CHAPTER EIGHT

BRYAN

After a few weeks, I'm practically an occupant of the Royalty Complex. I have a few important things at Mike's. Trekking 5 minutes to walk every day and taking a 45 minute drive are definitely not the same. The latter works for me.

I'm making my way to the elevator, I'm going out for beer, I decided it had been long since I drank, and I wanted to use the opportunity to catch up with a few friends from the hospital.

The elevator opens to Elevator girl, she's holding a bottle of wine.

“Hi, it's you, again” She says in excitement, I'm not sure the excitement is as a result of her seeing me though, so I ask her.

“Something exciting happen?”

She seems surprised that I'm talking to her, but she's answers happily anyways.

“Yes actually, promotion at work” She says, smiling.

And her smile is beautiful. I can explain what she does to me, how she makes me feel. But I like it, and suddenly, catching up with friends isn't even nearly as appealing as spending even the fraction of a minute with her.

“You're Daniel's sister right?”

“That's me”

“Mind if I join you? I was actually heading out for beer but I'd rather stay in now that I see that wine. You can't finish that alone you know”

“I don't know if my brother will appreciate a stranger in his place”

“It's fine, we'll use Mike's” I smile.

She reluctantly agrees after a series of persuasion, and we head over to Mike's and pop the bottle of wine. It's the best few hours of my life since like forever, it's the first time I'm spending time with a woman, and we've not had sex following 5 minutes of introducing ourselves.

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We get to know ourselves. She's Diana. Diana Walter. I tell her I'm Bryan. Bryan Fox.

She says she's a Journalist at the Fs Media company, recently promoted to Magazine Writer. She's says it enthusiastically.

I tell her I'm a surgeon, Neurosurgeon at the LA Kindread Hospital down the curb.

“Ohh, Think you can give me a septum piercing? I've always wanted one of those”

I laugh wholeheartedly

“You can literally get those at the tattoo and piercing shops”

“It would feel safer in the hands of a doctor” She says.

She easily cracks me up.

She tells me how hard it was before she could land the promotion, she tells me about Lynn, who helped her get through, and how she's not available, if not she'd be with Lynn.

She points out she's the last of three, I tell her I'm the first of two sons.

I also find it funny all their names start with the letter D. I tell her I'd love to call her D. She says Lynn already calls her D. I stick to calling her D anyways.

I smile for the entire length of the conversation.

We drink alot, but none of us are drunk, apparently our tolerance levels are very high.

I make her binge watch Grey's Anatomy with me, and she does so, and she loves it, she says it's her new favorite N*****x series.

I'm extremely happy she has a new series because of me. Thoughts run through my mind, she's beautiful, appealing. I want to kiss her, I also want to take it slow, but I also want nothing to do with the feelings I'm having, because they are overwhelming, and I don't know what do to with them. I have NEVER felt this way. But I let it go, and I live in the moment. I enjoy the present.

So we sit, and we watch Grey's Anatomy.