Chapter Ten - Good Night...

"Andrea, your turn...".

She rolls the dice.

"Six! Yes!" she mutters under her breath as she moves her figure on the game board.

"It is your turn, James..." Andrea says as she hands him over the dice.

"Okay... wish me luck!".

He tumbles the dice in his hand before giving it a quick blow and throwing it down on the board.

His smile quickly fades as he gets a one.

"One... great!" He says sarcastically while moving his figure on the board.

I chuckle as I take the dice into my hands, I tumble it around in my hand for a few seconds before releasing it onto the board. It comes into contact with the board before slightly bouncing up and landing on one of its edges, it straight away begins spinning. It twirls for a moment or two before landing. I got five.

"Cheats..." James says as I move my figure forward.

I roll my eyes at him.

"How am I cheating, I just threw the dice..." I tell him.

It is Andrea's turn again. She tosses the dice again and this time she gets a four.

"I am almost in my den!" she exclaims as she counts how many spaces she needs to to get into her den.

"You need eight more..." James looks at the board and her figure.

"Yup, eight...".

It is now James's turn to toss the dice. He tosses it and manages to get a five.

Once he moves his figure. I realise how close his figure is to mine.

"I am coming for you, Ana..." James says teasingly as he hands me over the dice.

"Perve..." I reply, causing Andrea to giggle.

"I can come for you both this and that way, you choose..." he adds with a wink, making me blush again.

I can hear him chuckle under his breath, he probably noticed me blush...

I toss the dice but I get a one.

"Ugh, stupid dice..." I mutter under my breath.

I have only a quarter of the board left to pass to reach my den.

I pass the dice back to Andrea.

She shakes her both hands with the dice inside for a few seconds before releasing the dice onto the board.

"Yes! Six!" She says as she quickly moves her figure six spaces forward, she only has two more spaces to go to get into her den. How does she do this!? Andrea is the master at this game. I don't know if it is just her luck, but she almost always gets the highs...

"Your turn, horny boy..." Andrea teases him.

He just chuckles, taking the dice our of her hand.

He tosses the dice, finally getting a six himself!

"Finally!" he cheers, raising his fist in the air.

"I am right behind you... You better watch out..." he whispers to me.

I chuckle and roll my eyes before getting the dice. I toss the dice, but I only get a two.

"Better hope I won't eat you..." I hear him, he ends with a chuckle.

"I thought I am the one who is meant to eat you..." I reply as I give him a dirty smirk.

"Okay, can we stop with all the sex jokes... I want to finish this game..." Andrea says, rolling her eyes.

"We will try, but we can't promise..." James replies.

I suddenly jump up as I felt a touch on my right thigh. James laughs at my reaction, retracting his hand.

Andrea rolls her eyes, before tossing the dice. She gets one.

"I guess it is pretty obvious who is going to win this round..." James says, getting a hold of the dice. He looks at me before handing me the dice.

"What are you doing?" I ask him.

"I'll let you play before me... Think of this as a head start...".

I chuckle.

"No, I don't need a head start, besides that it is not how you play the game...".

He just looks at me.

"Take it...".

"No... I am not going to take it...".

"Take it..." he growls under his breath.

Looks like I have no choice... I take the dice.

I shake it in my hands for a few moments before letting it out on the board. Two.

"Two..." I mutter under my breath, moving my figure two spaces forward.

He just chuckles.

He tosses the dice and gets a five. CRAP!

"Oh no, looks like my headstart didn't quite work to your favour... You are all mine now" he says, placing his figure onto mine, 'eating' my figure.

"Your turn, Andrea..." James says, handing her over the dice.

She takes them and quickly throws it, getting another one. She wins... again!

Just before she celebrates her third win, she moves her figure into the den.

"Yesss!!" she exclaims, standing up and jumping around. Both me and James chuckle as we watch her do her victory dance.

"Another round?" I ask.

James gives me a sad look before shaking his head, "sorry, I can't, I must get going now." he says before taking a deep breath, as sort of a short break. "What time is it?" he asks.

I take a glance at my wristwatch, "8:23 PM."

"Knew it..." he mutters under his breath, "I must get going, it is getting late," he adds, smiling at me.

I do feel kind of sad that he is leaving, but hey, I will see him again tomorrow though.

I see him stand up as he walks over to the door.

"Goodnight, ladies," I hear his voice as he turns around to me before giving me a wink with his sexy smirk. Of course, I blush, but just a bit.

"Goodnight, James..." I say I don't know whether he heard me or not, but I stand up too.

I walk before I speed up to a slow run as I reach the door that James is about to open.

