The Girl of The Sun

two

   For the rest of the day, I couldn't stop playing the run in with Raf. His teeth were pearly white, his breath was icey and minty. His lips were so smooth I just wanted to taste them. His hair was perfectly groomed and silky soft; I wonder what it feels like in my hands and my finger tips tracing the muscles on his arms.

"Miss Morales, care to tell the class what I just explained?" Mrs. Turn cleared her throat. Shit. I was too busy fantasizing about Raf that I drifted off and went into another world of my own, Mrs. Turn already doesn't like me enough as it is since i'm always late. "Um, I'm sorry Mrs. Turn I wasn't paying attention, it won't happen again." I sunk into my seat and could feel the heat rush to my face and turn red.

Alexander turned from his seat in front of me and smirked. I punched his arm slightly. Alexander and I had been friends since freshman year. I'll admit, I liked him at first but that changed when he made it clear he liked me as a friend, after all, many girls were after him. I don't know if it's his charm or his style or maybe even both, he has his way with the girls. He's probably about 5"8 and has light skin and black hair, and wears the same black beanie everywhere he goes. He always rides his skateboard to school unless he's driving his "98 Subaru. He was born in Puerto Rico and moved here when he was 5, which explains his thick accent. We connect so well because we both swear we are the same people but opposite gender.

I walk out as fast as I could when the bell rang and Alexander followed. "Fabi you're a bad girl, what could possibly distract you? was it my undeniable handsome face or hot bod?" he said while lifting his chin higher than usual.

"I can't stand you sometimes Al." I laughed and rolled my eyes. As we walk down the hallways, Dani Garcia, who is an off and on hook up for Alexander walks past us and rolls her eyes at me. It's funny that she and his other mistresses think I could possibly be wedge between them. Trust me, I'm the last on his mind when it comes love interests.

"Also don't forget about the party on Saturday. I'm gonna bring all of the shooters from my dad's liquor closet, and you're going to come this time, I will make you Fabi." he explained seriously. "Fine I'll go this time, pick me up at 7 so we can get waffle house before. But you better get going with Dani before she gets mad." I gave him a look his mom would give him. He laughs playfully. "Alright Fabi sounds like a deal, I love the hair by the way!" he shouts as he's already walking backwards down the hall. I smile and laugh and go about my day.

       The school week is over and it's the day of the party. I invite my friend since 5th grade over, Estrella Sanchez. She knows everything about me and not to mention can style me like no other. She brings me a white corset top that she thrifted and tells me to wear it with my dark blue mom jeans. I do the flip hair style with my hair and wear a nude brown lip liner and cover my whole lip with it. "Wow Fabiana, girl you're gonna make jaws drop and drool tonight." Estrella cheeses.

I look in my wooden mirror and the corset top hugs my curves so perfectly. I feel insecure a lot but tonight, I feel good about being in my own skin. Alexander picks us up 7 and when I open the car door, he stares for a good 5 seconds. "Earth to Alexander, we got places to be," scolds Estrella. "I'm sorry ladies, you're both looking ravishing, lets go get you both a five star meal at waffle house." Alexander speaks in a British accent and we both giggle. After a nice meal at waffle house, we head to the party. I'm not exactly sure who's it is, some basketball player from school, so for sure there will be a lot of people we know here.

As we approach the house, it's a nice average house in a suburban neighborhood. There's already people shotgunning beers outside, some are playing beer pong and even doing a keg stand. We all walk into the kitchen, and there he is. Raf is standing with a solo cup in one hand and his other hand holding him up on the kitchen counter. He's wearing a black dress shirt unbuttoned enough to see his abs and jeans with a brown belt, and a gold chain around his neck. We make eye contact. I can feel my face turn bright red and him smiling softly at me.

Estrella elbows my shoulder and leans in my ear, her large hoop earrings brush against my face. "Okay, what is going on between you and Rafael?" "Nothing." I bite my lip and squint my eyes. "Cmon, I see your face when he looks in this direction. You know like every girl in the school has a crush on him and probably the whole district right? I bet that goes straight to his ego. Just be careful Fabi."

We keep occasionally locking eyes and eventually Alexander leaves to go meet Dani and Estrella leaves to go to the bathroom. So that leaves me standing there awkwardly, I pour me more jungle juice to not make myself look so weird by myself. Raf makes his way to me and goes behind me.

"You enjoying the party?" he questions. "Yeah I am, everyone's having a good time and i'm vibing with it," I smile back at him. "How about you come hang out with me, there's a lot of things going on, we can play a game of beer pong or a drinking game, it'll be fun." he bends his knees slightly down to my height. I bite my lip and nod. Estrella and I play a game of pong with Raf and his friend Bryson. We play drinking games, corn hole and put on our favorite party music. I'm so intoxicated at this point that I run outside and start playing with on a swing set in the backyard. Raf chases after me and grabs my shoulders from behind me and scares me and sits in the swing next to me. I laugh and he does too. I stand up and put arm out so he could grab it. I'm definitely a little nervous because my arms are frozen and he practically had to move my arms to his shoulders. Our faces are so close to each other, I can feel the tension and the heat from our bodies rising. It's dark except for the party lights that are on in the house. Raf grabs my chin and lifts it to look at his face. "You're beautiful Fabi, I've always thought you were beautiful from the first day I saw you Freshman year." His eyes are focused on mine.

"I don't even know what to say, that's so sweet. I've always liked you since the beginning." His lips press on mine and our kisses are gentle. I rest my head and bury in his chest. People start to leave slowly and lights are coming on.

I start to feel dizzy and I tug on Rafs shirt. "I feel sick, can you take me outside?" I feel green at this point. Raf talks to Estrella and they both agreed that he took me to his place. He takes me to his house which is down the street. He holds my hair back while i let everything out in the bathroom and helps me wash off my make up and gives me an extra tooth brush and contact case. He then helps put on one of his big t shirts. His rooms window is open and a chill comes in and through my body, I have goosebumps everywhere and he holds me. "Thank you Raf, for helping me." He kisses my forehead and I finally fall asleep, to the thought of how unreal all this is wtf!!! is this really happening?! Sleeping next to my crush of 3 years? I know 8th grade me would be freaking out.

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The first few chapters drag a little bit I promise it gets better and crazier, especially now that i've been adding more chapters daily 😌✋🏽