Diane's pov
"Kamilah!"
I turned to find Jade looking at me intently, "aren't you coming in?",
"Uhmm, I am, I......" I decided to stop stuttering and rushed to her side before we both went into the house.
Thankfully she didn't ask me what I had been looking at, it would have been embarrassing to confess that I had been ogling her brother.
Miss Flynn sat in the living room pressing her phone but when we entered, she stood up to assist with the bags,
"Wow, this is an awful lot" she commented,
"Uhmm, not all are from the list, some are for me" I replied immediately,
"Okay, that explains it",
We sorted the bags and I took the that were mine up to my room. I dumped them on the bed with the mind to do them later and went back downstairs.
Miss Flynn was going through the clothes she had listed for me to buy and when I entered the sitting room, she looked up at me, "thanks for helping" she said,
"Oh!, It's nothing" I said waving it off,
"Besides at your leisure, gather the dancers and meet me in my room so that we can take measurements and do some adjustments" she further said and I nodded.
With that she stood and took the bags to her room. I faced Jade who was sitting on one of the couches, "do you have any idea where Mr Jones may be?" I asked her,
"I don't know, maybe the studio at the back of the house" she replied,
"Woah, there's a studio here?" I asked, surprise written all over my face,
"Yes, not as big as the one in New York but it had the essentials",
"Wow. I'm coming" I said to her and went out of the house again. I made sure not to look in the direction of the water, so as not to get sucked into some male handsomeness.
Why was I even thinking like this?. I shook my head vigorously and headed for the back of the house where a single door stood out.
I went straight for the door and upon opening it, felt the eyes of about five people. Mr Jon and some crew members were working on something and they all looked up when I walked in,
"Hey Diane" Mr Jon called and I faced him,
"oh! Uhmm sorry to disturb you, I just wanted to return this" I said and raised up the credit card,
"Oh!, You through with it?" He asked,
"Yes" I replied and handed him the card,
"I'll be on my way now" I said and went out of the mini studio, making sure to close the door. Wow, the studio was the replica of the one in New York but just in a smaller size.
I went around and into the house to find Jade talking to Ryan in the sitting room, more like bantering.
But that wasn't the focus of my attention, Ryan was. His hair was wet and the water that ran down the side of his hair dropped on to the towel round his neck, making me mesmerized.
Unfortunately, he was also wearing a shirt, I would have loved to have a closer look at those abs.......,
"Jeez Diane, what are you thinking?" I scolded myself mentally and shook my head vigorously, I'm not supposed to think anything like this, right?.
"Kamilah, why are you shaking your head?" Jade's voice called out and I felt myself freeze in the action she mentioned,
"Uhmm, I.....w-as just uhmm shaking out m-y hair" I stuttered and felt my face heat up.
I felt two pairs of eyes on me and very well knew who owned the second one, which didn't help the heat in my cheeks.
"Come over here, I want to bake some cookies" she said and I took some deep breaths to calm my heated cheeks before rushing over to where they sat,
"Hey" I said in greeting to Ryan and he nodded in my direction, engrossed in whatever he was now doing on his phone.
Jade stood up from where she sat, held my hand and led me to the kitchen where she started bringing out bowls and equipments for the baking of cookies.
I leaned against the wall, watching her as she then brought out flour, sugar, butter and other ingredients from the storage. Soon enough, the counter was filled with varieties of ingredients.
"Which type of cookie are you making?" I asked as she cleared a workspace for herself on the counter,
"Chocolate chips cookies" she replied,
"Wow, I love them but it's been long since I had one",
"Well, you'll have today" she said and I smiled,
"Anyway I can help?" I asked and she nodded,
"Yes. You can measure and sieve the flour while I mix the sugar and butter" she replied and we got to work,
I took out a bowl and measured the flour while she got a bowl and measured sugar and butter into it. I then went ahead to sieve the flour while she got to mixing the sugar and butter vigorously.
Minutes later, we were done with all the mixing and we had a chocolate chip cookie dough on our hands, "this is going well" I commented,
"Yeah" Jade replied.
She brought out a dough cutter and started shaping the cookie dough while I watched fascinated. She cut them into circles of different sizes and soon enough, she was done.
We then put them into the preheated oven that stood at a corner in the kitchen and set the timer.
Leaning against the counter, we waited for the cookie to bake while chatting away. We got to know more about each other and i enjoyed the time spent with her.
Some minutes later, a ding sounded through the kitchen indicating that the cookie was baked and we paused in our chat. I put on a mitten before bringing out the cookie from the oven and setting it on the counter to cool.
It cooled soon enough and I picked up a cookie and took a bite which sent me to heavenly bliss. This was good!, Wow!. The chocolate chip in the cookie made it all the more crunchy and tasty and seconds later, I had another cookie in my hands.
"Wow, this is so good and tasty and crunchy and delicious and......" I said to Jade which made a grin appear on her face,
"Thanks" she said,
"No thanks, I'm able to eat cookies after a long time so I should be the one thanking you",
"Okay then, no problem".
She picked up a cookie and we were eating in silence with me facing the counter when a voice came from directly behind me,
"This smells delicious",
I got startled and turned to see who the person was. It was Ryan but that was not what made me freeze, it was the fact that he was so upclose that made all the cells in my body freeze.
At this proximity, I was able to see every detail of his face but let's start from the eyes. God, they were so deep and blue and looked like you could drown in them. They also complimented his f......,
My thoughts screeched to a halt when he started to move even closer. My eyes widened and I shifted back unconsciously but he still continued shifting forward while looking intently into my eyes for some reason.
I was about to question what he was doing when he stretched his hands behind me and brought them back with a cookie in it. He then stepped back and took a bite of the cookie, oblivious to the fact that my stomach was fluttering erratically.
"This is good" he commented to his sister before walking out of the kitchen.
I stared after him, a cookie in my hand when Jade cleared her throat from behind me,
"So, what were we saying?" She asked mischievously and I felt my cheeks heat up all over again.
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