He gently takes both of my hands in one of his and places his other hand above my hands, "Ready for this Angel?" He had this look of pure mystery, and before I knew it my hands somehow felt better, I was thinking that maybe it was just from him holding my hands however when I glance down, I see this soft white light surrounding our hands. Within a few seconds the light is gone as if it was all just a part of my imagination. I curiously look at Jace trying to figure out if I am imagining things or did that really happen, he gives me a sheepish grin and looks at my hands. I feel extremely nervous as I slowly begin to turn my eyes back to my hands... *gasp*
"Wait...my hands...I... Umm Jace what did you do? My hands look as if they had never been burned to begin with?" I can't help the disbelief that I can hear thick in my tone with another ring beside it and I believe that to be called bewilderment.
"Neat huh? I am an Angel...well I guess technically I was an Angel, the technical term for me now is a fallen Angel..." Without fully understanding the feelings that are out of nowhere bubbling up like I am some overflowing pot I climb into his lap and crush my lips to his full of lust and the need to be as close to him as possible. Without hesitation he wraps his strong arms around me, crushing my body to his as if we can't get close enough to one another. He pulls back from our kiss still crushing me against himself, "I love you, my Angel. You never seas to amaze me." I pull back slightly from his intense hold wishing to look him in the eye but not wanting to break the embrace that I am in comfortably,
"I love you Jace. Believe it or not I think that I have always loved you maybe even longer than I had maybe even realized." I smile at him feeling all of the love I have for him overflow from my heart and seemingly straight into him. After a few moments of sitting like this my stomach decides to ruin this beautiful moment and gurgles loudly announcing my hunger. With that he chuckles lightly and sets me back down on the bed and reaches for the subway that he has brought for us to eat. "Mmmmmmm thank you my loves I am starving. Also thank you so much for saving my hands I was horrified on how in the world I was supposed to work tomorrow. By the way you are opening up to me even more and showing me the deepest part of you.... that Really means so much to me. I don't fully understand it, but I am so grateful that you trust me and love me enough to share that part of yourself with me."
Once Jace has finished his sub he looks at me content but has a look in his eye like something is still bothering him and I think I know exactly what it is too. He must still be wondering how in the world I burned myself so bad, I mean I may as well tell him...at least about myself, Ella can tell him about her secret when she is ready. "My love.... You asked how I managed to burn my hands like that.... I have no idea what it is or how to explain it.... honestly it kind of scares me and I feel like I am crazy for even thinking about saying this out loud..." He looks at me with concern and curiosity all at one time.
"Angel, you don't have to tell me right away, I know that there are somethings that are just almost impossible to share with others. Please just take your time and tell me when the time is right. I swear to you I am not going anywhere." He leans into me and kisses my forehead easing my anxiety.
"Promise?" I look at him and I don't want to get my hopes up because in reality everyone leaves...him like so many others will get bored and just like the others he will walk away...I glance at him from under my eyelashes afraid to see his response, He takes his right hand and draws a cross over his heart, "Cross my heart and hope to die." My heart soars I am so happy to hear him say this. "I want to tell you...I just feel like I am nuts for it. When Ella had come into my room, I had been packing my weekend bag and I hadn't heard her come in...She scared the hell out of me and I don't know how it happened or what the hell it was but all of a sudden the socks that I had in my hands caught fire and then without thinking I used my hands to pat out the fire...hence the burns...." Again, I can't fully look at his face afraid to see harsh judgement on his face but instead all I can see from him is wonder.
Without any further words we get ready for bed, since we got together, he has stayed with me every night since I moved out here and he has even kept some of his personal items here at my apartment making this all the more real. He lays back against the pillows and motions for me to get in my favorite spot and I oblige quickly eager to be close to him and to hear the beautiful lullaby of his heartbeat beneath my ear, he gently strokes my hair as he quietly lulls us both to sleep feeling safe and loved like never thought possible.
I wake the next morning to find that Jace is still wrapped around me, and I smile at how safe he makes me feel. I gently kiss his chest knowing that I don't have to do much more than that to pull him from his slumber, he stirs awake slowly opening his eyes to look at me. "Good morning, Beautiful." He kisses my forehead before he stretches out fully allowing his joints to pop loudly. "I believe that if you are awake that would mean that I am late for work." He smiles as he gets out of bed and gets ready to go to work.
"You are maybe just a little bit late for work. I mean I would say sorry, but I won't because I'm not. I don't even feel the least bit guilty because I love waking up with you holding me." I gather my hairbrush and begin the grueling process of brushing out the knots from hell. As I begin to braid my hair in anticipation for the workday ahead of me Jace turns to me with my favorite smile plastered to his face as if what I have said just made his entire year.
"I love being able to see your beautiful face as soon as I wake up. I should probably get going that way I can try to make the day pass faster that way I can see you sooner." He walks over to me and pulls me against him and leans down to meet my lips with a hungry kiss, "Later Baby." He grabs my weekend bag and leaves for work before I can distract him further.
I get to work in a daze something about last night's dream lingers in my memory but not close enough for me to grasp what it could be, I don't even remember dreaming last night but something feels...off...not necessarily wrong but off. I park beast and head inside to find Tucker to see what I shall be doing today. "Good morning, Scarlet. You look like you are running on autopilot." He chuckles as he walks up closer to me holding a paper. "This here is your schedule for the next 2 weeks I did have you scheduled today however the appointment that you were going to work on today rescheduled for another time and we don't have anything else for you to do today. So go ahead and go back home and start your weekend early! Thank you for being ready though." I quickly take the schedule from him and another feeling of unease washes over me it seems that the closer he gets to me the more uneasy I am feeling. 'Weird I wonder why I didn't feel this way when I worked with him yesterday...?"
"Well thank you that means a lot to me I guess I'll be able to head to see my brother a little earlier today. Maybe I'll get the chance to surprise him at work before her gets off. I will see you Monday!" I turn and almost sprint out the door to be able to get on beast and put as much space between Tucker and myself the longer I am around him the harder it gets to breath. Just before I take off Tucker runs out to speak to me, " Hey so maybe if you are free this weekend after you see your brother, we can go get a drink and maybe grab a bite to eat?" He gives me this look that makes my skin crawl.
"Unfortunately, my boyfriend and I have plans with my brother till Sunday night so maybe another time? But thank you for the invite." 'I hope that wasn't too rude or harsh I don't wish to hurt his feelings he is attractive I'm just taken.' I smile politely at him. "Ok I will hold you to that. Have a good one and see you Monday."
As he walks back inside, I sit on my bike and type a quick text to Jace,
Hey, my love I just got to work, and my boss says he doesn't need me today so I am gonna go back home and sleep some more and head out a little earlier than planned so I can try and surprise Cam at work. I love you and I miss you already! Have a good day at work.
Once I get home, I lock my door quickly still feeling uneasy and head to my room, I strip down to my panties and tank top and crawl into bed curling up where Jace usually sleeps. On his pillow his scent still lingers, and it calms me instantly pulling me into a quick dreamless sleep.