"Hey! Do I look okay? My whale is on his way here and I need to look impeccable," Sam asks coming up right behind Danny who is standing up right at the Casino's main entrance.
His head turns to face her. She's now dressed in a dark green, sleeveless dress with matching heels. But it's her hair that makes the bird in his stomach sing. Her hair, it's starting to curl, slowly, softly, it's becoming wavy, just the way he likes. Beautiful. She's absolutely beautiful.
He saw Ed push her into the pool earlier. When she got out, she was dripping wet, with her hair heavy and her white shirt clinging to her skin, revealing enough of her chest to have some of the men by the pool whistle at her slim and touchable figure. Sam did not pay attention to them and when one of them tried to touch her butt to catch her attention, Danny was right there to crush his wrist with his hand. Sam winked at him for the bravado and then she was gone.
"There..." he takes one strand of her hair and puts it behind her ear. Her face looks cloudless, serene, hopeful in this green outfit. "Perfect. As always," he tells her, and maybe he's saying too much but he always does with Sam. She makes him say too much, feel too much but he doesn't mind. "Green is definitely your colour."
She should wear it more often. He could see himself fall in love with her just like that, her dressed in green and her hair wavy.
She can't thank him because her whale is here now and Danny steps back and she feels like miles are separating them now. It's an unpleasant feeling that doesn't sit right with her but she has no time to dwell onto it because feelings and emotions are an inconvenience and she hates them.
"Samantha, my dear!" her whale greets her. He takes her face in his hands and kisses her cheeks. Mr Hann loves doing that with everyone, including with Sam whom he says has the cutest face he's ever seen and he couldn't help himself but touch it whenever he had the chance to. "You look as radiant as ever in green."
Sam smiles because she knows that already but the compliment is still appreciated.
"Told you," Danny whispers in her ear as he brushes past her to go back inside and when she turns around to beam at him, he's nowhere to be seen.
She misses him already and she bits her lip at the realisation. She has gotten trapped in her own game. She has gotten attached to Danny.
