A Step Closer to Love

Arabella stared at him and did not know what to say. She had been interested in getting into a relationship but not with him.

“I don’t know what to say,” she said and he nodded.

“I know, you can take your time to think about it”

“But…”

“What made me ask?” he cut her off asking as if he read her mind.

“Yes,” she said shocked with a nod.

“I was going to ask for a while now, you know I told you that you intrigue me. Seeing that I almost lost you to that jerk of a boy makes me so sad that I know I must ask you or else I would be cheating myself” he said looking ahead to the road.

“But…”

“Just think about it okay? If you don’t want it, I would not pressure you or try to make it uncomfortable for you” he said.Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

He was trying his best to stay calm as possible. He did not plan to ask her this way or anytime soon. He had wanted to watch himself a bit more. He wanted to see and know if he was over Kimberly or if seeing her was just some way of nature playing a prank on him.

She was the complete opposite of Kimberly who he had always thought of as his type. She was nerdy and preferred books to anything outside. She spoke with so much enthusiasm and for him watching her speak did things to his insides. The kind of things he was yet to understand.

“To tell you the truth, when he picked you for the date the last time I did not like it. It felt as though someone was taking away what was mine” he stopped when he heard himself.

“I am not saying you are mine,” he said in a defending voice. “I am only telling you how I felt about it. I am not really sure if what I feel for you is love but I want to find out” he continued explaining.

It seemed like the roles were reversed so quickly because Arabella felt like she should listen to him. She had nothing to tell him anyway because she had not thought about their relationship evolving this way. They had become closer in the past week but she always thought of it as something that would end up in friendship.

“And today as well, I was not happy when I heard you would be meeting him again which made me stay away from the office, I would not lie I felt a bit of jealousy and I was happy when I saw you waiting back at the office. I thought to myself, This is a chance for me again”

“So please think about it and let me know” he ended.

The car fell silent again and this time it was awkward and long. She was not expecting this and he did not believe that he would be saying any of the things he said today.

“Should we go home?”

“Yes please”

Arabella rushed into the house as soon as they made it in time. She went up into her room with Everly on her tail.

“Wait up” Everly said before Arabella could get the door shut in her face.

“Oh Everly I did not see you there” Arabella said holding the door for the woman to come in.

“I noticed your mind was not with you, I have been following you and trying to catch up with you from downstairs but it seems like you are in a hurry” Everly said getting into the room.

“I love what you have done with your room,” Everly said looking around.

“Thank you,” Arabella said. She put in a little decor to match what Everly had already done there. She kept bringing in the decor one after the other and this was the first time Everly was seeing the finished work.

“It’s so simple and chic” Everly said taking her seat on the bed.

“Can I take a quick shower?” Arabella asked.

“Of course, I would wait right here” Everly responded. “You said you were going to tell me all I needed to know about my trip” Everly added when she saw the confusion on the girl’s face.

“Oh yeah, sorry about that, I must have had a long day seeing that I could not remember” Arabella said with an apologetic voice.

She had a long day but it was not the reason she forgot about what she said in the morning. The major reason was because her son had just asked her out and not just in the normal way one would but in the most weird way ever.

From his speech, she was not sure if he wanted to be with her or if he was just trying to satisfy his curiosity. She did not know if she should be excited about it or if she should cry. It was all confusing and messing greatly with her mind.

“It’s all okay, I would not take your entire night because I know you have to get to work early tomorrow, so I’ll just take an hour” Everly said making herself at home on the bed she had sat on.

“A quick shower” Arabella said turning to the bathroom direction.

As she stood under the shower and the warm water touched her skin her mind could not help but wander to Kieran’s words. What answer does she give him? Who else could she explain to?

She wrapped up the shower as quickly as she could before she sat down with Everly. “You look worried, do you want to share?” Everly asked.

“I look worried?” Arabella asked tapping her face gently. “Oh, I’m not worried” Arabella could not tell her that her son had asked her out.

“Yeah, you see I am an old woman and I have experience with these kinds of things, you have a worry line right on your forehead” Everly pointed to her forehead.

“I did not want to tell you this but I have no one else to talk to,” Arabella said.

“It’s okay you can tell me” Everly said in a reassuring voice.

“Your son asked me out”