Mia's POV......
Heavy breathing......
"Jace....touch me....." I whisper.
We're getting intimate in a room. My back is pinned on the white wall and Jace is standing very close to me, his body pressed against mine and he's showering me with hot and tender kisses on my neck and chest area.
"Touch.....me.....please." I cry out desperately.
"I will...." He whispers into my ear, his warm breath sending chills all over my body, causing an increase on my rapid breathing.
I can also hear my heart beating so loud and fast.
Jace trails one of his hands to my bare thigh and I shudder at his touch on my skin.
Giving me a hard kiss on my lips, he gently slips his hand in between my thighs, caressing it, making me squirm a little. He starts running it upwards till the uppermost part.
I moan a little at the brush of his hand against my most private part through my shorts.
He runs his hand further up, reaching for the button of my denim shorts. He unbuttons and unzips the shorts. Sliding his hands into my shorts, I let out a loud gasp of pleasure, followed by a louder moan, rubbing my thighs against his hand. His hand is doing a lot to me right now.
I'm going crazy.
I feel so wet....
"Oh....Jace....." I moan.
"Mia....." He responds in a whisper.
"More....I want more....." I cry out in ecstasy.
"Anything for you, milady....." Jace breaths against my parted lips before giving me a gentle bite on my lower lip.
I shut my eyes as I feel his hand going into my underpants.
I suddenly start hearing a pounding noise, followed by a voice of someone calling out my name....
"Mia!"
"Mia!!!"
But it feels like neither of the noises are coming from here.
What's going on?
"Mia! Open the door!"
There's the familiar voice again.
I open my eyes......
I open my eyes to figure out that I've been dreaming and that my mom is currently banging at my room door.
Shit!!
"Mia! Come on, open the door." My mom says.
I rush out of my bed towards the door and open it.
"Mia!! What in the world have you been doing?" My mom asks.
"I....uh....I've been sleeping....."
I had fallen asleep while reading a book.
"Sleeping? Were you perhaps in a kind of trance or something?" My mom asks rhetorically.
I was in a dream.
A dream you definitely wouldn't wanna know about.....
I thought.
"Have you been knocking?" I ask.
"You opened on my fourth knock but you usually open the door at first or second knock." My mom says.
"Mom, I was asleep." I say.
"You still usually open at second knock even if you were asleep. I found it really odd that I got worried. Just one more knock, I was gonna call on your friends to help me break down this door and see if you're still alive." My mom says.
"Wait.....my friends?" I ask.
"Yes. They're here, downstairs. I only came to give you the information about their presence in the house." Mom says.
"Okay. Thanks mom and I'm really sorry if I got you freaking out. I think I may have gone into a deep sleep." I say.
Deep indeed....
Shut up.....
"Well, I'm glad you're still alive. Now go meet your friends." My mom says.
"Sure. I'll just grab my....phone." I say as I turn to search for my phone.
I see it lying on my drawer, beside my table lamp.
I rush and grab the phone and then I proceed to leave the room.
Slowly walking down the stairs, all I could think of is the funny dream I just had.....about me and Jace.
I've never had such a dream in my entire life.....like never.....
I guess thinking about Jace and missing him so much has driven me as far as having a sex dream about him.
Does it even get any better?
Having successfully walked down the stairs without tripping from my thoughts, I see Michelle and Amber, sitting on the stools by the kitchen counter.
"Hey guys" I call out, moving closer to them. I give them little pats on their shoulders.
"Hey girl" Amber says.
"Hey Mia" Michelle says.
I take the stool beside Michelle, burying my face into my palms.
"Your mom told us that you were asleep." Michelle says.
"I was asleep." I say without lifting my face.
"We're sorry for waking you." Amber says.
You guys should be....
It was just about to get more interesting in my dream.....
It wasn't their fault though.....
Maybe....
I thought.
I remove my face from my palms.
"No, it's fine. It's not like I had the plan to doze off while reading the book I was reading." I say.
"Okay. But why do you look like you just woke up from a bad dream?" Amber asks.
"Yeah, I was gonna ask that too." Michelle says.
I did wake up from a dream...but not a bad one.....
A pretty sensual one rather.....
God! My mind is pretty messed up right now.
"Do I?" I ask.
"You certainly do." Amber says.
"You girls care for some orange juice?" My mom asks from behind before I see her walking to the refrigerator.
"Yes, mom but I'll get that." I say, standing from the stool.
