Deadly Love

Strangers

      The lights are blaring. Theirs noises all through the streets. People are laughing, yelling with excitement, and having a blast. We're in Vegas for me simply turning 21. My dad says it's the only way to do your 21st. I honestly don't see the full excitement in drinking and stumbling down the street. I also don't dress like a majority of girls I see her. Some are barely covering their tits and ass. I'm trying to keep my face and eyes in check because who am I to judge them? I guess you could say I'm simple but not a prude. I wear crop tops but not too revealing. My hair is dark brown almost black and comes down past my back. I have brown eyes that look like honey in the right tones of light, that only my dad would say. My skin is tan and becomes a little lighter when I'm not in the sun. I'm 5'6 and have what you call a slim body. Nothing like these girls who have curves for days and can flaunt the body all boys want. I am just a basic girl who isn't seen by anyone and I guess you could say I like it, most days.

     We are walking the strip when a couple of my dad's friends catch up to us. There's Richard from the law firm and Lawrence from the county office of New Mexico. Richard always reminds me of a model. He is 6'1, with silver hair with some black. Blue-green eyes and a slim but fit build. Lawrence is the complete opposite. He is 5'11, with black hair and grey-brown eyes. He has a beard and is rounder in the belly area but has slim legs. He kinda reminds me of my teddy bear Frank. "Hey Nova, didn't expect to catch you in the downtown strip scene with your young daughter," Lawerence says with some slurring. I can smell the alcohol on his breath from ten feet away. " You know a 21st birthday must be flashy and all the alcohol in hands reach Lawerence," Dad says with a tint of sarcasm. Richard looks me up and down. "Awe doll, I didn't know you were already 21, how exciting." Richard has the edge to his voice I have never heard before and it's as if every alarm bell in my body is going off to just walk away from this conversation before my mouth gets me in trouble. "Yeah, hey dad I'm going to walk towards the water fountain of gods. Catch you guys later." I say too nicely. I start walking away when they all start to laugh and talk in lower voices. I start towards the light to cross the street when a stranger walks right next to me. He has to be 6'3, with dark curly hair, and a muscular body. His hands have tattoos on them and his skin is more of a light brown not tan like me. I can't see his eyes because he is wearing shades, which isn't weird at all if you think it's cool to wear them at 10:30 or something at night. He looks over at me and I turn my head so face I think I almost gave myself whiplash. He chuckles under his breath and shakes his head. The signal to walk turns on and I think I am running away from the fucking embarrassment that just happened. 

      I start to slow my pace when I arrive at the fountain of gods, when all of a sudden I can feel all my hair on my neck stand up. I look over my right shoulder and he is just standing there. I don't know if this fucker is staring at me or it's the sunglasses but my mouth moves faster than my rational thinking could kick in. "What the fuck do you want?" I say yelling. He starts to move toward me and now I feel like an idiot. He probably wasn't even looking at me and I just gave this stranger my attention. "Oh darling, you don't even know what the fuck you are doing or playing with." His voice is like silk and his scent is so powerful it makes my insides turn with desire. "You wanna bet on that you piece of shit," I say before I fucking think. He laughs as his right hand is about to touch me. I hear my dad yell something but I can barely hear him over the sound of him breathing. His scent engulfs me and this whole fucking situation. My head slowly turns towards my dad I see him walking toward me in what looks to be a slow motion like time has been frozen. I turn back to this stranger and he is gone in a glimpse of the moment. "Nubia, you alright? You look pissed." His voice sounds concerned when he says this and worry is written all over his face. As I was about to ask if he saw the guy, Richard, and Lawerence came up behind him and said, "Darling let's get you something to drink." I shake my head and walk away from the situation I can't even begin to explain what happened and if my father did see the guy he would have mentioned something about it right? As we start to walk away I can feel eyes staring at me through the crowd of people. As I turn to look over my shoulder I see him. Standing with a blond chick with barely any clothes on. He fucking waves at me like to mock me. I swing around so fast and flip him off with a grin on my face. My dad notices what I am doing and looks behind us to see who I am flipping off. "Who is getting two birds honey." My dad says whispering so the guys won't hear us. "No one special, just a dick who thinks he probably can get in my pants," I say giggling but I probably shouldn't have said that last part to him.