THE LA BELLA 'MBRIANA IS THAT YOU?
740 Words
DARIN
I wasn't looking for her.
I was looking for Oscar, which was already a mistake because Oscar was never where he said he'd be.
The fair was loud in the way that made it easy to disappear into.
And then I heard her laugh.
I turned without thinking. Which was unusual. I don't do things without thinking.
She was already looking at me when I turned. Head tilted slightly, like she was trying to place something she couldn't quite name.
I knew that feeling.
It reminded me of the girl who had stared at me when I was eight. Like she knew something I didn't.
I never liked that feeling. Someone seeing something in you before you'd decided to show it.
She looked away first. But she'd already tilted her head.
I noticed that
and like a moth drawn to light, I moved in the direction of her voice
Another first, what is wrong with me?
it was like I was being bewitched or something
like the legend The La Bella 'Mbriana that Nonno used to tell me about
She had short brown hair and brown eyes, very beautiful eyes
“ where are you going" Oscar's voice snaps me out of whatever trance I was stuck in
“ nowhere, by the way who's that"
“ that's Jasmine Zachary and her friend thatI have no idea what her name is"
“oh alright"
“why so curious"
and here's the thing, Oscar can be damn nosy and I don't need extra noses in my business
so I choose to deflect
“ I noticed your face when you saw her"
His face pales, this is gonna be goodh
“ it started at that camp I attended two weeks ago, she and her friend have been laughing at something about me since then"
“ don't blame them, you can be a clown"
“ well good to know I could make pretty girls laugh"
he puffed his chest like a frog
” you look constipated"
he flipped me off and I laughed and looked at her again
I want to know her
she looks worth it
“ you have that look in your eyes"
“ what look?”
“ the same one you had when you saw card tricks for the first time"
I smirk lightly
“ and how does that look like”
“you look like you want her"
“ woah woah woah, slow down, I just found her interesting”
“sure and your mom loves cats"
“ she's allergic"
“ you lack a sarcasm detector"
“ and you don't know what dry humor is"
“ just don't go hurt your heart"
that made me pause
“ what makes you say that"
“ Jasmine is..... complicated and if it's her friend over there she's not a sweetheart"
“ I like complicated"
he stared at me and shaked his head
“ I know"
She then turns again but this time her attention wasn't on me
I didn't like that for some reason
she was talking to this guy with a fashion sense of a hamster
she was smiling but it doesn't reach her eyes and she looked bored to be standing there,to be here in fact
good to know I'm not the only one
Her eyes flash with something, it happened so fast i didn't catch it
And then they fell on mine and flashed with irritation
I smile at her and she looks me up and down slowly like she was assessing something
“ that's a stay the f**k away look"
“ you don't say" I said amused
“ you're not taking this seriously"
“ good boy Oscar, keep this up and you might get a bone later"
He glared at me and walked to the punch bowl with a frown
meh, it's not like I said was going to marry her, I just said she was interesting no big deal
He's being dramatic and he knows it
“ dramatics don't suit you"
He ignored me
“ ignoring me now hm"
He ignored me again
“ I wonder if I should just tell your mom where you were last week"
“ you won't dare"
“ you never know when things slip out"
I shrugged at his red face before causally turning and walked in no particular direction with my hands stuffed in my pants pocket and him on my tail threatening stuff I don't care enough to pay attention to.
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