I try my best to keep myself in frame as I sit on my bed and listen to his voice. All I can do is smile lightly at his words, too nervous to speak. It's weird. I'm not short of anything to say through the text messages. Words come pretty naturally, even if I may incriminate myself with myunfiltered thoughts. But here, on the phone, actually listening to each other's voices and even more . . . seeing each other, I can't seem to even feign confidence.
"Well, I should let you go though, so we both can start our day," he tells me, and I already hate that we can't talk more but he's right. This was a good first step to whatever is going on here and it's best to not overdo it.
"Text me?" I ask, my voice light and small, not wanting to seem too eager or risk my voice cracking with the nervousness that coats it.
"Of course I will," he says.
He gives me another handsome smile before we both click the FaceTime off. I hold my phone in my hand and will my racing heart to settle down, breathing in through my noise and holding my intense smile at bay.
But then my phone buzzes.
6:28am
Oh, and Weslyn?
Yes?
You were right. You weren't what I had imagined.
You've exceeded anything my brain could have conjured up.
That's really sweet, Kyran. Thank you.
14
Kyran
1:16pm
So… would you be mad at me if I caved and accidentally watched episode 4 already during my lunch break?
Vicki can't make up her mind, can she? And everything with Damon and this weird faction thing is getting out of hand.
Is it Friday yet?
Who would have thought that I'd be texting a girl I'd never met before about how intrigued I am with a show about vampires? Also that I am desperate to just talk to her. I would have said never, but I am, in fact, keeping her on my mind for reasons I can't explain. And after our FaceTime this morning, my desire to talk to her has only gotten worse.
She was so shy, I could tell in the way her eyes could barely look straight at the camera. But damn, is she attractiveas hell and her beautiful smile she tried to hide made it hard for me to keep my cool.
And even now, I can't contain it. I want to be talking to her all the time, which is not something I can say I've ever admitted before about any woman I've ever talked to. But there's something different here. She's different and I can't wait to learn more about her.
3:18pm
You're an impatient man, I can see.
I didn't mean to. I slipped.
Let me guess… you landed on the remote?
I don't understand how gravity works more than the next guy. It just happened.
You're ridiculous, Kyran.
But promise you'll save episode 5 for me.
Promise.
So how was work today?
