Brianna
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After a long discussion, Melissa has finally decided on taking me home. She didn't want me to drive all by myself and also she didn't even want me to call an uber.
We drove to my house together and she ended up crashing in. It was 1am, an hour passed midnight and I still didn't have any sleep in me.
I allowed my arms to rest on the railing of the balcony and thought back at everything that occurred in the club.
I was in the restroom, I came across a creep and perv. I heard felt his stares, I heard him laugh, I saw his gray eyes and I remembered the sound of his footsteps and also when he spoke in front of everyone.
He asked her if she could be his girlfriend.
I watched as the group of familiar faces all have fun and even Melissa was gone with the music. I remembered myself sipping my second, third, fourth shot of tequila.
I was on my way to the restroom once again but not before noticing that I was being followed.
"Lopez..." I pursed my lips and turned around to face him. I once again took a look at face and not much had changed after the eight months. Only that his beard had grown.
He raised a brow. "How'd you know it was me?" I didn't want to have to give him and entire explanation so I just answered with one simple word. "Figured," I shrugged.
Silence roamed around the empty hall and neither of us dared to say a word. I was growing impatient by the second because I was just dying to collapse in my bed and get some major eye shut.
"Can I ask you something?" he said breaking the silence "You already have but go ahead anyway,"
"Why are you so afraid?" he questioned.
The question seemed to have taken me off guard but I tried to maintain my neutral expression. "Mind being specific?" I crossed my arms over my chest.
"Okay then," he cleared his throat. "Why are you so afraid of falling in love?"
I inhaled sharply whilst allowing my eyes to close I thought, when will he ever stop asking me the same question over and over again.
"Are you serious?"
"Does it look like I'm kidding?" He retorted and my eye twitched and gave him a hard stare.
"I don't think that is any of your concern," I said honestly. I could see it in his eyes that he wanted an answer from me. I failed at trying to see the emotion I then and just shut it down.
"Let me remind you that you have a girlfriend. I don't think your girlfriend would be fond of the idea of her boyfriend asking his own ex," I emphasized. "About her own fear of 'love',"
"You're avoiding my question," he now crossed his arms. "And why would I answer it?"
"It's just a yes or no," he shrugged. "And it's just learning to mind your own business." I retorted.
"Brianna," he sighed and I knew he was getting ticked off because I wasn't answering his question that he awaited to be answered for more than a year already. "Alejandro," I smiled.
I enjoyed the fact that I was ticking him off and that there was nothing he could even do about it. "Stop asking a question you'll never get the answer. Don't waste your breathe, it's precious." I patted his chest and turned to walk away but he decided to repeat something the made me roll my eyes. "Precious?"
I didn't answer but I knew he could sense my aggravation. But I decided on hurting him just to shut him up.
Just because my sweet little heart was spiteful.
"Get this through you head," I glared. "I never loved you. Not even the moment you asked me to your girlfriend did I love you. I don't love you, never did and I never will. If I wanted you, you'd me kissing my toes worshipping me." I said what I stared at him, pleading from some remark, a retort, anything but I never got any of that. His face remained neutral and I couldn't even tell with his eyes.
"This is a goodbye to whatever we had. It won't be hard acting like you're some stranger and it's shouldn't be hard for you to pretend like you don't know me because it'll certainly be a piece of cake for me. We're nothing and that's that. Agreed?" I rose my eyebrows.
"Oh that's no problem. I agree." He smirked. "I don't have a problem in forgetting somebody who is just spiteful? Why waste my time? Don't you think that's my most stupidest thing I could possibly do? And you're right, I've have girlfriend and I need to act like a proper boyfriend. It'll be like you've never ever met me, I promise."
"Goodnight Brianna."