Eva

5

I open the door slowly and walk into the living room and didn't see John. I felt relief that he left but that changed when the smell of smoke hit my nose. Feeling suffocated by the smoke I rushed to the closest window and open it.

I walk into the kitchen and see John throwing some long black charcoal looking stuff into the trash can.

"Were you trying to make breakfast?" He looks up at me apologetically

"I wanted to apologize for how I acted last night... I'm sorry, I usually can hold my liquor but some reason I got drunk just from one glass" I look over his face and see he really mean it

"It's ok, but let me make the breakfast, yours seems to be over cooked" He laughs and moves away from the stove sitting at the table

"Its all yours" I grab some items from the fridge and start cooking.

"Your cooking is so delicious!" He says puting the last piece in his mouth. I stand up grabbing both our dishes and wash them

"It's not the difficult, you just need to have the timing right to flip them"

"I wished my wife had your skills of cooking" I look over to him feeling a little uneasy

"She didn't cook much?" He howled with laughter

"She couldn't make a decent meal even if she had gordon ramsey as her mentor!" I frown at the thought

"Isn't that a bit harsh?" He stops laughing

"Sorry I didn't think of it like that" I shake my head faking a small smile then hear my phone buzz and see its a message from Steve saying he will be over at 3.

I look at the time and see its already ten minutes past two. I mentally curse but it got cut off by John clearing his throat

"So when do you have to go in for work?" I open my mouth about to say I don't work but stop myself when the idea hit me

"I have to be in by 3" He looks at his phone

"I do need to go to work too.... Where do you need to go? I can drop you off on the way." I shake my head a little to quickly than I normally would.

"I don't want to trouble you. It takes me a long time to get ready and by the time we get in the car there will be tons of traffic" He gives me a big smile

"Its no trouble at all...I'm already late as it is" He get up and turns slightly noticing a piece of paper on the floor and pick it up with a smile.

"Your a late night snacker aren't you?" I look at it closely then realize its a candy wrapper

Ring Ring

John looked down to look at the caller ID and scowled

"Excuse me for a minute" I nodded and watched as he walks outside. I rushed to see the other candy and smile as I look over the torn up wrappers.

After throwing the empty wrappers away I felt a light breeze on my neck. I looked up seeing the window was still open from earlier. I go over to it about to close it but stop midway when I heard cursing. I looked down and saw it was John.

".... yeah.... sure .... whatever............ I'm heading to the fucking office right now!'" He hangs up and looks up to my window. The second our eyes meet I felt a cold chill go up my spin. He smiles and waves then heads back over.

"I'm sorry but it seems I won't be able to give you a ride after all."

"It's ok"  His eyes wander over my face giving me goosebumps

" I wil make it up to you I promise but until then can I have your number?" I smile a little hoping it didn't give my true feelings away

"Sure" He hands me his phone and I put in my number then hand it back to him. He types something in and I hear my phone buzz. He smiles

" Just want to make sure it wasn't acidentally wrong" I sigh

"Really?" He shrugs

"It has happened before" I nodded as a slight grin appear on his face

"See you later Eva" I wave my hand

"Bye John" I lock the door and turn around and see one of the candy wrappers on the floor. I go over to the window making sure its locked then look at the wrapper. I grab it and throw it in the trash glad Lucy enjoyed her snack. I look over the wrappers again and take mental notes which ones were mostly eaten.

"I'm glad you agreed to watch the marathon with me" I look over to Steve and see his cheeks turn slightly red.

"Am glad you invited me" He scratches the back of his head and gets up

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow" I stand up and smile

"Yeah" I open the door and watch as he nearly trips on my welcome mat and wave goodbye. I close the door and giggle heading to my room

Knock Knock

I walk back to the door and look through the peephole and see it's Steve. I open the door slightly

"Did you forget something?" His cheeks become brighter.

"Yeah" I open the door more and let him in

"Did you forget your keys or wallet?" He shakes his head.

"Wasn't either of those" I look at him confused

"What wa...." He pressed his lips against mine before I could finish my sentence then pulls away. His face turned red like a fire hydrant.

He lowers his head

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that after all" He turns and rushes down the hall.

I blink a few times and feel my cheeks become warmer with realization then quickly chase after him.

"Steve!" He stops and looks back at me face still bright.

"I'm sorry... I hope this doesn't change our work relationship" I shake my head and kiss him on the cheek

"It did, in a good way I hope"