Another Heart

Invitation?

I couldn't believe my eyes. Tell me I'm not dreaming!

The note said:
𝐴𝑟𝑖𝑎,
𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝑀𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑗𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒.
𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒. 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑦. 𝐻𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛.
𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑖𝑠! Oh, and call me!
- 𝐴𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑎 ♥︎

I was shocked by this note. I am not going to call her. Is this what she is talking about? This package? Great, a waste of my time.

I decided to just grab the bottle of wine she gave to me and I poured some into a wine glass.

I was stressed out from today. I could never get a break. I gulped down the whole wine glass.

My parents are going to be at the wedding? No way in hell I am not going! I got nothing to do with them. What if it was my wedding? Would they go? Gosh, now I am acting jealous.

I just couldn't face them. At least not yet. My phone rang. I groaned and got up to grab my phone from the counter. It was Olivia.

I answered and there was a lot of booming in the background. "Hey girl!" Olivia said holding a shot glass.

"Hey- what's all that noise?" I asked lowering the volume on my phone because of how loud it was.

"Oh yeahhh that's why I called~" Olivia slurred. I raised an eyebrow.

"I'm at the club! I want you to meet me here!" Olivia said dancing. I laughed because of how drunk she is. Olivia is a happy drunk.. but me? I'm an honest drunk! I then stopped laughing because of how I will be drunk if I take another glass. I have like 3 full glasses of wine. 

"Nahh its fineee" I said, my voice slurring as well. "I'm already enjoying myself.. look I have wine! I'm taking away my pain and sorrow" I said jokingly.

Olivia chuckled. "Okay girl see ya tomorrow!!" Olivia said taking another shot.

"Don't drink too much" I said laughing. "Be safe.. if you need a ride, you know who to call" I said hanging up. Well, that's probably not gonna happen because I'm already drunk.

I then heard a knock on the door. I groaned and I got up, almost knocking over the expensive wine bottle. I opened the door, revealing Leo.

I groaned and I let him in. "Hey Ari.. your drunk" he said laughing. Leo hugged me and I hugged him back.

I need a hug.. and another glass of wine. I walked over to my couch where the wine bottle was and filled up another glass.

I look over to see Leo in my kitchen grabbing a wine glass then coming over to fill his.

"This is an expensive wine bottle.." Leo said with wide eyes. "Your job must pay you good"

I chuckled and i slurred, "Heh nope.. my rich, petty sister gave that to me. She said she wanted me to be her maid of honor but no way in helllll I am not going to be her maid of honor.." I said gulping down another glass of wine.

Leo took the wine glass out of my hand and I whined, "Heyyy give me that!" I said trying to get the glass. He shook his head.

"Nope.. you drank too much" he said, kissing my cheek. I groaned as he picked me up.

I gasped by the sudden action, he then carefully put me down on the bed.

"Go to sleep" Leo said, moving strands of hair out of my face. He then bent down to plant a kiss on my lips and I moved my head, causing him to kiss my cheek.

"Don't kiss me.." I slurred and he raised an eyebrow.

"Why not?" He asked sitting by me. My eyes were closing. I was exhausted and I am going to be very hung over tomorrow.

"After our little hookup.. you think we are dating huh?" I slurred and he shook his head.

"No.. I mean I did enjoy our moment but.. no I don't think we are dating.. I care for you and I love you" he said and I laughed.

"But I dont.." I said which causes Leo to stand up quickly.

"W-what do you mean?" He stuttered, nervously waiting for my reply.

I finally open my eyes and turn to look at him. "Don't get me wrong.. your an amazing guy but I don't feel the same. My heart will always have room for Noah's love.." I said closing my eyes again. I turn over, facing away from him.

I finally fell asleep, Leo turned around opening my bedroom door, stealing one last glance at me then he left.

I really was an honest drunk.
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I woke up, feeling nauseous. Great, I am hungover. Memories came rushing back to me from last night. I can't believe I said that to Leo.

It probably hurt him. What is wrong with me?

I get up and I slowly walk into the kitchen. I open my cabinets, and I pull out two Advils. I grab water, and I took my pills. Hopefully this will ease my headache.

I am still kinda shocked that Amara send me that invitation. After years of hurting me, after years of ignoring me, out of the blue, she decided to invited me to her wedding? Like who's her fiancé? I am so lost and behind because of how many years she has ignored me.

I never had a great relationship with my family. My friends are my family. Olivia. I guess I can consider Leo family.

Sometimes family isn't always blood.

There's this old lady I live near by and she owns a bakery. Her name is Margaret, and she is like a mother figure. She feels more like my mother than my own mother.

I don't know what I will do without her. I need caffeine. Coffee! I am going to go down to Margaret's bakery and have some of her delicious coffee and her delicious custard cakes. I love venting to her, she is like my life coach.

I look down and smelt this awful stench. I gag, and I walked in the bathroom and grabbed myself a nice outfit for today.

I hopped into the shower, rinsing the stench of BO off of me.
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