“Jake invited us to a paint party this weekend” Sophia says. “Paint party that sounds like fun” I take a bite of my muffin. “Yeah can't wait” she beams. “Breaks over” Maggie yells. “I can't stand her” Sophia sighs. At this point I'm so use to her yelling it doesn't face me anymore. Like every day since I started to work here Gabe comes in at lunch time. I have to admit that has become my favorite part of the day.
“Let me guess a blueberry muffin and a small coffee” I say as he walks over to me. “Well yes are you some kind of mind reader?” he gasped. “Something like that” I take his order and hand it to him since I had it ready for him in the first place.
“See you at home Muffin” he winks and walks away. Great now my day is going to go by slower just counting the minutes down to see him again. “Who is that?” Sophia points to a man sitting down by the window. “I have no clue why?”
I ask. “He keeps looking over here gives me the creeps” she shrived. “How long has he been there?” I haven't notice him until she said some thing. “Like an hour” she shrug. “He is probably waiting for some one” I look over to him he looks like he is in his 40's. “Probably let's go back to work before monster Maggie comes out hollering at us” she says. “Okay I'm finally out of this hell hole I'll be back to pick you up”
Sophia says. “Okay drive safe” I respond. She gets out of work earlier today but she refuse to let me ride the bus. The man is still sitting at the table when Sophia leaves. I wonder who is he waiting for? I go back to work and before I knew it, it's my turn to clock out. “See you tomorrow” Mark calls out.
“See you tomorrow” I smile. I get a text from Sophia informing me that she is stuck in traffic so I decided to go do some shopping I need a few things. I can't shake the feeling that some one is following me. I look around but see no one I'm just paranoid thanks to Sophia. I step inside the store and shop for some cloths. The weather is getting colder and I don't have the appropriate kind of cloths. I can't believe we are in September already I'm looking forward to seeing the snow. I have never seen the snow and I can't wait to play in it. “Have a nice day” the clerk rings me out. “Thank you, you too” I smile and leave. From the corner of my eye I see the same man that was in the shop earlier. Fuck I was right some one was following me. I fight the urge to turn around I don't want to alert him. I speed up my walk and I can feel him speed up as well. I take a right turn and so does he a few seconds later. “If you want to know if some one is following you take 4 right turns and you'll know for sure” I remember my father telling me I make another right and so does he.
What am I going to do? What does he want? Is he working for my father? Or his enemies? All I know is that I can't let him catch me. Who knows what can happen if he does. As soon as I make the third turn I make a run for it. I feel fear mix with adrenaline running through my veins. My lungs are burning as I breath in the cold air. I can hear his footsteps getting closer and closer to me. I push myself harder to get away from him my knees are trying to give up on me but I can't let that happen. My heart is hammering in my ears and I break into a cold sweat. The street light turns red and a crowd of people walks towards me. I run through them shoving into people with out even apologizing. I look back and I see him getting push back by the crowd. I turn the last corner and run to my job. If I can get there I'll be safe. From a far I spot Gabe standing outside talking on the phone and my heart beats even faster. “Jane” I look back and see the man getting closer. He knows my name! The voice inside of my mind is telling me to run so I do. “Gabe!” I yell.
Gabe turns around to face me and I jump right into his arms dropping everything on the ground. I wrap my arms and legs around him as tight as I can. I press my face into his neck and I feel at home. I try to control my breathing as I hug the life out of Gabe. I feel safe in his arms because I know that he'd never let nothing happen to me. “Where were you?” he strokes my back trying to calm me down. I am having trouble breathing right now yet along to try to talk.
“You're shaking” he tries to look at me but I refuse to let him go. I shake my head and tighten my hold on him. “Shh it's okay Muffin” he rubs me back and that's when I realize that I'm crying. “I'm going to put you down so you can tell me what happen” he slowly puts me down but I refuse to unwrap my arms. “Baby you have to tell me what happen so I can help you” he whispers. My whole body is shaking, my chest hurt from all the running, and my throat feels so dry. I look up at him with tears in my eyes “C-Can we go home please?”. He cleans my tears “Okay”. He bends down to grab my bag and I look around searching for the man but he is no where to be found. I grab Gabe's hand as he walks me to the car I don't wait for him to open the door I go straight for it.
He walks to his side and gets in. “Th-Thank you” I bring my knees to my chest. “Are you going to tell me what happen now?” he ask through clench teeth. I try to remember everything that happen today. “I don't know I decided to do a little shopping and then next thing I know some one was chasing me” I say while playing with my chain. Gabe nostrils flare, his hands close around the steering wheel “Who?” his mouths quivers. “I don't know” my voice comes out shaky. All I know is that he was after me and he knew who I was but I can't tell Gabe that because then he would ask questions that I can't answer. Who ever he is or for who ever he works for they found me. I'm no longer safe and that terrifies me.
