I Mean It

Ch (2) Settling In

Everyday, Aaron would take me somewhere new and we would go sightseeing. One day when we were roaming around and about in the streets, Aaron led me to cafeteria that looked expensive. I didn't know why he led me in there although we just had lunch. Anyway, he settled me into a seat and he sat on the opposite one.
"Why did you take me here?" I asked
"I wanted to discuss something."
"And what is it?" I asked concerned.
"Have you found the one?" He asked with a huge grin on his face.
"Excuse me?" I said offended.
"You know what I mean, Raquel."
"Even if I had found the one, you can't dare to ask me about my personal things!" I yelled making the whole cafeteria look at me. I stood up with a blush on my face and left.
I couldn't believe he asked me that. I got mad because I'm not used to people asking me those kind of questions. At Sweden, I have been known of keeping these stuff to myself. Although I haven't found anyone yet, it still made me mad.

I entered the bus and smelled the most horrible smell of sweat and spoiled food. I immediately covered my nose and sat in a place where nobody was near me.

I sighed in relief as I finally reached Aaron's house. I used my new copy of the keys and slipped inside. Nobody was there thankfully. Or at least I thought that until I smelled a girl's perfume that surely wasn't mine. This perfume smelt cheap. I wondered where that smell came from until I opened Aaron's bedroom door to find him kissing a girl who looked as fake as plastic.
I gasped stupidly making Aaron break the kiss. He looked into my widened eyes and gasped himself. I can't believe he could just like someone like her. He quickly pushed her behind him to hide her.
"Aaron, I already saw her." I said smugly.
The fake girl looked at Aaron with a disgusted face and said "Aaron, who is that slut?" She asked with a high pitch voice that almost shredded my eardrums.
Aaron's face hardened as she said that and turned to her yelling "DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT MY SISTER LIKE THAT!"
"Don't YOU dare talk to me like that! I was done with you anyway." She walked out the front door and slammed behind her.
I looked at Aaron with tearful eyes. He said "Raquel, I can explain." He said with a pained expression on his face.
"OH YEAH! CAN YOU EXPLAIN? EMBARRASSING ME AND MAKING ME RUN AWAY AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN CALL ME ONCE TO CHECK IF I'M OKAY? THEN COMING HOME WITH A FAKE BITCH? IF I KNEW I WOULD BE LIVING THIS LIFE, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO ENGLAND FROM THE START!"
He froze in his place after I had finished talking. I stormed off to my bedroom sobbing. There is so much a person can take in. From my longing to Sweden to my embarrassment at the cafeteria to the fake girl, all of it made me cry to sleep.

That night I dreamt of a guy in an airport who just kept shouting my name over and over again. Later, I started shouting "REESE! REESE!" Which I thought was his name. He had brown eyes and hair. Tall with a dimple next to his full lips. Not too muscular like models or too lanky like a straw. "Perfect" I thought until I caught my self crushing on a guy who probably didn't exist. It was a strange dream, I know. But I liked it anyway. I like strange.

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Next morning I woke up with smudged mascara all over my eyelids. I looked at the mirror while cleaning my face up. I got out of my room and remembered what happened yesterday between Aaron and I and smiled. It was a stupid fight. I think he now wishes that I go back to Sweden so he can get his free life back.

I was going to his room to apologize until I smelled the beer fuming out of his room. I raced in concerned. Laying drunk on the floor, Aaron started laughing when he saw me.
"What are you laughing about you little piece of shit?!" I yelled at him.
"Aren't you gone yet?"
"What are you talking about!?" I asked angrily.
"Yesterday, you said you were going to Sweden!" He shouted making me wince at his harsh voice.
"OMG I DID NOT MEAN THAT OF COURSE! Is that what got you all drunk like that?"
"I'm not drunk." He stated. Aaron got off the floor and walked outside his room when I grabbed his arm and pulled him inside the room locking both the door and the large window at the other end of the room.
"Today, you are not going anywhere"