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Under My Umbrella

Giving In

Ivanna's POV

I winced as I watched Reno plop down on my couch and put his shoes upon my coffee table. "Take your shoes off!"

"Oh sorry…" He stood up and walked over to me by the door and kicked his shoes off. He then unexpectedly scooped me up off my feet. "Where's the bedroom?" he asked in a mock romantic voice.

"Reno, stop! Put me down!" He obeyed and pouted down at me. "Wipe that stupid look off your face." I turned away from him and walked into my kitchen. He wasn't too far behind me. I caught him digging around in his pockets while I searched through my empty refrigerator.

"How bout I take you out tonight?" He placed a small wad of bills and some coins on the table. I rolled my eyes.

"And embarrass me like you did last week? No thanks." I tried to walk past him, back towards the living room but he cut me off, wrapping his arm around my waist.

"Please?" He pulled me back against him with my back against his chest. My heart started beating faster as his other arm wrapped around me squeezing me tighter. "I really really like you Ivanna." He said swaying me gently in his arms. I sighed softly.

"Fine… where to?" He let go of me quickly and picked up his money. "I got a buddy that works down at the pizza shack. You know the one that's like two shops away from your ice cream shop." I nodded knowing the dump he was talking about. "Cool, he'll hook us up."

I trusted him and we walked outside waiting for his friend Rude to come pick us up.

Reno's POV

Damnit! Why do I like this girl so much! It's not healthy. This is the first time that I actually have no desire for any other girl! I could walk through a crowd of naked hot babes and not even sneak a peek! The only girl I wanna see naked is her… I put arm behind her in the back seat of the car, expecting her to scoot away, but she didn't. I grinned knowin I was gettin to her. I moved a step forward and let my arm touch her shoulders. She sighed and sent a glare at me, but didn't pull away.

"Ya got any friends we can hook Rude up with? The man's lonely." I said with a laugh. It was too damn quiet in this car. Makin me think too much.

Ivanna rolled her eyes. "All my friends are taken."

"That's too bad. Sorry Rude, I tried." I leaned forward and patted his head rest roughly. He ignored me. We got to the pizza shack around six thirty and the place was empty as usual. My buddy Cloud sat there at an empty table playing a hand held game. Funny he claims that's his real name cuz that boy always seems to have a cloud of smoke around his head. Most of Rude and my business takes place right here in this pizza shack sellin to Cloud and his other friends. I prayed he wouldn't mention any thing about weed in front of Ivanna. I knew that would be a huge turn off to a girl like her.

"Hey! What's goin on, Cloud!" I said leading her into the shack. He just nodded at me. He didn't talk much. I think it's probably because he doesn't have very many brain cells left. "Ya think you could hook us up with a free pizza?"

He nodded and stood up. "What kind?"

I turned to Ivanna, she shrugged. I nudged her. "C'mon everyone has a favorite kind of pizza."

"I don't." she said simply looking away.

"Make us one of those taco pizzas." I lead Ivanna towards a table and pulled the chair out for her. I sat down across from her and grinned at her. She gave me a half smile in return. "You're pretty, you know that?"

She stared at me for a while before nodding.

"Gettin cocky, are you?" I smirked. She rolled her eyes and shook her head no. "That's ok. I like confident girls."

She shook her head again. I couldn't help but smile at her. Every damn thing she did was so sexy to me. Had she been just one of those girls I would have already had her two hundred times by now. Cloud brought our pizza to us. I closed the box and stood up. "Let's go back to your place and eat."

"Reno…"

I gave her that pouty face that I was thinkin is starting to get to her and she gave in. Rude was waitin for us outside anyway. I couldn't wait to get back to her apartment and eat, I was so damn hungry. The way she nabbed the first piece told me she must have been starving too. We sat at her small kitchen table and ate.

"Good ain't it! I could tell by the way you were lookin around that place you didn't think it was gonna be any good." I winked at her.

Ivanna's POV

"When do you plan on going home?" I asked him as we washed all the pizza grease off our hands. He flicked water in my face.

"Never." He took off running as I wiped the water out of my eyes. I caught him in the hallway looking into my bedroom.

"Reno stop!" I chased him in there and grabbed his arm to keep him from touching anything.

"Can I dig through your panty drawer?" He asked moving towards my dresser. I pulled his arm harder.

"No!"

"Is lime green your favorite color or somethin?" He asked looking around my room. He sat down on the bed and laid back against my arrangement of pillows.

I nodded my head. He grinned and nuzzled his face into my pillows pretending to be asleep.

"Reno, get up." I couldn't even yell anymore I knew it would be a waste of energy. He shook his head no and patted the spot next to him. My body seemed to involuntarily gravitate towards his and the next thing I knew I was laying next to him with his arm over my waist and his breath on my neck. After a few minutes he really had fallen asleep. I took this as an opportunity to really look at him. I wanted to ask him what provoked him to get red tattoos on his face like that. I let my fingers trace one of them. He twitched but didn't wake up. And his hair… it was really that red! I knew someone like him wouldn't be able to keep up with things like roots so it must be natural. My eyes fell to his realizing that he was now awake.

"Checkin me out, huh? I knew you couldn't resist me." He smirked pulling me closer to him. I stopped trying to resist and let my body relax against his. This was a losing battle now, no matter how much I wanted to deny it, I was beginning to really like Reno. I didn't say anything to his remark, but just stared at him. His hand came out of nowhere and touched my face making me flinch slightly.

"Ivanna, I know I'm probably not the type of guy you're into… but I really really really like you and if you'd let me into your life I promise I'd do my best to be whatever you want me to." That was more than I expected from him. I honestly thought he'd pop the question in a simple 'Will you go out with me?'.

"You barely know me." I said softly looking down at his chest.

"You don't make it easy for a guy to get to know you." Reno said ruffling my hair. I smiled softly and reached up to smooth my hair down. "Don't, it looks sexy messed up." He showed that mischievous grin of his. I rolled my eyes.

"I..I don't know, Reno. I'll give you this much, we can continue to see each other like this." I said receiving a hard squeeze from him. I winced and turned my face to receive a sloppy wet kiss on the cheek.

"Thank you, baby."

"That wasn't a yes…" I said frowning at him. He grinned again and gave me a hard slap on the butt. "Reno!"

"Yeah, I like it when you scream my name." He purred letting his hand linger on my rear a little bit longer.

"Get out of my bed, you pervert." I said pushing him away. He laughed loudly and pushed himself off my bed.

"Well, I accomplished my goal of gettin in your bed, so I guess I can go now." He said leaning against the door frame. I was a little relieved, because if he kept touching me I knew I would have ended up doing something I didn't want to. I gave him a weak smile.

"But… if you want me to stay I'll stay, you know." A wide grin spread over his goofy face. I rolled my eyes and shook my head no.

"Get out."

He walked over and pulled me into a hug. "I know you don't work tomorrow, so what time can I see you?"

"After six." I mumbled back to him. I could feel his grin as he gave me another kiss on the cheek.

"K, babe. I'll have Rude drive me up here at 6:30." He pointed at me as he left my room. I didn't follow him the rest of the way through the house, but heard the door slam as he left. I collapsed on my bed unable to believe what was happening to me.

Reno's POV

Damn that girl got me so excited the first thing I did when I walked outside was light up a cigarette. I still didn't know how I'd break all my bad habits to her… Hopefully after I capture her heart nothin else would matter.

Rude pulled up finally and as soon as I sat down he spoke. "We've got trouble."

"Huh?"