The Moon and Her Sun

Fifteen: Sacrifices

I hop out of the shower and remember the day where I had met Ciro. Seeing him walking into my A.P. literature class. Thinking that he couldve been a murderer. Laughing at the thought. Talking to Carla about him.

Oh how I missed my best friend. I cant think about her right now because today is just about me and Ciro. Today is our day.

I get out of the shower and put on a red dress my mom bought for me. The dress is long enough to cover the middle of my knees and it has a sweet heart neckline.

I put on my wig and curl my hair towards the end. I put on my makeup and think of how this could play.

It could be a really cheap date or a really great fancy date.

Once I finish I look at my phone for the time. 3:59 P.M. Ciro should be here by any minute now. All I have to do is put mascara and

The doorbell rings and my date is here. I text him.

Me @ 4 00 p.m.: Ill be down there give me a sec.

After that, I put on some black heels and grab my bag and phone. I walk to my door and when I do I see rose pedals on the floor. Oh my god this is so cheesy yet cute, I thought to myself. I cant believe someone did this, for me.

I follow the rose pedals down the stairs. Im getting nervous to see what it leads to. Fuck Im probably gonna have to clean this shit up, but I dont care. Once I get down the stairs I see that no one is in the living room. So I get nervous.

I reach the door that leads to the outside. I breathe one last time to see what awaits for me on the other side. As the carbon dioxide escapes my mouth, I open the door.

The rose pedals still continues, but now theres a path. The path contained a few pedals of roses and some candles that lead to him. There is a circle of roses around Ciro. Surprisingly, he went all out by buying himself a nice black button up shirt and some dark jeans. He looked really good in those clothes. Shoot he looks good with or without clothes.

He holds at least a dozen roses, but there is one white rose placed in the center.  As I walk closer to Ciro, I see my parents and brother to the side taking video of the whole thing.

"You look beautiful." Ciro compliments me.

"Thank you so do you." I say.

"These are for you." He gives me the roses and smell the roses. And they smell beautiful. But I notice that one of the red roses is fake.

"Wow thanks for giving me a fake rose." I say jokingly.

"He gets all nervous for a second. Wait Im not done yet." Ciro clears his throat and then he says to me "I got you these roses as a contract. Since you arent into the romantic stuff, which I clearly know thats a lie, I will give you a deal. You will put all of the flowers in a bowl that is just filled with water. Once all the roses die that is when I will be gone from your life." He chuckles "But that wont happen since one Im crazy about you. And second of all one of the flowers is fake, so youre stuck with me."

"Damn I can just burn the flower you know." I say just to tease him.

"Luna!"My mom yells at me while she has the phone in her hand.

"Im just kidding gosh."

The family put their phones away and then my dad breaks the cheesiness. "So you remember what time you have to bring her back by?"

Ciro, still looking at me, fails to answer my dads question. So, I give him a little nudge and he snaps him back to reality. "Yeah at eleven." I remember. He taps his finger to his head as if he knew all along.