Ariana's ex-boyfriend is moving back to Arizona, leaving her and their daughter alone in California. Ariana doesn't know what to do since her family is back in Florida. She's raising her daughter by herself, until she meets Justin. He comes into her...
"Finally home. I feel so alone! This is great!" I spin in a circle before collapsing in the couch.
I stay there, "resting my eyes" for about 15 minutes before getting up to get ready for our girls night out.
I take a quick shower since I took one this morning, then I do my makeup and hair before deciding on what to wear.
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Once I'm completely dressed and ready, I Leave my apartment and make my way to Tara's house.
8:44 pm
"I'm here, I know you're so excited." I say when I walk in.
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(This is what Tara looks like, and what she's wearing)
"Oou, look at you mamí! You look so sexy!" Tara says.
"And you look like you're ready to snatch up somebody's man. Let's go!" I turn towards the door, but Tara stops me.
"We have to wait for the Uber, stupid. It's about 8 minutes away."
"Oh shit, I forgot about that."
"I can see that. Until then, I have something for us. We gotta get loose!" Tara leads me to the kitchen where she has a half full bottle of tequila and two shot glasses on the counter.
She gives me one and we both down them.
"Ari, look! Your phones ringing."
I turn around and look at the couch where I left my phone.
"Oh shit, it's Justin!" I run to my phone and pick it up, answering as fast as I can.
"Hello?"
"Hey, beautiful."
"Hi, sexy man. I miss you."
"I miss you more. What are you doing?"
"Me and Tara are about to leave. We're having a girls night out."
"Sounds fun. I had some free time, and I was thinking about you. I can't wait to see you again."
"I can't wait either."
"So, if you're going out with Tara, that means she can't watch Lilia. Who is?"
"Her dad. He came to town today, so he's her babysitter for the next week."
"That's cool. But, I have some things that I wanna do to you when I get back. Just wait."
"I'm waiting. Not very patiently, but I'm waiting." I laugh.
I hear some kind of gunshot or explosion in the background then a bunch of yelling.
"Oh, shit! Ari, I gotta go. Talk to you later!" Justin hangs up and I take the phone away from my ear.
"Hope he's okay. How far is the Uber?"
"Right down the street. Let's go outside." Tara grabs her keys and we both walk out of her house.
Once she locks the door, the Uber pulls up and we go to get in.
"Hey, I'm Tess. Ready?"
"More than ready!" I say.
We listen to music and make videos on Snapchat until we arrive at the destination. Club On the Rocks.
The bouncer let's us in before everybody else because why wouldn't he. Also because Tara gave him $100.
There's already a lot of people in the club, but we go to the bar first to get drinks. While we sit at the bar, talking, I look around for someone for Tara.
"Hey, look. He's cute." I nudge Tara in the direction of the man I was looking at.
"No, not him. Let's go dance. I'll find somebody."
We get on the dance floor, and after multiple very brave men come up to us, Tara finds someone sitting at a table by himself.
"He's cute. I'm gonna go talk to him." She says.
"Have fun. I'll be at the bar. Watching."
"Stalker alert." Tara walks over to the man and I go to the bar, ordering another drink.
I take a few looks at them sitting together, and it seems like they're doing well. They're both laughing and talking to each other. I feel accomplished, even though I did nothing.
12:38 am
"He's great. His name is Joel, and he's a little shy. I really like him."
"That's good. Did you get his number?"
"Of course I did. He said he wants to take me out to dinner on Friday."
"That is amazing! I'm so happy for you."
"Thanks. You know, I wouldn't have met anyone if you didn't drag me out here tonight. You're the best friend I could ever ask for."
"Thanks, T. Even though I didn't have to drag you. You practically dragged me."
"Whatever, Ari. Do you wanna spend the night? You can leave in the morning, or just wear some of my clothes to work."
"Sounds good. To Tara's house! Where we'll watch movies and eat popcorn and talk about all the double dates we're gonna go on."
