Something Gained

Chapter Eleven

I woke up in bed and I sat bolt up right and looked around. It was pitch black and I couldn't work out how I got here. It was 3am, I slid out of bed and wandering through my house, I went into the living room and noticed it everything has been tidied away and Daniel was sleeping on the sofa. I went over and looked at him, he looked so peaceful. I went to walk away and he mumbled something in his sleep, and then sat up wide awake.
"Woah are you okay, what happened?" He asked
"I'm fine, just wondering why you're out here?" I asked him as he stood up
"You fell asleep so I took you to bed, I can go I don't need to stay I just wanted to make sure you're okay"
"No stay, I want you to stay"
"Okay" he laid back down on the sofa. I can't let him sleep on the sofa, might cause himself an injury and then Michael would have my head on a spike.
"No not there" he sat back up, I pulled him up and let him follow me into my bedroom. I laid down in bed and got comfy again and Daniel laid next to me.

The next morning I woke up and I was laying on his chest again, I could hear his heart beating and it was the most soothing thing. I felt calmer and happier. I just laid there for ages looking out the window at the sun and the trees. Yesterday was a blip, I've travelled to three different times zones in three days, yesterday wasn't a good day and today will be a good day.
"Morning" I felt his chest vibrate as his sleepy Australian accent rumbled out.
"Good morning" I replied
"When we get up and when you're ready we're gonna go out and go to my place, I'll get sorted, get changed and then we can go out. I've got an idea"
"An idea" i questioned
"Yeah, just trust me"
"Fine, but I'm not moving yet" he laughed and pulled me into him more as we just lay down watching the sun come through the window.

I peeled myself away from my bed eventually and got in the shower and got myself ready for the day. I got dressed in a white floaty top, black leggings, and a denim jacket. I slipped on my sunglasses and put my bag on my shoulder and walked out of my room. Daniel was waiting in the kitchen, leaning against the side on his phone. He looked.. no stop. Just breathe.

"Hey are you ready to go?" He asked looking up from his phone,
"I am indeed, now what are we doing?" I asked picking up my keys
"I can't tell you that, you'll have to wait and see" he said walking towards the door. I rolled my eyes and followed him out the door, locking it behind me.

We got to Daniels house, which was actually just down the street from me. So strange. He invited me in and I wandered round while he got ready. He had a nice house. A lot larger and nicer than my house, obviously, he's a successful driver. I was so in awe of everything it was a true reflection of him. Happy, light, go with the flow.
"Being nosey" I didn't hear him creep up behind me and it made me jump.
"Do you have to do that" I said holding my chest. "I could have a heart attack"
"It's okay, I can perform mouth to mouth" he replied. I rolled my eyes, "come on let's go" he dragged me out the door and into the car. We then drove for about 30 minutes, the whole time he sang and danced around while driving. This guy, his happiness and laughter is infectious, it just lifts you up.

We parked up the car right near the beach and I saw to the left was Santa Monica Pier. I won't lie I'm obsessed with the beach, the coast, with piers, with seasides. And although I've lived in LA for a little while I hadn't been because I don't like doing certain things on my own, I would go shopping and things but not here and I really wanted to go. I normally came to my house to chill out between breaks and things, and I would literally stay in my house, did he know I wanted to go here? Or just plain coincidence? He was watching me, I smiled and got out of the car. I walked round to the front of the car where he was now standing.
"So, let's go have some fun" he said, he took my hand in his, locked the car and we walked into the beach.
"Why are we here?" I asked, honestly you couldn't wipe the smile from my face
"We can go somewhere else if you want? But I wanted you to have fun and chill out, and I wanted to spend the day with you" he said, he looked down at our hands, it felt strange to be holding his hand but a good strange, I looked up at him and have him a hug.
"Thank you" I whispered. His arms wrapped around me
"Breaking through that shell aren't I with the hugs, come on let's go" as I pulled away from him, our faces where so close to each others, i so badly wanted to kiss him again, I could feel my heart speeding and my breath was so shaky. He cleared his throat and moved to kiss me on the forehead before guiding me to walk towards the pier. Oh so now he was acting like a gentleman, I didn't want him to act gentlemanly right now. I sighed and we walked towards the pier.

We had a great day. We walked all around the pier, playing games, eating food (me more than him, he had to watch his diet obviously), we laughed so much it was the best thing in the world to spend the day with someone I felt so calm with. Except the constant electricity everytime we touched or my heart skipping a beat everytime he looked into my eyes. Those beautiful chocolate brown eyes, they melted me everytime. Right now I wasn't thinking about being his PR manager, or the fact I worked with him, I was just living and breathing in the moment. We were now walking along the beach and the sun was setting across the ocean, we were walking side by side.

"How are you feeling now?" He asked me stopping me from walking
"Wonderful, thank you so much. You've made everything better" I looked up and he was staring into my eyes. He brushed some of my dark curly hair away from my face and kept his hand there.
"Your eyes in the sun, they're sparkling" he mumbled, I only just about catch what he said. His hand moved to my shoulder and he looked off to the side. I huffed and put both my hands on his face and brought his lips down onto mine. He clearly didn't need telling twice and kissed me back. I felt like I couldn't breathe but at the same time he was my oxygen and I just wanted more. He pulled away from the kiss and rested his forehead on mine.
"So I'm allowed to kiss you then?" He asked. I shrugged and he smiled, he kissed me on the lips once more and then put his arm round my shoulders and we started walking back to his car.