"Who is that guy?" Alex asked Keith at the post parade party in a well-known club. "Not sure man! Lots of new faces today... but he is talking to Rene." Alex's face lit up with recognition, he knew Rene, he had catered for his office parties.
He made his way to Rene through the crowd, eyeing the short cutie he was talking to.
"Hi! Alex, right?" Rene recognized him first and called out. Alex joined them and gave Rene a handshake and a quick half hug. "Rene! I thought you wouldn't remember me!" He smiled.
"Oh! Come on! How can anyone forget a sexy chef?" Rene blushed, forgetting to introduce the cutie he was talking to.
Alex cleared his throat and extended his hand for the stranger, who didn't take it.
He was extraordinarily beautiful, his face fresh and blemish free, he was small and thin but not malnourished, in fact he had those round cheeks that instinctively wanted you to pull them.
"Hey! I am Alex." He introduced himself and extended his hand again.
"Noah!" He said loudly over the music, his voice deep. "You smell very nice!" Noah gave Alex a very out of context and odd compliment.
"You are very good looking!" Alex went for it unlike him and grabbed Noah's hand and shook it.
A girl with a green Mohawk interrupted them, whispered in Noah's ear and took him with her.
"He is the lead singer. They will be onstage now." Rene explained.
"Explains the eyeglasses." Alex chuckled.
"No Man! Noah is blind!" Rene grimaced, shrugged and turned around ignoring him, making Alex feel like a jerk.
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Noah looked like a doll and had the voice of an angel. He sang Country music, his songs soaked in a real southern drawl. His voice deep and carrying, his words clear with that sexy cowboy bite in it. Alex was mesmerised and turned on from head to toe for Noah.
He waited in the alley at the backdoor of the pub, connected to its parking lot, feeling extremely nervous and didn't know what to say but he did know he had to talk to Noah. He smelled his pits again, checked his breath and rubbed his sweaty hands on the back of his jeans, as he rehearsed his opening statements.
Alex looked around as the door behind was pushed open, the Mohawk girl was guiding Noah out and then down the metal staircase. Alex bounded up the stairs making loud clanking noises and reached them on their second step.
"Noah!" Alex smiled fully, missing the fact that Noah wasn't able to see this universal gesture of endearment.
"Alex!" He looked past him but a smile spread on his face making him look much younger than 24.
"You are leaving?" Alex asked Noah and then looked at the girl.
"He is! I am dropping him home... Come Noe!" She tried to walk past Alex but he blocked them with his huge body. "I can drop you!" He offered and touched Noah knuckle with the tip of his finger. The touch sent jolts of static through Alex and he quickly took his finger off him.
"You know him, Noe?" She raised her voice and frowned.
"Kay! This is Alex... he smells nice! I will be okay!" Noah took Kay's and his clasped hands and kissed her dorsal. It was a secret language between BBFs and Kay nodded and handed Noah's hand to Alex. Alex interlaced their fingers, the gesture changed his flow of blood downwards, stirring his 9 incher.
"You take care of him... and if he feels uneasy about something, call me... my number is on his phone. The phone is unlocked and operates with voice commands. Ask it to call KAY!" She instructed Alex, gave him a one over, kissed Noah's cheek and left without another word.
"Kay is my mother hen. We have been best friends since we were 5 and her boyfriend, Rob, plays the drums. We started it after graduating from high school." Noah sounded like he was being apologetic for Kay's possessive behaviour.