Chapter 4 When you feel attraction for someone  

          

I'm in my room looking for what dress to wear. I chose a red one, a little short that accentuates my waist, and I decided to leave my curly hair loose; I looked at myself in the mirror and breathed; this dress was a gift from my mother.

Dad got hysterical when he saw it, but mom told him, "No matter what she wears, she will still look beautiful" I put on my earrings, lipstick, and a little bit of perfume, I decided to wear high heels, and that's it.

I leave my room, and Ivana is already waiting for me in the living room, "wow, how great, you look beautiful; I'm sure that today, you will drive crazy more than once," she tells me.

"It's not my intention, I dress like this because I feel good about myself, even if inside I feel a huge insecurity, but no one has to know that," I say, smiling.

"That's right, friend, sooner dead than simple, it doesn't matter if we come back with a dreadful pain in our wells, but elegance goes first," we both start laughing.

"Let's go then" says Ivana.

We get into Ivana's car, and on the way, she tells me about her friend Kenny, "By the way Dany, I have a friend named Kenny, he told me that today he would be accompanied by two guys, friends of his that he would like to introduce us to or what I call dessert" she tells me.

"And why would he do that? He doesn't even know me?" I ask him, confused.

"Because I told him, I had a roomie and super cute friend, and he told me that one of them is pretty picky, so I'll gladly donate him to your girlfriend," she tells me, laughing.

"Ha, wow, and who tells you that I accept it? My standards are very high; I don't want to give you a hard time," I tell her smiling.

"You are sexy; that's what I told Kenny," Ivana says.

"Besides, I met a handsome guy yesterday; he insisted on seeing me today at the party."

"And you told him yes?" she asks, surprised.

"Dany, tell me a little more about yourself, do you have a boyfriend, a suitor, are you an only child?" she asks me, and I don't know if I should tell her about my life, but even though I've known her for a short time, she gives me confidence.

"I am an only child, my parents live in Palmira, and I don't have a boyfriend, I had one in high school with whom I lasted a long time, I was very much in love and almost -I think and swallow saliva, remembering what happened between Sebastian and me-, let's say that our relationship didn't end in a good way, that's why I am not very convinced to start a relationship soon," I answered thoughtfully.

"I understand you, we all had that relationship at some point, and we want to forget it, but you are with the right friend because I plan to dedicate myself to it; you will have an unforgettable night," she says smiling.

"I hope so," I tell her.

We arrived at the bar, and it was full of people from the university; as we entered, we decided to choose a table and talk a little when I saw Nico approach me.

"Hi beautiful, I'm glad you came," em says and takes my hand and kisses it.

"Nico, this is Ivana, my roomie," I said.

"Ivana," he says to her and also kisses her hand.

"What a gentleman, Nico, I already saw Kenny; Dany makes you uncomfortable if I'm absent for a little bit; I want to say hello," he tells me.

"Of course not go, don't worry about me," I told him.

"Ivana, you can take as long as you like; this beauty is well taken care of because I'm not going to separate from her all night," says Nico.

Ivana smiles at me, move her chair, and gets up, to walk towards a very handsome tall guy with short dark hair, who is leaning on the bar; next to him, I can see two more, one with short blond hair quite handsome, there is another one with them, but his back is turned, and I can't see him very well, only his long black hair.

And when he is about to turn around, Nico catches my attention, "I'm sorry, Nico, what were you saying?" I ask him.

"You're a little distracted; I hope I'm not boring you, beautiful," he tells me, wanting to be flirtatious, which I find, absolutely old-fashioned.

"Yes, I was distracted; I'm not sorry," I tell him, smiling.

"I'll have to do something about it to get your attention," he stands up and extends his hand towards me, "Shall we dance?" he asks me.

"Why not" I answer him and place my hand on his; Nico guides me through the people, and now we are on the dance floor; I have always liked to dance, with the rhythm of the music, I don't care if they see me or not, I enjoy the rhythm closing my eyes and moving my hips.

My movements are slow and sensual, but I don't do it to attract attention, but because I feel the music and that's how my body responds, when I open my eyes, I can see Ivana in front of me dancing, with the blond guy I saw a few moments ago with her.

We looked at each other, and we both started to dance as if it was just her and me, with a smile and having fun; I even forgot that I was dancing with Nico.

"I'm an only child, my parents live in Palmira, and I don't have a boyfriend, I had one in high school with whom I lasted a long time, I was very much in love and almost -I think and swallow saliva, remembering what happened between Sebastian and me-, let's say that our relationship didn't end in a good way, that's why I'm not very convinced about starting a relationship soon," I answer thoughtfully.

"I understand you, we all had that relationship at some point, and we want to forget it, but you are with the right friend because I plan to dedicate myself to it; you will have an unforgettable night," she says smiling.

"I hope so," I tell her.

We arrived at the bar, and it was full of people from the university; as we entered, we decided to choose a table and talk a little when I saw Nico approach me.

"Hi beautiful, I'm glad you came," em says and takes my hand and kisses it.

"Nico, this is Ivana, my roomie," I said.

