Since We're Alone |NH|

Chapter 36

Ophelia's POV

"There she is!" I heard Tomi say as soon as I rounded the corner and entered the bar.

"Hey, Tomi," I said, placing my bag down.

"Sooooo, how'd it go?"

"How'd what go?" I asked, trying not to smile, knowing full well what she was asking.

"Don't play coy with me, missy!  Did you and Niall finally fuck?"

My eyes darted across the restaurant.  "Tomi, shush!  I swear, I love you, but you can be quite crass."

"Yeah, yeah.  Did you two do anything or not?  Or do I have some Irish ass to kick?"  I looked at her and smiled.  "Yay!"  She jumped up and clapped her hands before hugging me.  When she stepped back, she said, "Finally!  How was it?"

I kind of did a weird head nod before saying, "It was...okay?"

"Okay?  Just okay?"  She gave me a look.

"It was nice."

"Nice?" Her voice raised an octave or two when she said that.

"Could it have been better?  Yes.  But, it definitely could've been worse.  Plus, I think it was just that it was the first time.  And now that the first time is over with, the nerves are gone and hopefully things can get to and stay heated between us.  At least....I hope.  Tomi, I'm going to tell you this and please be a bit more sensitive than you usually are."

"Is everything okay?"

"Yes...and no.  But, just remember how much I like him, okay?"

"Oooookay?"

I looked around us to make sure that no one could hear us.  "It's just, I don't know, I'm probably reading way too much into this but there's clearly something going on with him?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, first, there's chemistry there, right?  I'm not just hoping it's there, right?"

"Oh, no, girl, it's there."

"Okay, well, when we got back to my place last night, we couldn't keep our hands off each other and every inch of my body was on fire.  I mean, I realize, it's been awhile but still, I must really fucking like him for my body to react that way just by someone's touch."

"That sounds like everything was more than just okay, Ophelia."

"I think it would've been amazing...had we actually kept going."

"Wait, you just said you did?"

"We did.  Just not last night."

"I'm lost."

"We were there, Tomi.  We were so close and then it was like there was someone else in the room."

"Huh?"

"We had made it back to my bed and our clothes were off, it was just us and then he started acting like he had heard something.  He kept asking me what I said when I hadn't said anything.  And then he suddenly made this strange noise and pulled himself away from me.  He was completely freaked out."

Tomi scrunched up her face.  "Huh?!"

"Yeah, pretty fucking weird.  He backed away from me but even in the dark, Tomi, he looked petrified."

"You do have a weird ability to see quite well in the dark."  She paused.  "Soooo, what happened next?"

"He apologized, told me it was not me and tried to leave."