Amara's POV
Alice gave her final touches on my face and leaned backwards to have a good look at her work.
Perfecto!" She exclaimed happily.
"When did you learn Spanish!" Madi teased bringing a mirror.
"Can I look at my face now ?" I asked wondering how my makeup face looked like.
"Wait !" Alice said grabbing the mirror from Madi and turning it upside down onto the table.
"What's this again!" I cried out.
"I forgot something!" She replied and sprayed on the anti sweat spray .
"It's not really hot you know!" Madi complained
"Yeah but I'm an expert at this so everything has to be perfect" she replied and brought the mirror to my face .
"Wow! Is that me !" I exclaimed not believing my reflection in the mirror.
"Does it look like me?" She teased.
"You look beautiful Amara!" Madi complimented.
"Are you sure guys…I'm really nervous "
"You don't have to …I'm sure you will be the most beautiful lady amongst them" Alice replied pulling my cheek.
"You're gonna ruin this makeup yourself!" I yelled
"Lets I forget, you didn't tell us about your meeting with Eric..did you tell him about you an Ivan?" Madi asked out of the blue and yes I forgot to tell you friends, I went to see Eric today which today is Saturday during the day . He was cool and surprisingly he didn't bring up the matter of me being his girlfriend which made me wonder if Ivan had already discussed it with him. We chatted over drinks and the next thing I remember ,I was in his car and he had dropped me home. He claimed I was drowsy and fell asleep which I remember sleeping.
"I guess Ivan told him …I'm sure !" I replied with a smile.
"That's good then " she replied in a weird tone. I wore my dress and the next moment Ivan texted that he was on his way to pick me up.
"I can't believe he won't tell you where you are going… Are you sure about this!" Madi complained for the tenth time tonight.
"Come on Madi ! Ivan is her boyfriend and what if it's a surprise date … Are you so dumb because you've never dated anyone before!" Alice joked but Madi didn't seem to like it .
"I know better than you do okay! And I honestly don't trust Ivan !" Madison replied and stormed out angrily.
"What's up with her!" Alice laughed
"You went too far Allie!" I replied
"Come on Amara , she can't keep on jinxing your relationship each and every time!" Alice replied.
Ivan arrived and his appearance made me wonder if I was overdressed. He was wearing a regular bola black shirt on a pair of shorts with a white sneakers and here I was in a long dinner wear and a pair of heels.
"Did you not say this was an important function?" I asked staring at him from head to toe
"Yeah …why?" He smiled
"And you're wearing this ?" I said looking at him from head to toe.
"What's wrong with this ?" He asked
"If you're wearing this then I'm sorry I have to change!" I said turning around to enter my house.
"Come on Amara! You look splendid!" He laughed.
"Oh you're laughing! Do you think this is funny! People are going to laugh at me for getting all dress up for nothing!" I replied angrily .
"Why are you getting yourself worked out!" He laughed again.
"You're so annoying!" I said and turned to open my gate but he held me by the hand.
"You look beautiful and there's no need for you to change and who even said you're overdressed!"
"But…"
"No buts and people ain't gonna make fun of you I'm sure everyone will admire you !" He said and held the car's door for me. I smiled as I nodded my head and sat down.
Random POV
"You've got to see this Denzel!" Rick said and threw the invitation card at him .
"What's it again!" He got up lazily from the bed and looked at the card.
"I can't believe they are doing this thing again!" He said angrily and threw the card on the ground and laid back in his bed.
"Are you just going to ignore it again!" Rick picked it up .
"Why do you bother showing me these things… "
"Because that's where you belong dickhead! " he replied and Denzel got up angrily and held his collar.
"Say that again one more time and I'm gonna kill you !" He said in between gritted teeth.
"You know you don't mean that!" Rick replied and pulled away from him. He straightened his collar and placed the card on his small bedside table.
"It's high time you stop living this pathetic lifestyle!" He said angrily and dashed out. Denzel cursed angrily and kicked the bottle of alcohol on the ground. "Fuck you all! " he screamed loudly and acted as if he was losing his mind. He kept on screaming and knocking things on the ground until he heard a loud bang on his door.
"Who the fuck is it again!" He yelled angrily and picked up on of the broken pieces of glasses in his hand. He opened the door and was surprised to see the person at his doorsteps.It was the lady from the eatery.
"Chill! You don't have to threaten me with this!" She said taking a step backwards.
"You? What are you doing here ?" He asked surprised and slowly dropped the glass.
"Geez! Did you make this mess!" She ignored him and entered, pushing him to the side.
"Excuse me Miss but I didn't invite you in!" He said in a confused tone.
"What's this !" She said picking up the invitation card .
"You don't go around picking up people's stuffs !" He quickly grabbed it from her.
"My bad! " she replied throwing her hands up in the air .
"Will you fucking tell me who you are and what the fuck you're doing here in my house!" He yelled angrily.
"Calm down hey! I mean no harm! I'm Nami I live in this neighborhood!" She replied
"So what the fuck are you doing here!"
"I dropped by to give you something you left on my counter the other day we met " she replied and pulled from her pocket a necklace with a locket on it .
"How could I forget!" He grabbed it quickly from her and felt around his neck to see if he was mistaken.
