Mysterious

Chapter 21

She looked deep into his eyes trying to read his thoughts. She couldn't tell what he was thinking. It drove her crazy. But, how could she know what he was thinking they had only been physically together for seven days...but she knew he was right. She knew everything he said was the truth. The luck that she had in her life – winning a giant case of gum in 5th grade, winning a backpack in 7th, winning a trip to Austin, writing stellar scholarship essays to have most of her school paid for...it wasn't luck, it was fate. It was her life. It was the way it was supposed to be.

"Yes, Bruno, yes..." she grasped his hand to lift him up from where he was kneeling to kiss him. He didn't let her get him up; he grabbed the box slipping the ring on her finger. "Oh...I didn't have the ring on yet..." she laughed at her reaction.

"Come on...let's go eat, pretty girl." he said grabbing her hand.

"But you haven't even cooked yet!" she exclaimed.

"You're going to help me. This is my favorite. I could eat it every day, for every meal...."

"So I have to learn how to cook it, huh?" she asked him.

"Yeah, and I'll divorce you if you don't do it right."

"No, I'll divorce you if you don't eat my food..." she kicked his ankle as he led her out toward the kitchen.

"Fine. I'll eat whatever you want to cook me, Arissa." he wrapped his arms around her as she stirred the rice he had put on the burner. "It smells good..."

"What smells good? I didn't do anything, Bruno." she responded confused.

"You smell good..." he kissed her on the neck.

"Stop, we're cooking! Something or someone is going to get hurt!" she said calmly. He licked his lips at her concern and shrugged his shoulders kissing her. This went on for about 5 minutes until Arissa cringed and started to scream.