SP fanfic Chapter 23

He sighed and stared into her beautiful blue eyes.
"I'm sorry...I have to get this...could you go into the bedroom?"
He got off of her and went to the door. He waited until she was out of sight before opening the door to Saracen. Dexter rested his head on the door. This was the second time he had interrupted them.
"What is it?" Dexter asked.
"Why have you not got a shirt on?"
"I just came out of a shower."
"Then put one on now."
"Why? nothing you haven't seen before."
Saracen glared at him.
"Fine"
He walked to the couch and sat in front of the laptop. Dexter tried to stop him but Saracen looked even more angry now.
"You have to leave her alone, Dex. We need to see if the barrier will work without you there.
"Which means putting her in harms way if it doesn't!"
"But what is if doesn't and you're not there? if we keep her in the sanctuary we can place a higher barrier on her mind and hopefully keep her father out."
Dexter paced the floor and took a quick glance at his bedroom door, but Saracen noticed.
"You're an idiot. She's here isn't she?"
He didn't wait for an answer. He opened the door and looked around. It was empty. Saracen narrowed his eyes and went back into the living room. He opened the bathroom door and noticed Chione's wet clothes on the radiator. He turned to Dexter with a murderous look in his eyes.
"What did you do?"
"Nothing! nothing happened!"
"Then why are her clothes here, soaking wet?"
"She was filthy and I let her use my shower!"
"Then where is she?"
"Here" Came Chione's voice from the kitchen.
Dexter looked down at the floor as Saracen stormed past him. She was just finishing her pancakes as Saracen burst in.
"Morning" she smiled.
Saracen looked her over, saw her wet hair and that she was only wearing a shirt.
"What did he do?"
"Nothing, I got all dirty, I fell in the park and luckily Dexter was walking by and found me. He let me use his shower and let me borrow a shirt."
Saracen nodded, believing the story.
"Right...well as soon as your clothes are dry, go straight to the sanctuary."
He left the kitchen and the door closed. Straight afterwards, Dexter came through and leaned on the door frame.
"I'm sorry" He said.
"Dexter it's alright. I can handle Saracen."
"No..it's my fault...I should just leave you alone until the ball..."
"No, Dexter!"
She got up and went to him.
"I can't be without you right now...please don't leave me alone..."
He cupped her cheek and pressed his forehead against hers.
"Me neither...but it's what's best for you."
Her head fell, her hair covering her face. He held her tighter and kissed her head.
"I better go check if my clothes are dry yet."
"Yeah, ok"
She left the kitchen and checked her clothes, they were almost dry. Chione went back into the living room and sat in front of his laptop. On the top of the screen it showed the search bar. In it were the words "The Element Four" and of course below it were the words "No results found" Just then Dexter came through and saw her on the laptop.
"As I said, you're like a ghost."
"What can I say? we're good at our jobs." she smirked.
"So, only rumours can tell of your existence?"
"Just the way we -" She stopped and thought of September and Star, trapped in the ice. "Just the way I like it."
Tears threatened to escape but she kept them in. Dexter noticed though, of course he did. He sat beside her and pulled her to him so she was sitting on his lap.
"You did the right thing you know...They took Mithria's body from her. They deserved it. They even tortured you, Chione! They don't deserve your mercy."
She looked up at him, tears in her eyes.
"Hey, what is it?"
He put an arm round her and held her hand with the other.
"Nothing, just...thank you, for everything"
He smiled and kissed her cheek.
"You're welcome"
He looked at his watch. Wow...he'd spent almost 2 hours with her, that's the longest that they had ever been together...
"I'll go check if your clothes are dry."
He went to the bathroom and picked up her now dry clothes. She was looking at the laptop again. He threw them and hit her head.
"Hey!" she exclaimed, then started laughing.
"Hurry up and get changed, i'll take you back."
"Alright."
She got up and walked towards the bedroom, when he smacked her ass as she walked past. He gave a cheeky grin and she smiled and shut the door. She got ready quickly and not even 10 minutes later, they were back at the sanctuary.
"I better not go in with you," He said, "Just in case"
"Alright, Thank again Dexter."
"You can stop thanking me, it's my pleasure to help out a beautiful women like yourself."
He winked, she laughed and said bye then went into the sanctuary. Saracen, Skulduggery and doctor Adra were waiting for her in the Medical Bay. She lay on her bed and they put her to sleep to do more tests, to see if her father would try to speak to her in her dreams like he did sometimes. But there was nothing. Only silence, and the picture of Dexter Vex in her mind.

