IN LUST

Chapter Two

It was Lorena's 21st birthday. She didn't want to get out of bed. "Happy birthday bitch!" Penny yells as she opens Lorena's bedroom door. Violet comes in with Lorena's favorite cake, Strawberry flavored cake with cream cheese filling and vanilla frosting on top and a side of cherries and milk on a silver platter. "Good morning sleeping beauty, it's your birthday today. Wake up." Violet says softly in Lorena's ear as she holds the platter on top of Lorena. She wakes up and eats the cake with her roommates on her bed. After that, she gets ready for school.  When she's on her way to school she sees Nate at the bus stop and coffee shop again. But not in class. She was curious about why he wasn't in class; so after she is done with Liam she decides that she will go find him.
    Lorena and Liam have been getting pretty close lately. Before they start to practice Liam says, "I got you a birthday present but you have to wait until we're done to open it." Lorena chuckles. "Okay." She says then quickly becomes serious to practice the play. Today they practiced for a short period of time so she can enjoy her birthday. Liam gives her the present and she opens it. "Two tickets to a movie premiere in Hollywood?!" She says surprisingly and happily. "I was hoping we could go together, since we both want to be actors....well you an actress." He replied. "Of course! You got these for me, why wouldn't I take you? Thank you so much! There is somewhere I have to be though, I'll see you tomorrow?" "you're welcome! But actually the next few days I will be out of town" Lorena quickly gives Liam a hug and rushes out of the auditorium.
   Lorena didn't know where to look for Nate. Then again she didn't know why she cared to look in the first place, they never talked. Still, she was driving her car around the university and looked practically everywhere near it. Finally she sees him walking in an alley alone and follows him. It's 6 o'clock p.m. The stars and moon are the only light shining. It's quite foggy outside and for some reason Lorena can see Nate clearly. Nate hears footsteps behind him.
   He turns around and stops to wait for her. "Why are you following me?" He asked her. "You weren't in class today..." She replied. "You were worried about me?" He said jokingly. "no. Well...no...just curious." She said. Lorena then added, "I'm-" "Lorena. I know. You're one of the students with a full-ride scholarship." He says. "How do you know that?!" She asked. "Well, before Liam was an intern, I was a t.a just to do something with my life." He then adds, "so, it's dark out...why are you walking in an alley alone?" "I should be asking you the same question" she replied. "I was just going to smoke a blunt. Nobody comes here, ever. So I never get caught."
   "It's my birthday you know...You should smoke me out." She said convincingly. He then let's her take the first hit. The two ends up talking for over an hour. Lorena doesn't know if it was just the fact that she was high or not but she was so happy. The happiest she has ever been since before her mother was diagnosed with cancer.
"Well, I have to go meet my roommates at this new bar close by my house. Do you want to come with me?" "No it's okay, I have to go home to study my lines for the play." He said.
   Lorena was curious on who Nate was playing but didn't think of asking him. "We should do this again sometime." They both said at the same time and laughed. When she arrived at the bar, her roommates didn't notice she was high. They just thought she was relaxed as usual. The girls sat down at a round table and started taking shots 21 shots. Within an hour all three of them were so drunk. The rest of the night was a blur for Lorena. The next morning she woke up next to Liam in his bed, both naked under his silky, grey sheets in his loft.
"Oh my God!" She screamed looking down at her body, covering it with a pillow over the blanket. Liam walks in slowly with toast and smashed avocado. "Good morning beautiful." He says to her. "What happened last night?!" She asked. "At 7:30 p.m you called me asking if you can come over, so I called you a cab and when you got here, you just started taking off my clothes slowly, then I started taking off your clothes-" she interrupted him. "WE HAD SEX?!" She yelled. "No, we made love, you LOVED it." She looked confused and scared. Lorena remembered the talk she had with her mom while she was in the hospital in her death bed. Lorena promised her mom that she would wait until she's married and in love to give her body and love to a man.
"Lorena I know this looks bad, we were supposed to be professional but you can't deny your feelings for me. I'm not denying mine for you." He said. "You said, I loved it...how would you know, I was drunk...I didn't know what I was thinking." Lorena replied. Liam looked at her with a smirk on his face and got closer to her. "You loved the way I gently kissed your lips, slowly while I rub my thumbs up and down your collarbones." He says as he acts it out. "you love the way I leave marks on your neck." He adds, "and you love it when I kiss in between your cleavage down to your stomach." He says so seductively as he does so with his hands on my waist. In that moment they "made love" again.