How To Seduce

1. Seduction Lessons

For any twenty two year old girl my daily routine would be tiring: alarm clock ringing at six o’clock, getting up and going to university, in the afternoon going to work at a cafeteria and in the evening returning home to cook for two and clean.

Yeah, I mean, you end up exhausted each day. But I’m not any any girl, I’m Lea Rickman.

Since being a kid I’ve been used to these kind of days and, thanks to the education my parents granted me, I learned how to be independent and to handle this kind of life. As I already said, my name is Lea Rickman and I’m twenty two, I go to university and work as a waitress in the most popular cafeteria in Bradford.

I live in an apartment with my roommate, Zayn Malik. A  very handsome twenty five year old guy: tall, two caramel puddles as eyes, dark hair always spiked up and tattoos inking his muscular body. I first met him in spring 2012: I was looking for an apartment and I noticed his announcement on the newspaper. When we met we had a little chat in his, and soon to be mine, living room and after getting to know each other for about half an hour he accepted me as his roomie.

A woman in the house wouldn’t be bad,  were his exact words as I signed all the papers.

<<Lea, wake up.>> I hear whispering in my ear as I’m being gently shaken awake. I groan something while opening my eyes slowly to adjust to the light and find Zayn’s face close to mine.

<<Zayn.. what’s happening?>>

<<I saw the time and thought it was weird that you weren’t up yet, so I came to wake you up.>> he whispers, getting off the bed and putting a comfortable distance between us.

I sit on the bed, rubbing my eyes and turning to look at the alarm clock.

<<Oh, shit!>> I curse getting up and running to the chair where I had settled the chosen clothes the day before.

<<I think my alarm clock didn’t go off! Thanks Zayn!>> I shout before closing the door to the bathroom behind me. I strip and get into the shower, letting the warm water flow on my body, careful to keep my hair out of it.

I get out after lathering in soap and washing it off, I quickly dry off on a towel and wear my white blouse tucked into my high-waisted black skirt matched with the same coloured flats.

I grab the bag containing my university text books and run down the stairs, finding Zayn in the kitchen smiling at me. <<Coffee?>>

<<No thank you, I’m running late, I’ll just take a croissant.>> and I do just that, then kiss him on the cheek and leave the house.

Luckily the university isn’t far from the flat and I can get there by foot. Ten minutes of fast walking later I’m in front of the spacious building and sign in relief realizing I’m actually in time.

<<Lea!>> I look up from my phone to see Natalie come towards me, waving her hand. I smile and put my phone back in the bag to have my hands free to hug her.

<<I thought you weren’t coming! You’re usually here early.>> she looks at me with an amused expression while walking towards the building’s entrance.

<<My alarm didn’t go off and if Zayn hadn’t woke me up I probably wouldn’t be here right now.>> I explain, smiling at the lady by the entrance holding the door open for us.

<<Zayn, huh?>> she asks with a mischievous smile on her face and an elbow in my ribs.

<<Ow.>> I exclaim, only half joking; I grab all my hair in a hand and set it on my other shoulder and realize we’re in our class room already, so we make our way to the back and sit in our seats, as the room fills with students. <<Yeah, but there’s nothing between us, I’ve told you a bazillion times!>> I glare at her taking my books from my bag which I set on the floor  and put them on my desk.