Love & Automobiles

Anxious

(Santiago in media)

"Oh yes, I'm perfectly fine with that. What's your name? May I ask?" He asks politely and smooth as ever.

"Asia." I reply. He takes my right hand and brings it up to his lips to kiss it gently. I smile a little wider. He's a gentleman. That's rare to find these days.

"Nice to meet you Asia, I'm Santiago."

Asia's POV

"Hmmm...Santiago? Okay." I give a small smile as he softly puts my hand back down to my side. "Don't mean to come out of the blue, but can I ask what you're mixed with? Your hair is way silkier than mine. I'm a little jealous." I huff while closely examining his hair. It's so full and natural like the guy could actually give me a few tips.

He slightly chuckles then says "I'm multiracial. My father is white mixed with black and my mother is black and Indian." He explains.

"Wow that's really interesting." I tell him.

"Yeah enough about me though, I wanna get to know more about you..?" Santiago says looking me dead smack in my soul making me look down from feeling all types of nervous. "I would like to know more about my dance partner y'know?" He says.

"Umm how about we walk-and-talk to the Starbucks around the corner?" I suggest to him. That way if his cute looks deceive me and he tries something, at least there would be witnesses around us. You can't just trust everyone in this world automatically or assume who they are just by how they look and what they wear.

"That sounds great. I really can't remember the last time I had a drink from Starbucks." He says rubbing the back of his head.

"Me neither. You ready?" I ask him.

"Yea, lets head out." He smiles at me and I send a text out to Sydney letting her know where I'm headed and who I'm headed with before we walk out of the fancy hotel.

"Be safe Sis." She replies.

Chris's POV

Right after the meeting took place, I headed right back to my room and called the nanny. I also needed to explain to her the plans for tomorrow.

It rings a few times before she answers.

"Hi Chris, how are you?" She asks in her regular high pitch voice and I pull the phone away from my ear a bit.

I honestly don't know how I went this long without telling her how annoying it is.

I can hear 'The Backyardigans' playing in the background meaning my little girl is in there too. "I guess I'm doing okay." I respond.

I smile when I hear her Roy babbling. "You're on speakerphone." The nanny informs me.

"It's fine haha... Royalty." I call out her name.

"Daddy?" I hear Roy question quickly and I smile brightly. My daughter is really a God given gift, I tell you that.

"Yeah you heard his voice," She laughs. "She looked confused for a sec, but now she's running to the phone."

I let out a small chuckle.

"Hey Daddy!" I hear Royalty squeal into the phone.

"Hey Princess, I needed to tell y'all the plans for tomorrow." I say in a baby voice until I remembered Rae, the nanny, was listening. I clear my throat and talk normal.