Until I Met You

Gray looks at me before walking out of the restaurant with his order. Alexa squealed with a victory dance and that made some customers chatter amongst themselves. Leslie faked a smile and giggled.

” That was sudden.”

” That’s how to get a boy. Learn from the best.”

” So what are you gonna do when he calls you?” Leslie asks.

“We booked a hotel and…” She wiggle her brows and smile.

” What if he doesn’t call you?” I choose to ask.

“He will. Everyone likes a good pussy.” She winks and drinks her coffee.

I feel weird like I’m jealous or something. Imagine kissing him few hours ago and your cousin is already booking to have sex with him. I wanted to be far from him. I’m not really strong enough to handle any of his problems , plus I know nothing about him. Same time I wish I hadn’t played that stupid stunt in his house telling him to stop stalking me.

” Ariel, I’m hanging around your house this weekend.” I chuckle when I remembered the time she chose to spend the weekend with us but ended up leaving because of my mom.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

I nod and sigh. Alexa waved at Vickie and I before turning her back as she faced the door with Leslie.

” Who’s she ?” Vickie asks, referring to Alexa and my sister I guess.

“The one with the bleached blonde hair is my cousin. The other one is my older sister.”

“Yeah ? Your sister clearly doesn’t like you. I mean every one of her words carries sarcasm and hatred. Like she thinks she’s better.”

” Maybe she’s better. She’s pretty and sexy. She’s right though , Gray would never want a girl like me. I’m too plain.”

” It’s not like you like him.”

” That’s my second point. He’s too good to be true. Every single thing on heels wants him badly.” I scoff and turn around to clean a table.

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That weekend, Alexa , Leslie and I sat at the dining table. I was bored upstairs so I decided to join them. I twirl my milkshake endlessly and play chess with them.

” What’s up with your Gray package ?” Leslie asks, drinking a cup of tea.

” Ooh. Shit , I missed the entire story. We hung out yesterday.” Alexa giggled and that made me freeze. I can’t believe Gray can be so taken , sleeping with any single awesome girl.

” What! What does he feel like ?” Leslie asks with so much eagerness. Asshole.

” He bangs good. He’s a megapiece.” I roll my eyes, getting bored of the conversation.

” Wow..” Leslie flush. She’s jealous. But why ?

” You’re okay ?” Alexa asked me.

I nod at once.” Yeah.”

” Of course she’s not. She wished she was the one being held captive underneath Gray Carter.” Leslie scoffed .

” Why do you find joy in making people feel inferior ?”

” How ?” She laughs.

I shake my head sideways and drink my milkshake.

” You know you’ll always wish to be underneath Gray , Leslie.” Alexa cut in.

” Why would you say that ?”

” Because you pretend too much. I mean you’ve been fucking and lying.”

I gulp an unknown lump and smirk to watch the unfolding drama.

” Alex..”

” Yeah. You know it’s disgusting when your parents keep on taking sides with you. Swearing that you’re a damn virgin when you lost that shit in highschool.” I choke on my milkshake and breathe.

This is stupid.

” You don’t have a right to judge me. You know nothing about me.”

” Yeah. Because you’re always painting Ariel black. Save your parents the embarrassment and tell them you’ve been giving blow jobs to boys.”

Leslie scoffs and frowns. Who knew she’s afraid of Alexa. They are almost the same age just that Alexa is a bit older by a few months.

” I didn’t sleep with Gray by the way. Just wanted to watch you freak out.” Alexa said and sip my milkshake.

” So he never called ?” I ask .

” Nah. Maybe he’s not interested in me. Doesn’t matter , just a taste of my lips and he’s definitely gonna look for me.” Alexa grin and wink. I release a deep breath I didn’t even notice I’ve been keeping.

” So , who’s ready for college ?” Alexa asks, nudging Leslie’s defeated self to life.

” It’s really not that cool. My mom wants us to stay with them.” I say.

