Craving Love

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     Love. I craved love, I craved the person who would cherish me, love me, pamper me, spoil me, just make me happy. Ever since I was little I would see a cute couple walking in the streets and I would just watch them, and drag my mom behind me. Once, I was six and out with my brother and his friends and I saw the cutest couple.

     The girl had blonde wavy hair, she wore a blue sundress and brown sandals, and the boy he wore a blue V-neck and brown khaki shorts. They were holding hands and he was looking at her as if she was his everything, and laid her head on his shoulder and he started twirling a piece of her hair around his finger while she giggled. The girl then dropped something and I ran to pick it up so she does not forget it, and it was a picture.

     He had his eyes closed and huge smile on his face and she had red cheeks and a huge smile on her face but her eyes were opened and she looked at him with so much love as they were kissing. At the back was written in a messy hand writing "My happiest mistake xoxo''  and I ran behind them and tapped the girl's shoulder.

     "You dropped this," I shyly said playing with the tips of my hair and biting it, "It's a very cute picture," I said looking at the girl's deep blue eyes and she smiled. She handed me back the picture and smiled.

     "You can keep it as a reminder that there is someone out there for you, someone who will love you like Jack loves me and cherishes me, someone that will make you feel fireworks and get Goosebumps, and just happy," she kissed my forehead, and Jack I guessed smile with so much pride at his girlfriend and bent down two, he kissed my cheek and ruffled my hair.

     "Where are your parents you cutie?" he asked with such a kind smile, but then I realized I lost my brother and I start to look around me. Jack chuckles but gets up and holds my hand, and so does the girl who I later learned was Jackeline. She got someone to take two pictures of us walking, and I kept one where she and Jack had written a little message on it and they kept one.

     "Kev," Jack and Jackeline yelled through the park until I saw my brother and his friends Blake and Fred looking frantic as they looked around the park. When Blake finally sees me he runs towards me. Blake is like a second brother to me always has been there for me, and he's Jessie's brother my best friend and so I see him a lot. "Are you Kev?" Jack asks protectively. Blake shakes his head.

     "I'm his best friend," he explained and then called my brother who scooped me in his arms and kissed me.

     Jackeline and Jack gave Kev their numbers and wrote it for me on a paper saying that if one day I need anything to call them and they left after kissing my cheeks. And ever since that day my craving for love grew and I kept their picture everywhere I went and I even kept contact of them ever since I got a new phone.

     "Brooke I swear if you are watching another rom-com I'm killing you," Jessie my best friend since diapers yelped through the phone. I quickly close the movie I was watching and roll my eyes. This what Jessie to you, she doesn't like love, she always gags at the sight of couples. "Get ready dude, the plane leaves in two hours and half," she yelled at me and I could hear her get into her car to come over.

     "Shit I lost track of time, I'm getting up," I said and hung up. I put my phone in the charger and hop into the shower not even caring that it was cold. I rubbed some shampoo into my hair and then some conditioner and braided my hair. I pull on a pair of black boyfriend sweatpants and a white crop top and a black jacket. Hearing a honk I quickly pick up my huge bag, phone and electronics and Leave.

     My parents as usual aren't home. I take the credit card that my mom left for emergencies and wrote them a note, I stuff some chocolate bars in the bag I'll be taking on the flight and quickly jump in the car with Jessie.

     It was summer and we were heading to Paris to meet Blake and Kevin, since they both were in college, well they both graduated two years ago. Kevin and Blake are twenty six now, so there's a ten year gap between us and them, but well anyways they decided to take a break and meet us in Paris.

     Blake and Kevin decided to keep their friendship not only friendly but professional and they build a company together and now they are becoming very rich and successful around the market and I was very proud of my brother and his friend and since I missed him I decided that Jessie and I would arrange for them and us to take a vacation in Paris, plus it was an opportunity to buy myself and Jessie a dress because were invited to Jackeline and Jack's wedding.

     They're now 30 and they are having a wedding in two weeks and I could not be more excited. When they invited them I asked them if I could bring Jessie and they agreed saying any friend's of Brooke is a friend's of us and I excitedly thanked them and told Jessie. She off course agreed 'cause those were one of the rare occasions where she would be able to get a makeover from me. She always said I made her look like a new person, and frankly I did.

     After the flight we both excitedly took a cab and told him to take us to Hilton Hotel. Well if my parents were wasting their time away from me to make money then I need to use it in good shit and well use as many as I wanted. What made me and Jessie hit it off since day one was our parents' situation, as they both left us with nannies to raise us, so we both wanted to use as much of our parent's money as possible.

     As soon as we got there we saw Kevin and Blake joking around with a bag holder next to them. They were probably waiting for us, since we were taking a two-roomed suite. A room which I would share with Kevin and another which Jessie would share with Blake. We both look at each other and attack both of them at the same time.

     We all laughed and talked a little before we decided to take a rest since it was two in the morning so that we could start early, and so we do. After arguing long with Blake and giving him puppy dog eye he agreed to give me the room with the better view. He's such a cutie sometimes. Kevin and I settle in and roll our eyes when we notice that it was king-sized bed, but it was big enough for six people so we just rolled into the bed.

     "I missed you baby sis," he sighed.

     "Me too Kev," I said moving closer so he would wrap his arms around me, like old days.

     "How have you been? Any new boyfriends?" he asked with a raised eyebrow as he pulls me closer and wraps his arms around my waist.

     "I have been fine, missing any kind of family around me you know, and well no one new in my life considering I never had any boyfriend and you knew why," I giggled. "And Jack and Jackeline invited me to their wedding in two weeks, they said to send you Blake and Fred an invitation too you know?" I asked trying to send him the hint that he should come.

     "I am sorry I can't," I don't know why but this just made me sad, I was now mad and moved out of his arms. Taking a pillow I wrap my arms around it and close my eyes. "You know I am busy," he said but I shut him off and close my eyes vowing that I was giving him the silent treatment until he shows he cares.

     And with that thought I close my eyes and let sleep takeover, as I slip into a dreamless black sleep just like my happiness.