Inside Out

33.

Jordan's POV
These past three days have been torture. Torture in the sense where my thoughts were in overdrive , my mind was running.

What now?

Now that I know Nau'jour has feelings for me. This changes my perspective on things. Like, is he really sure he likes me or is this just a phase because he's bored.

How do I react to this? Should I return his feelings? Will he hurt me? Is it worth it?

I honestly only ever saw him as a friend.

I placed my head on my hands that were on the steering wheel as I waited for Nau'jour to text me. I was receiving him from the airport today. To say I was nervous is an understatement. I can't stop shaking.

I subtly glanced down at my outfit as soon as I saw him approaching my G wagon. My phone lit up with a text from him seconds later.

The first thing he did was knock my tinted windows to notify me of his presence. I rolled it down as he motioned for me to open the back doors— which I did and he loaded his suitcase onto the backseat.

I didn't feel like driving anymore due to my nerves, so we switched places.

His cologne easily over powered the car freshener while mingling with the air conditioning. I subtly took a deep breath as he drove away from the curb.

He got that smell I liked. It was a bit silent. Too silent for my liking so I connected my phone to the Bluetooth and Summer Walker blasted through my speakers.

I turned it down a bit.

"What's wrong?", I heard him say as he took my hand in his placing our intertwined hands on the armrest. His fingertips cold to the touch.

"I'm ok.", I responded breathily as he kissed my knuckles.

I like that he has always been able to read my moods.

He let out a breathy laugh as if he figured something out. "Jordan. Am I making you nervous?", he asked glancing at me briefly then back at the road.

"No. You're not.", I responded a little too quickly yanking my hand away, lying straight through my teeth.

"Are you sure?", he teased glancing at me once more. He isn't slick, he knew what he was doing.

I nodded. I was out of words.

I mean he declared his feelings for me and then left the country. How am I supposed to react. Of course I was nervous.

He nodded once and then pulled off the road onto the side of the road as he put the vehicle in park.

"Jordan.", he stated using his cold forefinger to lift my chin.

"It's okay to be nervous.", he added as he took my right hand guiding it to his chest. "You make me nervous too.", he said as he placed my palm over his heart which beating way too fast.