Mariah's POV
* * *time lapse* * *
Two miserable weeks went by. The only high point in my day was the group text with Lacey and Leya, and the new dress I was designing.
I haven't heard from Markey since our date. I want to ask Leya about it, but I don't want to seem desperate. After all, I'm the one who refused to give him my number.
I have been staring at the same lines in my sketchbook for the past hour; somehow those lines are going to be a dress. Normally, I can get lost in my sketches. Today, I can't finish a simple bodycon dress. It keeps coming out wrong.
"Rye, what's going on? On a normal day, you would be sketching out your 10th dress, and had already picked out the fabric swatches for at least 2 of them."
"Nothing." Lacey rolled her eyes and sat in the chair besides me.
"Spill."
"It's just that, I thought that Markey and I both had a nice time on our date. Obviously tho, that's not the case."
"Why do you think that?"
"Sweetie, when a guy doesn't contact you for 2 weeks after a date that means he doesn't want anything to do with you."
"Come on drama queen. You do realize that you are the one who refused to give him your number right?
How do you expect him to contact you, via carrier pigeon?"
"No genius, there are other ways to communicate. One such way is in person."
"That's a great idea. How about you hop on a plane and go meet him. He went on a business trip. Apparently, some big time fancy billionaire wants Key to design his new house. Normally, Chaz and Brent would have gone too, but Key mentioned something about not wanting their distractions. "
"Seems to me that he's trying to hurry and finish the job so that he can come back early. I wonder who he wants to see." Leya said as she walked through the door with a smirk.
"Fuck off, both of you."
"Aww babes, I love you too. Seriously though, I'm putting an end to this. You're going to thank me for this later."
"What are you doing?" I asked as her hands began to fly across the screen of her phone.
"I just gave Key your number. That will put you both out of your misery."
Leya: Both you and Rye are getting on my nerves. Text her 6785496343
Mar-Mar: This better not b a fake number.
Leya: Wym, I would never
Mar-Mar: You've only done that about 10 times
Leya: Asswipe, jus txt her
Mar-Mar: Fuck off bruh
Leya: God, she jus told me the same thing. The two of u idiots belong together.
"You did not!?! The whole point of not giving him mu number was to make him work for it."
"I think he worked enough, look." She handed me her phone.
Mar-Mar: Hey Lee-Lee
Leya: What do u want
Mar-Mar: Wym? Why do I have to want sumthin
Leya: B/c u haven't called me that childhood nickname since we were bout 6. Now what do you want?
Mar-Mar: I jus wanted to check on my favorite twin.
Leya: If u keep wasting my time, I will tell you exactly what I'm doing w/ it best friend.
Mar-Mar: Why not jus kill me instead? Fine. Have you spoke to Mariah today?
Leya: Asshole, you have asked me this for the past week and a half. You feeling some type of way about the whole not having her number thing huh?
Mar-Mar: Idk, maybe. Ugh, I've sent her flowers and chocolate all of last week.... Ur a girl, what else should I do?
Leya: I will talk to her n txt u back soon.
"Flowers and chocolate? I never got any of that."
"I think I know what happened. You said that after the date he dropped you back to your parent's house right? Maybe he thinks that you live there."
I pulled out my phone and called my mother.
"Rye, it's great to hear from you love. I have a few things here for you."
"It's great to hear from you too mom. How are you enjoying dad being home?
What do you have for me?"
"Oh you know how it is when your father is home. He gives me a week to rest. He cooks all the new dishes he has learned. The usual. I have 5 dozen roses and 10 boxes of chocolates here for you.
Could this be from that handsome gentleman you were with the other day?"
"Maybe. How did Dad react to the gifts?"
"Like he always does. Always wanting to hunt these men down. If he thinks that he is going to stop me from having grandchildren, I hope he is ready to meet the wrath of Candace. How about you come pick your things up in about an hour? You dad is talking about leaving to go play poker with Joe and Nick around that time."
Mom and I spoke on the phone a little while longer. We talked about everything and nothing. She kept trying to harass me about giving her grandkids, but I kept deflecting. Finally, she gave up and we said our goodbyes.
"So, I'm guessing that's where the chocolates were?"
"Yes Lace, you're a genius."
"Did you skip breakfast? I think you shod buy me breakfast."
"How about we all have breakfast together? This was easy. I thought I would have to bribe the two of you to come eat with me at the new restaurant across the street."
"I don't know. Maybe we should send one person to pick up the orders and we can close and go out to eat for lunch. I don't think it would be a good idea to close twice before the workday is through."
"You're right Rye. If we just close based on a whim, our customers would see us a fickle. It's just bad for business."
Okay, I'll go. I will just order something decent for the three of us. I'm picking all different dishes and a lot of it. See you guys in a few."
7685973669: Good morning beautiful.
Me: And who is this?
7685973669: Who do you think?
Me: The last time you ended up with my number I put a restraining order on your ass Monty.
7685973669: Nah ma, this Key. Who tf is Monty and y did u have to get a restraining order against him?
Me: Nobody made it up. Now y u playin on my phone?
7685973669: Wym u made it up? And y u actin like that?
Me: I made it up. There is no Monty and neither is there a restraining order. When u txt someone for the first time the txt should include who u r
7685973669: My bad. I will make it up to you. When I get back I will take you out to eat. Then later that night, you can pay me back.
Me: I can pay for us, but how would that be making it up to me?
7685973669: Didn't I tell u that when u w/ me, u not paying for ANYTHING
Me: Okay, you can pay.
7685973669: Then u gone spend the night w/ me afterwards?
Me: Now y would I do that? I'm not the easy type. If u want something u gonna have to work for it.😘😘😘
7685973669: Bet
Leya finally came back with the food.
"Did u make the food yourself? The place is across the street and it took you half an hour."
"No idiot, there's was this magical thing called a line. It's a pain in the ass really. Apparently, when you go to a restaurant, you actually have to wait in those to order your food."
"Enough with the sarcasm. Let's just eat."
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