Lemongrass and Sleep (On Hold)

5 Enthusiasm

Nadia POV

"Why is she not back? Oh my god!!! Hice matar a mi mejor amiga (Did I kill my best friend)?!"

"Nadia Babe, Estas hablano espanol de nuevo (You are speaking spanish again). Calm down," Chad tries to reason with me.

"No I won't calm down!! If she ends up on dateline news, I will have to live with that for the rest of my life. Do you want me to have to live with that for el resto mi vida (the rest of my life)?" I say, lowering my voice and getting closer. By the time I'm done with my sentence is down I'm right against his chest and my face is as close to his as possible given the half foot distance between us. 

He shakes his head. "Nope. You do what you want. Todo bien aqui (Everything's good here)"

I smile. I love the fact he learned Spanish just for me. Before he couldn't even count past ten in Spanish and now he's understanding me and talking back. I know I'm upset but I still love my white doofus of a boyfriend. I wrap my arms around his torso and rest my chin on his chest. "Lo siento carino (I'm sorry honey) I'm just stressed out because Rem is never late."

As if summoned, Remy comes in the door.  I immediately run over to her. I back up to look at her before speaking. "Why are you late Remy? Nothing happened did it? I swear I will kill that mujer (woman) and Ami if anything happened." I pause and see her smile. "Am I wrong? Did that dama (lady) actually make you enjoy your night? Eso sera un milagro. (That would be a miracle)." 

She looks at me with a blush and nods her head. "Nunca podre agradecerte lo sufficiente (I can never thank you enough) I had the best time of my life. I gave her my number. Realmente espero que ella llame (I really hope she calls). I can be patient for her though." 

"Ella mejor te llame o estare enojado (She better call or I'll be mad)," I hear Chad says from behind me. "You deserve to be happy Remy."

She smiles one of her bright smiles at him. "Thanks Chad. You know I love you." Then she does something I've never seen her do. She hugs him. "I'm heading to bed. Love you two. Goodnight." She gives me a kiss on my cheek and does the same with Chad.

If she wasn't una lesbiana (a lesbian) I would be throwing hands. Chad is attractive and women really be trying to piss me off and hitting on my man. To be fair we don't look like we'd be a good match. A 5'2" latina with a 6'1" white man. We have nothing in common physically and its the same with our personalities but somehow I still love this idiota hombre-nino blanco (idiotic white man-child). 

He knows everything I try to say before I even get them out in the open. The term he knows me better than I know myself isn't true but it almost is. I am by no means dependent on him but I love that he still knows my favorite order at Remy's sister Rosalinda's Mexican restaurant. I love that he knows when I have a bad day and surprises me by having a spa day with him. Even though he loves spa days, he still has never complains or resisted. I guess it's the little things that make me love him more and more every single day. 

I walk over and kiss him. "We did well bebe (baby). I think we have finally found the one for her. Quien lo huberia  sabido (who would've known) it'd be a blind date with a girl I've never met?"

Chad puffs his chest. He surprises me by throwing me over his shoulder, making me giggle and slap his butt. He brings me to my room and kisses me hard and slow, passionately but not lustful. "I love you mi amor. (my love)"

I smile at him. "I love you too Blanquito (white). I wanna watch Kissing Booth 1, 2, and 3."

He raises his eyebrows. "I thought you'd never ask." In one fluid moment movement he's off the bed and running out of the room. He comes back in with popcorn and candy. He grabs the remote and plops on the bed. I laugh at his eagerness to watch chick flicks with me before kissing him and turning on our big TV he got for free from his job at a technology store. He got one for free after buying another one 50% off. 

"Get ready for some drama love. Because we aren't sleeping until we finish all three."

Ami POV

"Babe Lizzie is just fine. She can handle herself," says Gayle. 

I look at my significant other with a questionable look. Like I know what they're trying to say but how can they know. "Did Lizzie tell you that?"

They smile at me. "No but look at the data. She has always been able to stay safe and be perfectly fine on her own. Remember when that guy was trying to take photos so she made sure she was always back first to him? Or when she was at a restaurant and the waiter was trying to follow her home so she went to Walmart and lost him in the isles? And you know this Remy so it's not like we left her stranded." 

I nod. They make a valid point. "Thanks. Makes sense now love." I kiss Gayle's cheek absentmindedly. 

They wrap their arms around me and kiss my head. I relax into their chest. I look over and see Scar watching us with a smile. "What?"

She shakes her head. "Nothing. You guys are just couple goals. I have that with EJ but if I didn't I wouldn't settle for anything less."

It took a long time to open up to them. I remember the first time they approached. They were nice but they were dancing around the point and they thought I was blowing them off. It wasn't until they talked to Scarlet and she told them about my autism. I didn't know they didn't know. I thought that was something most people knew but it's whatever. It didn't affect my job or anything. 

"Where is he anyway?"

Scarlet smiles and rolls her eyes. "He insisted on taking Rose for some frozen yogurt. I warned him about her sugar rush tendency and he shrugged. May the lords be with him." 

I share a look with Gayle. We know all too well what can happen when Rosie has even a gram of too much sugar.

We hear the garage door from the kitchen and we immediately perk up in our seats. I look over and see that Gayle looks really excited. I reach over and grab their hand and rub circles on the back of it so they can stay in their seat. 

Lizzie comes in with a really wide smile on her face and her eyes twinkling for the first time in a really really long while. She sees us sitting there and sits across from Gayle and I. "I can never thank you guys enough. I have never been on a date that good. She is everything I want and more. She actually didn't know who I was, and when I told her she didn't treat me any different. I can never tell you how great the date went."

Scar smiles and Gayle asks her what they did. She tells us everything from the waiter with heart eyes to the food to the excitement on Remy's face when the cake came out. "We both named our cars. Hers makes a bit more sense but she didn't think Savannah was weird either.  She gave me a fancy piece of paper she came prepared with that had her number on it. I'm gonna text her tomorrow. I know I have work but-"

"If you need time off I can talk with Chuck. He'll be happy to see work isn't the only thing in your life," I interrupt with a smile. I have been wanting to this for her for so long and now it's here. If she hurts her I'm gonna hate myself. But I would've hated myself more if I didn't even try.

Lizzie deserves the best and I think she just found it.