Lullaby

Chapter 11 - Revelations

Walking outside, I realised I should have brought a coat with me this morning. It had just approached the afternoon but already the air was thick with ice that sliced and pierced your skin at the slightest touch. My teeth were chattering but I found it almost impossible not to shiver and rub my arms which provided my skin with a fresh river of Goosebumps.

  In the distance I could see Leo leaning against his black beast in a cool and casual manner, as I neared I could see that he was on his phone, either texting, browsing or simply playing games. He looked up, smiled and casually slipped his phone in the back pocket of his jeans.

“What took ya so long?” he puzzled, eyeing me all over…

“I…g-g-got…c-c-caught…u-u-u…” but he stopped me mid stutter

“Jesus Jen! Quick, get in the car!” he shoved his key in the door and unlocked it before grabbing me by the shoulders and shoving me in. Once inside the car himself, Leo shoved his key in the ignition and turned on the heater

“You should warm up in a minute or so…”

“T-thany… Th-Thank… You” I managed to say, I was still cold… the heater was doing nothing for me. Leo looked at me for a while with a stern expression… which I have to admit made me feel a little flushed… before jumping between the two seats and fumbling around in the back which, gave me the best view of his long and sexy legs before springing back with what seemed to be a dirty old blanket clutched between his fingers.

“Here” he said throwing it to me, it was nothing more than a thick moss coloured turtle neck sweater “put it on” he stated, not quite a demand… but not asking either. My glance looked between Leo and the sweater a few times before he practically nagged me to wear it

“Well, do you want to freeze your ass off?”

“No” I moaned, finally beginning to feel warm

“Well… put it on then…” I just froze “Awww c’mon it’s not that bad” I sniffed the material… it smelt clean enough “Hey!” he giggled, eventually I slipped it over my head and un-tucked my hair from the collar “There, that should keep you warm” I smiled at him gratefully, it wasn’t a bad fit… but it was a real shame about the colour

“Let’s go” I whispered, but he didn’t move… in fact… he wouldn’t stop staring at me! “What!?”

“I was just thinking… I can’t believe I made you wear that thing… but most of all I can’t get how gorgeous you look in it” Fire rose to my cheeks, burning them… to hide my embarrassment I cleared my throat and fumbled for my belt

“Let’s go” I repeated, this time he started the ignition and we were off.

  I turned my head towards the window, watching as the world whizzed by, now fully warm I reached out to turn the heater off but was cut off by Leos soft and gentle hand

“Leave it on, you may feel cold in another few minutes”

“Ok” There was no denying now, he really did care for me in some shape or form. I didn’t release my hand from Leo’s but stared at it; he was using his thumb to lightly caress it with his touch… which in turn sent shivers to my very core and blood racing to my cheeks. There was no denying that I felt some sort of attraction to him, like there was no denying the urges I felt towards him… the urge to brush his lips with mine… the urge to just hold him in my arms whilst he swept a hand through my hair.

  We arrived in town moments later, parked directly outside Dominoes…  just thinking about the delicious toppings I would get to savour, it’s not like I hadn’t been here before or anything… it was just that I was actually starving for a change! The sooner I ate the better. Walking inside I was disappointed to find that the place was almost as crowded as the canteen

“Do you want to try somewhere else?” I suggested

“Nahhh, I’m sure the line will shorten soon”

“We may not get to sit down though…” I whined

“If we don’t, we don’t… we simply take it with us and sit in the car”

“Don’t you care if you get crumbs or cheese anywhere?”

“No… why would I?”

“Because you’re a guy” I smiled wryly, he held up his hands in a defensive but mocking manner before giving me a lecture on sexism and how it wasn’t fair to dampen one of the genders just because they take pride in caring for their possessions, even if it was true in his case… he said he didn’t mind since it was me though which resulted in me having a semi-permanent smile on my face… and acting like a total goof.

“Now, tell me… what was it you wanted to ask me?”

“Spoilers”

“What?” I scoffed “… you said you would tell me!”

“Not until we sit down princess” My eyes darkened towards him “What?”

“Don’t call me that...”

“Call you what?”

“Princess… I hate it when people do that… they think I’m this spoilt little trashy tart who throws a tantrum if I don’t get my way…” my expression hardened and I turned away from him

“I’m sorry… “He whimpered “I won’t call you it again…”

“Good…”

  We waited in line for about 15 minutes before finally getting served, there were also no seats left inside so we decided to head back to the car…as it was too cold to eat outside. Leo unlocked the car and we slumped back in the seats, shivering to shake off the cold and pressing our hands on the boxes to try and warm them up, eventually we turned the heater back on and just relaxed as we ate, giving minute conversations about some of the people at college and what we thought about them… he even told me that he thought Claire had a hell of a fiery temper on her at times and that she would make a great boss at some point in her life, I decided to press him about what he was going to ask me… it was really beginning to bug me now and I was getting increasingly annoyed that he wouldn’t tell me what it was.

“Leo, tell me what you were going to ask” I demanded, wiping a hair from my eyes, he sighed and placed his pizza slice back in the box before beginning

“Well you see… its… well… more of a statement…”

“Go on...” My heart was in my throat, what was it? What was it!?

“I’m an angel… and your… in terrible danger”