Leticia (46 page)

“Amazing?” I smirked
,
“You creep.”

“Just being honest.”

“Hmm, yeah sure, of course you are?”

“Stay in here tonight...
please.”

“Jackson...”

“I haven’t seen you for three weeks, I thought you were dead in my arms
...” he said looking away from me.

“
OK
,
OK
, you win, move
over
.
”

I didn’t need to tell him twice.
He lay on his side watching me and soon as I climbed in he pulled me against him.

“I’ve been waiting to be able to spend the night with you,” he smiled, before kissing me for a moment. “I think we should just share a room from now on.”

“
Hmmm
, really?”

“Most definitely, we’re together, adults, so why not?”

“We’ve not exactly been together long.”

“Technically we have, we just slept most of it.”

“Yeah true
,
” I giggled

“So what do you say? Are you gonna stay with me from now on?”

I snuggled in to
him
more. “Yeah.”

He leaned forward and kissed me again.
I slid my arms around the back of his neck and he crushed me to his chest. The kisses became more and more intense; I could feel his heart beat pounding into my chest. He rolled on top of me, end
ing
the kiss for a moment and looking deep into my eyes.

“If we carry on like this Leticia, I won’t be able to stop myself,” He breathed.

“That makes two of us
,
” I whispered, kissing him again.

We lay in bed most of the morning, neither of us able or willing to budge. The events of last night had exhausted us
completely
.
I lay with my head on
Jackson’s
chest
. T
he only sound disturbing the otherwise silent room, was our breathing.

“Leticia, are you awake?” he asked, running his fingers across my arm.

“Yeah.”

“
Good, because I need to tell you something...
You’re amazing.”

I giggled for a second. “It takes two you know.”

“
Whether that
is
the case or not you’re still amazing... in fact, amazing doesn’t cover it.”

“I don’t know how to respond to that.”

“
You’re not very good at
receiving compliments are you?”

“No not really
,
” I groaned as he moved
to
fac
e
me. “
Argh
, I was so comfy then.”

“I’m sorry
,
” he laughed. “But I wanted to look at you.”

“I do
not
look good in the mornings.”

“Oh yes you do.”

“Oh flattery will get you
everywhere
.” I smirked, kissing him.

A knock on the door interrupted us.

“Hey, Jackson, are you actually going to make a move
sometime
today, its 11:30.” Nancy shouted. “Tish isn’t up either, you pair of lazy sods.”

“I’m awake though
,
” I replied, knowing she wouldn’t be expecting to hear my voice.

The door burst open and she barged in.

“Well
it’s
a good
thing
we weren’t in the middle of something isn’t it, little sis.” Jackson smirked.

“From the looks of this room it seems you were up to something
all night.
”
She said looking around her.

“Maybe.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I said
,
hiding my face under the bed sheets so she couldn’t see how pink I was turning.

“
No, no of course you don’t, that's why you won’t look at me
,
” she giggled. “
Anyway,
I’m making lunch, are you hungry or shall I just see to me and Tristan?”

“We’ll eat
, we’ll
join you soon.”

“Yeah, well, I
’ll
believe it when I see it. Have
fun
!” she grinned, before leaving.

“Now,” Jackson said,
dragging me over to him again. “Where were we? Oh yes, we were here.”

He started kissing my neck, causing a shiver to run through me and goose bumps to appear on my skin. His now wondering hands only made them worse.

“Hey, stop it
,
” I giggled.

“Nope
,
” he said, wrapping my legs around him.

“Seriously, we need to get up, we...” He silenced me with
a
kiss. I quickly
realize
d it wouldn’t matter what I said, we wouldn’t be getting out of bed yet; and if I’m honest, I really didn’t mind.

***

After taking a nice hot shower
together
and
getting dressed, we joined Nancy in the kitchen.
             

“See, I knew you’d take your time
,
” She smiled. “Your lunches are cold; you’ll have to stick them in the microwave.”

“
T
hanks
,
” I said looking at the clock. I was rather shocked to see it was now 2:15p
.
m.

“
Tristan and I
will be leaving about six, so make sure you have your phones close by and that you answer them
when we call
.”

“Yeah we will
,
” Jackson nodded.

“Hmm, yeah, if you can actually keep your hands off Tish
long enough
, you mean.
”

“It’s not my fault she’s irresistible is it?”

“See
,
you should have made him wait longer for you
,
” Nancy said to me. “Now you’ve give
n him
a taste he’ll keep coming back.”

“I don’t mind
,
” I laughed
.

“Well if he gets on your nerves
there are guns
in the back bedroom.”

