Chapter Two- A Talk and a Kiss

Alright finally chapter two is here!

Darius smiled widely when she answered him,

"Oh thank you very much lleana."  He followed her out of the garden,

"So did your ball end early or did you just decide to leave?"

 

"I left early" lleana replied "It was boring me....and the men there were just all over me.." she let out a sigh as she exit the garden and stopped on the sidewalk, looking both ways before crossing "It became annoying so I left" she said as she walked over to a black acura that was parked right infront of them.

Darius nodded, "I'm sorry that happened to you."  His eyes widened slightly as they stepped up to her car,

        "Wow nice car, makes me wish mine wasn't such a rust bucket."  He walked around to the passenger side and smiled over at her again, "Thank you again for doing this, I'll repay you anyway I can."

 

"Meh it's alright. I'm not one for big fansy parties and all that" lleana chuckled lightly as she unlocked her door, and his "Thanks, and I'm sure yours isn't that bad" she said she opened the door

 

"Nah, you don't have to repay me" she smiled and got in

 

Darius got in, enjoying the comfortable seats briefly before he fasten his seatbelt and looked over at lleana as she got in,

      "Thanks again, I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't run into you."  He sighed to himself softly, Well I got the ride I need I only hope nothing happens to my car while I'm gone for the night.

"I told you, your welcome. No need to thank me so much" lleana teased him lightly as she started up her car and buckled up her seatbelt. She proceeded to do a K turn and drove more into the city.

 

"Hmmm, you know what.....instead of taking you to a hotel I could take you to my loft. It is an upstairs and downstairs, basically two separate loft apartments. I stay upstairs but you can stay downstairs. Or if you prefer a hotel then it is fine either way"

   She said glancing over at him as she pulled up to a red light

 

Darius blushed slightly at her offer, "Um well I'm kinda short on cash right now so . . . if you're sure you wouldn't mind me staying with you."  He smiled gently, "I promise to be the perfect house guest."  

 

He watched her slowly, trying to figure out her motives in inviting him to her house, her earlier comments left him pretty sure she wasn't just looking to get laid, she could have gotten that at her party she'd left; he decided he'd just watch for now though.

 

"Nah I don't mind. If I did, I wouldn't have offered"

 

lleana glanced over at him and smiled. The light turned green and she turned her attention back to the road, driving at a normal speed. She drove through the city, taking a left not to far from the light. She took a right and pulled in front of a gate. She put her code in and proceeded into the parking lot. She found a parking spot near her building and pulled in. "We're here" she said turning off the car and getting out.

Darius watched as they drove through the city, looking at the buildings and shops, half looking for a place where he could go in the morning to get his car fixed.  He saw a few promising places and made slight mental notes about them for tomorrow, or he could ask lleana later too. 

He looked up at the building when they stopped so she could put her code in, it looked similar to the others he'd seen, but then he'd never been here before so it still looked nice to him.  He unfastened his seatbelt, after they'd parked, and got out too, looking down the rows of other cars parked in the structure, "

 

Cool, so do you live by yourself?"

 

"Yep I do"

 

lleana replied to him as she walked towards the building entrance to the left of them. She had to pick up her dress a little since it was slightly too long. She already had her keys out, and once she was at the door she opened it and waited for Darius.

Darius smiled stepped into lleana's dark apartment, only going as far as he needed to let her in as well and then stepping to one side so she could get past him.  He looked around at what he could see from the light in the hall, "Where's a light switch in here?"

 

lleana walked passed him and felt along against the wall before flipping a light switch revealing her big loft apartment.

 

"Hope you enjoy" she smiled and threw her keys on the island table in the kitchen

Darius's eyes widened when he saw the big apartment,

"Wow this place is huge!"  

       He walks around looking at everything, "What do you do for a living, because I want to be able to afford a place like this."

 

lleana chuckled as she walked over to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of water. She slipped out of her heels and held them in her hand

       "Well more or less I work for a law firm......my father's law firm" she sighed "Do you mind if I get more comfortable? I can't stand being in this dress a moment longer"

 

Darius smiled,

       "That's very cool, I wish my father had something like that to give me.  Right now the only thing he has given me is half my genetic code and a husbandless mother, though I'd like to give him something," his hands tightened into fists, then slowly he relaxed them.

He looked up when she asked about her going to change, "Oh sure by all means, this is your house.  Would you mind if I had a water too?"  

     He slipped his leather jacket off and laid it over the back of one of the kitchen chairs

 

"Well he will end up getting what he deserves" lleana said in repsonse to his comment about his father "As for mine, well it's more or less here take this since I'm too busy for you and this will make up for my lack of parenting" she shook her head lightly

"Yeah sure go ahead. I'll be right back"

She said walking past the couch and the kitchen up to the stairs. She reached the top of the stairs, where the hallway was open and there were two main doors. She went in the one to the right, going in her own loft apartment.