I place my hand on his shoulder causing him to turn around to me.

"Are you okay, beautiful?" he asks me.

I nod, "yes...".

I see him tilt his head slightly as a small smile forms on his lips.

"Goodnight..." he says, raising his hands to my cheeks. I can feel him rub his thumbs on my cheeks.

I place my hands on his chest before I raise my head and place my lips on his. I can feel him instantly kiss me back. He lowers his hands to my hips as our kiss intensifies.

After what seemed like a minute, I can feel his lips slowly pull away from mine.

"Goodnight..." I tell him again before opening the door for him.

"Goodnight, beautiful". He winks at me before walking out and down the three steps. He turns around, waving at me, I wake back at him. I stay out for a few more minutes as I watch him walk away, out the gate, closing it behind him. That is when he turns to me one last time.

"See you tomorrow, my beautiful".

"I can't wait, my handsome..." I reply, feeling butterflies in my stomach.

Turning around, I walk back into the house.

"I am going to guess that you two didn't fuck each other..." Andrea says, sitting on the sofa.

"Yup, you got that right..." I answer as I take a seat beside her.

"Ohhh... You would love to see what my dad gave me..." I add as I remember the package that is in my pocket. I take out the package and show her.

"He gave you... that..." Andrea says as she is looking at the square plastic in my hand. The circle bulging out in the middle gives away what it is.

"Wanna see what I bought you?" Andrea asks you, standing up to get the bags.

"I don't have a choice... do I?" I ask her.

"You got that right...".

I chuckle at her reply.

She brings the four bags that were on the sofa opposite to us.

"Ja mislim da je slatko... (I think it is pretty cute...)" Andrea says as she takes out the long red dress from the first bag. She is not wrong.

"I znam da nemas crvene stikle, zato sam ti i to kupila (And I know that you don't have any red heels, so I bought you a pair)".

She pulls out a pair of gorgeous red high heels from the same bag. I am amazed, no... I am lucky, lucky to have such a great friend!

"I molim te nemoj da mi dajes lekciju kako ti nisu trbale stikle is ove bozanstvena haljina (Please don't give me a lecture of how you didn't need these heels or this gorgeous dress)" Andrea adds as I pick up the dress before picking up the pair of heels.

"Boze, ti si luda! (God, you are crazy!)" I tell her.

She laughs, looking into the second bag.

"Videla sam i ovo i nisam mogla da ti ne kupim. (I saw this too and I just could not not buy it)," she says, pulling out a pair of denim blue skin-tight ripped jeans.

"Znam da ti imas jedan veoma slican par, ali nisam mogla da ti nekupim jos jedan... (I know that you have a pair very similar to these, but I just could not resist..." Andrea says, handing me the jeans.

"Stvarno nisi trebala. (You didn't need to.)" I tell her as I am already in love with these.

"Dali ti se svidaju? (do you like them?)" She asks me.

"Jos i pitas... Obozavam ih (You even ask... I am in love with these)."

She smiles at me before taking out another pair, the same jeans.

"I meni su se mnogo svidele, tako da sam i za mene uzela, iste. (I liked them too, so I bought a pair for myself, they are the same as the ones I bought you)." She smiles, looking at me amused.

"Hvala ti PUNO! (Thank you SO MUCH!)" I exclaim, as I wrap my arms around her.

"I zadnja kesa je za tvog i mog, (and the last bag is for your and my boyfriend)" She tells me as she places a creme coloured jumper and dark blue denim jeans in an empty bag, before handing me over the bag.

"Ako hoces da vidis i ovu kesu pa biraj... (if you want to take a quick look at this bag too and then choose...)," Andrea tells me as hands me the second bag onto my lap.

"Ti si luda Andrea, au... (You are crazy Andrea, gee...)" I reply before taking a look in the bag. I see that the jumper is black to dark grey colour, while the jeans are a lighter blue.

"Meni je svejedno (I do not mind," I tell her.

"Onda cu ja... ove... (Then I will take... these...)" she takes the darker jumper, lighter jeans.

"A kako si znala koju velicinu da mu kupis, sta ako mu je malo ili veliko? (How did you know what size to get him (James), what if the clothes are going to be too small or too big?".

"Lici na Darka, ima veoma slicnu strukturu kao on, (He looks like Darko, he has a very similar structure to him)" Andrea answers as she pulls out two receipts.

"Evo ti i racun, ako mu nestoj da mozes da zamenis (here is the receipt, so that you can change the clothes if they don't fit him)" Andrea adds as she stands up.

