Engaged

Chapter 7: Surprise Visitor

There was a constant banging on my door. "Open up!" a female voice called through.

I padded from the spare bedroom into the living room, to open the door. "Why do you bang on my door?" I huffed.

Nailah is tall, willowy, and absolutely stunning to my short curves. She gets to pull off fashion experiments, such as her current outfit, a mustard yellow pair of pants, with a pale pink blouse with black buttons, and pale pink pointy toed flats. It kind of upset me that she looks cute with her combination.

I'd look frumpy and ugly, while she looks like she just stepped off the fashion runway. We're the perfect pair, and polar opposites. She's like the older sister I've never had, even though we're the same age. She's always looked out for me, and defended me, like an older sister would. We borrow everything from each other. She's definitely the older sister though. She fits all of the qualifications. The bad influence? Check. The one with the good advice? That's her. 

Back in freshman year when Eli became my first kiss. My mind was wrought with confusion, and I didn't really know what to think. He was as cool as a cucumber the next day, while my head was running a million miles a minute. I couldn't even look his way without blushing, while Eli treated my like he always did. It was awful. Going to my mom didn't seem like a good idea because she'd get so excited and see it as a milestone in our relationship, and probably ruin it by asking if that meant we were officially together.

At the time, I was actually dating Haji Mason, and I told Eli about my plan to kiss him on our next date out. I was so excited, that I just wanted to tell someone.

By then, Eli had already had his first kiss during eighth grade graduation with some girl that I never really considered a friend. He thought no one knew because they hid and did it in the bathroom everyone was afraid to go to.

I was looking for him because I wanted to tell him to get in his robe and ready for the ceremony. I opened the door right in the middle of the passionate moment.

It bothered me for a minute, but I refused to let it deter my day. So when I told Eli about my plan to kiss Haji, the last thing I expected was for him to offer me practice on him. I protested a little, but I knew I'd give in. It was impossible to say no, and his lips were so soft, like a cloud. I was over the moon over it. And we kissed about five more times, just for practice. The next day, I was absolutely flustered while he smiled that big, bright smile at me. 

This was when I first met Nailah, so I was a little hesitant, but she'd proven her loyalty. She concluded he was jealous, and he just wanted to be able to say he was my first kiss.

My mind ran off. Had he realized his feelings? Why was he acting so nonchalant? Should I break it off with Haji? Nai just laughed at me and explained that he might've not even realized he was jealous. And if he's realized his feelings, I had to give him time to come to terms with it, and see where it was going.

She said his mind was most likely running around too wondering why he did that, but he's a lot better at hiding his feelings than me. It made sense. I don't know how I could've gotten through high school without her. She was my rock.

When Muhammad Thorne dumped me after Junior Prom, I wasn't really worried about it, but my pride was hurt. I was angry. Nailah was the one who told me to go running to my brothers and Eli about it, and sure enough, Eli beat him up. I kind of felt bad, but not so much because when he broke up with me, he laughed in my face about it claiming, he 'needed a pretty date for the dance.' He was a terrible kisser anyway. His lips were wet and slimy, and he slobbered when he kissed. It was fucking disgusting.

She's the best big sister ever. And according to most people, big sisters are always a bad influence one way or another.

Nailah stood at my door with a wrapped box, and two large bags. I'm pretty sure I saw the top of a two-liter. Behind her, smiling over her shoulder looking dead at me was Habib.