In a Downward Spiral (Book One)

Chapter Five

Natalia's POV

Just the feeling of the paint coming from the can was such a rush. It felt so amazing to smell the fresh paint on the walls. I smiled and looked at Parker. He was a really good artist, he was so into his work.

I grabbed a red can and continued to spray the paint.

I stepped back to examine my piece of art. It was a giant dragon, I know everyone does that, but it was defiantly the best I've seen.

"Wow, that's amazing," Parker said when he finished.

I looked at his it was better than mine and it kind of made me jealous. "Yours is beautiful, have you done this before?"

"Yeah, of course."

I smiled and put the cans back into the bag. "You want to get something to eat?" he asked, noticing my hunger.

"Sure."

He grabbed the bag and led me to the car. I got to the door and looked at the picture he painted once more. A realistic picture, of me.

Parker's POV

"That was so fun. We should do it again," she said as we walked through the doors of KFC. The smell of fried chicken made my mouth water.

She looked at me. "Hungry?"

I nodded as we walked to the counter. There was a girl at the counter, about our age, she was pretty, but not as pretty as Natalia.

"What would you like, sweetie?" she asked me. I resisted the urge to punch her. Her voice was so annoying!

"We'll have a giant family bucket, please," I said politely.

"Sure thing," she said, winking at me.

We waited for our food, I was awkwardly trying to make conversation. "So how did you like our date today?" I asked a slight smile on my face.

"It was pretty awesome," she admitted.

We grabbed our bucket, but before we could go to our table, the girl grabbed my jacket. "Hey, would you like to hang out sometime? I'm free next Saturday," she said with her annoying skanky voice.

I smirked, looking her up and down, she may have been annoying, but man she was hot. Natalia rolled her eyes. She handed me her number. Natalia blew up. "Dude seriously? Can't you see he's on a date? Don't be such a slut! Bitch, get away from him." She grabbed me by my arm and led me to the table, the girl had a shocked look on her face, she just glared at her.

She sat down at the table, grabbing a piece of chicken. I sat across from her, a smirk on my face. "What?" she asked with a mouth full of chicken.

"So... what was that?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

She looked down in embarrassment. "I'm sorry..."

"No, it's okay, I just wanted to know why you did it."

"I just don't like it when girls just throw themselves at random guys for sex. It's disgusting."

I raised an eyebrow. "Kind of like how you threw yourself at me?"

"I didn't 'throw' myself at you. I'm just... getting to know you."

I rolled my eyes and grabbed a piece of chicken.

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"Hey, do you want to come and meet my parents?" I asked when we got in the car.

"Sure," she said holding the bucket of unfinished chicken.