Paint my love

Love

Jillian's POV

This guy is really something. I don't know if he is telling me that just to impress me or he's really a sweet guy like what he's showing me now. Whatever it is, I'm very impressed. My gut is telling me that he's really different from other guys, especially my ex. While he's laughing at his middle school story, I can't help but ask him about his dream girl. And he told me that he found her.

"Whoa! You should not be here with me. Go and tell her before it's too late." I saw him got really serious and removed the lump on his throat.

"Do you really think that's easy? I mean, even if we just met for days, you know how shy I am."

"No you're not. We're talking right now. Just be like this and you'll be fine. She'll really like you." He rolled my eyes on me like he's not believing what I'm saying. Then he told me, "Look, I tried talking like this to usual girls and they are turned off immediately."

"So you're telling me I'm weird too?" We laughed with our weirdness. But I went back to our topic, and hopefully I get to know his dream girl. At the back of my mind, I wanted to be his dream girl. That's way too fast, and I feel like he's an old school kind of guy. Then I ask him what did he see in his dream girl.

"Well, I don't know what exactly happened but I drew her the other day. Out of boredom in the office. I realized that I'm not getting any younger, and I really needed motivation, or perhaps, inspiration because I want to share.. hmmm.. love?" then he laughs like to teenage boy.

Daniel's POV

"Do I look like a lovesick boy? I really don't like the topic of love because it's something I try to avoid my whole life. It's so hard to explain. So sorry Jill, I'm a boring guy." I just told her that.

After taking a sip, "Number one, you are not boring. I enjoy our geek talk a while ago. You should try the love thing. I mean, heartbreaks and failures are part of it. It can make you stronger." I feel like she has been in a heartbreak and my heart says I need to fill that need in her. But hey, we just met and I don't want to take the next step hastily. Then I ask her, "What about you? I can feel like you just had a heartbreak. Care to share some details?"

"I told you that he was my first love. He's also an immigrant here in the US. Korean, how can I simplify this. He's very American, not that Asian-American type of guy." I suddenly remembered some of my Asian friends here. I couldn't agree more how American they are. She continued, "We went to the same school, same college, became best friends, fell in love but fail in love. We have expectations for our relationship that we can't meet so the other one went astray, after five years. That jerk cheated on me just like that."

"That's pretty heavy. I'm really sorry. He doesn't deserve you." at the back of my mind, I want to erase those memories and replace them with happy ones. With me, by your side. How can I even say this, I just met her two days ago. Then I asked her, "Do you think you can learn to love again? Well, after all you have been through."

"Of course! Especially when I meet someone like you." then she takes another sip of her coffee. I just smiled and chuckled. Is she flirting with me? Because if she is, I'm liking it better than the other girls I met. 

Jillian's POV

I sounded like a flirt back there. So I just took a sip of my coffee and looked at his smile. Oh boy, he's so handsome. To cut the awkwardness I made I told him, "I'm free today, can you show me around LA? Maybe we can continue that love talk we just started here." He nodded and told me to wait in the lobby so that he can get his car. I didn't tell my personal assistant that I'll be roaming around LA. Hopefully there's no paparazzi's or else my dad will be so annoyed to see me again in the tabloids. When I saw Daniel, being a gentleman, he opened the car door for me. Once he was back in his driver's seat, he asked me where do I want to go.

"Somewhere that's a little bit private. Hopefully no paparazzi, if you know what I mean. Or a very nice place here in LA. I really don't roam around after concerts because I'm actually not allowed to." He was surprised and told me, "Okay. First thing that comes in my mind when you said private, was my house. Haha! Kidding. No, I won't let you go there yet. But I think I know a place. Is an Art Museum fine with you or too boring? It's private because no one really goes there, except me and some curators."

"That's not boring. But if there are curators there, they might recognize me. Hmmm..." Then it popped in my mind that there's a landscape exhibit downtown, and I think no one in my circle will be there. "How about this?" while showing him the landscape exhibit.

"Are you sure? You might be surprised on what you'll see there. But I can take you there." he told me that while smirking.

"Why are you smirking? It's as if you know who made the landscape exhibit?" He is just smiling while driving. I like it. He's so cute. "You'll see." He said.

He really knows this place because we arrive after 10 minute drive. Then he told me to stay put because he's going to open the door for me. "Are you like this with all the girls you've been?" He chuckled and told me, "Yes I am but when I start talking geek stuff, they are turned off. But fyi, only my sister rides that side of my car. So you're the first." He's really sweet. He even opened the front door for me and I was surprised with what I saw.