The Road to Price by Justine Elvira

Mia. I was serious before and I am even more serious now. I want us to
be friends…. I’m going to show you what a great friend I can be.”
    He brought my
hands up to his mouth and gently kissed them with his soft lips. “I’m glad you
felt comfortable telling me about your past. I know that must have been hard
for you. You can always trust me, I will spend the rest of my life proving that
to you.”
    Sebastian let go
of my hands and leaned in towards my body.  “It’s late I should go. Don’t
make plans for tomorrow night, okay?”
    I nodded and spoke
quietly, “okay.”
    “Great! I’m in the
mood for an action flick. I haven’t seen the latest Mission Impossible movie yet so I’m leaning towards that.” He said as he laid a soft kiss on my
forehead and turned towards my bedroom door. He looked back at me one more time
before walking out my door and leaving for the night.
    My mind was
replaying the conversation we just had. I can’t believe I was so open with him;
I was never open with anyone. My own mother didn’t know most of the things I
told Sebastian.
    I wanted to trust
that he would keep my secrets. Scratch that, I knew I could trust that he would
keep my secrets. I just needed to trust him with my heart because after tonight
I was sure of one thing, Sebastian Price was slowly getting ahold of my heart
and soon he would have the power to destroy it.
     
    ******
     
    It was the middle
of October and I was sitting anxiously on the stool in Sebastian’s Kitchen. I
had on a pair of short jean shorts, a blue ribbed tank top, and flip-flops on
my feet. I had straightened my hair this morning and loosely curled the ends of
it to give my hair a little bounce. I had a navy canvas baseball cap on my head
and my sunglasses were hanging from my tank top.
    Sebastian was
taking me out on the water today. He had a lot of toys, as he liked to call
them, which he played on in the ocean. Today he was teaching me how to ride a
Sea-doo. I was super excited because I had never been out on the ocean. Sure
I’ve put my feet in, I’ve even gone in waste deep, but usually I stayed on the
beach. This would be a new adventure for me.
    Ever since that
first night watching movies in my room Sebastian has been amazing. He stayed
true to his word and he has been an amazing friend to me. He also hasn’t tried
anything with me. The only physical contact we have had has been a lot of
hugging. He hasn’t even pecked me on the cheek.
    I should be happy
about the fact that Sebastian is respecting my wishes and not crossing any
boundaries but I’m not. I want him to touch me, I want him to kiss me, who am I
kidding; I want him to do more than kiss me! Unfortunately for me, Sebastian
has been the perfect gentleman.
    We have hung out
every night over the past six weeks. At first I was worried he was doing this
because he felt bad for me but I quickly saw that he was enjoying his time with
me as much as I was enjoying my time with him. The truth was, Sebastian was
fun. He knew how to have a good time, he was funny, incredibly smart, and he
doesn’t take himself too seriously.
    He is also
extremely competitive. I found this out the first time he took me bowling. We
were having fun on our lane but he wasn’t getting any competition from me. I
sucked at bowling and after one game I was ready to throw in the towel.
Sebastian wanted to keep playing so he turned to a group of guys in the lane
next to us and asked if he could join their team.  He bowled two more
games with them while I sat and watched. He was adorable to watch.
    We’ve played
several board games at his estate and he usually wins. On the rare occasion he
doesn’t win, he is a sore loser. These are the times I like to rub it in that I
won because he is so funny to watch lose.
    He even makes
cooking a competition. We have both tried our hands in cooking for the other
person. Sebastian is a fabulous cook and I am not. He always eats what I make
him and never complains but it