'It's always nice to count on someone.' ~ Thunder.
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Third-Person POV:
The room Lyla was in was rather spacious though she didn't want to touch anything scared she'll break something and get reprimanded. Lyla remembers being here but she was so out of her mind the memories were fuzzy. Being so traumatized from her past experiences she definitely didn't want to relive any of it. Once downstairs her eyes failed to locate Luca anywhere so she decided to stay standing until he came back. Not wanting to touch or sit on anything if she wasn't allowed to consumed her thoughts. Better to be safe than sorry she thought as she waited for him.
"Why are you just standing there?" Luca asked as he looked up from his phone and saw her just standing there staring at her feet.
"I didn't want to sit on anything since I didn't know if you were okay with it." She said quietly though she felt foolish when he just stared at her as if in bewilderment.
"You can sit anywhere I don't have an issue with that." He watched her nod as she made her way shyly to the couch. His eyes watched as she contemplated on if to sit down or not but she inevitably did.
"Are you hungry?" Luca questioned making her glance his way. She shook her head 'no' but her stomach betrayed her by grumbling. He couldn't help but smile when he saw how embarrassed she looked.
"What do you want?"
"It's fine really, I'm good with just water." He shook his head before taking out some ingredients to cook something for the both of them.
Since it was slightly late he chose to just make pasta being it was quick an easy. As he cooked the aroma reached the living room making Lyla even hungrier by the second. After a bit after he came to her with two plates of pasta with a piece of toasted garlic bread on each plate. She couldn't help but lick her lips at how delicious it looked.
"Careful it's hot." She nodded and carefully took the plate from him as she sat on the ground. He watched her in pure confusion once again but instead of pointing it out he decided to sit on the floor with her. She smiled knowing he noticed her odd behavior but chose to ignore it. Their plates were on the glass coffee table and just as she started to eat he asked her if she wanted to watch something in particularly. She quickly shook her head 'no' knowing the last time she was asked that she got smacked around for saying a cartoon she once liked. All the good memories she made during those months at the school were gone and all she could think about was what she went through throughout those years.
"I don't bite Lyla, you don't have to be so cautious around me. Is there something you want to watch?" He asked once again to which Lyla confirmed she wanted to watch a Disney movie. She never did get to watch them and would hear everyone raging about them.
"That makes no sense." She said as she watched the screen in confusion.
"They're not really movies to get, that's why kids watch them." He shrugged and she glanced at him before returning to the screen. They were long done with dinner and were now eating ice cream each wrapped in an individual blanket watching tv.
"Out of everyone in the whole town she's the only one who can fit the slipper? How does that make sense? And if it was a perfect fit then why'd it slip out?" He laughed slightly at her questioning the poor movie.
"What?" She looked at him confused not getting what was funny.
"Nothing, you do have something near your lip."
"Where?" She asked as she licked her lips glancing down at them. He chuckled as he grabbed her chin and wiped the corner of her lips. She froze and enjoyed how warm his touch was. His hand stayed near her lips and cupping her chin as they looked into each others eyes in silence as the credits rolled. He pulled back and cleared his throat bringing them back to reality.
"Can we watch another one?" She asked glancing back at the tv.
"Sure."
"Not Disney though, they make no fucking sense. Do you know any good action movies?" Luca put an action movie on where a girl gets kidnapped and when they search for her hints of her being dead kept popping up. It was a rollercoaster making her an emotional mess as he watched her in admiration. His mind knew it was wrong to look at her in such light but he let himself enjoy it, at least for the night.
"Oh my god!" Lyla brought her hands up blocking the screen from the graphics popping up. They were pulling the mans fingernails out one by one and slowly showing the blood and nail coming out.
"Is it over?" He looked at the screen and nodded. When Lyla glanced back and screamed when someone with their guts hanging out popped up.
"Not funny!" She said childishly as she slapped his arm. The ice cream fell onto his pants and she started to panic.
"Shit! I'm so sorry! Let me h—"
"Stop." Calmly he spoke. Stopping she noticed her hand was rubbing a napkin on his private area. Quickly retrieving the hand her eyes stared his way in horror.
"I'm so so sorry." She said lowly feeling bad for ruining the moment.
"I'm going to go get cleaned off." She nodded and he disappeared upstairs.
"Why are you here?" She heard a familiar female voice ask from behind her. Quickly turning around she saw the gorgeous woman named Sasha with a brown hair that looked like in the comerciales with the bouncy soft curls and glow. Taking in her beauty she totally forgot Sasha asked her something. Honestly she never took the time to take in Sasha's beauty. Lyla wondered why Luca didn't like her.
