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Broken Connection

Miserable Attempts

Dad: Hey, sweetheart, how was the first night in San Diego?
Dad: Is everything ok? Normally you reply in no time.
Dad: Naira?
Naira: Sorry, dad, my phone died. As I can see, you know I got drunk… sorry. Everything’s going well, I got to meet some of Maya’s friends.
Dad: Being drunk is fun. Are her friends nice?
Naira: I guess…

Naira’s POV

Ok, so let me tell you what I thought of it all. It was an hour or so after Maya had left to go to work, and I was planning on using this time to get rid of the hangover I was trying my best to cure. I never drank like I did the day before. It was pretty embarrassing being drunk like that; I wasn’t supposed to do that! It was going to be a one time thing.
I could only faintly remember a couple of things of yesterday night. There was one guy involved… but I couldn’t really remember what he looked like, or what he sounded like. All I knew was that he helped me… Hopefully nothing happened, and I didn’t have to meet him again.

After taking a nice warm shower and swallowing down quite a lot of advil, I wrapped a towel around myself and walked back into the room that was temporarily going to be mine. As soon as I knew whether or not I got the job to teach at the local elementary school, I was going to find a place to stay. My suitcase was already open, and I was about to question why, when I suddenly realised I had been in my pajamas. Oh god, no, please. At least I was still wearing a bra, which was something I never wore when sleeping… so maybe it wasn’t that bad. But that guy must have seen me completely naked! Well, great, the embarrassment level went up a notch.

I found a nice comfortable black and white striped sweater, wore it with some simple blue jeans, and added my fluffy socks for extra comfort. There was nobody I had to impress, so I didn’t bother with my makeup, however I did through my hair up into a messy bun. For some reason my roots were darker than the rest of my hair, which was white. People always thought I dyed it, but I never did. It was pretty weird, but it did mean that any hairstyle just looked so much more awesome.
I decided to wear the watch my grandma had given me once for my birthday, just to make myself feel more complete. I nearly always wore something around my wrist, but bracelets just seemed way over the top.

I made my way back downstairs and decided to go explore the house for a bit. It would be nice to know where everything was. At least, that was my plan, but it definitely didn’t happen. I was about to start, when the doorbell rang. For a moment, I contemplated on whether or not to open the door, but thought it was better to risk getting kidnapped than have Maya get mad at me later because she ordered something online and I hadn’t taken it inside.

But I was met with a surprise. There were four Mexican guys waiting on me to open the door. They smiled brightly when the door opened and more memories of last night came back. These were the guys that saw me in my full glory: drunk out of my mind, like I had never been before. I didn’t know whether this was as awkward for them as it was for me… but I definitely seemed out of place.

I leaned against the door and watched them. “Maya isn’t here… so… yeah…”

“Is she ok?” Medusa piercing guy asked with a worried look on his face.

“Umm, yeah… she got called into work,” I stepped aside, realising these guys weren’t going to leave any time soon, “would you guys like to come in anyway?”

They all nodded and walked in. This was very awkward… But at least they seemed to know their way around, so that saved me any further embarrassment, I guess. And when I mean they knew their way around, I mean they literally knew where everything was. They got random junk food from the kitchen, and managed to get drink without any problem, unlike me in the morning. I had to search everywhere just to find the simplest things. Next, they plopped down onto the couch. I just really hoped maya didn’t mind all this.

“Ok, so,” I started walking towards the stairs, “if you need me, I’ll be upst-”

“Come join us! We don’t bite!” Spikey-haired guy exclaimed.

I hesitated; honestly, I literally had nothing to do, and I would have just been sitting in my room doing nothing, but, on the other hand, I really didn’t want to be there with them without Maya. Oh well, what did I have to lose? “ugh, fine.”

I was squished between spikey-haired guy, and the guy that was the same height as me. Well this wasn’t uncomfortable at all. Notice the sarcasm there? No? Well, it definitely is there. And, yes, wow, I used sarcasm, which was pretty amazing, I wasn’t really the best with that. I could take things a bit too literally.

But all I wanted now was for Maya to show up.

