Chapter 5 - Samantha

Samanta fell to the floor after walking into... «a light pole?», she thought. however, she had to look back to make sure. She realized the reason she fell was a man, who, apparently, was just as tall as a light pole. He was huge.

She was held back by the hordes of people crowding around the Germany national football team whom had just arrived and she realized how dumb some girls looked, jumping about, screaming like they were possessed in the presence of a bunch of sweaty dudes, the only good neuron they must have, she thought, was only good enough to tell apart a calorie from a protein.

“Oh! I'm so sorry. Are you alright?” the man asked. His voice was plagued in concern. The man had a very masculine voice, so much so, Sam forgot she was lying on the floor. He offered his hand to help her get back on her feet and asked once more, “Are you alright? I'm really sorry! I didn't see you coming.”

She shook her head slightly.

“I'm fine. It was my fault. I wasn't looking.”

Once on her feet, she looked down and noticed her belongings scattered around the floor. They both got down to pick her things up.

Dominik could not keep his eyes off this girl. She was gorgeous.

“Is there a problem?” she asked, noticing this stranger staring at her.

“You are very pretty” Dominik blurted out.

Samanta opened her eyes wide from the bold confession.

Dom cursed his blunt honesty that pushed him to always speak his mind.

Sam could not help but notice what her eyes were picking up on. And, although the man was wearing a hood and she could not quite see him very well, she noticed the intense blue of the eyes of the person before her. He had very manly features, but what caught her eye the most were his thick lips, some kissable lips. She couldn't help but bite her lip after this realization.

Dominik let out a mild cackle from the girl's reaction. He was aware of the effect he had on women.

Samanta shook her head when she noticed she was fantasizing with a man she did not even know, She stood up immediately, and so did he.

«Oh my God! I'm only tall enough to reach his chest», she thought when she realized this man was gigantic. She took a second look at his face, and upon this second look, she noticed a certain familiarity. Like she had seen this person elsewhere before «But, where?».

Normally, Dominik does not appreciate being stared at, but these beautiful bright, brown eyes looking at him transmitted absolute peace to him. He did not take long to realize this girl must have been about 20 years old —at most—, since her look was so juvenile.

“It is him…”

A voice far away woke her.

“There he is” a random girl pointed toward Samanta and Dominik.

Dominik cussed in German, “shit,” if we get too specific.

Samanta frowned and limited herself to stay perfectly still whereas this man seemed desperate enough to want to disappear from there.

In a matter of seconds, females and journalists alike were swarming around this guy.

«But, what the heck?». Samanta was lost.

She looked at everything going on and she could not understand why these people were acting like this. People taking pictures, more people coming out of nowhere, crowding around this man. He, on the other hand, would only look down and tried to walk away.

Little by little, Sam managed to move away from this place, taking a few slow steps back as more and more girls came around…

«My SATs!».

Samanta ran off toward the exit when she remembered. She went out of the airport as fast as she could, grabbed a cab and told the address to the driver. She looked at her watch and it was only 20 minutes until the time of the test.

«I wish this car would grow wings», she thought as she looked outside the window of the moving vehicle. Things were happening fast before her eyes, her mind wandered off a little, remembering that perfect face, those beautiful eyes and that deep voice…

The car stopped.

“We're here” said the driver, extending his arm toward her. “That'll be 50.”

“What?” Samanta shoved her hand in her bag and pulled out a $50 bill. She had no time to waste arguing with a conman. She reluctantly handed over the money.

She was not used to taking taxis, but this was an emergency.

She paid and jumped off the vehicle to start running once more.

The hallways were long and tons of people were walking along them in every direction. Sam could not keep her eyes off the time saying: «Dang it. It's so late.»

She could see the door of the room she had been assigned and notice the person in charge was just getting there. She garnered the strength out of thin air and sprinted as fast as she could trying to make it into the room before the door was closed shut.

Almost out of breath, she made it in.

Samanta could breathe calmly when she sat at her desk.

A few more directions and the test was on.

Although Samanta was focused on answering each and every single question, she could not help but think of that man who, in just a moment went from a complete stranger to some mystery man claimed by all those people.

«Who was that?», the question went round and round in her head.

She had to force her mind to focus on the test.

It was hard to focus, but she made it. She quieted her mind and answered every question.

Almost two hours later, the exam was concluded.