Chapter 7: zack

The meal is been served by Ivy and Tiara and when everything is ready, they invite us to all take a seat.

Around the table, am trying to remark the expression of Tiara who seems a little bit uncomfortable. Nevertheless, she tries to hide it but it seems I can read on her just like in a book

" Let's pray." Said Ivy.

Hearing this sentence literally shocked me and Lola too. I never prayed in my life, at home the only one trying to pray was my mother and it was only when my grandmother comes at home. After that, nobody prays, I don't even know how to pray correctly, I mean... What to ask God. Am not a believer in God.

" Pray?? What do you mean by pray?" Lola asked.

" I mean we have to pray, remember I come from a Catholic orphanage and we used to pray there. Tiara came on Sunday and reminded me that am not more praying which is absurd." Ivy said

" Aaaa ok... Now I understand, it is Tiara who came with this idea. The little saint want us to pray?" Lola said mocking at Tiara.

" Lola stop that..." I tried to shut up Lola before been cut off.

" I don't need someone to talk for me... Let me tell you miss proudish if you don't want to pray and thank God for been here, then get out and leave us." Tiara said very calmly but with assurance

 " How dare you..." Start talking Lola.

" She is right get out of the table and wait for us to finish before coming," Ivy said categorically.

Tension raises higher, and seeing everyone is against her, Lola pushes her chair brutally behind creating a noisy sound from the chair. She hats out from the table and go to the parlor.

Calm finally takes its place around the table and Ivy tells us to act in the presence of God. I do so. Lola can't stop making her divas, I don't really know what happened to me before dating her, just be her friends could be sufficient.

A bit bored by the moment, I open my eyes to look at them praying. Seriously, praying isn't my cup of tea, it just because am in someone's house.

I look at everyone's face and stops at Tiara's face, her eyes and her two hands closed together in front of her, murmuring prayers despite the fact Ivy is praying. This girl is so strange, she is a Tomboy, aggressive, stubborn, she believes in God but at times act like a delicate damsel who needs to be saved. Her eyes always used to tell me what she thinks or wants, I learned all this of her in a few hours. But that not the important thing, the important thing is that I have to make her get a night with me and gain the pledge.

Ivy finishes the prayer and before they open their eyes I pretend I was praying and close then open my eyes at my turn. Ivy calls for Lola and she forwards herself to the table. We begin to serve ourselves, I needed to take some ketchup for my spaghetti, and just at that moment Tiara had the same idea making our hands have close contact while holding the ketchup bottle and our eyes focus on each other.

She removed rapidly her hand and I smile noticing she blushes. Everyone looking at our reaction, I take Tiara's plate under her surprised face and put some ketchup inside then give her back. She doesn't look at me and as proud as she is she will not thank me. I put some ketchup on my meal and turn it ready to eat but I hear a silent " Thank you!" I  smile once more in a sign of " you are welcome" and eat my meal.

"( Coughs) ok sooo, I know everyone is eating but we have to tell you the reason for organizing this dinner." Said Ivy.

Everyone stops eating to concentrate on what Ivy needs to say before she continues.

" Umm... We are getting married very soon and we thank you so much Lola for organizing our wedding who, let me tell again, will be organized in front of the Gooderham and Worts big sign at the big compound of the Distillery history District." 

Beautiful place to organize a simple wedding as they like.

"But we haven't decided about the most important for our wedding."Ivy continues while looking at her dearest fiance "should I announce it or you will do it" 

" Continue darling!" Jackson says

" Okay then, we realized we do not choose any witness for our wedding and after reflection... I have chosen My Tiara to be my witness and at the same time the Godmother of my little baby. You are the best person I could choose to accompany me to this day and be the second mother of my child. So what do you think?" Ivy asked with a smile.

" I...I don't really know if I can do that, but am glad you choose me for that and of course I will be." Tiara says back with a smile.

" And you, my dearest brother, you will be my witness and of course the Godfather of my child." Jackson tells me, while patting my back.

" Okay, okay," I said with a smirk.

Not really knowing if I will be the best in that but I have just to take example in my God's father attitude with me.

" I think with that, you will learn more about responsibilities," Jackson says teasing me.

I gently laugh at his joke and we continue eating our dinner.

" Okay so everyone  has responsibilities in your wedding plans and so why am I here finally, to decorate?" Lola asked.

