Flying Sparks

em like a thick blanket whenever he was with her. In the past few months they had spent a lot of time together and they had fallen into becoming easy friends, they even had this Friday game night thing, eating Sat

because he had planned to keep things platonic with Melissa even in that resolution hed spent nights dreaming about kissing her and doing all sor

e him and she had set the table for the usual games night, he smiled a little when he saw her in the

ing into the kitchen and Meliss

st so I can beat your ass and well because I

and giving her one of his signature heart melting smiles. Jonathan would be t

ice, which she didn't know why she was getting because she was still drinking her coffee. Jonathan might be the death of her but she st

as she brought out the l

evening." Jonathan replied, her face f

her by reading one of her favorite books to her the following night. She sighed, she was so heartbroken that Jonathan was leaving for a date with another wo

juice and any other junk food she could find in the fridge, she brought a blank

e with her and maybe inside her and then suddenly he remembered why it was crucial for him to go on this date. He texted his current girlfriend Lo

minutes then she decided to check with Valerie if she was free so she could hang out at her place inste

weekend, unannounced Mel." Valerie said as she walked towards the kitchen to continue whate

and I we both know that you have absolutely nothing to do and I'm like a bundle of joy to you, a good friend who has come to save y

und, where did he run off to anyways? I thought you t

ht." Melissa said with so much bitterness in her voice, it really hur

Valerie replied, suddenly her fac

because I know its definitely bad. Meli

aven't even said anything yet, and

it." Melissa said af

plus theres this new movie I've been dying to see, work wouldnt let me and I didn't wa

e you up on that offer but, I didn't really picture

a problem right, we lit

to stay indoors. But, I'll go get ready while y

e waiting." Va

had dinner at their favorite steak place, then they went

ream store. Vanilla has always been Valerie's favorite flavor of ice cream, it sounded v

nilla and a triple cho

ound, the guy was wearing a baseball hat but she could see hi

a said as she let

ur hair is putting the chocolate to shame, because its flawlessly dark.

it's just...

was ba

ible tears from her eyes. But in the spirit of lame f

off for a moment there. " He

le chocolate scoop." She handed the ice cr

" Melissa said not wanting to waste any more

Sorry I didnt

." She r

again." Alan said and even if Melissa

she had nothing to lose and the Valerie in her head was screaming yes girl so be

g." He commented and while she wanted to tell

I've really got to run before

u some other

because, I hate to think you spent ten minutes getting ice c

I met this this guy over ther

" Valerie asked cutting Melissa off

hes cute and I gave him my card s

'd be crazy not

ie. The house was empty when she got home, she knew Jonathan would not be returning home tonight so she put out the light

mentioned his girl friends maybe out of respect for her or he really puts the P in private, he was and still is a very private person and over three years

ted to know who he was behind all that. He always kept things fifty-fifty between the both of them, always on the surface level and she hated it. Maybe it was because she

headed to the kitchen where the noise seemed to be coming from. Saturd

an started. She took in the view on the counter, waffles, strawberry, coffee it looked amazing b

but, I'll have breakfast a littl

, you goo

re but there was a shift in the air, maybe it w

it felt awkward but it did, maybe because she felt there was something there. The lingering touches, the eye contacts, the freaking sexual tension between them, she knew she could feel the chemistry and she thoug

ay. He didn't know if she was purposely avoiding him or if she didn't know he was around, he had contemplated going up to her room to see her but he didn't go through with it, maybe she was busy, and he still felt a li

look at other things that werent her phone or laptop screen. She opened the door and

been so up in her head that she hadnt noticed him come in. It was annoying how he seemed to consume her e

ved past him towards the door taking the book along with her a

a good thing he thought, so they didn't get so attached but he hated the way it made him feel. And after a few seconds pas

s it about?"

te to think that were going back to being strang

busy." She lied. But that seemed to do the trick because his face re

work yourself though."

now why but she was curious not that he would give her any details bu

prised by her question he didn't even think

eights again." Melissa said changing the topic to a safer conversati

e said. Melissa searched the silver depths of his eyes, hoping

if he had the answers to those hidden questions so he let go of her hand slowly and cleared his throat. She st

omise to give you feedback on the book whenever I

ice. I'll see

re