"Kad smo vec kod Darka, treban da idem. Sastanak. (While we are on the topic of Darko, I need to go. Date.)" She says, walking over to the door. I walk behind her.

"Srecno! (Good luck!)" I tell her as I hug her before opening the door for her.

"Hvala, vidimo se! (Thank you, see you!)" Andrea replies, kissing my cheek, I kiss hers. Then I see a car pulling up outside my house. The handsome hunk that Andrea showed me comes out of the car. He looks even better in person! Andrea is so lucky that she found him.

"Pozovi me ako ti nesto treba. Kao... savet (Call me if you need anything. Forlikes... advice)" I tell her, causing her to giggle.

"Vidimo se!! (See ya!)" she says one last time before speeding off towards her boyfriend.

I see her hug him, kiss him and finally giving him the bag that is in her hand. She enters the car. I see him looking up at me, giving me a smile and a small wave, I wave back at him, blushing ever so slightly.

I stay out in my courtyard until I see them speed off, that is when I enter back into my empty house, I lock the door behind me.

Immediately, I get my new clothes and place them neatly into my wardrobe before getting a new pair of undies, a clean bra and my pyjamas. I am off to have a shower.

In then minutes I come out, clean and freshened up. I go to my phone and that is when I notice that James texted me.

I open his messages.

James:

Hey beautiful, you asleep yet?

James:

Answer me whenever you can. Would you like to go out with me?

James:

Goodnight, beautiful.

He just asked me out!? Oh, God!... What do I say?

I take a deep breath. "Play it cool, Ana... He is your boyfriend after all... right?" I tell myself.

Me:

Hey, my handsome, I would love to go out with you... but where will we go? As far as I know, this is your first time in Belgrade. Haha.

I wait a few minutes, enough time for me to go to the kitchen and get myself a glass of water, chips and some other snacks. Movie night!!

I walk back into the living room. I leave my snacks and drink on the table while I quickly run to my room for a thin blanket.

I come back into the living room and I cuddle myself up with the blanket as I get the bowl that I filled with chips and other snacks. I also get me water and leave it on the ground beside me.

I take a look at my phone to see if James texted me back. Nothing.

I sigh before leaning over and grabbing the remote of the table, before logging onto Netflix.

I quickly decide that I want to watch the movie 'Notebook', that movie is for sure one of my all-time favs. I press play and make myself comfortable.

By the end, I am once again in tears. The movie never fails to make me ball my eyes out.

I make a quick bathroom break and when I come back, I refill my drink and snack.

I come back onto the sofa and I cover myself back up with the thin blanket.

I quickly check my phone to see if I got a text or a missed call. I see that James has texted me back a few minutes ago. I open his message.

James:

You may have a point... But we can decide tomorrow, can we? ;)

Me:

I guess so...

James:

Are you okay?

Me:

Yes... I am, why are you asking?

James:

Does not look like that to me...

I get confused...

Me:

And you can see me?

James:

You know... windows are the greatest invention to this day...

A moment passes before I hear a knock on the window behind me. I turn around to a sight of him, standing in the heavy snow.

I jump up and run to the door, unlocking it and letting him in.

"Feels like a fucking blizzard outside..." he says, jumping into my warm house. He rubs his feet off the doormat and quickly closes the door behind him, before locking the door.

He takes off his shoes, jacket and cap that he has on.

I straight away greeted him with my warm kisses on his cold lips.

"I have missed you... I could not sleep, I just had to come here, to come to you".

I take hold of his hands, but I feel how cold they are.

"Come here..." I drag him over to the sofa.

"You are crazy and you are gonna catch a cold. You know that?" I tell him.

I try to remain serious, but the smirk on his face causes my lips to curve up.

"Come here..." he says.

I don't move.

"Come here, beautiful," he says again.

I still don't move, instead, I look at him amused. I am curious to see what he will do.

In a split of a second, he grabs me by my hips and pulls me towards him. I collapse and fall on the sofa, beside him. Before I could do anything, he claims my lips his. I can feel him kiss and suckle my lips before our tongues began doing their dirty dancing.

Our lips part as I scoot myself closer to him.

"I love you so much... you know that?" I hear him whisper by my ear.

I nod, "yes... I love you too" I reply, wrapping my arms around him.

I feel him sit up for a moment, just to get the thin blanket over us.

After that, I felt his legs wrap around mine as his arms wrap around me.

"Goodnight..." He whispers gently to me.

"Goodnight... my handsome..." I reply.

I hear him chuckle before I felt a gentle but a cold peck on my warm cheek.

I close my eyes and within seconds, I fall asleep.