In July

3.A New Perfume

Julio
"What's up with you guys? That seemed...awkward to say the least" I instantly regretted the words falling out of my mouth, it looked like Ana definitely did not want to talk about him. Just play it cool,don't fuck this up. "That's just my ex." Ana rolled her eyes. I don't remember her ever being not happy and bubbly, so Chris must have done something bad.
Ana
I could feel my hand forming into a fist, but of course nobody takes short women seriously. "Okay no need to talk about it if you don't want to." Julio looked confused but I could tell he meant it. I took my arm off him, I didn't realized I was gripping his sweatshirt so hard. Julio reached for my hand, gave it a little squeeze and then pointed at a table in the corner. "Let's grab a bite and catch up?" I followed him to the table and sat down. I took my salad out of my tote and scrambled for a fork. "That's all you're eating?" he looked at me, a bit worried. "Just trying to watch my weight..." I felt my face get hot but I'm too dark for anybody to notice when I blush. "You're joking! You're gorgeous just the way you are. But of course if that's what you want, do you babygirl."
Julio
Watching her eyes light up and her cheeks glow is my new favorite view. Her smile is so beautiful, the last time I saw her she had braces and even then her smile made my fucking day. Her dark complexion looked so soft, and her scent drove me insane. We talked for what felt like 5 minutes but was actually two hours. "Shit, I have to go to my class, Im going to be sooo late." I really did not want to leave her but I was already late to my first class. "No worries, I'll see you around, it was nice to catch up after so long.", I hated that sad look on Ana's face. "I'll find you after class don't worry!" I blurted out as I ran toward the Huntington building.
Ana
Yea, I'm probably never going to see him again. Chris is probably going to tell him I'm some crazy overly emotional bitch. I bet he won't mention himself cheating on me, I mean I don't know if it would really be considered cheating, we weren't technically together. But how can you love someone and then throw yourself into somebody else's guts when you said you're trying to "work on yourself"?! Its whatever, I'm detoxing from guys anyway, because whatever the hell cologne that Julio was wearing was intoxicating. Finally a guy with good hygiene, I bet you you wont have to blow the lint off it every time he asks you to suck him off. Okayyy chill Ana, nobody is sucking anybody off. I readjusted my tee shirt so that my viagra level hard nipples wouldn't be so noticeable. I just need some fresh air, a quick Sephora stop won't hurt. I definitely needed to upgrade this perfume. Victoria's Secret Bare Vanilla is not going to cut it. However, some lacey underwear could sure make me feel better. "Hi sweetie, welcome to Sephora. Let me know if you need any help." I heard as soon as I walked in. Man, these ladies are quick when they see a black woman walk in huh... "Actually, I'm looking for a new scent. Something cute but sexy maybe even a little sweet." Her eyes lit up like she knew exactly what I needed "Oooh, I have the perfect perfume for you come with me." She walked faster than my minuscule legs could keep up with. I was out of breath, this better be good. "This is Decadence by Marc Jacobs" she sprayed some on my wrist "Always spray on your wrist, perfumes smell different on every person's skin" She looked eerily excited, I took a quick sniff. Oh my god. "I knowww! It is on the pricy side, I only use it on special occasions." I paused and raised a brow at her. "Not that I think you can't afford it,dear! I'm just saying in general, even for me it's expensive" I laughed but it sounded more like a growl. "I'm not as broke as you, "dear". I'll take it. I'm going to look around some more, and I'd appreciate if you weren't creeping in every corner, watching me." Her already white face lost all of it's color, she was damn near blue, "Excuse me?" she said. "Have a nice day, Ashley." I said looking at her name tag and then directly in her eyes. I picked up some brown lip gloss and a moisturizer. They never have anything in my shade anyways. Relieved to see Marco at the counter I whispered "Hey Hubby." He laughed and said "Don't you wish." Marco was also Dominican, we weren't close friends but he made me feel comfortable while I shopped. "Tell your girl Ashley to stop following all the black people trying to shop, it's distracting her from stopping all the cheer leading beckys from shoplifting." He shook his head, not surprised. "That's why her man was in my messages last night. Always distracted by the wrong thing." We both burst out laughing and of course Ashley looks over.  "Have a good day." I said with a smile as I walked out. Off to buy some more confidence!