A Work of Art

Chapter: 5

Unwanted Visitor

Sorry it's been so long since I've updated but I got caught up in getting out a few chapters of Protector. Here we go.

Lina's eyes fluttered open as she sat up in the bed. She stretched and yawned as she looked over at the clock on the wall. 'Nine-thirty, well Zel's probably at work by now so I guess I'll just laze around until he gets back,' Lina thought as she slid out of the bed. She walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower. She took off what made up her pajamas as she waited for the water to heat up. She glanced at herself in the mirror and smiled as she recalled the events of last night. 'Whatever I think of my reactions of late I can't deny that Zel is hot,' she thought before stepping into the shower. As she began to wash she hummed a tune to herself before saying, "Ah, this is the life."

It had been about three hours since Lina had woken up and she had gotten rather bored within those three hours. Luckily she had found where Zel kept what books he read and she began to go through one of the novels. As she was getting into one of the fantasy novels there came a knock at the door. Lina laid the book down and went towards the door thinking, 'Who in the world is here?' She soon opened the door to be met with a young woman with raven black hair. She was in a black leather outfit which consisted of a skin tight leather tank top and a form fitting leather mini-skirt that barely came low enough to be considered decent. The woman lowered her dark sunglasses and looked at Lina from over the rim. She then asked, in a haughty voice, "Who are you?"

Lina clenched her fist to control herself as she thought, 'How dare she take that voice with me. I don't even know her and she's acting all high and mighty...' Lina breathed out before answering, "I'm Lina...can I help you?"

The woman ran her hand through her hair and answered uninterested, "I was looking for Zelgadis but since he's not here I guess I'll just leave."

Before Lina could ask anything else the woman turned on her heel and disappeared down the hallway. Lina just stood there for a moment before slamming the door and pacing around the living room saying, "How dare that little tramp think she can talk to me like that. Just because I'm not Zel...," Lina trailed off as she said his name.

'She was looking for Zel...does that mean she's in a relationship with him,' Lina thought as she changed her ranting. "If Zel has been leading me on this long and he is in a relationship then I'm going to pound him into the floor," Lina continued to ramble even though she didn't know why she was so angry about Zel being in a relationship.

With her anger still blazing Lina sat down on the couch and waited for Zelgadis to get home. "I'll give him a piece of my mind when he gets home," Lina said as she crossed her arms over her chest and waited.

Zel hummed as he finished typing the last of the program he was working on. 'Why am I so upbeat all of a sudden,' Zel thought as he shut down his computer. He picked up his jacket and began to walk towards the elevator when he heard the all too familiar call, "Hey Greywords how ya been."

"I've been alright...what is it this time," Zel answered in a cold but somewhat lively manner.

Martin looked at Zelgadis for a second before asking, "What's gotten into you? I mean that's the most you've said to anyone here. And, humming to yourself something really good must of happened to you."

Zel smiled as he walked into the elevator before replying, "Let's just say I took an old man's advice and haven't regretted it since," before the doors shut; leaving Martin and gang to stare in wonder at this new Zelgadis.

Zel whistled to himself as he made his way up the stairs to his apartment. He got to the door and went to unlock it when he noticed the door was unlocked. He opened the door and walked in while calling, "Lina...I'm home. Lina is everything okay?"

Before he could do anything else the door shut behind him with an alarming force. He spun around to come face to face with an enraged Lina leaning on the door. He took a step back in surprise before asking, "Lina what's the matter?"

Lina took a step forward while saying, "You know what's wrong Mister playboy. Here you are leading me on when you are already in some relationship with a rather scanty number at that."

To say Zel was confused was such an understatement that the term, 'That was out of left field,' came to mind with neon flashing around the phrase. He was totally confused on what she was talking about and what he had done to deserve this. As he continued to back away his back met the wall. As Lina marched closer to him he put his hands up and said, "Lina I don't know what you're talking about. I'm not in a relationship with anyone and I haven't been leading you on."

