It had been a while since Rose saw David. If it wasn't for the work noises coming from his apartment she'd almost forget he lived next door. She heard footsteps out in the hall and cracked her front door open.
David looked tired coming in late, again with his hair messy and his sketchbook clutched in his hand. She opened the door wider and stood by the door frame watching as he yawned.
"Hi." She said softly.
He glanced at her and smiled. "Hello." "You're coming in late, huh?" Rose replied.
He shrugged. "Yeah, had to do some last minute touches on these sketches," David sighed. "But I'm done, finally." She nodded. "Are you?"
"Yeah, why?" He asked. Rose shrugged. "Well, you've been gone a lot and you've talking to her a lot, lately, I wasn't sure."
David scoffed unlocking the door. "Yeah, well, we were just comparing sketches before starting our sculptures. Have to get each other's final approvals, you know." He looked at her. "I can still help you if you like."
Rose smiled slightly. "Thanks." He nodded. "No problem," He suppressed a yawn. "I'll stop by tomorrow, yeah and we'll get to work." "Right." She said softly. David saw her somber expression.
He frowned. "You alright?" She nodded. "Yeah," Rose pressed her lips into a thin smile. "See ya' later." She said going inside. David stood there slightly confused before going in himself.
Rose leaned against the door folding her arms and huffed. She wasn't going to lie she was jealous. She knew the kind of girl Oswin was bold, beautiful and artistic. The more she thought about it the more she grumbled under breath. She went to the couch and grabbed her headphones and i-pod and buried herself into every angry song she could find.
The next night David and Rose sat on her living room floor propped up against the couch working. David noticed she had been awfully quiet. He glanced up from his text book and looked over at Rose as she typed, peering at her screen from above her glasses.
Rose noticed he was staring. "What?" He shrugged. "Nothing just wondered if you can still talk." She scoffed. "Yes, why?" "You haven't said much." He replied. "Didn't know I had to be a chatterbox." Rose remarked.
"You don't," He said. "But I like it when you talk to me." David admitted. Rose looked at him. "Yeah?" He nodded. "Yeah." She gave him a look. "Well, what about Oswin? You seem to enjoy her company." She continued typing. David shrugged. "Well, she's nice but we mainly talk about school or usually I hear her carry on and on about her boyfriend Danny."
Rose paused and stared at him. "She has a boyfriend?" He smirked. "Oh, yes," He replied. "It's always Danny this and Danny that and he's the greatest. Drives me crazy."
A slow smile spread across her face. Oswin had a boyfriend.
He looked at her curious. Was Rose jealous? He wondered. Deep down he kind of hoped she was. David gently nudged her arm. "Uh, why do you ask?" Rose casually shrugged. "No reason." He grinned. "Are we jealous?"
Rose blushed. "No." She scoffed. He wiggled his eyebrows leaning towards her, playfully. "Yeah, you are." She started smirking. "No, I'm not." She could feel his warm cinnamon breath giving her goosebumps. Rose looked at him, his face was so close to hers she found herself getting lost in his eyes, his expression becoming serious almost loving.
She wondered if he was going to kiss her. Rose hoped he finally would. But instead he moved back and smiled softly. "Ah, I'm just kidding." She nodded slowly feeling disappointed.
David frowned concerned. "You okay?" "Yeah." She replied quietly. He shrugged and they continued to work.
After about an hour David stretched and yawned. "Well, I'm done." He said. Rose nodded in agreement. "Yeah, me too." She said standing up.
He stood up gathering his books. "I better get back." She smiled walking him to the door. Rose folded her arms. "Thanks for the help." He smirked. "Don't know why you're thanking me I didn't do much."
"Well, you being here made it easier." She replied. He smiled. "Well, then I'm glad I was here."
Rose giggled.
He opened the door and was halfway out when he paused. "I'll see ya' later." David said softly.
"Not if I see you first." She teased. David smiled and kissed her cheek. Rose hitched a breath. Then his eyes met hers. They were almost hypnotizing just so beautiful. He found himself leaning closer and softly kissed her.
It was a simple kiss but his lips felt so nice. After the kiss Rose gazed at him wanting more. David looked at her fearing he had made a mistake and started to leave but Rose grabbed his arm pulling him back and kissed him again except more passionately. The kiss surprised him but he quickly kissed her back.
The kissing became intense, their lips moving together, gently tugging. David discarded his books and reached his arms around her and began planting tiny kisses along her jawline before recapturing her sweet lips.
Rose pulled him closer, caressing the side of his face. Her tongue delicately tracing his lower lip gaining entrance inside his mouth. She moved her hands up his shirt stroking his sides. "Mm, my Rose." He murmured in her ear prompting her to slowly lead him back inside, the door gradually shutting behind him leaving his books still lying out in the hall.