Between Friends

Her laugh is striking. It permeated the room full of co-workers and friends... From across the room, I could see her standing there, beautiful, smart, elegant. Her knee-length black strapless dress hugged every curve of her body. The black six-inch heels she's wearing, made her appear taller than what she really is. I could tell she had to be only about 5'3. The heels gave her about two more inches of height. From where I'm standing, she's picture-perfect... She looked stunning as she always did. Her eyes captured my attention, right down to her gorgeous smile. Her smile could light up 10 darken rooms...I found it absolutely adorable how her dimples would pressure from her cheeks as she stood there laughing away. Her bright color lipstick complemented her beautiful mocha skin. Her exotic green and hazel eye would have any man falling in love with her. I couldn't help but notice her long dark curly hair hanging down...as usual she tries to hide her face. She's the sexiest woman I've ever seen. Eva is perfect...shes classy and smart. She isn't like most women I come across..shes a mystery... She is predictable Like most women are, that's something I enjoy about a woman. The only thing that was stopping me from approaching her is her boyfriend troy. Troy is your typical, wealthy Jerk. I'm pretty sure everyone knows the type... Daddy owns a wealthy company, the son grows up with everything he ever wanted, etc. Nobody really likes Troy due to him acting like a know it all, even though he doesn't know her about the company his dad is running not have any idea how to run it. Not only that, he walked around as if he's gods gift to women. After hearing him speak to a co-worker, I could tell that's how he felt and looked at himself. As for me, I considered him to be a complete idiot, a daddy's boy. Troy loved to play the boss roll every chance he got. Somehow it made him feel like he had bigger balls then he actually did. I've never really been a fan of troy's but he does have something I want and I intend on taking it. " Hey, Brandon, I heard that all to the annoying voice in the distance. "Oh great... Here comes the kiss ass" I thought to myself. Troys the last person I wanted to talk to at the moment. As troy approached me I could see he was dress like he just finished attending a funeral. His dark black suit and tie gave him no justice. Besides that I just wanted to tell him to fuck off, that's when I saw Eva standing right next to him. The smell of her perfume filled the surrounding air. I begin to undress her with my eyes... I couldn't help it. "Hey, Brandon...hows it going?" " Hey, troy..." I said before rolling my eyes. "Miss Robertson..." Tilting my head in a gentleman like gesture. "Mr. Jackson..." She replied with a smile. "So Brandon...how are things going?" "Why do you care," I thought to myself before focusing my attention back on Eva. " I'm good troy, you know these office parties can be a real bore sometimes. The smell of Eva perfume made it hard for me to on whatever troy's talking about. "Yeah, parties are usually boring when you don't have anyone to accompany you right Eva?" Tou nudged at Eva's side with his elbow. Looking at troy my stare had been intense. Feeling a little uncomfortable, I kept my eyes on Eva. I could tell she was being affected by the way I was looking at her. The way she would look at me and lower her eyes back down I knew she felt something. " Yeah, they can be a bore" Eva spoke taking a sip of her wine. My mind begins to wander as she spoke. How soft would her lips feel on mines when we actually kissed... Damn... " So Brandon I take it that you're here alone correct? What happened Brandon? Could get a large friend to accompany you?"

At this point, I really wanted to grab him by the neck and shake the shit out of him. He's such a jerk... Always trying his best to make me look bad. Not only is he a jerk but punk as well. What does Eva Even see in this guy? He doesn't even seem her type. Not that I have any idea what her type is, but still... Troy wore expensive clothing, I know he colors his hair dark brown, to match his dark brown eyes I can tell by his roots. His 6'1 skinny frame, towering over her made me feel sick. What does she see in this ass wipe? "Well, troy we can't all be gods gift to women like you are" Taking a sip of my wine I was ready to go. " yeah I agree Brandon, we can't all have a beautiful woman like Eva on our arm now can we" I watched Brandon laugh..the annoyance, on my face said it all. " Oh, Brandon how is your ex-girlfriend doing?" Troy asked rudely. Last year I made the mistake of talking to a friend at work about me and my ex victory breaking up over her cheating. Troy had been in the next room being nosy as usual. As Troy kept talking his voice begin to fade out. I couldn't stand listing to his meaningless conversation. I could only focus on Eva, and How I wanted to take her away from this shit bag. " Well, I'm not sure Troy we don't speak anymore" " Ah yes... She got tired of you too I see" Taking a big drink of wine, I was getting tired of his voice. I couldn't really say what I really felt about troy he is the boss's son. I didn't want him running back to his father about me. Now don't get me wrong I'm not scared of Troy but I do like my job. After about 20 minutes of pretending to listen to his yapping, I turned my attention back to Eva. "Eva, If I must say, you look as beautiful as always" Eva smiled as she lifted her head to smile back at me. " I wouldn't say amazing, but she does look great right, Brandon?" Troy said breaking the moment I was having with Eva. " I would've preferred her hair up instead of down. You know women you gotta tell them what to do and how to do it." I could see the smile fade from Eva's face as Troy continued to talk. I wanted to hold her and ensure her how beautiful she looked, but I know that I couldn't. "Well personally I think her hair looks amazing just the way it is" I flashed Eva a smile, but I could feel Troys eyes burning a hole into the side of my face, as though he knew my exact thoughts. "Eva we need to get back to the party, Troy said grabbing Eva's hand forcefully. " oh and Brandon, enjoy yourself" I watched Troy and Eva walk away wishing it was me. I respect Eva, I would never overstep my boundaries. A few minutes later I saw Ryan walking over to me. "Man what a beautiful woman Eva is...

