Aria frowned, feeling horrible for making him think that. It was never her intention to hurt Will and yet she still somehow managed to do it.
“I am so sorry, Will. I wasn’t trying to offend you.” she said while looking at her feet.
“It’s okay, you just scared me by running away like that, especially because of the state you were in only a half an hour before. I will forgive you, under one condition though.”
“W… what condition?” Aria asked, suddenly feeling nervous until she felt warm fingers under her chin making her look up.
“Have dinner with me?” Will said, with a soft smile on his lips.
Even though he phrased it as a condition, it came out as a question, effectively telling Aria that Will didn’t mean to pressure her into anything that she didn’t want to do.
And she didn’t know what to do, as a part of her screamed at her to say no and run, but in the end, the bigger part, the one that was tired of running and hiding all the time, won out and she found herself agreeing.
“Okay.” she whispered breathlessly, not sure if Will even heard her, but the wide smile that suddenly spread over his lips told her that he probably did.
“Is tomorrow around 7, good for you?”, the man asked and she nodded, her minds still fuzzy at sight of that gorgeous smile.
“Y… yes, it is.”
“Great! I’ll pick you up then, and since I can see your brunette friend getting anxious over there, I’ll leave you to get back to her.” Will said, and leaned down, as he whispered in a low tone that sent shivers down her back,
“See you tomorrow, Aria.”
~
Aria was a hot mess.
By the time she left Meg’s house the previous day, she was feeling all jittery and confused. William kept giving her these long, smoldering looks throughout the day that left her furiously blushing and aroused, but the thing that seriously messed her up was what happened after she had gotten home and gone to bed.
The dream started out simply, the memory of them in Meg’s office, her in Will’s lap, as he caressed her back and whispered words of comfort making her feel warm and cared for. But that’s when all similarities ended. In the next moment, Will’s mouth was on her neck, kissing it slowly as she moaned out loud.
By the time she realized what they were doing; his hand had already started traveling south from her hair, pinching her nipples on its way until they were hard beneath her shirt and further down her stomach, making her breath accelerate.
After finding its place between her legs, caressing gently and applying minimal of pressure, Aria heard herself scream as if from afar, and that’s when her eyes flew open and she realized that she had been dreaming.
Jerking out of the memory, she looked at the phone and saw that it was ten minutes before Will was supposed to pick her up, and she started shaking with nerves.
This was the first date she had accepted since she was 18 years old and she felt terrified, as all kinds of horrible scenarios started running through her mind and making her feel sick.
She was sure that Will would see right through her, and once he saw what kind of a pathetic mess Aria truly was, he would kick her to the curb.
She ran her hand through her hair and checked her appearance again in the mirror over the sink in the bathroom.
In a moment of desperation that afternoon, she had ended up calling Nura to ask for her help in getting ready which, of course, meant that she was then forced to tell her about the date with Will and that then resulted in an hour of gruesome questioning about every single detail related to it. But once Nura left, Aria was looking better than she could ever remember.
She was dressed in tight, black, thin strap dress that showed off her figure quite nicely and high, nude heels, leaving her looking elegant and put together- the exact opposite of how Aria truly felt.
There was suddenly a knock on the door, so she quickly left the bathroom and went to answer it, almost tripping in her haste, completely unused to her new footwear. When she opened the door though, all cognitive functions left her in a rush, as she felt all the air leave her lungs at the sight that greeted her.
Leaning against the door frame, dressed in a dark blue suit that hugged his figure in all the right places, William looked breathtaking. Aria felt her cheeks warming up when she realized that she had been standing there for God knows how long gawking at him, so she quickly looked away while trying to hide her embarrassing reaction.
“Good evening, Aria. Are you ready?” Will asked her and she shook her head, as she scrambled quickly for her jacket and keys.
Finally dressed and out of reasons to stall further, she made herself look up to those damn green eyes and whispered,
“I am ready.”
Broken Kisses
Will felt better than he did in a long time as he watched the beautiful creature sitting across the table looking back at him.
They were currently in his favorite restaurant in the middle of dinner and Will was pleasantly surprised at how well it was going considering that Aria was such a shy person and so he had kind of expected her to be quieter around him.
When they
