~~Curls and Caramel~~
10:30am
Admiring her sable brown spiral locks, he says, "Your curls are lovely may I touch them?"
She lowered her eyes before hesitantly answering. "I would prefer you didn't..."
She blushed and continued when she glanced up and noted his stern almost glare.
"My hair snags on everything and attracts debris like a magnet, there is no guarantee you'd get your hand back." Hoping to lessen the awkward tension between them she jokingly said, "One time I found a baby alpaca trapped in my ponytail after visiting the petting zoo."
He smirked and said, "I'm willing risk it. May I?"
Shrinking back a little, "I'd really rather you didn't. "
"Why not?"
Blushing, "It's too personal."
At his silence, "It's a very intimate when a man touches a woman's hair."
"I was hoping it would be."
"It's too intimate for strangers."
"But we're not strangers...exactly"
Rolling her eyes she snarked, "Well there's usually dinner and a movie before things progress to that stage." Noting his almost glare on his face again she fell silent.
Glancing at his watch "How about lunch instead and we can catch a matinee. What movie did you want to see?"
Giving him a deer in the headlights look she says, "Uh, I really wasn't looking for a date and I really need to finish this interview for my roommate, she has a deadline."
"We can finish it over lunch and then catch that matinee." At her continued silence he reaches over and brushed a touch screen on his desk and a very large flat-screen appeared in the sitting area of the office. "If you're not comfortable going out alone with me, we can order in lunch, finish the interview, watch that movie and..."
"And?"
"You email the completed interview to your roommate and we won't be strangers anymore."
"Umm..."
"Please."
"Umm, Sushi and The Holiday?"
~~C&C~~
Later
"Now that we're no longer strangers, may I?" He asked while moving his hand slowly towards her hair.
Glancing towards his hand then down she said, "You seem to have a thing for hair."
"Just yours" he replied.
Blushing she glanced down again.
"And this lovely blush under your caramel skin" he said as he traced an alabaster finger over her coffee and cream colored cheek, causing her blush to deepen. "How far down does this blush go?"
She gasped and glance away quickly only a little scandalized by his question.
"I shouldn't have said that but you can't imagine how difficult it was to maintain a respectful distance during the movie. I don't think I can any longer. May I kiss you?"
She nodded and suddenly she was in his lap, her hands held gently but firmly behind her back by one of his as the other plunged into her rich brown mane, then his lips claimed hers.