"Meeting new people in this society has just become bearable because at first you want some to survive, but you know that is not always true, so you learn that some people are just not made for this world."
Maribel just come from her tech class
But before she left this guy, come me up to her.
She took out my headphone and smiled at him; the guy has tan skin, greenish-brown eyes, and black silk hair, "hey how can I help you." Maribel tells him in a kind tone, he smiles in return and said, " I'm Adam, I was wondering if you would if you like to go out sometime?" He asks, she could tell he was a little nervous.
He was cute and I needed a break from the band life. She thinks
" I'm Maribel and yeah, I would like to go out with you." Maribel told him, his face lit up and then he handed me a note and waved me goodbye.
After Maribel starts to walk back to my dorm, she looks at the note while walking toward my building.
Maribel pulls her phone out and sent him a text. They texted for a while and she wrote code for her new program.
He tells her, he wants to take her dancing on Thursday and Maribel agrees.
She is excited to go out with someone.
Maribel is in the band and all.
She doesn't have much of a dating life; I know on Thursday I'm going to have to move around something and I just hope that Sadie doesn't get jealous and chase him away or get one of his friends to do it.
T H U R S D A Y
The sunny beaming, the weather is nice as well.
Maribel picks flowers in a field, she goes there just to just clear her mind sometimes.
She has her journey in hand, she just sits there and bathes in the sun it's nice.
It is something that she can control.
Her fingers wrap around the oil colors as she sketches, out the view in from of her.
The Sky is light blue with a cloud that is fluffy, the grass is olive green with highlights of lime green that is hidden but also come to be seen.
The sun bleeds through the clouds it lays on her skin, it feels as someone is touching her for the first time.
*
Maribel walks through the band hall in a cream-white wrist-tight dress, white lace thigh-highs, simple eggshell white six-inch heels, and light makeup with cherry lip tint; she was not here to practice; she was here to supervise that all.
Maribel was over the moon for late on; this would distract her from her feelings and the donor's ball.
She arrived on time as usual.
When she walks in everyone turned their heads, it was normal for her to dress up but not like this, and that was when Antonio came over and said " looking nice Bel you got a date or something."
Maribel was in a good mood; it was so good that she didn't bring any coffee with her; she smirks as she says: "Yes, I do Ant, and since you here haven't the girls got here yet." Antonio looks around the room and said " Yeah, for the most part."
Maribel nods and walks her way over to Syd.
Syd and Her need to go over some stuff before she leaves.
When she walks over, Syd looks her up and down as he takes in Maribel's appearance
Maribel clears her throat " Syd can I talk to you for a moment." He nods and walks into the hall, then went down to the storage.
Once they got there, Syd locks the door and turns to her, and said "what's on your mind?" He said, making eye contact, but she didn't look him in the eyes.
" Syd I have plans so I'm not going to be able to stay the whole practice." Syd looks at her and began to close the space between them, but after getting about three feet between them he stops and said " interesting, why is that?"
But deep down, he felts a ping of jealousy when he sees what she was wearing, and now she was saying that she had plans. He knows that shouldn't feel this way and he has no claim on her that they are Friends and friends who don't feel this way for one another. He keeps telling himself.
Maribel looks over his features, she slightly tilts her head" I'm going out with a friend and I want to go over everything here before I left... I know you got everything under control if I leave." She tells him her voice is soft and her eyes are quizzing look.
"Maribel, you are a leader and you need to be here." His voice is somewhat tired.
Syd knew he was acting selfish, but he didn't care, the stress and donor's ball coming up, he needed her here, even if they weren't on good terms.
They were least on business terms, " Syd doesn't go there I bend over backward for this position and I do my job damn well." Maribel's voice is filled with irritation. Syd starts to close the space and put his hands on her shoulders, which sent a shiver down her spine.
There was silence for a second before Maribel grabs his hand and said " Syd you'll be fine." She moves to leave; he grabs her by the wrist and made her look him in the eyes for the first time since they were in the same room. Maribel could not do this with him right now, "Mari, you know this ball is big for us."
Syd said this, trying to find out how to break her walls down because right now he was losing her. Maribel sighs and replies, " Syd the band will be fine, one day won't ruin everything we built."
When she said this, she could only rehear the way he said us.
But he didn't say anything after that; he pulls her into a hug, but she didn't hug back she just stand there even if her body wants to crave.
When this happened Maribel's heart fell in love all over again, this was how it started; this was a signal that it was hope, that he still had her; Maribel pulls back their face only inches apart they are breathing in sync.
Syd is the one to break the moment between "Mari, you should be here not out with some guy?" Maribel sighs and pushes away.
She looked at him and wipes a tear that wants to come forward, she just scoffs and walks away from him.
Maribel walks out, Syd follows with his grumpy look on his face because he wanted her here, not with that guy, and he maybe would have Antonio looking look into that later or one of the girls that were fangirling him of late.
After Syd reaches the gathering space. It was empty; they had done the goals for today. He walks over to the window; the band was in their formations outside, Maribel in front of the dancers making sure they did the eight-count right, and the main band had their leaders in their rightful spot, and there were some managers on the side recording videos and taking pictures.
But this vision didn't stay as dollhouse as it looks, because someone didn't play the right note to the song and two dancers were late to come into the ripple effect.
It was chaos, and somebody was looking for someone to blame for that when Maribel stood up on the podium and said "Eyeballs." In a tone that said don't fucking dare make me repeat myself, that sent everyone's eyes to her, and replied with " snap ma'am" she looks around, and everyone was terrified.
Maribel never really raised her voice unless the band needed to feel her disappointment.
But one thing she did was fuss with Syd about how he need to get out of his head out of his ass sometimes and do his damn job.
But Maribel had great reason to fuss; she was the glue that held this family together, and if she don't, it would never get done.
Syd started to walk out of the band exit to the outside area where the band was practicing. He watches the girl he wants to be near and the one that was also shutting him out.
She was badass at her position and he knew she would be a leader in no time when they met. She also fixed things even before taking on her leading role, and she always told him when he was full of shit and would never take no for an answer. She had a passion for what she did; he'll give her that.
*
Maribel left early like she said she would, and that just put him in a more terrible mood than had been before, and then his girlfriend surprised him. Let's just say they argued when they were headed back to her dorm room, she asked him.
Why was he in such a bad mood, and at first he didn't answer; then she asks one last time he replied with that "Mari, left early and left me to the wolves. He expresses to her that when she said "why did she leave early?
I caught her on her way out; she looked like she was going on a date. That made him scoff
That night ended with Syd taking a drink for the first time in a while.