6 months later-
Aladdin had texted his number to Judal the day after the vacation ended. She hadn't ever responded. He wanted to see her again. She was in his mind all the time. Studying took longer now because he was constantly distracted by thoughts of her. Something about her wouldn't let him forget.
He pulled the paper with her address on it out of his pocket and unfolded it to stare at for the millionth time. He had it memorized by now. He wanted to find her. But he didn't want to bug her in case she didn't want to see him again.
He was having problems.
I need advice.
I'm working on the new program for En so it has to be fast.
It's about the girl I met on the cruise.
Not this again. Aladdin I can't listen to you talk about her natural dancing talent for hours today.
I need you to tell me whether I should go to her house or just give up. Would it be to rude to go to her house?
She gave you her address. I'd say that's an open invitation. Especially to you. If it was Alibaba I'd say something else but you are actually good with women.
You always say that but I never feel like I am.
Choose something so you can get over this already. I have to work. Call me and tell me how things went later.
So that's how Aladdin ended up standing in front of a small apartment in a less-then-stellar neighborhood. He was starting to think she had set him up but knocked on the door anyway. He had never been particularly aware of danger to himself anyway.
He heard quite a bit of shuffling and mumbling behind the door before it swung open to a t-shirt clad Judal. Her eye makeup was smeared a bit-probably from the day before-and she had glasses on.
"What the hell do you-oh, Chibi. What are you doing here?"
"You gave me your address. And you never answered any of my messages. I actually wasn't sure what to do about it but since I couldn't stop thinking about you I just decided I would come over and say high. Oh, I brought you some peaches."
"How precious. You might as well come in. If you want to talk you're going to have to wait. I have a shit ton of work to do for the Chinese Ambassador coming in two weeks."
"Um, it's okay I just wanted to make sure you were okay and everything. I actually have a class in a few hours and I don't really live that close to here."
Judal arched a perfect eyebrow. "You are going to abandon me for some stupid class? What kind of man are you? I thought you wanted to know how I'm doing."
"It's a special criminology lecture I signed up for months ago."
"Fine, leave me all alone to do paperwork by myself. I don't mind."
Aladdin sighed. Jafar was going to be pissed at him later. "You really do know how to guilt me into things don't you."
"I have no idea what you are talking about."
"Sure. Let's go eat the peaches and do paperwork."
"Good boy."
Aladdin sat on the couch watching Judal work at her desk. Her hair fell into her face every few minutes and she tucked it behind her ear. He had probably been watching her for hours when she finally put down her pen and took off her glasses. She rubbed her eyes and glared at the amount of makeup that had rubbed off. She hadn't remembered not taking off her makeup. She thought back to the last time she had done her makeup and realized it had been almost two whole days since she slept. Wow…That sucked.
"I'll be right back Chibi. I just need to look less crappy. Give me fifteen minutes."
She walked to her bedroom before he could reply and pulled off her clothes. She scrubbed all the old makeup off her face and quickly reapplied everything. These past few weeks of bad routine were really taking a toll on her skin. She pulled on a crop top and harem pants. Yeah, that felt more normal then the t-shirt. T-shirts made her feel uncoordinated, reminding her of her clumsy stage. Yeah, fuck that. She really had hated Junior High.
She moved over to the speaker system and started playing a good song. She blasted the music as high as it would go. She slipped out of her bedroom and up behind Aladdin. Her arms wrapped around him and hoisted him up. Her hips moved perfectly in time with the music; performing an enticing belly dance for the boy who had spent the last five hours watching her do paperwork. She only had one more test for him before she would be willing to commit.
The song ended too quickly in Aladdin's opinion. This woman was way too tempting. He was trying so hard not to do anything offensive.
"Chibi, are you going to come help me rest or are you going to stand there like an idiot waiting for another song to come on. I'll keep dancing but I think there are many other things that we could do that would be more fun."
Was she suggesting what he thought? "I'm not sure that-"
"Don't tell me you're a virgin. You seemed way too skilled at the pool to be a virgin."
"I'm not but."
"Then there isn't any problem. Come on Chibi, you haven't been able to forget me since the first time we met." She stepped closer to him and met his lips with hers. She pulled him towards the bedroom slowly, keeping him occupied the entire way. He ended up letting go of any hesitance and laying her down on the bed.
Somehow he had gotten the most enticing woman he had ever met to become his girlfriend. Ah, fiancé actually. In the morning she insisted that the favor he owed her come in the form of marriage. Yeah, his parents would probably freak out but he couldn't really say he wasn't happy with how things turned out.