chapter 21

Thea I had a very long conversation with Alexa last night. She told me about everything that happened between him and my so-called enemy. I actually don't know how to advise her because I myself have problems with my love life. I'm confused with my emotions. How can I give advice to someone when I'm like this but still give her a bit of advice? We talked over the phone for like three hours, I think, until I heard Gabriel and Gabriella come to her and take her phone. They just said hi to me, then bye after that end call. I think if they didn't do that, me and my best friend might talk all night and all day. We just have so many things to catch up on. Whatever it is, I still didn't tell her about me and Joseph, what happened to us, or anything. So it's still a secret, but I don't know if Joseph told his brother about it. It's not like I care. So today, I have a plan with Parrish. Usually, he spends his weekend with Liam, his boyfriend, or girlfriend. I don't know because I never ask, but yeah, I'm always alone when it comes to the weekend. My weekend always ended alone. Everything I do alone, like: I watched movies alone. Eat alone. Walk alone. Laughed alone. Searching for ice cream alone. Jogging alone. And even talk alone. But I'm still not crazy. I got up from the bed after I did my little stretch. I take a shower and do all my morning routine before going out to choose what outfits I have to wear today. Let's see, hmmm, me and Parrish are going to do something fun and maybe a bit challenging today; who knows? I'll go with a casual look, then, with black and white themes. I wear my undergarments, then my black ripped jeans. After that, I chose a long-sleeve shirt that has a stripe pattern on it. I pair it with my white Converse. I just braided my hair and put some makeup on my pale face, and... I'm done and ready to go. I take my sling bag and put my stuff in it: tissue, hand sanitizer, my small purse that I put my cash and ID in, lipgloss, shades, and my phone. A moment later, I heard a knock on my door. It must be Parrish. I take my bag, rush to the door, and open it. "Hey, sweetie." He greets me, then looks at me up and down. "You look great, girl. That means I have a little sister to take care of today. I bet lots of guys will look at you with their perverted eyes." I playfully slap him on the face and walk out of the house. "You look so cute today, really." He said. Yeah, okay, thanks. Stop giving me compliments. I'm sick of it. Besides, it's just a casual look. Come on, man." I said this when both of us walked to his car. He's got a nice car, by the way. He drives a black Mustang, and this is my sixth time riding in his car because we usually just walk if we're going anywhere. "Let's go and have some fun today!" He shouted in the car after he started the engine. We are having a very good time in the car. Both of us just sing out loud when our favourite songs come on the radio. Well, at least we have some things in common. Both of us have the same taste in music, which is cool. The whole journey we both just keep singing and laughing. It was so much fun until we arrived at the ice cream shop. "I don't mind having ice cream for brunch," I said, and he chuckled. He put his hand around my shoulder when we walked to the shop. "Hello, how can I help you?" The girl behind the cashier asks with a smile on her face. I told her what flavour I wanted, and Parrish said it too. After a few minutes, we both get our ice cream and sit at the table. "Where are we heading today, actually?" I ask and start to dig into my ice cream. "Hmmm, what about just following where the car brings us?" "You're the one who controls the car." I said it in a 'duh' tone. "I think we should go and take a selfie at the Eiffel Tower and eat pizza and eat another pizza and find another pizza shop and eat pizza again and maybe order a takeout pizza to bring home. How about that?" Well, taking a selfie at the Eiffel Tower sounds okay to me, but eating pizza over and over again? I think that's not a good plan." I make a cringe-worthy face at him. "Girl, pizza is life, and have you ever heard that there's a human who married a pizza just because they're so in love with it?" Yeah, I know, and I think you're next." We both laughed and ate our ice cream, which was going to melt soon. ***** Parrish, this is ridiculous," I said to him. "It's not. This is marvellous." He said to take another bite of his pizza. He really did what he said this morning, and now we're at the third pizza shop, and he just orders and eats and eats and eats without feeling full or anything. Oh gosh, this man is a really BIG eater. Okay, after this, we're going somewhere else that's not related to pizza again. It's already 3:55 pm, and you know what? You've been eating this