Crush

Part 5

Ryan's p.o.v. -
Right before heading to Cleveland I had watched and discussed David Bowie with my new friend Nikki.  I had no idea how versatile her music tastes were; in fact they were almost identical to mine.

I put in my ear buds and she noticed the song saying "Hey would you mind sharing?"

I pulled out one and let her use it.  She said "I love this band.  I wish I had the money to get all their albums on my phone.  Of course I'd need more space."

I turned up the music in our ears and blasted the song "Black Dog."  

I took a little time before asking what her absolute favorite LZ song was and when I did she said quickly "D'yer Maker.  I love the end.  Well I love all of it but the low whispery 'fire' is just awesome."

The next song I played was her favorite from Led Zeppelin just to give her the opportunity to hear the 'fire' ending.

She looked so happy listening to one of my favorite bands which put a smile on my face for hours.

Of course watching her sing along didn't hurt either. I myself don't sing but if anyone around me wanted to I didn't mind.

I soon decided to play a different artist altogether by turning on a song I knew she was familiar with. When she started singing the words "I came here tonight to get you out of my mind I'm gonna take what I find..... I don't need to where you've been..." I had no doubt she loved that song too.

I was surprised at the sound of her voice when she knew a song she had a lot of power and emotion behind the lyrics.

Nikki's p.o.v. -
I sang Christina Aguilera in front of a man who starred in the video and just watched his facial expressions go from shock to lust to respect back to lust and so on. I found myself caught up in his stare reciprocating the looks of lust that I had been receiving.

When my eyes locked with his it was as if nothing else existed on the planet but that was disturbed by someone speaking "All electronics must be stowed at this time."

Ryan put his music away for the descent into Cleveland and got right back to staring at me.

In fact I don't think he stopped to put it away. I don't think his eyes lost their deadlock on mine once.

Only after the plane landed in Cleveland that Finola tapped his shoulder did he finally break his stare with me.

Honestly I think all four co stars could tell he really was into me but part of me wondered how long it would last.

I still had so many things he needed to know about me. First of all I had only been on one date in my life and I wasn't even sure if that walk around Chicago was considered a date. It was great but nothing was spoken about it. Second of all I had no experience being kissed. Thirdly I had no experience in the love making department. What would he say about all this? Would he end up hating me or was I over reacting?