Dodging Bullets || Antonio Dawson

cuarenta tres.

Antonio's eyes slowly opened the next morning. He groaned and stretched out as he laid under the light brown sheets on his bed. He looked to his right to see that the bed was completely empty.

"The hell ?" He muttered, sitting up. Where was Alejandra ?

He got up and slipped on his sweatpants he had on the day before. Standing up , he went to the bathroom. He used it before brushing his teeth and washing his face.

"Ali ?" He asked outloud , expecting a response but heard nothing but silence. Antonio went downstairs slowly to see her completely gone. The shorts were missing from the floor and the sweatshirt she wore yesterday was missing as well. He walked into his kitchen to see her keys were gone as well.

Was sex the only thing she wanted from him ?

He was beyond pissed but also disappointed in himself. He knew there was sexual tension between the two but he was waiting to at least see if they could work with out it. He was enjoying having her as his girlfriend but he guesses she didn't and was just faking it.

She was faking everything huh ?

He felt like the biggest idiot in the world and he wanted to scream and yell at her for how he felt. His mind raced to where she could've gone. One place hit his mind and he immediately got angry.

Kelly Severide's apartment.

His fists clenched up in anger at the thought.

The front door opened and he heard footsteps. He turned his head to see Ali walking back in with bags in her arms.

"Hey sleepyhead." She smiled up at him and pecked his lips. "You were sleep and I tried to wake you up for breakfast but you were tired so I left and picked us up some breakfast."

All that anger disappeared , leaving his face blank as he looked at the IHOP bags.

"Got your favorite." She said , handing him his to go plates and the cup of coffee.

"Thank you." He told her before putting the containers down and then wrapping his arms around her. "I thought you left me." He admitted quietly.

"I would never leave you." She said , wrapping her arms around him as well." Especially after how good last night was ? I couldn't do it if I tried."

Antonio's cheeks grew a small pink shade.

"I thought you only wanted to have sex with me and leave and then I thought if you would've went to Kelly Severide's-"

"No , none of that." She told him before looking at him. "I'm here to stay and I want to be with only you and I always will."

He leaned down and kissed her lips.

"I love you and I mean it."

"I love you too."

They kissed again and pulled away , smiling at each other before eating their breakfast. They went upstairs and showered after going at it again in the shower. She walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her head and wearing Antonio's big black bath robe that covered her completely. He had just finished changing the bed sheets when she walked in.

"I'm assuming it's really comfortable ?"

She nodded with an adorable smile on her face.

"Are you going to steal that too ?" He asked her as she climbed on the bed.

"Maybe."

He chuckled at her before going to the bathroom. She looked down at her phone to see she missed a text from Adam Ruzek.