" No Lola stop been so fancy, you helped us to organize our wedding and you know I can't do that with my situation, so I will be forever grateful for that. And don't forget you will be my maid of honor that day." Ivy says 

Lola smiles satisfied with the reflection. She definitely likes exaggerating, and wanting to be the star as if her celebrity wasn't sufficient. 

The dinner is over and everybody is in the parlor apart from Tiara who is clearing the table. We are all around a playtime of cards ready to play while waiting for Tiara who insists to clean first the dining table before coming. I can't stop looking at her, trying to see anything that can prove to me that I can gain her. On the other side, I sink into her green light eyes not looking at me but concentrating on her work. I just need her to trust me and then see what to do next, she seems difficult but not impossible to adopt.

Realizing am looking at her, she turns her face to me but I escape from her eye contact and get out of my reflections while focusing on the playtime. I look at a corner of my eyes to see if she has turned back her face to her work and actually she is getting into the kitchen. No need for her to know am staring at her like a foolish romantic boy.

" We are coming back guys," Ivy said while going to the kitchen with Jackson.

I am alone with Lola whom I notice is looking at me with insistence.

" Do you have something to say?" I asked her.

" So you will never grow up, you will continue with the pledge again and again until you get tired." Said Lola while getting up from her chair and sitting on the bottom left of the sofa. " Eddy told me you got into the pledge once more and your prey this time is the assistant. Why can't you leave all this and try to love for once?" She said while putting one hand on my shoulder.

" Can you just leave me make up my life as I want, cause is my life if I do not make mistakes and not yours," I said removing her hand from my shoulder.

" So how will you do now, she is the best friend of Jackson and Ivy, you can't just do that cause be sure that if you do something to her then...you will lose their friendship." She said.

I could not admit what she was saying but she was in a certain manner right. She is their friend but I did not know she was when I entered into the pledge, now I can't return my decision and most and famous I am starting to love playing the game with her, she interests me and the only thing I have to do is to be precise and careful. 

" Leave her honey, and choose me instead, we can be better than before, I can forget what you did and we can start back you know. I know you can't resist me." She said while kissing my cheek and caressing my face.

" Yes that true, you are good for bed but nothing else, and yes if you want me to fuck you then great I will, but nothing else," I said removing my face from her hand and concentrating on arranging the cards. 

Ivy and Jackson come back and she gains her place. Tiara is behind them and they all take a seat for the game to start.

Few minutes later, I feel frustrated by the game cause everyone is winning except me and Gosh I dislike losing! I think about something to turn up the game to another thing, like a debate.

" So I have a question for you the couple gold. How can you pass seven years together and finally get married? How?" I asked waiting for a response.

" It is simple dude, I love her and she loves me," Jackson says while kissing Ivy on the cheek.

" No matter the quarrels and indecision we are always together and resolve everything together," Ivy said in her turn enrolling her hand around Jackson with a huge smile.

" You can't understand Zack, they love themselves, and be sure love is the most prettiest feeling in the world," Lola adds.

" Bla-Bla-Bla, All these is beautiful but, what should I do if love does not want to pass through me," I said. 

" And you little saint..." Lola said " what do you think about love? She asked.

Tiara distracts her attention from her phone and looks at each of us confused by the question of Lola. She stands and breathes a little before answering the famous question.

" Just a little percentage of people fall in love and stay happy in their relationship. Ivy and Jackson are among the percentage, but what guarantees us that we are among that percentage. So what is the need of love without certainty?" She said before excusing herself and getting outside.

" Well! She spoils the atmosphere! " Lola said frustrated.

" Umm excuse me I have to pass a call," I said.

I stand up from my chair and forward outside. I need to talk to her, she looks like trouble. That doesn't mean it is my business but don't know while I feel as to talk to her at the same time it would be a nice thing to prepare the field for me to shoot a goal in her heart.

I go outside and open the door gently, the call I said I wanted to make was just a pretext to follow her. She seems concentrated looking right up in the sky, sitting on the stairs surely far in her thoughts. I approach gently behind her and get up to the second stair while she is at the third stair. I look at the sky trying to know why she is concentrating like that without feeling my presence behind her.

I bend at her level but still have a height advantage on her and examine her stares right up to the sky, how shining her eyes are when she looks at the stars. I approach my mouth closer to her ear and murmur...