“Thanks
.
”

“Piss off,” Jackson said, throwing a towel at her.

“
Or
you could just throw him in a freezing cold shower Tish, you know how it affects them... physically
,
” she said with an evil grin
, and flexing her little finger
.

“And I’ll say it again, piss off.”

I stood there giggling to myself.

“
Well
I’m going to pack some things.”

“Where’s Tristan?” I asked her.

“He’s gone to meet a
friend;
he gets his blood supplies from him.”

“Oh
OK
, fair enough.”

“Holler if you need me
,
” she said walking away.

“Here, get this down you,”
h
e passed
me
my reheated lunch. We didn’t speak much between eating, but I did catch him
staring at me.

“What are you looking at?” I shot playfully.

“You know that expression,
“undressing someone with your eyes?”
well that’s what I’m doing. The great thing is I know what’s underneath those clo
th
e
s
. Mmmm.”

“You’re so naughty.”

“Yeah, but only with you.”

“Oh shut up
,
” I couldn’t help but smirk. I shoo
k my head and finished my lunch
trying my best to avoid eye contact with him, but failed miserably.

After lunch we helped Nancy load her car with some clothes and weapons. Tristan returned home around five, and they decided to set off early.

“Now look after yourselves. You know how dangerous these people are, they’re not normal
,
” I reminded
them both.

“We will, we’ll message you when we arrive and then call if we have any news.” Tristan said, getting in the car.

“
OK
, just be careful.”

“You too, I would say stay close to each other, but I don’t think I need to do I?”

“We’ll be fine.” Jackson assured them both.

We stood in the doorway until they had driven out of sight.

“
Hmm
, now this is where it gets interesting
,
” Jackson said, closing the front door.

“I know, I doubt they’ll find anything though, I mean surely....”

“
That’s
not what I meant.” He wrapped his arms around my waist, tight. “I meant, us being
alone
in the house,
all
night.”

“Jackson you are...” he tried to silence me again
with a kiss
, but I moved out of his way quickly. “You’re rude, very
,
” I said backing away from him.

“Leticia, my love, you can back away as much as you like,” he smirked, walking slowly towards me. “You won’t escape me.”

I screamed as he ran towards me. I ran into the living room and tried to close the door quickly before he could enter, but he pushed it open with ease. I tried to run again, but he jumped over the
sofa and grabbed me from behind. I burst out laughing and because of that,
I
didn’t have the strength to fight him off. He picked me up as though he was about to carry me over a threshold, then proceeded to throw me on the sofa.

“I did tell you
,
you wouldn’t escape
,
” He said
,
climbing on top of me
and unbuttoning my shirt
.

“I
let
you catch me, honestly...”

“Yeah
,
yeah,
of course
you did.”

We
we
re on the sofa with a nice warm blanket over us, watching some cheesy horror flick. We hadn’t bothered to get dressed, it’s not like anyone else was in the house, and the scum that were looking for us still had no idea where we were. We’d received a message from Nancy to let us know they had arrived and checked into a hotel. They would be leaving for the lab soon, so all we could do was wait.

“I wish we could
l
ay
like this every
night.” Jackson said, kissing my neck.

“We can, just not in the living room.”

“I’m going to remember you said that.”

“That’s fine by me.”

“I never thought, not even for a second, we
’d
end up like this. I knew I’d been horrible with you, and I honestly thought you hated me.”

“Part of me did
,
” I said turning to face him. “But like I’ve
said
before, I knew there was a big heart behind that wall you put up. You risked your life for me. That kinda told me you were something special.”

“Up until meeting you my heart was like a graveyard. It was dead. But now, Leticia, it feels more alive than it ever has.”

“That’s a good thing.”

“
Yeah
it is.”

“After Luke...” I paused, suddenly getting a rush of worry run through me, thinking about where he could be.

“Are you
OK
?”

“Yeah
,
sorry.”

“Try not to think about it. We
will
find him.”

“I hope so.”

“What
were
you going to say?”

“Yeah, erm, after Luke I didn’t think I’d ever trust anyone again.
I thought I would be on my own forever. When I met you... I started to hope again. Then of course you
were
an
ass
with me, but, once you started to trust me
and let your guard down a little the hope I had s
tarted to grow. Now you’re mine,” I smiled, kissing him for a moment.
“
You know, yesterday, when I couldn’t wake you I was frightened to death. I really thought I was gonna lose you. I lay next to you telling you that you weren’t allowed to leave me and that you had to wake up. I
realize
d that I didn’t want to live in a world without you and that although we haven’t know
n
each other all that long, I was fal...”