To the Moon and Back

Sharky's POV

I had been emailing this clothing company in New York that produced street wear. And had sent them some of my designs and finally got a reply.
They liked my ideas and wanted to meet me in person and asked if I could come and talk to them beginning of next week.

I called them up and confirmed the meeting for the following Monday.

When I arrived at the warehouse that was their headquarters I was greeted by a dark haired guy with glasses and a beard wearing a beanie that looked just a few years older than me.
"Hi, my name is Marky" he said "welcome to Glamour Kills".

"Hi my name is Charlie but everybody calls me Sharky, I'm so glad we could finally meet" I shook his hand and smiled.

"Like your beard, man" I blurted out. Oh god! I'm so awkward sometimes. "That probably ruined all my chances, aye?" I asked embarrassed.

"Well, let's see, let's see, come on in and I show you to my office." He chuckled opening the door for me.

When we sat down in his office we had a bit of small talk about the weather and Australia and what brought me to the States.
Marky seemed really relaxed and easygoing and we got on well.

Then I said "I am really excited, it would be so good if I could do a piece for Glamour Kills, that would get my name out there."

"Actually, from what I saw, I was thinking your style would better suit our other line, AWG, that I run with a friend! That's why I asked him to join us today, he should be here any minute, can I offer you something to drink in the meantime?"

"Oh yeah, I would kill for a cup of coffee, please" I say with a smile.

"For sure" he replies and adds "I'll get us some and be back in a sec."

He leaves the room and I start playing with my phone to cope with my nervousness, when I hear the door open again I look up and straight into Alex's eyes.

"What are you doing here?" We both ask at the same time and have to laugh at that.

I get up and hug him and I notice he stiffens a bit when I touch him.

"I am here to see if Marky would take some of my designs for his clothing line" I answer his question.

"And I am Marky's business partner and friend." He smiles "Hey Sharky, good to see you." It sounds genuine.

When Marky gets back we sit down and I show them the sketches I brought. Marky seems very interested but Alex just sits there texting on his phone. I don't know what's wrong with him. After a while I excuse myself to go to the restroom. There I wash my hands and stare at my reflection in the mirror.
I don't have the impression that this meeting is going too good, but there is nothing I can do now.

When I come back to the office Marky tells me "Look Sharky, we would like to take two of the drawings straight away but we would like to have you on more shirts for the coming season, with designs that are done exclusively for our brand. What do you say?"

"Awesome, I say" smiling.

Alex gets up excusing himself because he has to make a call and leaves the room.

"Marky, are you sure Alex is okay with this decision? He didn't seem too excited about my designs?" I ask in a lower voice once we are alone in the office.

"No, no, we talked about it when you were gone and it was his idea in the first place, we really like the design with the wolf and the one with the rocket. I was wondering though if you could put in a scull somewhere?"

"Why is that?" I ask

"That's All Time Low's logo and with Alex being obsessed with space, it would be as if you wear him on your shirt, I think the kids would like it"

"I will make some sketches and send them through if that's okay"

"Cool" Marky gets up when Alex re-enters the room "I think we're done here, we will send you a contract and we'll take it from there. It was great meeting you" we shake hands again.

"I see you out" Alex says as I turn to him.

We walk to the car in silence, when he sees it he starts to laugh."Is that your car? Did you come all the way from Baltimore in this thing?" he points at the old Corolla that is covered in Graffiti.

"No it belongs to my friend Ex-Oh he is an amazing street artist you have to meet him he is awesome."

"Is he your boyfriend?" Alex blurts out, obviously that's the only thing he is interested in. I raise my eyebrows at this question and he looks down embarrassed.

"No, definitely not" I tell him and shake my head at the idea.

"Uhm,sooo...do you have to get back straight away or would you have time to have lunch with me" he mumbles as we stand beside my car. His gaze still fixed to the ground, his feet shuffling around uncomfortably.

"I have all the time in the world" I reply throwing my arms in the air. "Actually lunch sounds awesome." I add softly and his head snaps up and his signature grin appears.

"We take my car then, I know a nice place not too far from here where you can see the ocean." Alex decides his hand going to the small of my back to turn me towards his car.

"Wait I have to get my Jedi first" I joke and open the door of my car to get Luke out. The little traitor disregards me completely and is all tail wagging and tongue slapping for Alex. Pssshh, Boys!

Alex's POV

I swear I am trying to forget her. But fate brought us together again.
When I walked into Markys office today I only knew we would meet somebody called Charlie, of course I assumed I would see a guy there. When I saw her I was so surprised that I could only blurt out "What are you doing here?". Smooth one, Alex!

She laughs though and gets up to hug me. When I feel her body so close and smell her beautiful scent my knees buckle under me. What is wrong with me? This is starting to scare me, I have never felt like this before.

We sit down at the table together but I can't stop staring at her. So I take my phone and try to occupy myself, still I listen to her sweet voice but I don't get a word she is saying.

When she leaves for the bathroom Marky eyes me suspiciously "What's going on, Alex?"

"Nothing. It's all fine. I like the rocket. Can we take that?" I tell him to stop him prying further.

"I like the wolf, but I would like to have her for the next season with more designs. What do you think?" He taps his pen on the table and looks at me.

"Yeah, of course, I think she is awesome." God, why did I say that? I feel I am blushing.

Marky narrows his eyes, trying to figure out what's wrong with me but drops the subject.

When she returns, she looks sad but as soon as Marky tells her that we want the designs her eyes lighten up and this huge smile appears on her tiny face.

I get up and excuse myself. I have to get out of here. When I am in front of the office I take my phone and call my girlfriend Lisa.

We talk a while about random stuff but my mind is not really with the conversation so I tell her that I have to get back to work.

When I get back in, Marky is about to wrap up the meeting but I don't want to let her go, so I offer to walk her to her car.

The car is ridiculous it's a wonder it still runs it looks ancient, and it's full of graffiti. She tells me it belongs to her friend and before I know it I ask her if that's her boyfriend. I mentally slap myself for being so awkward all the time but she just denies.

I ask her out to lunch and she agrees, I don't even know why that makes me so happy.

Notes

I like Alex in this chapter he is so cute!
love you guys!