CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN |

( you are making my world spin )

"Come on Charlotte it will be fun!" Bayley says tugging my arm, trying to get me out of bed. It has been six hours since Roman confessed his feelings for me, Three since I've seen him, but whose counting? Definitely not me.

I haven't told Bayley yet. I just wanted to keep it to myself for now. I know I should probably tell him how I feel but I can't. I don't want to ruin what we have. I don't want things to end how Kevin and I ended.

I groan and try to pull my hand back.
"I want to finish the last episodes of Stranger Things and plus my feet hurt!" I whine.

"Come on it will be fun. We'll just have a couple of drinks and talk. Simple and plain. No hassle."
We fight between a tug of war. My arm was starting to hurt and it sounded tempting to go see Roman again.
"If you go, tomorrow I'll buy you lunch and finish watching Stranger Things with you."

I smirk, "You'll also have to buy me dinner."

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll buy you lunch, watch Stranger Things with you, and also buy you dinner. Now will you please come with me to some bar that Seth and Roman want to go to?! I don't want to be alone with Seth."

"You like him a lot, don't ya?"

She sighs and plops on the bed besides me, "Extremely. I don't know Charlotte, it's just something about him that I am just attracted to. He puts on a smile on my face everyday. He drives my mind crazy and makes me frustrated but I can't help but like him."

I place my hand over hers, "I know how you're feeling. Its tough but if you like him that much, just keep fighting for him."

"Is that how your dealing with it with Roman and you?"

"Yeah. But I'm fine with just being friends with him, I feel better that way. Now let's go meet them."

"Not like that you are."

"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" I ask gesturing to my clothes. I was still wearing what I wore earlier today.

"Don't get me wrong, you look beautiful like always but we want you to look hot."

I roll my eyes, "Oh great."

Bayley stands up and grabs my suitcase. She dumps all the stuff it had inside out on the bed making me groan. Yeah Lee, go ahead and make a mess out of my stuff that I will have to clean up later.

She then throws me the standard red tight dress that I don't even know why I still have it. I walk into the bathroom and change.

"Yep red is definitely your color." Bayley says while fixing her hair. I pull my blonde hair out of its high messy ponytail. I part it and it lose.

"Alright, now we can go. Roman and Seth did text you awhile ago that there in the lobby, right?"

She bods, "Yeah, now let's go."

"Hey." I said breathlessly to Roman.

He smirks and looks me up and down, "You look great."

"Thank you, you don't look to bad yourself." He was wearing black jeans with a dark blue button up shirt.

"Hey Bayley, you don't look like a twelve year old anymore, you actually look like a twenty seven year old." Seth comments.

"Hey Seth, you don't look like a thirty year old emo fuckboy, you actually look like a independent thirty year old fuck boy. What a upgrade!" Bayley says sarcastically.

I laugh and shake my head. "Knock it off you two, the night is still young, we don't need you two fighting."

"Yes daddy." Seth says with sarcasm dripping from his voice.

"Ew." Bayley comments.

After hailing a taxi for ten minutes, we finally got into one. Seth got in the front while Roman, Bayley and I sat in the back. I sat in the middle between the two. I felt Roman place his hand on my knee, extremely close to my dress.

"Red looks good on you." He whispers raspy into my ear sending the hairs of my neck up.

"You do look a whole lot sexier when you wear a button up." I say flirting back.
Oh Roman, what are you doing to me?

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"Okay read one, two, three!" Seth exclaims as we all drink our shots. The alcohol burns the back of my throat but it tastes good. The bar was pack with people of all kinds of backgrounds. There was a huge crowd of people dancing drunkly, I would be lying if it didn't look like fun.

All night Roman and I have been flirting shamelessly. He has always kept his hand intertwine with mine. I didn't know how to make this knot in my chest go away. I wanted it to stop. My mind ran with thoughts. I didn't know how to stop.

Bayley squealed when a certain song she liked came on. She grabbed my arm and before I can protest, she starts pulling me to the crowd of dancing people. Not again. I tried reaching for Roman but all he did was smirk and send me a small wave, followed by me flicking him off.

At first I felt awkward but I soon just let go. Bayley and I danced intoxicatedly. I swayed my hips back and forward starting to feel the beat.

I caught Roman's eye. He had a small smirk on his face and a glass full of scotch in his hand. I decide to just have fun with this.

I was lost in my own little world, the bright lights were flashing. Memories of Roman and I flashed through my mind making me smile.
Bayley twirled me around and next thing I knew, Roman had me in his arms.

"Mind if I steal her?!" Roman shouted loudly because of the music.

Bayley nodded her head and then Seth grabbed her hand and pulled her to his chest.

Roman rested both of his hands on my waist as I turn, my back facing to him. We both swayed side to side. He gripped my hair and moved it to one side of my neck. I laced our fingers together. He dipped his head in the crook of my neck and planted a small kiss.

It was something about him that I couldn't help but be addicted to. He was the drug I was addicted to. He made everything in the world better.

Memories of him confessing his feelings for me, surrounded my head. The thought of him was making me dizzy.

Roman twirled me around and hugged me closely to him. I could hear our breathing. Our bodies made electricity with each other. I felt a urge that I needed to spill everything to him.

He tucked one piece of my blonde hair behind my ear. My surroudings were spinning. His lips were dangerously close to mine. I wanted so badly to close the gap but I couldn't. I just couldn't.

"You are are making my world spin."

That was the last thing I said before I took off out of the bar.

I walk out into a empty alley, probably isn't the smartest thing to do. I just needed to get away. Running is what I do best. I run from everything.

"Charlotte." I spin around to see Roman walking up to me.

"Did you mean everything you said earlier on the Ferris wheel?" I asked desperately.

Roman took a step closer to me. "Yes of course I ment everything I said to you. You are my everything. You make me a better person. I would do anything for you."

"Ever since you walked out and confronted Ric, I could never get you out of my head." I confessed. "I don't know what is it about you, but I am addicted to it. I can never stop thinking about you. I am your everything? No Roman, you are my everything."

He stayed quiet, which got me more nervous. "I'm just going to say it. I have strong feelings for you Roman. You are the only person that I want. I want you."

Roman cupped my face in his hands. I inhale his musky scent. My heart was beating fast, my hands were sweaty, goosebumps appearing all over my arms. I want to be free of this torture. Misery was consuming me.

"You want me?" He spoke. I nod my head.

"I want you too."

He placed his face lower. Our lips brushed. I was aching for his kiss. His touch. His love. I ached for anything he had to offer. I wanted him so badly.

"Is this what you want?" He asked.

"This is what I want." I spoke, my voice quivering.

He then kissed me.

It was soft and delicate at first but then became nothing but passion and tenderness. Our lips moved in sync with each other, like we were made for each other. I wrapped my arms around him, wanting every single thing.

I was romantically intoxicated in love with
Roman Reigns.