She should brag

*Willa*

"What the hell was that about, Willa?" Angela looks at me curiously as we walk to the cafeteria to get our lunch. "Did I interrupt something steamy about to go down?"

I know I am blushing, and my heart rate definitely isn't quite back to normal yet. I'm not completely sure myself what the hell happened. "Nothing happened... we were… we were just talking."

"Talking? That gorgeous man was all over you, Willa, and the way the two of you acted during our meeting. I was afraid Iwould get pregnant or something if I stepped between you. So spill, what's going on?" Angela says. "And do not say nothing."

I nod and take a deep breath. "To start with the beginning, I met Levi fifteen years ago. Long story short… I stayed with his family because my mom was dying of cancer. He came home for the weekend. I ended up losing my virginity before he left the next day with his girlfriend, and I never saw him again before today."

"Wow, seriously? You lost your virginity to Levi Thomsen? Like, for real? Why have you never told me that?" She looks at me with wide eyes as we enter the cafeteria. “Why isn’t that in your description on social media, I would so put it in mine.”

I shrug and ignore her last comment. "Well, he wasn't famous back then. And it's not really something I go around telling people. It was a very long time ago. Water under the proverbial bridge and all that."

"It doesn't seem to be in the past to me. He was clearly not in your office just to talk, and the tension between you two is ridiculous. I mean, I'm afraid to be lit on fire by the sparks if I get too close," Angela says with an arched eyebrow. "So you never forgot him."

I shake my head. Honestly, by now, I just want these days to be over and done with. I want nothing else to do with Levi for several reasons. "There might be slight tension, but nothing is going to happen. I want nothing to do with Levi besides what is required for work… it's over and done."

"Why not? He's totally hot and sexy. Who wouldn't want an extra piece of that?" She grabs some food and goes to sit down; I follow her lead. "He's basically every woman's dream man."

I open my bottle of water and take a big gulp. "Well, I already had a piece of that, and it didn't end well for me. And besides, I don't really do the whole one-night thing, so thanks, but no thanks."

Angela doesn't say anything; she just looks at me and shakes her head, then starts to eat. I am pushing my food around on my plate, once again thinking back to that day.

15 years ago:

"Hey, Willa, you're not eating anything," Emma says, snapping me out of my thoughts, and I blush violently. I had been thinking about how I wanted to run my hands through those floppy curls of her brother's. They just look so soft.

I try to make up an excuse. "I'm just not really hungry," I say, not exactly lying. I don't really have an appetite; my mind is way too preoccupied with Levi… his hair, his smile, the way his hands move, and the little sounds he makes while eating.

Seriously, I have never experienced anything like this. Boys have never really been of interest to me at all. I'm not sure why he's getting under my skin like this.

Levi is sitting right across from me at the table, and every time I look up, I find myself being sucked into the oceans hidden in those hazel eyes.

I'm usually not one of those silly giggling girls at all. But somehow, every time Levi speaks to me or I try to speak to him, I go all blushing and giggling, and my IQ drops significantly, which makes me even more perplexed since Levi is clearly very smart and intelligent… He must think I'm an idiot.

"It's important to eat something to keep up your strength," Levi says, sending me one of those flashing smiles that turns me all gooey, and I find myself nodding and starting to eat, which earns me another smile. "Good girl."

"It's a good thing someone can get you to eat. I know you're going through a hard time, but Levi is right, you need to stay strong for your mother," Diana says, smiling at her son.

And that's when I feel something on my leg and discreetly look down. Levi’s long legs can easily reach me under the table, and his left foot is gently caressing my leg, as if he wants to get my attention.

I look up at him, and he sends me a sweet smile and winks at me, turning me into a blubbering mess again. I don't try to move away or remove his foot. I'm not really sure what I want him to do.

He puts it down but leaves it so his foot touches mine. And I feel disappointed and excited in equal measures.

If focusing on anything but him was hard before, it's next to impossible now, and I keep sending him stolen glances, almost always to find him looking at me. He seems totally unaffected, though, and just keeps talking to his family, sending me a smile once in a while.

Back to present day:

"We better get back and start shooting," Angela says, pulling me from my daydreams and making me jump slightly with surprise. I had totally forgotten she was sitting right there, lost in the memories once again.

I get up quickly and go to throw out my almost untouched lunch, my appetite not really present. It's a good thing this is only for a couple of days, or I might end up losing a lot of weight, which I don’t need. "Yeah, we better do that."

As we walk back, I'm thinking about how to handle Levi and what happened in the office. That had been an emotional and physical rollercoaster.

Technically, he probably overstepped some boundaries, but in the end, I decide to just act like it never happened. I'm pretty sure he had just been caught up in the memories too, and this is not a normal thing for him to do.

But nothing like that can happen again. No, I need this over and done with as fast as possible and Levi back out of my life before he finds out how our little encounter really ended.