Just A One Night Stand

JUST A ONE NIGHT STAND

ALEKSANDER'S POV

The air was bitterly cold tonight, and my mood was sour enough to match. A gust of wind ruffled my hair and I groaned with irritation as I swiped my hand through it before reaching into my front pocket and pulled out my cigarette. "No, Aleksander, we don't have time for that. We're already late! We've missed half the damn show", Before l could light the cigarette, my business partner, Nikolai shoved at my shoulder and kept walking towards the theater.

God, I just wanted a cigarette. I cursed inwardly before l followed him.

"If we miss this stupid ballet, then we might miss the chance of snagging the support of the mayor and we need him for the expansion", Nikolai stopped talking when i reached his side and his arm shot out to grab my elbow. "You do want to see the expansion succeed, don't you?", He asked.

"What a stupid question. Of course, I do," I snapped, shrugging his arm off. "Don't touch me. If you weren't my uncle, I would have hit you for that", l angrily went on. Nikolai laughed and rubbed his belly. "Don't talk to me like that, boy. I got you into this company, remember?", He turned his narrowed eyes at me.

"Whatever," I kept walking. My Italian leather shoes clicked on the pavement as we walked past the fountain in front the building. Ignoring Nikolai , I pulled out a cigarette for a few drags before we snuck into the front of the theater. Meeting with the mayor to compete for a plot of land to expand our business against our rival had my nerves frayed. I blew out the smoke as we walked in through one door and walked through the clouds.

The mayor was a no body just a busy little man in a suit, but he was our rival.... far too clever for his own good. We needed to land the Mayor's approval tonight while he was at this ballet. Before anyone else could. This was our chance that was why , Nikolai my uncle wanted us to meet him.

The bright lights shone over us through the glass wall that made up the front of David H koch theater. Those lights were so bright, and everything was so pale, every surface looked like as if it was shimmering gold. It made me roll my eyes, l hated such places. "They should go to the first intermission any minute now. We should be able to catch the Mayor out here and pretend we have been here the whole time", Nikolai rubbed his hand over his forehead, briefly enhancing the wrinkles that lined his eyes.

Nikolai and I could hear the music fading from the auditorium as the ballet ended for the first intermission. Even with the lessening noise,my head didn't stop throbbing, I rubbed my temple and groaned. I honestly didn't like such places. "Doing alright there, boy?" Nikolai was focused on the task at hand but there was still an underlying note of concern for the family I could pick up.

"It's been a long week. I just want a drink and a smoke", l retorted. " We have been working on this plan for too long for it to fall apart , If this goes well, i will buy you a drink," He snorted and smacked me on the back. I turned to say something else, but the door to the auditorium opened and a flood of people filled out to break for intermission.