Loves Protection

Chapter 10

After our training session, I went up to the penthouse to change into my swim trunks. I grab my black planet themed trunks, a matching towel. my ipod nano and speaker. Since the pool is indoors, I didn't see the reason to bring sunscreen.

Elijah explained that everyone who wants to use the pool must first set a reservation. So, I have the pool from right now, 6:35, until 7:15, which is a whole forty minutes.

The pool is empty and quiet, no one will be coming in until I leave. I have to give Jaxon credit, the way he runs things here is amazing. I set my things down on a chair and hook up the speaker.

I select a playlist and head in. The water is really warm and it feels nice against my skin. I set up the stopwatch option on the watch that Jaxon gave me and headed to the bottom of the pool. I do this every time I get into a pool, I test how long I can hold my breath.

My last record was a whole two minutes, which I am hoping to beat once more. The bottom wasn't that far down so, as soon as I sat down, I started the stopwatch.

From the water, I hear the soft melody of my playlists. Just as I run out of air, I head above water. I stop the watch and check how long I've been under water.

"Fuck yeah, a new record!"

I yell as I look at my watch, the time reading 4 minutes and 25 seconds. I increased by hold by 2 minutes and 25 seconds.

After enjoying that moment, I start my workout that consists of water arm lifts and lateral arm lifts, tricep dips and underwater flutter kicks, falling push ups and wall crawls.

First, I do a lap in the pool and then to the water arm lifts for thirty seconds. I do a lap in the pool before I start the next exercise and I do that for every exercise. So I do six laps, one for each exercise. That's just one circuit which I repeat however many times I can.

By the time my alarm rings on my watch, I have completed around five or more circuits of my workout. I took two or three breaks but I'm still out of breath. I get out of the pool and start to dry off. One I am semi dried, I head upstairs.

"Hey, how was the water?" Elijah asks.

He hands me a smoothie and I smile.

"It was awesome. The perfect place for my water workouts."

"Jaxon says he needs you upstairs, said there was something important he had to tell you."

I nod, "Thanks."

I head to the elevator and head to the penthouse. Jaxon was nowhere in sight so I headed up to my room and took a quick shower. I changed into a blue short sleeve shirt and black joggers. Once I exit my room and head back to the living room, Jaxon is sitting on the couch.

Once he sees me coming towards him, he asks me something.

"Have you checked your phone?"

I would have answered him but I couldn't. He was a bit out of breath, shirtless and sweating. My face must have been a bright red since he looked worried. As he walked closer to me, all I could hear was my heart beating in my ears.

My body began to move on its own. My arms slowly moved up to his face. Since he was taller than me, I had to stand on my toes as I pulled his face down to meet me halfway. Just like that, my lips met his.

It was a quick kiss before I pulled away. Before I could apologize to him, however, he pulled me back in and kissed me. His arms were on my waist and mine around his neck.

It felt like heaven. Time felt as if it stopped and all that mattered was us two. Nothing could ruin this moment, the moment I have been waiting for. Or so I thought.

"What the hell is this!?!?!" An angry voice yells.

My eyes widened as I pushed Jaxon away. I turned to see my father, whose face was anything but happy. He was a dark red, a small vein on his forehead was throbbing and his jaw was clenching.

"Dad, what are you doing here?" I ask.

"That doesn't matter anymore! What the hell were you doing?!"

"Sir, if I could explain-" Jaxon says but is cut off.

"You will not explain anything! How dare you convince my son that this is okay!!"

I yell, "It's not Jaxon's fault. I initiated the kiss because I like him!"

The look on my father's face is deadly. He raises his hand, wanting to hit me. I closed my eyes and waited for the impact. When it didn't happen, I opened my eyes. Jaxon had caught my father's hand mid-air.

"This is my property sir, I will call the cops if you don't leave," Jaxon says.

"The hell I will! As long as my son stays here in this kind of environment, I am not leaving!! I'll leave when he leaves!!!"

You could feel the venom dripping on his tongue as he spat his words at Jaxon. I figured it was now or never since he knows what's happening.

"I want you to leave, now. I am staying here and there's nothing you can do to change that. I am gay and happen to have feelings for Jaxon. You can either accept that or not be in my life at all!"

He scoffs, "Like my son is gay. You're just confused since you haven't had a girlfriend yet. Now, let's go!"

I shake my head, "I most certainly am not confused. You can't force me to leave just because you can't accept me for who I am! I don't want to involve the cops since you're my dad but if we have to, we will."

"Watch it boy, I'm still your guardian until you're eighteen. You can't stay here without permission."

"That's where you're wrong," Jaxon says, "Mrs. Matthews gave permission to have Luca living with me. I have the proper papers. Kindly do as your son says and leave. Now!"

Dad gives both me and Jaxon a look of disgust before heading back to the elevator and leaving the apartment.