Curious

9

"Juan! Hermano!" one of Juan's many friends exclaims as they greet each other with a hug.

"This is my friend Adrianna, she's just here for wor-" he's cut off by one of his friends.

"It's fine, Juan. We all know you guys are 'dating' or whatever. You don't have to pretend around us. We're all happy for you guys." all of his friends nod their heads along, smiling at the both of us happily.

"Oh thank god. I didn't want to have to pretend around you guys." Juan says as he releases a relieved breath.

Juan pulls me into a hug and kisses me passionately as all of his friends either 'aww' or laugh at us.

I'm the one who ends the kiss. I'm always the one to end our kisses which I guess now that I think about it is a good thing. That means he doesn't want to stop kissing me, which makes me happy.

A light blush creeps up onto my cheeks when I realize everybody's eyes are still on us.

I cough nervously before speaking. "Let's eat? The food is here already."

Everybody nods as we head over to the dining room.

***

After we eat we head to Juan's movie room, which I had no idea he even had. We watch a couple of movies while Juan and all of his friends catch up from the past month that he hasn't been in Colombia.

"So, what do you do for a living?" asks Daniella, one of Juan's friends.

"I model in music videos and magazines. I was actually in one of Juan's videos. That's how we met." I answer as I continue to stuff my face with popcorn.

All of his friends instantly look over to me. "I knew you looked familiar!" they all say in sync which causes us all to laugh.

After a little bit of more small talk Juan stands up. "I'm going to the bathroom and to grab a drink. Please don't scare her away, okay?" he pleads, referring to me as he walks away slowly.

"You do actually like Juan, right?" asks Daniella, which causes everybody's attention to focus on me.

"Yes, of course! Please don't think I just want him for his fame or money!" I answer the question without even hesitating for a second.

"We just want to make sure you want to be with our friend for the right reasons. You understand that, right? He gets used a lot more then you would expect." she says gently.

"It's fine. But I-uh, I really do care so much for Juan Luis you guys don't have to worry about that at all. And as for using him, I have plenty of my own money and I don't need any more attention from the media or anything. I'm actually more peaceful without it. I'm with him because I care for him, no other reason but that." I say, trying not to let my voice sound nervous or intimidated.

"You have no idea how happy that makes us feel. I can tell how much Juan Luis really cares about you. I can really see him falling for yo-" before she can finish her sentence Juan walks in.

"They didn't interrogate you, did they?" Juan asks jokingly.

"Nope." I respond calmly.