Part 15

Arriving at the venue was a bit of a struggle, Bucky had the last panic attack mode when we were at the entrance but I did my best to make him relax. I held his hand and pecked his lips and in a minute he felt good to go.

"Smile, Bucky. Don't worry, I'm here" I said tightening my hold on his hand.

He nodded and we proceeded to the main hall which held the party. People just started around having their own noise of conversations. We, on the other hand, went to the right corner as I saw a friend of mine. At least having her beside Bucky doesn't make me out of place. Romanian everywhere, of course.

"Who is this handsome guy?" Mathilda asked me.

"He's my....."

What should I tell her?

Escort?

Bodyguard?

Brother? Nah, she knows my family tree.

"Prieten" I looked up to see Bucky whom I caught twitching his lips into smirk.

What does he meant?

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't notice. Well, have a great night for you two. Enjoy!" Mathilda had a hearty laugh before excusing herself to entertain her own circle of friends.

"What did you say to her?" I glared at him. He shrugged and turned his head to look at the crowd.

"Nothing" he said.

"Quit lying. What's that?" I growled making myself sound angry. But I never meant to get angry, I was just curious. I didn't even have the time to catch what he said to Mathilda.

"Hayley, I just told her that I'm a friend, that's all" he explained. But why do I feel that he was just lying. Not to mention the smirk he did a while back.

"Oh.... okay" like any other girls around, I should pretend that I accepted his reason. Not at all, my darling.

"Do you really know these people?" he suddenly asked as I quickly got my eyes to his face.

"To be honest? No. I haven't seen the one responsible of inviting me, tho. Thought they haven't arrived yet" I nearly tiptoed just to search the couple but I was left shaking my head.

"Everything has really changed" Bucky commented.

"Yeah" I muttered. Although I didn't know if we had the same reasoning.

"They don't look like this. And there's no more sincerity in it" His eyes were soft to sadness and longing. I know how he misses his time, but he must get used to this time now.

"Bucky" I said in a low voice which was enough for him to understand despite of the noise around us. His eyes went on mine as I touched his face, caressing his frame. He leaned in and closed his eyes, the purest of feeling was overwhelming. Then he opened his eyes to look at me. Tell me how to calm just only by looking at his eyes?

Then he said:

"Dance with me"

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a/n

Prieten means Boyfriend