Breathe

Chapter 2

When Chris arrived to the studio that night, the last thing he has been expecting was running into Ciara before he could see anybody else, and right in the parking lot of all places.

In fact, when he got to the arena, Ciara wasn't anywhere near his mind and upon taking a glimpse of her he was actually surprised at how easily she had slipped from his mind.

Now, it wasn't like he has completely forgotten about her; after all what happened between them a little over two weeks ago wasn't something a man could completely forget and he wasn't going to lie, he has thought about it quite a lot. Especially when he would catch a glimpse of her walking around the studio they would be as if she owned the damn place.

But it was just that as of late he had his mind very much occupied with other matters and between one thing and the other, his mind just stopped swirling around that night.

So yeah, as soon as he climbed out of his car he has been a little taken aback by the sight of her all alone and looking for something in her rental. Her with her long black hair flowing down her back in soft waves, wearing a pair of short jean shorts and the most petulant look ever.

Right in that moment, he had to admit that even though he didn't necessarily like the woman's new way of acting, on a physical level she looked like someone taken out of any man's wildest dream and that day she wasn't disappointing.

That night she was looking so damn fine.

Watching her move around, Chris decided that she was also as cocky as she was pretty and that the problem with women like her was they knew they looked good and that made them feel like they were the last Coke at the dessert, attitude that he didn't like at all.

He liked his women down to earth and humble and Chris was exactly the opposite of that. Especially since she got her first big international hit "I Bet" (Love that song) ever since that day she started to act as if she was in another whole dimension that anybody else on the planet and to some extent he couldn't stand her. But at the same time and especially since their night, he was drawn to her in ways he couldn't understand and yes, because of that her attitude pissed him off.

But that night, what really bothered him about her was the way she acted as if he was just a tree planted right in the middle of the street. She didn't even spare him a glance and basically walked right by him with her head held up high and her designers sunglasses perfectly set to hide her eyes.

Now, it wasn't like he has been expecting the woman to go to him and salute him like a good friend she hadn't seen in a while, not at all. He was very much aware that what happened between them was like she said, pure business and nothing more. But since that time she was alone and there was no one around but him, he has been kind of expecting her to at least send him a dirty glance that would put him in his place.

He would have liked that, a dirty glance was better than indifference and a wicked part of him wanted to know that he wasn't the only one that remembered that night.

But she didn't do that, she didn't even acknowledge him and for reasons he couldn't quite understand, that made him feel a bit mad.

It was like this, he just didn't like being ignored and he was going to let her know that.

Getting hit by an idea, Chris let the moment go away without saying or doing anything; he just took his things out of his rental car's trunk and kept doing his business as usual. He went into the studio, found his recording session and started to get ready. Once nobody came in after 10 mins he started walking around.

Chris always paid attention and that was how he knew that if he wanted to find Trey he just had to walk into catering and that if he wanted to talk to Future he had to go to his session; he also knew that Kendrick would be at the outside and that Wayne would be standing on a wall freestyling... but when it came to the females since their were only a few, he just had to go the session couple of doors down from his and all of them would be there.