Love against law

Chapter 3: Sleeping can be difficult:

We drove the rest of the way to my parents’ house, like we almost always did, talking about this and that. I felt home, it felt like the ‘old days’ when nothing about me and Sonea was complicated. I slowly stopped the car and killed the engine. We stepped out, Sonea was far more like herself, and she had lost her extra energy and was back to her old self, the one she was before Anna got her hy-per. We stepped inside and dropped our bags on the floor. I motioned for Sonea to follow me down the hall, and down to one of the downstairs bathroom and toilets, I flicked the lights on, and led her inside it. She looked around wide eyed; I wished she would stop doing that.
“Here you can get dressed in this bathroom, I’ll go upstairs” I said walking back down the hall, and taking my bag I moved up the grand staircase. I almost ran to my room and got changed into my black swimming shorts; I grabbed some towels, and thundered down the stairs.
Sonea stood changed and with a towel around her at the bottom of the stairs. I was a little taken aback, and stopped in my tracks on the middle of the staircase. She blushed and I guess I did so too, she adjusted her towel, and looked at me with her blue and green eyes. I slowly stepped the rest of the way down, she waited for me not moving, the towel slipped a little of her shoulder showing a black bikini strap, the towel slipped a little more on her soft and probably very smooth skin. I can’t say I didn’t look, because I did, but I felt guilty and disgusting, I blushed and looked down.
Sonea on the other hand hadn’t taken her eyes of me, I knew that and I kinda liked that, I felt her look me over, even though she had seen me before, she almost looked at me with new eyes. Her eyes met mine, the green sparkling and mixing with the blue, I felt the urge to move closer, to really look into her eyes.
Her blonde hair hanging not perfect like a model’s, but more like a girl who actually had done other things than just stand at the mirror, it was just perfect. Her cheeks burning red, the were probably hot to touch, I once again got the urge to move closer, her fair skin a little pale but not in an unhealthy way, she was just pale by nature, and I loved it. I had been standing there for a long time, but I couldn’t take my eyes of her, Sonea smiled a little, just making her lips tilt a little upwards, blinking her eyes two times quickly, she then shivered, and I was thrown back to reality.
“You cold?” I quickly asked.
“A little” she mumbled and looked down.
“Let’s get to the pool” I said leading the way, through the tea room, and to the double glass doors.

Sonea’s POV:

I felt a little guilty, I felt dirty and not in a good way. I followed Alex through the double doors, and outside. I was taken aback; I didn’t know it was this cold. A strong wind grabbed my long towel, it caught my hair, and toyed with it, a stronger wind hit and I lost my towel in the wind. It flex out onto the grand lawn, right past Alex head, he turned around to find my shivering. He quickly ran onto the down the many stone steps and onto the lawn, when he was almost close enough to get the towel the wind caught it.
I decided that I better go help him, and I walked onto the cool grass, felt it against my feet, it felt like summer. Alex had caught my towel, dare I say it was a pink one with all of the Disney princesses, Anna had packed it for me. Alex slipped it over my shoulders from behind me, just by instinct I backed up against him to feel his warmth, I let my head drop backwards. I saved this in my memory, so that I would never forget it.
Suddenly some creaking and beeping sounds made my head snap back to earth. I could only just see the small sprinkler heads in the half dark, before the suddenly turned on, splashing ice cold water all over the lawn.
I screamed in surprise and once again dropped my towel, it was already soaking, and behind me Alex shivered and let out a yelp in surprise. My hair clung to my face; I shivered again, and send the mo-tion from me to Alex.
I suddenly just dropped all sense of thought and ran out and jumped over and through the beams the sprinklers send, I couldn’t help it, it’s in my nature. I stopped feeling a sneeze coming on, and soon after it came, three in a row that means someone’s thinking of you. A cold wet hand on my shoulder made me jump, I spun around to find Alex soaking but smiling at me.
“Should we go to the pool before you catch a cold?” he laughed a little, Alex’s teeth might just be white enough to light up the dark, that combined with his smile and I would never ever need a flash-light.
“Yeah” I said, and let him lead the way, but at the stairs he let me go first and put a hand on waist for support on the slippery wet stone steps, I didn’t mind the least. The lights in the pool told us where to go, it was truly beautiful in the dark, to watch the pale blue water lay quietly. I stood at the edge, getting ready to jump. A hand on my back, another one surrounded my legs, in a matter of seconds I was hurled off the ground, and gasping for air. I knew it was Alex, and instead of looking up to find him smiling, I laid an arm around him. No words necessary, I knew what was going to happen.
Alex was right the water was warm, after being soaked in ice cold water; this water was burning against my skin. When we broke the surface I just wanted to go down again. Shortly after we started splashing around, I guess you never get too old for this; we ended up playing water volley, when Alex grew really serious.
“Sonea have you got any idea how long we’ve been here?” he asked. I quickly caught on.
“Oh shit” I splashed towards the edge, I heard a shudder behind me, which meant Alex, was up and the air would be freezing. I mentally prepared for the cold, when it hit it was far worse than I thought it would have been.
Alex quickly grabbed some towels, and swung the door open, I ran to the bathroom I had used earli-er. The first thing that came to my mind was my phone; I found my old clothes, found my phone and saw a text message.

