He pushed himself a way through the oncoming crowd of partygoeers, some of them calling his name, but he wasn't interested, he needed to find her, where was she? She couldn't have gone far? Think Jared, think, where did she live? Did he even pay attention? No, of course not, he only had eye for her and the way she gave a lighter feel to the city, fuckfuckfuckfuck, call her..I don't have her number, e-mail then..no he so didn't want to e-mail now, he just needed to hear her voice, hear her say that she was going to come back. Ok, fine, slow down just a minute, phone, mail, shaking hands that started a mail to her, jibberish, correct, quick, oh leave me alone, no I don't want to take a selfie with you, can't you see I'm trying to send a mail to this special girl?
From: BJLCubbins
To: HCDeRobiano
Subject: Come back!
Harper (Coco),
Where are you? I'm sorry, that wasn't a goodbye, I didn't know what I was doing..please just give me your address again, I really need to spend more time with you, we can go for a walk, a drink, doesn't matter,I just want to be with you..please?
Jared/Joe
'Beep' she just put the key in it's lock and stumbled inside, that had to be Joe, please let it be Joe, please, please, please! Out of breath, she nervoulsy dug round her bag and she exhaled deeply when her fingers folded around the phone that almost tumbled out of her trembling fingers. Joe..Jared, yes yes yes yes!!! oh god yes..I need to reply, no I don't want to delete, nooo, ok, deep breath in and out and answer him, wait..I got his number, I can call him, no too awkward, he'd hear the excitement, is that such a crime? No! Just not right now, just keep typing, come on, he's waiting
From: HCDeRobiano
To: BJLCubbins
Subject: Re: Come back!
Jared,
54 Christopher street
Harper Coco
Sent! Done! Maybe I should go downstairs and wait for him, it's not that far, I'm seeing him again, god, how stupid can I be to just walk away like that? Why am I always interpreting things wrong? Keys, keys, ok, phone, just go, wait what if he thinks I'm too eager standing at the frontdoor, waiting for him like that? Don't care, he's as enthusiastic as you are, right? Right! Go! She clamped the keys in the palm of her hand and almost stumbled down the stairs, yanked the frontdoor open, stepped out onto the street, her head whizzing from left to right.
Christopher street? Yesss, thank god for all those work outs, running a mile at full speed and he was hardly out of breath, or was it his heart that was pushing him on, he was running on endorphines that much was for sure. White building, right? Was that..? god yes it was, she was there, waiting for him, it was like this forcefield was pulling him towards her, his feet could barely keep up. "Ha-arper" she heard her name being called and no matter where she looked, everything aroud her seemed to blur up, but then there was that warm glow around her heart and the blur lifted when the crowd on the street parted and there he was, running up to her. "Harper..I.." he stopped in front of her and their eyes locked instantly, "I'm..just..I" why couldn't she get a word out? He didn't need to hear..he wanted, no, he needed..to..he leaned forward, cupped her face between his hands and just followed his heart. He was..gonna kiss..his warm, sweet breath caressed her mouth, before he let his lips crash down on hers, a time warp, universes colliding, was the world still spinning? Did it matter? Freeze time, let it last forever..but then she pulled back slowly and ended the kiss way too soon. "Oohh" her eyes fluttered open, they seemed completely glazed over, close them again because I want to keep kissing you for the rest of your life, "Harper..I've been wanting to kiss you all day..I..you're just so beautiful and..I..like you..very, very much.." he tried to make sense of it all, but then she put her finger against his lips and smiled at him "I like you too..and I'm sorry for walking off like that". She swallowed hard, instead of calming her down, that kiss seemed to make her more nervous, she hungered for more but she was afraid to fall too hard too soon, he watched her shiver but this time he refused to give her his rather damp jacket "you're cold..and I just ran about a mile so..maybe we..", she finished his sentence "we should go inside, yeah, great idea". They stumbled up the stairs, giggling, but the second the door of her appartement closed behind them, he pulled her against his chest and stole another kiss running his fingers through her hair, she hadn't been kissed this passionately in years, this man had her blood pumping so hard. "Oh my..I just need a..drink" she broke the kiss again, whoa time out, because if they didn't, she knew exactly where this was going to end up..in bed, and yes her body was roaring to go but was her heart? Because if she commited to him, then all bets were off and she would dive in head first "do you want one?". Jared bit his lip, damn woman, don't do this to me "No..no, I'm fine", he softly said and reluctantly let go of her, he knew what she was doing, it was all happening too fast for her and maybe she was right but the one thing they didn't have a lot of, was time.
