baby - alejandro rosario

chapter 6

I look at the stranger in the reflection of the mirror
who is she?
I have the audacity to have the same face but get still cannot recognize myself.
I've never done my makeup or really had the motivation to make myself look better than I actually do.
This is completely new and out of my comfort zone.
My phone vibrates on my vanity and I look down and it's an incoming call from Joshua.

"Hello bitch!!!"
"hey josh, how are you doing!!" I get up from my vanity and look into my closet
"Girl you know I'm bored as fuck!!!!! let me see how you look right now bitch" he says back in his little sassy voice and I just snicker.
"hold up I need to find a fucking dress right now" I put Joshua on speaker and throw my phone on my bed.

I walk into my closet and rummage through every piece of clothing that I have. striped shirt, Winnie the poo sweatshirt, galaxy pajamas, hmmm... nothing insight of a decent dress.

"honey... we both know you haven't been dress shopping since middle school," Joshua says as he breathes into the fucking microphone
"what the hell am I supposed to do now then?" I plop onto the bed and am absolutely beat.

this is so embarrassing, how do I not have a simple black dress? it's not hard, I go shopping? My mom goes shopping with me and she's like the biggest milf I know so some of her styles have to rub off on me.

wait a second.
"JOSHUA I AM A GENIUS."

I grab my phone from the bed and run down the hall into the master bedroom. I forgot my mother wasn't here. the bed has been made and dust has collected on the dresser. it's been a while since I last talked to her. I know she wouldn't mind if I went shopping in her closet!

"girl what do you think you are doing?!"

"I found the sexiest dress in my mom's closet. god, I'm so happy she's a whore!!!" I rethink my sentence. that's so fucking odd for a daughter to say about her mother. I laugh it off and take off my pajamas and start to slip the little red satin dress through my body.

I looked in the mirror and saw how beautifully this dress fit me. I've never felt this good about myself. I am such a bad bitch! this is literally the most euphoric moment and I can't believe this is how I look right now.

I twirl around the mirror and look for some pretty black heels and finish off with some detailing on my hair.

my hair is already dyed blond towards the ends, so with the light curls it all sort of fades and gives off this siren mermaid vibe.

I grab my phone and show myself on the camera.

Joshua gasps, "bitch you look so fucking hot you might turn me straight again!"

I look at him wide-eyed, "you did not just say that right now"

I walk downstairs with my phone in hand. I see a figure in front of my door and I don't move. I wait 30 seconds on the stairs and wait for any sudden movements from the masculine like figure.

"josh" I whisper into my phone, "I think someone is trying to kidnap me", obviously he is not paying attention and he continues to blab about his weekend. I quietly walk down and go to the kitchen.
I grab a pan and wait by the door but not directly in front of the window.

I'm really fucking nervous about this party.

I've never really been to your stereotypical high school party, it's not because I didn't want to. I just lacked the friends to go with. I know it's weird of me to say because I have always had Joshua. But before this year, he was always awkward and confined into this shell of what society wanted him to be.