Innocently Taken

Three

"Oh look at baby Ari," Brian said as he held up a picture from a box.

"Lemme see," Gabby said, taking the picture from him. "Oh my god those fat ass cheeks though."

"She got a fat ass too."

"I was two, I was wearing a diaper," Ariana said. "Y'all are assholes," she said, sitting next to them, her legs making an 'M' shape. "Were you in my suitcase?"

"Maybe," Gabby said. "What the fuck is this creepy kid about?" She asked as she picked up another picture.

Ariana laughed. "I went through a phase. I was the grim reaper for five months. That's a real mini scythe."

"The fuck is wrong with your mom?"

"She has a basement of torture devices and old embalming sets and old porn tables and shit. You know how in videos they strap the girls to those tables that spin 360?"

"I guess."

"She has one. Leather straps and everything. My moms a freak."

"I bet your dad loved that," Brian said.

"Ew! Don't talk about my mom like that you nasty ass."

"You're freaky too, I've heard you talk."

"I bet Mac loves that," Gabby said playfully nudging Ariana's side.

Ariana stayed quiet for a few seconds before digging into the picture box. "I wouldn't know. We've never slept together," she said.

"What?" Brian asked. "No way. Y'all have definitely had sex."

"No."

"Seriously?"

Ariana nodded. "I'm a virgin. That's why Ricky broke up with me."

"Because you wouldn't sleep with him?" Gabby asked.

"Mhm."

"Speak of the devil," Brian said as he picked a picture up.

Ariana took it from him and looked at it for a few seconds. It was her and Ricky. They looked happy. But they weren't.

"You never give me what I want Ariana, you're not worth waiting for," she whispered.

Gabby and Brian looked at each other for a few seconds.

"Is that what he said to you?" Gabby asked.

Ariana nodded. "Several times. I let him tell me what to do. But I didn't let him force me into the one thing I have control over."

She stared at the picture for a few more seconds, tears forming in her eyes before ripping it up and throwing it over her shoulder. "Fuck him. He's not worth the tears," she said, wiping her eyes.

"You're happy with Mac though, right?" Gabby asked.

Ariana nodded. "Extremely. I've been in love with him since we met. I was like... eighteen. Nineteen. It's been a while."

"So was that kiss real then? If you weren't a virgin I'd assume you got freaky that night," Brian said.

"We spent most of the night making out. It was great."