A few moments later she came back out and down the stairs, wearing a pair of black short shorts and a gray tank top with her hair up in a pony tail

 

"Much better" she smiled

Darius nodded solemnly at her comment, then opened up the frig and grabbed a water bottle while she ran up stairs.  He'd wandered into the living room as he took a sip and then heard her door close as she came down stairs, Wow even in her casual clothes she is still stunningly beautiful.

He took a seat on the couch and smiled, "So what is it you do for your father's law firm exactly?"

 

lleana sat next to him on the couch, placing one leg under her as she sat "Well I am co owner of the firm" she said in a not so happy tone

    "To be honest, I hate it. I hate it so much"

Darius's eyes widened a little and he was left speechless for a moment, She's a co-owner of a law firm?  Holy cow she's totally out of my league, she must have rich lawyers hitting on her all day.

He recovered his words and smiled, "Still that's very impressive.  Then are you a lawyer or something?" He frowned when he heard her last comment, "Why do you hate it so much?"

 

lleana noticed how he became speechless she chuckled lightly

 

"I know, it is intimidating but trust me I'm not like a snobby person or anything. But yeah I pretty much am" she sighed at his last question "Because having almost every lawyer trying to get in bed with you and going through my father to get to me.....is not fun. They think because all  of the other women threw themselves at them, they think I'm the same way and especially since my father is the owner" she shook her head lightly "All they want is more power and money. Law firms are very corrupt Darius.....very corrupt"  

She took a sip of water from her bottle and laid back relaxing

"Although, I do want to start my own company, ones with honest and good hearted lawyers" she looked over at him, her blue green eyes locked onto his "What about you? What do you do?"

Darius stared back into her eyes for a brief second,

   "I know your not like that lleana, in fact you're one of the kindest people I've met in a long time,"

He looked away suddenly, a slight color rising to his cheek as he realized how corny he must have just sounded, but decided he couldn't just stop talking, so he forged ahead, "I'm sorry that you have to go through that, it can't be anything enjoyable."

 

lleana shrugged and sighed

  "It is fine Darius really. Now tell me about you"

He smiled widely when she asked about him, "Well actually," he blushed slightly, knowing this would sound a little convenient, "I just started going to Law School two semesters ago.  I'd hoped to become a Public Defense Attorney one day, but before I left today the school told me my scholarship that was letting me live at school and attended there has been withdrawn so now I'm not sure what I am going to do,"  

Darius's face fell as he felt the weight of his worries come crashing back onto his shoulders.

"Hmm......well if you want I could give a call to your school or fund you the money you need to continue on" lleana said hoping he would take her offer

"But um, thanks....for what you said earlier" she said smiling softly at him

Darius felt his jaw drop, beyond speechless at her offer,

     "I couldn't ask you do to that for me . . . you don't even know what type of person I am." He smiled at her, "Your welcome lleana, but I would not have said it if it wasn't true."

lleana smiled and chuckled lightly "Well obviously you are a good person for the comments you spoke about me. It is fine, really. What school is it?" she asked

Darius blushed faintly from her compliment,

     "I'm attending Harvard." He mentally winced, preparing himself for her to withdraw the offer, he knew first hand how expensive the tuition of Harvard was.

 

lleana blinked lightly "Harvard....really? Hmm.....well that won't be too hard" she smiled lightly at him "Remind me in the morning, and I will make a call for you. But Harvard.....wow that is very impressive" Wow he's smart and cute, maybe there is potential for this one she thought to herself

Darius smiled widely,

      "Oh thank you so much, I can't tell you how much that would mean to me!"

Without thinking he gave her a big hug as he almost laughed with excitement, Maybe all isn't lost afterall. Suddenly he realized what he had done and pulled back quickly and chuckled nervously,         

      "Um sorry . . . just got a little excited." He looked up at her, his cheeks slightly flushed, hoping he hadn't just ruined it for himself, Though I wouldn't be surprised if I did, would be fairly typical.

 

lleana chuckled lightly at the hug, and hugged him back "It's fine and your welcome" she said noticing the red in his cheeks

    "You really don't need to be so shy about a hug Darius" She placed her hand on his shoulder "Nothing bad is going to happen because of a hug or anything. So no worries"

Darius smiled slightly, "Well thank you, I just have a bad record of ruining things for myself; I've done it many times before."  He looked down at her hand as she set in on his shoulder, I don't want to mess this thing up, this could be a great opportunity for me to get things back on track in my life, but she is so damn beautiful.

 

"Meh, you and me both" lleana chuckled and moved her hand, sitting back against the couch again "Hmm....do you have a girlfriend Darius?"

 

Darius blinked, a little surprised by the question then shook his head chuckling solemnly,

     "No, another part of my life that has fallen victim to my habit of ruining things for myself."  He was a little surprised when he was slightly saddened when she leaned back against the couch, but he decided not to dwell on it too much,

 

"How about you lleana, is there a lucky man in your life?"

