Guard My Heart

Chapter 6

The day after the movie night we had, I woke up with a positive attitude. I was feeling like a million dollars.

Actually that amazing feeling lasted for two weeks. Sebastian and I spent almost all day everyday with each other. We would cook together, workout, go out swimming by the pool, or we would be in the library reading a book sprawled on the carpet.

The only times we weren't together is when we would shower and sleep, and also when he had to do patrol duties once a week. We really were having a good time being just friends and getting to know each other. In the almost three weeks that passed since I got here I heard very little about my parents. All I knew was that they were okay and that the authorities were getting closer to capturing the people that were after my dad.

Today is Wednesday and I am currently in the kitchen making breakfast. It's kind of weird that Sebastian isn't down here trying to help, and I say try because he's not very good in the kitchen, all I make him do usually is chop things up.

I decided to finish up breakfast before going in search of him. Thirty minutes later right when I was done, Sebastian walked in the kitchen looking disheveled but cute as hell.

"Sorry I overslept, I had to do patrol last night and I slept in the guest house. I didn't know you were awake until Darrel came in there grumbling and complaining that you wake up too early." He gave me a cute smile. 

"It's six thirty in the morning, that's hardly early." I rolled my eyes. "Plus I want to work out early so I can read a book." I went back to plating the breakfast. 

I didn't want to think too hard about the fact that he slept in the house that officer Cook sleeps in. 

"I'm sorry I wasn't here to help with breakfast, but lunch is on me." He walked towards me, wrapped his arms around my waist from behind and kissed the side of my head. 

That had become a regular thing in the two weeks that we've been here. I'm pretty much use to it but the butterflies in my stomach still go haywire. He's been the sweetest guy while not overstepping the friend boundaries. Plus I'm use to this kind of treatment from a friend because of Julian. Julian is a very affectionate friend and I've come to find out that so is Sebastian. Even though his affectionate gestures have not helped my attraction for him at all. Thinking about Julian filled my chest with a nostalgic feeling. I really miss my best friend, we went from seeing each other almost everyday to not seeing each other at all. I wonder if he misses me as much as I'm missing him, I really wish I could call him. 

I decided to push back all the sad feelings and focus on the task at hand. I placed both plates on the kitchen Island and we began to eat in silence. If I was being truthful these past two nights haven't been the best for me because lately I've been having very vivid nightmares that include my parents. The reason I was up so early today is because I hardly slept and I waited for a reasonable time to come downstairs and make breakfast. I'm actually very scared to tell Sebastian for fear of being judged.

I looked up at Sebastian and noticed he was giving me a weird look. Did I have food around my mouth? I unconsciously grabbed the napkin and dabbed it around my mouth. He was giving me an even more complicated look to decipher and it was making me so nervous to the point where I was squirming in my seat. It takes a lot to make me this nervous yet this man was accomplishing it with a mere stare.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" I couldn't help but ask.

"For one, you're extremely cute when you eat like that, and second you're acting kind of weird." My heart was beating wildly in my chest at his words, I could swear my shirt was moving up and down where my heart was located.