“Hey,” Gabe reaches for my hand “don't cry I promise you that I'll keep you safe. I wont let no one hurt you”. I believe him I know he wouldn't let anything happen to me but I refuse to put him or Sophia in danger. His phones ring and he puts it on speaker. “Did you find her?” Sophia ask all worry.
“Yes,” he turns to look at me “I'm taking her home now”.
“Oh thank god,” she lets out a small breath.
“Soso go straight home don't make any stops you hear me” he commands.
“What's wrong? Is she okay?” she ask.
“Yeah just go home” he hangs up.
He gives me a light squeeze “I'll protected you”. I give him a small smile to reassure him. I stare out the window the rest of the ride home lost in my thoughts. Sophia was already home when we got there. “Where were you?” she runs towards me and embrace me into a hug. My legs feel weak and I feel unsteady. It's getting harder for me to breath. I feel nauseous and lightheaded. My vision gets blurry and next thing I know everything goes black.
“How many times do I have to tell you Jane,” my dad is furious because I left the house with out my bodyguards again “You aren't allow to go out by yourself. This isn't a game Jane”. I roll my eyes “Yeah yeah”. I hate when he gets all fatherly on me. He rubs his forehead out of frustration “Princess do you know what can happen to you if my enemies get their hands on you?”. I shake me head “Dad what do I have to do with anything? I have no part in this world of yours I just want to be a normal teen” I reply with anger. I never ask for any of this. He sits behinds his desk rubbing his temples. I hate being in his office it's so cold and empty .“Jane you don't get it. Your my daughter and they know that you're my weakness. They will use you to get to me don't you understand that? There is no saying what they can do to you.”. He reach over to grab my hand “I know that you didn't ask for this princess but by default your in it. All I want is to keep you safe”.
“Jane, Jane,” I hear Gabe's voice “baby wake up”. His voice sounds so far away. “I'm going to call the ambulance” Sophia says. “No” I mumble. I can't go to a hospital they will find me there. I open my eyes and see a blurry Gabe staring back at me. “Jane are you okay” Sophia drops to her knees beside me and hugs me. “What happen?” I'm confuse. “You fainted”
Sophia lays a hand on my forehead. “I'm fine” I try to get up but everything starts spinning. “Wow easy there” Gabe lifts me up and I rest my head on his chest. “Soso can you make her something light to eat?” he ask and she nods. He carries me to the room “I'm fine” I say to reassure him. He shakes his head and looks away. “What's wrong?” I turn his face and notice that his eyes are watery “I swear I'm fine” I smile I'm so touch of how worry he is for me. He walks to the bed and sits down with me on his laps. “Don't scare me like that ever again” he finally speaks. “I'm sorry I didn't mean to worry you” I mumble into his chest. I feel so safe in his arms I never want to leave them. He squeeze me and I let out a soft moan “You're going to break me” I try to lighten up the mood. He release me and I mentally kick me ass for saying something in the first place “Sorry”. He grabs my chin and rotates my face left and right checking for any wounds. I grab his hands “I'm fine nothing happen”. He rest his forehead against mine and lets out a small breath. I give him a small kiss on the tip of his nose. He locks eyes with me and pulls me closer to him. My heart starts to pound so loud that I'm sure he can hear it. His gaze is so intense it's driving me crazy.
Occasionally he glance down to my lips and then back to my eyes. I bite down on my bottom lip trying to keep it from shaking. Gentle and slowly he lifts my chin up with his finger. He licks his lips and my eyes follow his tongue around his mouth he is killing me right now. He dips his head and very subtly and softly brush his moist lips on mine.
His lips are even more softer than what I had imagine. They fit so perfectly against mines. He trace his tongue along my bottom lip and I open my mouth to invite him in. His tongue slides inside and massages mine gently. I'm so glad that I'm sitting down because I would of collapse by now. I wrap my hands around his neck to pin him closer to me. His hand cups the back of my neck while the other one wraps around my waist. His kiss is so gentle it's like he is afraid to break me. He nibbles on the bottom of my lip and it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. My stomach feels like I'm back on the roller coaster but I don't want to get off. Our tongues dance in a synchronizing way. I let out a moan into his mouth he taste like blueberry and coffee my favorite combination. I smell his cologne mix with what I think it's my coco hair cream. He bites down on my lip and pulls away. We both are trying to control our heavy breathing.
“Jane I-,” I cover his mouth if he regrets it I don't want to know it. “You smell like coco” I tease him. He blush “Yea I sort of used your cream”. I smile and get off his lap “Where you going?” he ask. “Shower” I say with out looking back. I can't let him see how affected I am. I have kissed other guys before but nothing compares to kissing Gabe. I can still feel his lips on mine. That was intense it was intimate. That was. .was.. love!. Holly shit!