The light pours into the room, and Maribel fixes her hair along with her outfit in the mirror.
She makes sure the dark circle is covered but she can see a pink tint from where she pulls blush to bright them up.
It's something she learns on TikTok, She grabs her bag as she heads out the door.
She seeing Arlo sleep on the couch, they stay up late last night talking about life so she let him sleep in. She already wrote him a note telling him she will be out.
When she opened the door Syd was on the side of it.
She sighs also she tilts her head and narrows her eyes at him. "Yes." she said to him
Syd just looks at her before he speaks, "Mari can we talk?"
"About?" She asks as she closes the door behind her.
"Can you be serious?" He asks as he comes close.
"Yes, I'm serious, if you not going say why you came. I have somewhere to be." Maribel tells him this as she glazes at her watch.
He studies her for a second before he closes the distance between them completely, " Mari, tell me what going on in that pretty little head of yours."
"Trust me." She tells him, as her hand comes to caress his face. But her voice was almost siren-like. Her eyes meet his as the words release from her lips.
Syd looks deeply into her eyes trying to figure out whatever she isn't saying. It's as hard as trying to save someone that doesn't want to be saved.
"I'm late." She tells him and pulls away from him.
*
Maribel parks her car in the parking lot and she turns the car off.
The sky is clear, not even a cloud in sight.
The trees are olive green along with a highlight of lime green that peeks through the grass.
She steps out as took a deep breath, "I can do this." She said to herself.
Maribel locks her car's door and starts walking into the grass over to a bench.
The ground felt soft as it did all those summers ago.
Even though the sun is not pouring onto the grass field. But she could still feel the heat through at the bottom of her heels.
As she comes close to the bench she runs her fingers across it, the memories come back as they were never gone in the first place. In a carving J+M was Here it writes.
"Well hello, Mari I don't think you would come." A voice said behind her.
She turns around and smirks almost mocking, "Why do you said that, you could tell someone you're in town." Her voice is cherry even for her.
He studies her for a second before putting his hand near her face and brings his body forward, "I'm surprised you came alone that all."
"Oh here I am, I'm just wondering why so secretive?" she asks as she takes his hand from her face.
"Remember when we use to come here, their long summer days?" He asks her as he stares deeply into her eyes.
She breathes through her nose, "I remember after that one summer you fuck Syd, so now that we are all caught up why are you here? she said wanting to get to the point.
Maribel is losing her patience with him, "Oh there she is, I was wonder when you were going to drop this I just want to catch up act. Take a seat.."
She takes a seat on the bench, but her eyes never leave his.
"I want to know, what are you doing here." she asks him again just pressing a little hard.
"All things in due time." he said to her as his eyes dance across her features.
Maribel feels as if she is under a hot light as his eyes take in everything about her.
"It's a shame really Mari, that you can't let it go. Are you not tired of looking over your shoulder because lil ole me will be there?" He didn't even try to hit the amusement in his tone.
"It really hard to be nice to you when you act like this." She states and then continues "Honestly I sleep great every night like a baby Jackson." the words slip out of her mouth as they were supposed be the truth, she just wants to wipe that cocky smirk off his face.
But his front doesn't change it reminds the same, "Does he know the reason I left and you how you always seem to fix everything?" he asks her in a taunting tone as he wants her to do something instead of bringing this calm.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, and I fix it because I'm damn good at it and the reason you left was like every other thing you do it was an impulse decision like always am I right?" If she press all the right buttons he would fall first.
"Look at you you have your anger under control, I remember a time when it wasn't so." He said trying to change the subject but already showed his hand he wants her to get upset and mad beyond known of her friends.
"If you want me mad Jacks all you have to do is ask and I will deliver." She tells him this as she reaches over to caress his face and a smirk plays all her lips as if she won this game.
His face went from cocky to shy in seconds as she takes control.
"If you want my attention all you had to was ask, you know how this works." the words flow out as her heel press against his crotch.
He nods his head as she pets his hair, "Aw baby does the cat got your tongue."
He whimpers in responds.