If happiness was with you

Chapter 11: starting brand new

Amanda
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I lost track of time when I bumped into that cute guy at the farmers market. I quickly looked at my watch and saw that it was a little over 3 pm and that soon we would have to go to one of my father business dinner.

"Oh no, I have to run. Bye!" I quickly say as I grab my things and sprint out of the market. I started to hear him call out to me, but I didn't have time to turn around and talk to him. I make my way through the crowds of people in the city, until I finally made it to the gated community that we just moved in to.

Once I got inside, I was breathless from all that running I did. I saw mama walking in from the kitchen and started to laugh. "Did you run the marathon Amanda?" Mama jokingly says to me.

I just laugh at her remark and say, " well I exploring the city and I saw the time, so I ran here from the farmers market".  She just starts to laugh again while shaking her head.

"Okay pumpkin, but get ready. We are leaving in a few hours to meet with one of your fathers clients friends" mama tells me as she walks back into the kitchen.

Ugh, I hate business dinner meetings. They are so boring. Daddy and his business friends/clients sit around and talk about boring stuff that I don't really care about. Whatever, I can't argue with them, I know mama and papa won't listen to me. So I head upstairs and start to get ready.

I took a shower while singing along with my Spotify playlist. Then after I was done, I took out my blow dryer and plugged it into the wall. I played some music, streets by Doja Cat, my favorite song. After blow drying my hair and styling it, I began to put some make up. I didn't put too much, but enough to look presentable.

I look at myself at the mirror and couldn't help but smile. This is a start of a brand new. Tomorrow you will start your job at the diner. Then I'll start my senior year of high school then I'll be off to nursing school.

"Honey come downstairs baby. We are leaving!" My mother calls me from downstairs.

"Coming mamma!" I call back. I look one last time in the mirror and smile. It's just one boring business dinner and it will be all over.

I quickly made my way downstairs and saw both of my parents waiting for me by the front door.

"You look beautiful darling" daddy compliments me.

"Thank you daddy" I smile at him and hug him.

"My Amanda, you look so beautiful!" Mama tells me. I chuckle and give her a kiss on her cheek.

"Well, let's get going now" daddy says as he opens the front door and we leave. Well....here we go!

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We made it to a huge mansion that looks almost like a castle. I bet kings and queens live in these types of places. I was memorized by the beautiful designs that were on the building. The house had Grey stones all over, with many chimneys. It was a three story house. I would most definitely get lost here. There was a gate in front of the house that makes me believe we are stepping into royal grounds.

Once we entered the building, I my jaw dropped. The interior was more stunning than the the exterior. There were lots of old fashioned paintings on the walls, which has a beautiful royal blue color. There were artifacts on display that looks like they cost millions of dollars.

"Hello, and welcome to our home" says a beautiful women who looks like she is in her mid 50's. She had medium length grey hair that is pulled back into a loose pony tailed. She had light grey eyes with tan skin. She looks very beautiful.

"Well thank you for inviting us for dinner" mamma smiles back to the lady.

"And who is this sunflower standing before me?" Asks the lady.

"Hi my name is Amanda Johnson" I say as I reach out my hand to shake hers. She happily accepts it and smiles back at me.

"Amanda, what a beautiful name for a beautiful girl" she says.

"Ah, William and Sheryl Johnson! A pleasure to have you both here. And who is this gorgeous young lady?" Says a man who has slat and pepper slicked back hair, who looks to be around his late 50's.

Something about this man just rubs off me the wrong way. I notice him looking me up and down, while licking his bottom lip. Disgusting. I have to keep my distance from him prevent.

Suddenly daddy noticed how uncomfortable I am around this man and he gives the man an evil stare. The man clears his throat and looks over at his wife.

"Honey where is Baxter?" He asks her.

His wife looks around the room and starts to laugh.

"I'm so sorry about him Willam, Sheryl and Amanda. Baxter just came back from the farmers market", she says with a chuckle while the her husband rolls his eyes.

She turns around and calls out to him, "Baxter come downstairs please and meet our guests!"

The minute she called out his name, my heart dropped down to my stomach. Did she say Baxter?! As in the Baxter I met today.....at the farmers market?

Oh god, I started to feel butterflies in my stomach. I need to calm myself down, I can't let him see me all nervous. I look at the women and ask her, "where is the restroom?"

She smiles at me and points down the hallway, "the bathroom is down the hall to the left."

I smile at her and make my way to the bathroom. Once I get inside, I look in the mirror and take some deep breaths.

Okay Mandy, now calm down. You only met the guy earlier today when you bumped into him. You need to calm down before you do anything stupid in front of him.

I took a few deep breaths and soon I started to loosen up the knots forming on my back. I fixed my hair and makeup before I walked out of the bathroom.

I made my way towards where everyone is standing around and talking, I noticed there was someone standing there who wasn't there before. As I got closer to them, I started to get a clear view of who it was and I quickly started to realize that it must have been Baxter and my oh my he looks sexy.

He has his caramel hair slicked back and his chiseled jawline was looking sharper then ever. His muscles were popping out of his tight dress shirt, where his chest tattoos are hidden but his arm tattoos were showing a bit, as well as the tattoos on his hands. I can see his veins popping out and his flexes his fingers. Oh my god this man is the sexist man I have ever seen in my entire life.

I wonder how it would feel like having his hands grip onto my body, pulling me close to him. Baxter licks his lips and my mind wonders how his lips would taste like. All I want is for him to push me against the wall and have me screaming his name while he sticks his----

No Amanda! Stop that! That is inappropriate!! I tell myself as I shake those naughty thoughts out of my head. I say something to them before I think anything else about him

"I hope I didn't miss the introductions" I tell them.

Before I can react to anything, I saw Baxter turn around and make eye contact with me. I can see him smirk and wink at me.

Oh god, here comes those feelings again......this dinner should be fun!