It had been a long day and you got a text message from Cristiano saying that he had a date for you tonight. You growled at your phone and sent him a nasty,
“I don’t want to go out!” before you entered the grocery store. You decided against a basket at this point, in and out, that’s all you wanted. You grabbed milk, because it was essential that you had a bowl of lucky charms in the morning. Next you headed straight for the produce; it is in fact pretty hard being a vegetarian without vegetables! A buzzing in your pocket caused you to roll your eyes, and of course when you looked at the screen your guess was right on the money.
“Please, you need to get out of that office every once in a while.” Cristiano wrote back. You let out a heavy sigh and ran into what felt like a brick wall.
“Shit!” You say aloud.
“I’m very sorry.” You looked up to see where that accent was spewing from and were instantly captured by the brightest, bluest eyes you had ever seen in your twenty-one years of life.
“Fuck.” You whispered to yourself. His eyebrows furrowed and a half smile crept on to his face, he was unsure of how to react to your lack of vocabulary.
“I’m having a bad day.” He offered. “I wasn’t looking where I was going.” He shrugged.
“I wasn’t watching either.” You snapped out of it, he was after all just a man. A man behind the most amazing blue eyes you had ever seen, but a man nonetheless.
“So, I’m sorry.”
“It was my fault, I’m sorry. I won’t keep you from your shopping any longer.” You smiled up at him. Wow, he was really towering over you.
“I’m sure you’re much more interesting than my shopping.” He smiled at you. You realized he was lingering and you were unsure of what to do now.
“Well, this may be true.” You nodded. He laughed, and you bit your lip pretty hard. Ask for my number, you thought.
“Do you want to trade numbers?” He looked down at your phone and so did you. He glanced down at his phone and started to play with the buttons. You gave him a small smile and told him your number.
“I’ll send you a message.” He said, “You’ll get my number then.” He walked away. Your heart fluttered, he was cute. Your phone started buzzing and this time it was a call.
“Cris, I can’t go out with you and your blind dates tonight.”
“You need to step away from your writing!” He demanded, and you always thought it was cute when he tried to be hard. You thought it over for a few.
“Please, I don’t get to spend time with you anymore.” He whined.
“Okay, I will, but don’t expect anything.” You warned.
“Great, you’re my good luck charm.” He chuckled. You said your goodbyes and finished your shopping. On the way out you saw those beautiful blue eyes again, this time he was walking out of the door as you were waiting for your last bag. He winked at you, a small smile lingering on his lips. You impatiently started tapping your fingers on the counter. The person bagging was definitely not rushing on your count. Finally, the bag was placed in your hand and you rushed towards the sliding doors in hopes of seeing him again.
“He’ll be here any minute.” Cristiano reassured you. You glanced down at your phone; you hadn’t gotten a message yet. Was he bullshitting you, a mere flirt, nothing more? You shook it off and smiled up at Cristiano, taking his kiss on the cheek with pursed lips, as if you were kissing his cheek as well. That annoying little gadget of a phone was now taking too much of your attention away from your best friend, so you slipped it in to your purse and took a deep breath.
“Here you go,” Cristiano shoved a drink in your hand, “You could use it, I can tell.” He winked. You gladly took the drink out of his hand and started to drink from it.
“Where is your date?” You wondered aloud. Cristiano sat next to you and shrugged.
“No date tonight, we’ll just see where it goes.” You took a few small sips of your drink before responding with a,
“Wow, that’s new.” The enthusiasm was lacking in your voice.
“Well…” He trailed off.
“No attachments?” You offered.
“Maybe.” He frowned and thought it over. The ladies all thought your friend was such a babe, how was he ever your best friend?
The doorbell rang and Cris jumped up to get it. You gave a loud sigh and started to rub your hands together. Your nerves were getting to you again; you took a long drink from your glass realizing that it was almost gone. Good thing your date was here.
“No, no, esta bien.” You heard Cristiano say. You wondered who on earth he was bringing and why he used your weakness against you, men who speak fluent Spanish. Your phone buzzed, you could hear the song to your text messages playing and you quickly grabbed it to silence the noise. You noticed there was a number you had never seen before. The message read,
“Guess who…” You smiled so wide it was hard to contain. When you heard the footsteps of the boys getting closer you glanced up and noticed your date had his phone in his hands, too. Your eyes lazily trailed up his body and met his face. You were happily met by those eyes.