I took Natalia with back to my dorm. She wasn’t the girl that was so nervous yesterday, I’d turned her from an innocent caterpillar, to a beautfiul butterfly ready and free to express herself sexually, without holding back.“Are your roommates round?” She asked.“No,” I said, and locked the door as it closed, and switched on the light. I wanted to see every part of her body, and every expression on her face as I took her. I quickly went to close the curtains. It was daytime, anyone could see us if they looked up or across the window. This wasn’t a peep show, I wouldn’t give them the pleasure of seeing the dirty things that I intended to do with Natalia in my room.My roommates wouldn’t be back until late, I thought as I led Natalia over to my bed. I paused, as I took my phone out and told them to warn me before they showed up, or they’d be locked out for the night.I turned to Natalia and grinned. “Don’t worry. We won't be interrupted.”Her eyebrows jumped up, and she glanced at the o
A few weeks went by. Natalia and I only got closer and closer. My roommates knew I was seeing someone. I didn’t deny it when they teased me about it, and even my friends noticed that I was more distracted then usual.The tuition problem didn’t magically go away, but after going to the office and making a case, I had enough time to pay it all up. I’d managed some of it by myself, and I was waiting on Dad for the rest, the worry that he wouldn’t come through for me, in the end, was still there, but I did my best not to let it get to me.My phone vibrated in my pocket as I left a class with my friends, and I pulled it out, grinning when I saw that Natalia was calling me.“Definitely, it’s the girlfriend calling.”I looked up at Mark, one of my friends, with a frown. The others snickered at his words, but I didn’t bother correcting him.“You guys go on ahead, I have somewhere to be.”“Dude, we were going to go and watch the game, remember? You sure you want to give it up for a girl?”I wa
I was practically bouncing as I left my dorm room. I had my purse thrown over my shoulder, and a jacket clutched to my chest. I was headed out to meet my friends so we could hang out.Not Alicia and Caroline. They’d pretty much ignored me after I refused to tell them about Luca, and when I tried to talk to them, they wouldn’t even acknowledge me.Lucky for me, I managed to find some new friends. Ones that liked me for me, for who I was and not the benefits they got when they hung out with me. If we went out and I treated them, then they made sure to treat me back. They didn’t ask me for expensive things or borrow money from me when they wanted to buy something. Also, they studied instead of playing around, so I figured I’d be better off paying more attention to them for my future at the school. After all, I didn’t go there to fail.“Hey, guys!” I called out when I saw them.We were in different rooms, but we all lived in the same dorm building. They waited just outside the door for me
I answered my ringing phone with a roll of my eyes.“What is it, Dad?” I said with impatience.I wasn’t really busy. It was a Thursday, one of the days I didn’t have classes, and Natalia would be busy until later. I was in my dorm room, lazing about, when the call came. It was about time he contacted me, I hadn't gotten any money from him yet, but did he have to do it while I was waiting for Natalia to let me know when to meet her?“Is that any way to talk to your dad?” He said, but he was laughing. “Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I’m in the area! I’ll be seeing you soon, but I wanted to ask if you had time to meet.”I blinked. “What? You’re here?”“Not at your school, I’m staying at a hotel nearby. I can come over there if you want? Or you can come here?”My mouth opened, but no words came out. It had been a while since I’d actually seen Dad face to face. That was way back during summer, when he ran off with my money. I didn’t think he would face me before he had the mone
I saw Luca’s message while I was still in class, and it made me frown. We were supposed to meet up and do something, and I wondered what it was that made him so busy.There was a quick lunch break before I had to go to another class. Only, my afternoon class was canceled, and I ended up with free time on my hands. I didn’t know what Luca was busy with, but maybe I could see him for just a little bit?I was about to call him and ask, when my phone rang in my hands. It was Mom, and I smiled in pleasant surprise as I answered the call.“Mom, hey!”I realized it had been a while since I spoke to my mom, and felt a little ashamed of myself. Since it was just the two of us, we were pretty close, and before Luca and I started seeing each other regularly, I’d made sure to call her once a week, sometimes several times a week. She called me back just as much, but recently, I’d been busy. She had her friends and a few things she did to keep her busy, but I knew she missed me just as much as I m
The next morning, I got a text from Dad. I wanted to ignore it, but I didn’t dare.I didn’t want to be a part of what was going on, but I knew I couldn’t separate myself from it, either. I’d feel guilty if I did nothing and that poor rich woman thought she’d met a couple of crooks.Come over to breakfast, meet the family.I frowned because his message didn’t make much sense to me. What family? He didn’t mean him and the woman he was planning to con, right?Whatever.He made me stop yesterday, but the guilt had been killing me since I’d turned my back on them. There was no way I was going to be a part of this; I had to say something.It was damn early, and I couldn’t sleep well last night, but I jumped out of bed to go and find Dad. I went to take a quick shower and found some clean clothes to get dressed before I left my dorm. There was still some time before I had to meet them for breakfast, but I figured it would be fine if I made my way over there slowly.I was walking through the
Friday morning found me seated at breakfast with Mom and my new stepdad. If I hadn't deliberately woken up and made my way to the hotel, I would have wondered what I was doing there. I barely said anything, I just watched the two of them chat. Mom would occasionally throw a question my way, and I would murmur or nod at appropriate moments, but I didn’t say a word.Apparently, we were waiting for one more person. From what Mom had said, he was at my school, too, and I couldn’t help but wonder who it was. Either way, I knew it would feel awkward if I ran into him at school again from now on.Have I met him before? Do I know him? Is he in the same age as me, or older?Neither of them gave me a hint, and I felt too awkward just to ask outright.The food had come already, and Mom and Greg were already eating, but I could only pick at my food, occasionally nibbling on a muffin, or taking a sip of my quickly cooling hot chocolate.“Honey, you’re not eating,” Mom said, proving that she was st
I saw Natalia walk away, and for a moment, I wasn’t sure what to do. I hadn't done what I came here to do. Natalia being there made things so much worse, because I realized that the woman Dad planned on conning was Natalia’s mother.The fact that she and I were now stepsiblings dawned on me after that.Of all people, did it have to be her mom?When she walked out of the room with all of us watching, I felt something go tight in my chest. I had a feeling that, if I didn’t go after her, she might never let me talk to her again. Right on the tail of that thought, I finally moved, going around Alicia and Caroline who were left stunned by Natalia walking out on them without a word.I ignored them, but I might find them later and talk to them about minding their own fucking business.“Natalia! Please, wait!”She didn’t stop when I called out to her, as if she couldn’t hear me. I picked up my speed and moved around until I stood in front of her, so she wouldn’t ignore me, but she kept her he