Paint my love

Concert

Daniel's POV

After I walked with her to the hotel, I feel like I want to jump. Like when you won the lottery or you got an award or you got the toy lego when you were a kid. That type of happiness. Simple yet so exciting. Jillian is so beautiful. I looked at the drawing and her i********: feed. Yep, total stalker here. I watched some of her YouTube videos and I'm amazed how great she is when she's playing the violin. I never knew that she's the soloist tomorrow night and I can't wait to see her. 

While on the way home, my sister called via FaceTime. 

"Why do you look like a lunatic?" my funny sister asked. It's because when I answer her I'm smiling like a teenage boy. She's not used to that, I think. I call her Ate (that's big sister in Filipino, not ate as in the past tense of eat. More like Ah-Te)

"Ate Ella, I'm doing fine. Thank you. Well, I met a girl." Her eyes grew big. She's not used to me talking about a girl. I always tell her about my work, landscapes, how I'm geeking out with the materials were using. She doesn't complain but whenever she asks me about a girl, I always shrug and change the topic immediately. So when I told her that I met a girl, she's so happy.

"OH MY GOOOOD DANDAN!!!" That's what she calls me. "I never knew that this day would come"

"Chill Ate. I just met her okay? And she's not from here so I guess I won't be seeing her. I'm good that we're friends now on our social media. Won't you ask me how I met her?" right on cue, I was able to park my car in our garage before I can show her my drawing. My sister and I are really close so when she moved to Italy, I really miss her a lot. I always tell her about my work, some geeky architectural stuff that I guess would bore a lot of girls. I think that's why I don't have a girlfriend. Haha! She would always tell me that I should never ever talk about work when I'm with girls because it will turn them off. But I don't like that idea. If they like me, well, they would love my nerdy side. I showed her my drawing and told her how I saw her in the coffee shop this afternoon. 

"Now that's destiny! You should follow your gut Dandan. But don't rush please. And don't geek out when she asks you about your work for pete's sake!" I'm laughing when she said that.

"Ate Ella, I'll really know if she's the one if she can tolerate my geeky side. Besides, I really haven't asked her out but maybe after her concert. I hope she has free time."

"Gooooo! Ask her out. It's not really a date-date. More of friends getting to know friends right? I'm just happy for you lil bro."

"Thank you Ate. Take care there okay!" I went inside my room. Fixed my stuff and tried to google her. You know? Background check. I think. Then I realized how famous she is in the Classical world as well as the business world. I'm amazed on all her achievements. I'm also excited to see her tomorrow night. I really can't wait.

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Concert day. I'm nervous. Wait, I'm not performing. I'm an audience. But I can't help but think how will she look like or how will she sound. I wore a formal top, like a typical New Yorker businessman. But I'm no businessman, just an ordinary architect. I just hope I would blend in with all the elites in LA watching her. I realized she gave me a VIP ticket and it's in the middle of the concert hall. I sat beside famous people I didn't really realize it.

No one is allowed to record so I can't really snap a photo or something. That's actually great, I can feel her with my eyes and ears only. After the orchestra tuned, the conductor came and she came afterwards. Everyone is clapping their hands. I clapped too. That's the only time we can clap and also at the end of the piece. She looks so stunning. Her dress perfectly fits her skinny body. I love it. It's a light purple dress, sleeveless with flowy ends. Her hair is not tied up unlike when I saw her in the coffee shop. She breathe in and started the concerto. It's so powerful. I feel every note she's playing and she is so damn good. The runs and all the emotions in this concerto is mesmerizing. She's in the zone of expressing a lot of emotions. Her skills really is superb. I'm not a music critic but if I were to compare her performance to a house, it's a well built-detailed house with perfect corners and no imperfection. I feel the intensity as it moved to the second up to the third movement. I learned it overnight since I saw in her poster that she'll be playing a famous violin concerto. Just like how I geek out in my architectural nerdiness, I think I can impress her by being a little bit musically geek too right? I hope so. I also hope to approach her after her performance. They said VIP ticket holders have backstage pass so I guess I will have my moment with her.

Jillian's POV

I'm so freaking tired. Playing this Concerto is tiring. But I endured it. I can't see him from the crowd after I played, I really hope he came. I gave my best and got a standing ovation from the crowd. The conductor compliemented me and told me that it was my best performance since we have worked together. Maybe I'm inspired? I'm not sure. Since I gave him VIP tickets, I really hope that he can go backstage and greet me. If he comes or not, I guess giving my best performance is really what I am here for. Then I saw him lining up with the other VIPs.

And oh boy. He looks so handsome in his suit. His dimples is showing again. I might have a heart attack. I'm crushing on him actually. I hope it's not obvious. But I really hate this feeling. The last time I felt this was with my ex-boyfriend which I don't really want to talk about. I greeted all the other VIPs and when it's his turn...

"Congratulations! That's so great" and he hugged me. It was quite awkward. He gave me flowers, as if he's courting me. But in my dreams, I guess he's just being a gentleman. Like when I met him yesterday, I love how he talks about the buildings we passed and I learned from him a lot.

"Thank you Daniel! I think I'm free tomorrow, we should grab coffee again?" He was surprised but he said, "Sure! I would love to hang out again with you. Until when will you be staying here in LA?"

"I'm not really sure yet, but we'll see. See you tomorrow? I'll send you a message." He just smiled and waved goodbye at me because there's another VIP lined up to greet me. Oh boy, I think I'm in love again.