Captivating // Ben Orr

part three

-The next morning-

I wake up looking around the room still trying to fully open my eyes;

"where am I?.." I think to myself disoriented and feeling somewhat concerned.

*Ben enters his room where I am*

"Oh, hey sleepy head" Ben jokes and smiles

"What..? Wait, where am I? Why are you here?? What's going on??" I say somewhat panicked

"Relax darling, you're safe here." Ben says trying to calm me down

"Ben?.." I say in disbelief "am I- is this your house?" I say confused

"You're very right, this is my house and you slept over; okay let me explain though, there's more to it."

"Ok..fill me in please?." I say puzzled

"Ok, so last night, you kinda had a fall, I don't know if you remember much but I saw it happen, of course, because you were in the front row so I couldn't miss it" he chuckles but then gets serious again.

"So..then what? How'd I get backstage..?" I ask.

"Oh, I had one of the stage crew people bring you back." He says with a smile

"Oh, I see..but what am I doing here? Why am I not at home?" I ask

"Because silly, it just made sense, I wanted to look after you, and you couldn't be alone, it was for the best, and although it was unfortunate what happened to you, it kinda worked in my favor, because I was watching you from the stage and found myself unable to keep my eyes off of you whenever I had the chance." He says with a smirk

"Welp..that answers my question and any other ones I might have had." I say shyly.

"Well than I guess you're to blame for my falling." I say jokingly, still trying to fully wake up "I'm kidding, that was all me obviously." I laugh

"You're here now and that's all that matters, right?" He says without hesitation.

"Okay, so on that note, how long am I staying..here?" I ask kinda confused with the way he's talking

"Um..yeah, you know, I haven't really thought of that yet, you know because it's little soon to say when you've only just gotten here" he says chuckling

"Oh, I mean..yeah I guess so, and why should I care anyway, I'm at Ben Orr's house- oh my gosh..wow- *I look around realizing it more and more* this is practically what I asked for last night- I mean, not exactly, but this is way better." I say, letting it sink in.

Ben's face lights up as he looks at me

"Well that's good to hear!" He says exhilarated "so then I guess you won't need to go home anytime soon then, huh??" He asks hopeful

"Woah, I mean this is nice and all and I really can't complain, but Ben, it's not like this is going to be indefinite.." I say slightly concerned

"Why not?" He asks taken aback by my response.

I sorta laugh "Ben, for a few reasons, 1, My family will wonder, 2, You most likely have a girlfriend 3, (but I guess not that big of a deal) you're older than me 4, You're on tour & 5, You don't even know my name or my age."

"Wow..well, let's see, a couple of those you were off; 1, I don't have a girlfriend, and 2, the band's on a break because the next leg of our tour doesn't start for another month. So, yeah, nothing to really worry about there love." He replies cockily