Mysterious

Chapter 4

"What can I get you ladies to drink?" asked a bartender.

"Umm...rum and cokes please?" Anna asked. They were standing at a VIP bar, next to some pretty darn gorgeous people. "Check out that guy over there, Arissa. He's hot."

"Yeah. I don't have a chance in hell."

"Girl, you've lost so much weight in the last year...where is the confidence you have when you run? And you work? And you are just you? Use it!"

"I have no game..." Arissa whined. They were handed there drinks.

They started to walk toward a purple couch to sit down. It started to get really loud. Singing and dancing was all they could hear.

"Come dance with me...Arisssaaa!" she heard Bruno yell at her, but she didn't answer him. Anna pushed her to get up.

"I can't. He's too good."

"Go! Now!"

Arissa stood up in her black tube dress and yellow heels. It was a late Spring/Early summer look that she adored. She had on the fake eyelashes and had her hair slightly curled after straightening it after her run.

He took her hand and twirled her around. "My lady."

"Bruno Mars..." she smiled at him.

"You smell good..." he told her as he whipped her towards him.

"Umm..thanks?"

"No. Thank you for smelling delicious." he put his lips right near her collar bone and started to kiss her. She tried to pull away from his kiss, but he had his arms wrapped around her waist so tightly that it was entirely too hard to pull away from him. She put her arms around his neck. Before she knew it they were walking down the stairs to her car.

"Take the long way home, Arissa." he said when he got in the car.

"We can do that..just ask me to get lost." she laughed.

"Don't do that...we both have to be somewhere tomorrow..." he kissed her on the cheek and held her hand.

"I don't get you..." she said changing lanes.

"What do you mean?" he replied.

"This. What is this?"

"You're so...I don't want to say amazing Arissa..."

She laughed at his choice of words.

"You don't know me. You've known me for, what? 12 hours? How do you know that? And don't tell me that every girl is amazing, beautiful, special, blah blah blah blah, blah, blah, blah." she started to sound angry. He didn't know why.

"Arissa?" he questioned her reaction. "You made me happy today. No one has made me smile like you did when I saw you running this morning. And then you didn't tell me your name. You were so mysterious. It made me so helpless. You turned me on. You turned me on. Like a switch."

"Shut up! You are so darn cheesy! Don't think I haven't heard that song, Bruno Mars!" she wasn't sure if she should be flattered that he pulled it on her or pissed that he did.

"Damnit." he looked down to the side of the car where she had a water bottle with stickers all over it. He picked it up nervously and played with the stickers. They sat at a light. She looked at him playing with her water bottle. "It was true though." he said to her. He touched her shoulder and leaned in to kiss her.

She moved over a bit to the left to keep him from kissing her. "No." she said very bluntly."You're leaving tomorrow morning. I'm going home. Look, we're back!" she shouted trying to be less awkward. She stopped the car, but the music was still on.

"Arissa...I don't go into hotel gyms to pick up girls. I don't give backstage passes to girls that win tickets from radio stations – or girls who come to see me on their birthdays. I especially don't invite those girls to come with me to my after party and then tell them they smell delicious and then kiss them all over. I know I'm leaving in...." he checked his phone to see what time it was. "7 hours. And you're leaving in 9..."

Arissa pulled her hair nervously. He took her hand from her hair. She felt his ring and started to tingle. Maybe I should just take a chance. There's no way I'm going to actually live any if I don't just suck my shit up and deal with it....She touched his cheek gently and kissed him. It was something she told Anna she wanted to do just to make sure he was real. He sure as hell was. He was so real. He reached over to put his fingers through her hair as he kissed her gently. He could tell that she did not move quickly. She needed to move slowly. He didn't understand why. She was so gorgeous. But he let her control everything.