If she was my woman I would never let her out of my sight, let along be around that idiot." Ryan said sipping his wine as he scanned the room. Ryan's one of my best friends. We grew up together as a kid, he lived right next door to me. We grew up doing pretty much everything together. He's like my brother... I could depend on him for anything. I looked around the room, watching Eva mingle with co-works. She looked pretty bored being at Troy's side. That's when I noticed Eva looking back at me. I must admit, I got a little excited knowing she's watching me as much as I was watching her. I gave her a smile and a wave. " So what did nerd boy want this time?" " Nothing, as usual, trying his hardest to be Mr. Perfect." At this point, a thought occurred to me. Am I becoming jealous of Troy? The fact that he's dating Eva? Not only that, he treated her like she meant nothing. " Man I can't believe Mr. Wallace put Troy in charge of the Lincoln account. Hell, he'd be better off letting the man from the mailroom be in charge" "Well that is what happens when your daddy owns the company" I said sarcastically. Troy could pretty much do whatever he wanted to do, which included dating co-workers. This father owned the company, he couldn't tell Troy any even if he wanted to. Troy's father had never been there for him as a child, so I heard, so I figure he's trying to make up for him not being around as a child. If had been someone else dating a co-worker, that people would have been fired let alone tolerated. "Damn too bad it's not one of our fathers huh" Ryan chuckled. "Look, man, I'm going to go hang out with Myra. She's looking pretty good after a few glasses of wine" "Man that's messed up" "Yeah I know but that's life right?" I watched Ryan make his way through the crowd over to Myra. Today has been long and draining. After working a 16 hour day, work is the last place I wanted to be right now. I should have stayed home and pretended to be sick. After 5 hours of mingling and drinking watered-down drinks, I'm ready to go home. Walking through the crowd I made my way over to him. "Hey...I'm going get out of here now, I gotta get some rest for tomorrow." "Alright man take care and be safe." Hey Brandon, you sure you don't want to show some of your dance moves?" Myra said as she stood there shaking her hips. "Maybe next time Myra" "You don't know what your missing, but ok. Take care and drive safely." " I will thank you, Myra." "Alright man, I will see you tomorrow." I did our childhood handshake with Ryan we always did since we were kids. I made my way back to where the exit is when I saw Eva standing there leaning against the wall. Holding her wine in her hand, sipping on whatever she had in her glass. I secretly tired go fix my clothes, not wanting to appear sloppy. I walked closer to the door pretending not to notice her. As I approached the door she smiled at me. "Going so soon?" She smiled again. "Yeah, I'm gonna head out I'm pretty tired. It's been a long day" It's important for me to keep eye contact with Eva. She had the tendency to look down every time I talked to her. Almost like she tries to avoid eye contact. Her greenish hazel eyes we're like magnets calling to my soul. Every time she spoke everything felt calm and relaxing. There is something about this woman that makes every sense of me aware of her presence. The sheer sound of her voice drives me absolutely crazy. "I hear you, I'm pretty tired myself, bit Troy insist that I stay and meet his friends." "Sounds fun" "Well I'm not actually looking forward to it. Is rather be home watching reruns on tv." "Yeah I hear ya, I'd rather be doing the same." There was a moment of silence when I noticed Eva starting at me. Something about her stare had been different from the look she would usually give me. "Well I don't want to keep you, I'm sure you have better things to do than stand here and talk with me about nothing." "Oh, I don't mind," I said giving her a playful smile. "Well, I gotta get going anyway, before Troy comes looking for me. I hoped you enjoyed yourself despite, you're being bored as you say. Goodnight Mr. Jackson" She said as she slowly walked past me slightly touching my shoulder. I could smell that sweet smell of perfume she had on. I watched the head back to the party. Taking my last sip of wine I was ready to head out.