December 2013 - Ireland
Naturally, I slept through what could have been the night of my life. Even if she was still with me in the morning.
The she in question happened to be film and TV siren Eva Green - familiar to some of you from "Casino Royale" "The Dreamers" "Camelot" "Dark Shadofws" and the upcoming "300" sequel and Showtime horror series "Penny Dreadful" I probably should have led off with that.
While I'm at it, I can also add that she's been here in Ireland, filming that aforementioned Showtime show for the last three months. I've seen her and talked to her off and on for the last two. By all accounts, it looked like it was building up to something - to the point where the building could have been finished last night.
She needed to wind down after a busy day on her set. I provided boisterous, hopefully pleasant company, and we didn't even go to too many pubs. We were relatively clear eyed as I led her back to her room and she let me come in - at least clear eyed enough that we weren't...taking advantage of each other.
But I just wasn't clear eyed enough to stay awake. For that matter, she probably wasn't either. That would explain why I woke up the next morning, in her bed, with her lying next to me - both of us fully clothed.
Since it was December in Ireland, Eva had a purple dress on that covered most of her up. Of course, she'd already shown the world - at least the part of it that watched Starz and Bernardo Bertolucci films - what she had to cover up already. According to her, millions more would see it in...unique detail in the next 300 movie as well.
For a few moments last night, I thought I'd get to see it in unique detail as well, but we both seemed to tire ourselves out - and not in that way. At this moment, her sleeping form wasn't touching me, but her dress was hiked up enough to let me see the long bottom of her endless legs.
If I snuggled up a little closer, who knew what that would make her do - and I could always say I was asleep and didn't know what I was doing. But since I wasn't hung over, insanely perverted or a poor excuse for a human being, I had a level enough head to get it back on straight.
So all I did was lightly tap her on the shoulder, quietly calling her name. "Wake up," I added. "It's the morning, wake up," I explained further. Before long, she opened her fittingly blue/green eyes and made me regret again that I'd have to get her out of bed.
She looked at me for a moment, looked around the rest of the room and muttered, "So it is," - words that still wouldn't sound sexy in many voices other than hers. But thinking about that wouldn't help me be the good guy here.
"Don't you have to get up? For work?" I got to the point.
"They don't need me for daytime scenes today," Eva informed me. "That's why I could afford to stay out late last night," she almost said with a bit of a laugh.
"Well, that's good," was all I could say. I made up for it by adding, "So, I shouldn't keep you from resting, then?"
"You don't have to," Eva offered. "Unless I'm keeping you from your daytime work," she wondered.
"Probably late already," I thought over. "And I still have vacation days to burn." That settled one part of it. "But like I said, if I'm keeping you from anything..."
"You're just keeping me from changing out of this at the moment," Eva said, pointing to her dress. Ignoring any more suggestive meanings from that, I covered my mouth and got on my feet, so Eva followed suit.
My back was turned, just in case, as I heard Eva rummage through her drawers and then close the bathroom door. When I saw I was alone for the moment, I fell back into the bed, still a bit exhausted - which might be distracting enough. But it wasn't like she was dressing into sexy comfortable attire - right?
A grey shirt and shorts that went down to her knees probably wasn't sexy on its own. But on Eva, it was as close as it could get. Before I could remember to get up again, Eva laid back down with me. She wasn't coming right for me in...that way or any way, but...
"Like I said, if you want to be alone," I offered one last time to be safe.
"You and work have worn me out for weeks," Eva stated plainly - as I had to remind myself. "I could use a nice, lazy morning and early afternoon before you get me going again. Work can go on without me, but if you can't, I won't top you. It looks like you still need to recharge a few proverbial batteries anyway."
I suppose I did give that away by slumping back down into bed. Maybe a few more hours of sleep would do me good. It would keep me from bothering Eva while she got her extra sleep - probably.
I could do this. Just sleep and relax, even with one of the most desirable women in the entertainment business next to me. If she fell asleep quicker, she might not notice if I...developed any side effects. And if I stayed perfectly still and didn't roll over...
"Not many people would let someone recharge like this," I still let out. "Not under these circumstances. It'd be hard to trust them. I mean, of course you can trust me, but..."
Well, maybe I was lucky and I was asleep already.
"You can paint the town red with anyone," I heard Eva say as I closed my eyes tighter, in case this was real. "Finding someone to just rest and relax with after that...that's rarer. Sometimes you can't help but be in the mood for that. If you're not, tell me before I close my eyes, so I'll know what I'm in for."
What else could I say? But I did find some words other than yes. "Do we need to be under the covers for that?" I asked.
"Ah. Paying off to have a partner already," Eva said, getting enough energy to put the covers over herself. Since we were keeping our clothes on, and I guessed she didn't have anything more comfortable for me to wear, I got under the covers with her.
She stayed on the right side of the bed, and I kept a respectful distance on the left. Nevertheless, as I closed my eyes again and felt her presence nearby, I was more at ease. There was something to be said about a nice, peaceful, sleepy morning with someone - especially with a someone like this. Someone who actually still wanted me here, even if it was just to sleep.
I didn't know how much time went by before my eyes opened again. It was still light in the room, so it couldn't have been too long. Especially since Eva was still sleeping - albeit with her head on my shoulder now.