Lina stared at Zelgadis and replied, "Oh, don't give me that. Your little girlfriend stopped by earlier today looking for you. You should give her better information about your schedule next time."

"Who are you talking about Lina," Zel asked as he looked at her.

Lina walked until she was only inches away from Zelgadis saying, "That little raven-haired hooker with the black leather ensemble that showed up here that's who."

Zel was still confused, part of that was due to one half of his brain trying to think on who Lina was describing, and the other half was too busy noticing how close Lina was. 'She's so close. If I had any chance now would be it,' one side thought while the other replied with, 'Are you crazy? She'd go nuts if I did anything like that.' As Zel's mind was at war over what to do, his body moved on instinct. He slowly brought his hands up to cradle Lina's chin in them. To his surprise she didn't pull away and he quickly said, "I don't know what's going on but I assure you that I didn't mean to lead you on if that's what happened."

Lina's mouth stopped moving when Zel's hands cradled her chin. She slowly looked up to see Zel looking down at her and hear his reply. She looked into his eyes and saw that he was telling the truth and he didn't know what she was talking about. Lina averted her eyes and said, "I'm...I'm sorry Zel I just got so angry when that woman showed up...even though I don't know why..."

Zel smiled as Lina averted her eyes and apologized for her reaction. He moved his left hand back to run his fingers through Lina's fiery locks. His right hand cupped Lina's chin as he angled her face up towards him. He looked into her eyes as she returned her gaze to him. He then whispered, "You didn't need to apologize," before softly kissing Lina on the lips.

Lina went into shock for a moment as Zel kissed her. Her eyes where wide as saucers until her mind figured out what had happened. After she had caught up she slowly closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Zel's neck. She then quickly responded by opening her mouth and running her tongue along Zel's lips. Her heartbeat sped up as Zel responded and allowed her entrance. As Lina probed Zel's mouth with her tongue she grabbed a hold of his shirt collar and began to lead him towards the living room. Lina lead Zel to the couch where she broke the kiss by falling onto the couch. Zel looked down at Lina as she slowly opened her glazed over eyes as if she were drunk. Before Zel could comment he was surprised by Lina's next action. She reached forward and grabbed a hold in between his legs. Zel let out a gasp as Lina gave a light tug and said in a low, sexy voice, "You know what I want...so give it to me."

Zel was under her spell as he straddled her on the couch and leaned down towards Lina. He lowered his head to her neck and began to kiss and nibble as his hands slid down her sides. Lina moaned as Zel teeth pressed into her skin and she wrapped her arms around his neck. As Zel began to moved up her jaw Lina repositioned herself so that her legs where on either side of Zel. Zel pulled back and said in a husky voice, "My you little vixen. Look at you...we've only just begun and you're this hot...maybe I should see what happens when we move a bit quicker," before lowering his hands to her breast.

Lina let out a loud moan when Zel's hands began to caress her breast through the fabric. She was about to moan again when he silenced her with a forceful and very hungry kiss. Zel's tongue forced his way into Lina's mouth and continued to probe until he heard a voice, "My you've been busy Zel."

Zel released Lina and turned his head to she the same raven haired woman that Lina had described. Before he could say anything Lina had tightened her hold and pulled his head right into her chest. She then glared at the woman and said, "I don't know why you're here but he's mine and you aren't taking him away."

The woman tossed her hair and said, "Ha...you can keep him. I'm not interested in him...I'm just here to deliver a message."

Zel freed himself from Lina's death grip and glared at the woman before asking, "What do you want Eris?"

Eris laughed and said, "I see you've lost no love for me Zelgadis. Well I'm just here to let you know that he thinks it's time to give up this little game and come home. And, he will be coming to visit in a week," before she walked out the door and disappeared.

Lina looked up at Zel worried and asked, "Who is he?"

"My grandfather Rezo."

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