Back at your house
You walk in to your house going straight to your bedroom getting your painting stuff, you were in a good mood and inspired to paint something.
You set everything up on you balcony as you start painting. Your art was very detailed and accurate.
You painted and painted until 3 in the morning
"Finally I'm done" you look at it "Not bad" you walk away and go to the kitchen, checking if you had gotten any emails for a new painting project, you had quite a few.
You decided to sleep on the couch because you weren't in the mood to see all the mess in your bedroom.
Morning
You wake to a sunny day you weren't in the mood to get up. You stayed on the couch until you heard a knock on the door.
You stand up and open the door "oh hi there" you look down seeing a little girl.
"Buon giorno" she says with a smile "I'm selling these bracelets for $4 each. 50% of the money goes to help and safe ocean life's. Would you like to buy one?"
"Yeah of course, let me just get my purse" you say you get the money "here you go" you hand her the money
"Which colour do you want?" She shows you all the colours
"Hmm can I have the light blue one?" She gives it to you.
"Grazie" she says walking away probably going to the next house.
You close the door and put on your bracelet.
You look at the clock 10:00
Today you wanted to get things done like clean the bedroom, get rid of any memory that reminded you of James, finish some art work, and maybe paint the wall in your small living room.
You go to the bedroom you had a big garbage bag in you hand as you threw everything in that gave you the slightest memory of James including the shoe box. You looked over to the window seeing Chris he was clearly busy with his workout.
You look at him as he takes of his shirt
I knew he had abs but damn!
"No Y/n focus on yourself" you talk to yourself as you continue cleaning. You changed the bedsheets and everything the bedroom looked great. There were plants, books and perfume bottles it looked very vintage yet beautiful.
You go over to the kitchen washing the dishes.
You open the fridge for a quick breakfast "great it's empty" you say. You take out a note pad. You write "buy groceries" you stick it to the fridge.
After what felt like forever you were done with the house it looked new and fresh. After getting rid of James things it felt cleaner and had more space for your art work.
You get ready for the day.
You wore a white button up shirt which you tide in a knot and a long green floral skirt. You took a big tote bag as you go out for groceries.
You go in town were there were bunch of fruit stands. You pick out some fresh peaches, avocados, apples, oranges and a pineapple.
You go to a bakery where you bought bread and some goodies. You decided to check up on Mario and Juliana's little corner shop where you could get anything from dish soap to Barbie dolls basically anything.
"Good morning Mario" you say to you old friend who sat behind the counter.
"Hello Y/n" he says smiling "looking for anything ?" He asks
"Yeah actually I need tea, the best one you have" you say
"Oh yes yes" Mario walks away from the counter as he showed you where all the tea was
"Any particular flavour?" He ask
"I don't know I'm not much into tea" you say
"Why buy it then?" Mario asks
"For Chris" you answer
"Ohhh I see trying to make him fall in love?" Mario asks with a smile.
"What No!"
"Bullshit" he says
"It's just he's very nice to me and I want to do something nice for him so I decided to call him over for brunch tomorrow" you explain
"Ahh so basically he likes you and you like him. You want to ask him on a date" Mario say he wasn't wrong but you were not going to admit he was right
"No just a friends thing" you say grabbing a few tea flavours.
"But you can't ask him to brunch tomorrow" Mario says walking back to the counter
"Why" you ask
"Me and Juliana are celebrating our 50 year anniversary. Having a small party in the garden we want to have you there" Mario says putting your tea in a bag.
"Oh congratulations, who will be there?"
"Juts some old friends of mine's and Juliana's"
Great I will be surrounded by old people
"What about your kids? Will they be there?" You ask
There kids are all grown up and married they all live in different places around the world. Poor Mario and Juliana miss there kids but aren't in much in contact with them.
Mario nods a sad no
"Hey it's okay maybe next time" you put money on the counter.
"Ohh no no your not paying" Mario gives you the money
"Mario please let me pay" you argue
"No!"
"Please or else I'll leave the money here"
"Do what you want I won't expect money from my child" he says, he acted like you were one of his.
"Fine just this time. If you don't let me pay next time I will stop buying at you shop" you say with a small smile
You say bye as you about to leave Mario yell
"If you want you can bring your Captain Americano friend tomorrow!"
You turn around and yell "I will" you start walking back home when you see dodger run up to you
You get down on your knees "hey buddy" you scratch him behind his ears "wheres your daddy ?" You talk to dodger
"Daddy is right here" you look up seeing chris he was very tall.
"Oh hey" you stand up
"Hi" Chris looks at you up and down "you look beautiful"
"Thanks" you blush "I was actually hoping I'd run into you"
"Really?" Chris says
"Yeah Mario and Juliana are celebrating there 50 year anniversary party in there garden tomorrow and I was wondering if you like to go with me" you ask bit nervously
"Y/n I-" you cut him off
"I get if you can't. You don't have to it's just I didn't want to be there alone with a bunch of old people"
"I-" you cut him of again
"I'm mean there not that old-"
"Y/n!" Chris yells not in a rude sway more of trying to get you to stop talking "I'd love to go" he says in a calmer tone
"Oh okay great um, are we walking there together or will we arrive there separately? Or we could-" You blabber to yourself
"How about I come pick you up at 6 ? I'll drive us there" Chris smiles
"Yeah that's great" you smile back. You look in to his eyes you two were always having magical eye contact moment but nothing happened between you two "I- I should get going. See you tomorrow at six" you say bye to him and dodger as you walk away
Why am I always so awkward around him?
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real love in Italy
RomanceAs a little girl you moved/lived in a small town in Italy with you parents, you guys later moved back to Queens where you were originally from. Now as your older you decided to move back to Italy with your boyfriend James. You are really into art an...
