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  "Thanks" she said giggling, I made the coffee and she followed me to the living room munching on the chocolate. "This is a nice place, you been here long?" she asked looking around at the unpacked boxes lining the walls.

  I shook my head "No I only moved in a week ago" I said sitting on the couch.

  She sat next to me and pulled her knee's up taking off her heels with a groan, "Ow my feet hurt, lucky I'm so wasted otherwise I wouldn't have been able to walk" she joked rubbing her feet in small circles. I smiled and put my arm under her knees pulling her legs onto my lap and rubbing her feet for her. She looked up watching me, "You haven't changed much" she said quietly after a couple of minutes.

  I smiled "I got taller" I said raising an eyebrow making her laugh.

  "Yeah you've grown, but your still the same old Ethan, rubbing my feet and making me smile" she said shaking her head a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth.

  Shit, is now a good time to talk to her? "Lia, what's going on with you and Ben? Has it got something to do with you not getting on with your parents anymore?" I asked watching her face fall before she plastered a fake smile on.

  "Nothing's going on with Ben, and I don't get on with my parents because I'm a teenager, I'm not supposed to get on with my parents" she said teasingly but I could see this topic was hurting her for some reason.

  "You can talk to me you know, I want to help you if there's a problem" I said honestly.

  She sighed and shook her head, "Just let it go, it's fine" she said sadly. She grabbed the remote for the TV and flicked it on flipping through channels until she found some music channel. "Hey this is the song I did my first exam to last year" she said happily stopping on some J Sean song.

  I frowned, "Lia, how the hell can you dance ballet to J Sean?" I asked confused.

  She laughed "I don't really dance ballet anymore, well I do I guess, it's ballet infused anyway" she said grinning. I gave her my best 'what the hell' face making her laugh.

  "Ballet infused with what?" I asked curiously, Lia had always danced ballet and wanted to choreograph the royal ballet, that was always her dream.

  "Ballet infused street I guess" she said shrugging, ok what the hell?

  "What the hell is that? Where did you learn to dance ballet mixed with street dancing?" I asked, who the hell would think of putting those two things together?

  "I kinda make it up as I go along, my instructors hate me, they don't know what to do with me, they just don't get it" she said shrugging like she couldn't care less.

  She made up this kind of dancing herself? "You make it up as you go along?" I asked, she looked at me and laughed.

  "Close your mouth Ethan you'll catch a fly" she said giggling as she put her finger under my chin and pushed up making a click as my teeth snapped together making her laugh harder. "Yes I make it up, I just feel the beat and do what comes natural I guess" she said when she finally caught her breath and stopped giggling.

  "So is this something I might get to see? I just can't picture it" I said honestly.

  She smiled "My next exam's in two weeks, you could come watch if you want" she suggested, I grinned wow that sounds like a date to me, but hey I could be stretching that a little far!

  "I'd love to, do I need to get tickets or something?" I asked.

  She waved her hand "Nah, Johnny will go anyway so you'll have to go if he's there right?" she said shrugging.

  Ok weird did they not just break up? "I thought you and Johnny just broke up, what do you mean he'll go?" I asked confused as hell.

  She laughed "Johnny always does this, throws a little fit every now and again, he gets jealous, he'll get over it" she said shrugging and turning her nose up unconcerned.

  "So you're not bothered by the fact you just told him to go find someone else and he went straight over to a table of girls?" I asked looking at her like she'd gone crazy, maybe she really has lost her mind.

  She laughed "He won't cheat on me" she said shaking her head looking amused about it.

  "And how do you know that?" I asked sarcastically, he sure as hell looked like he wanted to cheat to me.

  "Because my cell phone hasn't stopped ringing since I walked out of the club" she said as she pulled out her phone that was indeed buzzing with his number flashing on the screen. She chuckled darkly,

  "He likes to be in charge, sometimes he needs reminding he loves me too" she said rejecting the call and putting her phone on the table where it immediately started buzzing again.

