Everything around me was colorful, I was enjoying that evening at
PLUSH with my pals, things were pretty good and happening around
me. I was sitting at the corner in a VIP section enjoying my drinks, that’s
when I saw him. I saw his gaze directed towards me, he was tall, strong,
handsome, he was not anything less than a Greek god behind that dark
black tux he was wearing. His dark blue eyes were on me as if asking for
something, my eyes travelled to his shoulders, his arms, his chiseled
look was kind of mesmerizing, a definition of a……PERFECTION. But
there was this puppy look in his eyes which demanded something and
that something was “HELP”. As soon as I realised the attention around him by the females trying to woo him that’s,
when I realized he needed help to get rid from that unnecessary attention.But why me, I do not even know him, but I want to help him….do I? That’s when Jen was
here and kind of looking at me as she was interrogating me. I shifted my focus to Jen and turned back. I felt a look of disappointment on his face, I couldn’t stop but think of him all the while being with Jen.
I asked to Jen, “What?”, Jen said “So did you managed to find a date
yet?”. I knew this is it, this was coming my way this evening. I
muttered ”No”, she was looking at me as if I have killed someone, and I
am a criminal committing a crime here by not finding a good date. She
gave me that annoyingly devious smile and lost in the crowd dancing.
Again, I was enjoying my time at the corner when I fixed my focus again
on him. He was helpless, hesitant and just so pissed off. We managed
to look at each other his deep blue eyes were fixed on me, I felt this is
it. I started taking steps towards him without realizing what I was doing,
I was mesmerized by those blue eyes that I couldn’t stop myself. I went
up to him and wrapped my hands around his left arm as if he was mine.I felt warmth around him, as I
touched him, I could feel his hard muscles behind that black sleeve of
his tux. “Holy s**t” …. he is as I imagined, Greek god beneath these layers of clothes.
I controlled my thoughts and whispered in his ears…” Just! Play along”.
I could feel those prying eyes on me from the girls around him, but I
was as badass as the girls were and I spoke to him “Baby! here you are,
I am sorry I am running late”. The girls around him, seemed to be confused looking at us together. Well he played
along and kind of played along too well and tugged me towards him. I could hear his heartbeats racing faster than normal in a sync
“Thump, thump, thump, thump”, I could feel his breath on my face when he rested his head on my forehead and said, “I missed you honey”. You should never leave me alone and always be by my side”.
Well it was just an act, but it got kind of intimate. I heard the girls
prying on us, when one of them asked “Are you two together?”, I said
“Well, well, well! Yes, he is mine….my boyfriend” giving them a hot
pointed look and before they could pry more on us, I wrapped my arms
around him and dragged him out of that pretty annoying cluster. Well
that little show was kind of bold for me, unlikely of me. So, we together
reached the corner of my place and then i gently separated myself from him. There was this huge smile on his face when we saw each
other, he “sighed”. I could feel a sense of relief as he smiled. I could see
Brett, Jen, Rebecca, Shaun and Kim closely observing us from a
distance. Jenny had that huge vicious smile, on her face as if she caught
me shacking with a random guy. I gave all of them a pointed look, and
signed them to stay at a distance, and then he spoke. “Thank you so
much, I was just not comfortable with that unwanted attention”. I
froze as I heard his voice again and I choked on my drink. He had this thick accent while talking and had a command that just oozes power. “My pleasure”. I
wasn’t sure what to speak as I was lost, I was lost in his dark deep blue
eyes. His eyes were shinning like a sapphire in the corner of darkness. “I
Had a question, may I ask?” he said, “please go ahead”. “Do you
always visit here because I haven’t seen you here before”. I gave him a
smirk and casually said “You haven’t noticed me, but yeah I do visit
here frequently with my friends”. I introduced myself to him “Rachel,
Rachel Rodrigues”. “Jacob”, he said. And then it was just silence and
awkwardness until I received a text from Brett saying, “We are ready to
leave, do you wish to join us or?” I understood what Brett was up to, I
texted him that I am joining them back to my place for a stay over. I
immediately, gave a smile to Jacob and told him “I need to leave now
as my friends are leaving and I might lose my ride back home if they
left”. He nodded and said, “I thought I could at least buy you a drink”.
There was a little look of disappointment on his face, but he quickly
covered it in a smile and escorted me outside the club. I smiled and
waved him and turned back towards the SUV. “God dammit, that was
awkward”. I could still feel his eyes over me as I turned and there was
this shiver of emotions in my body which I once felt a long back. The
ride back to my home was quiet as everyone was tired, and sleepy but I
could see Brett, silently observing me. He had that million-dollar question with him which he was trying not to shoot at me. I said him, “he wasn’t a date, before you question me anything”. Brett looked a
little disappointed, but then he muttered “you! Never know” with one
of his patent smiles that pisses me off sometimes but also eases me
from my thoughts. We reached at my place, Jenny, Shaun, Kim and
Rebecca were almost half asleep. We both escorted them in my
apartment where they could rest. I and Brett weren’t that sleepy or
tired, but I also preferred to sleep as tomorrow was coming up with
something new for me. I changed into my favorite pajamas and lied on
my bed. I could only think of those eyes and the thing which happened
today at PLUSH, my cheeks turned pink thinking about that little show
we played and that feeling I felt. He was just a stranger; I do not even
know him but still I felt a connect with him. That sound of his
heartbeats “thump. thump. thump. thump.” Wait what? Why am I
overthinking, maybe it was the effect of five Martini’s? I closed my
eyes and tried to sleep, slipping into a dream where I saw those eyes
again and I drifted to sleep.