I rubbed my hands together and rubbed them on my shoulders, the room was chilling and I had no sweater. It was in my room and it was too far away from me. I heard footsteps coming, probably Max. He came in and I started to ask him questions like a normal suspicious girlfriend would ask. "Was that your mom? What's up?", I asked him politely. "Well, my mom asked me if I could go to Brooklyn with her and I said no. I told her that I've been helping you with everything and apparently I am, and I asked her if she would meet you in person this time. Not as a neighbor but as a friend". I stopped breathing for a second and I was shocked by what he said. "It's okay, it's gonna be like me and your dad and only this time I won't be feeling nervous that much", he joked around. I punched him, it wasn't the mean type, like playing around. "Well, lets wait for another week and you'll meet her soon", as he put both of his hand on my shoulder. I think he could feel how intenseness I'm feeling. So, he rubbed my shoulders altogether. Dani messaged me that he's got his things and he's going to some convention to France about Sculptures. I replied to him that it's okay and to go have fun. Maybe he was the footsteps I heard. Maybe.
I sighed. Looking around the room made me feel calm. I blinked. The sudden picture of Carlos in my head popped out for no reason. I turned to Max and hugged him. I was scared.
DING DONG.. The door bell.
I peeked to the peeking hole and saw curly black hair. Could it be? No, it can't. I wanted to take another look to see if it's not a dream. But I couldn't.
"elles, who it is?", Max yelled from the room. I didn't want to reply. I just opened the door and saw Carlos. He was holding a rose and grinned at me as I opened the door. "What are you doing here? How did you find me?", I questioned him, I felt angry inside. I kept it together. Breathe.
"I wanted to see you madame", he replied with a tender voice. I wanted to slap his face and slam the door to his face. But I couldn't, Max would run to me and panic.
I breathed once more and said, "Just go away, leave me alone", I shut the door but his foot stopped it. "I won't move until you have dinner with me", I turned to see Max inside the room.
"Fine, I'll go if you just leave me alone, I'll meet you later at the pizza shop at midnight". Apparently, I thought of a 24 hour pizza shop that was on the ground floor of our apartment.
I walked back to Max and felt a cool chill running down my spine. I was a little jumpy about the date thing I'm going to do with Carlos to make him go away.
I hope Max doesn't find out.
"Who was that?", he asked. "That was just some people asking if I could join their church group but I told them that I wasn't ready for that yet", I replied with a little punch in my stomach for lying to the person I love. I twitched a little. But I think he could tell that I was lying to him. He got a soft grip of my hand and squeezed it tight. I rubbed his arm and it relaxed him.
"So! are we gonna do this?", as he clapped his hands together while letting go of my right hand. I was still thinking of what to do, but he startled me with his jumping idea. "Oh umm... we should put this as a room, like a guest room", I replied without thinking. "Why not, we put it as an Art room? just for you?", He offered. I bit my lower lip because I was still thinking of what to do about later, "Belle?, are you okay?" while snapping his fingers in front of my face to get my attention. I clicked straight away after the fifth click. "I think it will be amazing! Thank you for everything, I love you", I said after hugging him. I wanted to cry. I didn't want him to know that I was going to meet Carlos later. We went out around ten and bought everything for the rooms. We came back at 11:30 and I was tired and hungry. I ate an apple and drank water. I looked at the time and it was still 11:35, In my head I could hear ticking and I was shaking. I could see the water shake. I walked over to Max, he was sitting on the couch and he was really tired, I asked him if he wanted to sleep in his room tonight and he agreed that he wanted too. I held his hand and brought him to his apartment and walked to his room. He walked like a drunk person when walking to his bed. kicked off his shoes and hid under the covers. I sat next to him and he popped out of the covers with a smile. "Will you wake me up in the morning baby?", he asked me with the most cutest voice. I nodded my head and smiled at him. I kissed his forehead and he fell asleep. I switched off the lights and shut the door. I walked out of his apartment and walked in mine. it was 12:00 and I was panicking, my heart was beating fast. I changed to my tights and white shirt with slippers. I didn't want to look nice, since it wasn't a real date. I hated Carlos.
I went down and see if the coast was clear and walked out of the room and ran for the elevator and clicked the ground floor. I was playing with my fingers alot. I closed my eyes and heard the sound of the elevator, I breathed. I walked out and nobody was there. Just the person who takes care of the hotel and the guard. I walked out and went to the left that leads to the pizza shop. I could see a curly-haired guy sitting on a table alone and waiting for someone to sit next to him. The waiter asked me if I was sitting with anyone and Carlos was right in front of me when I looked down. I'm with him, I pointed with my eyes and he took my hand and let me follow him to his table.
He pulled out my chair and let me sit first and tucked me in. He quickly sat on his and smiled to me. "Can we have the menu?", he asked the waitress. There was still ticking in my head and I was worried if Max would find out from anybody. He ordered us soft drinks and a regular cheese pizza with olives. "Annabelle, I'm sorry if I came off too strong at you and Max. I didn't mean to scare you and I never knew that you were his girlfriend." he said. "Why did you ask me out?", I asked him with a questionable voice. "I like you, I want to know you, you look like a sensible person and very interesting," He replied. I was flattered and yet worried about Max and a tad angry at Carlos.
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