Life Sucks. For a quarter of your life, you're in school. Then another quarter, you're raising bad ass children-if you have any. Then another quarter you're trying to maintain your health. Then that last quarter, you're trying to keep your old from dying or you're planning your funeral. Life is great, isn't it?
Next to my parents thinking they know what's best for me, the only thing worst than that is the abusive boyfriend THEY CHOSE for me. Dustin. Costa Rican. Abusive. My parents somehow missed that part. He's abusive mentally, emotionally, and psychically. Starting like now.
"Dustin, how does this look on me" I ask giving him a model turn.
"Take it off. It's too revealing."
"Uhh...it's pant and a regular shirt with a panda on it. Revealing? It's not even a v-neck. It's crop."
"You asked for my opinion, and I said take it off." He yells.
I'll just throw a hoodie on. Only time I have away from him is during school because we have no classes together. My parents constantly invite him over. And I can't break up with him because they don't see what he's doing wrong. They said I looked fine and threatened to kick me out if I leave him. It's been only 5 months and the abuse started less than a month ago. Go figure.
I take my seat in class next to my best friend, Sairys. My first period is Biology Honors II, which is too easy. Our teacher, Mrs. Enice, makes it that way.
"So Yasmine, I heard there's a new student and he's gorgeous. But I also heard there's a new student and SHE'S gorgeous." Sairys explains. "Does it matter? I won't have a chance..." I frown. "Yas, you need to leave Dustin. I really hate seeing you down and getting beat up. You're too young for this!"
"I am trying." I lie. I stop trying when I told my parents and they didn't care or believe me. Assholes.
The late bell rings and Mrs. Enice starts the day of with an announcement, "Class, before we begin, we have a new student, Vinny Trujillo." Oh. My. God. He is....Gorgeous!
He automatically locks on me and for some reason it's like a very powerful force that won't let me look away. It's like he's seeing through me or reading my thoughts or both. "You can have a seat next to Yasmine. Yasmine raise your hand. Yasmine....Yasmine...Yasmine!!"
"Oh...umm...yeah." I shake out of my trance and raise my hand. Weird.
"Hey, I'm Vinny" he says smiling the prettiest smile.
"I'm----" "Yasmine." He answers for me. Úh yeah. How'd you know that?"
"One-Mrs. Enice said it like 4 times. Two- it's on your bag. And three it's on your necklace." "Oh yeah. Oops!" I'm stupid. Vinny stands over 6 feet. Muscles of a god. Clean shave. Fohawk. "Are you Hispanic?" he asks like he knows the answer.
I giggle, "Was it the hips? The hair? The eyes? The accent?" I joke.
"Actually, it was your nose."
"Oh Well, Yeah I'm Colombian."
"Oh really? Me too and mixed with Honduran."
"I can show you around later?" I suggest.
"Why not now?" he asks "it's kinda hard to convince Mrs. Enice to get out of class.
"Ha yeah right. Follow me." We walk up to her desk, "Excuse me since I'm new would you mind if Yasmine showed me around?" She takes off her glasses then looks at him. "Well------sure why not?" I cock my head and blink. "Thank you, Mrs. Enice."
"How did...you...?" "I don't know. I'm just....sweet."
The whole first period time I showed Vinny around and getting to know the basics of him. We stop in the 9th grade hallway even though we're sophomores. "Can I have your number?" I nod and program it in his phone. He smiles, "See you later."
Sairys turns the corner and runs to me. "Ay dios mio! Yas, what is he like?!"
"Perfect." I tell Sairys about our conversations. "ooooo...yasmine Likes him."
I slide down the lockers and sigh in a daze, "I'm in love."
"With who?" Dustin says making me and Sairys jump and scream. "Um...of course you babe." I lie nervously. "Of course." He smiles kissing me. I barely return the gesture.
He turns to Sairys. They hate each other. "Hello Sairys." She raises her eyebrows at him.
"So Yas Imma go to class. I'll see you at lunch." Sairys says giving me the 'I call you' sign. I nod. "So for lunch, are you eating here?" "Ehh...possibly"
I get a text from Vinny
Hey Yasmine. It's Vinny. I really can't stop thinkin bout you :) SO I was wondering hang out l8er? You choose time and place. I know it's soon...but....yeah! :)
My heart races. "Um Dustin I gotta go." I say. "Okay behave. Love you." He says running off. I reply to Vinny's text:
Sure of course we can :) <3 meet me during lunch and we can arrange something :)
He likes me? YAY! But there's something different...about him.
