More Than A Game

Chapter 30

"Hmm, what time is it?" I let out a muffled sound as I reached out my arms upwards. Looking around, I could feel my heart starting to race rapidly as I suddenly began to remember where I was.

I scanned the hotel room and felt surprised that I managed to fall asleep at Ollie's hotel room letting out a shocked yawn. I looked over at Ollie whose body was slouched over the couch sitting upwards with his hand still on my shoulders.

"Hey Ollie, get up. Hurry up and wake up." I said as I watched in silence the adorable effort he took in getting up. He looked at me and let out a shy smile before staring at me. I raised my eyebrow as he raised his slightly too, quickening the pace of my heartbeat.

"What is it? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Because you're the most beautiful thing in this room Carmen, that's why I'm staring at you." He said as he leant in for a swift kiss. Smiling at each other we spent quite a while looking at each other's faces and whilst I didn't usually enjoy the attention, this time felt a little different.

"Joke of the year Ollie, anyway like I was saying before, what's the time?" I asked as he took a glimpse at his watch and replied. Letting his response sink in, I suddenly felt anxious as I hopped off the couch in a hurry. Ollie looked rather confused and after explaining to him, he let out another smile.

"Don't panic, I can drive you up there. There's no need to stress, I can assure you that." He said as he held my hand. Blushing, I tried as best as I could to hide my face from Ollie as he picked himself off the couch and directed me to the exit of the hotel room.

Walking to the car, I started wondering how Ollie could have a car when he was only here for a few weeks but pushed aside the thought realising that it was probably just a rental car and there was other things to worry about.

"I'm sorry for falling asleep at your place Ollie, I didn't mean to spend the night. I guess I lost track of the time."

"You're saying it like it was a bad thing Carmen. I don't mind you staying the night, actually, I would have preferred for you to stay a little longer." Ollie added with a wink as I smiled to myself and looked out the window of the car.

As Ollie began driving out of the hotel carpark, he drove onto the main road and made his way past a row of large, grey buildings and city skyscrapers. I wondered how Grace and Chad would react when they find out I spent the night at Ollie's. I know Grace is going to be slightly disappointed but Chad was a completely different story.

"So how are you going with your plan to set up Angus with that friend of yours? I could help you if you want but I'm sure you've got everything under control, right?"

"Yeah. It's going alright. Hopefully they can meet up before we leave so we can hear how it went for the both of them." I said as I tried my hardest to clear my mind of any negative thoughts.

"I don't mean to go in your business but after what happened the other day, are you feeling alright? Because to be honest, you seem a little all over the place."

"I guess I have to be fine. I have no other choice than to go on with everything that's going on. So to answer your question, yes I'm fine."

Ollie sighed as he looked over at me with concern in his eyes. I felt rather bad for him, here I was complaining about how I was feeling when I was making Ollie feel awkward. As Ollie pulled into Grace's driveway, he put on the brakes and we both sat in complete silence.

Staring into his eyes once more, it had felt like a fire was burning in my heart. Never in my life have I done what I was doing to Ollie and Chad in my life yet I never really planned for this to be the outcome. I had no idea how to react. Kissing him wouldn't do any good for either of us yet that was the only thing I could think about doing. Looking down, I took a sharp deep sigh.