Self Love • Christopher Velez •

chapter 30; tattoo

Chapter 30 - Tattoo

"I'm getting another tattoo," Andrea said to me as she walked into my office. It was already Friday and I was getting ready to leave the office. 

"Of?"

"A paper plane with Miami written under it."

"Like the one you have of Loja?" I asked her and she nodded. 

"Can you come with me?" She asked and I nodded. 

"Of course," I said. 

"Okay. We're meeting Richard now. I told him and he's got a tattoo artist," she told me. "Christopher's also coming along." She sang. 

I rolled my eyes but smiled nonetheless. We went out of the office to our car. I took the keys out of my bag and went to the driver's seat. 

"Where are we meeting them?" I asked her. 

"Their dance studio. The other boys have their own plans," she said and typed in the address. I drove off and when we got there, all five boys were outside. Andrea and I got down to hug them. 

"Hey," Christopher whispered to me as I stepped into his arms. 

"Hey," I replied, smiling as I looked up. We stepped away from each other as I saw Richard throw a t shirt at Andrea. 

"Thank you," she said and waved at Zabdiel, Erick and Joel. 

"See you guys soon!" She exclaimed as I waved at them. Andrea and Richard walked to the back as I walked to the driver's seat with Christopher in the passenger seat. 

"Do you know the way there?" I asked him and he nodded. I turned off the screen before driving off. 

"How was your week?" He asked me. 

"Bien, how 'bout you?"

"It was good. We had a lot of rehearsals and practices," he continued telling me about his week and what happened during the rehearsals. 

"Turn left here," Christopher told me and I turned. He continued telling me about his week in detail while occasionally telling me the directions. Not long after, we reached tattoo parlour and we all got out. 

"Do you know what you're getting?" Christopher asked Andrea and she nodded. 

"It's similar to one of my tattoos," she told him as Richard opened the door. 

"James!" Richard said and a man with lots of tattoos came out from the back. He was older than us and had black hair with his entire body was covered in tattoos. I turned to look at Andrea and winked at her. She used to have a crush on boys that had dark hair and lots of tattoos, kind of like James. She stuck her tongue out at me, causing me to smile.

Richard Christopher and him did the clap-hug-slap on the back thing before he turned to look at Andrea and I.

"Hello! I'm Andrea," she introduced herself with a smile. 

"Hi, I'm Dani," I said, also with a smile. 

"I'm James," he told us with a smile.

"Which one of you is getting a tattoo?" he asked. 

"That would be me," Andrea said as she raised her hand. He nodded and gestured us to follow him. Andrea and Richard walked in front with James while Christopher walked with me behind them. 

"Do you have any tattoos?" Christopher asked me and I shook my head.

"No but I find them cool," I said and he grinned at me.