"I can see it's very important to you … Thank God I didn't sell it!" She replied mischievously.
"You dare not!" He glared at her.
"If it was that important to you , you wouldn't have misplaced it in the first place and stop overreacting, you didn't even realize it wasn't there!" She replied and his facial expression changed. He went from one fearful being to a pitiful stray dog.
"I guess you are right!" He blinked and a drop of tear fell on the ground.
"Geez ! I hate tears!" Nami said turning away from him.She felt sorry for him and she hated that.
"Thank you Nami! I owe you one!" He replied .
"Then how about telling me why you've messed up your room and what's with the invitation card!" She said sitting on his bed.
"You're one brave girl huh!" He laughed looking at her.
"Yeah! And very inquisitive too !" She crossed her leg.
"Then I'm sorry to inform you that there's nothing interesting here… This card you see here, isn't mine "
"Why are lying, you just said you owe me one !"
"Yes but it can be anything except for that conversation!" He yelled.
"Alright let's go to this place…" she said pointing to the card.
"Why there? "
"That's where I wanna be "
"I can't be there okay! I don't belong there!" He yelled angrily.
"Why ?"
"How the fuck do you expect me to party with them on the death anniversary of my mother!" He yelled and kicked down the table. The news hit Nami and he felt guilty for pushing him so far.
"I'm really sorry Denzel " she said moving towards him.
"You have to be !" He turn around and his hand hit her mistakenly on the nose.
"Are you okay Nami!" He moved towards her worriedly.
"I'm fine!" She lifted her head and there was blood on her nose.
"Gosh you're bleeding!" He moved towards her and wiped the blood with his shirt.
"I'm really sorry " he kept on repeating as he wiped the blood.
"You look cute when you're angry !" Nami said and a grin formed on his face
Amara's POV
We arrived at our destination which was a very grand event center. The place was so big and beautiful, I don't know if it looked so because of the evening night. I saw a few people heading inside and I realized how stupid I would have been if I had gone to change. So the thing is my dress was appropriate for the occasion but that of Ivan's wasn't.
"Why did you choose to dress like this?" I asked out of curiosity when he held the door for me.
"Don't I look good?" He asked
"You look good in anything but it seems you will be the odd one out ...look at those gentlemen going " I said pointing at a group of guys who were all in suit.
"I care less about them besides they deem this occasion as a great privilege but I'm used to it "
"Really... that reminds me , what's this whole event about, it looks like a party in a grand style " I said when we entered the hall.
"wow!" I said even before Ivan could reply me. The interior decor was one in a million and honestly I've never been to such an extravagant party like this one. It felt like we were in the Cinderella movie, the ball night precisely.
"Its my parents anniversary!" Ivan replied and I looked at him dumbfounded.
"Really! How rich are your parents!" I exclaimed.
"Don't be silly!" He said and held my hand firmly. I started to get nervous when I realized everyone was seated and we were the only two making our way towards our table . Ivan felt unbothered and squeezed my hand firmly when I tried to let go off his hands.
"Ivan!" One old woman in her sixties got up from her table to hug him.
"Nana!" He replied and let go off my hands. I smiled at the woman respectfully when they pulled out from the hug.
"Who is this pretty lady beside you son!" She said and I blushed.
"She's my girlfriend Nana..Amara meet my Nana!" Ivan replied
"Nice meeting you grandma!" I smiled at her and hoping for a handshake, she leaned in to hug me.
"You're so pretty darling!" She said and I thanked her. We sat down around the family table with me in between Nana and Ivan. Ivan and I had a little conversation but our conversation was interrupted by Beatrice and Ivan's dad. I was even wondering where they were but dared not to us. Beatrice descended the stairs with her husband and she was looking beautiful. It was the first time I was seeing Ivan's father and except for the height, I saw nothing in common with them. We got up and welcome them before a toast was raised in honor of their marriage. Friends and relatives went in to congratulate them and it was then that I saw Chloe. She held onto Beatrice's hands and walked with her to our table.
"When did you arrive Ivan! I thought you weren't coming when Chloe arrived alone!" Beatrice said and I started to feel uneasy.
"Did you bring Amara?" Beatrice said looking at me in a confused look.
"Hello!" I forced a smile but her reaction wasn't that friendly.
"Can we talk in private mom!" Ivan said to her.
"Can't you do that after the party ! I've missed you so much babe!" Chloe said and hugged him. My heart skipped a beat and it felt like I was choking on air. Ivan pulled her away gently and sat down next to me.
"I'm really sorry for the misunderstanding Amara" he explained.
"Did you bring me here to embarrass me ?" I whispered angrily.
"No babe trust me it's over between us ..."
"Really...but it didn't seem like that to me"
"That's because she doesn't want to accept it !"
"What about your mom Ivan? You haven't told her it's over between you and her right!"
"Yeah that's where I've fucked up but trust me I will make her understand " he replied, trying his best to reassure me.
"Talk to her after the party...I understand you , she's so fond of her" I said looking at them together . They were happily talking and I wondered if I would ever have the kind of relationship she has with her.
"You do?" He asked, surprised.
"Yeah !" I smiled and took his hands in mine.
"I love you !" I whispered to him and he smiled.