“Of course, my lady.” First he took my hand and in a second, I haven’t understood, what happened, but I was in his arms, pressed to his strong chest.
“You’d better hug my neck – it will be easier for me to hold you.” Paul winked to me. I circled my arms around his neck, as he asked. And as he was teasing me, I tried too:
“I bet you’ll be tired of me in 5 minutes” I smiled. He met my gaze, as he was walking down the riverside.
“You’d better not bet this topic, my lady. Tell me instead how your night and morning was and where is your hurrying friend”
“Well, my night was great – I dreamt about….” I trailed. Actually I was dreaming about nothing tonight. That was so peaceful and sweet night. Somewhere deep my dreams were flying around Paul and his breath on my lips.
“About?” he promoted. I met his eyes. They were full of curiosity. That was so fun to talk to him to flirt with him. I smiled with a cruel smile:
“About something so sweet ;) anda have no idea”
“You’re not gonna tell me, right?” I noticed a bit of disappointment in his eyes.
“Of course not. Dreams are too special to talk about them” We walked a half of the way till that time. Paul changed the direction and climbed to the road that was near riverside. The road was surrounded with bushes and trees, so the sun wasn’t so burning. The wind was still steady and light. My hair was drying quickly. I was almost dry, my gentlemen too. I was curious, how he knew the right way back . Actually I knew it but he never asked, like he was local and knew the places pretty good.
And as I could notice, Paul wasn’t tired at all. My arms were tight around his neck and his face was so close. I could smell the scent of his wet hair. As I thought about that I felt his arm tighten around my waist. His breathing accelerated. After a moment I felt like electric currents were passing through my skin, where our bodies touched. My breathing accelerated too. He slowed down. But maybe he was tired?
“Hey, I know that I’m one of the heavy once, anda can put me down and just help me to walk” I said, trying not to notice electric currents, that were burning my skin.
“Don’t worry, you’re too light to make my walk uncomfortable with anda in my arms” he smiled.
“We’re almost back, so we need to menyeberang, cross the river again” He berkata and than was silent for a moment. I watched him, as he closed his eyes and this handsome face relaxed. What was he doing? He opened the eyes again:
“As I can see, we need to walk another half f mile and there we’ll find not deep water, so I’ll be able to bring anda to the other side. My Friends are waiting for us and we’ll have a great lunch in 15 minutes. And your friend is awake I guess.” What a strange speech. As I was proceeding the information, we passed another half of a mile and returned to the riverside. Paul, not stopping to try the bottom just started walking to the water. The river was narrow in this place and as we were in the middle of the river, it wasn’t deep at all. The water didn’t reach even Paul’s waist. So, we crossed the river and climbed to the opposite riverside.
I was still confused - I still haven’t understood how he knew all of this:
“But how did anda know about this part of a river – you’re not apparently local? And what do anda know about Natalie? I never told anda that she was asleep.” I was watching him, as expressions changed on his face. First it was a bit of surprise and then something like a shield – anda know it, when person tries to hide something from you, making like a poker face. He met my eyes.
“Well, I’ve been here a few times and I crossed the river.” He didn’t answer my soalan about Natalie. That was so weird. So, now Paul was heading to the place we both stopped. I we needed a minit to find it.
So after we turned one curve around the bushes, we were in a right place – the bola tampar place and my stuff on a riverside. The guys were sitting on their towels and cooking something on a fire. I counted 5 of them. And all of them turned to see us. Paul came closer and put me down, holding my waist. I tried to hold all of my weight on one foot avoiding stand on the other one. All of guys were smiling and handsome. And as I could see – they were all athletic. I was watching like a group of boxers.
“Hey, you’re here! Come, we have a great chicken-grill. anda should try it” berkata one of them. Paul led me to them.
“So Lily, here’s Andrew, Nick, Mike, Peter and Alex” I sat down beside Alex. He handed me a plate with a chicken.
“You’re probably hungry.”
“So, I’ll go get your stuff here, ok?” Paul was already heading to the place, where my bag and towel were.
“You’re a great dancer. I saw anda dancing on a stage yesterday” Nick said.
