Beauty is a double-edged sword. It can be a blessing or a curse.
For Rosa, it is more of the later. Her whole life she has been viewed, treated and used like an object by others, including her own family.
She went to the crime ridden metropolis of L...
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"You are going on a date with him again?!" Lila asks indignated, her pale face all red, weirdly fitting the dyed ginger hair she wears on a messy bun.
"You don't need to say it so loudly!"
Lila has a habit of speaking too loud, specially at public places, like this vintage malt shop we are at. I can sense the other people here looking at our direction after her fit about my dating life.
We met in my first year of nursing school, and became best friends. To this day I still don't know how, since our personalities aren't that compatible. She dropped out after her first year to study graphic design, which seems to be more of her thing, really. She wasn't the only one though, many girls dropped out fairly quickly after discovering they can't deal with blood.
Most of my classmates still call me a psycho, as no matter what horrific gory injuries our teachers show us, I am never disgusted. I don't think I am disensitized. It is Just that It doesn't feel right to me to be all icky when a person is bleeding or with some horrific disease. I Just feel worried or sad for them.
Though when I graduate I would prefer to work with the elderly as a caretaker than at an emergency room, like Maria.
"I thought you weren't going to see him anymore, after he made you pay for his 70$ meal because he said he forgot his wallet."
"That was the second date..."
"Not even after he brought his friends along without telling you, changed plans for you to go to the arcade, then spent the whole night playing videogames while his basement dweller firends bothered you?"
"That was kind of my fault, I should have said I didn't share his hobbies."
"You would, if he let you speak for once!"
Lila is right. None of the few dates we had went particularly well - so It didn't take me long to realize I don't really like Lucas romantically. To be honest, I am only still dating him out of pity at this point, and because I had no idea how to reject him politely.
But, I kinda of have hopes of making this work?
Well, he never behaved like a creep towards me (though his friends did, but they seemed like they never talked to a woman before), and I generally feel safe around him, as I know he wouldn't do anything weird to me - or at least he is not capable of.
I know he is socially awkward and that I make him very nervous, so I attribute much of his mistakes to that.
"Look, I just want to give him one last chance."
"I don't know why you still pay any mind to this guy. First of, you are way out of his league..."
