Painting

Chapter 18

Victor makes me enter before him. I see Tyler drop gently his kitchen tools. He washes his hands and comes see us. He holds out his hand to me. I take it and he pulls me in. It took me by surprise. I give him his hug back.

-I'm so glad you could come see us tonight.

-I'm very happy too.

I smile and he does the same. He takes my coat, my purse and puts them on the table, next to the door. He goes back in the kitchen.

-Are you hungry?

-Yes. I can't wait to taste this rosé sauce, Victor talked to me about.

-Yes, about that, Victor, the pasta is almost ready. All you have to do is prepare that sauce and we'll be ready to eat.

Victor looks at me and says:

-He is the best at cooking pasta. It may seem easy, because everyone does it, but he makes them perfectly. Not too cooked, not undercooked, just perfect.

I smile and I hear Tyler laughing and saying:

-Victor is the best at preparing sauces. He is such a perfectionist. He can pass two hours just to prepare the perfect sauce, but at the end, it's perfect.

Victor laughs a little bit and says:

-I only do that, when I don't have a recipe to guide me. I make my own recipes sometimes.

-Sometimes? Dude, you never follow a recipe.

-I did, one time. But don't worry June, I won't take two hours to make that rosé sauce I was talking to you about, I already made my recipe.

I sit on a stool, next to the kitchen counter, where the boys are cooking. I look at the apartment.

So modern... The cabin does not look like that. The cabin is so rustic and the loft, because it's a loft, just like me. Is so modern, so advanced. There is a robot vacuum cleaner, vacuuming. I mean it's not that advanced, a lot of people have a robot like that. But the kitchen, it's so... I don't know how to describe it. It's almost futuristic. It's so luminous and... Wow...

Victor is almost flying in the kitchen. I mean, he looks so in his element. He's almost hypnotizing. I follow his every move.

I don't even see Tyler walking towards me. He holds out his hand to me, again. I take it carefully. He takes his phone out and he press play on a music app. Music begins to play everywhere in the apartment.

-The chef needs to concentrate, a beautiful girl siting in front of him isn't the best way to make that happen.

I nod my head and he smiles. I get up and he takes me in the middle of the loft.

-I don't know how to...

-Don't worry, just trust me, I'll show you.

I nod my head again. It's like I can't do anything else. Before, he even says anything I get closer and put my hand on his shoulder.

-You said, you didn't know how to dance.

-I saw that in movies.

-Hmm...

He places his hand on my waist. He begins to move around a bit and I follow him. This isn't so hard, I just follow him and the vibe.

I feel good. I loose perception of time, just like in the elevator. My heart is racing. I feel high. Like I'm flying. My head is in the clouds and my body is soon going to join it. Or maybe not, my body wants to stay with him on Earth. Getting moved around.