After Goodbye

Chapter 4: Big Boss (Part 1)

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I just wanna make you feel,
make you feel, make you feel...

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Thoughtlessly, I followed behind her allowing her to weave us through the dancing people until we were outside by valet. Only then did she drop her hand from mine and as much as I hated to admit it, I missed the contact. The loss of warmth from her hand felt extra prominent with the cool breeze of the night air. She handed the valet her ticket before turning to me once they left to retrieve her car. "You know I didn't say yes." I said with a cross of my arms. Her eyes swept over me a darker gleam to them as she took me in my defiant stance. "You didn't say no either."

Before I could reply the flash of headlights drew both of our attentions to the approaching Tesla. "This you?" I asked in surprise venturing around the recently released vehicle. Her smirk grew. "Yup. You like?" She said flashing me a charming, flirtatious smile as the valet exited the car. "I love." I said in oblivious admiration, taking in the detailed claw marks on the sides of the car. The valet proceeded to hand her the keys, but her eyes stayed on me while I knowingly kept my eyes on the car. "It's amazing what time will get you." She teased with a jingle of the keys she now held. My eyes flickered up to her and without hesitation she tossed them to me. My brow quirked in silent question as I caught them. "Wanna test-drive?"

Author's Note: I do not condone driving under the influence of anything. Get an Uber, Lyft, walk or sit your ass down somewhere. Thank you.

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After a 5-minute cruise to a nearby beach with Victoria as my guide we finally parked in the sandy, vacant beach lot. "Hold on." Victoria said as I went to turn the car off. Unbuckling her seatbelt she leisurely leaned over me. I held my breath at her sudden close proximity. Her eyes drifted to me at the still of my breathing. She leaned in closer, close enough that I could feel the warmth of her breath brush my face and the waft of her perfume danced around me. I froze as her head tilted ever so slightly. Her hand slowly reached out towards my arm and as I internally wagered how to politely decline whatever advances she was making, the sound of a click resonated. My brow furrowed in confusion glancing towards the noise. I watched as she retracted her hand from a button just passed my arm. "Lounge mode activated" the car voiced. Victoria smirked as my seat began to recline, the rest of the car beginning to shift along with it before she leaned back into her own seat and settled into the readjusted chair and the newly exposed sunroof allowed the light of the moon to shine through over us.

My heart was beating in overtime as I stared at the girl in bewilderment while she continued to casually open her glove compartment and pull out some weed. She glanced my way taking notice of my frazzled state. "You can sync up to the aux now. Once it's going you should be able to turn the car off." She nonchalantly instructed before focusing her attention on pulling out some papers from her stash. I nodded semi-coherently as I tried to figure what just happened. Rapidly blinking my haze away, I turned away hiding my flushed face as I released a long breath of relief and embarrassment. I searched for my phone and began to link it to the car via bluetooth following the prompts as they appeared on my screen. I cleared my throat awkwardly once it was set before asking "Same song?" Victoria shrugged "Unless you wanna play me something else." Settling on the repeat, I peeked over at Victoria to see her grinding up her strand of choice as Told Ya began to play.