"Relax, Mia. I got this." My mom says as she pulls out the glass jug of orange juice.
"No, mom. You think I'm gonna let you pour us some orange juice by yourself when I'm right here? I still have some morals you know." I say.
"Mia...."
"Mom, please just give it to me. I'll do it myself." I say.
"Fine.....if you insist." My mom says, handing me the jug.
I smile at her as she starts walking away from the refrigerator.
"So, I'm going out now." Mom says.
"Huh? I thought you said you weren't going to the boutique today." I say.
"Well....I'm not....I...mean, I might just walk in and take a quick look at things and then leave for the main place I'm supposed to be at." Mom says.
"Okay. I'm gonna be hanging out with Michelle and Amber later today." I say.
"Oh....okay. I'll take the spare key with me then, just in case." Mom says.
"Alright" I say.
"I'll see you girls later." My mom says, as she grabs her black handbag from the counter.
"Ms. Johnson?" Michelle calls out.
"Yes sweetie." My mom responds.
"Uh....can I....."
Amber interrupts Michelle.
"We.....can we....."
"Yes, we. Please, can we like.....crash here for a while?" Michelle asks.
"Crash? What's going on, guys?" I ask.
"Well, we had some kinda disagreement in our homes. We're gonna explain later. Please, Ms. Johnson, let us stay here for a while." Amber says.
"Girls, you're welcome to stay here anytime, as long as you want to. Consider this place your home too." My mom says.
"Thank you so much, Ms. Johnson." Michelle says.
"Thank you so much, ma'am. We promise not to be a burden." Amber says.
"It's nothing." My mom smiles. "Aaha... before I forget, Mia, Mr. Richards will be here for dinner. You girls should please be back before dinner time, okay?"
"Sure." I say.
"Yes, ma'am. But if you don't mind me asking, who's Mr. Richards?" Michelle asks.
"You'll find that out later." I say.
"Okay" Michelle says.
"Alright, beauties, I'll be leaving now. I'm going to pick up a few things for the dinner on my way back." Mom says.
"Okay. Bye Mom." I say.
"See you later, Ms. Johnson." Michelle says.
My mom waves at us while making her way to the front door.
We hear the door open and close soon after.
"Your mom is really nice, Mia." Michelle says.
"Yeah, as usual." Amber says.
"Yep" I say, pouring the orange juice into the last empty glass.
I drop the jug on the counter, carry two glasses of juice and move towards Michelle and Amber.
"Thanks" Michelle says after I hand her one of the glasses.
I hand Amber hers.
"Thanks girl" She says.
"You're welcome, guys." I say.
I return to the put the jug of juice back into the refrigerator after which I carry my own glass of juice to where I was sitting beside Michelle.
"So, who's Mr. Richards?" Amber asks.
"Like I said, you guys will find out soon, at least by after dinner tonight." I say.
"Oh, come on, Mia, just spill it already." Michelle says.
"You'll know who he is soon. Just chill, will you?" I say.
"You know it wouldn't kill you if you just said it now." Amber says.
"Ugh.....fine....you guys win."
"Yes! So who's Mr. Richards?" Michelle asks.
"Well....he's someone my mom is seeing." I say.
"Someone your mom is seeing?" Amber asks.
"Wait.....is he like your mom's boyfriend?" Michelle asks.
"Uh.....you can put it that way." I say.
Michelle and Amber gasps at the same time, looking at each other.
"Please don't scream." I say.
"Oh my God! This is great news!" Michelle screams excitedly.
"It really is!!! I'm so happy for your mom!" Amber screams.
"Guys, I said no screaming." I say.
"Only a heartless person wouldn't scream at this exciting news. This is awesome, Mia." Amber says.
"Sure it is." I say.
"Are you not happy?" Michelle asks me.
"I am, more than you think. I mean, from what I've witnessed, he makes my mom happy and they both love each other. I'm really happy about that." I say.
"You should be. This is like one of the most exciting news I've ever heard." Amber says.
"It is, indeed." Michelle says.
"Well....enough about the news for now. How was the dinner with your families after a while?" I ask.
"Horrible" Michelle says.
"The worst" Amber says.
"Whoa, guys.....what happened?" I ask.
"Well, I had painted the picture of a perfect dinner with my dad and my brother but then an unwanted presence ruined it all." Amber says.
"Unwanted presence?" I ask.
"The so-called woman I called my mom just showed up out of the blue."
