out to Alyssa but she doesn’t take it. She walks her skanky self on with her friends.
“Lila, I’m sorry about that. Will you meet me for lunch? I have to leave for work after that, but I would love to have lunch with you.” I sounded like I was kind of begging.
“Yes, Evan, I will have lunch with you.” She said has she patted my arm and walked away.
I couldn’t wait to see her at lunch. There is something about her that makes my heart flutter. Damn I sound like a woman. I had two more classes before lunch, I went to each one and collected my syllabus and listened to the professor, but I was thinking about Lila the entire time.
I walked into the cafeteria and there she sat. She noticed me right away and walked over to me. That smile of her’s would make any guy fall to her feet. I was screwed, I thought she already had my heart!
“Hey darlin’, you ready for lunch?” I said as I pulled Lila in for a quick hug. I could see that she blushed as I did. I just couldn’t help myself I wanted to touch all of her. Every time she bit her lip, it drove my bonkers! I waited to bite it, I wanted to kiss her neck and get lost in her wonderful scent.
“Evan…Evan, is everything okay? You seemed a little lost.” Lila said as she stared at me.
“Oh sweetheart, I’m sorry. I got lost in thought for a second. Let’s grab some lunch, shall we?”
Lunch was great, I hated that I had to leave to go to work, I would love to spend the day with her. I feel like she hasn’t told me everything about her though. I feel like she has secrets. Oh hell who am I kidding, it’s not like she has another life or something, and surely she would have mentioned a boyfriend by now.
The rest of the day at work, she was all I could think about. I had a meeting and couldn’t even think straight. Brody and I were going out for a drink after work. He had been seeing Nikki every day. I hoped he wasn’t moving too fast with her. He was like me, he seemed to fall hard when it came to beautiful women.
I met Brody at Zeb’s, I wasn’t singing tonight. Although they probably wished I would. But I normally only sang there on Sundays, and today I was having a few drinks with my friends.
“Hey bro, I feel like I haven’t seen you in months.” Brody said as he sat next to me at the bar. I had ordered him a drink already and slid it over to him.
“Yeah, your punk ass is always at Nikki and Lila’s! So how is that going? I really like Lila, she hasn’t mentioned a boyfriend yet. Should I ask her? Or just continue doing what we have been doing?” I said to Brody, he ran his hand through his hair quickly.
“I’m not sure, Nikki said something about an Army dude. But when I asked if he was Lila’s steady boyfriend she changed the subject.” Brody said as he sipped on his beer.
I was on my way home when my phone beeped, I had received a text message.
Lila: Hey, would you like to grab dinner tonight? Nikki will be out with Brody and I’m lonely.
Me: Of course, I will pick you up!
Hell yeah, I would love to have dinner with her. I went to pick her up and asked if she had anything special in mind. She wanted Chipotle again. I wasn’t really a fan of spicy food. She seemed to love it. We ate and then I showed her around a little. I didn’t want to take her home, but I knew we both had class very early. I had a case I needed to work on for work also.
“Lila, can I come in? I’m not ready for the evening to be over.”
“Sure Evan, Nikki is at your place with Brody anyways. How about we watch a movie?”
“Okay that sounds great! No chick flick though right?” I said with a chuckle. She got the biggest grin on her face.
“I know exactly what we are going to watch. But it’s a secret.” She said has she tilted her head back and giggled.
I sat on the couch, she went to change and get the movie ready. She made popcorn and poured us a glass of wine. She had changed into a pair of cotton boy shorts and a NYU tee. He
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