Magnetic Attraction

Chapter 7

After a quick, tense, slightly awkward elevator ride, we finally arrive at our level. I soon find myself following Taylor, staring at his butt through his jeans as he leads me through the rabbit warren corridors of the old building. He opens the door quickly and slowly walks into the dark room, collapsing onto the bed dramatically with a deep groan. I quickly follow suit and land right next to him on the bed, my head landing on his shoulder as he supports  his head up with his other arm to take in the view of the twinkling lights behind the floor to ceiling window pane.

"Beautiful isn't it?" I say wistfully as I move my eyes from the beautiful view to the beautiful man lying beside me. 
T turns his head to face me, our faces are so close now I feel his breath on. His eyes lock onto mine for an intense moment, I wish I could read his mind right now. What is he thinking? Does he want this as much as I do?

"Very beautiful" he says, his eyes dropping from my eyes to my lips. For a moment I think he's finally going to try to kiss me again. I start moving ever so hesitantly closer to him but the moment is cut short as he suddenly sits up in the bed almost head butting me in the process.
"I'm gonna go have a shower." He says abruptly as he walks to the bathroom with large quick strides. He can be such a weird man sometimes, how I have fallen head over heals in love with him I'll never know...

Well I suppose I may as well get comfy while I wait for him to get his shit together. As I roll over onto my stomach I feel something stick into my ribcage. I look down onto the white sheets and notice something red underneath me. I roll to the side of the bed to inspect what I'm lying on and much to my surprise I find red rose pettles scattered over the bed. I feel my heartbeat speed up in my chest, surely he hasn't done this for me? This must be a misunderstanding of sorts...

I've never been into romance, ever, but sitting here on a bed of rose petals possibly meant for me, I can't help swooning at the thought of Taylor organising this. I start mentally making a list of posssible reasons for this, it could of been an accident, this whole thing could be meant for another room...

Trying to evaluate what is going on, I scoot around the bed, trying to find a comfortable, petal free spot. I don't want to not ruin the ambiance in here just in case this whole endeavour actually is meant to be here. After trying to lie along to side of the bed and very gracefully falling to the floor I give up and resort to the little desk by the window. I start to walk over and as I get closer something catches my eye in the dim lighting. I make it to the little table and find out the thing that caught my eye is actually a silver ice bucket with a fancy bottle of champagne sitting inside. Besides the bucket I find a little card. I pick it up, inspecting the little white rectangle, embossed with silver hearts. I tentatively turn the envelope around in my hand pulling the flap up and a little card falls out into my hand.

In a stormy haze
I'll be round
I'll be loving you, always
Here I am and I take my time
Here I am and I'll wait in line always
Always.
- Love your second favourite curly haired man.

My vision goes cloudy as tears form in my eyes. Tears of happiness, tears of relief, I can't even comprehend half the emotions going through my brain at the moment. All I know is that this is the reassurance I needed. This is for me. This whole thing is for me, for us, a proper attempt at starting the next step. Oh my god. This is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for me.

The bathroom door starts to squeak open and I run towards it. I jump into Taylor's arms, Wrapping my arms around his neck and hugging his waist with my legs. He stumbles back a couple of steps and a warm steam envelops us as he walks back into the bathroom.

"What are you doing?" He asks breathlessly, obviously surprised by my forward actions.

Before I can chicken out or tell myself the million reasons I shouldn't, I close the gap between us. I bring my hands up to his face, stroking the stubble on both of his cheeks before running my fingers through his slightly damp tendrils and pull his face down to mine. Our mouths connect and what starts out as a gentle, sweet kiss soon becomes hungry with lust. Taylor responds immediately, surprising me with his eagerness. His mouth is so warm, tasting faintly like the champagne we were drinking earlier, the caress of his lips softer than I  remember. I have died and gone  to heaven, I could make out with this man forever. My hands run down his bare chest as his mouth moves down the my neck causing me to let out a moan. I notice a large smile creep over his face as he pulls back, letting me back down to the ground.

"I take it you saw all the stuff out there?" He says with a pleased chuckle, a cocky grin growing on his face.

"How about we pop open that bubbly hey?" I whisper into his ear before walking out of his grasp and sashay out of the bathroom feeling pretty damn proud of myself.

"I cant believe you did all of this for me T" I say as I remove my jacket and shoes leaving me just in my dress.

"I wanted this weekend to be special" I hear behind me, as Taylor walks from the bathroom and wraps his arms around me. I spin around in his arms and a come chest to chest with a partially naked T? I look down to the grey sweatpants riding low on his hips which aren't leaving a whole lot to the imagination.

My eyes are pulled back up to his face as he gently tucks a piece of hair behind my ear. I look into his tender eyes and wrap my hands around the back of his neck, running my fingers through the short hair at the nape of his neck. How does this feel so right?

"I wanted this weekend to be special. I know you kinda freaked out the last time I tried to progress our relationship, and that makes sense because I was drunk and I kind of rushed things. And I don't want you to think I'm trying to rush you tonight, I'm not expecting anything out of this I swear! I just wanted to do something nice for you, something that you'll remember if you decide to take a chance on us because I think we could have something truly wonderful Hayley".

"Taylor shut up!" I say light heartily, "This the most romantic thing anyone has done for me, I'm done with hiding my feelings, I'm ready to give this a shot. I love you too!"