  I stared at her, wow ok he really is crazy about her. We chatted about dancing and my old body guarding assignments for about half an hour with the phone buzzing the whole time. Finally she picked it up off of the table. "Think he's sweated enough?" she asked grinning, I laughed and nodded, the guy's probably going crazy not being able to get hold of her.

  "Yes Johnny?" she answered sweetly as she rolled her eyes, I continued to rub her feet just enjoying being able to touch her. "No I'm not coming over tonight, I'm at a hotel" she lied making me smile,

  "No I'm not telling you which one, make the most of your night, grab some hookers or something" she said shrugging, I don't know what his answer was but it made her smile.

  "Well you were the one that suggested you'd like someone else to touch you baby, not me" she said smoothly, wow this dude was in trouble because I don't actually think she would be bothered if he did let someone else touch him. "No I'm on my own" she lied looking at me apologetically, "I don't give a shit if you trust me or not, that's your problem, I'm telling you I'm on my own and that should be good enough" she said annoyed. "Johnny I'm tired, I'll speak to you tomorrow, go have some fun like you threatened, honestly be my guest, but you know I won't take you back" she said casually as if she was talking about the weather.

  "No, I'm not coming over, I'm sleeping in a hotel tonight, if your horny then you can have a party for one" she said laughing and rolling her eyes at whatever he said. "I'm sure there's a lot of photo's around if that's what floats your boat baby" she said grinning, she laughed at something he said,

  "Whatever pervert, look I'm tired, I'll see you tomorrow ok, oh baby, did Ben stay or go home?" she asked frowning. "Right, well make sure he doesn't throw up then ok" she said frowning again,

  "Yeah love you too" she said as she snapped her phone shut.

  It immediately started ringing again, she opened it and sighed "What now baby?" she asked sounding bored, "No! I'm not coming over, seriously, I'm just about to turn my phone off so I'll see you tomorrow" she said as she snapped her phone shut and turned it off, throwing it onto the armchair across the room. "Wow needy" she said rolling her eyes, I burst out laughing, she was just so casual about it and confident. I really think she's just using him for something, putting up with his shit for some reason, but it's not for his money, she couldn't care less about that I could tell.

  "So he's not going to take some hooker home then?" I asked a little hopeful, maybe if he really screwed up I'd have a chance.

  She laughed "No, he went straight home thinking I would go back to his, now he's sitting there waiting for me to go back to him" she said shaking her head giggling.

  "He's got it bad huh? Not that I blame him" I said, shit why the hell did I say that? So stupid Ethan!

  "He loves me, he just forgets every now and again" she said sadly, "The next couple of weeks he'll be great, he's always been the same" she said shrugging.

  "So how long have you two been together?" I asked curiously.

  She smiled "Four years" she said laughing at my shocked face, "Catching flies again?" she asked shaking her head.

  "Four years?" I asked shocked as hell.

  She nodded "Yep, I was fifteen almost sixteen, he was twenty one" she said, I looked even more shocked, he was almost six years older than her?

  "Ok wow that's an age gap" I said trying to hide my jealousy that this guy has been with her longer than I was with her.

  "Yeah I guess, he's not a very mature twenty five though" she said shaking he
r head amused.

  I grinned "No I guess not, so how did you two meet then?" I asked.

  She frowned looking a little uncomfortable, "I snuck into a bar where his band were playing, I told him I was eighteen" she said laughing.

  "Right ok, how long before you told him you were fifteen?" I asked, what on earth type of twenty one year old would even look at a fifteen year old? That's like me dating a fifteen year old! Gross!

  Not to mention illegal!

  "Two weeks" she said casually.

  "Two weeks? And he still went out with you when he found out?" I asked shocked, God I thought she was gonna say months then that way he would already be in love with her and not care about her age, but then again this is Lia were talking about, she could make a guy fall head over heel's in love with her in less than a minute.

  "Obviously" she said yawning.

