Can't Hate You

Meeting the gang

Melissa

As I woke up I was still laying on him in the same room and position. He woke me up and he was holding me very tight with his arms wrapped around me. I realized that we had a blanket on us. I rubbed my eyes. I felt like a baby in his arms. "How did I.. how could I sleep in this position?"

I was still very tired and confused.

"I don't know but I don't complain about it." he looked down at me and wiped the hair out off my face. "Did you sleep well?" he asked and I wrapped myself in the blanket and put my head on his chest. "Uh- huh" I said nodding.

Elijah

She was still like a baby. Sometimes like a soft little kid and sometimes like a hot woman who was driving me insane.. I was questioning myself and how I was going to handle that. I count allow myself to feel anything towards her. There was nothing else than lust. Not because I was one of these stupid gangsters who were acting like they can't love and don't know what it is because they've got their hearts broken once.. but because in my eyes love was really overrated and unnecessary.

Love was so corny. Nobody was really serious with love these days. It was all about f*****g and moving on. Feelings were overrated as well. It would be stupid to fall in love with somebody just to get hurt by one of these million hoes out there. There was no need for love. There were million things that two people could do together without loving each other..

I noticed how calm and peaceful she was..and how good she was smelling...

Melissa

It was very comfortable with... on him.

"Do you want to stay like this a little bit longer?" I closed my eyes and nodded again. He stroke my head and I felt so safe. He knew exactly what I wanted. There wasn't even a piece left from the dork who made me feel like an object.. it's like he was a completely different person..

I could hear his heartbeat and smiled.

We stayed like thiat for minutes.. his arms wrapped around me and my head against his chest... until Charlotte came in.

"Mr. Dalton?" she knocked on the door. Elijah took a deep breath and I knew he was pissed because so was I since our soft moment got ruined..

"WHAT?" he asked with a loud voice really aggressive. It's like he's changed within second. "The boys are here!" she said and he closed his eyes totally annoyed.

"God damn." he said with a husky morning voice that I liked a lot. I looked at him and held his face in my hands. He opened his eyes looked at me very tiredly.

I pressed my lips against his.

"Mr. Dalton?" I backed off and stood up as fat as I could. I felt like I got caught by doing something I shouldn't. I felt the heat in my cheeks. I didn't want any of the girls to think of something wrong because that thing between us was never going to happen.. Of course I was really attracted by him.. like a lot.. and I also felt my heart racing whenever he looked at me but I needed to resist because I was only going to get hurt at the end. If I would fall for him, he would break my heart and that's it.. he was that kind of guy.. besides that, I didn't even know anything about him.. I was just getting to know him.

I wrapped myself into that blanket and squeezed a streak of hair behind my ear.. He stood up and looked at me smiling.

Elijah

She was smiling back at me. And her eyes were sparkling.. like a little kid. The way she wrapped herself in the blanket... she was staring at me and she was looking so cute.. that little kitten. She made me weak.

I walked towards her and wrapped my arms around her. Then I leaned my forehead against hers.. she was way shorter than me which made it a little complicated but that was okay. She closed her eyes and I whispered.. "Did I hurt you?" I closed my eyes too but I could feel her smile.

She was probably,y surprised that I cared and liked that.. well I was surprised too. Actually I did not care about the feelings of a little annoying brat who was destined to tease the hell out of me but I just woke up and she made me so soft I just couldn't..

"Maybe.. probably a little bit." she answered and chuckled... I pulled her closer to myself. "Well.. I'll ask you this question very often.." we both laughed knowing exactly what I meant and I heard Charlotte again. I let her go and scratched my head.

"Maybe I'll introduce you to the gang."

Her eyes were sparkling again. She nodded and I left to get ready before I met the gang..

Melissa

That was... cute... he was cute.

"Fuck." I said as soon as he closed the door behind him. I wasn't sure what I was feeling. I was confused. Just confused. I couldn't just feel something so easily. Not so fast without even knowing him.. not for him.. maybe this all was just a show. He was just acting so nice to get me.. I hated my trust issues.. I needed to take a shower.

So I headed to the bathroom in his bedroom. I took a quick warm shower and I felt so much better afterwards. I just wanted to stop thinking for at least one minute. I wanted to stop question everything....

I was putting my clothes on as I heard my phone ring. As soon as I saw Charlie's name on the screen I felt my stomach drop. It was an awful feeling. I didn't talk to her after the night I landed here.. and I didn't even know what I should say to her... How would I explain? Did I even want to explain? Did I want her to know?

I remembered that I was struggling between two worlds... my 'old' life.. with my friends and mom.. which never made me feel good in any way and always left me lonely.. and my new life here with a stranger which made me feel this kind of way that I couldn't explain and filled me with excitement.. I would like to know which one was the right one..

"Babygirl?" I heard Elijah coming in with a smile.

At this moment I knew that this was the right one.. the right choice. The right side.. I put my phone away and walked towards him.

"Are you ready to meet the boys?"

»Yeah, just let my dry my hair.«

I smiled and he told me they would be waiting for me in his office.

Elijah

As I walked back in my office everyone was curious. Each of them looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "What?" I asked shrugging like everything would be normal..

"Why did we had to get out of the secret room?" James asked and I gave myself a face palm and sighed. "Of course because she doesn't know anything about what we're doing!"

I sat down on the edge of my table and began to play with the small plastic football I always had laying around.

"Wait.. does that mean she.."

"Yes. She would freak out if she would know about that." Josh interrupted him. Of course Josh knew anything.

"And Elijah cares about that? How sweet." James said and I furrowed my eyebrows. "I don't give a fuck." I said looking straight into his eyes. "Then why are you introducing her to us? Wouldn't happen if she wouldn't mean something to you." Jason jumped in and I clenched my jaw. "She doesn't mean anything to me. She's just hot and.. you know.."

"Okay how old is she?" Jason asked me a little confused..

I looked at the ball trying to avoid that question.

"Come on, say it."

"Seventeen!" I said kinda freaking out and shrugging..

They looked at me eyes widened. Some of them laughed, held their hands in front of their mouths or just looked shocked.

"Duuudee.." I clenched my jaw. "What?"

"She's underage." James said totally excited.

"So?" I asked him very pissed.

"Daamnn I bet she's hot as f**k! A young th-« he said giving Jason a high five. Josh was just shaking his head. I threw the ball in James' face before he could finish his sentence and call her a thot..

"Bro don't you think that she'll feel uncomfortable around so many older men?" Josh asked me. He was probably the only one who was acting like an adult.

"Hell no. Her daddy is here so..." I said smirking and James looked at me eyes widened.

"Wait! Her dad is here too?" he asked and I wanted to kill him in that moment. Poor innocent James.. "James you're so stupid!" Josh said slapping the back of his head.

"Ouu now I understand!"

"But.. did you already.. you know..-"

Jason didn't continue the sentence but I already knew what he wanted to ask. I furrowed my eyebrows again.

"No of course not!" I said quickly a little pissed. She's been here for less than two days and so much happened in that time that I needed to get myself together as well. I couldn't believe what I've done this morning. I was too soft and too close.. I was too kind. She shouldn't think that I was an easy-going kind of guy..

Their jaws dropped. "Respect that you didn't explode bro!" Jason said leaning back with an impressed look.

"But the way she's teasing me.. god how much I hate her.«

They laughed and as I saw the door opening I coughed. Everyone shut up and she came in like a shy little kitten...