Never Leave Me Alone

Chapter 7

"I still can not believe you got me doing this," I said to Maria as I looked myself in the mirror. Maria straightened my long brown hair and gave me one of her short dresses to wear. It was a black mini dress with a small spilt on the side of my thigh and it barely hung off my shoulders. It showed off my figure perfectly. I had some cute black heels to go with it. She said that her brother loved those type of dresses so I had to wear it. I turned around to find Maria shaking her head at me. Her dark curly hair laid on her shoulders and her tan skin went beautifully with the white and black dress she had on.

"Oh please girl, you look amazing. I don't know why you acting like that. And besides, didn't you go about things the same way when you got me and Marcus together?"

"No! That was different!" I exclaimed.

"How?" she asked giving me a pointed look. "Don't worry, I'll wait."

I sighed at her sarcastic reply. Okay it wasn't really different. I swear it feels like we have switched roles. Yesterday I was so quick to try to hook her up even though she seemed nervous and now she's trying to do the same. I gave her a look to show her that she was right. She grinned back at me.

"Hmm hmm, that's what I thought."

I shook my head and turned around to look back in the mirror. I guess she was right. I do need to loosen up and take my mind off of things and tonight was the night to do so. I was a little upset that she wouldn't tell me where we were going though saying it was a surprise.

"Hey Maria! Are yall ready?!" I heard Antonio yell through her bedroom door. The sound of his voice caused me to jump a little. Maria grinned knowingly at me as she answered her brother.

"Yeah, we'll be down in a sec!"

"Okay, cool," he said. We then heard his footsteps going down the stairs. When we were sure he was gone Maria walked up to me with that grin still plastered on her face.

"Oh come on! Do you have to keep smiling at me like that?" I asked. It was starting to get weird for real.

She rolled her eyes. "Fine," she said as she grabbed my hands to guide me downstairs. I willingly followed because I clearly had no choice but to go on this date. I finally caught a glimpse of Antonio when we reach the stairs. He was dressed in an orange polo shirt with dark levi jeans.

"Aren't we a little over dressed?" I whispered in Maria's ear.

"Trust me, we're not," she whispered back.

Hearing us coming in the room, Antonio looked up at us.

"About time you ladies are finished!" he said. My breath caught in my throat once his gaze landed on me. He smirked at me causing heat to form on my cheeks. I couldn't believe I was blushing! He then looked over at Maria disapprovingly.

"I know you're not going anywhere with that dress on?" he said frowning.

"Whatever, are you ready?" asked Maria quickly changing the subject.

"Um yeahhh," he said looking down at his watch, "I've been ready for like an half hour already."

"Let's just go," she said leading the way to the car.

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"Are yall going to tell me where we're going now?" I asked leaning up from the back seat. Maria offered me the passenger seat but I declined. I knew it would probably be a bad idea since I would be right beside Antonio who for some reason always made me nervous.

"Nopppe," Maria said while popping the letter "p."

Antonio chuckled. "Don't worry Anya, we'll be there in just a few minutes."