“So, I’ll introduce us, since I don’t think anybody else will,” the same height guy as me said. I only realised now that he had a nose piercing, and that his hair actually looked pretty amazing, any girl could wish for that. “I’m Vic, that’s Jaime, Mike, and Tony,” he pointed at each of the guys while saying their names.

“Oh, ok,” I nodded, trying to make some small talk, “Maya’s talked a lot about you guys, I just didn’t know who was who.”

“She has talked a lot about you as well. Only we know for sure that you had to be the one and only Naira, she’s showed us photos as well. I can tell you, for sure, that you are even prettier in real life,” Jaime grinned at me. Well, I now remembered him telling me his name after helping me in my pajamas. So, he practically saw me naked, of course he would think that I was ‘pretty’.

“Great,” I nodded and just wished to be gone already. This was too fucking embarrassing!

“So, why don’t you tell us a bit about yourself?”

“I’m not interesting,” I told him, just hoping he would get the hint.

He shook his head and laughed, “everybody has something interesting about themselves.”

“Nope.”

The conversation kept going on something like that. They would ask me questions and I would give them very short answers that basically didn’t give them any information. Normally I would be happy to talk to people, but I just felt very uncomfortable. This wasn’t usual for me, but they seemed to know so much about me already, it was actually pretty creepy. I just hoped they didn’t know about my tourette's. People would judge me for it, and just think I was crazy.

When Maya came back, I felt so relieved, she could finally take these guys away from me. Maybe, if she joined the conversation, I would be happier to talk more as well, but it kept being weird. And then Jaime put his arm behind me, on the couch, but as soon as i felt it moving forward, I made sure to scootch away. I was not ready to have somebody, who had seen me half naked while I was out of it, touch me. But apparently that hurt a couple of people. Jaime frowned, hurt by my action, and Maya did as well. She was probably upset with me for not conversing with her friends better.

“I’m going to go to the bathroom,” I announced and ran upstairs. I was so confused. This was all so new and different. I quickly locked the door, so nobody would enter, and did whatever I needed to do, before I just stared at myself in the mirror. All this was taking some time to process.

That Jaime guy seemed to ask me a lot of questions, and he seemed so interested in me, even though I never really said anything back. What was wrong with him… Wait. No way. No, no, no. Guys didn’t do that to me; guys didn’t try to flirt with me. They just didn’t do that! There was no way. No, I refused to believe it.
But it made so much sense! He was doing exactly what I had seen men do to other girls. But never to me! This place was so weird.

I didn’t even want a relationship any time soon. First of all, I needed to get a job, I needed to move, I needed to settle down. All that would take so long, and then I would even consider having a relationship. I just wasn’t looking right now. I was 23, I had enough time.

After drying off my hands, I unlocked the door of the bathroom and went to my room. There was no way I was going to go back downstairs with those guys still there. Maybe they were very nice and cool people to be hanging around with, but I really wasn’t up to it now. You aren’t supposed to meet people that have seen you super drunk, the day after. And, plus, I was way too tired of their questions and loudness. All I wanted was to have a nap. You know, the tiredness just suddenly hit me, do you ever have that?

I pushed the door opened, but was met with something - or should I say someone - I really wasn’t expecting, actually, I was trying to avoid them… sort of… to say I screamed, could be classified as an understatement. Because, seriously, he freaked the living shit out of me.

“Oh my god!” Jaimes shouted back and jumped, “don’t scare me like that!”

“I’m the one that scared you?!” I pointed at him and glared, “you’re the one that’s just randomly in my room!”

“I was just- just trying to find my phone… which was, umm, which I, umm, left here last night after helping you?” He looked around the place as if he were trying to find it.

I rolled my eyes and walked further into the room, “it’s in you hand.”

“What?! Really?” He looked at the iPhone in his left hand, which was holding it tightly, before grinning back at me, “wow… I’m sorry. Thank you, though.”

“Yep,” I connected my own phone to my charger, since it had been dead since this morning, “it was very difficult to find.”

“Yeah, but your gorgeous eyes managed to find it.”