"Your mom? I thought she's at New York." I say.
"She was. Apparently, my dad planned for her to come here and spend the summer and my dad didn't even bother to let anyone know about it. I doubt if it's just the summer though. I think they wanna get back together." Amber says.
"Is your dad aware that he's literally trying to jump back into the fire that he had escaped long time ago?" Michelle asks.
"Why'd he even wanna get back with your mom after all you told us she had done to you guys?" I ask.
"He's claiming that she has changed but I think it's bullshit. I'm so mad at him right now. We had a pretty heated conversation last night and that was when I let him know that I wouldn't spend my summer in that house with that woman there." Amber says.
"What about your brother?" I ask.
"I told Ambrose I'd be dropping by to check on him whenever I can. He said he'll be hanging out a lot with his friends so I think he's gonna be fine." Amber says.
"Okay. I'm really sorry about everything, Amber." I say.
"It's okay. I'm sure everything will be fine eventually." Amber says.
"Sure. What about you, Michelle? What happened?" I ask.
"Well....you know.....the usual "black sheep" treatment and the sudden unbelievable orders that started flowing out of my father's mouth. He told Camilla to she's to assume a new position at his firm in New Jersey by the day after tomorrow, that she should get ready to fly to New Jersey by tomorrow night. Camilla had always said that she wanted everything she'd do to be here in Boston but like a fucking coward, she replied nothing but "yes father"." Michelle says.
"Seriously?" I ask.
"Yeah. Then he told Anna that she should forget about going to New York for college and remain here in Boston, that he had make arrangements for her to study at a good college here so she could be close to home and Anna also said "yes father" not minding that she's always wanted to leave Boston after high school. As if that wasn't enough, he told me that I'd be joining Anna in the "new college" and forget about going back to LA but I refused to be a coward like my sisters."
"You've got to be kidding me." Amber says.
"Anna has become worse of a bratty bitch, speaking to me with so much disrespect. When things got pretty heated between me and my father, Anna spilled to the whole family that I'm a lesbian." Michelle says.
"What?" I question wide-eyed.
"What? How.....how does she even know that?" Amber asks.
"She said she had seen how I've always looked at Mia."
"Fuck!" Amber curses out.
"What was their reaction?" I ask.
"My mother didn't say anything but I could tell how shocked she was at the news. My father's homophobic side kicked in alongside with other terrible sides of him."
"Oh....Michelle, I'm so sorry about that." Amber says.
"It's fine. It's not like I wasn't expecting such reaction."
"What're you gonna do now?" I ask.
"Well, I know my father may consider disowning me for good so I just simply cut myself off from them."
"What?" Amber questions.
"You cut yourself off from your family?" I ask.
"I know it sounds insane but they were gonna do the same thing so to avoid much humiliation, I chose to do it myself. I haven't really gained any reasonable thing from that family so I just left my....their credit card on my dressing table. I'm happy that I haven't taken out much from it. I'm gonna show them that I can do without them. They can go to hell with their wealth and others."
"You did a brave thing, Michelle. I'm really impressed." I say.
"Yeah, you stood up to your father the way you've never before. I'm proud of you." Amber says.
"Thanks guys. I feel bad for my mom though. I realized that her marriage to that man was an arrangement between my mom's family and his. According to my mom, it's like a family business. Their parents knew each other and they were childhood friends. It happened that the two were betrothed against their will and forced into marriage not long after, not minding that they already had their different love lives. It appears that my mom had been threatened with disowning if she ever left the marriage, that's why she's yet to get a divorce despite all the mistreatments from her husband. Her husband was also threatened by his own family. It's all family business and I think father wants to start something similar with his new family. Well, it's none of my business now that I'm no longer a member." Michelle says.
"Oh, arranged marriages are crap." Amber says.
"I guess. I'm sorry about everything, Michelle." I say.
"It's fine. Thanks though." Michelle says.
"Okay, so my mom might've told me the truth behind my dad's leaving the house then." I say.
"What is it?" Amber asks.
"It happened that my dad had an affair with a co-worker during one of his business trips to Chicago and impregnated whoever he had the affair with. My mom found out about the affair and that my dad had gone to Chicago every two weeks to see the pregnant co-worker, claiming it's a business trip. Arguments about the situation started, then one day my mom told him that he shouldn't think of coming back home if he ever left for Chicago to go see his new family. That was when he left and never came back." I say.
