Orange Blossom

Chapter 6

I woke up unexpectedly and looked around the room. Leila and Tara ended up sleeping across the room from Jessica and I. Leila and Tara have always been quite the movers. I laughed at how sprawled out their legs were and decided to take a picture. I moved my hands around the blankets until I felt for my phone.

Once I found it, I carefully got up from bed without waking up Jess and snapped my pictures.

"Aww, too cute," I said laughing quietly to myself.

I hurried out of the room and closed the door without making much noise.

As I was making my way out of the hallway, I heard low whispers coming from my mom's room.

This guy better not fucking be here. I walked toward my mom's room finding her door ajar. I decided to sneak a peek in. Through the space, I can see my mom kneeling in front of a picture of Jesus, her back facing me.

"Dear Lord, please, bless my family. We're going through such a hard time...I'm going through a hard time. I-She's so much like him... I can't help, but feel guilty. I feel so alone... I don't know what to do. Please, give me time with my...Zagara," she said kissing something in her hand. Carefully, I pushed the door back to get a better look. In her hand was the crest I saw yesterday. I watched her as she got up and placed the necklace back in her jewelry box. As she shut the box, I quickly got up and ran to the kitchen.

"Hey," my mom said calmly as she entered the kitchen.

"Hey," I said back, drinking my cup o water.

"Look, Mija, I-"

"No, Mom. I'm sorry. I was too out of hand and I will accept any punishment that you have planned for me. I was rude and inconsiderate, I-"

Out of nowhere, my mother wrapped her arms around me causing me to stop talking.

"It's okay, Mija. I forgive you," she said hugging me tight.

I smiled and wrapped my arms around her, taking her sweet smell in.

"Thank you, Mom. Te amo," I said to her kissing her on the cheek.

"I love you more," she replies pulling me back to see my face.

"Awww, now that is too sweet," Tara said at the corner of the kitchen.

My mom and I looked at Tara and started laughing.

"We love you too, Tara," I said motioning her to come join our hug.

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"Oouuu, what about this one?" Leila asked showing me a red thong.

"Uhm, I'm not going to get laid anytime soon, so you can put that back," I answered shaking my head.

"Oh, come on it's your first party, have fun!" Leila said holding up a red bra to match with it.

"It's really cute, but-"

"You love it & you're going to buy it," she says taking the lingerie with her.

"This is why I don't like going to Victoria Secret with you!" I said covering half of my face walking in the opposite direction.

"Blossom! What do you think of this?" Tara asked spraying the perfume in the air. I took a whiff.

"Mmmm.. What's it called?" I asked.

"Persuasion," she answered winking at me.

"Of course," I said laughing.

"You find anything?" she asked grabbing two bottles of perfume.

"Leila, decided that she's going to buy me lingerie," I said annoyingly.

"There's nothing wrong with that! It's your birthday! We only want what's best for you!" she said making her way in line.

"I know, but you guys don't have to get me anything," I said to her honestly.

"Well, we want too," she said smiling.

"Done!" Leila said popping out of nowhere with two bags in her hands, "This one's yours."

I took the bah from her and saw that she had bought me the red lingerie and three cute panties.

"Thank you, Leila," I said hugging her tightly.

"No problem, Seniorita!" she said winking.

"Where's Jessica?" I asked.

"She texted me. She's at Forever 21 downstairs. Says she's found some cute outfits for us," Tara answered delightfully.

All my friends had their own drug; Jessica's high off dresses and skirts, Leila's high off lingerie, and Tara was high off perfume and shoes, specifically heels. While they are high off these things, I am high off jeans and all sports wear. My friends literally do all my clothe shopping for me or my mom. I prefer a casual look, while they prefer girly or revealing stuff. My own mother too!

I shook my head at that thought and followed the girls to Forever 21.

"Over here!" Jessica called out as she signaled us over. The glint in her eyes proved to us that she's been satisfied with what she's gotten for us, which meant she hooked us up big time.

"Told you we should've followed her ass, she's an addict! Look at her face," Tara said teasingly.

"Shut up! I guess you don't want this then...," Jessica said back holding up a short blue heart shaped sleeveless dress.

"Jessie....., I-I fucking love you," Tara said wide eyed. Tara's favorite color was blue and it matched perfectly with her eyes.

"I know. Oh! Leila, this tight black laced skirt and matching black bra top goes for you," Jessica said with her nose scrunched up.

"You know me so well," Leila said with a winning smile, taking it from her hands.

"And this is mine!" Jessica said showing them a flowing rose pink skirt right above the knee with a floral crop top.

"That's adorable!" I said to her.

"Yet sexy at the same time," Tara added.

"You did good, kid," Leila said patting Jessica's back.

"I know you know I didn't forget about you....," she said to me, grabbing a bag from behind her.

"I bought this for you a week ago, I couldn't wait!" she said handing me the bag.

"Aw, thank you," I said about to take it until she pulls her hand back.

"You can't open it until the party tomorrow," she said smiling devilishly.

"Oh God," I said while she handed it to me this time.

We thanked her again for the outfits and they made there way to the cash register to pay. We ended up sitting in the food court at the end of the day talking about how much fun it was going to be tomorrow. I felt someone eying me again, but I didn't bother to look. I was with my friends and around them I always felt safe. We ended up leaving when the mall closed and I dropped off everyone home.

Once I was home, I got ready for bed and decided to go to sleep early. As I lay in bed, I let my thoughts consume me. I'm really excited about the party tomorrow, but at the same time I couldn't help but feel a little worried. Hopefully, nothing crazy will happen.