In The Dust
A/N: I do my writing very late nowadays. Sorry if it sucks, once again. But PLEASE review!
Chapter 12: The Sweet Seduction
"Where's your place?" I guess she wanted someplace private. Too bad my apartment was still in boxes, pretty much.
"It's a couple of blocks down. Ever heard of Olympia Apartment Complex?" I know I hadn't until a couple of hours ago. But hopefully she had.
"Yeah, I've heard of it. You have your own place?"
"Yep. Just me." How lonely it sounded. She smiled.
"All the better." I smiled back uneasily and leaned back in my chair. I was being pretty much seduced by a girl I had just met fifteen minutes ago, and all she knew about me was that I was an assistant director. And all of my life I've thought I was a huge loser.
We finally pulled up to the complex, and she asked me what number I'm in. I would have answered if I knew. So I just pointed to the one that was mine. She giggled, like I meant to be cute. Maybe I'm cute when I'm nervous. I dunno. Ask Miranda or Lizzie. Oh, wait, not Lizzie. No more Lizzie in my mind… GAHHH! I just can't stop thinking of her.
"Hold on a sec, I gotta clean up real fast." I opened the door and quickly shoved every box into the closet. I made the bed in record time, and came back out.
"Alright, ready." She walked in slowly and looked around. She smiled with that smile. That smile… it was just amazingly beautiful. She was amazingly beautiful. She reminded me of Lizzie. Oh, great. Here we go again with this Lizzie business.
"So, you're into movies?" Stupid question, Gordo. STUPID.
"Yeah, I've done some acting. I've been in a local commercial, and a lot of plays. But that's all amateur. I hear you won a contest and landed a contract." She had dimples when she smiled. It was cute.
"Yeah. It's not that big of a deal, though."
"Better than being in a commercial for the county fair. All I had to do was eat an ice cream cone and say, 'Yumm, you can only get this kind of quality at the fair!' How lame is that?" I laughed. I didn't mean to. I mean, I would be offended if someone had laughed at me like that. But she just smiled at me and looked down at her feet.
"Do you like having all those parties?" I didn't mean to ask that either. Her smile faded away and her face looked a bit angry. I was just curious, and it slipped out.
"Not really. Touchy subject. Long story. End of story." She spoke quickly and bitterly. I didn't want to dig deeper at the moment, so I shut up. I noticed that we had been standing in the middle of my room this whole conversation, so I sat down on my bed. She remained standing up, looking out the window distantly. We just stayed the way we were for a while, and an awkward silence fell upon us.
"You're being awfully quiet. You always like this?" She raised an eyebrow, and I shook my head. But I was being pretty quiet.
"I'm only quiet when I think." Bad move. Bad, bad, bad move.
"What are you thinking about?" She sat next to me on the bed and scooted close to me. She put her hand on top of mine.
"Whether or not I should kiss the astoundingly beautiful girl who's sitting right next to me." My voice lowered to a whisper. I could see the edges of her mouth curling up into a grin.
"So what have you decided?" Her voice was at the same level as mine. I looked into her eyes, her stunning eyes, and moved in closer. I was falling headlong into her eyes, and with every inch I gained more confidence.
She grabbed my hands and stared into my eyes. We slowly moved closer in until the tips of our noses were touching. She was waiting for an answer, I could tell. I released my hands and put them on her waist.
"Yes," I said, and then I kissed her. She kissed me back and wrapped her arms around me. We kept going at it, more intense with each second. As amazing as this all was, all I could think about was how different this was than the way I kissed Lizzie just earlier today.
E/N: What a long and confusing day it has been for Gordo. And the next six months will just get more confusing later on. I might continue tonight, but I don't know.