Till Dark

They ate together in silence for a while until Jordan broke it with a contented sigh. "I can't eat another bite." She laughed. Andy shared in her laughter. "You sure did do that plate justice. I'm glad that I didn't take you to a buffet we might never have finished." Jordan laughed at his joke. She was finding it easy to relax with him this way. "I have two weaknesses in life. One of them is food." Andy leaned back and smiled. "And the other?" Jordan's brows rose. "Why it's shoes of course. Isn't that every woman's weakness?" She stated laughing easily. He looked at her bemused for a moment. "What is it?" She questioned. "Well it just so happens that I have a foot thing." He said mischievously. "Oh no you don't, I've never heard of such a thing." He was studying her with amusement. "Believe me it's true." Jordan felt the tension leave her shoulders little by little and leaned back against the smooth dark leather of the booth. "That is very weird." She said with a laugh. "Perhaps one day I will have the opportunity to buy you a pair." "Perhaps." She agreed easily; knowing that day would never arrive. She held up her glass of wine to him in a toast. "Please say that you will consider going to the charity event with me." Still holding her glass mid air, her smiling face became sobered. "I'm sure there are lots of other women out there who would be more than happy to let you escort them to such an event. Why would you want to take me?" "Well for starters I happen to be falling madly in love with you and I can't think of anyone else that I would rather spend a boring evening with." She rolled her eyes. "Well that just makes me feel wonderful. Is there any other reason? No please don't tell me I'm not sure that I can handle any more than those answers." Smiling at her he chuckled. "Why won't you admit that you feel as strongly for me as I do for you?" She raised her brows. "Because I don't know you well enough to know how I feel about you." She looked at him with a strained expression. "You can't tell me that you feel nothing for me or that you haven't noticed the intensity between us. I'm attracted to you I can't deny that and you shouldn't either." Setting her glass down a little harder than was necessary her face pinched in irritation. "I'm not denying anything. I just don't think you can build a lasting relationship on attraction and as far as I'm concerned there isn't a question about getting to know you because we live in different states. I can't leave my career and friends to drag Cody halfway across the country for a relationship that may or may not work out. In the end it will be our hearts that are broken. Cody has been through enough after losing his father." His features softened. "I'm not asking you to give up your life where you live all I'm asking for is a chance to get to know you. If you decide you still feel the same way after this is all over then I will not ask for anything more than friendship from you. Please at least give me a chance to make a friend of you if nothing else." Their eyes locked and he pleaded with her. Finally she had no choice but to give in. "Fair enough you may have my friendship but nothing more. It would be nice to have someone else around to laugh with." She admitted more to herself than to Andy. "So would dancing break the code of friendship?" Jordan grinned widely. "I haven't danced in forever. Darien never took me dancing because he had two left feet." He slid from the booth. "A woman like you should be danced with all night." "What do you mean by that?" She asked skeptically as Andy held out his hand for her to take. "I simply mean that you move so gracefully that I can only imagine that you would be like an angel floating across the dance floor."