pizza for like two hours non-stop. It looks like you never get to eat any food for a long time." I look at him, and yes, he ignores what I said to him and just eats. Don't get me wrong, I love pizza, but I'm not obsessed like him. I only eat like eight slices, and that's it. I'm full, but he's not, and This is the third shop. I wait for a few more minutes until Parrish is done with his Pizza. I took a breath of relief, and we both got out after he paid for it. "So where are we going? More pizza?" He asked me. "No! That's enough pizza for today, Parrish." Okay, okay, I'm just kidding. Let's go." We get into the car, and he drives off. "Where are we going?" I ask him. "I know one place that's going to make our day more fun." "Where?" "Just wait and see, sweetie." He parked his car, and when I'm out of it, I look at my surroundings. "A funfair!" I said it excitedly. It's been so long since I last came to a fair. "See, I know you'll love it." We walk to the fair. There are a lot of people here, and I guess most of them are couples who are maybe having their date. How cute it is. "Let's go and play that." Parrish pointed at the shooting booth, and I nodded my head. He pays for it and starts to shoot the can. "It's easy.." He said so and started to shoot. Well, he makes all the cans fall down in one try. Impressive. See, I told you!" He high-fived me. "Don't be cocky, Parrish. This is a kids game; of course, it's easy." "Congratulations. So choose one prize to give to your girlfriend." The man in charge of the booth said, and I and Parrish look at each other weirdly. Girlfriend? Hah!. "Well, girlfriend, what do you want?" Parrish plays along, which makes me smile, and picks a not-so-big teddy bear, but actually it's a whale. I take it and show it to Parrish. "Nice. Let's go." Both of us walk away from the booth, try a variety of games there, and eat the foods until it is dark. We sure spend so much time here but it's so so much fun after all. Now, we're both on our way back home. "I can't believe that at every booth we went to, they assumed we were a couple." He laughed. "I know right. It's just so funny, and look at their faces when we said that we're not. It's just priceless." We both laughed. "But at least we have our fluffy friends." I hug my fluffy whale. He chose a bear with a bow on its neck. It's a cure, though, but my whale is bigger than his. We finally arrived home. Me and Parrish walked together to the lift with our new fluffy friends until I heard my name being called by someone. I turn around to see Joseph standing not too far from me in his work suit. What is he doing here? I look at Parrish who already smiling until his ears. I smack hiParrish,nwho islare at him. "Mr. Sanchez. What re you doing here?" I ask. "It looks like both of you just got back from a date." He looks at me and Parrish, then at the prize that we got each other. "Parrish I think you should go now. It's fine." I said, and he hugs me briefly before we walk to the lift. "So I see you've got yourself a boyfriend now. How long have you two been dating?" "It's none of your business, Mr. Sanchez. So can I go now because I'm tired?" "Of course you are because you've been out the whole day with your lovely boyfriend until you didn't reply to my text and answer my call." I raised my eyebrows and took out my phone from my bag. I see that's 36 missed calls from him and also 20 messages from him. Sorry, I silenced my phone. So tell me what you want." "Have lunch with me tomorrow because I have something to tell you." "You can just tell me now." Tomorrow, I'll pick you up at noon. I hope you don't have any dates with your boyfriend." "Can you please not say that word? Parrish is not my boyfriend; stop saying that he is." I blurted out to him Then, he smiles out of the blue, which is why I don't know what the reason is. "Why are you smiling? I'm not saying anything funny." "If he's not your boyfriend, then who is he? Why are you so close to him and even go out on a date with him?" "It's none of your business, Mr. Sanchez." "It is my business. I need to know who he is to you. What's your feeling towards him, and what about his feelings towards you?" "For what?" I ask in a pissed tone. "Listen here very carefully. You belong to me, and that's it." I scoffed at his statement. "Whatever." I walk away from him to go to the lift. "Don't forget tomorrow's date!" He said it out loud and made everyone in the lobby look at him and then me. I walk quickly to the lift, and when it's open, I immediately get in. ___________________________________________________________________________________ How's chapter 21? Don't be shy, and tell me what you feel about this chapter! Vote Comments Share ***** Much love from me. 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