Brian and I were laughing and talking as we walked to the lounge. Then we were stopped in the hall by Roger. I gripped Brian's hand tight and he winced a little at the pain.
"What's wrong love?" He whispered in my ear and then chuckled slightly,"I need that hand for tonight."
"Nothing," I replied,"let's just go."
"Ok. Roger, would you like to join us for some lunch?"
Roger just stood there awkwardly and stayed silent. He looked back and forth at Brian and me. Then he answered.
"Nah, I'm not really hungry right now. You two just go enjoy yourselves."
I wasn't expecting that. It seemed that when he told me not to fall for Brian that he just wanted Brian for himself. I laughed at that thought. Nah. He's straight.
"What are you laughing at, Elle?"
"Oh nothing. Just thought of something funny."
"Well, are you gonna tell me?"
"Nah. It'd just weird you out."
He gave me an odd and confused look. But we just kept on walking down the hall. He opened the door for me and I walked in and sat down at the table.
"So, what would you like?" Brian asked excitedly.
"Hm, well, I'm not sure. What've you got?"
"Well, I could make sandwiches."
"Grilled cheese?"
"Sure thing, love."
He scurried into the kitchen and turned on the stove. He got out the bread and some cheese from the fridge.
"Don't worry, love. Just stay in there and let me do the work."
I just sat there and stared into space. I didn't realize how long I'd been sitting there until I finally snapped out of my trance. I was wondering where Brian was. It doesn't take this long to make a grilled cheese. And then suddenly, I heard Brian calling for help.
"ELEANOR. Please help me! I'm having, some, uh, difficulties."
I looked behind me to see a giant puff of black smoke coming through the doorway.
"Holy crap," I yelled,"I'm on my way!"
I sprinted over to the kitchen. The whole room was filled with smoke. What had he done wrong? How could you mess up grilled cheese that badly? I turned off the stove and then ran to the window and opened it up to let the smoke out. I also grabbed a towel and started waving it around. I was walking backwards when-

BOOM

I tripped over Brian who was lying on the ground. I must've knocked him over in my hurried actions.
I fell and a harsh "oof!" escaped my mouth. I landed hard on my back and just laid there for a second. I looked over at Brian who was laughing uncontrollably. "Elle! What'd I do wrong? I've just found out that I'm a terrible cook. Wow. I knew I should've just got you a microwave meal."
I started to laugh, too. We were both looking at each other, still laughing. Brian slowly inched his way over to me. Our faces so close that our noses touched and he gave me an Eskimo kiss.
"You're so beautiful, you know that, right?" He said with a cute half smile on his face.
I could feel my face get hot. I definitely blushed. I turned away as fast as I could so he couldn't see.
"Elle, don't turn away from me. I want to look at that beautiful face some more."
He softly touched the part of my back between my shoulder blades and I flinched and let out a little giggle.
"Oh, you're ticklish, are you."
I sat up quickly."No, Brian. Don't you da-"
I couldn't finished my sentence. He started to tickled my back.
"Is that your only ticklish spot?"
"Um, well, I-"
He took that as a no, I guess because he started to tickle my neck and my sides. At this point I couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard.
"Brian! Please stop! I can't breathe!"
"Alrighty. I think you've suffered enough."
"Well, how about you?"
"What?"
I pounced on top of him and I tried to get his ticklish spots, too. But then it got awkward.
"I'm not ticklish, love. Sorry."
And with that, we both burst out in laughter. We both got up to our feet. We were still laughing uncontrollably when I let out a large snort. The room went quiet for a second and Brian and I just stared at each other.
"What was that?" He asked, starting to laugh again.
"I-I don't know." I turned my head in embarrassment.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I like it. You have the most perfect laugh."
I smiled at him a she gave me a warm hug. Then he put his arm around my wait and we walked back into the hallway. As we walked, we talked. And then he asked me,"You want to see us practice?"
"Are you kidding me? How could I not?"