Finding Oriana

Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE

A few days drag by, and tonight's the night of my uncle's birthday party. I'm sitting at my dressing table, looking at my long brown hair. I'm wondering if I should get it cut short. I mean, I love my long hair, but when you need a change. A good haircut is always a good start. I've had it trimmed though. Alex had taken me to the salon after that crap with Kaiden at the Ice, cream place. My god, the dreams I've had since I'd met him, are crazy.

After spending the rest of that day with my Dad, and my little brother, we finally make our way home with our new clothes. I got the most amazing black dress. It's one with no back. Well, it has, but it's like a satin, type with an Orient theme to it. So it shows most of my back off. My Dad wasn't overly keen on it but he never is, especially when it comes to my style. I guess if I'm honest, he's just too old school. He's too old school for his own good and I'd told him this, too.
We went looking for something for mum too, only because she's been at the gym all day with Darren. So she's not had any free time to come with us. I guess this is where my Dad, comes in handy though. He knows her. He knows what style of clothes she likes. So he'd bought her a beautiful cream, almost tanned coloured dress that sits just above her knees, which fits like a glove. For an old gal, she has an amazing figure. She can pull it off and I'm hoping I'll look just as good when I'm her age. Yes, my mother isn't afraid to show off her body either. And yes this is another big difference between us. No one has ever seen me naked. And believe me, no one will. Not for a long time, anyway. I've seen quite a few of my mother's pictures. The ones she has hidden away, in her room. Let me just say this, I won't ever go sneaking around for Christmas presents ever again. Wow, just wow!
There was one picture I've kept though. Oh, don't worry it's not one of her more how do I say it? I really can't say it, but let's just say this one I can't see any body parts, but this one is of my Mum and Dad. My biological Dad, Orin Henderson. He's in the pic with her. Apparently, this was when they'd first met and it conceived me. Yes, my mother had told me the story of how they'd met. And how she'd stupidly walked away, too.
One thing that you may know about my mother is that if I ask something, she won't lie to me. I mean, yeah she'll try to skirt around certain things I don't need to know, but she'd never lie to me, especially not when it's about my dad. But this picture though, it's beautiful. The beautiful part about it is that I can see it. I can see how much they loved each other even on that first day.

"You can keep it, angel. That is if you want to?" Mum says as she sits down by my side.
Oh, bugger, caught red, handed.
"Umm, I-I um..." I'm stuttering, trying to think of an excuse for why I'm snooping around in her room.
"It's okay, babes. I knew one day, you'd find them. I guess I should have found a better spot to hide them." She sighed and I can hear the sadness in her voice.
"Do, do you still think about him? My Dad, Orin, do you still think of him?" I ask, wanting to know.
"Every day, baby girl, I'll always think of him. He was my first love, and you never forget your first love."
"But, but you're in love with Alex now though, right?" She smiles while nodding her head and I watch as her eyes light up just at the mention of him.
"Oh yes, angel. He's my, everything. He brought me back to you and in the process, I'd found him, too. I'd fallen in love all over again. You know, they say that there's a perfect match out there somewhere for you. Well, luckily I did. I'd found my perfect match your daddy was my perfect. But then he, he got ripped away from us. I never imagined I'd ever find a love like that, one I would that come close to what your Dad and I had. But Alex changed everything. He made me fall in love with him, madly truly and deeply. But yeah that love the love that Orin and I shared? Well, I'll always keep it close to my heart. I'll never stop loving him. I made room for Alex and over the years of being with him, he kinda filled up that space. You know? I guess what I'm saying is that it's not about having the one perfect match, it's about how you make it work. How you make it work together. Like when you can go through the hardest of times and still want to be together at the end; that there is true love. I think if they can still make you laugh and smile through, all the good and the bad times? And if you can look at them from across the room and still think to yourself, 'Holy mother. I bloody love you.' I guess it speaks for itself but even with all that, I'll still always love your dad. He'll be with me, with us forever."
I smiled through my tears while hearing her talk about my Dad, and Alex.