The Ultimatum (ON HOLD)

II

It took me 15 minutes to arrive to my parent's house. During the road, I put Felipe's cd containing all of his favourite songs. I enter in the parking where I saw a grey Audi Q5, my dad's car, a blue navy Porsche Cayenne, my mom's one, and a rented blue BMW x6. Who owns this rental car? I parked beside my mom's car and got out of mine. I helped Felipe get out of the car and we headed to the front door. I unlocked the door with my key and entered the grand mansion.

"We are here." I screamed when I entered the lobby.

"We are in the kitchen, sweetie." I heard my mom screaming.

I walked through the kitchen with Felipe walking beside me. When I entered the kitchen I saw my mom sitting on at the table with my dad and...

"Malik?" I said.

"Hey Alexyse. Hey Felipe!" He answered.

I walked towards my parents to give them a kiss and then towards Malik to give him one.

"Malik came visit us and he was about to go at your house to see you, but we told him that you were on your way to come drop Felipe, so he waited here. Isn't it fantastic?" My dad said.

"Yaah, but I thought that you had a game today, what are you doing in Spain ? " I asked Malik too happy.

"My game was reported to next week. So we came to visit Anastasia's family. It's her sister's birthday" He answered looking at me with a genuine smile.

"Oh, Anastasia's here too." I said. I had forgotten about her.

"Yeah."

Malik Smith is the son of Pamela Soares and Anthony Smith, friends of the family before we were even born. We know each other since we were kids. When I broke up with Cristiano, our first break up, we dated 3 years. I really loved him, so did my parents. We were very happy, until Cristiano came back and begged me to come back with him. I was still in love with him, I'll always be, he's my first love, the one to who I gave my virginity.

That come back did bring a lot of problems between me and Malik. So we broke up and I went back with Cristiano. Malik became a basketball player.  He moved in Los Angeles and got drafted by the Lakers. I moved to Manchester where Cristiano was playing for Manchester United. Malik met a model several months after, Anastasia Ramos, half Russian half Spanish, and they have been dating since. For 6 years now. Will he propose her soon? Nah, I don't think so.

We became friends and we never talked about what happened between us. Since our break up 7 years ago, only once, 4 years ago at her mother's 50th birthday party, which Cristiano did not attend, for some reason. My dad was a little bit sad when the break up happened. Sometimes, I'm wondering if my dad wants me to leave Cristiano and return with Malik, because he always talks about him, about the tournament he wins.

"I have to go at the book store buy books for me and Felipe, do you want to come with me?" I asked Malik.

"Sure, I want." He answered back.

We said goodbye to my parents and Felipe and we got in my car and headed to Madrid's downtown.

"So ... how are things with him?" He asked me, when I know exactly that he's talking about Cristiano.

"Like always. He didn't sleep at the house last night. He came by around 8 o'clock in the morning. I guess he was with her." I said trying to hide my tears from Malik's look.

"Don't cry! You know he isn't worth it. If it hurts you that much, why are you staying with him?" He asked me.

"For Felipe." I answered back. "If I split with Cristiano, I'm sure that he will take his revenge by preventing me to see him or fill an application for a split guard. Even if I'm his mother legally, he would do anything to make me suffer. And he knows that's the reason why I'm still with him after all the dirty things he has done to me." I said while crying and driving.