After dancing for ages, Seb called Zoe and I back to the booth. I grabbed a water and decided to sit down for a bit to rest my feet. Zoe said she was going to the bathroom, and I waited for her to come back, lost in my thoughts, lost in those utterly dominant blue eyes. Who could that man be? He’s probably older, with all that energy that screamed power emanating from him. He can’t be anything good, but I can’t deny he’s handsome.
"Hello, miss!" says another very handsome man, smiling.
"Hello! Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Yes, I need a whiskey. Do you have a good one here? There’s only tequila in the VIP area," he replies with a sorry-looking expression.
"It's your lucky day, because we have a practically untouched 12-year-old at the bar," I say with a smile and get up to accompany him to the bar. “Shall we, intruder?”
"Oh, how rude of me! I come to steal your whiskey and I haven’t even introduced myself. My name is Theo Fontana!”
"Elizabeth Smith. It’s a pleasure, Theo! An Italian last name, how beautiful."
"The pleasure is all mine! My father was of Italian descent, I inherited the last name and the beauty, in all modesty," he says smiling and I end up laughing along with him.
"Well, I didn’t know my father, so maybe I just inherited the genetics."
"Excellent genetics, if I may say so," he says gallantly.
"Liz, who's your new friend? Definitely not from college," says Felipe, approaching and standing behind me. I'm sitting at the bar facing the man of Italian descent.
"Felipe, this is Theo. Theo, this is Felipe, my best friend.” They greet each other and I see Theo looking Felipe up and down, evaluating something.
"So, Felipe, how are you? I hope you don’t mind me crashing your party for some good whiskey."
"It’s not my party, it’s our friend Jacob's, but I don’t think he’ll mind about the whiskey. Make yourself at home."
"Great! So, you’re still in college?” asks Theo, striking up a conversation.
"Yes, I’m studying medicine, and Felipe’s studying law. He's also on the university soccer team, an excellent defender!"
"You’re exaggerating, Liz, it's not that big of a deal," says Felipe awkwardly.
"If you're good, you have to own it, man," says a super cheerful Theo. "Well, I've had my whiskey. I'll leave you guys alone. I need to find my friend so he doesn’t kill me."
"Call him over here, I think it’s a lot more lively here and Jacob won’t mind welcoming you both. His motto is the more the merrier."
"Can I really? It's definitely livelier here."
"Of course, you can! Go ahead and call him,” Felipe says to his newest friend.
While Theo goes to get his friend, Zoe comes and sits with us, telling us that she ran into Noah. He was kissing a girl from our college and had the audacity to run after Zoe when he saw her passing by. A complete jerk.
"I can’t believe he had the guts!" I say angrily.
"He did, girl! He even came to tell me that he loved me and that the girl meant nothing."
"A real jerk, that's what he is!"
"I won’t let it get me down, tonight we’re going to have the best time ever," she says, staring intently at a spot behind me. "Speaking of fun, who are those monuments talking to Felipe? I’m sure they're not from college."
"Who?"
When I turn to look, I come face to face with the pair of intense blue eyes from earlier. He looks intently at me and I feel my body stir, as if I already know him from somewhere. I feel my legs weaken, I’m grateful to be sitting down. This man definitely stirs something in me, in a way that's very different from anything I've ever felt before. Could this be the butterfly feeling in my stomach everyone talks about? They come towards us and Felipe makes the introductions.
"Girls, this is Roman, Theo's friend. Roman, these are Zoe and Liz, my friends."
"Hello, Zoe!" he says, kissing my friend's cheek.
"The pleasure is all mine!" she replies smiling.
"Hello, Liz! It's a great pleasure to meet you," he says, kissing my cheek, holding my waist firmly and sniffing behind my ear. I quickly forgot how to breathe, in fact, I even forgot my name.
"So we have two more guests?" says Sebastian, approaching with Jacob. I take advantage of the distraction to compose myself, since Roman is no longer so close.
"Yes, this is Theo and Roman, our neighbors from the next booth," says Felipe.
"Welcome, and enjoy the party. We have the hottest women and drinks for every taste," says Jacob proudly.
"I don’t doubt it," Theo replies.
Jacob is soon called over by a group of people and goes to chat with them. Felipe, Sebastian and Zoe start talking about the upcoming games, since my friend is crazy about soccer and I get lost in my thoughts as I don’t understand much about soccer and am usually dragged along by Zoe.
"So, Liz, I was just telling Roman how you saved my night.”
"Saved?"
"Yes, with some great whiskey," he says with a smile.
"Oh, right! So I did save it."
"It takes Theo to crash other people’s parties for whiskey," says Roman. "So, you’re a medical student?" he asks eagerly.
"Yes, I've loved medicine for as long as I can remember. My mother says I was born to care, whether for people or animals."
"If your mother said so, then she's right. Does your father agree with her?"
"I don’t have a father; it's just me and my mother."
"Ah, I apologize."
"No problem! You're not Theo, are you? Are you visiting the city?" I say, looking for Theo, who’s already on the other side of the booth.
"No, no! We're from here, but we live further out from the city center. Are you from Massachusetts too?"
"Yes, born and raised."
"Hmm…" he replies thoughtfully. "I saw you on the dance floor, you looked beautiful! Would you like to dance?"
"Sure, let's go!" I say, taking his hand.
I immediately feel an electrifying sensation. I look at him and he smiles, looking at our hands. It seems he felt the same thing too. We walk towards the dance floor and start dancing close together, with him practically glued to my back. I feel such a good feeling that I can't help myself and do something I never imagined. I turn around and kiss Roman. At that moment, everything disappears, there's just the two of us and our bodies burning up. He puts his hand on my waist, pulling me towards him in a hungry kiss. We kiss as if our lives depended on it. My whole body heats up, agitated, agonizing. Roman has one hand buried in my hair and the other on my waist, pressing me against him. I realize how excited he is, very excited. I feel him move his hand down and squeeze my butt in the middle of the dance floor as if he wanted to make it clear to everyone around us that I'm his, and I must be crazy because I just want more. For a virgin, I'm feeling totally shameless. Forgive me, Mom. But my legs go weak when he breaks the kiss and buries his head in the crook of my neck, sniffing me. And as if it were nothing, he licks a path from the base of my neck to my earlobe. I go weak and he holds me up by my waist. My God! What is this man doing to me? I've never been like this.
"Are you okay?" he asks, still holding me but looking intently at me.
"That's a tough question to ask at a time like this, isn't it?"
"Tough?" he replies with a smile. "Shall we go back to the booth?"
"Yes, I need to catch my breath."
When we get back to the booth, I find Zoe drunk and crying. I ask Felipe what happened, and he says Noah was arguing with her, and said we should leave. I ran to hug my friend, who looked very unwell. I didn't think about anything else except getting her home. We left the club towards the parking lot, Felipe and I put Zoe in the car, and only when we were close to home did I remember the kiss and that I hadn’t said goodbye to Roman.
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