the next few weeks were spent the same. the only difference was that i got a job at daniela's hair salon. (let's pretend that daniela and carla still live in washington heights) usnavi's still not letting me pay for my coffee. and everyone thinks i only speak spanish.
but let me tell you about this one night.
It was the 3rd of july and nina had just come back from her 3rd year at stanford so her family decided to host a dinner and invite our friend circle. it was sort of like a potluck, so we had to bring something. i decided to bring a caeser salad.
"ooh, adi!" daniela said, shoulder bumping me.
"que pasa?" i asked. *what's up*
"con ese vestido, definitivamente obtendrás usnavi por todos lados." daniela said with a wink. *with that dress, you'll definitely get usnavi all over you.*
"cállate! no hay forma de que él alguna vez me note." i said annoyed. *there is no way he'll ever notice me*
"i bet $10 that they'll kiss." carla told daniela, thinking i don't speak english.
"i bet $20 they won't have that dress on after usnavi gets them in a room." daniela said with a laugh.
"i bet $30 they'll both have hickies on their-"
"will you two shut up!" i whisper-yelled.
"you speak english?" carla said in shock.
"yes. and don't tell anybody. also, stop betting on my love life!" i said.
"i'm just saying, with those curves, those glasses and your blue hair, usnavi won't be making eye contact with anything but you." daniela said with a smirk.
"i disagree. there's no way he likes me." i said.
"this bitch makes you coffee for free, this bitch says the only room with a view is a room with you in it, this bitch said that you're the loveliest girl in the place and you have the audacity to think he doesn't like you?" carla said.
"oh look there he is, go say hi." daniela said, pushing me towards usnavi. literally, she pushed me so hard that i actually flew into him.
"bueno, esa es una forma de saludar a alguien." he said with a laugh. that damn smile will be the death of me. *well that's one way to greet someone.*
"Lo siento, me empujaron en la dirección incorrecta." i laughed. *i'm sorry, i got pushed in the wrong direction.*
"es espectacular." usnavi said looking at me as if i was the most precious diamond ever. *it's gorgeous.*
"quiero decir, eres hermosa. lo siento." usnavi said, blushing. *i mean, you're gorgeous. i'm sorry.*
"it's fine. you actually look pretty cute tonight." i said with a smile.*está bien. te ves realmente linda esta noche." i said with a smile. *
daniela was right, usnavi wasn't able to keep his eyes off of me. while i was getting some more food, he whispered to me, "lo único que tus ojos no me han dicho es tu nombre." *the only thing your eyes haven't told me is your name.*
"usnavi! ¡sabes mi nombre!" i said, confused. *usnavi! you know my name!"
usnavi excused himself and went back to his seat.
what was that? i thought to myself.
i decided not to worry about it since this whole dinner isn't about my awkward relationship with usnavi. i can always talk to him afterwards.
~TIME SKIP~
"usnavi!" i called out.
"oye. ¿que pasa?" he said. *hey. what's up?*
"necesitamos hablar." i said nervously. *we need to talk.*
here it goes, i thought.
"i can speak english." i announced to him. he spit out his water in shock.
"since when?" he asked.
"since forever. i just didn't speak it in front of everyone because it's not perfect." i explained.
"adi, everything about you is perfect." he said, looking deep into my eyes.
"that's another thing i need to talk to you about." i said.
"i like you more than a friend, usnavi." i said shyly.
"i like you more than a friend too, addy," usnavi said with a smile.
"be mine." he said pulling me closer to him by my waist.
"i'd love to." i said, closing the gap between us.
"GET A ROOM!" i heard kevin yell. usnavi and i laughed in response.
i think i might like it here.
{wednesday, november 8th 2017. 7:50pm (19:50)}
I Thought You Don't Speak English
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