Aura POV
Once inside the hotel room, Tegan and I took off our coats and piled them in the desk chair, and I looked around the room. It was a basic hotel room, but it was done nicely due to it being the Hilton. There was one king size bed, a comfy armchair, a simple desk with a simple chair, a long mirror, and the obligatory large TV on the short but long dresser across from the bed. Tegan took out Empire Records from the bag and started to remove the plastic wrapping. I sat on the foot of the bed, just a few feet from her. I watched as she turned on the TV and popped in the DVD. Then she turned around to face me. I looked up to meet her eyes. Her beautiful eyes, my mind corrected.
"Shall we begin?" Tegan asked with another one of her smiles. Yes, please, anything to keep me from having to speak words when you smile at me like that, I though to myself.
"Sure. Chocolate and Empire Records. Quite a great idea I had, if I do say so myself," I jokingly boasted. Tegan walked to the side of the bed and grabbed the remote from the nightstand. She got on the bed, using the pillows to prop up her back.
"Going to join me? Or are you just going to block my view the whole time?" Tegan teased. She patted the open space to her right, looking at me with a goofy grin and one eyebrow raised. Holy shit. She is not flirting with me. She's just being friendly. She is not flirting. Not. Flirting…I think she just flirted with me, my thoughts raced as I crawled on the bed to the spot next to her. She smiled again, and then pressed the buttons on the remote to start the movie.
During the entire movie, both of us were quoting it left and right. We laughed hysterically. She sang along with some of the songs. I didn't sing along very much, because I'm very shy about my singing voice. I've been told that I have an excellent one, but that only mends childhood teasing and insecurities so much. Most of the conversations between two characters, we quoted back and forth, as though we were the characters. By the end song, Sugar High, we were sitting up, cross legged, jamming out with heads banging and a little playful air guitar. As the credits rolled, we both fell back, still sitting up but now leaning against the pillows on the headboard again.
"That was amazing," Tegan spoke first. "I'm not kidding when I say it's been years since I watched that movie with someone who enjoys it at much as I do. Sara says it's a bit 'adolescent' for her tastes," Tegan made the air quotes when she said the word 'adolescent'.
"Well, I promise you that whenever you like, I'm more than willing to watch it with you," I offered, again trying not to be too obvious.
"Awesome! Movie buddy!" Tegan exclaimed, clapping her hands like an excited child.
Then Tegan did something I was fully not expecting. She hugged me. I stared wide eyed at the opposite wall and slowly put my arms around her to return the hug. I was in such shock, that it took me a moment to realize that Tegan hadn't let go yet. I was about to pull back myself, when Tegan moved her head to nuzzle my neck. I froze. My heart was beating so loudly that I could hear it, and I was pretty sure Tegan could hear it, too. Oh god, what do I do? What do I do? My thoughts raced again. I managed to get enough muscle movement to give another light squeeze with my arms, still wrapped around Tegan's torso. Tegan pulled back slowly from our embrace, but she didn't fully remove her arms from around me. I tried my best to remove the deer-in-headlights look from my face as she looked me in the eye.
Tegan spoke softly, "I really want to say thank you for tonight. I can't tell you how much better I feel, because of you. You've been amazing." When she was finished, she smiled as softly as she had spoken and with equal sincerity. I blushed and averted my eyes for what seemed like the hundredth time that night.
"What can I say? It was my pleasure," I said with a shyness that I had found once again. I looked back up into her eyes, still blushing profusely. Tegan pulled me in for another gentle hug, nuzzling her face into my neck immediately this time. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the moment. I couldn't believe how my night had turned out. This was not what I had expected at all. God Tegan smells so good, I thought, but something interrupted them from going further. I felt Tegan's head move, and then a softness just below my right ear.
My eyes shot open. I froze for the second time in Tegan's embrace. I felt the softness move slightly to the back curve of my jaw. My eyes fluttered shut again. My heart was now pounding in my ears, while my breathing was getting a bit unsteady.
Then I felt the softness on my lips.
