Close Luxury: A Sheo Fanfic

Chapter 5

Shailene's POV

He enthralled me.

I watched as his eyes came alive with the first bite he took from my brownies for him. I watched as he portrayed himself like a young boy again, as he begins rushing to throw more chunks of brownie into his mouth.

I can't help but laugh as he tries to bite at his fork-full-of-brownie again and he misses out of intense haste.

His eyes then jerk to mine as I continue laughing and a slow-carving smirk begins to evade his lips.

"What's so funny?" He questions before he then takes the back of his hand and wipes his mouth off like a little kid would and I cannot take my eyes off him.

"You Theo. You're so... hilarious." I chuckle and his eyes flash with satisfaction towards me, but within a moment's breath, the look is gone.

"This stuff is so good, you know. That's why I'm turning into this.. psychotic monster before you, Shai. These are amazing brownies!" He explains and I just lay my head down upon my arms along the tabletop.

I continue smiling at him before I whisper, "You're welcome." and I catch his eyes flutter just slightly.

What was with Theo at this point? He was definitely acting a lot more energetic around me tonight... or is this morning?

Perhaps it's the effect from his Vodka he had. I tell myself leisurely before I then find myself closing my eyes slowly.

With my head resting upon my arms, and Theo at my side, I felt like I could literally just fall asleep within this chair at any moment...

And perhaps I would have..

Suddenly though, I feel him. One of his hands is stroking my hair and I feel like tensing a little but somehow the natural ability just doesn't come.

I knew Theo well enough for him to stroke my hair, so why not? He's a really close friend of mine anyhow and so I just let him continue.

I feel his fingernails touch gingerly along my scalp as he glides through my hair and it feels... wonderful.

I feel myself give a small smile; for I could no longer contain it.

His deft fingers continue working on my head, and I gain the sense that I am being stared at, when suddenly my phone begins to vibrate within my pocket and instantly this causes for Theo's hand to jerk away from me.

My eyes spring open and both of us straighten immediately within our seats, a new silence befalling over the two of us.

I whip my phone out out of my pocket rather drastically. I hadn't expected for me and Theo's small moment to end so abruptly like that...

It's then that I receive a message upon my phone's screen and my mind lights up.

It's a text from my friend Zoë Kravitz.

"Hey, I got a text from Zoë!" I now turn to Theo beside me, and he leans forward to catch a glimpse of my phone screen.

"What's it say?" His voice roils with his British accent and I find myself biting the inside of my bottom lip as he looks to me, his eyes so intelligent and charming.

I then force myself back to my phone and read the text for him. "She wants to know how it's going for the two of us." I recite and turn to give him a look.

I'm expecting for him to just give me a cheesy answer like 'it's great!' but instead he just slips me a smirk.

"W-Well? What should I say?" I prompt him next when I have no real clue of what he's getting at.