Hey Sonea,
I know how forgetful you are, so you probably forgot all about the time, so I covered your back. My mom called your mom telling her that you’re sleeping here tonight; you can sleep here if you want to, but you can also see this as an opportunity to spend more time with Alex.
Love Anna.

It was late really late, but I texted thanks anyway. Not long after I got text with you’re welcome. I took a shower, I got to smell the many kinds of shampoo they had in the Truman mansion, and got to rummage around in their drawers, I know bad habit. When I was done I went out to the foot of the staircase, soon after Alex came hurrying down.
“So what do we do?” he asked out of breath.
“Well we’ve got two choices 1 I can sleep at Anna’s or 2 I can sleep…you know” I blushed and looked down.
“Oh well um…so what…eh do you want to?” Alex stumbled on the words; he blushed and looked quickly down, then up again.
“I uh I guess I would like to…” I failed once again at speaking. On one hand I would like to stay, but on the other, maybe that was moving too fast. I couldn’t help but think staying as a bad idea.
Alex stood silently in his dark blue jeans and a black button up shirt, it was first at this time I noticed that, I had only seen Alex wear that shirt a few times, I didn’t know why he looked good in it, still it didn’t seem like Alex’s normal dressing style. No Alex was more relaxed; he usually wore hoodies and such things like t-shirts, but this suited him just as well.
“I guess I would like to sleep with you” I finished; I was impressed I had been able to finish a sen-tence, but then I thought about what I had just said, and realized that I had failed again.
Alex had caught on too, both our faces burned red, most mine I think, Jesus why couldn’t I just act normally?
“It- It wasn’t meant like… you know what I mean, I didn’-” I tried to break the silence.
Alex just pretended nothing had happened; I was glad that he was such a good actor.
“Nice shirt by the way” I couldn’t resist that little comment, Alex just smiled and indicated a thanks and right-back-at-ya.

