Nora's Pov
"Oops! I withdrew and scratched my hair a bit.
"What about you? I don't know anything about you, his gaze fixated at me. His face still serious
Uhm, my story is kinda boring you know. I tucked my hair behind my ear.
I stay with my best friend, you saw my baby brother the last time, he's 10. Mom and dad stay at Mills avenue not too far away. I said throwing my hands in the air.
"Ooh! Nice, what a lovely family you got there atleast your parents stay together." He huffed, talking about his dad got to him real bad.
I smiled at him and muttered a "thank you" its nice having this conversation with you, thanks for the meal too, you've made my evening.
"Ain't you suppose to be at work?" He arched his brows at me
"No, today's Sunday is my free day."
"Oooh, we can hang around some Sundays to strengthen our friendship . He let out a grin. Finally, he grinned
"Seriously? What about your girlfriend? I lifted my left brow
"For the upteempth time Nora, she's not my girlfriend. He half yelled
"Oh I see, then she is? I gave him a stern look
He twitched his head "she used to be my girlfriend"
"Used to be? Dylan no need to hide the fact, she is still your girlfriend. I noticed how you guys act around each other. That's exactly how couples act, ok? So whether you admit it or not Lillian is your girlfriend. " After some seconds, I hesitated and said "Congrats Dylan. I forced a tight-lipped smile and brought out my hand for a shake. He looked at it and arched his brow at me.
"Seriously? He rolled his eyes.
I laughed and withdrew my hand.
When we were done eating. He stood up and came over to my side, brought out a hand and I placed mine as he helped me stand up like a gentleman he is"Thank you" I blushed
"Lest I forget, you look alot prettier today." He ran his eyes at me
"Oooh I'm flattered" I gushed. My heart is beating very fast today and someone doesn't realise he is the cause. I thought to myself.
We took a stroll down the street. The glittering lights, the skies. Everywhere seemed calm. Couples could be seen giggling.
"Whoa! Someone exclaimed. "Nora? It was a feminine voice
"Hanna? What are you doing here? I asked bewildered
"I came to pick up some things across the street. She replied gleefully. That girl has always been the happy type, lucky her.
She looked at Dylan and then at me with a smug look. "My bad, Dylan, this is Hanna my childhood friend, Hanna, this is Dylan my friend from school." I introduced
"Hi Hanna" he said with his face beaming with smiles.
Hi" she chuckled, is he the one?
Huh? Hanna! I muttered motioning her to stop.
Are you guys a couple? She asked Dylan.
Dylan looked at me and I turned to him, actually I really wish we were a thing but I can't tell him that. We hesitated and before I could talk, he replied "No, we are friends, just friends."
He was still looking at me, my face became pale and then he turned to Hanna with a smile.
"Just friends? You guys will make a nice couple. Bye Nora!" She waved and left.
"Just friends"? "Just Friends"? This echoed in my mind for the moment.
We moved downwards without talking to each other. I held unto my purse thinking of nothing in particular with my face towards the ground.
We reached his house but he insisted on accompanying me home, we were still arguing when suddenly, gunshots were heard. He held me and ran inside his compound to hide. We hid behind some flowers and through a slight space in the fence. they looked like robbers. I gasped and Dylan covered my mouth.They passed, headed towards my side.
"Dylan, I'm scared!" I shivered
"Don't worry, you are safe with me." He retorted, stroking my hair gently to calm me down.
"How can I go home now?" I sobbed silently
"You don't need to."
"What?"
"You can sleep over." He said
You are not serious. I nudged him
"Oh suit yourself dearie, I can open the gate for you gladly." He said sarcastically, moving inside.
"Jerk!" I yelled following him.
"You wouldn't want to attract the robber, would you?" I held my mouth and followed him suit
We got to his door and he tried putting his password. "Won't you look elsewhere?" He scoffed
"Dylan!" I called, nudging him behind. He inputted his number and it was 3002. "Gotcha' ya." I exclaimed, giggling like a child.
He opened the door and I got lost in admiration.
"What? Cat caught your tongue?" He smirked and moved inside.
"Wooow!" I stared greatly. Fully furnished with luxurious items. Nice Appliances, bar stand. Gaming room. Its more than I've ever seen. Like the president's room, its 10 times bigger than my parents' apartment.
"Who is this guy? I blurted and unfortunately for me, he heard that.
"Well let me introduce myself." I turned and saw Dylan coming out from a room. He had only singlet on above his joggers.
"I'm Dylan Hart, the only son of the most popular business man in the state." He bragged playfully with his hands in his pocket.
"This is my house, hope you like it?" He let out a grin standing Infront of me. I stared at his face shocked." Yeah...yeah it's...amazing" I stuttered. "Come let me show you your room" He dragged me and opened a room. "Its nice and cozy. You can stay here for the night, sorry you couldn't make it to your house." He said
I gasped, looked at him and the room again. "What's the time?" I asked hugging myself as if I was cold.
"Its 10:59 virtually 11pm." Answered Dylan
"Geez!" I held my face as my eyes widened, I have to call Stacy. I reached for my phone and dialled her number. Not reachable at the moment? I hope she's fine" I asked no one in particular.
"You must be really worried about her, let's call her later perhaps it will be available by then." He said.
I slumped on the bed, it was soft and I loved it. I observed the room and saw a huge bathroom. A towel, hair dryer, soap and sponge were placed perfectly well. A shower stood there and the bathroom smells nice.
I went close to the wardrobe, opened it and saw two pyjamas. Their looked boyish not too fancy, prolly his. I removed my clothes and ran to the bathroom. Closing the door firmly, I allowed water trailed down my skin, so refreshing
I squealed.
After some minutes, I came out, dried myself, wrapped a towel round my hair. I changed into one of the pyjamas. I removed the towel and my hair was still dripping wet. I took the hair dryer, tried to use it when it caught my hair.