War for Love

chapter five

Talisha Russo

"You had sex with him?" Anne shouts through her room and a red tint out of shame covers my cheeks. "Yeah, it just happened," I say while looking down. I don't know where I got the confidence from last night but I had it and now I'm freaking out. "I thought you'd die a virgin but you lost it to the hottest guy ever," Anne says. Yeah and a total stranger. Don't remind me. 

"He gave me his number and I don't know what to do with it," I say. Should I call or text him? Or should I just leave it for what it is? "Ask him to meet up. Tell him you going shopping and don't want to go alone." She says. 

I pick up my phone and type in what Anne just told me. Before I can put my phone down I get a notification. J: Yeah sure what time? "He's asking at what time what should I say?" I ask Anne. "Tell him tomorrow at two pm." She says and I send him the message. He agrees and I put my phone down. "He agreed. I'm telling my dad I'm staying one more night so I can go tomorrow." I

 say and Anne agrees. "You have to make him pay for food just to check if he's a gentleman," Anne says. "Anne I told you he said it was just sex no more," I say. "Tal I know a good love story when I see one." She says. "No, you're just being delusional," I say while laughing. "Rather be delusional than depressed." She says which makes me laugh even harder.

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The next day I wake up from an alarm, I look at the clock and notice it's just 11 pm. Anne looks at me with a grin it's kinda creepy. "Let's get you ready for your date." She says. "It's not a date, we're just hanging out," I say. I hope it won't be awkward. Who am I kidding it's gonna be the most awkward thing ever. "Yeah, whatever you say," Anne says. She makes me get up and take an everything shower. After I leave the shower, I sit on her chair and let her do my hair and makeup. "You should tell him your real name," Anne says. "And I know what you gonna say, but you can't lie to everyone that comes your way."  

I sigh, she has a point but it's just too dangerous. They could find me easily and how lame this life is, I don't want to die yet. "You know if I could I would, it's just too dangerous," I say. "Sometimes I just wish our parents were normal people with normal lives. No mafia or gangs." Anne says. I agree. It's so stressful and scary. I hate every part of it and I don't want anything to do with it. But what I want is not what I'm gonna get. My sister is gonna run my dad's mafia, my brother is gonna be teaching new bees how to fight and I don't know what I'm gonna do.

"Well let's not talk about any of that. If it comes down to telling the truth to him tell him." Anne says and I nod my head. I doubt it will ever come down to that but a girl can dream. When she's done with my makeup and hair she makes me put on a dress that comes down to the ground. "You look absolutely beautiful," Anne says while hugging me. "Now go get your man." She pushes me out of her house while giggling. 

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I get to where we agreed to meet up and see him standing far from me. He is standing with his back towards me. I walk towards him quietly. When I'm right behind him I yell into his ear: "BOO!" He looked frightened and it looked hilarious. "That was not funny." He says. "It was," I say while still laughing.  "Whatever you say." He says and I notice a little smile forming on his face. "What store do you want to go." He says and I shrug. "Whatever we find come one." I take his hand and walk into the first store I see. 

I walk towards the dresses and see a beautiful pink dress. I take my size and walk towards the pants and take some and a top that goes with it. I walk towards the dressing room. I put the clothes on. "Are you done?" I hear him ask. "Yeah, just a minute." I put my clothes back on and walk out of the dressing room. He's standing there with one hand in his pocket and texting with the other. "I'm done let's go." I say and I walk towards the line.

When we get to the cashier she scans all the stuff. I try to pay but get pushed behind a very tall man. "I can pay for my own stuff, you don't need to pay." I sis to him. "Yeah and so can I. See it as a sorry for stopping your ability to walk." He says and a red tint spreads al over my cheecks. "Not that I wouldn't repeat." He wispers into my ear. Oh. my. days.