Chapter Thirteen

chapter thirteen

"Rosa! aren't you ready? Christan just texted. He is outside" Lexy calls from the other side of my closed bedroom door.

"just a minute!" I pick up my phone and dash out the door almost colliding with Lexy.

"You actually look..cleaned up and erhmm....really nice" Lexy compliments.

I am dressed in a white denim skirt and a whit tank top with a pink leather jacket over it. Lexy on the other hand is wearing a dark blue skinny jeans that accentuate her long slim legs with her black raven hair styled to perfection. she's a sight for sore eyes.

"I think we are done checking each other out" she says

"True. we should go" We grab our bags and proceed out of the door to see a red Porsche outside with a guy leaning slightly on the car, straightening up immediately his eyes meet us.He has dark brown hair that he styled with gel, he isn't someone I would call hot and sexy but I still give him a little credit because to some extent he looks good. As soon as we get closer, Alexa hugs him.

"Rosa this is Christian, Christian mi mejor amigo" Alexa introduces us. The Christian guys offer his hand and I shake hands with him.

"un placer conocerte" (nice meeting you) he greets.

"Yeah me too"..."doesn't he speak English?" I address the latter to Alexa.

"He does but not so fluently"

"I see"

"If you so much desire not to have an headache then refrain from starting a conversation in English with him" she advices. never in a million years would I ever ship Alexa with a non speaking English person. Weird. We settle inside the car, Christian in the driver's seat and Alexa in the passenger seat while I ride in the back sit and of course no presence of his friend who was supposedly said to be hanging with us tonight. I guess Alexa notices too, she turns to Christian "Where is he?

"Who?" he asks his gaze not leaving the road.

"your friend of course. you said he was going to be here" she states matter of factly.

"oh....Arturuo..tenía que estar en algún lugar. Se unirá a nosotros más tarde" ( He had somewhere to be. He is going to join us later) I may be somewhat good in Spanish but I could only point out the part he said join us later.

"Christian!" I call. He turns back for a brief second.

"si"

"What does the name Arturo mean?"

"it means Arthur"

"significa Arthur"

Christian and Alexa says together. Somebody must be talking about them. My mother used to say that whenever you and somebody say something together, it means some people were somewhere talking or gossiping about you. Arturo may currently be gossiping about them, probably saying he wished he was the one who met Lexy first.

"Nosotras estamos aqui"(we are here). Christian says turning off the car. Christian climbs out and goes to open the passenger door for Lexy. I coo inwardly. He's a lady's man. I get down seeing that nobody is going to open the car door for me. It is a skating rink. This can't be true. I don't skate. I turn to Alexa who is grinning at him.

"This is nice. I love skating" she says. oh yes. Alexa is perfect at everything she does. I groan inwardly and mutter" I hate skating" what I wasn't expecting was for Christian to hear.

"disculpa" he says. whatever. I leave them and proceeds into the place. it is quite big.

"At least you love food!" Alexa shouts after me. I turn to her as if asking 'what does that have to do with me being here'.

"Their food here is good.we can grab dinner before heading home" yeah yeah whatever. But a part of me is now at ease at the thought of food. We enter together, Christian and Lexy chatting happily and me once again being the third wheel. This shit is so annoying. And now I'm swearing. I don't even use curse words. What the hell is wrong with me? well I can answer that. All day I have been thinking of only one person...Ken...I don't know if it is only me that thinks the name doesn't fit a walking sex god like him. What is wrong with me? where did that come from....

"earth to Rosa" I come back to my senses to realize Lexy has been snapping her fingers in my face trying to get my attention.

"the skating boots are here" she tells me.

"No" I say

"No what?" she asks totally confused.

"¿Son las botas demasiado pequeñas?" Christian asks as he approach us.

"No idea what you just said man" I tell him

"The boots. problem?" he tries. Nice way to express yourself man.

"it's fine" I assure him " but I don't think I should spoil you people fun. you guys should start first, I will join you later. comprendido?"

"You know I don't skate" I say and shove the boot at Alexa"I will be at the...."

"Yeah yeah...I know .... it's all about food" she says

I laugh and walk away.