EroticReverie

Lark Avery

"Oh...hey" I hear my roomate Olivia say as I'm standing there crying in Javier's arms. 

I turn my head, wiping my cheeks.

"Olivia this is Javier." I say. "Javier , this is my roommate Olivia." 

"Nice to meet you?" Olivia says, and the way she phrases it has me lifting a brow and looking to Javier. 

Javier nods, and I look back to Olivia, because I can't read Javier worth a damn, even though apparently he can read me like a book. Olivia however, I can read. Even if we've only been roomates for a few months.  She just happened to be at my work, at the bar one night, talking about her woes of her roommate moving out and needing a new one. She lived in a nice part of the city, in a small apartment. For where it was located, I couldnt believe when she told me what she paid for rent. What she paid for half of the rent, had been even cheaper than my third of the rent I was paying with my two old roomates in a much shittier part of the city. So, I'd given her my number, told her I was looking for a place, and then bam, right then and there she agreed. I went to look at the apartment, and there were no red flags, and I tried to figure out what the catch was for it being so cheap , but she'd just said her uncle owned the building so she got a discount on rent. I didnt ask any other questions, and moved in two days later. 

"Are you....um....leaving?" Olivia asks and avoids my eyes and looks at the duffel bag. 

"What's going on?" I ask, and look to Javier again , whose face remains like steel, unmoving, giving nothing away and I look back at Olivia, who is looking at him with a questioning look. I turn my head, just in time to see him give the slightest shake of his head to her.

"What the hell is going on?" I ask, stepping back now, and look between the two of them.

"Do you know her?" I ask Javier then look at Olivia. "Do you know him?" I ask her. 

"Lark.." Javier says when he senses my freakout about to take place.

"How do you know her?!" I squeak. 

"sorry, i..." Olivia starts. 

Javier looks at her, and Olivia stops talking and I look at her, at him, at her, at him. Shaking my head like a maniac.

"How do you know each other?!" I yell.

"You're being feral again." Javier says with a little smirk, and I lift my hand and point my finger at him.

"No, you do NOT get avoid the question by trying to be cute! Answer me!" I yell. 

Javier gives a long sigh. 

"Olivia is a....friend." Javier says. 

"What?" I ask, dumbfounded. 

Javier tilts his head and I hear the small pop of him cracking his neck. 

"Alright, ...was hoping to avoid this...but I suppose it's not a big deal." he says and my mouth opens but he's talking again.

"I didn't like where you were living. I knew it was in a bad part of the city. I didn't like knowing you had to walk the streets at night from the bus stop to your apartment in that area. So I sent Olivia to live here...I knew you couldn't afford to live in the nicer part of the city, and wouldnt take my money, so I had Olivia go to your work with the story of needing a roomate. I also knew it'd have to be a decent price, so I had her lie about her uncle owning the building." Javier says. 

My jaw is on the fucking floor and I just shake my head and look at Olivia who winces.

"So sorry Lar" she says with an apologetic look. 

I dart my eyes back to Javier. 

"I needed to pull the security detail for a job back home, so the men I had watching you weren't going to be able to keep an eye on you, so I sent Olivia and-"

"I'm sorry! The what?!" I screech. 

"Security?! Men watching me?! What the FUCK are you talking about!?" I yell at him. 

Javier rolls his eyes. Rolls. His. Fucking. Eyes. And my jaw clenches, my hands turning into fists. 

"Did you really think I'd let you move across the country without protection Little Bird?" he asks , cocking his head to the side. 

"Did you really think I wouldn't still be watching over you , making sure you were alright?" he says and steps closer and I back up. 

"you're fucking crazy" I say as I shake my head, trying to wrap my mind around him.

"Yes. But, my being crazy has nothing to do with this. It's not crazy for me to want to make sure you were safe Lark. It's not crazy for me to protect you no matter where you are or how far you are from me." 

"I cant believe this." I say, shaking my head. 

I look at him, and he cocks a brow slightly. As if to say, really? You cant believe that I'd do this after living with me for two years and knowing how protective I am of you? And then ..yes...I can believe it. I can believe all of it. 

I look at Olivia then to him. "So you...paid her to be my friend? You paid her to befriend me?" 

Javiers brows pinch.

"I AM your friend Lar. Yes....he paid me to come here...but...only to make sure you moved in with me..." Olivia trails off then I turn to look at her again.

"Being your friend..was and IS ..my choice Lar...I wasnt paid to pretend to be your friend..just to make sure you lived somewhere safer." she says. 

"This...is fucking insane" I say and look back to Javier.

"You had people FOLLOW me! You had people spy on me! Guess NOW I know where you got a fucking key!" I yell at him and shove at him, pushing his chest, Olivia gasping behind me as I keep pushing at him. 

"You're a fucking lunatic!" I yell at him. Javier grabs my arms and then holds them up. 

"when it comes to the most important person in my life ? Yes Lark Avery, I guess I become a lunatic when it concerns your safety. You were living with me for two fucking years Lark....it was common knowledge that you lived there...and while I trust everyone I've let in that house...I could never be too sure...never be too sure that you weren't going to be used as leverage if something ever went down...or a deal went south...so I had a group of guys move out here, to keep tabs on you, to watch over you, because you were insistent on leaving your home, insistent that you couldnt stay there anymore, that it was time to go, so i let you go, i had to ...but I wont apologize for anything I've done since you decided to move out...I wont apologize ever, for looking out for you, or making sure you were safe each day, and each fucking night....i let you go...because I knew you werent mine to keep in a fucking cage Lark...no matter how badly I wanted to....so, yes...Im a god damn lunatic when it comes to you...because I'll never fucking ACTUALLY let you go...not ever." He says ending his speech and I'm breathing hard, tears rolling down my cheeks, and I dont know what the fuck they mean. I dont know if Im angry, if im sad, if im happy, if im everything at once. 

It made sense that he had men here to watch over me , when he explains why he did it. He was right, he was rich and powerful and dangerous, and anyone could try to take him down, and try to use whatever they could to do so. But I was still so fucking mad at him. 

"You couldve just...told me" I say, wiping my tears and he lets out a laugh, it's short, humorless.

"Right. That would have went over well." he says and I turn my hands into little fists, my nostrils flaring. His hands lower my wrists finally and then he cups my face and I shake my head and he grabs it more firmly.

"Look at me Lark Avery" he says, his voice is low, and firm and my eyes obey as they lift.

"You can be upset with me. That's fine. I'll let you be angry with me for as long as you want. But I can't fucking take it anymore. I can't deal with you being so far away from me. It drives me fucking insane trusting anyone else to look after you."

"you're crazy" I say with tears in my eyes and he smiles softly.

"The good kind though, yeah?" he asks and I let out a soft, wet laugh, my tears running down my cheeks. 

"I hate you sometimes. " I say. 

"that's alright. I can take it." he says and then leans down, and presses his lips to my forehead. 

"As long as you know that I'd do anything for you. That's all that matters little bird." he whispers against my head and then kisses my forehead.

"You know that, don't you?" he asks, wrapping his arms around me, and I nod my head against his chest. 

"yes" I answer.

"then hate me all you want, go absolutely fucking feral Lark Avery." he whispers and I laugh again , shaking my head, tucking it against his chest, and wrapping my arms around him. 

"oh i will" I say with a fake threat. 

"I'm counting on it Little Bird" he answers with a small laugh.