  I smiled and pushed her legs off of my lap standing up and holding a hand out to help her up. "I'll show you the bedroom, get a t-shirt or something for you to sleep in ok" I said dragging her towards my bedroom. She sat down on the bed and shrugged out of her jacket and watched me routing around for a clean t-shirt but I couldn't find one. "Err, I can't find you a t-shirt, I took a load of stuff to the launderette" I said rummaging through my drawers, she put her hands on my waist making me jump, shit I thought she was still on the bed.

  "I'll have this one" she said gripping hold of the bottom of my button down shirt and pulling it over my head. I watched her slowly raking her eyes over my body with a small smile on her face, she bit her lip and closed her eyes turning away from me quickly. I smiled, was she lusting after me? I knew I had a good body, not being conceited or anything but I worked hard for it, I kept myself very fit even though I wasn't in the navy seals anymore, I enjoyed exercise.

  "Right ok well, I guess I'll let you get some sleep then" I said grabbing a pillow and the throw from the bottom of the bed, "Night Lia" I said as I left the room, "Night Ethan, and thanks" she said gratefully. I smiled and went to make up a bed on the couch. I laid down and couldn't keep the smile off my face. She was talking to me again and sleeping in my apartment which was a huge step in the right direction. I drifted off into a contented sleep happier than I had been in years.

  Aaliyah

  He closed the door and I flopped down onto the bed, Damn he was hot! His body was totally amazing, how I managed to suppress my lustful moan I don't know. My whole body was vibrating with need, I needed him to kiss me and touch me, I needed to run my tongue down his well defined abs. I sighed and threw my arm over my eyes, crap what the hell am I gonna do now? I've started to talk to him again and he's just as easy to be around as he used to be.

  I sat up and stripped out of my clothes folding them up as I needed to wear them again tomorrow. I kept my underwear on and pulled on his white button down shirt over my head. It smelled like Ethan and I inhaled it deeply, wow that was a bit stalkerish Ali!

  I grinned and climbed into his bed, surrounded by his gorgeous smell. I closed my eyes and tried to stop thinking about his awesome body but I just couldn't. I could tell he would have a nice body from his fitted t-shirts but I wasn't expecting that. I rolled over and buried my face in his pillows trying to force myself to go to sleep but all I could think about was when he used to stay at our house and sneak into my bedroom and sleep in my bed with me. How he used to hold me all night and kiss the top of my head and tell me he loved me when he thought I was asleep.

  I laid there for a full hour fighting with myself, could I go out there and lay with him? Could I do that to Johnny? But I mean I wouldn't really be doing anything, I could just cuddle with him, it was always innocent. Screw it, I wanted to lay with him. I threw the cover off and crept out of the bedroom going to the lounge. He was sound asleep and looked so peaceful and angelic, he was so handsome.

  I knelt down by the side of the sofa and listened to his steady breathing. Go back to bed Ali! I told myself sternly, instead I reached out and touched his hand, I could feel the heat and tingles spreading through my fingertips and that made up my mind.

  "Ethan" I whispered, his eyes snapped open looking at me shocked for a couple of seconds like he forgot I was here.

  "Oh hey, you ok? What time is it?" he asked rubbing a hand through his hair obviously thinking it was morning.

  I smiled "It's not even four, I was wondering if I could sleep with you, I had a nightmare" I lied. He looked at me shocked for a second before he nodded looking slightly uncomfortable. "I don't have to, it's fine, don't worry" I said blushing, damn it he didn't want me to!

  I stood up quickly and went to walk off but he grabbed my hand. "Lia, it's fine, I'd like that" he said pulling me back to him gently as he lifted the cover for me to get in with him, giving me another view of his incredible body.

  I climbed on the sofa with him avoiding looking at his face as I couldn't stop blushing. I pressed my body to his laying my head on his chest, I moved my leg and put it in-between his. He wrapped his arms around me tightly and I closed my eyes listening to his heart beating wildly in his chest. Oh God this was so comfortable. I tried not to think about how his body still fitted mine perfectly like he was made to hold me like this. I smiled as I breathed in lungful of his delicious smell, he bent his head and kissed the top of my head gently.

  "Good night Lia, sweet dreams" he murmured, definitely will be sweet laying here with him. I fell asleep in his arms, feeling something I haven't felt since he left me six years ago. Safe.

