Love & Automobiles

A Rock Stuck In A Hard Place

Asia's POV

"Oh snap." I wrap a small towel around me before stumbling my way to the door before I open it.

"What's up Chris?" I say to him.

"Hey Asia. Uh.. Can I come in?" He asks.

"Sure, of course." I let him in and make my way back to the balcony by the pool.

"You're about to take a shower? I can leave and co-" Chris says and I cut him off. "Nah. I'm just about to go swim." I say pointing to the pool. He nods, sits on my bed, takes off his shoes, and starts watching TV.

Damn this nigga sure does know how to make himself comfortable.

I look at him like he done lost his mind and he laughs.

"What?" He asks sitting cris cross. He acts like a big kid. I shake my head and laugh.

"You know how to make yourself comfortable quick huh?" I ask. "Sure do," He says smirking. "How long are you going to be swimming?"

"For a lil while. Why?"

"I wanna join." He says fiddling with his fingers.

"I don't mind. I do need someone to talk to." I shrug and we make our way to the pool.

He gets up, takes off his shirt, pants and socks, leaving him in only his basketball shorts. I take off my towel and fold it before placing it on a chair.
I get in and he follows right along with me.

"Sssss... Ooh shit this water is cold!" Chris says sucking air through his teeth while slowly entering the pool.

"You ain't lying." I say getting adjusted to the low temperature. It's cold, but this is really taking my mind off things. I lay the back of my head on the side of the pool and relax, enjoying the peace.

"Girl this shit ain't cold to you!?" Chris asks loudly, interrupting my peace.

"Nope. It's hot as fuck." I say sarcastically.

Chris playfully glares at me and I laugh. It grows quiet afterwards.

"So, what's your story?" Chris asks shifting around in the water.

"My story? You mean like my background and stuff?" I ask slightly confused.

He nods.

"Well my full name is Asia Amari Coleman, I just turned 23 a month ago, and I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. I moved out here with my sister Sydney, so we could finish college together and fulfill our dreams."

Chris's POV

'Oh that's her sister... Makes sense.' I thought to myself. "What's your dreams?" I ask her.

"My dreams are to become a nurse or a professional dancer. I've always loved taking care of children and dancing. It's what makes me happy." She says smiling and then lightly frowns.

"What's wrong?" I ask curiously.

"It's nothing." She says swimming to other side of the pool. I follow her.

"Tell me Asia. Please?"

She sighs while looking down and looks back up to me.

"I love dancing and I would love to make it my profession, but my mother and father don't really like the sound of that. They rather just stick to the idea of me being a nurse. They say dancing is a waste of time." She looks down.

"Dance is fun. It could be romantic, it could be wild, it could be anything. I don't see how they couldn't like it. Don't they dance?" I ask frowning a little.

"Not really. My mother told me the only time she and my dad danced were for their wedding and that was 25 years ago. They don't like any other genre except Gospel and they hate, literally hate, hip hop music. They say it's the devil's music." She says frowning, waving her hands around in the water.

I don't see how her parents could feel that way, but who am I to judge?

"To top that off, they don't even know I'm here doing this right now. They think I'm at school pursuing my career, but I honestly had to put it on hold to do the auditioning. I don't know how they're going to react if they find out either." Asia says on the verge of tears looking down.

I swim closer to her and lift her head up to where we're face to face.

"Hey calm down ma. It's going to be okay I promise. Continue to follow your gut and your dreams and either way, you are going to make them proud. I just know it. Look where you are now. They're going to be happy for you." I say sincerely, looking her in the eyes.

Damn they're beautiful. They're brown but they have a hence of light hazel in them.

She smiles and gives me a friendly hug.

"Thanks Chris. I really needed this conversation." She says swimming to the edge.

"Are you leaving?" I ask.

"Yeah, cant you see that your fingers are getting all pruny and stuff?" She points out laughing. I look at my hand and make a disgusted face and she laughs even harder. I just felt sparks go off.

No Chris. Stop. Just friends and that all we're gonna be..

I look at her and smile then head out of the pool.

We walk into the room and she closes and locks the screen-door to the balcony. We dry off and every now and then I catch her taking glances at me.

I catch her do it again and I question her. "You like what you see?"

"I wasn't even looking at you and to answer your question, nah. I've seen better." She says.

"Oh really?" I walk closer to her and she backs toward the wall looking at me.

"So you're telling me these tattoos, these muscles, and this caramel skin don't look good to you?" I say kissing each of my biceps. She laughs and pushes me to the bed. I fall and look at her standing in her bikini.

She walks towards me and drags her hand across my chest. I lick my lips at her figure and eye her up and down for a brief second. She stops and laughs and I look at her confused. 

"I mean you look good, but you also look like a Chipotle's bag." I look at her hurt and playfully push her. She laughs out loud and takes a step back.

"Now can you leave so I can take my shower?" She asks politely.

"Yeah yeah , I got you." I get up to hug her and she gasps loudly and jumps back.

"What??" I ask confused.

She points down at something looking away and I immediately began to blush, looking for something to cover up my hard on.

I hurry over to grab my dry clothes and cover myself.

Asia's POV

Wow. Just wow. Did he really just get turned on??

Chris covers himself and makes his way towards the door. "Um Asia...forget you just seen that, please and thank you." With that he hurriedly closed the door behind him and I laughed.

This man.

I went to take a shower and soon crawled into bed.
I surfed through the channels on the television until I got to 'Rick and Morty' and ended the night watching my favorite show.

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