Freya

10_Knight In Shining Armour?

The ride to the defense academy is filled with complete silence and I'm grateful for that.  Olivia is at the back of my mind and a part of me is certain that she doesn't like me at all, not that it matters but I don't need any drama for as long as I'm here. The plan is to lay low and Olivia has a negative feel around her and I'd rather stay away.

"Freya.... what's on your mind? You got that faraway look and I called you four times. You look worried..." Pulled out of my thoughts, I turn to look at Chema who has my door open. I get out of the car and what I imagined the academy to be is so far from the real building. Instead of the old secret warehouse I had in mind, I'm looking at an upscale building that would be most suitable for the rich and famous...." Are you sure this is the place?" I ask Chema uncertain.

"You were expecting a dusty warehouse weren't you? This is the place... only the best in this city" Chema says with a proud smile on his face. " Have you been here before?" I ask him. " Yes and I trained here too but it looked nothing like this before" he says, his voice strained. " Come on let's go. Since it's your first day here, you're getting a tour and free food and maybe you can tell me about how first day of school was" he smiles at me, wrapping his arm around my shoulders and walking us inside.

We pass by different classes: Muay Thai, boxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu,karate, Krav Maga just to name a few. Chema tells me that the shooting range has its own floor in the building but I'll only get to see it another time. I tell him about my day at school, the letters from the boys, Olivia's behaviour towards me and Maeve.

"Don't worry so much Freya, we're here to protect you. Just tell us if she's bothering you at all and it's good that you're staying away from her. Just be careful and remember if anything is out of the ordinary you should tell us immediately. We need to see this Maeve Mendez, find out what her story is before you get any closer" Chema says, giving me a side hug.

"Yes.... whatever happens I'll let you know and I'll try to be careful but I don't think Maeve could have any horrible intentions other than her trying to befriend me" I try to assure him. The thought that Maeve might be....no...she wouldn't and as much as I want to believe that she's not a part of anything that that could kill me, I know one can never be too sure. And that saddens me even more.

Will it always be like this with everyone I meet? Every potential friendship being tested to see if it's safe enough for me to be in? Everyone will always be a suspect and that doesn't sit well with me. " One can never be too safe Freya... we're trying to make things feel normal for you but that doesn't mean we should forget protocol. After she's cleared, you can have her around as much as you want." He's right and I know I have to trust everything they say and do but it's hard to accept.

" I'd like to use the bathroom please" the look on his face shows that he knows I'm upset. " Turn the corner and follow the stairs, pass by the gym and go through the sliding doors you will find the bathrooms. I follow Chema's directions but when I get to the sliding doors, I don't know which of the doors lead to the bathroom so I open the first one only to step into a damn locker room. Well I'll thank him for that, he should have been more specific.

Looking around it's so clean, perhaps too clean. I can only imagine the type of people that come here. Everything is so clean, the floor is so spotless it looks as though it's sparkling...this place is far from what I imagined. I accidentally catch my reflection in the mirror and my hair is all over the place, unlike Olivia's.....why am I even thinking about her.

I run my fingers through my and I wash my hands. For a moment I thought I heard something no...it's just been a long day. Convinced I bump into someone and  I almost fall backwards but two hands immediately reach out to steady me...wow they are so soft. What the...snap out of it.

My heart is beating so fast when I look up to see my knight who is also the reason for my almost fall. I'm now at loss for words as I stare into his dark yet intense eyes, long lashes and sexy eyebrows....yes I've completely lost it...his hair is a beautiful mess on top of his head, almost covering his eyes even when he pushes it back, his muscles flexing... someone just bury me already.

I can feel the heat spreading all over my face with the way he's staring at me. Look way you idiot but looking down is even worse because I come to realise that he only has a towel wrapped around his waist and my hands are shamelessly splayed around his abs...I just go completely red. I quickly remove my hands and step away from him, his hands dropping from my waist.

In the name of all that is precious why do I still feel his hands around me? I need to get out of here.
"I...uhm...this...I'm sorry about all this" I quickly say. Why am I apologizing exactly? " Do you need help?" he asks in a deep, panty dropping voice. My brain is going off today. (How about you put a shirt on?)

I shake my thoughts away, what is wrong with me? " Yes....no. I'll just call someone who can come and get me" Just as I reach for my phone, it switches itself of....great. " No...no...no" I try to switch it on while Mr perfect is laughing at me." Is it really funny to laugh at someone in need of the bathroom?"
" Well that wasn't so hard was it?" and I just gape at him. " Just turn left from here" he then raises an eyebrow at me.
" What?" I ask him now just annoyed.

" A thank you will be highly appreciated", " Thank you" and I walk out with him asking for my name. Oh well.