An Arranged Marriage ~Rudy Mancuso~

chapter 10

-Vanessa's POV-

"ow!" Ari squirmed under the curling iron, "V, you're taking forever!" she exclaimed

"hey, we gotta look good for our double date." I squealed. I was honestly really excited, to get to know Rudy just a little more better would be so great. especially how we're going to be husband and wife one day. it's nerve racking enough, but it with Ari coming along, it really helps take off all pressure I feel with this date.

"I don't know, maybe Justin and I aren't really that comparable? Maybe we don't fit?" She asked

"Why would you think that?" I asked doing her last strand, "you guys seemed to really hit it off at the party." I shrugged

"Yeah, but that was at the party, and my boyfriend cheated on me and I was a crying blubbering mess!" She exclaimed

"Yes, and you're also one of the sweetest, funniest, and let's be clear about this, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS! girls I know." I said then let go of her strange, putting it on her shoulder revealing a perfect curl.

She turned around suddenly, wrapping her arms around me and hugging me, "thank you." She sighed.

"Now help me with my make up, I love the way you do it!" I said making my way to my dresser/mirror. Eyeliners, lipsticks, eyeshadow, etc. was spread across the top. My hair was in curling wads and I was dressed so all I really needed now was my makeup. I sat on the brown wooden rotating chair and turned away from the mirror. Ari approchaed me and started on my eyebrows, plucking them to perfection. After she had plucked them, she began took the grey eye shadow, "close." She said, I obeyed. She then began spreading it across my eyelid.

"So, guess who texted me yesterday." sighed Ari

"who?" I asked

"Dyaln." she  laughed, my eyes shot open, "close missy!" she demanded. I obeyed, "he wants to get together, talk about what happened."

"but you're not gonna right?" I asked

"well."

"Ari no!"

"but V-"

"no, but V's! this guy cheated on you and you're just gonna let him waalts in your life? Ari you're better then that, if he wanted to be honest or talk it out, he should've just done that before sleeping with someone else." I shot my eyes open, there was a long moment of silence between us both, "Ari, pleeeease do not let this guy back in, he doesn't deserve you!"

she let out a loud sigh, nodding her head, "I know Ness, but I can't help but still love him, he was my first love...I still love him." she shook her head, "but I am going to get over him, besides, I'm going on a date with one of the most hottest guys on earth!" she exclaimed

I shook my head and closed my eyes, she began putting eye shadow on my other eye, "I just hate to see you hurt A, you deserve to be happy."

"thanks Ness, but I really just want to see where this date goes, then we'll see." she put the eyeshadow down and then did my mascara, "so have you're parents made the wedding list yet?" she asked

I nodded, "yeah."

"are they inviting the Santos family?" she asked. my muscles went numb. my smile faded, "Vanessa, maybe you should tell them?-"

"they would kill me if they ever knew I secretly dated someone." I sighed

"but they don't know and he's your dad's, bestfriend's son." she said doing my mascara, "I still wanna kill the ass hole for what he did-"

"I don't want my family to know, and they moved away to England, maybe he won't invite them." I shrugged

"he shouldn't have gotten away with it." I could just imagine her shaking her head through my eyelids.