How You Look on Me

Late Night Talks

Ariana's POV:

I followed Dalton to the kitchen to get some water. I just wanted to get away from the loud noise for a second.

I'm so tired, but I also really want to spend time with my friends. I sit on one of the tall chairs in the kitchen. Dalton hands me a glass of water. I thank him, and start drinking it.

"You must be so tired. You were incredible." he tells me. I can't help but smile and blush.

Honest to God he's one of the nicest people I've ever met. I can tell it would be hard to make him mad.

"Yeah i'm so tired, but going home is boring as fuck." I say and he laughs. I like his laugh. It's a real laugh.

"Do you love it?" he asks.

I'm surprised. No one ever asks me this question. They just ask when things are gonna happen, be released, or who i'm dating or not dating.

"I love it so much," I see him listening  carefully, "There's nothing in this world I would rather be doing."

He nods and looks at me intently, "Does it get hard with the media and stuff? I mean I know for Miley it isn't because she doesn't give a shit, but not everyone's like her."

"It's so fucking hard. I wish I could do everything I do without all that shit. But hey they're the ones who allow me to by making people know my name with all the fake ass shit they write."

He smiles and chuckles, "Yeah, I figured you were a bad bitch."

I laugh at his comment. "HAHA scared Dalton?"

He comes closer to me while not breaking eye contact. "No Ariana, I know a princess can be a bad bitch." He smiles and grabs my cup.

"Look who listens to my songs." I say playfully.

"That's right princess. I've heard one or two songs here and there." My heart melts at the nickname even though I know he's just joking.

"And what do you do Mr...?" I realize I don't know his last name.

"Gomez" he says, "I'm a real estate. I own the Aaron- Gomez company."

I'm impressed. Never pictured him as a real estate agent.

"You must make a really great boss. You've got the charm and the patience if you put up living with Miley." I say

"That's nice of you princess. And yeah, i'm quite the charmer aren't I?"

I roll my eyes at him but can't help but smile at the nickname he called me again.

"Not gonna lie D, you really are." I tell him hoping he wont mind the nickname. He lets out a big smile, assuring me he liked it.

"Thanks Ari I appreciate it. Anyway, do you want to go back to the crowd?"I like the sound of him calling me Ari. Not as much as princess though.

¨Honestly no. I want to get to know you more.¨ I say honestly. I hope he doesnt feel like i'm weird or something. I just feel like he is easy to talk to.

"The Ariana Grande wants to get know me?¨he teases, ¨Well I would really like to get to know her."

Ive been smiling so much with him, its embarassing.

"How do you know Miley?"I ask him.

"Well, ive known her my whole life actually. My mom is a teacher, and she used to be Miley and her sister's teacher when they were homeschooled. Sometimes I would come with her to their house, and Miley and I would play for hours. Since then we have been inseperable. Brother and sister. " he explains.

"That's the cutest shit ever." I tell him.

"What about you? Who's your best friend?"he asks me.

"Umm that's a hard question,¨I laugh. ¨I've known Courtney since we were babies. She's literally my cousin. Full on family. Then there's Victoria and Tommy. I started working with them back in 2014. Best friends ever since. And there's also Liz. We've shared so many experiences together, but we're both so busy and so far that we don't get to see each other as much. So yeah all of them I guess." fuck i've probably bored him by now.

He nods and smiles,"It's great that you have so many great people on your side. What about your family? Tell me about them."

"Parents divorced when I was eight. My mom is my rock. Always there for me, and helping me with everything. I fell out of contact with my dad for a while, but now we're back and better than ever. Super supportive. My brother is ten years older. He's  literally like my dance teacher , vocal coach, and counselor all together" he laughs and I smile. "Yours?"

"Pretty normal family to be honest. As normal as it gets I would say. Parents still together. My mom's a teacher, my dad owns a buisness. I have one older brother Dakota, he's a tattoo artist.  The most talented for sure. And a younger sister Tori, she's  18 and will graduate from high school next summer. She's my favorite person ever."

I want to meet his mom. I want to know if she's the reason why he's so nice and such a gentleman.

"I love how you talk about your siblings."  I say looking at him and he smiles. "Do you have a girlfriend?" I regret it as soon as I let it out. What if he thinks i'm intruding?

I see his smile fade a little bit, "Umm well.. no. I've been seeing someone I guess, but I don't know it's not really working out. I've been wanting to talk to her about it, but haven't had the chance."

I'm not gonna lie I dont know why I suddenly did not want him  seeing anybody.

"What about you Ariana Grande? Any secret relationship the media doesn't know about?" he asks me.  His humor gets to me and makes me laugh.

"No secret relationship here Dalton. But, I think i'm ready to approach that once again."  I finally admit it. I've been single for more than a year, and have healed a lot. I know its going to be hard, but trying cant be so bad.

"Yeah Miley said she thought you were ready. I'm glad you're better now, I know a bit about what you've been through."

We talked for a while, and I tell him about what went down with Pete. He listened carefully and asked appropriate questions. I mention things that happen when Mac died too.

"I needed a chill night only for talking. Thank you for listening D." I tell him.

"No, thank you for trusting me. I've had so much fun. You're easy to talk to Ariana Grande."

"You are too Dalton Gomez. Let's do this again sometime."

"I'm down." He says making me smile.

We walk back to the living room. I see they're all watching a scary movie i've seen a hundred times. They were all in tears almost. Weak bitches. Dalton turns on the lights and I pause the TV. They all let out a breath at the same time.

"Fuck! Thank you for turning that shit off." Courtney says.

"Damn we were gone for like less than two hours  and none of yall are drunk? I'm proud." I say

Miley smirks, "We were waiting for you two. I guess you decide us to exclude us from whatever you were doing."

"Shut up. We were just talking about life." Dalton says.

"Anyway, it's 2am. Can we all go home? Let's come back tomorrow and get drunk then." They all nod and approve of my idea.

Miley says goodnight to all of us and goes upstairs and Dalton walks us out. My friends all say goodbye to him and walk to the car.

"Bye D, thank you again for tonight. I feel like we've been friends forever."

"Same here. I'll see you tomorrow princess." he says. I roll my eyes and smile at him.

"I'll see you tomorrow D."

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A/N:

I need them to know each other before they date. Sorry if it's been a slow start.