Alpha Ryland

Chapter 15

I'm warm in the sheets and don't want to get up. It's been the best sleep I've had in a long time. Even in my bed back at home, I'd have nightmares and trouble falling and staying asleep. I'm being shook awake and someone yells, "Wake up, lovebirds! Time to get up, get ready, and get the hell outta my house!"

I open my eyes and make eye contact with Jake, or at least him as me, on top of Ryland. My eyes widen as I see him wake Ryland up as me and whisper something in his ear. Ryland immediately gets up and rubs his eyes. The other me locks eyes with me and smirks. I rub my eyes, not believing what is going on, and when I open them again, Ryland is on top of me this time. I can only assume that it is Jake on me, holding me down while the real Ryland is still trying to wake up.

The fake Ryland leans down and whispers, "Get up and I'll give you a present." I try to push him off of me and whimper from his hands digging into my shoulders. He leans down quickly to kiss me but before he can, he is pushed off quite harshly. I look over to the real Ryland as he pushes the fake Ryland off of me. "Don't touch her!"

Jake turns back to his form and laughs at us. Ryland is next to me, pulling me toward his chest as Jake comes back up to the bed. "Seriously guys, get up and go. I've gotta plan out what to do for the next few weeks so we can finalize. I'll text you or call you when it gets closer. Keep in touch to let me know how many people you can bring with you."

He heads out the door but stops and looks at us, "I'm heading out. Lock the door when you leave and don't steal anything. Bye lovebirds~!" He sings while leaving. I cross my arms and wait for him to leave. When he's gone, Ryland falls backwards onto the bed and sighs. I get off the bed and start getting ready. Ryland stays in bed for longer until I was done. He wants to continue to sleep in, so I let him. I explore the place for something to do while he stays in the room.

I go into Jake's room and find a charger by his bed. I start to get excited when I see it matches mine at home. I yelp in joy and run out of the room and into the other one. I get inside and run for Ryland's jacket, only to be stopped when I run into him. He keeps me from falling from impact, "What happened!? Are you okay!?" He seems freaked out, as if I yelled from an intruder or something.

"I found a charger! Gimmie my phone~!" I tell him and flail my arms out to try to get ahold of his jacket. He rolls his eyes and holds me back, "Maura." He says sternly.

"Why can't I have my phone? You trust me, right?" I ask him, turning in his arms. It now looks like he is hugging me, when he just was holding me in place from getting into his jacket.

"I trust you. I don't trust your phone from tracking us. What if they take you away from me?" He says. I give him a weird look, "Since when was I yours?" He shakes his head, "You know what I mean. If you leave me prematurely, I will have to go find you again. I don't want to waste time."

"No, you care about me now. Admit it." I say with a cheeky smile, "Admit it~" I poke his chest and he smacks my hand away. He smiles at me and tosses me onto the bed, "I do not."

I giggle and sit up, staring at him, "You do~!"

He shakes his head and grabs his jacket, "I do not care about you. I just want you to be safe and stay here. With me." I laugh more and say, "So what I'm hearing is, you want me to stay with you because you care about me."

I tilt my head and stand back up. He pushes me back down and tosses my cell phone at me, "Charge it and don't talk to me again." He smirks at me and leaves the room to go to the bathroom to get ready. I smile and let out a laugh. I bring my phone over to the charger and plug it up. I have nothing better to do, so I stare at it. My phone lights up as it starts charging. It then starts up and shows me all my missed messages.