Love- As Real As the Moon

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Hayley

We walk out of the elevator into the basement of my apartment. Everything about him screams class today. He's wearing a black t-shirt paired with a black blazer and pants. I can't see his beautiful eyes because he's wearing a aviators. There's a strand of his silky hair on his forehead. He looks........... mesmerising. He walks towards a Rolls Royce and opens the door for me.
My eyes widen."This is your car?"

"Yeah. Don't like it?"

"No. Uh I love it. " I try to smile and get into the car.

He walks over and gets in. He stares at me while buckling his seatbelt.

"What?" I ask.

"Wear your seatbelt, Moon."

"Oh um yeah sure." I reach towards my seatbelt and pull it. My clumsy ass leaves it by mistake and the latch hits me on my forehead.

"Ouch. Shit." I rub my forehead.

"Fuck." He removes his seatbelt in a fraction of a second and leans towards me. He starts rubbing his thumb over the area where I got hurt.
"You hurt yourself with a seatbelt, Hayley How can I trust you with Andres?" He says softly.

"It's just a seatbelt, Nick. I'll be fine. Trust me."
He let's out a small exhale, lifts a little from his seat and starts moving towards me till his face is behind my neck.  I can feel his breath on my neck. He's so close I can't breathe. He slowly moves down.

"Wh- what are you doing?" I stammer.

"What do you think I'm doing , Moon?" He whispers in my ear.

I squeeze my eyes shut as I feel his breath move down my ear towards my neck. Down. Down. Suddenly, his presence is gone. I slowly open my eyes as I feel something tight on my body. The seatbelt. He was helping me with the seatbelt. God, what is wrong with me? Thank you romance books. I hear the engine of the car start. I watch him as he starts driving, the corner of his lips lifted.

~

"Hi Hay. You look dashing." Ol days as she hugs me.

"Thank you." I smile.

"Let's connect your cameras and other devices." She gestures towards a chair.
I nod and sit down. We connect and check if all the devices are working well.

"And we're all set." She Claps.

"Are you sure Ol?" Nick asks.She nods.

"So let's enjoy the party till AA arrives." I say excitedly.

"Yes! We have a lot of time. He's going to join very late. So let's go." Olive says.

We run to the party and Nick follows us. He sits there in a corner while we talk to our friends and dance. Olive requests him to join and dance with us but he refuses. We both try a lot but the grumpy six feet man doesn't budge. We finally give up and continue dancing.
After dancing for a while, I go to drink some water.

"Hey Hayley." A voice comes from behind me. I turn to find my colleague, Phil smiling at me.

"Hey Phil." I smile back and give him a side hug.

"You look stunning. Couldn't take my eyes off you since you walked in." He runs a hand over his hair nervously.

"Thanks Phil. You look gorgeous too!"

"You wanna dance?"

"Yeah sure. Let's go."

He holds his hand out. "May I?
I smile and give him my hand. It's been a long time since I've had some fun. He takes me to the dance floor and starts catching the beat.  I throw my hands up and sway my hips to the beat. Phil slowly starts moving towards me while dancing and nervously places his hands on my hips as if unsure. I smile at him to let him know it's ok. He smiles back and we dance together.