The Next Day.
#Nighttime.
Aysel’s pov.
I put on a casual dress and took a cab to the address Ralph texted me.
I paid for the transport before dialing his number.
He picked up at the fourth ring.
“Hey, I’m already in front of the restaurant. Where are you?, up or downstairs?”
“Don’t bother. I’m heading towards you.”
Huh?
I glanced beside me and saw him.
He waved the phone at me with a smile before hanging up.
He looks different.
Maybe it’s because this is the first time I will see him dressing like this.
He was putting on a crazy black jeans trouser and a blue top.
He had his hair in a messy bun also.
“Checking me out now?”his dulcet voice broke into my thoughts.
I snapped out of my reverie and scoffed.
“You wish.”
He took my hand and I flinched back a little.
“Let’s go in. You look quite pretty tonight.”he grinned.
I batted my lashes as I tried to hide my embarrassed and flustered face.
I cleared my throat while fervently cursing my heart as it thumps in a great measure.
*
Helen’s pov.
“You have a nice home.”I commented as I walked into Jayden’s house.
“You think so?”he chuckles.
I looked at him and gave a nod.
“You live alone?”I sauntered to the couch and drop my bag on it.
“I’m a grown up man so, that’s a given.”he grinned while nodding his head like a puppy.
Gosh. He is getting cuter day by day.
“Are you hungry?. I prepared pasta just in case.”
My eyes shot up at him.
“Did you just say pasta?”I took some steps to where he was.
“Yes. What?, you don’t like it?”he moved his head back a little, feeling nervy.
“You like it?”I asked back.
How come I haven’t ask about this for a long time.
“Pasta?, I.. love it. Why, you don’t?”he falters.
I pulled his head forward with my hand and spread my mouth on his, wagging my tongue around in his mouth, enjoying every sweetness in them.
★
Aysel’s pov.
I dropped my fork with a scoff.
“What’s the matter?, you don’t like the food?”Ralph questioned worriedly.
I sighed.
“You’re the problem, not the food. You’ve been staring at me all these while. Seriously, it looks like you were going to eat me up with your eyes. It just made me feel uncomfortable that I thought I was going to choke up.”
“If you have something to say, just tell me.”
He dug his fork right into the meatball and drop it in his mouth.
“I wasn’t staring.”he chewed on the meat.
“You said you have something to say to me. That’s the reason you called me here, isn’t that right?”
He nodded.
“I do have something to tell you, but, I’m a little scared.”
“Scared of what?”
“That you would make fun of me.”he drop his fork and wiped his mouth with the napkin.
“Why did you invite me here when you’re so scared?”I frowned.
He chuckled.
“I guess I will have to tell you nevertheless.”
“I happen to like someone but I’m scared she would turn me down. She seems really occupied right now and from the look of it, love would be the last thing she would want to get immersed in.”he paused to look at my reaction.
I nodded my head inquisitively.
“Now, here is the problem. She drives me so crazy that I think I might lose it anytime soon. But, I’m so afraid of getting rejected. I don’t think I can handle that. So, what’s your take on this?. Should I profess my love to her or should I keep still till the right moment comes?”
I rested my chin on my hand that was placed on the table.
“My mouth is full of words, but, first, why are you telling me this?. You called me here, just for this?”
“Because.. you’re my friend.”
“The guys are your friends also, so why not seek advice from them?”
“Because you’re a woman. You know, as they say, women always know how one of their own always feels”
“That’s right. But, boy, there is nothing as the right moment. You only make them right, you don’t wait for them to get right before you do something. This might be the wrong moment from your view but you don’t really know if you telling her about your feelings could make the moment right for her.
When it comes to love, you don’t hold back. Why?, because there will always be another guy out there, eyeing the lady your heart wants. Who knows, they might go with that person and nobody knows if they will turn that down also. But, it’s always advisable to push forward first. Let her know about the way you feel. If you’re meant to be together, then.. that would be a game well played and if it’s the opposite, just accept it. But not too easily. You have to hang around her until she discovers and unleashes how she really feels about it.”
I carried the glass of wine and downed it.
His eyes trapped me in when I looked at them.
“You’re.. so good at this.”
“So?, you think I should become a love lecturer?”I cupped my cheeks.
“Little angel, little angel.. come to me.”he gibbered.
I stifled a laugh.
“What the hell?!, what was that?”I couldn’t control my laughter.
“You look really lost right now. Why?… is my beauty too blinding?”
“The one my heart race for is you. My heart is locked with yours and I don’t think I can ever breathe without you anymore.”he confessed.
My hands slides down from cheeks slowly.
Is… he joking?
But his expression says otherwise.
“Aysel?, will you be mine?”
I hiccuped all of a sudden.
His long stare pierced right into my soul.
“I love you, pinky face.”
I hiccuped again.
I stared wide – eyed at him.
“You seem drunk. I will get going now.”I said after a while and stood up.
“Don’t.”he said as I made to turn around.
“Don’t even dare to leave without giving me an answer.”
My heart was pounding greatly that I feared it could pop out of my chest any moment.
“I am not going to give you time to think it over. You love me also, don’t you?”