And Then (Part 1)

Chapter 6

The car pulls up to the back of The Savoy as Harrison suggested to the driver. Harrison pulls out the key card that the manager gave him so that we're ready in case there are any paparazzi waiting outside even at this entrance, but luckily there's no one there. The driver opens the door for us and this time I notice that he does hold my hand a little longer than he needs to. Weird, I hadn't noticed that before. "Have a pleasant stay ma'am, sir." I nod at him and pull my hand from his grasp. "Thank you."

I look over to Harrison "See?" he whispers. I just smirk at him and swat his shoulder playfully. We start walking toward the building and all of a sudden Harrison just stops and I walk right into him. "Wait. What did you say to me earlier 'you are so damn fine...'?" Crap! I was hoping he missed that. I lift my chin up "Yes I did. What about it?" I'm blushing but I'm not hiding. He is oh so damn fine and I don't care if he knows that that's what I think. He holds his hands up in surrender. "Whoa, whoa there, don't get defensive, I just remembered that you said that. It's nice to hear. People aren't always so open about their feelings."

"I'll be honest, I usually am not that open about how I feel about people or anything really. But you seem to have taken down all my walls, and I mean all of them." I blush and he pulls me close "I'm glad to hear that."

Once we're inside we walk down that same hallway back into the hotel and it looks like there are more employees now than earlier. What the heck? Why are all these guys staring at me? I pull Harrison's arm in front of me and hold onto it until we get out of there. "What's wrong Annie?"

"Nothing."

"Come on, admit it? You saw how all of those guys were staring at you? I could feel you hiding behind my arm."

"Ok, yeah, I noticed, but I've never seen that happen before."

"That's because you have no idea how attractive you are. You've never paid attention to what you do to men" he laughs. "Whatever Harrison! Did you not see how all the women were looking at you?"

"No. I would have had to have not been looking at you to see anyone looking at me." Ok, will I ever be able to stop blushing from all the things he says to me?

We finally get up to the 13th floor and stop in front of my door. He kisses me and hugs me. "I need to go take a shower." I say awkwardly and Harrison looks a little sad. "Oh, ok. Um, I guess I'll see you later?"

"Yes, of course, I'd really like that." I reply. "Ok" he kisses me again, a little reluctantly, and heads over to his room door. We both go into our own rooms at the same time. I close the door and lean back on it and try to catch my breath. Ok woman, get a hold of yourself. I walk into my room and can't stop but feel so empty, like I'm missing something. I guess I am. Him. I sigh. Ok, let's go, time to take a shower.

I undress and turn the water on to get it to the right temperature before getting in. I stand there looking at myself in the mirror while I wait for the water to heat up. I look different somehow. There's a light in my eyes that wasn't there before. I just smile because I know that light is because of him. I remember how he touched me, and it sends a shiver through my body.

I get in the water and just stand in it, letting it wash over me. I can't stop thinking about him. And then I swear I hear his voice. "Annie?" Wait, I think it's actually him that I'm hearing. "Harrison, is that you? Is everything alright? Are you ok? Wait, how did you get in here?" I hear him enter the bathroom. "You never locked that door that connects our rooms and I couldn't help myself but come inside when it opened... I'm so sorry, I should go. I shouldn't have barged in on you. Shit." I can tell he's about to leave so I open the shower door and just barely manage to grab his hand before he can leave. "You don't have to go, I missed you." I tug on him to come to me. "Are you sure? I don't want you to feel pressured. I just missed you too."