Due to his heavy duty napping throughout the day Ace didn't really feel like heading home to sleep, so he decided to go to a bar across town called The Two Hills which he knew was very lax on under age drinking. He ordered a bottle of beer and headed for the dartboard. He amused himself with this for a while, winning enough money off the other bar patrons to cover his drinks.

Some time in the early morning he was awoken by a barmaid from where he lay slumped on the bar.

"Had a big night handsome," she smiled at him, she draped her arm over his shoulder and bent over slightly to whisper in his ear, pressing her breasts forcefully against him.

"I know a place we can go."

Ace looked her over. She was leaning over him, rubbing his arm, with the unmistakable smell of liquor on her breath. But he had lost his taste for easy women a while ago, and no matter how much he had to drink there was no way he was going to be tempted by a woman not even half as pretty as his girlfriend.

He scowled at her a little as he stood up, not bothering to answer and headed towards his car, feeling his pocket for a packet of cigarettes. He light one and took a drag. He decided to go have a shower, change his clothes and meet up with Laura before she went to school.

When he arrived at her house feeling considerably fresher than he had a few hours before he was surprised to find her house unoccupied. Figuring she must have walked he drove along the streets slowly, trying to spot her.

By the time he reached the school, the first bell had rung and he was no closer to spotting her. He parked his car and headed to her locker to wait for her. He figured she must be in homeroom at the moment and cursed out loud for not knowing which room that was. When the bell rang again he spotted her in the tide of students and reached out to grab her arm. Laura was surprised but pleased at the familiar stubble slightly scratching her face as he kissed her in greeting.

"Where were you this morning?" he asked her over the noise of students moving around them.

"I left home early," she explained, "Mrs Morris walked me to school. She wasn't happy with me last night," Laura confessed dropping her eyes to her shoes.

"She slapped me," she suddenly sobbed, not quite sure why she was so upset. "She said she knew I had been in the back of a car, she was so angry."

Laura felt Ace's grip on her arm tighten as he began to snarl, "She hit you."

"Ace, you're hurting my arm," Laura said, his fingers now squeezing her arm painfully.

He dropped her arm and lent against the wall behind him. Laura fell back next to him, resting her head on his chest. She could almost hear the severity in his heartbeat. She closed her arms around his waist."Don't be mad," Laura pleaded, regretting she ever told him.

How could he not be mad? Some crusty old bitch was slapping her around.

"Mr Merrill, this is school property. Please leave," came a male voice from behind them. Ace turned around to see a teacher coming towards them.

"Why don't you mind your own business faggot," Ace called back to him.
"I better go," Laura said, starting to walk away but Ace grabbed her wrist again.

"No you're coming with me," he said.

"Miss Stratford," the teacher called out, "don't you dare think about leaving."

Ace just flipped him off as he walked out of the building.

"Get in the car," he said.

Laura was a little afraid as he began speeding down the road, she was well aware of his temper but it had never bothered her as much before. Now she was legitimately frightened of him.

"Please don't do anything," she sobbed, starting to cry again.

He pulled over to the side of the road.

"Why shouldn't I?" he asked, his voice was even but his tone was still thick with aggression.

She continued crying softly, unable to think of a reason he would accept. She didn't want to make any trouble but she knew making trouble was no problem for Ace.

He ran his hand through his hair in frustration before reaching over to pull Laura into his lap.

"Listen to me," he said, staring straight at her face. "I can't let anyone do this to you."

"I don't want to make it worse," Laura said softly.

Ace clenched his teeth together. All he wanted to do was knock this bitches fucking teeth out but he didn't want to upset his girlfriend more than she already was.

"I'm not going to forget about this," he said coolly, just so she understood. "She's going to regret ever laying a hand on you."

He ran his fingers over her cheek rubbing back and forth, thinking. His hand moved down her throat, over her breasts and down to her stomach. His anger was slowly receding, he was being steadily overtaken by a feeling that was just as powerful.

He launched himself forward suddenly and rammed his tongue down her throat. She was so surprised she pulled away on reflex but he rammed her back against him forcefully. Feeling a little cramped in the drivers seat he opened the door and carried her over to the side of the road, still kissing her with ferocity. He lay her down on the grass beside the road, his blood boiling over with lust.

He was reaching behind her to undo her zipper when he was interrupted by Eyeball and Billy Tessio who were walking along the street.

Billy had the good sense to turn around but Eyeball started laughing. This was not the first time he had seen the two having/about to have sex and he was finding it hilarious.

"Hey, get the fuck out of here," Ace said angrily.

"It's a public place," Eyeball said, shrugging his shoulders.

Ace's hormones were going haywire as they were caught between arousal and aggression. For his own sake, Billy had begun pulling Eyeball (who was still beside himself with laughter) down the street before Ace killed them both.