Chapter 10: DMS

After taking a nice long bath, I have decided that when I get home I am going to sit my parents down and tell them my story. I have heard their story multiple times! Now it is their time to listen to me.

I got dressed and joined Ruby's mom for lunch. We both seem to enjoy each other's company more than ever, she told me about the most embarrassing childhood experiences she had and I told her some of mine too.

"So after you bought the hula hoop, did your father teach you how to play with it?" she asked holding back a lot of laughter.

"Yes, he moved it like a pro!" I replied. We both immediately burst into laughter.

"You should visit me during the holidays since Ruby will not be coming home during the university holidays. She is only coming back in December." Ruby's mom said.

"I do not know what to say, to be honest, I am so overwhelmed because I love it here. Thank you so much for inviting me to your house and I will surely come." I replied feeling excited about the sudden offer from Ruby's mom.

"There is no need to thank me, dear, you are like a second daughter to me," she replied standing up to pick up our plates.

"No! please leave them, I will clean up. Go lie down and I will bring some water in your room." I quickly stood up from my chair and took the plates in her hands.

"You are a darling, I do need some rest after the long day we just had." Ruby's mom said leaving the dining table.

Before I wash the dishes let me check my anonymous Instagram account, I have not had the time to check it out because Ruby and her mom have been around me for these past 2 days.

I started an anonymous Instagram account that none of my real account followers and Ruby know about. I started it because I wanted to post my work on the page but now I mostly use it to stalk hot men. I have been single for a while now and you can not blame a girl for looking. The Instagram name is @no.oneimpor.tant, I decided to go with that name because my work is great but I just want the people who follow me to know that I am no one important yet.

I scrolled down my anonymous account when I suddenly came across this tall, well-built white man with black hair and the most good-looking face I have ever seen. He does look a bit older than me but who cares, let me just like his posts and follow him. It is not like he will even notice me, I only post my work on this account.

I went to my favorite playlist and started playing some of my all-time favorite songs while washing the dishes. Young, dumb, and broken by Khalid suddenly started playing. It reminded me of this gorgeous, brown skin girl from my school that I used to chill with during exam time.

Her name is Samantha, we both love smoking marijuana so we would find a quiet spot at the back of the school, lie down on the grass, and light up a blunt. She would bring a speaker so when we were done smoking we played each other our playlists. I started playing young, dumb, and broke by Khalid. When she heard it, she stood up to her feet and stood me up also. We sang along to it and danced together with big smiles on our faces.

I will never forget Sam, she is my soul sister. She is that one girl I have met that genuinely understands me and I understand her too which is a very rare feeling to experience especially with someone you do not know that well. I know parts of her story and she knows parts of my story but the connection we both share makes the both of us feel like we have met each other before.

*My phone buzzed disturbing my thoughts*

'@zaied.jacobs followed you back'

'2 new notifications'

I can not believe he just followed me back, let me check my messages. It says here I have 2 new notifications.

"Hey there, you like what you see?" the text read.

"Do not keep me waiting" another text from @zaied.jacobs read.

"Hey, I do not know how to answer that. You are quite older than me for sure." I replied.

How does he know who he is talking to? What if I was a boy? Wait! Does my work show that it is written by a girl? Do I show a lot of emotions or something? I need to fix it, no one who follows me should know I am a girl. This is supposed to be an anonymous account.

"You like old men though right? I mean you blew up my phone with a lot of notifications," he replied.

"No, I do not like old men." I immediately replied feeling embarrassed at his text message.

"You do you like me." his text read.

"No, do not, what makes you so sure about everything you say. You say it as you know me." I replied.

"I am going to know you soon and some things are just easy to read," he replied.

"Send me your pictures" he sent another text.

"No, we can not talk, leave me alone," I replied.

"Okay," he immediately answered.

I do not know why I am so hurt by this, I mean I do not know this guy but a part of me wanted him to beg me to talk to him. I have not had that kind of attention from a good-looking guy in a long time, I guess maybe that is why but anyway I am not going to talk to him again. He is way too older than me and if any of my loved ones find out, they are going to kill me.