Last Chance

Chapter no 7

I did not know what his problem was. He was just getting on my nerves that's all. Did he really think that I'd some how fancy him.
Oriana was with Jude at the food table since I wasn't in the mood but they came over minutes later with Jude holding two plates.  They came to sit on either side of me as she put the platter in front of me.
"Girl what's wrong?" Oriana asked facing me.
"I.. nothing."
"Lies. I know leon has gotten on you nerves." Jude interjected.
"No, yes. He just makes me feel sick I mean I really wanted us to be good friends or so. I felt comfortable around him. For the first time I felt I needed a man in my life but he is just obsessed over girls bodies."
"Rose." Jude stood up so she could hug me. "Come on. You never broke for a man." She tried to calm me.
"I Don't have a mom and my father is never home I feel unsafe. I need somebody to comfort me."
"We are always here for you and you know that."
"Dint be stupid. You can't get in the bed for her. Your boyfriend will be jelous. she is so hot." Oriana tried to liten up the mood.
"Fuck him. Who cares." Jude replied.
"You can't Fuck him he is the one with weapon." I said with a slight smile on my face.
"How about we find you a man, better than him." Jude went to sit on the chair.
"My brother is not that bad."
"Come on guys. We did not come for discussion on boys." I said as I picked the fork to dig in to the chocolate cheese cake they bought for me.
"This is good." The cream melted in to my mouth.
It was not long after that my father was on the stage for an announcement.
"Attention ladies and gentleman." He said and silence spread across the hall.
Today's event is arranged for my daughter rose." He looked at me and a silent demand for me to come up to him.
I was confused why he needed me.
"My dughter is getting engaged with mister Winson's son, Leon Astrid."
The world diluted in front of me. I lost the ability to acess what was happening. My heart dipped and I was unaware if the whispers that filled the hall. I looked in the crowd and Leon stood undazed.
"Rose." My father spoke off the mic. "It's for your betterment."
What betterment he was a player. He had fucked girls he could not remember.
Leon walked up the stage and my father turned me to face him. I felt my world shrinking. Someone handed me the ring.
I wasn't the cool rose anymore. Why? Because the only person that had alway been with me let go off my hand and pushed me in to a pit.
I lost the trust. I lost me identity;  who I was. I would be given another name. Whatever I did I knew there was no escape. My dad and mom get married like this and same was for me.
I took short heavy breaths to find comfort in the situation.
He took my hand and I lifted my head to watch him, his gray orbs looked pleased. A smile came on his face. He looked handsome. I hated him. He was not worthy of me. I felt the cold metal come around my ring finger.
"Wear him the ring." My father's hushed voice came as a command.
I looked for my friends in the crowd and Jude was crying. Why the he'll was she crying?  I had a weird uge to smile at her. To tell her I was going to be okay. Oriana was on verge of tears.
I looked back at him and slipped the heavy band on his long finger.
"You may kiss the bride." My father added. What was he planning to do.
Leon hand came on my back as he pulled me in to him. His lips soft and tasted of pineapple.
He did not kiss me the way he did in the guestroom of oriana's house. He was quick to move away but I needed more. I longed for his taste on me.
Dud he need me like I needed him?