Haven (Paul Lahote Fanfiction)

Après midi

I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth. I was still in a little daze. Paul was in my bed. His skin against mine felt perfect. In his strong arms was the safest place I could be. I quickly put a bra on and went back to him. This sudden urge of wanting to be so close to him was unexpected.

He was still lying in bed with his arm draped over his eyes. He heard me walk in and propped himself up on his elbows and smiled at me. "Bonjour mon amour." I said as I walked in. "What does that mean?" He asked curiously, a smile on his face. "Good Morning, love." I translated as i lay on top of him. "Well then, Bonjour momurr." I laughed at his damaged french. He then rolled over and i was now comfortably underneath him. "Tell me a secret." He whispered, face barely inches away. "I can box really well." He raised his eyebrows and bent down to kiss me. He took my hands and pinned them above my head with his own, his legs on either side of me. Soon after, his lips were at my ear, traveling down my neck to my collarbone. He let go of my hands and i trailed them down his warm back. His hands now wandered over my thighs and he brought his lips back to mine.

The doorbell rang and we reluctantly untangled ourselves from each other. Paul went to get the door and i hurriedly put a t-shirt on. "You drove my truck?" Pauls rasp of a voice echoed against the empty walls. He sounded disturbed "Relax man. Sam told me to get you. You owe him." Seth spoke, his hands held up in defeat. "Hey Seth." I chirped while climbing down the stairs to him, trying to ease whatever tension in the room. "Hey Lexi." He smiled at me. "Her name is Alexandra." Paul muttered angrily. "No, Lexi is fine." I said, touching Paul's toned forearm gently. "Well, Bye!" Seth spoke abruptly. "Where are you going?" I asked him. "I am not, Paul is." he stated and walked to the couch, flopping down on it. I gave Paul a questioning glance. "I have to go. See you later." He said and kissed my cheek.

Seth and i were now alone. "So......" He started. "So what? Help me move the furniture around." I told him. "Seriously?" He glared at me. I glared back. "Let's do something fun, let's go out." My look did not change. "On a date." He added, as if that would make it any better. "I am dating Paul." I declared. "Yeah, i know." He said glumly. "Dude, just help me." I told him firmly. "Okay, but later we go to Emily's and you buy me ice cream on the way." He proposed. "Deal." i said. Deals was kind of my profession.

Two hours later my house looked like a house, rather than just a blank room with furniture thrown around. Seth and I painted as many walls as we could light grey in the living room and that took the most time. After that it was just pushing stuff around, most of it away from the wet paint. "Okay, lets go now." Seth complained. I quickly changed into another one of Rick's sweatshirts and some pants, grabbed the keys and drove to Emily's with Seth buckled up in the passengers seat. He looked happy eating his ice-cream that we got on the way.

We went inside Emily's house and i greeted everyone that was inside. Fifteen minutes later Paul, Jared and Jake came. "What did you do?" I asked Paul when he came and sat on the kitchen counter, pulling me between his legs. "Uh.. Just cut some wood in the forest." He said. Lies, but i let it pass. I chatted with everyone and ate some fruit that Sam offered me. "I have to go home." I told Paul. "Why?" He asked, genuinely sad. "I have a lot of work." I told him. "What work?" "Phone calls, meeting, payments and contracts." I summed everything up. He pushed my hair back and trailed his finger down my face. "I'll keep you company." He said. I sighed. "Okay, do not distract me." He nodded his head and smiled, but i knew his agreement would go wasted.

We were now in my car, driving back. I was telling Paul how Seth helped paint a few walls when my phone rang. I answered it using bluetooth audio. You shouldn't talk on the phone while driving.

"Hello." I said. "Good Afternoon, Alexandra." A man's familiar voice spoke.