I Like Him, Please Help Me“Fancy seeing you guys here. What are the odds?” Sharron asked when she got to where we stood. My eyes fleeted to where her and Ryan's hands were joined, elbow to elbow and a surge of jealousy in my blood stream.“Hello, my name is Sharron. And you are?” She asked Dave stretching out her free hand for a handshake. Dave looked between our boss and Sharron possibly trying to deduce who they were to each other.“My hands are still hanging.” She told him, a smile still on her face.“Oh, I am sorry, that was rude of me. I am Dave and I am Violet's co-worker. Nice to meet you.” He said shaking her outstretched hand.“The pleasure is all mine.” She told him and released his hands.“So, which movie are you seeing today?” She asked me.“I don't know, Dave said it was a surprise.” I told her honestly because that was exactly what Dave told me to just accompany him and be amazed.“We are seeing Inside Out: 2. I literally had to force this one,” She gestured at Ryan, “T
Why Would She Ask Such Of Me?I did a double take and spinned around. Whatever did she mean by what she just asked me?“I'm sorry, what?” I asked her.“I said please help me with Ryan. I really like him and it's killing me on the inside that he sees me in the light of just a childhood friend. I have always wanted to be someone he could lean on and call his person, but despite knowing him for many years, he feels like he's still a closed book. The only thing I have to talk about with him are old childhood memories. Asides that, it's so quiet whenever we are together that you can hear the crickets creak. Until how long would that continue?” She asked the last part more like a rhetorical question than actually asking me so I kept quiet.My problem now was what moved her to think she could share such sensitive thing with me? We weren't friends, and quite frankly, I didn't think we qualified as acquaintances. At least with acquaintances there is some form of bond, but nothing of that sort
Just For One Night“If not an Artist, what else?” Ryan asked me as I was trying to settle in properly in the backseat. He wanted to drive, but I raised my eyes to it, so he called the driver to come drive us back home. I can't lie, after the accident he had, I became scared of him driving himself. Even though the doctor explained the reason for what happened that day and saying it's unlikely to happen again. That ‘But what if' still hung in the air. So, just to be safe, I preferred he is driven.“Pardon?" I questioned because I wasn't getting the drift of the conversation.“You're an artist. If you weren't an artist, what other passions would you have pursued?” He elaborated his question.I got the question, but I didn't get why he was asking?He noticed my confused expression and said, “I want to know more about you Violet. I just realized we don't talk about these things. I ought to know more about who I am working with, don't I? Or is that part of the things we don't talk about?” H
Do You Want To Be With Me? After a hot and fiery make out session which just ended at that, I settled comfortably in Ryan's arms in his bed. Don't ask me why I decided to go to his house instead, let's just go with it was closer and I didn't want to draw more questions from my roommates about what Ryan was to me because I didn't know either.Boss? We already crossed the line of professional relationship.Friends with benefits? Could we really say we were friends? I don't think so. We just felt comfortable telling each other things, but that friendship line hasn't been drawn yet.Lovers? I didn't think so.So, the question remained, what exactly were we?But like we said in the car, we were not bothered about tomorrow, just today. So, on the drive to his house, I messaged my friends on our group chat that I would be sleeping out today and quickly logged out before a gazillion messages came in.“I don't know anything about you either I just realized that.” I said as I lay on his chest.
I Have Never Felt This Way For Anyone, Except YouMy eyes fluttered open to the sunlight coming through the open blinds of the expansive bedroom. I blinked repeatedly trying to deduce why I wasn't in my own bedroom when I finally remembered that in a wave of passion I agreed to follow Ryan back home.I can remember him asking in my mouth when he felt me up in the car. He asked, “Want to follow me home today?” To which I was like “I don't think that would be a good idea. We might cross lines we ought not to. It might be best I just go home.” “We won't do anything I promise, just sleep.” I was about to protest and insist on going home when his hand trailed in my inner thighs. I collapsed against his body in pleasure feeling my body become a jelly against his masterful fingers and that was how I found myself saying yes.When we got to his house and came down together, I averted my eyes from the driver in embarrassment. Even though Ryan told me in the car that the man couldn't hear us,
Stop Hanging On So Tight, And See Where It Will Lead You “I'm now inclined to think that our friend enjoys sleeping over so much at Ryan's house? Do we need to start sharing the rent between both of us Rainie?” Annie, as shocking as it was, said immediately I unlocked the door with my key card. I was used to Rainie saying that because she loves teasing me to no end, but Annie, our cute Annie was always the kind one with no mean bone in her body. But now, look at her teasing me to no end. Guess when you stay with someone for a while you start picking up some of their habits.“I agree with you. Look at the time she comes into her own home, one might think well that she is now in a relationship with this person she spends the night with every now and then.” Rainie chirped happily like a bird. I knew she was enjoying this way too much.“Guys, it was twice, stop exaggerating.” I felt the need to point out to them because they were about to set sail the notion that I slept at his house con
You Set Yourself Up Violet “And what are you doing here?” Ryan asked Sharron immediately we both entered the office. He was on a biege two-piece travel wear that looked so good against his skin. On other days I would have admired it on him, but this was not every other day because right behind me was a trouble I couldn't say no to- Sharron.“Ryan, why that question? Aren't you happy to see me?" She asked in a hurt tone and lowered her lashes in what she hoped conveyed cute. I almost rolled my eyes at it because I wished I could tell her that she doesn't need to do all those things to win people over to her side or make them pity her because she could convince them by her words. But then again, not my place to tell. “We saw yesterday, didn't we?” He questioned her before his gaze averted to her pink box she had beside her.“And that is for what? Are you traveling somewhere and you decided to drop by to say hi?” He asked.She shook her head with a big grin and said, “No, silly. I am c
Never Wanted The Professionalism To Be This Way.“I call dibs on the chair beside you.” Sharron announced immediately we got inside the plane. Okay, why did she have to say it like I was going to fight for it? I mean, I have basically been conceding to all her request.“No, I need to have a meeting with Violet. You can sit on the other side.” He told her in a tone of finality and settled on his own seat.I looked at her, and she gave me a pleading stare. I looked at Ryan and he was looking at the exchange, before looking at me and raising his right brow up. I could never do that no matter how hard I tried. What a show-off, I thought to myself.“Yes, Violet. Are you going to take your seat or should I perform an act for you to sit?" He asked in an ice-cold tone that I haven't heard in a while.I quickly settled in and strapped my seatbelt in.He pulled closer and whispered, “You seem to enjoy going against me, don't you?"To this I shook my head because honestly, that wasn't the case.