“Well we should go before it gets too late” he said finding some keys in his pocket, I nodded found my bags and within five minutes it was all forgotten, and we drove to Alex’s apartment. My eyes were heavy and I realized how tired I was, we had also been swimming for an hour and a half.
“Sonea wake up, we’re here” Alex shook my shoulder. I slowly opened my eyes.
“’m sorry I fell asleep” I mumbled trying to find the door, it wasn’t there, I looked closer and found the door open and Alex sticking his head inside.
“Here let me help you” he said undoing my seatbelt, and helping me out into the cold night air.
“Thanks” I mumbled. Alex locked the car, and we walked to the elevator.
I got immediate flashbacks from the night so many days, weeks and even months ago.
“Alex where do you think Mick is right now?” I asked in a small voice.
“I don’t know, he’s probably not in this city, maybe they caught him in another city and he’s in a home or something” Alex suggested, even if it was a guess I felt more comfortable. The beeping sound from the elevator warned us that we were on the decided floor, and soon after the doors slid open. Once again Alex found his keys, and opened the door. We went inside; I immediately found the couch and sat down. Alex looked at me.
“Do you want some food?” he asked already in the kitchen.
Why did he have to say that? My stomach turned and growled.
“Yeah that’d be nice” I leaned my head against the couch’s back, and forgot all about Mick all about Alex in the kitchen, all about my parents at home, everything it just slipped away. Someone sat down on the couch; I smelled the wonderful smell of noodles and opened my eyes.
“Hey sleepyhead you want some noodles?” Ale asked from the other end of the couch.
“Yes please” I said and crawled all the way over to him, and sat up properly. I received a bowl from the small coffee table, and started on my noodles, they were hot and delicious, I think they were with chicken taste, how did Alex know I liked them the best?
When I had finished we decided it was bed time, and I borrowed the shirt and the pajama pants from last time, there we’re no questions asked, it had happened before, Alex was on the couch and I was in the bed. I prepared to go to bed in the bathroom, when I realized I had no toothbrush.
“Alex I haven’t got a toothbrush, what should I do?!” I called through the half open bathroom door.
“I don’t know, use mine or something!” he called from the living room, he was making the couch ready.
“Seriously?!”
“Yeah knock yourself out!”
“Thanks!” it felt a little weird at first, but then I forgot all about it, he entered the bathroom, of course without a shirt on, I got the feeling that he liked walking around without it on at home, which didn’t bother me at all. He was build very nicely, besides it wasn’t the first time today, I’d seen him without a shirt on.
“Can I use it?” he asked seeing that I was washing it after having used it.
“Of course, here” I handed him the toothbrush, and watched him brush his teeth, he makes the fun-niest faces while doing that, I couldn’t help but laugh sometimes.
That made him laugh and cough sometimes.
I mounted the bed, and played cat for a few seconds, purring and stretching my cat legs. Alex walked in and found me purring and laughed a little shaking his head. I blushed wildly, and sat down normally.
“Goodnight” Alex said from the door, he turned around and walked into the living room to get his sleep, somehow I felt, I don’t know… disappointed?
“Alex…” I called after him; he poked his head through the door again.
“You know you don’t have to sleep on the couch, it’s just… I don’t know. It’s the second time I steal you bed”
“it doesn’t matter Sonea, I’m used to it, I sleep there all the time” Alex didn’t get my hints at first, then after a little thinking pause, he got it. “Sonea we’ve talked about this, we can’t have this kind of contact, and I mean it’s just, you know complicated” he moved all the way inside, and leaned against the wall.
“Do you want to sleep here?” I asked, no, I whispered it.
“Y- I don’t know… no”
“I think you do know, but you’re scared of the consequences. Nobody’s here besides me, you know...”
“I know that, bu-”
“No Alex, no but. Just answer; would you like to sleep here, tonight, in your own bed?” I pressed. I knew I stressed him, I knew I would be breaking some of his barriers.
“But if anyone knew-”
“Who is gonna know? There’s no one here, and besides Casper has already seen us sleeping in the same hospital bed”
“Yeah that was a mistake, that wasn’t supposed to happen, and especially at a place like that, it could have gone horribly wrong”
“But it didn’t, that must mean something, I mean there have been plenty of times, where we could have been seen of ‘discovered’, but no one knows besides us, your parents, Casper, Anna and her mom. They are all people we trust, no one of the wrong people knows, and I think we can keep it that way, just think about it, we’re here, I can’t see no camera’s or any police guys or anything, there’s no one here, and it’s not like I’m gonna bite you or anything” I knew that little speech would probably work, but I still doubted it a little.

