Chapter 11

ARGUING, SLEEPOVER "Is he over protective or not?"

After about two hours of reading and homework Christian renters his bedroom after checking around his house and outside to see if Michael was out there or inside his house. My subconsciousness says "Jesus Christ! Over protective much I mean I'm not that special, or at least I don't think so." Christian interrupts my thoughts with "It's the all clear but just in case I've asked Lannan and Zed to keep an eye out for him, okay." I nod and go back to my history homework.

I can see Christian through my lashes and he's got a worried look on his face and is staring at me intently not breaking eye contact that put shivers up my spine and my subconsciousness says "Danm it! I thought I would get used to his dark brown eyes and his godlike face staring into my very sole, but apparently not. He still has the danm effect on me." He interrupts me again by saying "Grace you should go to bed its 23:00 (11:00 pm.)" Shit! I look at his alarm clock and he's right its 23:00 (11:00 pm.) I nod and start packing up my things when Christian stops me and takes my hand in his cold pale fingers and puts it on his cheek, I watch him closely as he moves my hand down across his face, to his neck and stops right above his heart. I look up from my hand to see his eyes watching me as he says "Grace no matter what happens you'll always have my heart and only you, you know that right?" Oh boy. I try to speak but all that comes out is a faint squeak, Christian laughs a little bit and says "Well I think you better go get dressed and brush your teeth Miss Rose." I nod and try to get off the bed, but Christian surprises me by picking me up in his arms and throws me over his shoulder. He laughs and starts to walk toward the bathroom while I'm screaming "Christian for goodness sake I can walk, now let me down this instant!" He doesn't listen he just laughs more at my reaction. Well two can play at that game. I lift up his t-shirt and smack his backside with my bare hand, but I realize it was a bad idea because as soon as I did I shouted "Ow! Danm it Christian!" He then says in a dead serious voice "Well, what did you expect? I'm a zombie for crying out loud Grace." I snicker because I just remembered that fine detail about him.

I realize we're in the bathroom now and Christian hasn't put me down yet so I say "Christian, can you put me down?" He laughs one more time and puts me down on my feet and takes my hand and says "How's your hand? Does it hurt?" I say the truth "Honestly a little bit but other than a small sting no it doesn't hurt." He nods and grabs my toothbrush for me and puts toothpaste on it and says "I'll be back with your pj's, just brush your teeth." I nod and start brushing my teeth, and my subconscious says through a smirk and sunglasses on her rug "Well well well Grace Mia Rose this is unexpected you sleeping over at Christian's place and most of all sleeping in his bed." I laugh a little when my subconsciousness says that line, and I realize Christian is in the bathroom looking at me like I'm crazy and because of that reaction I laugh again as Christian says, "Grace, what's so funny?" I stop laughing and say with a smirk on my face "Nothing Christian just a thought." He nods and hands me my pj's while saying "Grace you put those on and I'll be in the bedroom if you need me." I nod and he goes out of the bathroom to let me get dressed.

As I head out of the bathroom I hear Christian playing the piano and I decide to go over to him and he looks like his usual self totally lost in the song he's playing, and looking heavenly under the dim lights of his bedroom. As I'm getting closer to him he's not paying attention to me and he's still lost in the song. When I'm behind him I wrap my hands around his neck and kiss his hair repeatedly. I realise that Christian has stopped playing the piano, and is looking at me when he says "What are you doing Grace?" I smile and say "Nothing Christian. What's the song you were playing called?" He sees he's not going to win this one so he smiles and says "It's *Love me like you do* by the artist Ellie Goulding it's one of my favourites." I nod and look out the window I can see a beautiful starry night, pale as a vampire of a full moon and the jet black night sky. Christian follows my gaze and says "It's a beautiful night, isn't it?" I say "Yea, beautiful." Christian says something that takes me by surprise "I didn't mean the night was beautiful I meant something or someone else was making tonight beautiful." I look at him and my subconsciousness says through a smirk and her half-moon specs "Did he really just say that?" I blush and start walking toward the bed but Christian stops me and takes me in his arms while he looks deep in my brown eyes brown on brown. I think back to his first day of school and when I saw his eyes for the first time burning into mine without breaking eye contact like he's doing right now. Christian takes me out of my pleasant memory, unlike my other memories about my past life. By saying "Grace I think it's time to get to bed it's now 23:30 (11:30 pm.)" I nod and say in a

sarcastic voice and a loud tone "Mr Jackson I was trying to get to bed but you stopped me so it's your fault mister!" He looks at me with a surprised face that soon turns into a smirk and says "Miss Rose I don't think I like your tone and also…" I cut him off by saying in a rather loud voice "Then don't!!" My subconsciousness is chanting through a smirk and half-moon specs "You tell him girlfriend he should not treat you like this." I smack her down straight away, and I ask myself: "Why am I so angry with him? It's not his fault it's not anybody's." My subconsciousness peeks through her half-moon specs and says "You need to get away from him and clear your thoughts. But how?" She's right I need to clear my mind, I decide there's no other way but through his bedroom door, I start backing up slowly making sure he doesn't notice but it was a lost cause, as soon as I was about to dash for the door Christian realizes what I'm doing and darts at me but at the last second I dodge him and run to the other side of the room. He turns at me with an impassive expression on his face and says "Grace why are you angry at me? And, why did you try to go out my bedroom door?" I shake my head in a way that tells him to give up and back off, he doesn't listen. Instead he says, "Grace please tell me, you're creeping me out and scaring me." I hear the sorrow and edge in his voice and can see it in his eyes and face expression I suddenly feel a pang of guilt and something else I've never felt in my whole existence. "How in the hell does he do that? I wish he didn't do it." My subconsciousness screams through her guilty expression and halfmoon specs. I Think back to her: "The feeling is natural my friend." Christian interrupts my thoughts again with "Grace so help me god if you don't tell me what's wrong I'm gonna…" I interrupt him again with "You'll do what Christian." He smiles a mischievous smile and says in a rather low and sexy voice "Is that a challenge Miss Rose." I smile and start walking backwards "I don't know depends on what you think." He smiles and starts walking toward me "Oh trust me I'm amazing at what I do…" I laugh and say in a sarcastic voice "Yea uh huh sure dude you wish." And with that he jumps at me and collapses on top of me making me gasp and himself laugh "Jesus Christ that was unexpected Christian!" He just laughs again in response and looks into my eyes with determination while he says "Why thank you Miss Rose and I told you I was good at what I do. Especially when you make a fun game out of it." I nod and try to push him off of me but he's so god danm heavy no wonder he can pick me up with this body of his.

As I'm getting into bed Christian is getting ready I think about our fun game tonight "Gee that was fun but I spend an hour trying to get a laughing Christian off of me and when I gave up Christian let himself off of me finally!" Christian enters the room and looks at me and I see a ghost of a smile on his perfectly sculptured lips and to think they have been on mine and with that I bite my lip and turn away from Christian's patronizing gaze when he says "Grace you should get to sleep you have school tomorrow and I function on a lot less sleep than you do so while you sleep I'm keeping an eye out. Okay" I nod and he starts playing and singing my lullaby.