"sit down with me?" even though he didn't need a drink she handed him one, "you ok?" he plopped down real close next to her and let his fingers play with her hair "things going a little too fast for ya?". She leaned in to his caress, closing her eyes in bliss "a little..let's just say you're a little too precious to me for a casual one-night stand if you know what I mean" she kissed the side of his hand and looked up at him with those amazing pools of her, "who said anything about a one-night stand?" he whispered as he let his forehead connect with hers and plucked a kiss from her lips. "You have to leave, tomorrow there's gonna be a couple of thousand miles between us again, I'd say it would probably come down to a 'wham bam, thank you ma'am'" she let the tip of her tongue caress his bottom lip, "come with me then" he breathed, please say yes, I'll fly to the edge of the world if needs be, I'll stay here and cancel everything if you want me to but I'm not leaving without you, I need to be with you. "What?" she frowned "I can't pack up and leave" with a nervous smile she diverted her eyes, "why not? Come on, we could be together every day and more importantly every night" he rubbed his nose against hers and kissed her, come on say yes. "Hmm, lemme see..there's Sean who I'm not exactly fond of seeing again, and then there's..wait..what's her name again? That woman who simply hates my guts, you know her..come on help me out here, oh wait..tip of my tongue..Shayla, that's right! Your assistant who happens to be my former best friend's lover" sarcasm laced around every word "I'm just not in the mood for neverending drama from those two, why won't you be original and stay right here in New York with me?". He put his finger against her lips "now that's not fair, you know I've got this tour going on and if I cancel, then there's gonna be a lot of people unemployed", yeah yeah it was worth a shot "wait, so if you're starting the tour tomorrow, aren't you gonna be too jetlagged?". He sat up a little "we're not starting tomorrow..that's not why Shayla called" and suddenly had more interest in his hands than her, "oh.." she took a strand of his hair and twirled it around her finger. "It's..my brother" his mouth seemed to go all dry and he nervously licked his lips, "Shannon? That big hunk of a guy?" her question seemed to make him all nervous. "Yeah, that big hunk of a guy with a substance history, remember? Shayla called because he and his junkie girlfriend trashed an entire hotelroom..right before the start of the tour, she said I'm the only one who can calm him down..but I don't want to go, not now that I've just met you".
Harper sighed "go..go look after your brother and start that tour; let Sean and Shayla slowly get used to what's going on between us and meanwhile we'll keep the e-mails going, what do you think?". Stubborn girl "I don't think it's a good idea, but I'll make you a deal, you tie up whatever you got going on that's keeping you here and you get that sexy ass of yours on that plane to Europe as soon as is physically or mentally possible? Preferably by the end of the week? Fuck Shayla and fuck Sean, if one of them even tries to snap at you, they'll have me to deal with". His words made her heart melt "a knight in shining armour no less" another strand of his hair twirled around her finger, stop playing with his hair, he wasn't a doll, yeah yeah, but it was so shiny and silky..and deliciously floppy "I'm so thankful you happened to drop by my webpage..who would have thought we'd end up together and more importantly who would have thought it could be this amazing?". Jared answered with a kiss that once again left her breathless, her body was reacting in more ways than one, hugging and caressing him she had felt how sculpted that body was and yes she wanted to rip those clothes off and admire that cathedral of his, but she loved delaying pleasure just that little bit longer, delay and distance made the heart grow fonder and the body hotter, right?. "Hm-mmhhh" he pulled back a bit "if we don't stop right now, then I swear I'm gonna take you right here and ad I won't play nice, trust me", she could see him sneakily trying to adjust himself and she almost felt guilty but then she got up and walked over to her painting. "What is it?" he got up too, walked up to her and snuck his arms around her waist, kissing the side of her head, "nothing, just thinking about what you said..if I do decide to come over, then I'm gonna need to work, Jared". Was that the only thing holding her back? Money? "that can be arranged, what would you like me to put in your job description?" he dug his nose in her long hair and breathed in deeply, her scent was so intoxicating. "Well, I designed your light show, so maybe I can work as some kind of roadie?", refreshing, a girl that applied for a job on his payroll and who didn't want to work as his PA, or stylist or hairdresser, or whatever was considered as a 'girlie' job. "You're hired, when can you start?" he smiled, she was coming over, yes yes yes!, "well, the sooner I can get this scaffolding up again, the sooner I can finish this painting..god I hate them.." her full luscious lips turned into a nervous twitching line. "Paint with me" she suddenly pulled herself free from his embrace and crawled over the scaffolding mess, "what? no..I'll mess it up, it's your painting..no.." he shook his head, "how fast do you want me to come over?" she pulled her hair in a high ponytail, knowing full well that she gave him a good view on her full breasts as she raised her arms above her head and smiled seductively at him, tease, you fuckin amazing, gorgeous tease!