” What the fuck ! A ride from here to college is about two hours. How are you guys gonna cope with that ?”

” Maybe they are not aware. Leslie, you should talk to them. We need to stay close to school. If not the school’s dorm , we could possibly get an apartment outside school.”

” They don’t want you to get a boyfriend.” Leslie scoffs irritatingly.

” So who controls a grown up lady?” Alexa asks sarcastically.

” Grown up ? The fact that she’s out of puberty doesn’t mean she’s grown up.” Leslie says and glares at me.

“Ariel , so when are you planning to fuckin rip out Leslie’s hair. The fuck girl..” Alexa rolls her eyes and shoots daggers at Leslie.

“What ! Why would you even tell her to rip out my hair ?”

“Because you fuckin annoy me bitch. You’re just like your mom.”

“Alexa, you won’t talk about my mom like that. I only told the truth. Ariel’s too naive and acts too annoying. The fact that she had something with Freddie doesn’t mean she had to fake being depressed because she wants our parents to have pity on her.”

“Seriously Leslie. I faked being depressed? The hell! What’s even your problem? Why don’t you just quit being a coward and say it to my face that you hate me because you’re jealous of me.” I talk back to her.

She’s acting too sassy and it’s eating me up.

“Go girl…” Alexa chuckled.

“Jealous of you?” Leslie chuckles and flicks her hair to the side. ” Boo, you can’t even afford me. We’re not even the same.”

“Yeah? And you’ve always had a long secret crush on Freddie and you wished he looked at you.” Alexa chuckles Insanely as she says.

I freeze at once and look up at Alexa.

“You liked Freddie?”

“Fuck girl, I don’t fuckin’ know what Alexa is talking about. Why would I like Freddie? He’s too nerdy.”

“Shut up. You called him hot when you got drunk at prom. For real Leslie? You suck. She’s like a honey bee, attracted to guys who’re loaded.”

“I hate it when you judge me Alex.” Leslie murmurs.

“And I hate it when you act all too goody. And you know the shitty part is when your parents act like they are from the sixties. All holy and god fearing. I might not be religious but trust me , your parents won’t even smell heaven’s gate and I’m gonna make sure I chase them to where they belong. Hell.” Alexa says and stands up to get a bottle of water.

I’m left alone with Leslie who won’t stop staring darkly at me. She acts like a witch who escaped from a mental asylum.

“It’s funny you liked Freddie all this while.” I said to her,

“I’m sorry to burst your bubble miss Ariel. I give no flying fuck about Freddie. I never liked him. You both suck and I’m glad to inform you that I look too good for him.”

“Then why lie about being a virgin ?” I ask her. She scoffs and gulps down her remaining tea.

“You think everyone is like you ? I’m sorry I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“So Ariel , you really don’t wanna talk about your mystery Gray ? Total stranger who drove you home at the club.” Alexa says walking back to the dining table. I sigh and play with my milkshake.

“It’s not important. I was drunk.”

“So how come you woke up with his sweatpants and t-shirt ?”

“His house help changed my dress because I don’t know..” I stutter.

“House help ? Is he rich ?” Alexa beams with a wide grin on her lips.

“I wish…” Leslie mutters and scoffs irritatingly.

“So what did you guys talk about ? He didn’t touch you right ?”

I sigh and shake my head sideways.

“Maybe he’s really nice. So basically you have never seen Gray Carter before ? Dude’s popular and fuckin rich.” Alexa says.

“Buddy has crowded her life with boring shit. You don’t even have a social media account..” that’s Leslie.

“Leslie , it’s my headache.”

“Ditch that. Let’s talk about college. Ariel found a major yet ?”

I sigh and nod. ” Yeah. Business administration.”

“Wow. We’re storming every fuckin party in college and clubs. Welcome to my new cousin freshman. I’m definitely gonna host a frat party.” She giggles and wink at me.