SP fanfic Chapter 22

He opened the door and walked in. Her jaw dropped as she walked in behind him.
"What do you think?" he asked as he smiled at her.
"It's amazing..." She walked over to the wall of glass on the right and stared out over the city in awe. She turned back to Dexter as he was taking his jacket off, she could see the muscles under his white T-shirt. Her heart rate quickened. He turned round, locking eyes with her.
"Quite a view huh?"
"Oh, yes..." Obviously she wasn't talking about the window.
"Have you had anything to eat today?"
"Uh, no actually..."
"Here, i'll make you something. I'll take your jacket."
She took her jacket off and handed it to him "Thank you"
"No problem" He went to hang up her jacket then went to the kitchen.
"What would you like?"
"What do you have?"
He laughed and looked at her over his shoulder.
"Go check the fridge"
She went over to the fridge which was full of colour. He was very healthy, and no wonder, with a body like that.
"Do you know how to make pancakes?" She asked
"Yeah, do you know how to flip them? I always get them stuck to the roof." He replied
She laughed and nodded. She took out the ingredients and gave them to him. They made the mixture together, Dexter blew flour in her face and she laughed, a little shocked. She threw a handful at him and they were soon covered in flour and so was the kitchen floor. They laughed.
"You'll need to clean that up." Dexter smiled
"I know, and you'll have to flip the pancakes...oh my god, the pancakes!" Chione panicked
They looked over to the pan to the cremated pancake.
"At least that was only one of them, there is still enough mix, right?" She asked.
"Yeah, there should be."
"You go clean up, i'll make the pancakes." Chione offered.
"Alright, call me if you need anything." He said
She smiled at him as he left. She poured the mixture back into the pan and flipped the pancakes. She repeated this process until the mixture was all used. She got a dish cloth and wiped down her jeans and T-shirt a little. She started mopping the floor and by the time she was finished, Dexter was ust coming out of the bathroom with a towel around him.
"Thought you said I was to clean up" He smiled.
"I got bored and it was dirty so..."
She went over and places two plates of pancakes on the table.
"Those look great, thank you.
"No problem"
"Um...can I use your shower? I got most of the flour out of my clothes but it's still in my hair."
"Of course you can, let me find you a towel"
He went into his bedroom and came out with a long white towel.
"Here you go."
"Thank you"
She went into the bathroom and stripped off her clothes. She turned on the shower and got in. She washed her hair and decided to wash her clothes too. When she was finished she turned off the shower and stepped out, wrapping the towel around her body and putting her wet hair into a bn so it doesn't spray water everywhere. She lifted up her wet clothes and opened the door. Dexter wasn't in the kitchen, his pancaked were finished.
"Dexter?"
"In here"
She went round to where his voice was coming from and he was standing in his bedroom with only trousers on, he turned to her and they just stared at each other. Finally Chione looked away, bright red.
"I-I'm sorry, i'll leave you to get dressed"
He reached out for her.
"No, it's fine, what is it?"
She tried her best not to stare at his chest, especially now that he was so close to her.
"I just wanted to know where to put my wet clothes and if you had a shirt that I could borrow until they try..."
"Oh, one minute" He looked through his drawers and pulled out a white shirt.
"Is this ok?"
"Yes, thank you"
"I'll put your clothes out to dry"
"Thanks again" She smiled.
Dexter picked out her underwear and grinned.
"I think you might need these."
She blushed again and snatched them out of his hand, he laughed and walked out the door, closing it behind him. She sighed and collapsed on his bed. It was so warm and comfy.... she took the towel off, took the bauble out of her hair and dried it a bit. She then put her underwear back on and slid into the shirt, then tied up her hair again. She opened the door and walked to the living room. He was there, sitting on the couch, looking at something on his laptop.
"You're like a ghost" He said as he looked up, his mouth gaping open.
"Wow"
She took a seat beside him.
"What?"
"You really suit that..."
"Really?"
"Mhm"
He turned his shirtless body towards her and moved his hand to the shirt collar.
"Although, I think it would look better with a few buttons undone..."
He started unbuttoning the one at the collar, then another, then another. He paused as he was one away from the one below her bra. He locked eyes with her. There was nothing in her reaction showing that she wanted him to stop. Her skin was warm to the touch...but that was impossible...she had a heart of ice...he continued un-doing the buttons and slid the shirt off of her shoulders. He lay her softly back on the couch, hunched over her. He leaned down and was about to kiss her...when the door went.