  "Like what you see?" he says before slipping past me again into the walk in closet.

  "That's fine, you don't have to answer that. I already know the answer" he says with a small grin.

  "You wish" I say rolling my eyes. How cocky can you be, Jesus.

  I watch as he nods to himself before slowly  crossing the small closet back over to me, standing just inches in front of me, I look up at his eyes for only a moment before having to look away. He then reaches up and grabs my hand very carefully and my breath hitches as he places my hand flat against his torso. Fuck. The energy in the room changes completely and I'm at a loss  for words, completely frozen. His softly rests his hand on mine as he slides my hand very slowly up his body over his deeply defined figure. I watch our hands as he slides them up slowly across his chest up to his neck and stopping at his jaw. I'm forced now to look back into his eyes, he slowly runs his hand down my hand and holds my wrists softly still staring at me intensely. I don't know why but after a moment passes I begin to run my thumb slowly along his jaw and the area under my hand gets warm, I know he's doing it.

  Suddenly I hear Luke walking up the stairs and I immediately drop my hand and look away. I just realize I have been holding my breath and take a huge breath in finally. Fuck It was like I was in a trance, what the hell just happened.

   Levi grins before walking back into the closet and picking up a black shirt and sliding it on, fixing the collar and rolling up the sleeves.

  "What's the plan" Luke says walking over towards us.

  "We're going" I say and Luke nods.

  "Charlotte there's dresses back there" levi says nodding to the back of the closet. I walk around to the back and start flipping through them.

  "You can try what ever, cant guarantee it will fit though, it'll be big on you" Levi says making a snipe at Luke. Levi is a lot bigger and stronger than Luke I will give him that, but of course everything is going to be a contest with them.

  Levi steps out of the closet and walks back down to the kitchen as me and Luke pick something to wear.

  "Fuck that guy, he's not bigger than me" Luke says annoyed.

  "Right?" He says after a moment goes by. I turn to him, he's talking to me? Oh shit.

  "No your right" I say quickly and he nods.

Children.