“Oh, thanks. So anda was there?” I was surprised. So, maybe Paul told them something about me.
“Yeah, we all were, actually. That was our party” Nick smiled. That was surprising me even more. Paul returned and put my bag beside me. He sat beside too and started eating. And we spent some time talking and laughing about the party. That was so fun. We really had a great time, but when the sun was moving to the west, I remembered that Natalie was waiting for me at home. I even jumped of that thought.
“Sorry, I have to leave immediately, guys. What time is it?”
“Hey, wait, don’t leave us such a great company” Guys said.
“It’s half past 4pm” Paul’s voice was a bit sad.
“Oh my God! Natalie is probably freaking out! She has no idea, where I am!” The guys turned to Paul. His eyes were closed and that relaxed expression again. Then he opened them, avoiding my gaze.
“I guess, she’s fine – just watching something on TV. Come, I’ll give anda a ride” He stood up and took my hand. So I took y bag, put on my dress and walked with Paul he was holding my waist so I didn’t step much onto my hurt foot. His car was not far from the river. I recognized it easily. We walked in a silence. My thoughts were in a mess. What is it about his closed eyes and calm expression? He opened the door for me:
“Climb in.” I sat into the car. And he did too in a minute. I tried to change this confusing silence, so I smiled and asked:
“Tell me something about you. What was the party for yesterday and how did anda find me there?”
He started the engine.
“Well, we have some kind of private club with guys. We own a few gyms in different towns and we yesterday was a celebration of the 3d hari of founding the first of them. We all are couches and we participate in different competitions. It’s fun to have a gym.”
We were a halfway home, when I understood that I didn’t tell him, where Natalie lives. It was getting lebih and lebih mysterious.
“Guys told me that they invited some show-ballet, so I wanted to watch it dancing and I spotted anda there. And you’re brilliant dancer, really. I was amazed, watching you”
I felt my cheeks warm.
“Thanks” I murmured.
In a minit we were sejak Natalie’s house.
“Thanks for driving me utama and for saving me” I said, turning to face Paul. I was so confused, but as I met his gaze, I felt like the air was electrified between us.
“You’re welcome” he whispered and looked on my lips. He leaned closer. I leaned too. I closed my eyes and felt a touch of his lips on mine. Our lips moved slowly first and in a moment something changed. Passion hit us. I felt his arm around my waist, trying to pull me closer. My hands were in his hair. We kissed till the both of us were out of breathing. I pulled back a little. We were breathing hard. First he watched my lips, than took his hand off my waist and turned, like someone as calling him from behind. I saw Natalie heading towards the car. There were no words in my head.
“See anda in the evening” He whispered and I climbed out the car.
“Hey” I said. Paul drove away. I was moving slowly ke hadapan with my hurt foot.
“Hello. Let’s go inside. Where have anda been? I mean, I remember that anda went for a walk, but I thought that you’ll be utama earlier, so I cooked the lunch 1 jam earlier.”
She gazed at me with curious eyes. We entered the dapur and sat at the table. I was silent for a moment. The Ciuman was yet burning on my lips. My mind was like in a fog. I forced it to think straight.
“Well, - I smiled, - It’s a long story”
“I have time” She smiled back. So I told her in a summary what happened, but actually there were moments disturbing me. I haven’t understood how did he find me near the club yesterday and how did he get to know that Natalie was asleep atau awake, when he was holding me, and how did he know, where is the best place to menyeberang, cross the river and what time was when I remembered that I have to go home. He told me that Natalie was watching TV and he didn’t ask where she lives and obviously the guys were just like him atau something. They trusted him and they asked him what time was that, no one having a clock. That was getting really weird.
“So, what do anda think about all of this, Nat? I’m just stuck. Is he a stalker atau some….I don’t know.”
“Well, the first thing that comes to my mind is…don’t be mad…a stalker atau something. How could he know where I live, when anda didn’t tell him anything about me? But as anda told he seems a really great guy and stuff and he really looks like that”
Stalker? Well, it seemed like that a little, but I felt so selamat, peti deposit keselamatan around him. I trusted him, even when I first climbed into his car.