LET’S GET DRUNK!!

“What do you mean by you’re not engaged any more?” I asked with my eyes widened as shock was evident in my face.

“Uhm, it’s personal kiddo,” He replied me with a warm smile.

I took the opportunity to grab his hands and stared deeply into his eyes.

“You know you can count on me for anything,” I said as I continued looking deeply into his eyes.

“Come here kiddo,” He said as he pulled me in for a hug.

This hug was different from the ones he had been giving me since I had moved in. His arms were wrapped around my waist while mine were placed on his shoulders.

His palms grazed around my lower back which awakened this sensation in me.

All I could think about at that moment was to kiss him, perhaps that was also what he thought. I looked at him as we were still locked in the embrace and the hug became more intense.

We both looked at each other and our lips were slowly about meet when he suddenly pulled away.

“Had any to eat yet?” He asked as he nervously brought out a jar of milk from the refrigerator.

“Uhm, I just had a sandwich while I was at school,” I smiled awkwardly.

“I should probably order some pizza,” He said as he picked up his cell phone.

“Sure, I’ll be in my room,” I said as I entered my room.

All that was on my mind was how that hug was intense and how we were about to kiss.

“Does that mean he is attracted to me?” I thought to myself.

As I closed my eyes all I could imagine was him kissing me and lifting me up to the kitchen center top.

I won’t lie that the news of he and Blair’s breakup made me excited, perhaps as he was single he may pay attention to me.

At the same time, I tried to remove my mind from thoughts of having anything to do with him because he was my father’s bestfriend.

It would be basically unacceptable. As my mind continued to deliberate on my current dilemma, I drifted off asleep.

* * *

Days passed and the weekend finally came. Ever since the awkward hug in the kitchen, it was almost as if Antonio had been avoiding me.

He was always locked in his room whenever I was around. As if he was angry at me.

“I should probably talk to him,” I thought to myself. Things were weird enough when Blair lived here, I really didn’t want us to be distant.

With that said, I got up and came out of my room and saw him with a suitcase.

“You’re leaving?” I asked with a furrowed brow.

“Something like that kiddo,” He replied with a smile.

“I hope it doesn’t have anything to do with what happened the other night.” I said as I nervously played with my fingers.

“The other night?” He asked with his brow furrowed with confusion.

“Yeah. The night of the hug,” I said as I nervously scratched the back of my head.

“Oh, that night was nothing, like you said it was just a hug. Besides I’m going on a business trip, it’s this convention for drama professors,” He said as he grabbed a glass of water to drink.

“Oh,” I said as I stood there speechless. All week, I thought he was avoiding me because of our hug unknowingly to me that the hug didn’t mean anything to him.

“Alright kiddo, I have to leave now,” He said as he pulled me in for a half hug.

“Bye Antonio,” I said as I watched him roll his suitcase out of the door.

As he closed the door behind me, I picked up my phone to call Jenny.

“What’s up Jenny? Can you come over?”

“Sure, I’m on my way!” Jenny replied and ended the call.

Since Antonio wasn’t going to be home I decided to have a girl’s weekend with Jenny.

* * *

“Bitch! You look good,” I said as I threw my arms around Jenny and squeezed her in for a hug.

“Thank you babe, so this is the famous Professor Antonio’s apartment?” Jenny remarked as she looked around the house as I ushered her in.

“Yeah, did you bring it?” I asked with a raised eyebrow.

Jenny kept quiet probably trying to create some sort of suspense.

“What do you think babes, I got it!” She said as she brought out a bottle of vodka from her bag. “The weekend is for us to enjoy and no one is stopping us.”

“Yasss!” I squealed then walked into the kitchen to get shot glasses.

I watched Jenny open the bottle and pour shots for the both of us. We had alot of glasses till we began to stagger while walking around the house.

Time had passed and it was already night time and the house was filled with our laughter as we moved around. Jenny turned on the tv and put it on the music station.

We began to dance with each other, laughing at each other’s jokes.

“Vanessaaaa,” Jenny stumbled into me. “You never told me about this mysterious crush that you have,” Jenny continued, pointing her finger at me.

“Well, I can’t talk about it because it’s forbidden,” I replied as I placed my finger on my lips motioning a ‘shhh’

“Tell meee, I won’t tell anyone,” Jenny pleaded with her half opened tipsy eyes.

Just as I was about to reply Jenny and tell her about my love for Antonio, his voice came out of the background.

“What is going on here?” Antonio asked angrily.

“A-Antonio? I thought you won’t be back till sunday,” I said while staggering towards him.

“Are you girls drunk?” He asked angrily, with the veins in his forehead popping out.

“I can explain,” I replied, dragging my words.

“I think this is my cue to go Vanessa, thanks for having me Prof,” Jenny said as she practically ran out of the house.

“Vanessa, I don’t appreciate what you did today. You could have told me you wanted to have a party in my own house,” Antonio yelled.

“Antonio, this wasn’t a party,” I said as I put my hand on my forehead. I was tired of Antonio’s constant yelling.

“Then explain to me why there’s music and alcohol,” Antonio said while he angrily grabbed the tv remote and shut the tv off.

“I thought you were angry at me so I needed a distraction,”

“Angry at you? Why should I be? Is it related to your question this morning?” He asked as he stood tall infront of me.

There was little to no space between us. I could feel his breath on my face.

“You still don’t get it?” I asked, nodding my head in disappointment.

“Get what Vanessa?” Antonio angrily asked with his voice raised.

“THAT I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU ANTONIO!!” I yelled out loud leaving Antonio speechless.

“U-u-uhm, you’re drunk Vanessa. You should get some rest,” He said as he attempted to walk out on me but was stopped by my quick hand that held his wrist.

“It’s not because I’m drunk Antonio. I’ve always had a crush on you since I was a teenager,” I said as I stared deeply into his eyes and ran my fingers through his hair.

There was an awkward silence between us, Antonio kept on staring at me in confusion.

The alcohol in me was whispering to me that this was the chance I had, a chance to kiss him.

I leaned in closer and planted my lips on his for a kiss. He didn’t return the kiss, his lips remained in one position.

I pulled away from him filled with embarrassment. I just wanted to go to my bed and bury myself in my pillow.

“Uhm, goodnight. I’m sorry for the mess,” I said as I turned around to walk towards my room.

Just then Antonio grabbed my wrist and turned me around and held my waist.

“Don’t go yet,” He whispered as he began to kiss my neck so softly.

“Do you actually want this?” I moaned out loud.

“Try me,” He said, then placed his lips on mine and began to kiss me.

He raised me up to the kitchen counter and began to kiss me everywhere.

I ripped his shirt open and began to struggle with his pants till they dropped.

He took off the pretty little sundress that I had on and flung it away.

“Are you ready,” He said as he stared deeply into my eyes.

“Yes daddy.”