Chapter 7

Eli only drives three blocks and he parks in front of a nice apartment building. Granted it's not like Madison's but Eli wasn't as rich as Madison was.

"Were here." Says Eli as he parks by the curb and turns off the car.

Madison smiles and gets out. "It's nice."

"Nicer than you thought right?" asks Eli as he gets out of the car and walks around to stand by Madison.

"Well I knew you didn't live in a run down building." Says Madison blushing a bit.

"It's ok. Home sweet home. Come on I live on the first floor so no stairs to climb." Says Eli as he takes hold of Madison's hand and gently pulls her up to the front doors. He pulls out his keys and unlocks the front door. They step inside and Eli shows Madison the way to his place.

"It's a nice place Eli it really is." Says Madison starting to feel a bit out of place.

"Act normally. Wouldn't want to scare the mice."

"Mice?" stammers Madison.

"I'm kidding. We are rodent and pest free. Though god knows what's living in my apartment mold wise." Says Eli jokingly as he unlocks his door and walks in, turning on the light and moving so Madison can come in.

"Oh my god. I thought you were being funny this place is a mess." Gasps Madison as she sees clothes, papers, books and everything else thrown everywhere.

"Sorry about that." Says Eli as he scratches his head.

"Listen you go shower or do what you do after you get off work." Says Madison as she moves about the room looking around.

"I shower. I'll be back in five."

"Ok Eli." Says Madison as she opens the windows to let in some fresh air.

Eli smiles and walks to the bathroom where he cleans it up before showering.

Madison sighs and rolls up her sleeves. She starts to pick up the stuff and make piles for garbage, papers and clothes. "My god how can he find anything in here?" moans Madison.

Ten minutes later Eli steps out of the shower and wraps a towel around his waist. He dries his hair with a towel so it's only damp. He walks through another door that leads to his bedroom and sees that it's clean. "I must have cleaned it before." Says Eli to himself as he walks over to his closet and opens the door to see it's been cleaned too. He shakes his head and gets dressed. He throws his towel in the hamper and walks into the living room running his fingers through his hair. He stops dead in his tracks to see the living room has been cleaned. He walks into the kitchen to see Madison doing the dishes.

"Maid Madison?"

"Oh shit Eli you scared me." Gasps Madison as she jumps a bit and whirls around to see Eli leaning against the doorframe. He wearing a dark blue t-shirt and black jeans that are just a bit baggy. "Lookin' good."

"Thanks." Says Eli with a smile. "You cleaned?"

"Well it wasn't the dust bunnies I chased out of here before." Laughs Madison as she gets back to washing the dishes.

"You didn't have to clean."

"I damn well wasn't going to let you do it. This place was a mess, now it's nice and neat. Think you can keep it that way?"

"For you anything. Hungry?" says Eli as he sits down at the table.

"Nope, just tired. Strange I'm not usually this sleepy."

"Well why don't you go lay down. I'll order some take out." Says Eli letting his worry for Madison show just a bit.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. Just tired. I love Italian." Says Madison as she dries her hands and walks over to Eli and sits on his lap.

"Me too. I know a great place. I'll call, please go lay down for a bit."

Madison smiles and kisses Eli on the nose, "Sure thing. Do you mind where I lay down?"

"As long as it not on the floor or a table." Says Eli as he smiles.

Madison stands up and takes off her boots. "Wake me when the food gets here."

Eli nods and picks up the phone book. Out of the corner of his eye he watches Madison walk through the apartment and make her way to his room. Just then the phone rings and startles Eli. He picks it up after the first ring, "Yeah?"

"What a way to answer your phone Eli." Says Sakura on the other end.

"Yeah well I don't get many calls so I thought it may have been one of you guys." Replies Eli as he looks through the yellow pages.

"Julian got on the plane and they aren't coming back. Li had connections at the airport and told the flight tower not to let the plane land incase he decided to turn around."

"Great. Wonderful."

"Eli you ok? I mean you are usually a tiny bit more chatty than this. You like her a lot don't you?"

"Is it that obivous?" says Eli as he turns around and looks at his closed bedroom door.

"Um yeah. My god we have never seen you act like this and we grew up together. But you only met her this morning."

"I know we already talked about that when we went to her place for her to change."

"Woah, is there at your place?"

"Um yeah she is. She didn't want to spend the night alone and she said she only felt safe with me. Sakura she told me she's falling in love with me to. She said it was like a force pulling her to me."

"Eli be careful with her. She had a rough less than 24 hours. Where is she now?"

"She's in my room. She said she was sleepy so I told her to go lay down, I was just about to order supper for us."

"Your not going to cook for her?" gasps Sakura.

"Listen you know my cooking, I'm ok. But I don't really have anything in the house."

"Fine order out but next time you are going to cook for her. How can she stand your place anyway. It's always such a fucking mess."

"Well while I was in the shower she cleaned my whole apartment."

"My god. Well I'll let you go so you can order food. We will see you tomorrow ok."

"Sure thing Sakura."

"Bye Eli."

Eli says bye and hangs up the phone. She picks it back up and dials the number for an Italian shop.

Madison walks into Eli's room and smiles, when she cleaned his room she loved how it looked. She lays down on the bed and inhales his intoxicating scent. She hears the phone ring once but not again, knowing Eli must have picked it up she closes her eyes and falls asleep.