Our Aquarium

3 ~ Eliana

My heart races in my chest and my ears try to comprehend what they are hearing, but nothing seems to make sense as the words remain the same. "You did what?"

"At the bar you said we should buy you an escort. We told you we found a website. You told us to surprise you. So surprise!" Layla is the one to answer.

I officially think my friends are idiots. "I was drunk."

It's Friday night and I'm just now receiving the news that my friends hired an escort to meet me at a hotel. I rather get shot by paint gun balls. I'm not going to loose my virginity to an escort.

"Guys I'm not doing this."

"We paid 5,000. He had a discount." My mouth drops. I knew my friends were well off, but wasting 5,000 dollars on an escort. We could've done so much with that.

"Well we can get a refund." Yeah I haven't used him so we can get the money back.

"You can't refund the day before, they keep the money." Trish interjects.

I take a deep breath to calm my racing nerves. It's okay. We'll figure something out. "I...I don't know what to do?"

"Come on Eliana. It will be fun. And amazing. It's not like you're waiting for someone special. You've just never had the chance."

Because I'm waiting for someone special. I'm not that oblivious. I see the guys but they all want one thing. I want to give my body to someone who will cherish me and treat me with care. Not some one nightstand.

"Look at him he's hot," Emma says holding her phone out to me.

I look at the image of a half naked guy covered in tattoos. "You got me a guy with tattoos?"

"You need to get out of your comfort zone." Trish says with a smirk.

They can't be serious. First they do this without me knowing and they get me a guy who is so far from my type he might as well be all the way on Easter Island. "You know how I feel about them. I want clean, untainted skin."

"It's not like you'll ever see him again," Layla reasons.

"He's covered in tattoos."

Trish looks at the picture and shakes her head. "His neck and head isn't. Besides I've seen guys with way more than that. He has a few areas without tattoos."

"Just go. For us." Layla says with puppy eyes.

I give in. "Fine. I'll go." But I'm not having sex with him. I'll explain it to the guy when he arrives and we can sort it out.

My friends are happy about this, having already planned it out and I have less than 24 hours to get my mind together. "Let's watch a movie with ice cream." I comment walking to the couch even though my thoughts are everywhere.

"I'll get the ice cream," Layla exclaims.

Soon we are sitting on the couch watching a drama with bowls of strawberry ice cream in our hands.  One movie turns into three and then us all falling asleep on top of each other.

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"Breakfast!" Emma yells as the rest of us lay spread throughout the living room. "We have a big day. Eliana is going to get a mani pedi and her hair done, then lunch and finally prepare for tonight."

And that's what we do. Breakfast Mani/pedi, lunch then back to the apartment for me to get dressed and freak out. Which is exactly what happens. After a much needed long shower, I slip into the blue lingerie and cover it up with a long sleeve dress. I shove the satin robe into my bag and let Emma, Trish and Layla do whatever else they want.