A/N Again the disclaimer. I do not know personally anyone mentioned. This is purely a fiction exercise. Also because English is not my native language you may have to excuse some mistakes I may write. That being said I hope you enjoy it. :)
Grant had just asked if he could kiss you and after a quick moment of surprise and hesitation you eventually nodded.
Your heart starts beating faster and faster as Grant leans towards you. You feel the grip of his arm around your waist tightening and pushing your body against his own. Then his other hand slips softly under your hair right to the back of your neck, gently approaching your faces.
You look one last time into his eyes before you close yours and the next second your lips are touching Grant's. First they only brush against yours lightly but then, as you put your arms around his neck, the kiss quickly becomes more intense. However, you suddenly remember you are at a public place and your friends are not far. Actually they are probably watching you and a sudden self-consciousness takes over you. Before there's any tongue involved you pull away from Grant.
Grant shows a mix of confusion and fear on his face. "Everything ok?"
You nod a bit embarrassed. "Yeah, it's just..."
"You didn't like my kiss?"
You smile. "Fool. It's not that... I just... feel a little awkward. People are watching and..."
Grant smiles. "Yeah, you're right. I just wanted to kiss you and..." He sighs and looks almost desperate at you. "I didn't care for anything else."
You look away embarrassed avoiding his stare. Not even in your dreams you'd think Grant Gustin himself would say he has a crush on you and that he wants to kiss you.
"Hey, look at me, please." He lifts gently your chin.
You obey him and you look into his beautiful eyes.
"It's fine. Don't be embarrassed." He smiles tenderly.
"Well, I am. I can't believe I told you I have a crush on you..." You say this even more embarrassed as it hits your conscience.
"Hahah! It's ok, I'm glad you did. And that is nothing to be embarrassed of. I'm just a regular guy who also happens to have a crush on you so... Why are you embarrassed? I know I'm not."
"Right, I can see that." You smile.
"Well... How can we do this... I don't really know the area around but maybe I can invite you to dinner tonight? Just us? Is it less awkward?" He chuckles.
"Oh. Ok... I suppose."
"Good." He leans towards you, making you think he's going to kiss your lips but he ends up kissing your cheek instead. "Just because I don't want to make you feel awkward."
You giggle amused. "Sassy."
"Always." He grins.
"So, can we return now?"
"Oh, but we haven't even taken a swim yet..."
"Well..."
"One swim."
"Ok, but you can have all the swims you want, you don't need me for that."
"I prefer it with you." He shrugs with a smile.
You roll your eyes and you two enjoy some time in the ocean together.
When you two head back to your friends you realize there's someone else there. It's a former boyfriend of yours who's Leo's colleague at the university.
"Shit." You mumble to yourself.
Grant looks strangely at you. "What's wrong?"
You sigh. "Nothing."
The moment you join them you notice the anxious looks on Erin's and Alexa's faces as they look at you.
"Hi, guys, how are you?" You say to Leo and Nick.
They greet you and Alexa introduces them to Grant. Nick stares first at Grant and then back at you.
You sit on your towel and Grant sits right next to you, whispering in your ear, "Why do I have the feeling that I'm not the only one here with a crush on you?"
"Why would you say that?"
"Oh come on." Grant rolls his eyes amused. "He killed me with his eyes and kissed you with his eyes."
"Nick is past."
"Oh so he was your boyfriend..."
"Was. Correct word. Boyfriend, wrong word."
Grant looks at you strangely. "What do you mean?"
"Do you really wanna know?" You raise an eyebrow.
"If you wanna tell me, yes."
"Well, I wanted to take things seriously, he didn't. So he was never technically my boyfriend. End of story."
"Oh." Grant makes a smirk. "He's a fool."
"Why?"
"Because he didn't want to be your boyfriend."
You chuckle. "Right. I agree with you."
"Is he the reason you said you are a skeptical in love? Why you said you don't think you'll ever find the 'right one'? One of your great disappointments?"
"You're very insightful." You say ironically.
"He's a douche. Like I said before, maybe you have not been meeting the right kind of guys..." Grant leans towards you and kisses your cheek. "I'm seriously determined to make you less skeptical."
You sigh deeply. "Again, you're playing with fire, Grant."
Grant smiles. "Am I? It's ok, I'm not afraid of getting burnt."
You chuckle again. "You know me for one day."
Grant shakes his head. "Not really. I've been listening to Travis and Erin speaking about you occasionally for over a year. It's like I already knew you. For instance, I know you have a dog. Erin once said that she only knew someone who loved their dog more than I loved Jett. And someone is you. Your love for sports, several times I watched sports with Travis and he would mention you. And so many other things. I got so curious about you that I've been stalking you on twitter and facebook for over six months. I even thought you were some tomboy but when I saw your pictures I was like, 'wow, gorgeous'. So, you see, my crush on you is not some sudden thing. Just like yourself, I've a crush on you for long now and since you were so honest with me about it I think I should be honest with you about it too."
You look at Grant in awe.
