Flicker - Chris Sturniolo

Proximity

Alora was too caught up in the movie that played in front of her to notice that Matt and Nick had gone up to their rooms. Leaving Chris and Alora alone once more. She broke out of her world when Chris made his voice heard, "Hey Alora."

"Hey, yeah what's up?" She asked diverting her attention to him.

"Nothing just wanted to make sure there was still a life in you," he laughed.

"Yeah sorry this movie's good," She said pausing it, "Wait where'd Matt and Nick go?"

"They wandered off to their rooms not too long ago."

"Oh. Hm well are you hungry," She asked an idea sparking her mind.

"I always am, why do you ask?" He said meeting her eyes.

"Up we go," Alora said getting up and walking over to Chris to drag him off the couch. "I'm going to get my keys. Do not move, okay?"

With his hands up in front of him, he promised to stay put.

Alora sprinted up the stairs and over to the room she found herself staying in, opening the door she launched herself over to her suitcase to grab a random pair of pajama pants and threw them on. While digging through her backpack trying to grab her keys a knock on the door caught her off guard.

Chris slowly opened the door, "I know I promised I'd stay still but pajama pants sound a lot more comfortable than these pants. Cute pants." He said making a note of her bright red pants that had Winnie the Pooh sprinkled all around them

"They are cute aren't they?" She remarked looking down at her pants. "I'll leave you to change. I'll be waiting by the front door."

A nod from Chris lead her to turn and make her way back downstairs. She spent time on her phone to kill the time waiting. Whilst scrolling through tiktoks she was alerted by the creaking stairs that Chris was coming down.

"What happened to wearing pajama pants?" Alora asked as she saw that Chris was in plain grey sweatpants.

"Couldn't find my cookie monster one so I opted for these fuckers," He said walking past Alora, but Alora found herself stuck and staring. She had said before Chris wasn't ugly, but she didn't realize how attractive he really was. The way his hair fell everywhere around his face, but he didn't do anything about it. His eyes popped through every outfit he wore no matter what color his shirt was. How he wore his goofy smile. Chris was as gorgeous as it got. How didn't the girl realize this the first time she laid eyes on him?

"Earth to Alora?" Suddenly Chris wasn't by the door and instead right in front of Chris's face. She broke out of her thoughts and looked up at him. He wasn't much taller than her, maybe 2-3 inches but she felt small at the moment. "There you are," He said with that lopsided smile laying on his face.

She pulled herself together and laughed, "Sorry something just came to mind, let's go now," She said grabbing his hand and pulling him back towards the door.

She let go to throw her shoes on and then once again she grabbed his hand and dragged him along. He didn't fight it. He just looked at the girl in front of him and admired her the same way she just did to him. When he saw her on the airplane he didn't deny the beauty that radiated off her features. The way those bangs she had always fell in front of her eyes and she had to fight to get them stuck behind her ears. The way she always tried to hide the smile on her face before giving up and letting it overtake her. Alora Adiar was as gorgeous as it got, and getting to know her only made him realize how beautiful she really got.

"Ladies first," Alora said as Chris looked up to find her holding the car door open for him with a smile growing on her face. She didn't let that smile show until Chris said thank you, madam. She closed the door and ran around to the driver's seat, getting in and getting comfortable.