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It was weird, really. First of all, you weren't supposed to walk alone. Secondly, why was he on his own, of all people? He didn't seem fazed by it, though. He looked at the exhibitions with interest, apparently not caring that much about being without a group. I observed him, trying to figure out what was going on, when he suddenly turned his head in my direction, noticing me instantly, thus startling me.
He smiled.
Feeling my face heating up, I wanted to look away, so I quickly dropped my head to watch the very interesting floor, blushing, heart pounding.
Was he walking towards me?
“Hey, you coming?” I heard Quinton ask me, finally letting me tear away my eyes from the ground to see my group, that was already a few feet ahead of me. “O-oh yeah, it's just-” but I was cut off by Jack's voice, which was, surprisingly, next to me.
“Hey,” I heard him say, knowing that he smiled. I raised my head to see I was right. An angel.
“Hi,” was all I could squeak before averting my gaze again, to not look at him. “Ah,” Quinton said as he noticed Jack. “I was just asking if I could join your group, because, well, like you can see, I don't have one right now,” he explained with a weak laugh, scratching his nape.
“I was just about to ask!” Min said with a cheerful smile. “I guess,” Shan added, looking a little uninterested. “Yeah sure, why not. We weren't supposed to stay alone anyway,” Quinton agreed. I turned to Jack again with a hint of a smile, “I don't mind either.”
“Thanks,” Jack said, smiling at us before Min chimed in, “then it's decided! Let's go!” and we started to walk into the next room, where new inventions were displayed.
Min, Shan and Quinton walked in front of me, talking about different stuff I wasn't really paying attention to, because Jack was standing right next to me, examining the exhibitions. I couldn't describe how nervous I was at that moment. It felt like it was just me and him, probably because I faded out everything else.
The only thing that made it awkward, was the fact that we weren't talking – at all. I just couldn't think of anything to say, so I stayed quiet while we walked, silence falling over us. Of course I couldn't help but take some glances here and there, seeing him with his gorgeous smile, a faint glow in his eyes, I instinctively smiled too, unable to stay unaffected by his bright nature.
It was in moments like these, that I get reminded of what I love about him. For me, he looks like an angel that came straight from heaven – just not for me. Unconsciously, I let out a content sigh, which caught his attention. Not having the time to react and look away, we locked eyes, even stopped walking.
For a split second I forgot everything around me and just watched him; finally, I thought, the angel is looking at me! A dream seemed to come true, as we stood there, in a museum, standing face to face, as if we were exhibitions to look at, and I only wanted to look at one thing – my angel.
“Uhm, hey, you-” but his question was interrupted by Min, who was calling us from a few meters away. “Heeeeey, guuuys! What's the holdup?” she asked with a smile on her lips, but it didn't quite reach her eyes.
Jack and I quickly looked at each other again, before I turned away blushing slightly, cursing myself for acting like an idiot. “U-uh, nothing's wrong! We'll be right there,” I just murmured, not sure if they even heard me.
Jack chuckled beside me, catching my attention, “come on now, we don't wanna make them wait any longer, right?” he said with his mouth twitching into a smile, relaxing me instantly. He put his hand on my back to push me gently into the direction of our other group members. I felt his big hand on my shirt and couldn't shake of the feeling just how careful he touched me, like I was some kind of fragile item he could break at any second, if he pushed too hard.
His contact made a shiver run down my spine, as I walked to my 3 friends waiting for us. I missed his warmth even more when he pulled his hand away. In my head I was begging him to hold me more, touch me more, because this was the first time he ever did it and I wanted him to do it again.
So still in some kind of daze, without thinking or even knowing what I did, I did something I would have only dreamed about, something I never saw myself doing – I extended my hand and touched his.
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