“My eyes aren’t that ‘gorgeous’,” I turned around to face him and saw him watching me with this weird look in his eyes. I wasn’t sure if the look was good or bad, maybe it was mixed. For some reason, though, it didn’t make me feel as uncomfortable anymore, which it definitely should have done.

“They really are,” he walked closer to me and looked into my eyes, inspecting them even closer, “I can promise that they are the most beautiful pair I’ve ever seen. They aren’t blue, nor are they gray, it’s just the perfect mixture.”

That actually made me blush, I wasn’t used to getting compliments at all, “umm, thanks, I guess.”

He smiled at me and continued to keep eye contact. It seemed like he wanted it to continue, or even go further, but I wasn’t feeling it. He could flirt with me all he wanted, but that wasn’t what I was here for. However, trying to ignore these guys wasn’t going to work either. It was pretty obvious they were going to be around a lot more. So, maybe it would just be easier if I just acted nice to them and made some friends while I was new to this town. Plus, Maya obviously seemed to like them, so why wouldn’t I?

“You should go back downstairs before they wonder where you have gone,” I pushed against his chest with my pointerfinger. Why wouldn’t I have a bit of fun while I could? I never got to do it, so why not now?

“Just me?” He raised his eyebrows, “or you as well?”

“Well, I was actually planning on sleeping,” I looked at my bed with longing. It looked so comfortable and I knew that I would fall asleep in no time.

But, Jaime shook his head, “you should come downstairs and get to know us. I definitely want to know more about you.”

“Ok, fine,” I sighed, knowing he wouldn’t give up easily; he definitely didn’t seem to get the hints earlier on, so there was no way he’d leave me alone now.

Jaime’s grin turned even bigger and brighter, so I felt like I did the right thing. All I was going to have to do was act like I normally did, and things would be fine. Maybe Jaime would even stop trying to get with me. That would be pretty nice, actually…

However, I wasn’t very lucky. Everybody had decided it was a good idea to take up more space on the couch, only leaving one actual spot for somebody to still sit in. And, Jaime being Jaime, he quickly took the last seat, leaving me to awkwardly stand there while everybody was looking at me, not even thinking about moving up to make space for me. But that wasn’t where it was going to end. Of course, Jaime had quickly made a plan.

“You can come sit on my lap,” he suggested with a slight smirk.

But, Maya interrupted before I could even think of a response. “You can also sit on mine.”

I shrugged, and decided to chose Maya’s option, for obvious reasons. Jaime seemed pretty annoyed, but I didn’t care. I didn’t want him to get obsessed with me, which he already started to become. Because I never had to deal with this before, I still didn’t know how to act. At least I didn’t have to worry about it for now.

I sat down on Maya’s lap and wrapped my arms around her neck for extra support. Being around my best friend really was the best feeling in the world.

Notes


We are starting to get into more of the drama! Yay! I feel like things are going so fast, but this is already chapter 8! It goes so much faster when writing with two people.

Anyway, how are you guys liking this so far? We're starting to see a bit more things evolving, like Jaime really liking Naira. Let's see how Nicky will continue this. Will things go down? Will it stay calm for a bit? Or will there be more build up to the amazing drama that we have planned?

- aweirdkindofyellow

Comments

@aweirdkindofyellow
yeah, i understand. Plus- writing is a great way to keep your mind off of stress. ily <3 :)

ptv.love ptv.love
3/13/17

@ptv.love
Well, for me, things at school are only getting started. The perks of only having a year left... Writing is the perfect way to take a break, though.

@aweirdkindofyellow
that's totally okay. I hope you guys are doing well. <3

ptv.love ptv.love
3/12/17

@ptv.love
Oh my god, this is so awesome to hear. Thank you so much. Unfortunately were a little busy this week, but there's still so much to come. I have so many ideas and keep thinking of more. So, don't get too frustrated if it takes another little while. We haven't forgotten about this story, school is just getting in the way right now. We will update.

I just wanted to let you guys know... I've been binge-reading this over the past few days and now I'm finally caught up! and TBH- this is the best story i've read so far. PLZ update soon!! <3

ptv.love ptv.love
3/10/17