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wasn’t ready to leave the boat either.
After sending him off I braced myself up for some dreadful scolding. When I reached where she was sitting, I saw her enjoying the afternoon sun with her feet dipped in the water.
I took a deep breath and spoke. "Oceana, listen to me."
"Buzz the hell out of here Orpheus, I don't want to talk."
Despite her aggravated tone and rebuke, I shamelessly sat next to her.
"Oceana Viera, I don't think you will like it if the alligators attack your feet thinking its some kind of bird." I mocked.
Her big eyes popped out in horror. Oh no, did I mess up with the wrong nerve again? Why do I even try to act smart?
She needed comfort and if sje got to know there were no such things in the river she would simply walk out on me. She was a bit fearless about that.
"It is okay. Just don't sit like this."
"Alligators... really?" she asked again.
My mood suddenly lightened at her sulking face. Since she always acted like a kid, it was the time to be treated like a kid.
I pointed far off at the other bank near a large oak tree. "I have spotted a seven feet resting right there."
I waited for her response.
Silence.
She still hadn’t got her legs out. Was she traumatized? "Do you want me to carry you?"
"No. But I think I need some help, I can't feel my legs."
Shit! I really messed up with the wrong nerve.
I helped her stand up and took her away from the edge
"Are you okay?"
"I wish I was."
"Don't do it again. I don't want to lose you." The words were out of my mouth before I realized that I’d said it. It made all her suspicions true, I made her believe that there were alligators over here for real.
"I won't, just don't do anything stupid like you did today."
"Stupid? But you said you like it."
"That doesn't mean you have to buy it to please me."
"I just wanted you to enjoy yourself."
"Orpheus, I like the ruins of titanic, can you buy them for me?" "You need to know that there are some things in our life that we can't afford to have. But still we like them, simply because they're worth our admiration."
"Does it refer to people?"
She nodded. "It does. Like, look at you. You are the most preferred bachelor in the world. You lay a finger on any girl and she will surely be yours, you don't even have to say anything."
She must be lying about this one, for sure. “really?”
“Yes.”
I lifted my finger and poked her on the shoulder. She looked at me, bewildered. "What?"
"Be mine."
She shook her head in disgust.
"How can you be so frustrating, Orpheus, I am not in a mood to laugh."
"Okay." I let the subject drop.
"Where was I?"
"I am the most preferred bachelor and blah blah blah."
"Why do you hate yourself being called that?"
time to ease off some more frustration.
“ Because I am certainly not a trophy guy.”
“You're not.” She smiled. That smile could do wonders. I swear.
I started confiding things I’d never told anyone about.
"You don't know how annoying it was at the nightclubs, people used to be around me like honey bees around honey. It was― suffocating."
She stood up on the deck and held her hand out to me. She looked like a runaway knight who’d arrived to save a princess… or.. gender reversal. A runaway princess who’d arrived to save the stupid knight. Either way, she looked braver.
"Come." She smiled.
"Where?"
"I wanna know you. And I don't think this is the right place."
I took her hand and she led me to the sitting room. She pushed me to sit on the bed.
"Are you sure about letting me sit here, with you?" I grinned.
"Mr. Orpheus, we definitely won't have sex. That's the last thing on my list when it comes to you." She nagged.
my smile grew wider. "Okay."
"What makes you smile?"
"I am glad it’s in the list."
"Orpheus!" she pouted.
“Sorry.”
She sat right next to me, taking my hand in hers and holding it firm.
"How did you develop this addiction to alcohol."
"It’s a long story." I mumbled.
She squeezed my hand. "I'm not going
After sending him off I braced myself up for some dreadful scolding. When I reached where she was sitting, I saw her enjoying the afternoon sun with her feet dipped in the water.
I took a deep breath and spoke. "Oceana, listen to me."
"Buzz the hell out of here Orpheus, I don't want to talk."
Despite her aggravated tone and rebuke, I shamelessly sat next to her.
"Oceana Viera, I don't think you will like it if the alligators attack your feet thinking its some kind of bird." I mocked.
Her big eyes popped out in horror. Oh no, did I mess up with the wrong nerve again? Why do I even try to act smart?
She needed comfort and if sje got to know there were no such things in the river she would simply walk out on me. She was a bit fearless about that.
"It is okay. Just don't sit like this."
"Alligators... really?" she asked again.
My mood suddenly lightened at her sulking face. Since she always acted like a kid, it was the time to be treated like a kid.
I pointed far off at the other bank near a large oak tree. "I have spotted a seven feet resting right there."
I waited for her response.
Silence.
She still hadn’t got her legs out. Was she traumatized? "Do you want me to carry you?"
"No. But I think I need some help, I can't feel my legs."
Shit! I really messed up with the wrong nerve.
I helped her stand up and took her away from the edge
"Are you okay?"
"I wish I was."
"Don't do it again. I don't want to lose you." The words were out of my mouth before I realized that I’d said it. It made all her suspicions true, I made her believe that there were alligators over here for real.
"I won't, just don't do anything stupid like you did today."
"Stupid? But you said you like it."
"That doesn't mean you have to buy it to please me."
"I just wanted you to enjoy yourself."
"Orpheus, I like the ruins of titanic, can you buy them for me?" "You need to know that there are some things in our life that we can't afford to have. But still we like them, simply because they're worth our admiration."
"Does it refer to people?"
She nodded. "It does. Like, look at you. You are the most preferred bachelor in the world. You lay a finger on any girl and she will surely be yours, you don't even have to say anything."
She must be lying about this one, for sure. “really?”
“Yes.”
I lifted my finger and poked her on the shoulder. She looked at me, bewildered. "What?"
"Be mine."
She shook her head in disgust.
"How can you be so frustrating, Orpheus, I am not in a mood to laugh."
"Okay." I let the subject drop.
"Where was I?"
"I am the most preferred bachelor and blah blah blah."
"Why do you hate yourself being called that?"
time to ease off some more frustration.
“ Because I am certainly not a trophy guy.”
“You're not.” She smiled. That smile could do wonders. I swear.
I started confiding things I’d never told anyone about.
"You don't know how annoying it was at the nightclubs, people used to be around me like honey bees around honey. It was― suffocating."
She stood up on the deck and held her hand out to me. She looked like a runaway knight who’d arrived to save a princess… or.. gender reversal. A runaway princess who’d arrived to save the stupid knight. Either way, she looked braver.
"Come." She smiled.
"Where?"
"I wanna know you. And I don't think this is the right place."
I took her hand and she led me to the sitting room. She pushed me to sit on the bed.
"Are you sure about letting me sit here, with you?" I grinned.
"Mr. Orpheus, we definitely won't have sex. That's the last thing on my list when it comes to you." She nagged.
my smile grew wider. "Okay."
"What makes you smile?"
"I am glad it’s in the list."
"Orpheus!" she pouted.
“Sorry.”
She sat right next to me, taking my hand in hers and holding it firm.
"How did you develop this addiction to alcohol."
"It’s a long story." I mumbled.
She squeezed my hand. "I'm not going
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