"Helloo? Where's Luca?" Sasha asked impatiently.
"He's upstairs." Lyla said realizing she was staring for too long. Sasha took her coat off but stayed in her expensive red bottoms that Lyla couldn't help but envy. Sasha looked so classy and sophisticated with unmarked skin and her expensive clothing and jewelry. They turned their heads to the stairs when they heard him coming down.
"Luc!" Sasha squealed as she ran towards him her heels sounding against the floor. Luca clenched his jaw seeing she still had her shoes on inside his house.
"Why do you have your shoes on?" She stammered at his question but quickly took them off.
After coversating for a bit she finally brought her attention back to Lyla.
"Why's she here?"
"She wasn't feeling well."
"Are you out of your mind? What if she robs you?! Or worst yet..kills you?! Do you even know what she's there for? Not to mention how inappropriate this is! You can lose your job!" He rolled his eyes at her rambling.
"We're not doing anything, and she won't rob me neither that's just preposterous." He crossed his arms and she eyed him.
"Is it?" Sasha asked raising a brow.
"It's really late, you should get going." A scoff left her lips before crossing her arms.
"Can I stay the night as well? It's starting to pour." She pouted but he won't budge.
"If it was cloudy why would you come in the first place? Plus you live a few houses down." Luca spoke boredly.
"I'll be back in the morning then." She said simply.
"I have to work so I'll be gone rather early."
"Dinner then?"
"We can talk tomorrow." He dismissed her and followed her out trying to figure out what the hell she was doing in his house at such a late hour along with how she even got in.
"Did you let her in?" He asked once back in the living room.
"No she practically popped up like the fairy god mother." Lyla rolled her eyes and he smiled shaking his head. After the movie they called it a night and were now each laying in their own individual beds fast asleep.
It was about 2:25 am and even though she was in the most comfortable bed she couldn't stop her nightmares from making an appearance. Lyla was tossing and turning as she talked in her sleep.
"Stop!" Her strong demanding voice shouted as she swatted away whatever was haunting her. Lyla started crying and shouting pleadingly in her sleep waking Luca up. He rushed to her room thinking someone broke in but noticed she was having a nightmare.
He quickly rushed to her side and shook her slightly. Lyla abruptly shot up out of her sleep and sat up pulling herself close to the headboard panting and freaking out.
"It's me calm down." He said calmly as she frantically looked around.
Thankfully she had fallen asleep with the lamp dimly on so the room wasn't too dark. One of her hands went to her cheek and she felt it was wet from tears. Not knowing what came over her she quickly threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly as she started to cry and sob into his shoulder. Without hesitation his arms hugged her back tightly though knowing he shouldn't. She unknowingly climbed onto his laps straddling him as she cried her heart out. He tried comforting her but someone was getting a little too excited at their current position despite the urgent situation at hand.
"Stay with me." Softly and brokenly she voiced as she pulled back noticing he was trying to leave.
"Uh.."
"You're right we shouldn't, I'm sorry." She wiped her face and crawled back onto the bed. His eyes followed her but he quickly removed his gave from her when he realized he was looking at her rare and he was getting turned on.
"You can sleep in my bed, I just need to use the bathroom." She nodded and quietly followed him back to his room. Once in his bed her eyes watched as Luca made his way to the bathroom walking rather uncomfortably.
"You okay Mr.Grey?"
"I'm fine, go to sleep." She decided to not push further and got comfortable.
After calming himself down Luca got into bed and laid down on his back with a hand tucked behind his head where he drifted off to sleep. His alarm went off early morning making him sigh reaching for it still half asleep. Staying still for a moment the hand that turned the alarm off then started to rub his eyes to wake himself up. Luca froze when he noticed they were cuddling throughout the night.
Lyla had her leg thrown over one of his along with an arm draped over his torso as her head laid on his muscled upper arm. He took in her relaxed face and watched as she slept peacefully. Without realization Luca stared at her for a little longer than he intended to.
Luca even found himself gently removing some of her hair from her face with his index finger and caressing her cheek. He froze when she slightly moved burying her face deeper into his body. His lips formed into a smile when he saw one form on hers. Once he had slipped out of bed careful not to wake up he made breakfast and got ready for work. Before leaving he left her a note and headed off to work.
His mind never did stop wondering what could have happened during that short call to freak her out so much.
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Xoxo,
~Thunder~
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