When freedom strikes

I

ONE YEAR LATER

Chacha and I giggle as we watch Jorge dance with the other male strippers. "He is in his element tonight!" It's his 25th birthday and he's definitely done it up the whole weekend. Friday night we were belligerently drunk at the art museum and Institute, Saturday we went to the beach and partied on a yatch all the way until this morning. We took an hour nap before we woke up and started taking shots before getting ready. We went shopping for tonight's outfits and stopped at some drag bar on the way back to my house. We showered and got changed into our new outfits, I went with a maroon valor one piece that had no back with some black pants. Chacha went with a bright red dress that had a v lining all the way to her belly button. Jorge had on a mesh black button up with olive green pants.

"I'm gonna go to the bar. You want anything?" Chacha shakes her head as she shows me the cup she came back with 30 minutes ago. "It's still full!" She laughs excitedly so I turn and make my way down the stairs towards the bar. The music loud and the bass thumping through the floor of the entire building. "What can I get for you beautiful?" The bartender says to me as soon as she sees me. "Could I have a coconut & pineapple cooler?" I decide to get something to sip on throughout the night because I was drunk before I got here, I am not trying to black out tonight.

The bartender hands me my drink and I thank her by tipping her a twenty. As I make my way back to the stairs I pass a man who feels so familiar. I don't stop to find out though, I quickly make my way back to our section so I can enjoy the rest of the night. When I come back Jorge is pants less, his rainbow underwear in full view. "What the hell?" He turns and smiles broadly when he sees me. "Bella. I." He hiccups. "I think I'm ready to go." I let out a laugh as Chacha runs over to us with his pants and shoes. "Girl you missed it." I raise my eyebrows before shaking my head. "I guess so."

The walk home was eventful to say the least. Chacha and Jorge wouldn't stop singing 'Grease lighting', they wanted to bring home a raccoon that ran up to us and Jorge fell in the street. Somehow throughout all of this I managed to keep my drink from spilling. When we get to my front door I unlock it and shuffle inside with them. We go down the hallway to my bedroom and drop onto my king size bed. "I definitely had fun tonight. Thank you guys." Jorge lays between Chacha and I. "What are friends for?"

When I wake up I check the time. It's 8:45 am. I look down at myself and notice I'm still fully clothed down to my heels. I sit up and remove my shoes grateful that I didn't have a headache. The shower is screaming my name so I quietly tiptoe into the Beth room. I turn on the water to the highest setting and wait for the water to warm up. As I stare at myself in the mirror I remember seeing the back of that man before going upstairs. His muscular build and dark curly hair so familiar but I couldn't tell from behind. I jump inside the steaming shower so grateful that I could adjust my water settings. I'm washing the shampoo out of my hair when Chacha comes into the bathroom and jumps into the shower with me. "Girl last night was so crazy." I let out a laugh before rinsing the rest of my hair.

"This whole WEEKEND was wild. I don't think I've had that much fun in a while." I exit the shower leaving her inside. I grab my toothbrush with one hand and wipe down the mirror with the other. "How Jorge ended up without his pants is still a mystery to me." The charcoal toothpaste leaves a nasty taste in my mouth after I'm done. "Bitch! He wanted to become one of the strippers quite literally." Chacha says with a laughs as she gets out of the shower.

Flipping on the light in my closet I look around at all my clothes for a moment. A piece of black fabric sticks out of one of my drawers. Slowly Opening it I find Kairos favorite black button up, my heart hurts as I hold the fabric to my nose and inhaling. His scent was fading and it made me sad. I definitely missed him more than I let on. I decide to wear his shirt with some red Capri pants and my favorite black red bottoms. "You know Bella I've always wanted to do a wine tasting." Jorges voice floats into the closet making me jump. "I didn't know you were awake." I stick my head out the door and find him dripping wet on my hardwood floors. "JORGE! NO TE PARES EN MI MADERA DURA!" He jumps back onto the carpet with a guilty smile on his face.

Chacha and I leave him in the bathroom to get ready while I surf the internet for wine tastings. "Hey Chacha look." I turn my laptop towards her and show her the vineyard I just found. It was about an hour away on the outskirts of the city and they provided meals. "I'm down, this is our last free day anyway." I roll my eyes but I know she's right, we have to go back to work tomorrow. We work for one of the biggest law firms in the state of Washington, Covington & Burling LLP. It was rated number one in the metro city newspaper.

"Jorge hurry up! We have to be there by two!" It's 11:45 now, I figured we would get to the small town early and do a little shopping before we have to be at the vineyard. "I'm coming I'm coming." He exits my bedroom wearing some yellow sweats and a gray crop top hoodie. "Now that's an outfit!" I grab my keys and we head out. The ride into the town was quiet and comfortable, music floated out of the radio and the warm summer sun beat down on us.

When we get into town I stop at this small vintage clothing store, ready to spend a little bit of money. "Oh I hope they have the original Amiri logo appliqué varsity jacket!" Jorge gushes as we enter the store. We look around and marvel at all the vintage clothes laying around the shop. "Now this is going to be exciting."

Hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter of part two, there's so much more to come!
-Kayla