Eyes Behold

44. Stay

The concert went well . Nobody noticed Rose's sour mood as everyone was busy gushing over Claire and Carlos.

Catherine let out a loud scream as she tried to tackle both of them.

" I am SO FRIEKING HAPPY! You guys finally kissed. Finally my idiot of a brother did something to make his life worth remembering. I was so worried I'd have to make up fake stories for my nephew and niece. Huhh. But well I'm also happy that they will get the confident genes of Claire. I was so wo..."

Carlos shushed the over excited Catherine as he fought the heat that was threatening to spread from his neck , flushing his entire face. He had never been more thankful to the 'stupid ' , as he liked to call him , who made those damn bright concert lights.

Claire was a different story all together. She wasn't blushing , unlike Carlos who was getting redder at an alarming rate. Instead she was jumping in excitement with Amelia who seemed like she had drunk a whole cellar of the first wine that reached her hands. Both of them were so giddy and excited . Seeing them like this made Rose forget everything for a second .

Just for a second.

Then it all came rushing back as she saw Jordan descending the stage while singing and jumping to the beat of the song. He started jogging while clapping hands with the overexcited squealing mass who he no longer could categorise as sane human beings and he liked it that way. Making people swoon and swoon bad over his songs and well , of course him , was like another badge of achievement in his life.

But today he was in a hurry . He had seen the excitement surging in the people who he could safely say had made a special place in his life and he knew that THIS energy wasn't due to his song , it was something else and somehow he couldn't stop himself. So today , instead of running quickly through the crowd , he would stop briefly after every few steps to make it look as casual as possible when he stopped just next to them again.

With a quick glance towards Ryder , he wordlessly asked what was going on and Ryder , who was standing just behind the new couple quickly raised their joined hands grinning like a maniac. They both had developed a different kind of understanding over this week and now they were closer than ever.

The smile on Jordan's face widened as he winked at Claire who simply sent him a flying kiss. Before Jordan could draw any more attention, he continued his journey but not before discreetly squeezing Rose's waist just below her crop top. Rose yelped in surprise as she gaped at him in disbelief. Jordan didn't look back , he already had memorised her every single reaction to heart. He knew she must be standing there , all red with her jaw dropping to the ground , just how he liked it . He just couldn't help it.

As Rose kept staring at him , she replayed the conversation again . The happiness and contentment on his face couldn't be faked . She knew this. He was genuinely happy for her friends about whom , if he chose , he didn't need to even care. But he cared genuinely and Rose could see it. Then what Mia said couldn't be true , right ?

Her thoughts were a blundering mess by now. So she decided to block it out as she went over to Claire and Carlos, congratulating them. They had finally come together and from what she was able to gather up , Claire had not been able to control her emotions as she listened to the hopelessly romantic song "Us" and had thrown herself into his arms , kissing him .

It was only after her lips felt his soft ones that she realised what she was doing. Carlos of course was frozen in shock but immediately recovered when he felt her backing off. He didn't know from where he found the courage but he instantly wrapped his strong arms around her and kissed her back.

He couldn't believe she was in his arms and kissing him ! Claire frieking Carver was kissing him ! And it was a trip to heaven.

He felt he was the luckiest guy in the whole damn universe. He had dreamt of this moment enough . But now that he was here , in the moment, he couldn't help but get amazed how magical and better it was than his imagination. Claire wasn't a random fling. She was special , a lot and so was this kiss.

But now , now he had come back from his euphoric state and was blushing hard. He always hated the way Claire had this effect on him. He had never blushed his whole damn life for god's sake and now , now it seemed that his body had suddenly developed this fantasy for this blush colour and not so surprisingly decided to spring it up whenever he was near her. It frustrated him to next level.

Next day the group boarded the flight for their last spot before they had to leave for Calgary. As the plane landed on the airport, Jordan led a sleepy Rose down the stairs. If it wasn't for his secure grip on her waist , Rose would have already landed on the ground straight from the first step ,face down .

The moment she reached the bottom stair , she let her whole weight fall on Jordan as she leaned into him completely. Jordan couldn't help but chuckle . Suddenly Rose was pulled away from his embrace causing her to scowl. With eyes that she could barely open , she hardly managed to lift her face to search for the treacherous source who pulled her away from the warmth. Her eyes followed a pair of hands which she found belonging to the man himself who was now trying his hardest to control his laughter.

Before her scowl could deepen any further, which Jordan highly doubted could happen , he removed his hands from her arms and brought them on the back side of her thighs. Rose's confused scowl immediately vanished as her eyes , which she could barely open a few seconds ago , grew wide open and twinkled. She immediately let him lift her up as she wrapped her legs around his waist , straggling him , all the while eyeing his muscles flex on his strong arm .

' How can someone be so hot !!' she thought.

Suddenly she heard a loud laughter that rumbled through her making her realise that Jordan was laughing .

" I know it's impossible for someone to be this hot , but it's me we are talking about love. I am an exceptional unique piece that comes after centuries. "

Rose resisted the urge to face palm and instead settled for groaning loudly while pressing her face in the crook of his neck to hide the blush that was threatening to rise.

Why did she have to speak everything out loud ? she groaned internally.

She wrapped her arms around him and let them dangle as she lazily kept her face on his shoulder while Jordan carried her back. He loved this feeling.

Reaching the car , he tried to pry Rose away so that he could make her sit but the adamant lazy girl was taking none of it. He somehow managed to slip in with a mumbling barely concious Rose in his lap. But he wasn't complaining. It was after all the world's best feeling of having the love of your life in your arms. Jordan just couldn't swipe that grin off from his face.

As Jordan laid down a sleeping Rose ,he slowly strolled over to Rose while slightly brushing some of her hair that had fallen on her face. He stroked her soft cheeks slightly while simply adoring the gift the lord above had so graciously given him. He was beyond thankful to him.

Jordan wanted nothing more than to cuddle up with her right now. But he couldn't do that without her permission. He didn't want to scare her off. He wanted to keep , whatever they had , slow and sweet , savouring each and every moment as much as it lasted. So he forced himself to get up but was abruptly stopped by a soft hand in his. He immediately recognised the touch and glanced down at Rose who was sleepily looking at him .

" Stay "

Just a mere whisper, but loud enough for Jordan to register and for his smile to blow up into a large grin. He didn't waste a second before climbing beside her , pulling her closer to him as she sleepily cuddled to him. Rose let out a content sigh as she placed her head on his chest and let her hand rest on his . Jordan wasn't any better than a small kid who just discovered a land of chocolate as he gazed down at the woman who had changed his life for the better. She had changed his perspective towards everything without changing him even a bit and words weren't good enough to describe how grateful he was and so he had decided to show it to her instead. With these thoughts in mind and a hope that everything goes as planned , Jordan relaxed back into a deep content sleep .

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A/N

Hola people... I hope ya all are doing good...

Well I've planned something really special for Rose which involves a whole lot of things. Let's see if it can take the direction I want it to .... Any suggestion??

Signing out
Joban ❤️