Stuck with you
Stuck with you
"Are you sure you understood what I was trying to say earlier?" He asked in a dangerously quiet voice but audible enough for her to hear.
"I got it." She answered, her gaze locked with his. She wasn't breaking eye contact. She was saying it with determination.
Leo wished he could enter inside her head to know what she was thinking. He was really curious.
He closed his eyes, trying to calm his raging hormones.
The wine he drank earlier was getting to him. He concluded. He had taken several gulps while making sure Mia didn't take much. The soft music was doing things to his body and Mia standing right there in front of him, looking deeply into his eyes and letting him know she was prepared for whatever was to come, made him almost lose his mind.
"It's going to be better if we do it together. Don't you think?" She asked, eyes filled with innocence that made him look away and draw back from her.
"You realise I held myself back the other time because you weren't— never mind." He stopped talking and simply went to set his equipments.
He carried his camera bag, tripod and lighting to the middle of the room and began to set it up.
"This is going to be a video, but I can make out really good pictures from it so you have to be relaxed and just do whatever you feel like doing." He instructed her.
Mia watched quietly as he got busy with his camera which was now placed on the tripod.
She suddenly felt cold as she watched him quietly with her hands lying limply beside her.
'I liked him.' She liked him a lot. But she was scared. She didn't know what she was scared of, maybe because this was her first time and she had always heard tales about how first loves never worked out. She was scared because she wanted this one to work out but she feared it may not.
She had never liked anyone as much as she liked him. She was the type who loved with her body, heart and soul. She was scared she was probably going to fall in too deeply.
'What am I going to do then?' She asked herself.
Leo suddenly raised his head to look at her and they locked eyes. They both stared at each other for close to a minute before his eyes went back to his camera.
He couldn't understand how it happened that he suddenly liked her so much. It was weird. It felt like their souls were intertwined. He had never wanted so much to care for someone like je cared for Mia. All he wanted was for her to be happy. Even if she didn't like him, he would have still done all he had done for her. He liked to see her smile, he liked that innocent look of hers. Even her crazy temper, he didn't mind it. She had suffered a lot, it wasn't her fault that she turned out that way.
He had seen how different emotions passed through her face, but he couldn't tell what it was that she was seriously thinking about while watching him. He wished she could tell him.
He wished he could hear those three words from her mouth.
"Give me a smile, Mia." He said softly.
Mia broke out of her reverie and smiled at the camera. It was a very faint smile, almost invisible but he didn't complain. She heard the shutter and saw a smile spread across his face.
"You are beautiful." He complimented with his eyes on the camera, looking at the picture of her he had just taken.
That compliment hadn't been a lie, neither had he said so to flatter her. She was pretty, even a monk would turn to stare if she walked past them. If he was asked to make a list of the most beautiful women he had ever seen, then it would be his mother, Chloe and Mia. He was happy that he was surrounded by these three beauties. Cherry would have been on the list but right now, she was ugly to him.
Mia flushed at his compliment. "Thank you." She said shyly.
Seeing him approach her, she knew it was time for them to dance. She took in a deep breath and sat on the couch so she could take off her shoes.
"Dancing barefooted, I think I like it." He said with a grin before sitting beside her to also take off his shoes.
"Which song are you picking?" She asked him as she stood up. She seemed to be in the mood now.
"I'll just go through my playlist while you go say hello to the camera over there and say whatever it is you feel like saying."
While he got busy searching for the perfect song, he watched Mia who looked very focused on the camera as she said some words he couldn't hear.
When he found the perfect song for the night, he hit the play button and Mia turned around immediately the lyrics started.
:musical_note:[Verse 1: Ariana Grande]
I'm not one to stick around
One strike and you're out, baby
Don't care if I sound crazy
But you never let me down, no, no
That's why when the sun's up, I'm stayin'
Still layin' in your bed, singin':musical_note:
Leo offered his hand to Mia who took it willingly.
"I haven't heard this song before." She informed him.
"It's new. 'Stuck with you' by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber. I want you to pay attention to the lyrics. I think it perfectly conveys my heart." He said before slipping his hands around her waist to pull her closer to his body. He saw her suck in air as their bodies pressed together, and bent to whisper into her ears.
"Relax babe, take a deep breath."
"That's not helping." She whispered back.
"I actually wasn't planning to help." He said with a boyish grin before taking one of her hand to place it on his shoulder then, he intertwined their fingers together and began to move his body slowly.
With Leo's instruction to listen to every lyric of the song, she paid close attention while also moving her body with him.
:musical_note:[Chorus: Ariana Grande]
So, lock the door and throw out the key
Can't fight this no more, it's just you and me
And there's nothin' I, nothin' I, I can do
I'm stuck with you, stuck with you, stuck with you
So, go ahead and drive me insane
Baby, run your mouth, I still wouldn't change
Being stuck with you, stuck with you, stuck with you
I'm stuck with you, stuck with you, stuck with you, baby :musical_note:
A warm and contended smile tugged her lips. She pushed away from his body, spun around twice before falling back on him while he caught her swiftly with his hands on her waist.
This was the second time he was dancing with her like this. He wished they could keep doing this everyday. Forever.
She turned around until her back was pressed to his chest while his hands were on her belly.
Her waist began to slowly move under his hands. Left, right, left, right, her body, rubbing his seductively.
She turned again and looked deeply into his eyes. She looked anything but shy.
She always felt free and different whenever she was dancing. This was the reason he was not going to let her dance with Benjamin. He would rather die than let it happen.
The song continued. He had placed it on repeat earlier so he wasn't bothered about the song suddenly ending and breaking this heavenly moment they were both sharing.
Her two hands came to his neck and she wrapped her hands around it just like she had done earlier that evening when they kissed.
Her hands slowly moved away from his neck and began to go down slowly. She caressed his chest with both hands, sending shivers down his spine. She wasn't looking at him. She seemed very focused in what she was doing, as if she was trying to achieve something.
"Mia.." He whispered and left her waist to touch her hand which was sliding down to his stomach. It was the first time he spoke since they started dancing.
"Don't do that." He warned in a throaty whisper. She looked up at him and blinked.
"What?" She asked with an innocent look on her face. He couldn't tell whether she knew what she was doing and feigning ignorance or whether she didn't know at all.
"Stop touching me like that. It's... dangerous." He said as his he used his thumb to graze the corner of her lips.
Mia smiled mischievously before looking at the camera. She waved at it and turned to place a kiss on his forehead, standing on her toes and cupping his cheeks.
"Thank you for doing all this for me. For us." She said when she pulled away from him while Leo continued to stare at her in surprise.
The kiss on his forehead hadn't been expected. He had never had anyone kiss him like that before except family members and he always felt like pushing them away. Maybe Cherry did that, he couldn't remember but Mia's own was filled with love and made his heart almost burst from excitement.
Still in shock, she said the words that made his heart stop beating altogether.
"I love you."
With his eyes still wide opened, she moved closer and planted a kiss on his lips this time.
:musical_note:Oh, oh, oh, oh (Ooh)
Got all this time in my hands
Might as well cancel our plans (Yeah, yeah)
I could stay here forever:musical_note: