The One I Was Waiting For.

Nice meeting you

I sit in the waiting room silently with my eyes closed and hands joining as I murmur "please let her be okay".  She was all I had. After all, daddy was actually never my daddy. He is at the fault. He is the one responsible for my mom's suicide attempt.
But as all these angry thoughts pass my mind, the only important one is "Why did she do this? She knows I am nothing without her".
She chose death over me. I am just 10. I had just returned from school when I saw her lying on the kitchen floor with a pale face and vomit all around her. I had nothing to do but to run for our neighbors.
And now I am sitting here.

"Mishi Woods?" A lady in a white coat stands in front of me. She looks worried and has sweat on her forehead. I assume she's the doctor.

"Y- yes?" I get up and hesitatingly say as my eyes tear up.

"Your mother is..." She pauses. "She's no more. I am so sorry, my child."

There! Exactly there my world stopped. I am alone in this world now. I am just alone.

"Mishiiiiii......" Someone pushes my body and bumps me into the floor before I could register that I was in a dream. The dream!
I have been getting these nightmares since I was ten and since my mother's death.
I rub my eyes and try to see something but all I see is someone's blur face.

"Why are you always sleeping when I fucking need you, girl!" A female chirpy voice says. Oh! There's my best friend.

"I hate you Shee!" I say, annoyingly and jump on my bed.

I see her face clearly now. My best friend - Shiyona. Her blond hair fall down on her shoulders in the perfect way and her blue eyes are narrowed at me in anger.

"Well, right now I hate you too." She yells.

"What's up?" I say, chuckling and punching her shoulders.

"I am in trouble." She says. Well, no surprise for me! Isn't she always?
"I was out with this Frank guy last night and he took me to Regina's party for I don't know what. I stupidly got drunk and we ended up having sex at his place and I did not inform mom and she is so furious at me for staying out the whole night. And now..."

"You want me to call her and convince that you were at my house for a sleepover!" I finish her sentence by cutting her off.

"Know me well enough, huh?" She grins and lies down on my bed in satisfaction.

I am used to her drama now. Since I have been to the new school after my mom's incident and my adoption, she has been my best friend and my biggest support.
At one side, she is all outgoing, bitchy and bold kind of girl, on the other side she is that shoulder I always rest my head on. She's just always there.
We are opposites but still get along in a very surprising way.
She lives with her mom and I live with my big family. She is out having sex every week and I am a virgin. She has a long list of ex's and I never even had one boyfriend. Well, I never felt that way. I know it sounds creepy in today's world but, hey, I am what I am.
After I call Shiyona's mom, she leaves for her place as her mom wants her there as soon as possible. I get up and quickly take a shower, relaxed thinking that today's Sunday.
After I dress up, I walk down the stairs and reach the dining hall. Mom, dad, Richard, Nia and Mandy are already there, sitting silently and having their breakfast. I smile at all of them. Those three young ones I mentioned are my siblings.

"Hey Mish!" Richard winks at me. He is that perfect big brother every girl wants. I'm happy I have him.

"Hey. Good morning." I sit next to Richard giving mom a peck on her right cheek. She isn't my real mom but yes, a lot more than that.

"It's afternoon, actually!" Nia utters and rolls her eyes at me and I ignore her immediately.

Mom and dad are engaged in some kind of conversation about some patient in their hospital.
Nia was as usual rude to me for no reason. Richard seems to love the breakfast and Mandy is just staring at her phone in silence.
I look at my plate. It has omelette and pan cakes. I smile at my favorite breakfast.

"We have neighbors..." Mandy smiles and looks up from her phone to speak this.

"Really? And you seem to know them?" I tease her. I know it's her boyfriend.

"Yeah. Jack is moving here with his family. They are reaching in five. I am out of here." She gets up to leave the hall.

"Wait. I'll come too. I've heard his brother is hot." Nia grins and runs after Mandy. Richard shakes his head in amusement while mom yells "you didn't finish your breakfast, girls!"

Mandy and Nia are twins but they aren't identical. Both their eyes are the same - dark blue, and nose sharp and curvy. But Mandy has high cheek bones and straight black hair where as Nia has dark brown hair with a thin face. They are seventeen too, just like me. Richard is twenty.

"Well, you can join them too..." Rich smiles, showing his dimples to me and gets up as he finishes his breakfast.

"I am more interested in my pancakes." I say, with my mouth full of pancakes.

"After finishing this?" He looks at me over his shoulder as walking outside the hall. I nod in agreement.

After I finish my breakfast, I notice mom and dad staring at me.

"How's your therapy going? You didn't tell me about the last time." Mom asks.

"Good." I purse my lips and say.

"Do you still get the nightmares?" Mom asks as I drink water but immediately cough because that isn't the question I want to answer.

"Um...yeah, sometimes." I look down while answering.

"We know you are suffering baby girl. And we are with you. Just open up to us." Dad says as mom's eyes fills with tears.

"Mom, dad...I'm getting better." I say, tearing up too.
After a few seconds of silence, I start:
"I have to go. Richard called me." I get up and without looking in their eyes, leave the room. I hate seeing them worried because of me. I've been a complete mess since seven years and not even once, did they complain. They love me so much and so do I.
I wipe my tears and try not to think about the conversation again.
As I walk out to the house's main door, I smile seeing Mandy kissing Jack. Richard and Nia laughs at them and clicks their pictures. I stand near them and join the laughter too.

But my smile fades, body freezes and heart skips a beat when I see him.

A guy steps out from the black SUV parked in front of the neighbor's house. He is wearing dark blue shirt with black jeans and black shoes. He is well built, his brown hair perfectly messy, and his eyes...those eyes look at me for a moment.
Gosh, he is so attractive.
I see him smirk as he notices me checking him out. Then he walks towards Richard and shakes hand with him.

"Good to see you, bro." He says to Richard. That's when I hear his deep and seductive voice. I now simply can't resist him. I am attracted to him. I just instantly realize. For the first time in my life, I find someone attractive enough to drool over him.
Richard and he are having a conversation when he looks at Nia and greet her. And then he looks at me.

"Hey. You seem to be lost somewhere." He says, looking at me and checking me out. Oh Gosh. I flush.

"Uh- I was just..." I trail off but continue after a few seconds "I am Mishi" I extend my right hand towards him.

"Rob" he says and holds my hand.

Yes, I feel a spark.

Rob! Nice meeting you!

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- Ana