Forbidden Secrets (Completed ✅)

Seven

Jordan exhaled and return the smile curiously, he thought she just might be flirting with him. There was a long pause as he held her gaze. Those brown eyes seemed to flash at him with interest. He hadn't done this in so long he wasn't quite sure how it was supposed to go. He was so used to having a woman practically grovel at his feet and for some curious reason this one was challenging him.
"So what areyour life's problems?" she said exhaling and propping her head on to her hand to look at him.
"I guess nothing really as important as burning down hotels" he laughed not wanting to shift the mood
"Yeah you've had some experience with that one" she smirked back at him.
There it was again. The reminder that she was and had been a fan for a long time. Why didn't that bother him? It usually did but not with her, it just seemed as if she were a friend that just knew his history.
"Hello," she waved a hand in front of him "are you in there" she said taking another long drag
He jumped. "Oh sorry, deep thought about those problems" Jordan said as he watched her inhale. Those lips....he shook his head.
What the hell was he doing? Since when did fans become more than just that ? Fans

Steph shifted  leaning  back on  her elbows at the top step for support. "Well I guess we all have our issues relative to our situation" she said thinking about how crappy her week had been.
He mimicked her posture and sighed "Yeah you never really know what someone is going through......"
"Until you have walked a mile" she finished the thought for him.
The fell into a rhythmic conversation that seemed to just flow like they had known each other for years. It seemed to go on for hours but when he looked down at his watch thirty minutes had only passed.
"You still want that drink?" Jordan asked  looked over at her. She was staring up at the dingy stairwell ceiling. A breeze blew her short hair into her eyes and Jordan had to resist the urge to sweep them away.
"Yeah I guess, where the hell is Bubba anyway?" Steph wondered aloud  looking around.
Damn he had forgotten about that. He now wondered where the big guy had gotten to for so long.
"Don't know I will go run get you that drink and grab my cell so we can locate him" he said standing up and wanting to stretch. He was exhausted after that performance.
She noticed his weariness as he stood and she started to get up.
"You know you are probably so exhausted, I will let you get some rest. I can find him" Steph told him  dusting off her butt "I have bothered you long enough"
Steph's comment bit Jordan. He wasn't trying to get her to leave. Jordan had to  think quickly.
"Are you kidding me, at this hour?" He pointed to his watch. "You can't be walking around at this hour by yourself. Just let me go get my cell and I will be right back" he finished with a stay here gesture.
"Ok Ok" Steph conceded as she  sat back down
Jordan jogged back to his room , dug his cell out of his sweat soaked jeans that were in a crumpled heap on the floor.
"Bubba! It's Jordan, do you have Steph's room situation sorted out yet?"
"What? Oh god, really?"
"Ok, yeah she's with me, I will tell her"
Jordan tossed his cell back on the bed and snatched up the Pepsi.
He left his door slightly open and jogged back down to where she was sitting. She was hugging herself and rocking in an effort to stave off the chilly sea air.
"Oh god, I wasn't thinking, are you cold?" Jordan said bending down to rub her arms quickly.
"Yeah it is pretty chilly" she said with a look down at her PJ's "and you know my get up that I have own" she chuckled with a shiver.
He laughed and continued to rub her arms in a warming gesture.
She returned the laugh halfheartedly and rolled her eyes. What was he doing?
"You can stop now or I might catch fire from the friction" she murmured as she felt her skin tingle from his attempts.
He stopped and looked down with a mock dejected expression.
"Geez, no one can help you out tonight can they?" he said smiling, he had really just wanted a reason to touch her.
"If it involves men in towels or lightening fires, I don't need help with those thank you" she said playfully pushing at his shoulder.
Seeing his opportunity he grabbed her hand and held it.
Her laugh was cut short as her breath caught in her throat.
She tried to play if off but he noticed the change in the air around them and shot her a grin as he squeezed her hand.
Those deep brown eyes seemed to envelope her as she allowed herself to meet his gaze. Without realizing it she tilted her head in a flirty gesture and returned his grin with one of her own.
He brought her hand up, pushed to his chest and stepped forward.
Immediately her body tensed. She knew that look, the look that every guy had right before they kissed you. His eyes seemed to glaze and there was that dopey grin again. She felt him start to lean in further and she gently pushed back.
"So...did you get a hold of Bubba?" she asked to distract him.
He looked at her with disappointment, turning his head away. Why was she rejecting him? They had just been flirting with each other hadn't they?
"Oh yeah, there is a problem" he said as he dropped her hand. His tone had changed and it was almost flat. "The lock on your door is broken, so you wouldn't have been able to get in with your key" he explained with a defeated shrug. After an uncomfortable pause and silence. "They are fixing it now" he added with a glance down the stairs.
She had to grin to herself. He was pouting, she had rejected his advances and he was being a fucking baby about it. She was so flattered that he had wanted to kiss her but seeing this side of him made her blood run hot. What did he think he was some kind of sex god? She figured he had always had it easy with women. Well, she wasn't going to be another notch in his very long belt. Before she could restrain her angry thoughts she opened her mouth.
"Listen, I hope you don't think that because of all of this help you have given me you are getting laid" She stared at him challengingly .surprised when she saw the flash of anger in his eyes. She had offended him and it amused her.
"What? Is that what you think this is all about?" he asked stepping back from her to gesture around angrily. "Do you think that I stayed up, embarrassed myself when I have to catch a plane at 6:30 in the morning just because I wanted to get laid?" He was royally pissed at her obvious smart mouth. Man he had really missed judged her. Why was she being so incredibly ungrateful?
She tried to hide her amusement at his defensiveness. She wasn't really trying to be rude. She was just a little pissed that he thought she was going to be that easy.