Roman felt butterflies in his stomach when he turned the rental car into the driveway. Talise owned a small house by the edge of town. It looked like a beautiful and peaceful area to live in. He couldn't help but picture himself living there.

"Too soon," he chuckled to himself. "Besides, Iowa is fucking cold during Winter. You like getting tanned all year round. Maybe she'll move to Florida."

He turned off the engine and looked up at the house for a few seconds. He had expected her to open the door and greet him with a smile on her face. He had dreamed of seeing that smile for days now.

He finally left his car and grabbed his bag in the trunk. He walked up to the front door and knocked on it. He started smiling when he heard it being unlocked. She opened it and he stared at her changed appearance. Her hair had been curled and cut up to her shoulders. She still had those beautiful eyes full of lovely water.

"You changed your hair," he said.
"I had to," she said.
"You look amazing. It's so good to see you," he said.
"Hurry inside," she said.

He stepped inside and she closed the door and locked it again. He followed her into the living room and placed his bag down on the floor. She sat down on the couch and he sat down next to her. He wanted nothing more than to take her in his arms and kiss her but he could see in her eyes that was not what she wanted in that moment.

"I've been harassed for the last five days to no end," she said.
"I'm sorry," he said.
"I had no idea what the fuck was going on. I don't even know you, Roman, but somehow you know a whole lot of fucking people ready to go to war for you. What did I do for them to come at me like that?" She asked.
"You didn't do anything. Some people are just cruel online for no reason. They live miserable lives and need to make other people miserable too in order to make themselves feel better about their own shitty existence. You don't deserve any of that. Seth posted your picture without my knowledge. I even told him not to and he still did it. I'm so sorry you had to go through whatever you went through this last week," he said.
"Who's Seth?" She asked.

He cracked a smile at her and leaned closer.

"The guy whose party you crashed," he said.
"Oh," she said.
"About 30 minutes walk from here," he said. "Were you just out on a long walk that night and came by a party, and then decided to walk in?"
"A guy was outside and told me to come inside to party. I thought it was his place so I accepted the invitation," she said.
"And you had no clue you were partying with a room full of famous people," he said.
"Nope," she said.
"So how did you find me?" He asked.
"I figured you had to be someone known with the amount of people suddenly coming at me. The name Roman came up a lot in those messages and phone calls. Top two google searches for Roman is the Roman empire and you," she said.

He furrowed his brows at that information. He thought she had just been harassed on social medias until that moment.

"Phone calls?" He asked.
"And texts," she shrugged. "I changed my number yesterday. So far I haven't heard anything. Fingers crossed it'll continue that way."
"I'm so fucking sorry," he said.
"So am I," she said.

He took her hand and caressed it. Those eyes full of lovely water kept sucking him in. He didn't care if he drowned in that ocean of hers.

"What can I do to fix it? Do you want me to call Seth and have him apologize for what he did?" He asked.
"No," she answered.
"I'll do anything," he said.
"Why are you here, Roman?" She asked.
"Because..." He started.

He leaned in and kissed her. Once again electricity shot through him. He grabbed her waist and pulled her up to straddle him. She broke the kiss and smiled at him. It felt good to see that smile again.

"Lovely water," he said.
"What?" She asked.
"Your eyes," he said. "It's a full on ocean of lovely water in there."
"Are you always this weird?" She asked.
"You make me this weird," he said.
"Is that good or bad?" She asked.
"You tell me," he said.
"I got a feeling you're bad news," she said.
"Then tell me to leave," he said.

She leaned down and kissed him again. He tightened his arms around her and held her close. Her fingers ran down his arms and she slowly started grinding on him. He broke the kiss and stared at her intensely.

"You're playing a dangerous game," he said.
"Take me to bed," she said.