I woke up the next morning with Ava sleeping soundly in my arms. My arm that she was using as a pillow was starting to fall asleep but I didn't care much at all. I watched her sleep with a smile on my face. She looked like a sleeping angel. Her slightly curled hair framed her face making her look so innocent. I would have been content staring at her for the rest of my life, but she started stirring. She stretched but didn't open up her eyes just yet. Ava did the most adorable thing when she finished stretching; she snuggled in closer to me. Her face was nearly completely covered by my chest and she had this adorable smile on her face. I chuckled a little and I think that is was caused her to fully wake up because her eyes started to flutter open.
"Morning," I whispered gently putting a hand to her cheek. She smiled and hugged me but soon rolled over to check the time.
"What time is the appointment, we got up pretty late?" She was right it was about 12:30 in the afternoon. It wasn't really a problem though since I had planned for this and made the appointment for later in the day so that we could do things during the day and then get them done just before we had to catch the train back home.
"I made it for 6:30 so that we could get it done before our train." I laid back down on my back which allowed Ava to lean over to use my chest as a pillow. We were both very comfortable in the silence. After a while I heard Ava's stomach growl and I leaned over to order room service for our breakfast. When I was done I looked back over at Ava and decided that I wanted to bring something up with her no matter what. I should have had the guts to say it last night but I wasn't sure how she was going to take my thoughts and feelings.
"Ava I want to be honest with you about something. I think this weekend has been a lot about us discovering more aspects of our relationship and what makes us happy." Her face dropped and she seemed like at any second she was going to start crying.
"Aiden, you're not allowed to break up with me right now. Not after yesterday and last night, no, no, you can't." She moved away and covered her face as if to shield herself from a blow I was about to give her. I grabbed her wrists to pull them down and make her listen and look at me, but it only caused her to panic more. I hadn't mean to phrase it so she thought I was going to break up with her, but she should at least listen to me before coming to that conclusion. Her thrashing and yelling in an attempt to not hear what I was saying was starting to get annoying to me and I reacted without thinking. I rolled over on top of her using my body weight and pinned one arm above her while my other hand laced around her throat. I wasn't squeezing or anything but the pressure immediately caused her to calm down. She looked up at me with little tears coming down her face and looking like she was a kicked puppy.
"Ava I am not breaking up with you. It never even crossed my mind. You need to listen to me before jumping to conclusions like that. What I was trying to tell you was I've been pissed ever since last weekend." I let go of her and sat back down next to her on the bed. I put my head in my hands and tried to collect my thoughts, she had thrown me off balance with her freaking out. Ava remained absolutely still next to me on the bed looking up at the ceiling. She was so still that I thought for a moment that I had actually hurt her. Ava finally collected herself and managed to whisper, "at me?" I leaned back against the head board and shook my head.
"No, maybe, I don't know. It's about Matt, but also last night, and today." She rolled over and put her arm around my waist so she could lift her head to rest on my hip.
"I thought you were still upset about it but just holding it in. I know you're angry at me for letting him blackmail us and having us do those things in front of him. But, I was just so afraid to be separated from you."
"Stop that I'm not angry at you, at least I don't think I am. I just, the thought of anyone else seeing you looking sexy, or your body; it makes me so angry. Knowing that Matt got to see you like that makes me want to, I don't even know."
"That's what you're upset about?"
"Of course that's what I'm upset about, what did you think I was upset about?"
"Well I figured it was me agreeing to Matts demands, talking to your boss last night and then I thought you were upset that I got up this morning and put on your shirt cause you usually like seeing me naked when you wake up." I looked down surprised that I hadn't even noticed she had my dress shirt on from last night. It caused me to laugh a little and pick her up so she was straddling my lap. She sat down and put her hands on my shoulders. I took a moment to collect myself and then started speaking again.
"I want to make this perfectly clear so tell me if I don't make sense or something. I hate it that Matt saw you naked and that my boss saw you wearing something that sexy. Today I'm excited that you are going to get your nipples pierced, but I'm annoyed that someone else is going to see your bare chest. I'm not angry at you per say, but I'm angry with the situation and the people that saw. Yet a part of me wants to do something about it, even though it's not really your fault."