Alex sighed and took in the last of the words still hanging in the air, then stretched and moved away from the wall. “Damn you can be convincing” he walked over and crawled onto the bed, I felt a self satisfied smile creeping onto my face; I had gotten it as I wanted it. “You always get it your way, you know that right?” Alex smiled. I couldn’t help but smile widely, I giggled a little, but I hoped that Alex didn’t hear it, then again he probably did. We laid properly down, I couldn’t take my eyes of Alex’s face, I tried to read his emotions, but sometimes it can be really hard to do so, then some-times you don’t need to look twice, to read them.
“Why are you staring so intensely at me?” Alex asked without taking his eyes of the ceiling.
“Trying to read your mood, but I can’t” I said without thinking things through first, but it was okay, it was the truth.
“Oh maybe this helps” he said turning his head and smiled at me, it was a true smile, he didn’t just fake it, I couldn’t help but smile back.
“Much better” I yawned, and in the same time so did Alex, then we laughed a little, the laughter died in our sleepiness. I closed my eyes, and fell asleep.

Ding Dong – Ding Dong – Ding Dong.
“Mmmm” I moaned in the pillow. “Aaalex go get the door” I tried to push the body, which I knew belonged to Alex, off the bed.
Alex grumbled and turned over. “Why don’t you go get the door?” He growled in his pillow.
“Because you live here” I teased him, and pushed him closer to the edge.
“Oh yeah, right I’ll go” he feel off the bed, and got to his feet, soon after he was gone. I heard the door open and giggles coming from someone.
“Hey man” Casper said loudly enough for me to hear it.
“Hi Alex” Anna giggled.
Argh… why are they here? This is absolutely way too early!
“What are you two doing here in the middle of the night?” Alex formed the words, but I could clearly hear, that he was as tired as me.
“1 its morning 2 we wanted to… what was it again?” Casper said and asked.
“Ehm I don’t remember, well anyway where’s Sonea?”
I froze and I guessed Alex did so too.
“Sonea? She’s not here, why would she be in my apartment, in the middle of the ni- morning?”
“Alex I was just kidding, it’s still night, look at the windows man, oh and if she’s not here… why are her back pack in that chair, and is that her shirt” Casper sounded shocked.
“Oh My God!” Anna breathed.
“What? No it’s not what you think it is! And… ouch! Hey!”
“How could you!? I can’t believe you did that!” Anna sounded out of breath.
At that I slung myself of the bed, and swung the living room door open, to find Anna trying to attack Alex. Casper stood shocked in the doorway, with his mouth slightly open.
“Anna!” I shouted. The attention was set on me.
“Y- You slept in his bed?” Casper was the first to talk.
“Yeah I did, got a problem?” I shot at him, I couldn’t help it, I always got cranky when people inter-rupted my sleep. “Anna will you please act your age?” I crossed my arms over my chest.
“Bu-” Anna sounded weak.
“No but, I’ve never seen you act like this, and why would you just burst into this apartment, and start hitting Alex?!” I was really pissed now.
“But I thought- and then your shirt!” she motioned towards my shirt on the couch.
“What? Why would you assume something like that?” Alex and Casper could stand there looking very confused, while I and Anna had one of our almost wordless conversations.
“Anna out to the bathroom, right now!” I hissed at her.
She followed soundlessly, when I had closed the door I heard Casper sigh “So… did you sleep well?” he asked carefully. I heard Alex sigh. “Okay I’ll make the coco, just sit down” “Good boy” Casper said sitting down on a chair.