 

lleana shook her head lightly

     "No....afraid not. Either I'm intimidating or not s****y enough or.....meh I don't know" she sighed slighly saddened. "You know, my last boyfriend said I was too much of a woman for him" she shook her head lightly

 

Darius quirked an eyebrow,

 

"Really? I find that surprising, not that you were too much woman for him I could believe that, but that you haven't found someone who can handle being with you."  He chuckled, "I will say that someone as beautiful as you would definitely be intimidating to most guys, add into the fact that you are a part owner of a law firm and many guys would be scared away, afraid to be outdone by their girlfriend."

 

lleana raised her eyebrow at his words, but did take note of the compliment which caused her to blush lightly

      "But I'm far from intimidating, I only have to be when I'm on a case" she sighed "No one can handle being with a successful woman....its a curse"

 

Darius smiled as he saw her blush,

    "It's just a matter of being confident in one's abilities and knowing where you stand with said woman," he smiled softly, "Besides how you handle it would decide if its a blessing or a curse to you."

 

lleana sighed softly "I know Darius"  she said softly. Without warning she moved forward and hugged him

"Your words are comforting. Thank you" she whispered into his ear

 

Darius was taken a little by surprise by her sudden hug, feeling his face warm a little, before he let his hands wrap around her and hugged her back gently and shivered slightly when she whispered into his ear, her breath warm on his skin.

      "Your welcome lleana I'm glad to do anything I can to help you for the kindness you are showing me," he kept hugging, waiting for her to pulled back, but also enjoying the hug.

lleana sighed lightly and lingered longer into the hug before pulling back, her blue green eyes locking onto his

     "It is nice to see there are sweet guys still out in the world" she said softly and smiled

Darius was sorry when she pulled back and then started back into her eyes, getting lost in their beauty for a moment,

     "Its nice to know there are still women around who like to find a sweet guy."  He set a hand on her knee softly as he continued to stare into her eyes, once again losing himself in their blue-green depths

 

lleana noticed the way he stared into her eyes and it caused her to blush

     "Y..yeah well I'm sure there are others like me who like a nice guy" she said with a soft smile, a slight shiver going down her spine from his hand that was on her knee

Darius smiled softly when he saw her blush,

      "Not in my experience lleana to find a woman who not only wants a nice guy, but also appreciates him is a rare thing. Do you know what that makes you, lleana? Special."  

 

Slowly he leaned closer to her, his eyes never wavering from hers as he took in her beauty; he noticed she still smelled faintly of her perfume, finding the faint scent alluring and sweet at the same time.

 

lleana blushed even more and her smiled grew wider

  "Nah I'm nothing like that" she said softly, noticing him leaning closer to her. "I'm just an honest girl, nothing special" she spoke softly again, leaning in a little closer as well

Darius shook his head slowly and smiled softly as he gazed back at her, complete honesty shining in his clear, blue eyes,

    "No you're special, very special I'm glad I found you."

His hand on her knee slide onto her lower thigh as he leaned forward.  He looked into her eyes softly, then gently pressing his lips against hers as he kissed her.

lleana saw that he was honest, which caused her to blush more at his words She gasped softly when his hand slid up, but never once let her eyes leave his. She was taken back a little by the kiss but it did not effect her own lips pressing back against his gently, kissing him back

 

Darius felt her return the kiss and held his lips against hers for a moment, savoring the feel of her soft lips on his and their sweet taste, before slowly pulling back and looking into her eyes,  

     "I'm sorry, that was kind of forward of me." He looked down, then back up at her hoping he hadn't offended her by being too bold

 

lleana had her eyes closed as they kissed, enjoying the feel of his soft lips against her. She pulled back when she felt him pull away and opened her eyes. She heard his apology and smiled softly at him "Don't be sorry" she said softly, and gently brought her hand up to his cheek "I... I did enjoy it" she said blushing once more

Darius blushed when she reached her hand up to his cheek, "Uh . . . I enjoyed it too lleana . . ."  He turned his head slightly and kissed her palm, "I just don't want to do anything that you'll regret in the morning or that could be seen as inappropriate." He looks up into her eyes, truly concerned about what to do now, I really like her, but after everything she's done and has said she will do for I don't want to risk messing things up by letting my emotions run away with me.

 

lleana smiled and the kiss to her palm and nodded in agreement with what he said

    "I know. I agree with you Darius......maybe we should just take it slow.....not rush into anything" she said hoping that wouldn't make him be disinterested in her now, since she too really likes him

 

Darius smiled and gave her a hug,

   "Wow you really are special lleana."  He whispered into her ear,

    "I'm glad you feel the same way, you are a one in a million type of girl."  He pulled back, still smiling, She beautiful, smart, and has a good head on her shoulders, she's amazing.  He slid his hand into lleana and gave it a squeeze, "So then should you show me to my room?"

 

lleana hugged him back, blushing at his words  

  "Your too sweet Darius" she whispered back to him, smiling as well when she pulled back. She squeezed his hand back gently and nodded

  "Yeah, come on" she said as she stood up, her hand still in his

Author's Note

I'm sure everything isn't perfect but still hope you enjoy. chapter 3 is coming up next!