Kiss My Eyes And Lay Me To Sleep

Chapter 6

***A week later***

"I told you to stop playing around so much." I scolded Sena as I saw her completely sudsy form standing in front of me.

It was Saturday so I had decided to wash my truck…. with a little help from my cousin.

"Come here. I gotta hose you down."

"Well hello ladies." A now familiar voice spoke up.

I whipped my head around and saw Nathan in a black sedan. As usual, he looked like he had just stepped out of a magazine. This made me remember I had on an old Metallica t-shirt and some cut off shorts. I definitely hadn't planned on getting a visit from my boyfriend.

"Nathan!" squealed out my little cousin as she ran towards his vehicle.

Nathan stepped out of the car and scooped Sena up in his arms. "Hay kid. What're you doing all wet?"

"I'm helping China wash the car." She beamed as he set her back on the ground.

I walked up to Nathan and gave him a closed mouthed kiss on the lips. "What're you doing here? That your car?"

He readjusted his hat and placed his hand around my waist. "I borrowed it from Jayne. She said she'd let me use it if I told her why I was coming down here so much."

I smirked at his blushing face. "Did you tell her or did she figure it out?"

"The guys pretty much knew the night we first hooked up. Jayne didn't know till Tom told her last night."

"And what'd she say?"

"I showed her a picture of you and she says you're a doll." He leaned down and kissed me sweetly.

"And I was thinking," he paused his sentence to nip at my neck, "that maybe today I could introduce you to the boys."

That made me freeze for a moment. "Today? But, I'm not even dressed."

"Go put on some clothes. I'll wait for you." He smiled and gave me his signature wink. Seriously, how could I resist him?

"Fine, I'll be out in a minute." I then looked at Sena. "Come on kid. I want you to stay and keep Gran company."

I knocked on Grandma's bedroom door. "Gran, are you up?"

I walked in and saw my grandmother sitting by her window. She looked like a timeless angel with her bright blue eyes and wispy gray hair.

"China dear, did you want something?"

I smiled. "Can you keep an eye on Sena for a while? I'm going out with a friend. Shouldn't be gone more than a few hours."

"Of course. Are you going with that young man out front?" She asked as Sena went and sat on my grandma's bed.

I blushed furiously. "Yeah, I'm gonna change then we're just going out riding."

"His name's Nathan. Him and China were kissing earlier." Sena blurted out.

Gran raised her eyebrows and looked from the troublesome seven year old to me.

"He's special to you isn't he?" she asked as she wrapped her housecoat around her.

I nodded, still blushing.

"Yeah. I'm uh, actually dating him. But please don't tell momma!" I said quickly.

Gran just chuckled and placed a hand on my cheek. "Don't worry dear. I've kept a few secrets in my day."

She paused and stared at me. "You remind me a lot of me when I was younger."

My eyes widened at her words. I just couldn't imagine my slightly senile grandmother, who had mild dementia and Parkinson's disease, doing things like going out with a guy behind her parents back. She seemed just, too innocent for that. Then again, my grandma had been a sly person back in her day.

"Well, don't keep him waiting. Go get ready."

I hugged Gran and Sena before going to change my clothes.

I walked out of the house in my faded blue jeans and my quarter sleeve purple shirt. I did my best to tame my wild, wavy hair and didn't bother with any make up. As promised, Nathan was waiting for me by the car. I knew I blushing like crazy, but he smiled and kissed my cheek.

"You look amazing, love."

"You don't look so bad yourself." I said as I made my way to the passenger's side.

Like a true gentleman, Nathan opened the door and made sure I had gotten in before he walked around and got in on his side. As he started the car, nervousness settled in my body, putting me slightly on edge. This was going to be a long ride.

As we neared the hotel, Nathan told me a little about each guy.

"Tom and Max are the best cooks of us, but Max cooks a lot more than Tom. Siva's really laid back, and Jay's got a cool lizard named Neytiri." He must've seen how apprehensive I was about meeting his friends, for he placed a hand on my shoulder.

"You'll really like them, China."

"I'm not worried about not liking them, but what if they don't like me?" I finally voiced what had been bothering me the whole ride up.

Nathan chuckled and kissed my forehead. "Come on. They're probably wondering where I am."

We took the elevator to the top floor where the suites were and started walking down the hall. We reached room, 1003 and Nathan knocked on the large wooden door.

After a moment, we heard the lock being slid out of place and a woman who looked about thirty or so with long curly hair stood before us. I stood where I was, slightly worried we had the wrong room but Nathan seemed at ease.

"Hello Nathan. Did you bring back my car? I need it for tomorrow." The woman said politely. Her voice was nice and distinctly British.

"Uh, yeah I did."

I didn't realize that Nathan had me practically wrapped around him. The woman eyed me cautiously then smiled warmly.

"So, this is why you've been gone this whole time, eh?" she chuckled and opened the door wider, motioning us for to come inside.

"Jayne, this is China, my girlfriend. China, this is Jayne, our manager." Nathan introduced.

I smiled and offered my hand out for Jayne to shake. "Hello, it's nice to meet you. Nath says a lot about you."

"I hope they're all good things…Nathan…" Jayne gave a mock glare at Nathan. All we could do was laugh at his face as he tried to defend himself.

We sat around talking for a bit with Jayne. I really liked her. She just had that motherly feel about her. I'm sure she had her hands full keeping track of her own kids, plus the boys.

"So have you been introduced to the boys yet?" she asked as she sipped on her tea.

"Not yet. I think we're gonna meet them in a little while." I said as I tried not to smile as Nathan's hand stroked my lower back.

"Well, you best be going. But don't let their heights and fame fool you dear. They're nothing but overgrown teenage boys. I'm sure I'll get a call complaining about the ruckus before the night's over." She laughed as she escorted us to the door.

Before we left, Jayne gave Nathan and I both a kiss on the cheek and a motherly hug.

"It really was nice to finally meet you, China. I hope we'll be seeing more of you around here."

"Babe you did great! See it wasn't so bad." Nathan whispered in my ear as he kissed my hair.

I smiled and hugged him. "I really like her. She's so nice."