"Wait....so your dad cheated on your mom?" Amber asks.
"According to what I was told, yes." I say.
"What the fuck...." Michelle mutters.
"This is unbelievable." Amber says.
"So, you've a step sibling somewhere in Chicago?" Michelle asks.
"Probably." I reply.
"I'm sorry, Mia." Amber says.
"Yeah, sorry about this. I can't imagine how you felt after hearing this from your mom." Michelle says.
"I felt terrible but what can I do?" I ask rhetorically.
"Nothing I guess." Amber says.
"You know what guys, I think we should go out, have some fun and put this whole sadness away. We may die of heart attack if we carry all these sadness in our hearts. Let's go out, eat some ice cream, stroll around, you know....just do what we must to be happy." Michelle says.
"I'm in for that. We can't afford to not be happy because of some silly family stuff." Amber says.
"I'm in too. Let's go out and have some fun." I say.
"Yeah! Cheers guys." Michelle says, raising her glass of juice.
"Cheers!"
"Cheers!"
Amber and I say at the same time before clinking our glasses together and gulping down our juice.
"Mm....before I forget, Mia, we agreed we'd talk about you and Jace later, so how's it going between you two?" Amber asks.
That now?
"Uh.....I.....I...." I stutter.
"Still haven't reached out to him?" Amber asks.
I look down at my juice in front of me without uttering a word.
"I'm really sorry again, Mia. It's all my fault." Michelle says.
"It's not your fault.....I mean...it was your fault but now it's Mia's. She's the one who has chosen to ignore someone she's yet to break up with, causing the person so much torture. Have you even picked any of his calls or replied to any of his texts?" Amber asks.
"No. He hasn't called or texted me in a while now."
"When was the last time he did any of that?" Amber asks.
"That day I left LA to here, he called me three times but I didn't know. It was after I got here that I saw the missed calls."
"And you didn't bother to call back?" Amber asks.
"I wanted to but I couldn't."
"Meaning you weren't gonna answer even if you knew when he called. How long do you intend to torture Jace Harris like that, Mia?" Amber asks.
"I'm not....I....I...just don't know what I'd say to him. This is also hard for me."
"Is this still because you're ashamed because of whatever you said to him? Mia, I already told you that Jace is desperate to see you, what happened after you left LA is a proof." Amber says.
"Umm....what happened after she left LA?" Michelle asks.
"Just few hours after she left, Jace came by the apartment, asking to see Mia but then I told him that Mia had left for Boston. He was pretty upset and I could tell that he had rushed there, if not ran. He really wanted to talk to Mia."
"Oh....." Michelle utters.
"May I also remind you, Mia, about the message that he said he'd never give up on you yet." Amber says.
"He said that?" Michelle asks.
"Yes, he did. Mia, I'm gonna say this one more time, I may say it later if there's need to, make up your darn mind, Mia. If possible, just break up with him and free him from this torture. I bet he's confused about your relationship with him now. Just sort out things with him and free yourself too 'cause you're equally torturing yourself." Amber says.
I let out a sigh.
"I'm gonna tell you one more thing, Mia......don't lose that guy. You may regret it if you do and I know how much you hate regretting. If you can't call him or text him, which I think is kinda stupid, then return his calls and reply his texts. Honey, you're gonna pick up your damn phone if he ever calls again. I'll make sure of that. That being said, let's go out and let the whole of Boston know that we're back." Amber says.
"Yeah!! Let's do it." Michelle says, gulping down the remaining juice in her glass.
Amber does the same.
"Oh....right, our stuffs are still in the Jeep." Amber says.
"You guys left your stuffs in the Jeep...as in, your bags of clothes?" I ask.
"Yes. Let's go get them, Amber." Michelle says.
"Okay. We'll be right back, Mia." Amber says, proceeding to walk away with Michelle.
I guess I'll just have to pull myself together and stop "torturing" Jace like Amber said. I've made some attempts to call or text him but I just find myself not being able to.
My fingers just become so numb whenever I try to do either of those. I'm really devastated about it.
I miss Jace a lot, I can't get him out of my head these days and I think it's gonna get worse with the sex dream I had.
That's like the best dream I've ever had in a long time. I don't think there's any other dream I've ever craved so much for it to be real but I know it can't be real. Even if Jace and I could magically get back together, I can't have sex with him 'cause of course, I'm gonna freak out even before he gets down to the business before the real business.
Gosh!!
I think I'm losing my mind.