Childhood Bestfriends with Hollywoods Golden Boypart9

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Chapter 9  

Recap:  

Then I looked up, scanning the length of the tall, broad figure silently standing in the living room, in front of the glass sliding doors.  

To find the face one person in the whole world who understood me like no one else, who's perfect face ran through my life's best memories and was one of the most recognisable faces in the western world today, posted across billboards internationally.  

I looked straight into the unmistakable bright blue eyes of my best friend. 

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Ari was standing outlined by the light streaming through the glass as he looked at me, his face set in cute uncertainty, and his jaw muscles were tense, his blue eyes searching mine. In his right hand he had the TV remote, which he chucked on the other end of the sofa.  

I knew that in these few seconds he was trying to judge how I felt, looking for a sign but I could see his nerves seeping through in the slight twitching of his left hand.  

Whenever Ari's nervous his left hand fingers twitch ever so slightly, moving as if on reflex. I don't think he can help it, it's like all his extra nervous energy is looking for an outlet. Honestly, to this day I don't think he knows he does it, and I've never wanted to give away his tell.  

I couldn't help but be comforted by the fact that I wasn't the only one who was nervous. I sat forward on the sofa, our eyes locking onto each other's immediately, and I felt like he exuded some sort of magnetic pull, all I wanted to do was to walk over to him and finish off what we started in my bedroom. 

It really didn't help that he was standing there looking so perfect.  

My stomach immediately dipped.  

Whatever happened now, whatever the outcome, was going to change everything between us.  

It seemed like we were standing there for hours looking into each others eyes across the room, but it only could have been seconds. Ari's bright blue eyes held mine from across the room and before I knew it we were both caught in a staring competition.  

The whole room felt alive with an unknown energy as we both stared into each other's eyes. It was as if I was trapped in this little bubble where all I could see was Ari with his burning blue eyes.  

Who was going to break first? 

I knew Ari would, he could never keep a straight face for long if he wasn't in character.

Slowly, I could see his face visibly relax and a slight smile start to playing on his lips... instantaneously I felt myself start to mirror him unconsciously, my lips curving up into a small smile. His eyes seemed to be alive with a familiar intensity, and I felt like I might burst into flames under his powerful gaze or maybe melt into a pile of goo on the sofa. 

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