From The Dining Table [H.S]

Chapter 4:

I take a deep breath before knocking on Nikki's door. Luckily, if this doesn't work out, no one knows I'm here. Not my friends, management, and best of all: paparazzi.

The door swings open and I know I'm over dressed with a nice shirt, jacket, slacks and hat. She looks me up and down and I smile holding the flowers I got her.

Her straight face turns into a smile as she laughs, "What are you wearing?!" she giggles and opens the door wider so I can come in.

I grin, "What are you wearing?" I chuckle and look her up and down. She's wearing sweat pants and a tee shirt. Her hair looks like it was messily parted to the side but even though she looks like she just woke up, I can't stop smiling.

She's gorgeous.

"Why are you so nice looking? I thought we planned on ordering pizza and watching a movie yesterday" she says and I walk into her house, which was pretty big.

I shrug, "Is this not a date?" I ask looking around but my eyes land on her.

"No, this is a... I don't know... hang out?"

I give her a straight face and narrow my eyes at her, "Are we on an adult play date?"

She shakes her head, "Not a date! But I'll take these" she says grabbing the flowers from my hands. She starts to walk and I follow her into the kitchen. I lean against the wall and watch as she grabs a vase and fills it with water. She unwraps the flowers from their packaging and puts them in the water. She picks them up and places them on the island counter in the middle of the kitchen.

"Want a tour?" she asks me and I nod.

"Well this is my kitchen" she laughs, "It isn't too big because neither me nor my roommate cook."

She leads me all around the house, showing me the living room, dining room, her bed room, the bathrooms, the game room, and a music room. We end in the living room.

"So that's my house" she says smiling and I just stare at her smiling back.

"What? You been quiet the whole time" she says, sitting on the sofa. She motions to the seat next to her and I sit down.

"Nothing" I say smiling.

"Well do you like it?"

"Like what?" I ask raising an eyebrow but still smiling. I guess I'm not over the fact that I'm actually at her house. We haven't texted much but I already like her. More than any other girl. I thought she'd be just some hook up. But she's more. I want her.

"The house" she says rolling her eyes. Uh oh. She's getting agitated.

"Oh! Yeah I mean it's nice and you have a lot of pretty things here but thinking about it, none of these things compete against how beautiful you are" I say grinning. She blushes and turns away, a little embarrassed from the attention.

She's cute.

"Let's order pizza, hmm?"

I nod, "Order whatever kind you like, babe" I say scooting closer to her. She takes a deep breath and stands up and walks into the kitchen.

I lean back into the sofa. I enjoy this. She's timid around me which is nothing like how she texts me or acted around me when we met. I mean, she came up to me first. I might have made the first move but she didn't stop it. Right now, she's stopping any advancements I make towards her.

I get up and go into the kitchen and see her back is facing me with her phone up to her ear.

"Yeah that's a large" she says into the phone, "Great, thank you!" she says and looks at the phone, ending the call.

I come up behind her and wrap my arms around her beautiful body. I squeeze her against me, loving the feeling of her body with mine.

When I hug her, she jumps a little, probably blushing again. She becomes very stiff in my arms, opposite of how she was in my arms the night of the party.

"You know what I think" I ask, whispering in her ear. She shutters and wiggles out of my grasp, leaning against the island counter instead.

"What's that?" she asks grinning. She's nervous. I can hear it in her voice.

"I think you have a twin sister" I say chuckling and taking a step towards her.

She chuckles and shakes her head, "What! Why?"

I shrug, "Because at the party, you were outgoing and wanted me to touch you and you enjoyed to be around me. When we text, you're open and you ask me questions, hard ones at that. But now that we are here alone, you're timid and shy. I think I've been talking to your twin sister. And this is the first time me and you are meeting."

She laughs, her face blushing again, "No I'm sorry! I don't have a twin it's just me" she says running her fingers through her hair.

"Good because I don't know which one I'd want more. Because other than your personality difference, your still as beautiful the first day we met" I say grinning, stepping closer.

She giggles, "Well, I'm me. No one else."

"So why are you acting different then?" I ask, raising an eyebrow, "Are you all of a sudden scared of me? Intimidated by me?"

I press my body against hers gently, holding onto her waist and looking down into her beautiful blue-green eyes.

"I-I'm not scared of you" she stutters and it only makes me happier, knowing she's lying.

"Lies" I say grinning, "What's different? Is it because no one is here? No one can see us?"

She shakes her head and sighs, "I think I know why I might be a bit different. And umm, like you said, timid" she says, looking away.

I grin and put my finger to her chin, lifting it up to face me, "What is it?"

"This is going to sound dumb."

I shake my head, "Just say it."

"Okay, I act more confident if I've had a couple drinks. Not enough to get me drunk, that's different. But right now I'm completely sober and I'm just a shy person."

"Then how do you perform for people every night?" I ask, stepping back from her, not wanting to over do things. She lets out a breath I didn't know she was holding.

"I take a shot before I go on" she says clenching her teeth. I chuckle, that's the best thing I've ever heard.

"Cute" I say, "Got something to drink?" I ask opening her fridge. I hear her yell "No!" to me but I've already opened the door.

"Holy shit" I say looking at all the alcohol bottles, some full, some half drank. "There's vodka, liquor, beer, what the hell? Do you run a liquor store?" I laugh and she shuts the door putting her body in front of it.

"I swear it isn't mine" she says and I narrow my eyes at her. "Okay, not all of it is mine."

"I was just looking for some water, but damn girl you're some alcoholic huh?"

She shakes her head and rubs her head, walking away. She comes back with a bottle of water, tossing it at me.

I catch it and open my arms, "Come here" I say, pulling her into a hug. She tenses for a moment but relaxes into it. "I'm just messing with you. I believe whatever you say."

She sighs and pulls away, "Thanks" she says with a smile.