Unexpected love

‘ my knees, get weak when you touch me. Body, use it...’ Ellie was recording one of her favorite verses to one of her favorite songs from her coming album when the door of her private studio burst open and her manager/friend came in view interrupting her in the process but what caught her eye was a figure standing next to her friend. She got out of the recording booth and sat on some chair next to her sound engineer. ‘ you interrupted my session again today bro.’ she said pouting looking all kinds of adorable. ‘ I’m sorry but where are your manners?’ said Jack, her childhood friend pointing at the figure next to him with his head. Ellie mentally hit her head and said ‘ I’m sorry, hi I’m Ellie Love.’ She said extending her hand to shake the unknown person. ‘ of course I know who you are! I’m Jake nice to meet you.’ Jake said taking her hand into his still not believing how humble she is not matter how big she is. ‘ mhh Jake and Jack, are you his friend that I don’t know of?’ Ellie said giving him a chair to seat on ignoring the glare Jack sent her way. ‘Jack you can take your own chair.’ Ellie said rolling her eyes. Jake couldn’t stop wondering what her question meant. Did she think he’s gay? Is it because of his glasses? His question was answered when Jack talked. ‘ Ellie, Jake is the new sound engineer I told you about.’ and like she felt bad she asked him that question she apologized. ‘ I’m sorry how could I even ask if you’re friends with this douchebag.’ If Jake didn’t constantly read about Ellie and her manager friend Jack in the papers he would’ve thought they hated each other but this was their way of showing love to each other, to always tease one another. ‘ it’s okay, I’m just happy to be getting this opportunity.’ Ellie nodded smiling. ‘We’re happy to have you here too, hey Peter come meet Jake.’ she said to her old sound engineer who was sitting far from them busy doing whatever. He came to shake his hand and offered to show him around the studio with Ellie beside them. After coming back he learnt that Ellie had her own private studio and many others in the building for her signed artists, she has an upcoming album to release in the next 3 months and at least half of it is done. Peter was moving to be the head sound engineer that’s why Ellie’s HR put the poster up online in search of a new one. They sat on her soundproofed studio and listened to her 7 done songs and Jake couldn’t deny the voice of an angel that she had. ‘ you have a beautiful voice.’ He found himself saying after being quiet for a while. ‘ thank you.’ was Ellie’s reply with a appreciative smile. ‘ so I have the 7 songs done and I have at least 3 written and 2 unfinished songs and they all need instruments/beats.’ she said trying giving Jake a brief explanation of the process within the 3 months. ‘ I think today you’ll just sign the contract then from tomorrow we can start listening to your sound and try to found a sound for my 5 unfinished songs.’ ‘ maybe I can use one of your finished beats too? You know, write a new song but I don’t want to overwhelm you we’ll see everything tomorrow.’ Jake’s POV ‘Everything you said is fine with me.’ I said nodding my head. ‘Do I talk that much?’ She said looking hurt with her hand on her heart. ‘ no Ms Ellie, I’d never say that. You’re quite fine.’ I said regretting it as the words felt pushed out of my mouth. She burst into laughter with Jack following suit with his own laugh. What did I say? ‘ she’s quite fine yeah?’ If I wasn’t a man I’d say I blushed. I could feel my face heat up in embarrassment. ‘ I didn’t mean it like that. I’m sorry if I soun....’ ‘No please don’t apologize we’re joking. I’m the one sorry if we made you uncomfortable.’ ‘No not at all.’ I was far from being uncomfortable. They were so rich but their hearts were filled with love and empathy, something that’s quite rare where there’s money. Jack brought the contract for me to sign but they later said I can read it through and bring it tomorrow. I nodded taking my bag after putting the contra there. I said my goodbyes and declined Jack’s offer to see me out because I remembered the way. I wasn’t even out the huge glass doors when I heard someone call my name and I turned to see Ellie rushing my way. She remembered my name. Her laugh brought me out of my trance. ‘ Jake of course I remember your name. I’m human you know?’ I said that out loud? Embarrassment took over me and I wanted the earth to swallow me. ‘ I’m sorry, I didn’t think I’d say that out loud.’ she chuckled shrugging. ‘ it happens.’ I nod and we made our way out of the doors quiet. ‘ I was goin to ask where you headed?’ To my small apartment in midtown Manhattan, I wanted to say but still prayed I didn’t say that out loud. she looked at me like she was waiting for me to say something and I knew my wish/ prayer was granted. ‘ midtown Manhattan.’ I said sending a small nervous smile hoping she wouldn’t ask to come with to see where her sound engender lived but again why would she? I’m almost a nobody to her. ‘ how far are you when at Costco?’ she said looking... hopeful? ‘It’s like a 5 minute walk. I said laughing still wondering why all these questions? Did she know that part of NYC? ‘ then you’re coming with me, I’m going to Costco.’ She said taking my arm into hers dragging me to the parking lot of the building. I had a strange feeling when she touched me and when she noticed me looking at our locked arms she quickly said a quiet sorry detangling our arms. I wanted to say please do it again but it sounded inappropriate in my mind how much more when it leaves my lips? We made our way to a black SUV with me following behind her and she greeted the driver and opened the door for me when she saw me standing a little far. I should be the one doing that. I thought as I made my way to the backseat with her following suit next to me. I quickly sent a greeting to the driver and he drove out of the building’s parking lot. ‘ thank you for the ride.’ I said trying to break the awkward silence. Ellie chuckled and rolled her eyes. ‘ we’re not even close to your destination but it’s fine.’ she was so close to me so her breath tickled my arm skin as she talked. Yeah that’s how tall I was, her head only reached my shoulders. The car drove quietly as if imitated the silence in the car but this time it was comfortable. I couldn’t stop thinking about one of her songs we played in studio. It kept ringing to my ears. ‘That body's on fire Ooh, love me long, ’til you get tired Ooh baby you got what I (Want) You’s a real one, I'm inspired Break me off And gitchi gitchi yaya, when the lights is out I’m summertime crushin', put that game on pause And do it how I like it, baby, nice and slow (Ooh, yeah).’ My mind drifted to her singing the song live and slowly dancing to it. I’m a man and not gay but I have always enjoyed her live shows because you could see the passion in her eyes. I don’t know if it was my subconscious mind or what but as I was looking outside the window I saw Ellie quietly leaning to my left arm/shoulder and I felt her head on my arm. It was a nice feeling and I didn’t want her to move so I acted as if I was far away with my thoughts. It was after a 25-30 minutes since we left the studio and we were now in front of Costco. I bent my head to look at Ellie and her eyes were closed so I shook her a little. ‘ hey we’re here.’ She opened her eyes and the first thing she did was spring away from my shoulder as if she regretted sleeping on me. ‘ I’m sorry I got sleepy.’ She said smiling nervously. ‘ it’s not a problem Ellie, you didn’t cause any harm.’ I said smiling at her and then she looked at the back of the car. ‘They’re here let’s go.’ I turned to see what she’s talking about and saw private security making their way to our car. They opened the doors for us and followed after us. I was hesitant to come with her inside but she took hold of our arm again locking them together. ‘You can come with, that’s if you’re not busy or something.’ That was hope again evident again in her voice and eyes so I nodded. This felt new and surreal to me, people whispering and some looking like they want to jump on Ellie but held back because of private security and some taking out their phones. It was making me pissed a little that they can’t give someone just little space to shop. As if feeling my anger Ellie’s hold tightened and we were inside. ‘ it’s tiring I know but I can’t help because it’s what I get for following my passion and I don’t think I ever want to stop singing so I have to sacrifice my private life.’ she said looking at me sadly. ‘ I think that’s what I respect more about you, your passion for what you do. You love what you do.’ ‘ you listen to me?’ she said a i little over excited that I laughed at her reaction. ‘ I’m a sound engineer/producer so I like exploring plus that angel voice live is insane.’ ‘ that’s so good to know thank you.’ ‘Your fans tell you this like everyday on twitter.’ I said nudging her playfully. ‘ I know but coming from you it’s just.... never mind but thanks.’ She says taking a hair strand behind her ear blushing. Did I just make Ellie Love the pop star blush? Was I hallucinating? ‘ let’s shop.’ I say trying to ease the awkwardness in the air. ‘ it’s just little things so we won’t take long.’ she says taking a shopping basket in her hands. I follow closely behind her as she takes Pasta, Cheese, minced meat, stake and all kinds of good food. The basket is now getting full so I offer to hold it for her and she agrees saying a small thank you. ‘ I want to make a small dinner for my family tomorrow so I don’t really know what I’ll cook that’s why I’m takin almost everything. She says as we make our way to pay after taking some veggies. She cooks? I know my face is full of amusement as I see her look at me and laugh. ‘ I cook.’ She says rolling her eyes, something I’ve noticed she likes doing. ‘ I said that out loud again?’ I said scratching the back of my head. ‘ no but your face said it all.’ We laugh. I notice the weather outside changing as we pay for the grocery. It’s raining harder as we are near to finishing. I hear Ellie curse a little after finishing scanning the prices. ‘ you okay?’ ‘ yeah I have to go fetch my wallet, completely forgot it in the car.’ ‘ I’ll pay.’ I said taking out my wallet. Selling beats and producing songs make me enough money to eat so I had some left after paying my rent and grocery shopping. ‘ Jake you don’t have to seriously.’ ‘ it’s raining and I remember reading you get sick easily so what easier?’ I said sternly and she huffs. ‘ you don’t have to blackmail me.’ She says as I already payed the total of $157. ‘ I’m not, you would’ve been sick.’ she kept quiet and looked to the side. Did I do something wrong? Instead of paper bags we opted for plastics because of the rain and I took the two plastics in my hands and we made our way to the car running but the rain was so heavy we were already wet. Ellie got in and I was left putting the plastics in the trunk and I joined her. ‘ I don’t think I can drive to my own this wet, can I come to yours? I’ll send my driver to take some clothes for me.’ I didn’t even take seconds to answer. ‘ yes, no problem with me.’ she nodded and looked outside, she was still mad. Why? I told the driver my street address and we were there in 3 minutes. We got out of the car and took her hand in mine and led her to my apartment floor. It was a one bedroom apartment with an open plan kitchen and living room. It fit me/ one person perfectly but with a rich musician with me I felt insecure but I opened anyway and welcomed her. she looked at around and smiled as if she remembered something. ‘What?’ I said stopping at my tracks. ‘ reminds me of my simple teenage years when I wanted to independent so badly. It’s beautiful.’ ‘ are you sure there’s no one cleaning for you here? Someone with breasts?’ Her question took me by surprise but I knew what she wanted to know. Why would she care? ‘ I don’t have a girlfriend, my little sister though does come once a week but I can clean after myself.’ she laughed and shivers at the same time reminding me that she’s dripping wet. ‘ I’m sorry, please come this side.’ I lead her to my room and quickly get fresh towels, hair lotion and my body lotion. She thanks me after I show her the bathroom in my room. I take out my sweater and I just know it’ll be oversized to her. I place on the bed with my white nike socks and quickly change my clothes. I make my way to the kitchen and I quickly take out frozen mash and soup to warm it and I make steak for both of us. I function the coffee machine too Incase she wants coffee. I’m almost done plating I see Ellie making her way to me in the kitchen. I almost drop the pan I was holding making her chuckle and blush. Her wet hair, her in my sweater and just her. She looks breathtakingly beautiful wearing my clothes. ‘ uh please take a seat there I’ll come with the food now.’ she nods smiling and make her way to the sofas. I can still see her and she turns to look at me. ‘ you look handsome with those contacts.’ I changed my glasses for contacts when we arrived. ‘ thanks, you look gorgeous in my clothes.’ She blushes and says thank you and turns on the tv. I take our plates to the living room and give her hers. ‘ thank you and for the shower too.’ ‘ it’s alright, coffee or hot chocolate?’ ‘Hot chocolate please.’ She says like a toddler who’s been promised with ice cream. I laugh and say okay. I make my coffee and her hot choc and make my way next to her. I hand her the hot choc and sit down and start to eat. ‘ this is delicious.’ she said slightly moaning and my body shivers, the worst part? She notices. ‘ I’m sorry it’s just so good.’ she says covering her mouth looking embarrassed. ‘ it’s nothing.’ ‘ I didn’t get to thank you for paying for my stuff at the store.’ ‘ because you were quite mad.’ ‘ I wasn’t mad at all just I’m so used to doing things my own way as I said I wanted to independent in my teenage years but thank you.’ ‘ you’re quite welcome plus it was for your health.’ We got done with eating and we were now drinking our hot beverages. Ellie kept making small noises every time she took a sip and I kept shifting in my seat. she was closing her eyes those plump lips formed a pout. She seemingly was enjoying her hot chocolate but she kept hugging herself and I got up to bring her a throw from another sofa. I covered her with it and that’s when her eyes snapped open. ‘I’m sorry I was in my own world. Thank you.’ ‘ you’ve said too many thank yous today.’ We laughed. ‘ but really thank you and I’m so full the food was great and you topped it with a hot choc.’ I concluded that she loved food. It was so adorable. ‘ I’ll be back.’ I said taking our dishes and checked my kitchen cabin for fever pills. I found the ones you dissolve into water and brought her with a glass of water. Her nose was a little red. ‘ where are you going?’ I asked as she stood up approaching me. ‘ I wanted to help with the dishes.’ ‘ no, you’re sick. Drink here.’ She drank it at one go and I took her hand going back to the sofa. I tucked her in the small blanket and sat next to her and changed channels. Settling for tennis after she asked me to I sat back at the couch and watched her focusing on the sport. ‘Naomi Osaka and Serena, what a duo.’ she said turning to find me looking at her. ‘ you can get in.’ She said opening the blanket for me and I went in leaving a small space which she closed off by moving closer. she put her head on my chest looking over up at me searching for hesitation but I just smiled at her. I was woken up by a phone ringing painfully in my ears and it was Ellie’s. she only snuggled closer as I noticed the position we were in. She was literally on top of me her head in between my neck and shoulder. She looked so comfortable and snuggled closer if that was possible as the phone stopped. I let out a husky groan as our groins were perfectly opposite each other and dangerously close. I forgot to give her my new boxers so she was wearing no panties. My groan sent shivers down her spine and her body shook on top of me. This was a very dangerous position but I didn’t want to wake her up but her phone rang again and she abruptly got her head up and took it from my coffee table. ‘Rob, yes you don’t have to bring the clothes up I’m on my way just now.’ All this time I was looking at her beautiful face when she’d just woken up. she put the phone down and looked at me, her eyes widening as my groin pressed out more on her core wanting to be freed. She quickly got up looking down fixing her clothes (my sweater). ‘ I’m sorry Ellie, I didn’t..’ ‘ no I’m sorry, I tend to like cuddling a lot and your chest was so comfortable.’ I shot up an eyebrow smirking. ‘ Jake cockiness doesn’t suit you.’ She said getting up. I got up too. ‘ I had a nice time, I’m not promising to bring back your sweater it’s so comfortable.’ she said winking. ‘ like my chest?’ She rolled her eyes and I laughed so hard. ‘ I had a nice time too. It was nice meeting you.’ we were now in front of the elevator and it pinged. ‘ see you tomorrow.’ She said waving as the elevator closed hiding her pretty face. ‘I can’t wait.’ I whispered to myself. A lot happened in one day! Ellie Love? My little sister will never believe this.