The Educator

The next morning, I wake up earlier than usual. Elliot is still sleeping next to me. My eyes squint a little and it takes me a few moments before I am able to recognize where I was. I am no longer in paradise but I am home. I Look over to the side table, no phone. I look to the end of the bed, straight to the table underneath the flatscreen. I slowly stand up and carefully walk up to the table. I was careful not to make too much sound. I look for my phone and pick it up. There are several messages. My parents still don't know that I flew it last night. I take my phone with me and settle back next to Elliot. Elliot then moves and grunts a little as he stretches. I rest my back on the headboard of the bed and subtly watch Elliot toss and turn as he stretches.

"Hey" Elliot says in sleepy voice

I smile down at him "Hi" I greet him back. Elliot slowly sits up, stretches his arms out and yawns.

"So" he starts to say, "what time should we get our puppy?" he asks

I smile, "You're really serious, aren't you?"

He yaws as he nods, "Yeah. Someone who could take care you even if I'm not here" he says. I sigh a happy sigh. I move closer to him and straddle him. I place my long hair on my right shoulder. "

"You better stop spoiling me" I whisper in his ear. I place soft kisses on his neck to the back of his ear. I hear him grunt and sigh as I do this. His hands meet my hips and he motions it front and back. I knew he was insinuating something but I didn't budge. I continue to kiss him and when I felt something harden underneath me, I stopped and reclaimed my place on the bad next to him.

"Why'd you stop?" he asks

"Because something was starting to harden there" I look down on the sheets that were draped over his lower half. He rests his head against the wall where the headboard could no longer reach and he sighs. I place a soft kiss on his cheek and decide to take his shirt that was on the floor. I wear it and step out of the bedroom for a moment. I walk over to the bedroom next to ours and get the luggage where our fresh clothes and bath kits are. I walk back in and Elliot I see Elliot standing in front of the flatscreen, naked. I pull our luggage in and rets them on the floor. I open them one by one and pull out our things. "What do you want for breakfast?" he asks

I look up at him whilst pilling up the clothes on the side, "Uhmmm maybe just a cup of hot chocolate would be fine" I tell him. I continue pilling up the clothes, separating his from mine.

"We need to drop by the Mac store later, I need to buy a new laptop. Do want to get a new one too?" he asks.

"Yeah, sure" I tell him, "anyway, school starts next week and I'm close to my thesis term so I need all the memory for my laptop" I tell him.

"Alright, you want to get a new phone too?" he asks waiving my iPhone 8. I roll my eyes and shake my head.

"Hot chocolate, please?" I ask him.

He chuckles and places the phone back on the deck. He leaves and doesn't even bother to cover up. He comes back a few minutes later with two giant mugs. He sits on the floor and hands one to me whilst he drinks from the other. "You're so comfortable in this house you don't mind walking around naked" I tell him.

"I don't mind walking around naked in front of you" he says

I roll my eyes, "Okay, where do I place our clothes?" I ask him because from how I remember last night I did not see any closet.

His eyes point to the hallway,

"Before you reach the bathroom

there's a wooden sliding door, it's

going to lead you to the his and hers closet" he tells me but immediately takes the plie of clothes from me

and brings it there himself. I walke

behind him and I could see a bigger side to the bathroom. Elliot was right, there was a hidden gem to this house and it was the walk-in closet. There's a his and hers side of the closet and in the middle, there's a long chair and its primary function was to hold everything that you were too lazy to place back in the closet. Elliot's closet was filled with his clothes whilst mine needed work.

"We can go shop for clothes today" he tells me"

I sigh and nod, "Yeah, I think that would be good". I start walking into the close area more and I see a big make up vanity, complete with lights and various drawers. I look back at Elliot and he just smiles at me. "Elliot" I call out his name, "this is... I mean... Elliot---" I wasn't able to find the right words to say.

"Eli, I didn't know how to stock up

your things. don't know about

these things worked so I just had to wait for you to uhhhh... you know he tells me. I smile at him and run towards him. I wrap my arms around his neck and hug him so tight. Elliot's arms are around my waist, his face buried in my neck.

"Thank you" I whisper in his ear. I pull away and our foreheads meet. Elliot pulls may face and kisses me lightly.

"Anything for you" he whispers.