Something More?

I could feel the distance between us growing. I could feel her drifting away. I didn't want that to happen but it was. I took another drag of my cigarette and turned to look at her beautiful face in the pale city light. I reached out and ran my knuckles along her jaw, hoping she wouldn't instantly reject me. But the reaction I got was not the one I expected. She closed her eyes and leaned into my hand, rubbing her cheek against my hand in much the same way my cat would. I released a breath I didn't realize I was holding, relieved that she didn't shrug away. Unfortunately I hadn't just been holding a breath, I had been holding cigarette smoke in my lungs and when I exhaled I ended up blowing the smoke on Celes. I mentally kicked myself as the poor girl pulled away and doubled over into a coughing fit.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry." I dropped my cigarette and stomped it out, looking for some way to help. All I could really do was watch as she recovered.
To top it all off Celes was barefoot with only her pajamas on. "You're an idiot," she gasped as her coughing fit subsided.
“Agreed.” I led her back into the bus. "You should get some sleep."
"I've been asleep all day. You sleep, me wander aimlessly." She shuffled backwards towards her bunk.
"How about we go get something to eat?"
"At this hour?"
"Yeah, we're in the city that never sleeps. I'm pretty sure there's a 24 hour hipster cafe nearby."
Celes shrugged and grabbed a couple thing out of her bag before she hopped in the bathroom to change. She came out a minute later, fully dressed and ready to go. I took the lead, heading in the direction of the cafe. We got there a few minutes later and Celestia ordered a granola bowl with lemon yogurt. I just got a decaf coffee. Within a few minutes we were seated in a corner booth with Celestia happily devouring her food and I thought over what I wanted to say. As if sensing my turmoil, Celestia stopped eating and turned her attention to me.
"Look, I don't know exactly what is going through your head right now, but whatever it is you don't have to voice your thoughts to me until you're ready. After all I'll be on tour with you for several months yet."
I met her vibrant green eyes, relief coursing through me. "Thank you."
"So, that aside, what did I miss today?"
"Not much, the guys grumbled a bit because John got pissed at someone and yelled at everyone. Oh, and Ash pulled a prank on CC by leaving a rubber snake in the guys bunk. Apart from that not much happened." Celes giggled a little. "What?"
"Ashley pranked someone with a fake snake! And we're in New York!"
"I don't get it."
"We're gonna be paying a friend of mine a visit. I wonder how much Ashley likes real snakes." I didn't really understand what the strange woman meant, but soon I was blindly following her through a winding path of streets and finally to an apartment complex. Celestia rang the buzzer to apartment 408 at least a dozen times before we were buzzed in. She led me up to the fourth floor where we were greeted by a short woman in a robe that looked more than a little pissed.
"Celestia Trackis, what the hell are you doing pounding on my door at this hour? And aren't you supposed to be in LA?"
"Cool it, you old cow. I'm here to abduct your children."

Notes

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