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A/N: Finally Roman and Charlotte interact after their first (bad!) encounter. Let's see how both react and what unrolls after that.

Paige's birthday dinner was going great: everyone seemed to be having fun, sharing stories and entertaining moments with each other. However, everybody could feel like something was going on between Charlotte and Roman since they weren't able to make eye contact with one another and tried to avoid any conversation.

"Can you now tell me what's going on with you and blondie?" – asked Seth.

"Do I have to?" – said Roman.

"Dude… spit it out."

Roman really wanted to dodge that conversation but he knew Seth wasn't going to let that go.

"I sort of almost ran her over in the parking lot…"

"You what?!" – shouted Seth which made all the others stare at him – "Sorry guys… just a convo between me and big guy over here. Got a little excited."

"Can you keep your voice down man? It's embarrassing enough…"

"Sorry but that's insane! I mean was she hurt? What did you do?"

"She was fine. I was able to stop before I hit her. She pretty much left after that without even allowing me to apologize."

"You didn't apologize? Dude, that's just wrong…"

"She didn't even let me talk Seth. What was I supposed to do?"

"Go after her maybe? I mean, you almost ran her over… That's not exactly a little mistake."

"I know. I keep thinking about that day and I really do want to apologize… I just don't know how."

"Are you scared?" – mocked Seth – "That's the first time I see you afraid of talking to a girl."

"Not funny. I just don't even know her that well… It's a weird situation."

"Not weird. Easy. Just go over to her and say you need to tell her something. I know Charlotte and I'm sure she will at least listen to you. Not so sure if she will forgive you though."

"Easier said than done."

"Come on man. Look, she's at the bar, by herself. It's the best opportunity."

Roman knew Seth was right. It was the best time to get Charlotte alone and apologize. It was time to "man up". He walked over to the bar and sited down next to her. Suddenly, Charlotte noticed Roman was standing next to her and turned her back on him.

"Please, don't go. I need to talk to you."

"We don't have anything to talk about."

As Charlotte tried to leave, Roman grabbed her hand gently. Charlotte could feel a chill all over her body.

"Look, I know I'm probably the last guy you want to see right now but please just listen to me for two minutes."

Charlotte turned to him and their eyes locked for the first time. For some reason, his eyes looked so sincere to her: she just stood there with no reaction.

"I'm sorry. Really sorry. I should have said this sooner but I didn't know how. We never talked before and our first encounter was me almost running you over. I was a jerk and I don't expect you to forgive me. I just needed to apologize, you deserve that."

Charlotte didn't know what to do. In her head, she wanted to scream at him but her heart was telling her that he was being sincere. Quickly, she realized Roman was still holding her hand.

"Oh sorry about that…" – said Roman letting go of her hand – "I understand if you don't even want to look at my face. I'll go."

"Wait…"

Roman locked eyes with Charlotte once again and it was his time to be mesmerized by them.

"It's fine… I know you didn't mean to and it's not like I gave you time to apologize either."

"Yeah but still… I should at least tried to reach you before, not taking this long."

"It's alright. Water under the bridge okay?" – said Charlotte smiling at him.

"You sure? Did I hurt you or anything?"

"No, the car didn't even touch me. You don't need to be worried anymore okay?"

"Alright. But let me make it up to you." – answered Roman smiling back at her.

"What do you mean?"

"Let me cook you dinner. My place."

"What?" – Said Charlotte surprised – "You really don't have to…"

"I insist. I was a jerk and I need to make it up for that. But don't worry I'm a much better cook than I'm a driver."

That made Charlotte laugh. Something that she didn't do in a while actually.

"Okay, I accept."

"Good. Here's my address." – said Roman as we wrote his address on a piece of paper. – "Tomorrow at 7pm, is that okay for you?"

"Yeah, it's fine." – said Charlotte smiling.

Roman just kept thinking how beautiful her smile was: he never really paid attention to woman in a while especially woman who worked in the business. He had gone through a hard divorce and since then he didn't exactly wanted a new relationship. However, Charlotte was definitely gorgeous, her smile could light up a room.

"I guess we should go back to our table before they all think we went missing." – said Charlotte.

"You're right. Let's go."

Both went back to their table just in time to sing Happy Birthday to Paige.

"Thank you so much for this night guys." – said Paige with a big smile. "You all turned this night a lot more special."

"Anytime sister." – said Seth hugging Paige.

After finishing the cake, the group decided to head back to their hotel rooms. As they were entering the parking lot, Seth pushed Roman aside.

"So, what happened between you and Charlotte? You were at the bar alone for ages."

"Nothing special. I apologize and she accepted my apologies. She's actually really wonderful to talk to." – said Roman trying to hide his smile.

"Woah… wonderful right? Is that a smile on your face? What are you hiding from me dude?"

"Ahaha, nothing man. Charlotte's really nice, that's all."

"Hum… I'll try to believe that's all that is."

"You should. I'm heading back to my hotel. See you tomorrow."

"Bye man."

As roman opened his SUV door, he could spot Charlotte on the other side of the parking lot. She noticed he was looking at her and she couldn't help but smile and blush a bit.

"Why are you blushing Charlotte? Get it together, he's just a guy."

Roman saw her smile and got mesmerized by it once again. He couldn't explain why she made him feel like that but it was a good feeling. He closed the car door and drove back to his hotel. Roman was actually excited about their dinner together and for some odd reason, Charlotte was all he could thinking about from that night's dinner.

Charlotte saw Roman driving away and kept thinking that he was in fact a nice and charming guy.

"So Char… Can you tell me what Roman did to you that kept you smiling the rest of the night?" – asked Sasha, who was indeed happy for seeing her friend smile at last.

"Nothing. We just talked, that's all. Don't start creating little stories in your head Sasha."

"I'm not! But you were down all night until the two of you talked. I'm just happy really, I missed seeing you smile. Remind me to thank Roman for that tomorrow."

"You're silly. I'm going alright? See you tomorrow girl." – said Charlotte giving her friend a hug.

"Alright, see you tomorrow."

As she drove back to her hotel, Charlotte felt happy. She thought the night was going to be a miss but ended up being a lot more than she expected.

"Who would thought Roman was in fact a nice guy after all? He has the most penetrating eyes thought… Beautiful indeed. Gosh Char, keep it together!"

In a way she didn't want to admit that Roman had a strange impact on her but at the same time she couldn't stop thinking about him and the dinner they were going to have the following day.

A/N: So happy with this chapter actually, love this two together. Would you like me to add other paring in this story as well? Let me know. Reviews are always appreciated =)