And Then (Part 1)

Chapter 2

"What?" Is he serious? He has got to be messing with me. 

"I want to show you everything! Tell me, how long are you here? When are you leaving?" He looked a little sad after he asked that last question. Here I go again imagining things.

"I don't really know. I mean I bought a one-way, open ended ticket so..." Wow! The smile that just lit up his face could stop traffic. It definitely stopped my heart for a beat. He looks so excited. "So what you're telling me is that I have you for as long as I want?" Calm down woman, say something, "Yes, I guess that's one way to look at it." He smiles even more. "Oh, beautiful, that's the only way we're going to look at it!" And then he pulls me into him and kisses me so passionately that I feel like I'm melting. Then suddenly he pulls back and says, "Hey, wow, I'm sorry, I got carried away. I'm just so excited to get to spend time with you." He runs his hand through his hair and nervously looks at me. I gently put my fingers to my lips loving the memory of the feeling of his lips on mine.

I should say something, "No worries, I'm a bit excited myself. I mean I get to spend the day with the Harrison Fine." He smiles that heart stopping smile at me again and grabs my hand, "Let's go! Wait." He stops and looks at my outfit. "I don't really want to suggest this but, you should probably get a sweater or a jacket before we head out, it will probably cool down outside later this evening." I tilt my head and look at him, "Why didn't you want to suggest that?" He looks at me through his long eyelashes, "I like looking at you in that dress, a jacket would hide that from me and I would much rather act as a jacket for you myself, wrapping my arms around you to keep you warm with my body against yours..." his voice trails off and I laugh, "Do you talk like this with everyone?" He looks at me for a second and blushes, "No, it's just you. You seem to make me lose the ability to behave myself, or my mouth." That makes me look at his mouth, oh my. I have to force my eyes back up to his eyes. Wow, that is not much better, everything about him is mesmerizing. Say something Annie.

"I see, ok. Well, then I need to go to my room to grab a jacket." I say quickly not knowing what else to say to that. He smiles and says "Ok, what floor are you on, I'm on 13." I just look at him and my mouth falls open, "Me too, I'm in 1303." He looks at me with surprise, "I'm in 1305."

We fall into a stunned silence. He recovers first, "I'd like to change and grab a jacket as well so let's go up." I think I wouldn't mind if he didn't wear a jacket either; I like looking at him too. I mean, I know what he looks like under that shirt because of all the pictures of him online, but in person, I bet it's even better. I think about how obsessed I was to know the author of that book that I read over and over so long ago. I searched for his name online and when I finally saw him I couldn't stop looking for more information about him. But there wasn't much, just a lot of pictures. He's just so beautiful, everyone wants to take pictures of him. Although, he did do that one small Indy film. I thought it was so good, but that might be because he was in it. Ok, ok, stop that. Honestly, how did I not recognize him? Oh well, that doesn't matter anymore.

We take the elevator up to our floor and he stands very close to me. I can feel his breath on my hair. If I just turn a little... "Ding", the elevator opens on 13. We walk off toward our rooms and then we realize that they are right next to each other. We both laugh a little. "What a small world." I go into my room, and he goes into his. All of a sudden, I notice that there's a door joining our rooms together. Why did I not notice that before? I go over to it and unlock and open it. And there he is looking at me, looking at him. We both laugh, a bit nervously this time. "Who knew?" We both say at the same time. "Ok, let me get my jacket." As I turn away, I swear I heard him say what sounded like "That is convenient." I look back but he's already gone farther into his room to go change. Maybe I was just hearing things.

I grab my jacket and quickly head back over to our connected doors and that's when I see the most beautiful sight I have ever seen. He's standing there by his closet with only boxer briefs on. Wow, wow, wow! Definitely better in person! I should look away, or walk away, but my feet are stuck in place. I couldn't move even if I wanted to, I am mesmerized by him yet again.