he
didn’t.
Lexie let the phone ring about three times
before answering it. Trying to sound calm and unconcerned, she took a deep
breath. “Hello?”
“Alexis?”
She hesitated as if not recognizing the
voice, but on the inside, she was quivering like jelly. "Yes?"
“Hi, it’s Amir.” Lexie still remained
silent. “We met earlier today…at your hotel." When she still seemed
clueless, Amir impatiently forced the next sentence out through clenched
teeth. "In the hallway. Outside your door...??”
“Ohhhh, okay. I remember now. How are you?”
Amir heard the subtle, biting sarcasm and
chuckled when he realized she was a little perturbed. “I’m fine. Sorry it took
so long to call, but you know how crazy this event can be.”
“No, actually I don’t. This is the first
time I’ve ever been to Freak Week.”
“Are you serious? Well, I’d love it if
you’d let me make your first time special.”
Alexis quickly inhaled. “Excuse me?”
“Your first time here. At Freak Week.”
Alexis released the breath she'd been
holding. "Oh."
Amir laughed softly. “Why. What did you
think I meant?”
“Nothing…”
“Where are you?” he said, still in the
same soft voice. “I miss you.”
Alexis laughed. “You don’t know me. How
could you miss me?” He was so full of shit.
Amir laughed with her. “Let’s just say
I’ve never run up ten flights of stairs to try and meet a woman. As much as I’m
enjoying talking to you on the phone, I would love to be looking at your pretty
face right now.”
Alexis blushed and told him their
location.
“Good. Stay right there, I know exactly
where you are. I’ll be there in five minutes.”
After Alexis hung up, her girlfriends
called out to her. “Are you ready, Lex? Come on girl, let’s go.”
“Uh, you guys go on. I’ll catch up with
you later. I’m meeting someone here.” They didn't move and waited on her to
elaborate. She should’ve known they would demand details.
“Hold up. Just who are you meeting?” Shay
asked.
“A friend.” She met Mia’s eyes, begging for
help. After all, she had pushed up this whole thing.
“Alright, my roomie is a grown ass woman
and does not have to answer to any of us.”
Shay looked from Mia to Alexis. “Alright,
you bitches trying to hide something. I’m not moving from this spot until one
of you tell me what’s going on. So once again, Alexis Duvall: who are you
meeting?”
“She’s meeting me.” The deep voice behind
them caused the women to quickly turn around. When they saw Amir, they were
speechless. Shay looked at Alexis and pointed to Amir. Alexis bit her lip and
nodded.
“Well, damn.” Shay said, looking Amir up
and down. “Enough said. Come on ladies, let’s go. Alexis…have fun.”
Alexis was so nervous. She'd never, ever done anything like
this in her life and was beginning to think it was a bad idea. But then, Amir
smiled and she melted. He wordlessly held out his hand, and after a slight
hesitation, she took it and held on tight.
“You okay with this?” Amir asked.
Lexie nodded. “Yes.”
“Good. Come on. Let me show you what Freak
Week is all about.”
From that point
on, they were inseparable for the rest of the night. Alexis had so much fun,
and although she’d just met Amir, she felt safe with him. Amir admitted to
himself that the idea of sleeping with Alexis had been heavy on his mind when
he’d overheard the conversation about her being a virgin, but he was actually
having a great time.
Staring at her now, Amir slowly
leaned down to kiss her. Alexis trembled at the contact When their