"Ivana," he says to her and also kisses her hand.

"What a gentleman, Nico, I already saw Kenny; Dany makes you uncomfortable if I'm absent for a little bit; I want to say hello," she tells me.

"Of course not go, don't worry about me," I told her.

"Ivana, you can take as long as you like; this beauty is well cared for because I will not separate from her all night," says Nico.

Ivana smiles at me, moves her chair and gets up, to walk towards a handsome tall guy with dark and short hair, who is leaning on the bar, next to him I can see two more, one with short blond hair quite handsome, there is another one with them, but his back is turned, and I can't see him very well, just his long black hair.

And when he is about to turn around, Nico catches my attention, "I'm sorry, Nico, what were you saying?" I ask him.

"You're a little distracted; I hope I'm not boring you, beautiful," he tells me, wanting to be flirtatious, which I find, absolutely old-fashioned.

"Yes, I was distracted; I'm not sorry," I tell him, smiling.

"I'll have to do something about it to get your attention," he stands up and extends his hand towards me, "Shall we dance?" he asks me.

"Why not" I answer him and place my hand on his; Nico guides me through the people, and now we are on the dance floor; I have always liked to dance, with the rhythm of the music, I don't care if they see me or not, I enjoy the rhythm closing my eyes and moving my hips.

My movements are slow and sensual, but I don't do it to attract attention, but because I feel the music and that's how my body responds, when I open my eyes, I can see Ivana in front of me dancing, with the blond guy I saw a few moments ago with her.

We look at each other, and we both start dancing as if it was only both of us, smiling and having fun, that I even forget that I was dancing with Nico.

When Ivana approaches me to introduce me to her friend, "Dany, this is Jason is Kenny's friend, the one I told you about, remember?" she says to me, almost shouting.

"Sure! He's one of the desserts," I tell her, and we both laugh.

"Dessert, wow, I've never been called that before; I hope it's something delicious like chocolate," says Jason.

"We'll see about that," Ivana says, looking at him.

"I have a friend coming with me, and I was going to introduce him to you, but I see you are with someone else," Jason says.

"You mean Nico, I just met him, we just met here, that's all," I tell him without giving more explanations.

And suddenly, I feel some hands-on my waist that roughly pulls me, and I end up in front of Nico, who has me hugged in a way that I don't like at all.

"Don't let it slip your mind; you are here dancing with me beautifully; I don't like being ignored?" he tells me, somewhat annoyed, and I feel his hand go up to my thigh, almost under my dress.

I immediately push him away and slap him; he turns and sees me with eyes that I'm sure he would like to take revenge at that moment.

"I don't know who you take me for, but I'm no whore and much less one of so many you must be used to; you respect me, you fucking  idiot," I tell him, shouting.

At that moment, Nico holds my arm tightly pulls me closer to him to try to kiss me, but before he succeeds, someone gets between us and punches him in the face that knocks him to the ground.

"You didn't hear her asshole, don't fucking touch her. Are you deaf or stupid? If you ever lay a hand on her again, I swear you will regret it," that person yells at him, but I can't see his face because, with his arm, he puts me behind him, protecting me.

"Stay out of it Marcus, she's with me or or she is one of your whores," Nico says as if I'm a thing of his property.

"Nico, when are you going to learn how to treat a lady? You'd better respect her and get out of my sight." he said and walked up to him; they were facing each other, and I was afraid they were going to come to blows.  

"What! is that your new conquest Marcus?" asked Nico.

"Marcus?" that name rang loudly in my mind; I turned my head and saw Ivana, who was worried, looking at me; I took a step back while they were still arguing.

"Ivana, let's go; I don't feel well," I said, and she took my hand," I'm sorry, Jason, we better go. You have my number; call me," Ivana said, and we left.

"You are fine, you have a bruise on your wrist, and you look very pale Dany, I better take you to the hospital".

"nothing is wrong, I just have a little pannic atack, and I feel tired," I told her, but in reality, I felt short of breath.

The way Nico treated me made me remember Sebastian; I think the memories came back to my mind for a second.

We got into Ivana's car, and she started; I could see through the mirror a guy screaming behind the car, I think I heard something, but it must have been my imagination; I closed my eyes and fell asleep all the way.

When we got to the apartment, we went inside, and I went straight to my room; Ivana helped me get out of my pajamas and change; I lay down and took a deep breath.

But to my mind came back that image of the bar and the words of that guy who defended me, "You didn't hear her, asshole, don't touch her, you're deaf or stupid, if you ever lay a hand on her again I swear you'll regret it," who was he and why he defended me that way.

I tried to arrange my pillow when I felt pain, and I looked at the lower part of my hand, where Nico was holding me, and I could see a bruise that hurt when I touched it.

"Marcus!" that's what Nico said, that name, somewhere I've heard it, but where could it be the boy I saw when I said goodbye to Oliver? No! It can't be the same.

"I would like to meet him; I don't know why but he intrigues me a lot; I could feel him tense when he was defending me, but why am I so attracted to him? I don't even know who he is." I was thinking in my mind until exhaustion got the better of me, and I fell asleep.