We Began With Silence

Chapter 2

 

Eric rocked the chair he had on the balcony of his huge room. With a glass of brandy in his hand, he was completely thinking about the girl he had met last night. ‘’Natalie’’, he whispered. Her hazel brown eyes and beautiful blonde hair were all over his young mind. Abruptly, he felt a hand on his soft brown hair. He looked around to find his girlfriend, Elena staring in his eyes. Eric stood up and walked over to Elena to give her a tight hug.

‘’Are you upset, Eric?’’, she questioned in her concerning tone.

‘’No, I am not, Elena.’’

She dragged him inside his room and made him sit on the bed. ‘’Tell it to me.’’

Eric sighed, ‘’Last night, I saved a girl on Hill street where I work. You know the criminal side? Well, she turned out to be Sir James’ daughter.’’

‘’Natalie James?’’, Elena interrupted.

‘’Yes, Natalie. She was too tired to talk on the way back I left her home so we never got a chance to tell one another who we were.’’ With the idea of Eric dropping Natalie at home, Elena was hesitant to talk more.

‘’Relax, Eric. You are thinking over it too much. Hun, be ready for tonight. I am leaving now.’’

Tonight? What was tonight? With a baffled look on his face, Eric looked straight in Elena’s ocean blue eyes. Holy nuisance, he forgot they had to go to dinner tonight.

‘’Tell me you forgot, Eric.’’

‘’Of course, I did not forget! I remember we have a dinner together. It’s just that I was over thinking about last night.’’

The strange look on his face now had turned out to be a rather sad one. In no time, Elena left and Eric catapulted himself on his bed to sleep a bit.

………………….

They both sat face to face in complete silence-Natalie and Jazmine. Staring at her hands, Natalie tried to explain what she had experienced the night before.

‘’Eric? That is the man’s name?’’, Jazmine asked curiously.

‘’Yes, Jazmine, his name was Eric. As I said the only thing I remember is that I was attacked by a criminal when Eric saved me and offered to drop me home. I blindly agreed and due to tiredness of the night, I slept in his car. The next thing I remember was that I had reached home and heard him say that he never knew I was Sir James’ daughter!’’ Natalie let the words flow in a single breath, explicating her feel from the previous night. ‘’What does that mean?’’, Natalie shrieked in disbelief.

Jazmine’s eyes sparkled with mischief. Her mind was thinking at a very quick pace indeed.

‘’Two options: either we check your dad’s office or we ask Jam straight away. You go with which option?’’, Jazmine demanded to know because the evil inside of her was thinking the worst she could think for her best friend at the moment.

‘’With option number three’’, Natalie replied quite plainly yet with the feel she had figured a safer way. ‘’We search online for my father’s opponents.’’

The twinkle in Jazmine’s eyes had vanished and disappointed was plastered all over her face. She knew she was never going to find something fun to do as long as she was with Natalie. Jazmine’s mouth opened with shock.

‘’Try taking risks in life woman! You are an entire living-statue of boredom. I wonder how we happen to be best friends!’’

Natalie in return only smiled as she unlocked her phone to search for Eric. Soon she became startled to realize she did not know what to search. She typed a several phrases on the search bar but each time she erased them. Eventually, she found a phrase fitting: Business man, James’ opponent Eric. The Google search showed several results.

‘’Click on the pictures!’’, Jazmine squealed.

Accepting the suggestion which was rather a order, Natalie clicked open the picture section. Soon to them was revealed the man whom a million girls would want because of his looks. Natalie was true to all extents when she said he was gorgeous- those captivating eyes and the most kissable lips were all she saw at the moment.

‘’He. Is. So. Hot!’’, Jazmine screeched. She began to run her fingers around Eric’s well-built chest to only end up making Natalie lock her phone. Jazmine peeped in Natalie’s eyes with a pinch of hope inside.

‘’No Natalie, I barely know him which means there is no way I can get him for you.’’

Pulling out an ugly face, Jazmine snatched her phone and saw Eric’s pictures over and over.

‘’By the way, how about we both eat out tonight since last night was not fun at all?’’, Natalie questioned.

Jazmine was struck by the thought of eating out from Natalie’s mouth however she agreed to it. Nobody wants to miss some chance, right? Agreeing to meet at Natalie’s favourite restaurant, Jazmine left.

The night began well. Soft music, calm atmosphere, delicious food, Natalie could not deny. The peaceful mood, however, suddenly vanished in the thin air. Devouring on the spaghetti bolognaise, Natalie’s eyes met Eric’s? Was he following her like a shadow? The fork was struck in her mouth and soon, Jazmine found that Natalie’s eyes were widening at the view behind her shoulder. She turned her head around to find a suited man heading to their table. She quickly turned back.

‘’Is that Eric?’’, she squealed which seemed as if on top of her lungs.

However, unable to produce any sound from her mouth, Natalie kept staring at Eric who began to approach nearer each second. Her heart beat fastened and she felt weak in her knees.

‘’Natalie, right?’’, Eric purred.

All Natalie could do in return was nod slightly. Jazmine who was examining Eric’s roughly tonned body from the head to toe, gasped.

‘’I am in a dream. Natalie pinch me please.’’ Her childish comment made Eric chuckle a little making Natalie’s cheeks flush in embarrassment.

When he turned back to Natalie, Eric’s eyes could not help but be stuck on her. She wore her usual dress, a white tank top with a pair of blue jeans. His mind was enjoying every bit of what he saw in front of him. When his coal black eyes met her hazel brown spherical orbs, he felt complete-strangely. Her cherry-like red, pouty lips were an attraction for sure. Those glossy cheeks were greatly adding to her braded sunrise-gold hair. What perfection for such an imperfect being.

‘’Natalie, hi, I am Eric’s girlfriend, Elena!’’, abruptly he was pulled out of his study of Natalie’s features.

The thought of telling Natalie of Elena being his girlfriend, made him guilty. He then noticed how Natalie’s slightly plump cheeks had gone red. A slight smile appeared on the side of his lips. She looked heavenly when she blushed, amazing.

‘’Eric, I am talking to you.’’ He heard Elena’s voice over his admiration-again. ‘’Lets continue our dinner, no?’’

Her voice had a certain demand which told Eric she was uncomfortable with Natalie. Eris gently nodded and then waving both the girls good bye, they left.

 

She ended with her food. From across the table, she noticed several times how Eric was staring her best friend. She was mesmerized in his beauty, deeply. The first meeting and she realized this was defiantly going to be the last one. She ignored and finishing their food, both of them left.

 

First time they cponfronted in front of eachother's partners. How do you wish to describe it? o.O