Chapter 3 LUCA

Lily does not reply, she just continues smiling. I walk to my building and stop at the entrance dropping her to her feet. She leans her back against the wall, and it's just too appealing. "What's wrong with you? You're acting weird. You know you can tell me anything..."

I'm not listening to anything she's saying. I step closer and place my both hands on the wall imprisoning her. I trace a gentle touch on her cheek, and lips, I feel her stiffen under my touch and she stops talking. I want to kiss her, open my door and push her in and bury myself in her, but again, I can't. I'm scared... scared of what I will do to her. The room of pain. I'm scared of how she will react...

Instinctively I turn and glance at her house, her parents are not watching us, they never do, but soon they will start watching us, Lily is growing into a woman, Katherine will soon become more observant and then I will be reminded of the harsh truth...

I step away and gesture for Lily to leave, to run away but she does not move. She's still staring and smiling at me before throwing a playful punch on my arm and sprinting off to her house. I turn and watch her as she runs back to her house, the wind blowing her dress about. Lily, she's just so beautiful and young.

I step into the dimly lit house, everywhere is dark and... lonely.

I'm so tired to even walk. I'm glad my room is on the ground floor. And for some reason it's just opposite Lily's. I walk in, rip off my clothes and enter the shower.

I put on a big polo and shorts and fall on the bed.

I don't even know when I fall asleep, but for the first time I'm not dreaming about my past. I'm dreaming about Lily knocking on my window, the window is unlocked, she slides it upwards and jump in. She whispers. "Mi eterno." But her voice does not sound like it's coming from Dreamland, it sounds like she's sitting beside me.

I stir and slowly open my eyes. "Lily." She's laying beside me in a silk black nightgown that accentuate her curves, one of her legs hangs on mine. "Why are you here?"

"I came here to see you. I have nothing to tell you but I wanted to see you." And then, there's that big smile again. That smile, the one she only shares with me, the one only I will ever know exist.

I pull her closer still and stroke her jawline gently. "For eternity, the most beautiful things about you are the things you won't ever know about yourself. Things only I know of."

We cuddle under the blanket. This is not the first time we've shared a bed together. it's just that now it feels different... weird! I notice the sad smile on her face. "Why are you sad?"

"Forget it."

"No. Tell me."

She breath in. "Tiffany is just so happy whenever she plays the cello and I just don't know..." she breaks off.

I'm staring at her like I can see right into the center of her, like I've known her soul from the very first second. "What is the one thing you've wanted to do so badly?"

"Nothing. There's nothing..."

"There has to be something you've wanted to do so badly." She close her eyes in embarrassment. "There's nothing to be embarrassed about." I rub her arms gently.

"Dance. I've always wanted to be a dancer." Once she reopens her eyes and stare at me, she quickly adds. "Oh it's stupid I know, street dancing...so pathetic." she fakes a laugh. "Nobody ever made a name from stuff like that. Forget I ever said that. It's just so stupid..." she bows her head in shame.

I place my hands on her chin and raise her head for our eyes to meet. "There's nothing to be ashamed of. I would never judge you. Who told you that street dancing is stupid?"

Her voice is barely above a whisper. "My dad. I've always wanted to dance since I was a little." She smiles bitterly.

"So what's stopping you?"

She chuckles. "What's stopping me?" she repeats the question again. "What's stopping me?"

I nod. "What's stopping you?" I repeat.

She shakes her head. "I've never danced before save for when I'm in the bathroom...which does not count by the way."

"You can enroll in an academy."

She shake her head again. "I will think about it later."

"Don't leave anything for later." I scream at her. "Later, you will loose interest. Later, the day turns into night. Later, you will grow old. Later, life goes by. Later, you regret not doing something when you had the chance."

She laughs so hard and rolls to the edge of the bed and almost fall off, I stretch my hands and grab her waist and hold her firm against me. She smiles and trace a pattern on my chest. This is dangerous!

I dismiss her. "You should get going back to your room."

"No. I want to sleep here with you tonight." She knows I'm about to refuse her, so she don't let me talk, she just continue begging. "Please. Please. Pretty please." And she pouts. Why? How can I ever resist such big blue pretty eyes.

"Fine. But first thing tomorrow you'll return to your house."

"No... first thing tomorrow we will go to the beach and swim."

I groan. "You're so impossible!" I look at her really alluring nightwear. "You can't swim in that."

"I will sneak into my house and grab my bikini, tomorrow morning." She's smiling. She pulls herself closer to me and nestle her head in the crook of my neck. "Goodnight mi eterno." She raise her head immediately and press a kiss on my lips and she tastes like strawberry mixed with cherry and it takes the whole self-will I possess not to part her lips with my tongue and stick it deep into her throat, because if I try, I know she wouldn't stop me, but if I kiss her so passionately, it will lead to me pushing down the straps of her nightwear and if I go that far there won't be anything stopping me from grabbing her ass and taking her to the room of pain which is just a few elevator lifts above and well equipped to cause pain and hurt. It's so dangerous. She's too young, I remind myself. I push my lips from hers and cover her in a warm embrace. I'm too twisted for her.

Slowly we fall asleep.

I stretch my arms and yawn with my mouth wide open, turning to my side to stare at the blonde beauty sleeping in my king-sized bed. Her hair falls on her face and on the bed in a messy pattern, her long lashes rest over her closed eyes lids, I can't help but feel a little jealous, she's such a beauty to behold even in her sleep.

I'm tempted to run kisses down her bare arms and thighs and wake her up with my cock deeply inserted in her ass but instead I roll over her and stand on the floor. I walk towards the window. I'm drawing down the curtain to allow the sunlight penetrate the room when I hear Lily's muffled voice from the bed.

"Luca. I had the best night rest of my life." That beautiful smile is on her face. She pats the bed. "I think it's your bed, I will sleep here more often."

Forgetting Lily is still in the room, I take off my shirt and toss it to the floor and I'm about to pull down my shorts when I hear her gasps, her voice louder this time.

"Oh my!" Her hands fly to her mouth in apparent shock.

I turn around giving her a full view of my defined chest and arms. My physique reveals years of devotion to fitness, my muscles chiseled perfectly. Below, fitted shorts highlight my muscular thighs. I walk slowly towards the bed where she's still laying.

"Is that what you've been hiding beneath all those layers of clothes?"

I shrug and shake my breast which causes her to laugh. "Good morning mi eterna."

She pulls at my arm playfully causing me to fall on top her. My chest press heavily against her breast, I can feel their softness beneath my hard chest. My arms fall on both sides of her face.

"Is that how you wake a lady up? Don't you read novels? No breakfast in bed. No good morning kiss."