The Simming Chronicles : Serendipitous~

Chapter 3 - Goin' for it!

A moment or two slipped by when Kiera suddenly realized she was just simply standing there, and had yet to say anything. London was starting to look at her as though maybe he shouldn't have introduced himself..
"It's a pleasure to meet you London, I'm Kiera Stokes." She managed to speak! ... if a little formally... and she reached out to shake the hand he was offering. "Are you from around here London?" she asked.
London smiled at her, and there they were again... those butterflies. "No, actually Kiera, I moved here yesterday from a town on the west coast called Sunset Valley. You?"

London thought Kiera was beautiful... no doubt. But he had known beautiful girls in school, they had a way about them ... but Kiera seemed different. She seemed more "real" ... and he thought it was adorable that she seemed to forget she was still holding his hand.

For the next several minutes the two simply stood outside the club, talking.
Kiera found herself easily telling London about moving to Willow Creek, ... Wow, only a week ago!! London explained that he had moved there to accepted and internship with a company that would hopefully allow him to get some hands on experience with how a business should operate.

London asked Kiera if she would join him inside for a drink and the smile she gave him did funny things to his heart. "I'd love too" she said.
Inside, after grabbing a drink, the two found a little sofa away from the rest of the crowd and continued talking...
and laughing...
As the evening melted away, Kiera was having a hard time remembering the last time she had felt this comfortable being around someone. She told London about her Grams, even about her parents!! About her hard living when she first arrived in town. About the success that she had had with her job so far. About her hopes for the future.
London was wondering what he had done to deserve meeting a woman as lovely and down to earth as Kiera. As he listened to her he was amazed by how much strength this woman had. He told her about his life growing up in Sunset Valley. About how money hadn't been in abundance when he was growing up, about his parents constant struggle to provide, and how because of that, he felt driven to be able to call himself financially successful. He wanted to work his way up through the ranks and to one day become an Investor. He'd like to be able to one day, provide a good life to his own family.

Slowly the distance between the two had disappeared. To the others in the club, the two looked like a couple that were deeply in love. No one would have guessed that they had only meet hours before.

Suddenly, the bartender was calling last call.
It was almost 2:30am.
They had spent the whole evening completely wrapped up in each other.
And neither seemed that fond of saying goodnight quite yet.
"Would you like to get some fresh air, Kiera?" London asked.
Kiera gave him that lovely smile again and took his hand. "I'd love too, London."

Across the street from Solar Flare there was a lovely little area overlooking the ocean. The two made their way over to the fountain, and there conversation and connection easily continued... and deepened. As the night started to come to an end. Kiera realized that she definitely wanted to make sure that London knew how she felt. A couple times during the evening London had touched her in little ways. Taking her hand, or brushing her arm while they talked. Reaching out to brush her hair back behind her ear. He had let her know that he was interested in her... and now she needed to do the same.

"London, I've had a wonderful time tonight."
London's smile was warm and genuine. "I have too Kiera... I hope we can see each other again sometime very soon."
Kiera again found herself saying "I'd love too."
They exchanged numbers and then Kiera leaned in and asked London if she could have a pic of the two of them together.

"One to mark the night we met! That's a great idea Kiera."
They leaned into one and other to take the selfie... Kiera felt her heart beat speed up...
and after the shot was taken, and they slowly pulled apart...