a promising young actress finds her dreams being ripped from her, as she is forced into an arranged marriage by her overbearing parents. little does she know that her very suiter may film in a movie alongside her.
i timidly made my way into the kitchen the next morning only to be greeted by my mum hastily dusting the house rearanging furnature, and fussing over the pillows on the couch which she never could get to look nice. "Kate thank god your up, i need you to help me wash those dishes, and dust off the coffee table." spoke my mum in a slightly rushed tone as she continued to bussle around. "ok why?" i questioned, picking up a dirty plate from the sink and turning to face my mother. "well do you remember that night where we discussed you getting married?" not allowing me to speak my mother continued "well your father and i thought it best that we have him and his family over so we can get to know them, and you can meet Leonardo."
i froze, letting the plate slip from my finders, i jumped hearing the plate shatter on the ground at my feet. "what the hell Kate? those plates are expensive you know! you can be so clumsy sometimes" fretted my mother before she swiftly brought up her cold had and slapped my face. hot tears began to well in my eyes as i stared into my mothers deep heartless ones "Oh now your going to cry aren't you" she taunted as i blinked back the tears which were soon replaced with hatred. "how can you be so selfish you do realise this is my life right?" i abruptly spoke watching my mothers face recoil in shock, which was surprisingly satisfying be honest.
"thats it Kate ive had it with you, Leonardo and his family will be coming over for dinner tonight and i dont want you pulling any of your shit." "oh stop it mother you'll give yourself a nose bleed" i replied hottily, also who the hell is leonardo anyway? some 40 year old fuck looking to have sex with an 18 year old? because i dont know somehow that just doesn't sit right." i countered scouling at the thought. "no actually hes around your age, and quite handsome actually" my mother said causally pulling up a picture of him on her phone and turning it to me. i quickly grabbed her phone and peered down at the picture
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(he looks so cute here tho like what the heck)
he was surprisingly attractive and i found myself unable to pull my eyes off the screen, "wait so your telling me that this is the guy? and this isn't an elaborate prank in order to get my hopes up before you dash them by breaking the news that hes actually old ten minutes before he arrives?" i questioned raising my eyebrows up at my mother, i certainly wouldnt put it past her. "nope this time i am completely serious now get your ass upstairs and go get ready." replied my mother a small smirk playing on her lips.
i couldn't help the small smile which grazed my face as i made my way upstairs to my room where i began to brush my hair, never in my wildest dream would i have expected my parents to pair me with someone like that, and it wasn't just his looks either, his ocean blue eyes seemed to radiate warmth which made my heart pound. i couldn't believe he was coming for dinner, guys like that, well more accurately guys in general never payed attention to me in school. not because i was ugly or mean but because i was quite shy, and kept to myself, which made me hard to talk to, Not that i even wanted to talk at all in the first place.
plopping myself down on my bed i began to wonder, what if he didn't like me? i scrambled to my feet and began to look for something to wear. After laying a pretty floral dress on my bed i ran to the bathroom to take a shower. "Kate come down here please!" yelled my mother from the kitchen, making me jump. i knew that if i didn't comply i would get my ass kicked, so i got out, and wrapped myself in a towel before making my way downstairs. "yes mother?" i question in a slightly irritated tone " "the Dicaprios are coming at five so i want to make sure your ready by then, now go take a shower." "your kidding me right? i was literally just taking a shower when you called me down" sighing i marched up stairs once again, i was done, completely done.
not caring about my wet red hair i threw on a pair of loose mom jeans, a black tank top, and a pair of hightop black converse before jumping out my window, which might seem quite dangerous but it was not far from the ground so it didn't matter much.
i dashed through the yard, and quickly jumped into my car, i sat there for a few minutes feeling exasperated, and angry holding my head in my hands. why was my mother such an arse all the time? was i overreacting? maybe she didn't do anything at all and i was just being bipolar. i sighed loudly, i really needed to stop thinking, popping summer time blues onto the radio i angrily sped away from the house trying to ignore the nagging thoughts.
"every time i call my baby" "try to get a date" "my boss says, no dice son, you gotta work LATE" i yelled as i stepped on the gas harder than before, unrolling my window. parking the car unevenly at the entrance of out local mall and hopped out, i didnt know quite why i was there, but i took satisfaction in the thought of getting away from domineering mother.
I couldnt quite tell how much time had passed as i perused through different stores, picking up clothing items before deciding i no longer needed them after all.
I picked up my phone after hearing it buzz in my pocket, and the person on the other line made me wish i hadnt "where the hell are you? they are coming over in five minutes, and your not fucking here" i gasped and looked down at my watch which read 4:55. running to my car i drove home as fast as i could only to see a unfamiliar vehicle in the drive way, "shit."