“Anna why would you assume, that anything has happened between me and Alex?”I whispered.
“I don’t know, just your shirt on the couch you’re never that careless, and you staying here at night, and you sleeping in his bed?” she looked down.
“Yeah I can see what you mean, but don’t worry nothing’s happened. It took me my special persua-sion power, to even make him sleep in the bed, I don’t think you should worry about anything, we haven’t even kissed” I put a hand on her shoulder, now let’s get some coco.
We entered the kitchen, to find Casper playing with some spray whipped cream, while Alex served coco in four cups. I sat down thanked for the coco, and started drinking the boiling hot liquid, Alex sat down beside me. Anna was on the other side, eyeing me, then Alex, then me again with great suspicion.
“What can’t we sit beside each other anymore, Anna?” I shot at her.
“Yeah of course you can” Alex and Casper looked surprised at us.
Silence didn’t get to fill the room for long, after only seconds Casper started talking about a guy he met, who had a nicer car than he did. I think I fell asleep at the table, woke up when Alex carried me to the bed and laid me down, I heard Anna giggle from the living room.
“Alex?” I whispered not sure if he was still there.
“Yeah?” he was there, and close by, but in the darkness I couldn’t really see anything.
“Thanks”
“For what?”
“A nice day”
“Oh you’re welcome, goodnight”
“Night” and I was sleeping.

“Sonea! Sonea! wake up” Anna called.
“Wha- whai-” I rolled over to find Alex as I had hoped, but also to find Anna at the bottom of the bed. I shot right up, stumbled of the bed, and pulled her into the living room.
“What are you doing here!?” I hissed.
“Well Alex said that I might as well sleep here, so I did, but we’re late, we’ve only got half an hour till school starts!” she hissed right back.
“Okay… no panic, no panic… you find breakfast and put it on the table, set the table for three, and I’ll go wake Alex up”
“What about Casper?”
“What is he here too?”
Anna pointed at the Couch where Casper could be seen snoring.
“Well then set the table for four, just hurry!” we parted ways; I went to the bedroom again. Where I found my jeans from the day before, but my shirt couldn’t be used again, so I panicked. I remem-bered that I had to wake up Alex, so I did that.
I shook his shoulders lightly. “Alex hey Alex wake up, hey morning sleepyhead, we’re a little short on time, and did you know it’s a school day today?” I asked a groggy looking Alex, who just grum-bled something and closed his eyes again. I think he took some time to comprehend my words, and then his eyes shot right open, he looked around.
“What time is it?”
“We’ve got half an hour” I said seriously. “I’ve ordered Anna to find food, and ehh… I have a prob-lem; see I haven’t got a…shirt”
Alex rubbed one eye with the back of his hand and yawned, then he told me to go wake Casper up, then we would think about shirts. I did so, and after that Alex came into the living room and tossed me his black button up shirt from yesterday.
“I’m sorry I haven’t got anything else that I think would fit you” he let me go into the bedroom to change; luckily Anna appeared to be carrying a deodorant, but I didn’t spray too much I liked the way the shirt still smelled of Alex.
I entered the living room yet again, everyone seemed to stop in their tracks and look at me, they sat around the table eating cereal. Casper and Anna made purring noises and made fun of me, but that wasn’t what I looked at, Alex was what caught my eyes, he had a spoon halfway in his mouth, still staring with open mouth for an extra couple of seconds, before he realized what he’d done, he blushed and looked down but quickly looked up again.
“It suits you” I mumbled. Now it was my turn to blush. “Thanks” I said sweetly, and sat down be-side him. The shirt was a little big, but it was nice, I was surprised to find that it fit me better than I had expected.
“Aww!” Anna squealed, and I rolled my eyes, and started eating, we all talked about the up coming day. I used Alex’s toothbrush again, Anna couldn’t seem to get her mind of that. “It’s almost like kissing! You are sharing mouth water!” she argued.
“Ew when you say it like that it sounds creepy” but I knew she was partly right. Anna and I drove with Alex, and Casper took his own car, he was studying to become a doctor, and couldn’t afford to be late so he drove right after breakfast.
Alex and I decided it best, if we all didn’t appear at the same time, so Anna and I jumped out of the car, and walked the rest of the way to school. We met Alex in the parking lot, and wished him a good day and proceeded to our class.