Breathin'

Chapter Four

"So what's Robert Downey Jr.'s whole deal?" Belen asked Sebastian. The two were currently leaning against the outside wall of the motel. Manuel was keeping a very close eye on Sebastian while Sebastian tried not to let the man get to him. He's just doing his job by making sure Belen's safe, Sebastian told himself.

A bodyguard, really?

A real one?

Well, it sort of made sense. Belen was an internationally famous popstar so it made sense that she needed protection when she was that much in the public eye. Sebastian couldn't imagine having someone shadowing you all the time. It must've been annoying.

Even so, Sebastian found that it was easy to forget Manuel's close eye as he and Belen chatted.

Belen and Sebastian had spent the past half an hour getting to know each other. Some things they already secretly knew about each other. For instance, Sebastian knew that Belen was from Miami while Belen was aware that Sebastian was originally from Romania. Just internet stuff they easily could've found out about each other.

The two seemed to be lost in their own little world as they talked. Sebastian couldn't ever remember talking to someone this young for this long. Maybe Holland but the kid was even a few years younger than Belen so Sebastian didn't immediately count him in that group. Besides...Belen seemed a lot more mature than Tom which made it easy to forget that she was much closer in age to the English actor than she was in age to him.

"What do you mean his "whole deal"?" Sebastian asked, his eyes filled with amusement as he looked down at the petite singer. Belen shrugged.

"I don't know. He's like the most famous person in the world so I'm debating whether or not he's super chill and laidback or if he's the most Hollywood you can get," Belen elaborated and Sebastian chuckled at her phrasing.

"I don't know about super "chill"," Sebastian said sarcastically and Belen rolled her eyes playfully. "Downey's Downey. I don't know how else to describe him. He's laidback but at the same time he's very ostentatious. Not in a bad way or anything. He's definitely an enigma."

"I feel like he would be one of those people you only meet once in a lifetime," Belen said after considering everything Sebastian just told her. He smiled before nodding.

"That's probably the most accurate description of Downey I've ever heard," Sebastian said in agreement before giving Belen a curious look. "You know, I've always been a bit curious about the music industry side of things."

"Why? Are you thinking about crossing over and pursuing a music career?" Belen asked, giving Sebastian a teasing smile. He immediately shook his head.

"Not at all," He was quick to say. "It's a known fact that I can't sing. I'm completely tone deaf."

"I'm sure that's not true," Belen said reassuringly. "You can probably sing better than you're willing to admit."

"If you heard me sing, you would immediately take that back," Sebastian retorted and Belen raised her eyebrows at him.

"Are you offering to sing?" Belen asked him. Sebastian furiously shook his head.

"No way in hell and especially not in front of you," He said adamantly and Belen laughed.

"Not in front of me? What's that supposed to mean?"

"You have this superhuman singing voice and you've won Grammy's. I'm not singing in front of you," Sebastian told her, seeming quite firm on the fact that there was no force in heaven or hell that would make him sing in front of her.