Love Me

|Chapter 2|

Natalie Pierce

"Mamma.. you're home." I sighed as I hugged my mother.

Now don't be confused. My mother almost never had time for our family. But it was for good reason. She had to work for our family since dad couldn't, not since his accident a few months ago.

He had broken his right hip, and could barely stand properly. Most things he did was sitting down on his wheelchair. And on days when he was feeling better than ever, he'd work around the house. Helping Alena and I with college and Uni, working in our garden, or just cooking a meal.

"Yes Mija, now atleast let me sit down." Mom laughed. I let her go before the both of us walked to the living room and sat down.

She laid down for a few minutes, drank some water, had a little something to eat, caught up with everything happening in mine and Alena's life.

Then she broke the big news.

"Natalie?" She spoke, looking me straight in the eye, making me sit up straighter.

"I need to tell you something. Promise you won't.. freak out or anything and address this situation calmly." Mom spoke sternly, her Spanish accent peeking out. I nodded.

"You're getting married." She reveals.

My eyes widened and my breath hitched as I tried to digest the words that had just come out of my mother's mouth.

"What? With who?" I asked.

"He's actually a pretty well known CEO. He goes by the name Shawn Mendes. He runs a music company so he's pretty famous, and good looking." My mother explained, winking at the end.

"He's coming over with his family this evening, I'll leave a dress hanging in your room, wear that and get ready please." She explained. All I could do was nod.

"But mom, Nat's only 22." Alena suddenly spoke.

"And? This gentleman will be great for your sister. He's CEO of a company, he needs a wife, and when his mother, Karen, who's a good friend of mine, asked for help, ofcourse I showed her my Natalie's picture. The boy has his eyes for you." Mom explained to Alena, then directed the last line towards me.

"Um, mom, can I go out to meet Emma for a bit? I'll be back in a hour, promise." I asked nervously. Mom thought for a second before sighing and nodding.

"Sure, But no more than an hour. You need get home and get ready." She explained and I nodded.

Grabbing my phone from my room, I texted my best friend Emma to meet me at our favourite cafe. Grabbing my purse, I sat in my car and drove off.

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Oof finally, this took me like 6 days to write properly.

-Taylor💋