To Catch a Dream ➢ Milo Manheim and Pearce Joza

six.

I walk out of my room the next morning, to see Pearce already waiting for me. He smiles at me and grabs my hand. I take it and we head down to the lobby to go out. As we walk out, I catch a glance at Milo who was watching me. His eyes lowered the floor and headed back to his room. I wanted to know what was wrong, but Pearce was already leading me out the door. 

We begin to walk around the city, and he sparked a conversation on my last movie I filmed. I told him about the people I met, the places I saw, and his eyes didn't leave mine. We continued to walk and talk, when I stopped in front of a store window. I saw a beautiful dress, and it instantly caught my eye. 

It was a dark blue short dress, and it was classy and causal at the same time. 

"You should get it." Pearce said behind me and I just shook my head. 

"No, that's okay. Besides, where would I wear that too?" I ask him smiling, beginning to walk away. Pearce lingers, looking at it, but then catching up. 

"I'm hungry, you?" I ask him. 

"Starved." he answered. 

We walk longer to find a restaurant that wasn't too busy. He opens the door for me and I smile at him. We get seated, him across from me. We talk some more and order our food.

I watch him grab his phone, and look at his Instagram. I watch the way his eyebrows furrowed when he saw something that caught his eye. It made me smile at him. 

As much as I loved Pearce as my friend, I couldn't help but find him extremely attractive. And couldn't help but think about the idea of being with him, as an actual couple. But I couldn't tell if he really felt the same. It was quite confusing, cause his flirty side would come out, but get instantly shut down and he would start acting like a friend. 

The food comes, and the waiter sets the food down. 

"Have you ever been in love?" I ask Pearce suddenly when he picks up his fry. He looks up at me, surprised by my question. 

"Um, yeah. Once." he answered. 

"You don't have to tell me." I said watching him fidget a little. I put my hand on his, and he relaxes. 

"It was in high school. We were best friends, and for some reason we didn't realize we loved each other until our teenage years were over. Sure, I've had relationships before, but the thought of dating her seemed like my whole life was figured out." he started, looking down at our hands. 

I look at him, listening closely. 

"But then, I got this huge role and while I had smaller roles that never affected me, it was time that my parents got me out of school. And with me filming, I rarely saw her and it was just kind of over really. I haven't talked to her since our graduation. All I know is that she moved to Europe to study abroad." he finished still looking away from me. 

I squeeze his hand. 

"You'll find someone Pearce, I know you will." I say and he now looks into my eyes. 

"What about you?" he asks me, and now it was my turn to tense up. 

"Again, you don't have to tell me." he copied what I said, but I trusted Pearce. 

"Never." I answer, and he just looks at me. 

"I was too busy for relationships. And yeah, I talked to people. But I've never actually fallen in love. And you're not going to believe this, but, I haven't even had my first kiss with someone I genuinely liked. Other actors for a scene doesn't count." I laugh picking up my fork.

Pearce was just looking at you and you smiled slightly. 

"Yeah I know, weird right?" I say. 

"No, not weird. Not weird at all." he smiled and continued to eat his food. 

After walking some more around the city, we found our way back to our apartment. We sat on the couch and I looked at him.

"Thanks for today. And, I truly forgive you Pearce." I hug him. He puts his arms around my waist, as I was basically on top of him. I pull away, and our faces were inches apart. He looked down at my lips and I was slightly freaking out. 

Was he going to kiss me? 

He leans in a little, and I find myself doing the same. Just when I closed my eyes, I quickly stop to the sound of knocking on the door. I back up and he does as well. I quickly let go of him and cough awkwardly. 

"I'm gonna-"

"Yeah, yeah." 

I get up instantly and head for the door. 

I open it to reveal Milo and Meg. 

"Oh hey guys." I smile, kinda sad about the moment passing. 

"We brought board games." Meg smiled, walking past me to get in. I look back at Milo, and he winks at me before walking past me again. 

Before I could close the door, Chandler, Ariel, Noah, Trevor, Kylee, Carla, and others walked in. So much for a perfect moment. 

They all gathered around the table, me following. I sit down next to Meg and Kylee, and I look up to see Pearce looking at me. He looks away and talks with Trevor and Noah. 

At this moment, I was confused on if that kiss was supposed to happen or not. I couldn't tell if Pearce wanted to, cause from the looks of it, he was avoiding my eyes the whole night. 

Milo was talking to me about something, but my gaze couldn't leave Pearce's. Our eyes met a few times, but it lead to us looking away and continuing the game. 

I get up, leaving everyone and head to my room to just chill for a minute. I sit on my bed and sigh. 

"What's wrong?" someone said at my door. I look up to see Milo waiting by the door, and walking in to sit next to me. 

"Nothing. I just needed to be alone for a few minutes." I say. 

"Oh, I can go-"

"No, it's okay." I smile and he does as well. 

We sit for a few minutes in silence until Milo spoke up. 

"You know Sara, I wanted to tell you this last night, but I figured it was too early." he said turning to me. I look at him confused. 

"But, the minute I saw you, I couldn't help but think about how much I wanted to get to know you. And how beautiful you were." he said, and I just look at him. 

He leans in, putting his lips on mine. I jump slightly, but the longer his lips stayed on mine, I kissed back. His hand met my cheek, and soon my hand met his hair. He continued to kiss me, but stopped from the sound of coughing. We look to see Pearce and everyone else standing there. 

"I knew it!" Chandler and Ariel said at the same time.