Should she just jump in with, hey please stay and hang out so we can see where this goes ? Could he stay, even if he wanted to? There were just so many questions, so many what ifs . She didn’t know where to start so instead she stayed silent.
“Have you decided whether you want me to leave or not?” he asked, proving that he was indeed braver than she.
“I talked about it with my best friend.” She waited to see if he would freak out over the fact that she’d told someone about him.
“She believed you?” He sounded completely skeptical. Silly immortal.
“Not all adults are closed minded. Glory knows I wouldn’t lie. So yes, she believed me.”
“What did she say?”
Serenity thought back to the many times her best friend had asked if Dair was hot and then about her description of what his voice induced. She decided he didn’t really need to know much of what Glory said. “She thought I should give you a chance.”
His silence indicated to her that he was surprised by her best friend’s reaction.
“And what are your thoughts?”
“I,” she took a deep breath and let it out before she finished, “agree.”
Suddenly the darkness began to grow lighter until she could see though her light was still off. She blinked and let her eyes adjust before looking up. When she finally did, she found herself having to tilt her head up and up and up until she finally saw the face of the very tall, inhumanly handsome immortal before her.
Her throat suddenly felt as if she’d been drinking sand all day and the hinges in her jaw seemed to be broken because her mouth would not close. No matter how much she screamed in her mind for her brain to close her gaping jaws, it just wouldn’t happen. As Serenity stared up into eyes so black and clear that she could nearly see her reflection, a brief thought flew through her mind; I could stare into those eyes for eternity.
When he cleared his throat it seemed to make something inside her click and her synapses started firing again. She was able to look away from the mesmerizing eyes to the rest of his face. He was beautiful―masculine, no doubt, but beautiful as well. He had black hair, shiny and long on top, sweeping to the side. His skin appeared as smooth as marble and his jaw was strong and defined. His nose was straight and perfectly proportioned for his face and his lips. M y, my, Serenity purred to herself. His lips, plump without being feminine, curved up in that moment to one side in a little smirk. Her eyes snapped back up to his and the gleam in them said he completely understood that she was basically just checking him out, like looking over a piece of fruit in a grocery store. And much to her chagrin, her next thought was whether or not he’d taste as sweet as the fruit looked. It was one of those moments when she really wanted to smack herself.
“I had the same reaction the first time I saw you,” Dair said wrapping her in the warmth of his deep voice again.
It took some work but Serenity finally managed to swallow down the sand. “I, uh, I don’t know what you mean.” Playing dumb was a good way to go, right? She couldn’t very well fess up to mentally drooling over him.
“So you don’t find me attractive?” His brow pinched together giving him a boyish cuteness.
“I didn’t say that.”
“But you didn’t say you did either.”
“Do you start all your conversations with how attractive you find the other person?”
There was that laugh again. The heat rushed up her neck until Serenity was sure she must be as red as Santa’s butt.
“Alright, you win,” he conceded. “I will refrain from making any more assumptions because I don’t believe I could keep up with your witty banter.” He held out his hand then and leaned forward just a bit. “I’m Brudair, and it’s an honor to meet you.”
Coming from any other man on planet earth that would have been the cheesiest thing she’d ever seen. But from Dair, it was so natural and
“Have you decided whether you want me to leave or not?” he asked, proving that he was indeed braver than she.
“I talked about it with my best friend.” She waited to see if he would freak out over the fact that she’d told someone about him.
“She believed you?” He sounded completely skeptical. Silly immortal.
“Not all adults are closed minded. Glory knows I wouldn’t lie. So yes, she believed me.”
“What did she say?”
Serenity thought back to the many times her best friend had asked if Dair was hot and then about her description of what his voice induced. She decided he didn’t really need to know much of what Glory said. “She thought I should give you a chance.”
His silence indicated to her that he was surprised by her best friend’s reaction.
“And what are your thoughts?”
“I,” she took a deep breath and let it out before she finished, “agree.”
Suddenly the darkness began to grow lighter until she could see though her light was still off. She blinked and let her eyes adjust before looking up. When she finally did, she found herself having to tilt her head up and up and up until she finally saw the face of the very tall, inhumanly handsome immortal before her.
Her throat suddenly felt as if she’d been drinking sand all day and the hinges in her jaw seemed to be broken because her mouth would not close. No matter how much she screamed in her mind for her brain to close her gaping jaws, it just wouldn’t happen. As Serenity stared up into eyes so black and clear that she could nearly see her reflection, a brief thought flew through her mind; I could stare into those eyes for eternity.
When he cleared his throat it seemed to make something inside her click and her synapses started firing again. She was able to look away from the mesmerizing eyes to the rest of his face. He was beautiful―masculine, no doubt, but beautiful as well. He had black hair, shiny and long on top, sweeping to the side. His skin appeared as smooth as marble and his jaw was strong and defined. His nose was straight and perfectly proportioned for his face and his lips. M y, my, Serenity purred to herself. His lips, plump without being feminine, curved up in that moment to one side in a little smirk. Her eyes snapped back up to his and the gleam in them said he completely understood that she was basically just checking him out, like looking over a piece of fruit in a grocery store. And much to her chagrin, her next thought was whether or not he’d taste as sweet as the fruit looked. It was one of those moments when she really wanted to smack herself.
“I had the same reaction the first time I saw you,” Dair said wrapping her in the warmth of his deep voice again.
It took some work but Serenity finally managed to swallow down the sand. “I, uh, I don’t know what you mean.” Playing dumb was a good way to go, right? She couldn’t very well fess up to mentally drooling over him.
“So you don’t find me attractive?” His brow pinched together giving him a boyish cuteness.
“I didn’t say that.”
“But you didn’t say you did either.”
“Do you start all your conversations with how attractive you find the other person?”
There was that laugh again. The heat rushed up her neck until Serenity was sure she must be as red as Santa’s butt.
“Alright, you win,” he conceded. “I will refrain from making any more assumptions because I don’t believe I could keep up with your witty banter.” He held out his hand then and leaned forward just a bit. “I’m Brudair, and it’s an honor to meet you.”
Coming from any other man on planet earth that would have been the cheesiest thing she’d ever seen. But from Dair, it was so natural and
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