  I woke in the morning practically laying on top of him, I was laying across his chest feeling his chest rise and fall under my cheek. He was trailing his fingertips up and down my back sending ripples of desire through me. I sighed happily and snuggled closer to him not wanting to open my eyes and end this perfect sleep.

  "Lia, are you awake?" he whispered, I moved my head back putting my chin on his chest so I could look at him. God he looked so handsome this morning. His hair was so messy it looked sexy as hell.

  "Hey" I said blushing that I couldn't stop thinking about him. "Hey, you sleep ok?" he asked pushing my hair behind my ears his fingers lingering on my cheeks.

  I smiled "Yeah in the end, sorry I had to sleep with you" I said blushing again, wow stop blushing.

  He grinned "It brought back memories" he said tightening his arm around me.

  "Yeah it did" I said honestly.

  "Except I used to wake you with a kiss" he said looking deep into my eyes making my heart race.

  I drew in a shaky breath "Yeah, that was a long time ago" I said quietly.

  "Yeah I know, feels like just yesterday though when I hold you like this" he said wistfully.

  I pushed myself up to sitting and yawned, it was light in here, he hadn't bothered to shut the curtains and the whole room was filled with sunlight. "Want me to make you some breakfast as a thank you for letting me stay?" I asked smiling trying to change the subject.

  He laughed "I'm not sure that there's anything to eat in here" he said watching me as I climbed out of the makeshift bed and went into his kitchen.

  He was right there was nothing in to eat at all, not even a box of cereal. "Ok, how about I buy you breakfast as a thank you instead?" I asked turning round and looking at him standing in the kitchen doorway watching me with an amused smile on his face. He had his arms crossed over his perfect chest, his black boxers clung to his hips making him look so sexy my mouth started to water.

  "Sure, but I'll buy" he said as he headed to the bedroom, "I'll just grab some clean stuff from here and then you can have the room and the en-suite" he called from the bedroom.

  I had a quick shower being careful not to wet my hair and got changed into my stuff from last night, I didn't put the shoes back on yet, I'd wait until the last second before putting those painful things back on. I used his comb and attacked the knots in my hair until it vaguely looked presentable then went back out to the lounge where he was sitting waiting for me.

  "Ready" I said as I grabbed my shoes from the fl
oor.

  "You gonna put those on?" he asked waiting for me.

  I shook my head "No way, my feet still hurt from these stupid things, I don't care how good they make my legs look, I'm never wearing these again" I said grimacing.

  He laughed "They did make your legs look pretty hot, but to be honest they look better right now, as long as your comfortable" he said looking my legs over slowly.

  "Come on, stop perving on my legs! Let's go eat" I said laughing, he chuckled and followed me out, he smiled at me and I couldn't help but smile back.

  We made our way to this little café and as I was about to put my shoes on so I could get out of the car and cross the street, he grabbed them and threw them in the backseat of his car. "Hey! I need my shoes, I'm not crossing the street bare foot" I said turning my nose up thinking off all the disgusting things that could be on floor. He laughed and climbed out jogging round to my side and opening my door. He bent down and scooped me out of the car throwing me over his shoulder. I screamed and giggled, "What the hell are you doing? Put me down Ethan" I whined giggling.

  He locked the car and crossed the street with me slapping his back wriggling and laughing like a little school girl. Once we were inside the café I stopped making noise as I could see people watching us, I blushed and he pulled me back into his arms plopping me into a chair. I could feel people staring and whispering about us, I blushed like crazy and hid behind my menu glaring at Ethan who was laughing his ass off.

  "It's not funny, people are staring" I said sternly giving him a warning glare, God I was so embarrassed my ears were burning.

  "Oh God Lia, stop the face I can't take it!" he choked out laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes. I started laughing too, he looked so cute laughing.

  The waitress came over "Hi, you ready to order?" she asked ignoring me completely and totally eye shagging Ethan.

  He grinned at me, "You know what you want Lia?" he asked not even looking at her.,