Her Escape, His Safe Haven

Chapter 15-How Long?

Athena's POV

'You are so beautiful Athena,' Eli whispered into my ear as his hand slowly trailed down my side to rest on my hip. 'There are so many things I wish I could do to you..." He said as he placed a kiss on my jaw, then kissed lower reaching my neck. He pulled my hips hard into him and brought his hand up to tuck a loose strand of hair behind my ear, "I'm going to kiss you know beautiful," He looked into my eyes and leaned closer to press his lips to mine--

"Hey Eli-- Oh sorry bro..." I heard a familiar voice say before the door slammed. 

I noticed a heavy weight across my waist and glanced down. A very large, very defined arm. Eli. I took a moment to examine how we were laying. I'm laying on my left side my right leg is bent up towards my elbow, and my left leg is straight, how I normally sleep. Eli has his arm thrown over me and his right leg is rested over my left leg. HIs...you know...is pressed against my butt...and I can tell you....he enjoys this position, either that or he was having quite the dream.

I tapped his arm lightly trying to wake him up, but not trying to be harsh about it. After a few attempts he began to stir and eventually he opened his eyes. A huge grin fell upon his face when he looked at me. He reached out a hand to move a strand of hair out of my face and his eyes went huge. 

"Athena?!" He seemed surprised, like maybe he thought he was still dreaming and I wasn't actually here.

"Good morning Eli." I said shyly and looked down at our position again. He followed my eyes and registered how we were laying. He instantly jumped away.

"Oh god! I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have done that. I'm so sorry." He rushed out hopping out of the bed and turning away from me. I heard him muttering something. I don't know what, but I think he said 'Mark' before letting out a breath of relief? I have no idea. "Sorry Athena, I was sleeping so I didn't know what I was doing." He explained.

"It's okay Eli, I was actually kind of comfortable. I think I needed that honestly. So thank you." I told him shyly.

"Anytime beautiful." He came over to me and wrapped his arms around my shoulders and I rested mine around his waist. I laid my head on his chest and took a deep breath. He makes me feel safe, something I haven't felt in years. "What are your plans today?" He asked when we pulled away from the hug.

"I was going to go to the studio." I told him. I am hoping to get out of my head.

"I can take you over there. I'll go hang out with Mark and you can just call me when you're ready to go." He offered and I nodded my head. 

"I'm just going to ear this, it's comfortable enough to dance in, so we can just head out now."

"Okay, let me just go grab D, I'm going to drop her off at her friend's." 

We all loaded into Eli's car and took off towards the dance studio. "So you guys looked nice and cozy this morning.." Deliah teased shortly after we started driving. "Are you guys finally dating?" Sh asked and I felt my cheeks heat up in a blush.

"D!" Eli chuckled nervously. 

"What?!" She asked feigning innocence.

"Okay we're here! I'll call you later Eli." I said and quickly got out of the car.

"Bye beautiful!" I heard Eli shout out the window. I waved a hand back as a goodbye.

I unlocked the studio and walked in. I threw my purse to the ground and took off my shoes. I plugged my phone into the system and began stretching and warming up. When I was sufficiently warm, I didn't feel like running any of my dances so I let my playlist run and I just danced. I just danced for hours. I thought about how Eli knows everything and he's still there. He's trying to get me out of it.