" How shining are your eyes when you stare at the stars," I said gently in low tune.

She turns gently her face to me making our view attract themselves once more tonight. Once more I have the privilege and pleasure to sink into her green eyes and smell the beautiful odor of her tied dark brown hair. 

After looking at ourselves for long seconds already, I decided to cut off the contact and try to sit near her and look at the stars at my turn. I realize I haven't been what we call a prince charming today with her. I hurt her and cause her pain, that not really abnormal for me to do so to someone and normally that doesn't disturb me but now am disturb, realizing is her that I hurt. I feel like giving her some explanation even though am not oblige.

" Am a painter... And my painting boards are like diamonds for me. When they aren't finished or not even started I feel helpless, and no one has to know that cause they are part of my rules. That is why I get obsessed when someone discovers such thing... sorry!" I said.

" Am sorry too sir! " She said.

I turn to face her, she faces me too with an expression of tenderness different from other times. Glad to see that I decide to warm out the atmosphere.

" In one condition..." I said with a smirk.

"... Which one?" She asked me with an eyebrow raised.

" Stop calling me sir, am not so old am sure we practically have the same age," I said.

Formalities have never been my cup of tea, and if I want her to feel confident in me or for us to start as friends she has to stop that.

" You are my boss son." She said

" No matter, we can be friends then." 

" No!" She said with tact.

" Why?" 

" I don't trust you, you are a Badly rich kid, a playboy, and a dictator." She said while trying to escape once more to my regards.

That won't be easy.

" Dictator?" I asked.

" Yes... That's what I see in you." 

" So it's my duty to prove you the contrary." 

" No need sir." 

"I know but I love challenges."

" If you say so." 

The atmosphere becomes more stressful than before and silent invades. And she feels a little bit sad at the same time

" The last time I saw the stars it was with my mother at four years old. She said the biggest star in the sky was mine cause I loved attracting attention." 

She smiles at me and turns back her face to the stars. Not seems to have interested her, I feel stupid now! Should I ask her what she has or what? And if she gets angry, cause this girl is quite unpredictable.

" Can I ask you a question Tiara? " I asked while she turns her head to me.

" Just one." 

" You talk about love just as if you hate it." 

" Cause I hate it."

" Why?" 

" Just one question!" She said.

I smile and feel myself-gain.

" Now is my turn." She said.

" Feel free." 

" Why are you so harsh with your mom?" She asked me.

I decompose my expression and erase the smile I had before removing my look from her's. I don't want to talk about that now.

" None of your business," I said harshly.

"...that quite true but, can't you see she love you, she cries for you, she is troubled by you?" Tiara said insisting.

" So she confesses to you?" 

" Not really, she just needed to have someone whom to talk to. All her tears are proving she Love you more than anything else, you can't imagine how lucky you are. Having a mother beside you, crying for you, caring about you. Some people do not have this chance, but you have it and you behave like a dick head. Your mother remains your mother and you can't change that." She said angrily and exhausted by her words.

I didn't dare to look at her and was busy bending down my head looking at the ground trying to understand all what she said. In a certain manner making sense in my head and getting me into anger but I take control of myself.

" Can we go, Zack?" Said Lola out and behind us.

" Are you alright Tiara? " Asked Ivy.

" Y...yes am just tired," she said while standing and getting in.

I was sure she could get angry with me tonight. But never knew it would be because of that. Why is she concerned about my family matters? and more curious why was she talking as if she was talking of her and not of me?

I get down the stairs and Lola follows me to the car after we wish goodnight to Ivy and Jackson.

Few minutes later we are in front of Lola's house, I stop the car and invite her to get out.

" What wrong babe?" She asked me.

No need to answer her, I feel irritated by the end of this night.

" Okay... Then tell me goodnight as you used to do." She said.

I really need her to step from here and let me go. So I forward myself to her and kiss her. She retains me when I need to take off from her lips and unbutton her shirt leaving her bra in view. Normally I would have to feel chills and excitement to get her up to her bed and fuck her well, but I don't think I would do my best there tonight.

I forward closer to her and button her up trying to tell her that I can't do that tonight.

" Am tired... Step out." I said.

" Zack..."

" STEP OUT," I shout while hitting the steering wheel annoyed by her insistence.

She frowns and steps out closing the door with force behind her while I start up the car and go home.

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