Chpt 4: Dinner From Hell.
Cristiano slumps back in chair with his arms crossed, hoping dinner from hell is almost over. Practically being ignored the whole meal left him feeling melancholy All he can do is fake laugh at Sergio's jokes as his mind drifts back and forth from reality to his thoughts. Dinner has not turned out as Cristiano planned. There are so many questions running through Cristiano's mind, "Why did Sergio have to interrupt?", "Why doesn't he just leave already?", "When is dinner going to end?", "Why isn't Fidah noticing my annoyance with this douche?", "Can he PLEASE stop flirting with MY girl for just a moment?". The one question he couldn't stop asking himself made his heart sink, "Why is she flirting back?".
Cristiano just couldn't wrap his head around it. His heart started racing and his eyesight was dimming. Every second of that dinner flashes right before his eyes, over and over again. Cristiano was about to burst with anger till he heard a voice he's always loved to hear call him name.
Almost immediately it was back to reality for Cristiano. He looked up and saw Fidah with a hidden worried expression. "Cris?..", Fidah says softly. Before he can say anything, Sergio's phone rings. Sergio gets up quickly and excuses himself from the table to the take his call. As soon as Sergio was out of sight she turns to Cristiano and asks him what's wrong. Cristiano takes a deep breath then looks at his lap and shakes his head. "Cris, what is it?", Fidah says worriedly. Cristiano is silent. "What is it..?", Fidah asks again. Cristiano looks up and gives Fidah a cold look and returns his attention to his lap. Fidah is getting annoyed at this point. "What?!", she says a little louder. "What do you mean, what?", Cristiano says apathetically.
"Yes! This whole dinner you've been acting like an ass!"
"HA! Says the one who was flirting with..him!"
"Flirting?! Flirting? How can you even say that?"
"Oh c'mon Fidah! Giggling an laughing at every joke he made! You guys rarely took your eyes off each other! So don't sit there and tell me you weren't flirting."
"No. Just forget it, okay?"
Everything is silent. Sergio comes back and sits down. Things are still silent. Sergio is a little confused. Trying to break the awkwardness he says, "So.. uh.. what did I miss?". "Actually, Fidah and I need to leave now.", Cris says angrily. "Uhm. Okay.", Sergio said confused. Cristiano gets up and walks quickly to pay the bill and get in the car. Fidah is still sitting with her right hand on her forehead in a worried and annoyed posture.
"What was that all about?", Sergio asks.
"Nothing. Cris is just being a little dramatic."
"Oh, he just got it into his head that you were flirting with me.. and that I was flirting back."
"I guess he caught me.. or should I say us." Sergio said chuckling
"I was not flirting with you, Sergio."
"Could have fooled me. It's okay. No one can resist my charm."
Instead of being serious, Fidah surprisingly laughed at Sergio's last comment.
Fidah stopped mid-sentence when she looked up at Sergio and got lost in those big brown eyes. Nothing was said and no one moved. It seemed like everything around them disappeared until it was just the two of them.