Leslie rolls her eyes and bites her tongue. What’s wrong with her?

“Nah. Ariel won’t like to party.” Leslie speaks up for me. Did I even ask her to talk ? Loud mouth.

“Why not. You’re gonna tag along with me. And I bet every hot ass nigga won’t even take their eyes off you. You’re pretty.” Alexa says and it’s silly that I blushed.

“Parties…” Mom says as she steps into the living room with dad beside her. Mom’s got a new job including dad and I’m grateful.

“Alexa.” Dad said as he eyes up Alexa. Great , world war 2 is about to take place.

“Have you started talking to them about going to parties with you ?” Mom asks with venom in her voice.

“Fuck me..” Alexa mutters.

“Mind your language. I’ve told you several times to stop coming over if you wanna talk them into getting a boyfriend.”

“Mom, calm down. We aren’t talking about boys. We were talking about college and dorms or maybe an apartment that we’d stay in once we go to college.”

“You’re not staying in any dorms or apartments. You’re staying here with us.” Dad retorts.

“Daddy , it’s a two hours drive from here to college. It’s too far and we can’t cope.” Leslie sighs and crosses her arms.

“Leslie no. I won’t even support that. Staying close to college will open Ariel more to the world. She’s gonna make me more carefree than she already is. Obviously she’s gonna get three more boyfriends and she will sleep around just the same way she did with that asshole Gray and Freddie.” Mom yells.

” So all this attitude is because you don’t want Ariel to have a boyfriend ? For fuck sake Ariel’s twenty.” Alexa scowl.

“Alexa , you’re gonna watch your tongue before I watch it for you.” Mom fires.

“You’re fuckin shitting me. You’re acting as if you married your husband as a virgin. Or should i start telling you the summary of your perfect life. How you met him in a club.”

“Alex..” Dad roars.

” Yeah , you want me to shut up now. This is the 21st century for heaven’s sake. You guys are supposed to be behind bars for even hitting a kid. Maybe I should even call the cops.”

“You won’t even dare. You’ve overstayed your welcome. Get out.” Mom says as she opens the door for Alexa to leave.

“Oh , should I leave ?”

“Yes , leave. And I’m calling Doreen to talk to you to stay away from my kids.”

“Kids. Leslie is also a child ? So your overprotective virgin who end up giving all the boys oral sex in school because she wanted to be popular is also a kid. Maybe I should yell on top of my voice and tell the world how you planned to hook up with…”

“Leslie don’t..” Dad raises his hands up, warning her to stop talking.

Alexa smirks and crosses her arms. God what are they even talking about ?

“Alexa , please, it’s enough.” Leslie cut her short.

“Leslie, maybe you need to shut up. Why don’t you tell them you had about thirty boyfriends in highschool before you graduated.” Alexa snapped at Leslie.

“Seriously..”

“Alex , stop telling lies about Leslie. You need to leave..” Mom points her finger at Alexa and motions her to the door.

“I ain’t leaving until you both stop whatever attitude you’re putting up. By Monday both girls will be starting college. Maybe you should do them good and get your clothes ready to be their roommate.” Alexa grins.

“Guys , please that’s enough.” I speak up this time.

“Ariel, you should shut up.” Mom yells on top of her voice as my heart skips to my feet.

I touch my heart and I can’t feel it anymore. I inhale and exhale sharply as I try to catch my breath. I can’t breathe.

“Ariel. Are you okay ?” Alexa rushed to stand by me as she grabbed my shoulders.

“Ariel , breathe..”

“I..” exhale..”I can’t breathe.”

“Shit , she’s having a panic attack.” Alexa cuss beside me as she tries to make me sit.

“Oh my God…” Mom whined and held my other arm.

I continue breathing in and out as I feel my lungs clutch against my chest. The world starts to spin and I can’t feel my feet anymore.

“Ariel , open your eyes…”

The world starts to distance and darken as I collapse to the fall and everything is void.