Forever Mine

Dinner At Lucia's Italiano

       Scanning my closet from my bed, nothing caught my eye. Black skinny jeans, light denim blue flare jeans, charcoal grey jeans, ripped up denim jeans, blouses, crop tops, sweaters, jackets and hoodies. Nothing extravagant, nothing exciting. Plain casual clothes laid beside me, on my floor and hung in my closet. What the hell am I supposed to wear tonight ? Do I have to go? If it were up to me, I'd be sitting on the couch in my pajamas with a bowl of popcorn. Or maybe, we could get back to..... No. No way.
Soft music is playing from the other room, and I can't help but just enjoy it. My legs dangle from my bed, and I just feel so overwhelmed and yet so empty. " God help me, I'm not ready for this " I sigh out, pulling my knees up to my chest. " Well you won't be ready if you continue to sit on the bed sulking " she speaks with a tad bit of attitude, whilst crossing her arms over her chest. She is wearing jade green bodycon mini dress, with nude wedges, her hair is still all over the place, and her makeup hasn't been started. " 'Rina leave me alone. Ugh "  I mumble out while turning away.
         " Let me help you " she says softly, while entering my bedroom." No " I reply dryly, throwing my head back from exhaustion. " Oh come on. This will be fun " she replies while looking at my closet swiftly, with a quick nod.
"Nothing fun about a date I don't even want to go on " I respond quickly. "Come with me " Marina grabs my hand, smiling brightly, pulling me out of my room. Her room is full of colorful clothes strung all over. " Do I have to ? Please say no " I pout sweetly, while attempting to give puppy dog eyes. " Awww Maya, when you put it like that...... no, now let's get dressed " She replies sweetly and comforting at first then firmly. She seats me on her ottoman bench, while she grabs her makeup from her vanity. Once she has everything beside me, she sits on top of me in a straddling position. "Is this okay ?" She asks softly.
My voice is stuck in my throat, I just blink at her hoping she understands what I'm trying to say. Wait, what am I trying to say ? I can feel heat rising all over my body. " Y'know that was the hottest thing I've ever done, I wouldn't mind doing it again " she whispers while applying moisturizer on my cheeks. I can't help myself, I lean forward and kiss her, and she wraps her hands around my neck and deepens the kiss. My god this is bliss.

An hour goes by, and Marina has her hair curled and put half up half down with gold clips and accessories throughout, and a full face of natural glow-y makeup. I am wearing grey plaid skinny slacks, with a black crop top, black cardigan, with black loafers, and just some eyeliner with mascara. Marina gasps while looking at her phone. " It's time ! " she squeals dragging me out of our apartment. " Oh my god ! Hold on ! I need my bag, and phone " I yelp out, as I'm pulled off the couch.
" Are you excited? " she asks while locking our apartment door. " No. I think I might puke " I say while placing my hand over my stomach. " Oh. You do look a little pale, here " she says swiftly, then leans in and plants a soft long kiss on my lips. My cheeks are now growing hotter by the second, and I am hoping this kiss never stops. She pulls away, never pulling her gaze from my lips, and I feel my shoulders tension start to loosen. " Lip gloss ! And now that we've kissed before this isn't weird to do. " she giggles out as she walks past me.

" Well damn, that was hot ladies " a male voice appears, making me stop in my tracks. " Oh Julien, you perv. You're on a date with the lovely, the sexy, the amazing kisser Maya. " Rina announces like a talk show host, while shimmying her shoulders. " I'm here for booze and dinner. And maybe to find my own Julien " she finishes strong and confidently to somewhat small and almost whisper like. " Hey JuJu, long time no see. What's up " I say calmly, as I approach his white truck. " Nothing much babe, come hop in " he speaks casually, motioning us to get inside his truck. Juliens scent is musky, with hints of cinnamon and sandalwood, reminds me of bonfires at the beach. The drive is quite quiet, I sit in the back, and Marina sits up front, but I just see her swiping left, then right, then right, then left, then her phone chimes notifying her of a match.
     " So Maya, anything new ? " Julien questions as he pulls into a parking spot. " Um, no, not really.  I am still working for Angela,  but in the next few weeks I will be transitioning from assistant to interviewer, and starting fresh " I say quickly, trying to remove the attention off of me. " Don't be so modest ! Julien she got an amazing promotion! She got what she deserved. She's now going to be the best journalist and interviewer ever " Marina chimes in rather loudly. " Wow a promotion. Congratulations are in order, should we celebrate with a bottle of wine " Julien suggests as he opens the entrance door to let us in.

       Lucia's Italiano, is dim lighting, with piano music playing, a bakery in the front so you are forced to get hungry and want to order appetizers. The bar is straight in the middle, with a large arrangement of colorful glass bottles full of booze. " Hi, reservation under Julien " Julien speaks respectfully to the hostess. " Oh, yes right this way, your party is already seated " she responds quickly, holding our menus, and directing us to our seats. At the booth we arrive to their is a young man about 25 or so, maybe 6 feet tall, blue eyes, and dark chocolate brown hair who is sitting there with a glass of wine. " Ladies, this is my cousin, Jax. Jax this is Maya, my date,  Maya, my cousin Jax " Julien introduces us quickly and we shake hands. " Jax, this little sweetheart here, this is Marina. Marina this is - " Julien attempts to introduce them but she cuts them off by extending her hand to Jax. " Pleasure to meet you Jax, I'm Marina " she speaks softly and seductively, staring into his eyes. Jax just lifts her hand to his mouth and kisses it softly. " Likewise " he speaks gently, while smirking at her.
           The dinner mostly consisted of Marina and Jax flirting, while Julien and I caught up. The dinner mostly consisted of Marina giggling, batting her eyelashes at Jax, teasing Julien and the occasional smile at me. The dinner consisted of Rina and Jax touching each other and holding each other's gazes throughout any conversation. The dinner consisted of me suffering in silence. Julien spent most of dinner playing on his phone, showing Jax memes and other various posts all over whatever social media platform he happened to scroll past. Dinner for me was mostly quiet, the occasional conversation where I was able to engage in, I did, but for the most part, it was spent happily silent.
Well it was spent happily until Jax kissed Marina.