Hey, its me. I want to say sorry for not updating sooner, i have been working on this chapter for a while and i really wanted it to be good and not bad like the other one so i've read other ones that have lots of detail and great plot lines and i hope that i have somewhat got the basic idea of what they have done. And i would like to say this chapter is sorta dedicated to In My Head by Jason Derulo because that was the song that was on when i finished this chapter. I've rambled on long enough, go a head and read it!
The glow of the lights around me was strong, their light hurt my eyes making me squint. There was a low humming coming from the lights above, giving away that I was in a building. I soon regained sight and started to get feeling in my body. A silky fabric was wrapped around my body, and a pair of heels were on my feet. I looked down, there was a beautiful silky dress that was a deep shade of red and there was detailed stitching and pearls on the bodice. I slowly picked up the beautiful dress I was wearing to see the shoes that I had on. Underneath the layers of fabric a clear peep toe high heel emerged, if felt cold and smooth against the bottom of my delicate foot. My toenails were visible and were painted a subtle pink. My attention then went to my head, there were ringlets of dark brown hair that encircled my face but in the back it was pulled up into an elegant bun. My hand went to the bun, feeling for the reason why my hair was staying up. I hands stroked against more pearls that had been randomly placed into my hair, which were attached to bobby pins that kept my hair up. I deeply wished that a mirror would somehow land in front of me, allowing me to see every stitch and every pearl that was on my dress and in my hair.
My focus then shifted onto the setting. I was standing on marble flooring, black and white mixing together and making beautiful patterns in each tile that was placed. My eyes slowly made their way up the scenery in front of me. Before me there was a vast stairway that went down into a ballroom floor. Couples were happily dancing to classical music that was being played from a small orchestra that was set up in the corner. A giant chandelier hung above the dance floor, it had thousands of crystals that sparked in the light, sending of little tear drops of light that decorated the walls. There were huge windows, and beyond the windows there was a cityscape that was covered in a light dusting of snow while it was snowing large snowflakes that slowly fell to the ground. Everything seemed like it had just came out of a movie.
Suddenly the music stopped as did the couples. Everything stood still, then all the face that were gazing upon each other turned to me. Slowly the dancers backed off and made a circle around a guy. From where I was standing I could see that he was taller than I, which isn't that hard of a feat. His body was obviously muscular because you could see the outline on his biceps through his clothing. The mystery man had beautiful brown hair that looked so soft that I wanted to touch it. He was wearing a black tux.
After realizing that I had spent more than a second and that everyone was still looking at me a blush rose to my cheeks. I walked over to the beginning of the stairway and started to make my way down. I felt like a princess walking down her stairway to meet her prince charming, the only difference was that she knew who her prince charming was and I didn't. My hand fell onto the railing and it added to the whole royalty affect. Once at the bottom a few men and women let me through to the center of the circle where the mysterious guy was. I strode over to where he was, and put my hand upon his muscular arm to get his attention. Beneath the pads of my fingers I felt the strong arm move from the touch of hand. Before the cold could get to my fingers, my hand was on his chest. I felt a pair of eyes upon my head, I looked up and saw my reflection in pair of azure eyes. My breath left me, seeing those eyes was like seeing a memory that I had forgotten. A strange feeling penetrated my stomach, the same feeling from last night. I placed both hands on his chest as he lowered his head to my ear.
"Gabriella," that was all that the strange man whispered into my ear, his hot breath in my ear. I shivered, his musky voice made my bones melt to the point that I had to grab on to his shirt with both hands to stay vertical. His hands snaked their way onto my hips, my arms immediately went around his neck. The orchestra put their bows onto the strings of their instruments, the music was just about to begin…
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
"Uggg." It was all a dream.I roll over in bed, keeping my eyes shut for as long as I can. I pull the covers back over my head and try to go back to sleep even though the alarm is still going off. I try to convince myself that this too is a dream and that it is not time to get off, soon enough I coax my body back into its resting mode again. My breathing slows down.
I started to see the room that I was just in and the mysterious guy is still in the middle, his face is blurry but I can tell that he is reaching a hand out to me, inviting me to dance with him. I return a nod to him before walking over to where he is located. He once more places his hands on my hips and I place my arms around his neck. He lowers his head so that is a few inches away from mine. I know that he wants to kiss me but be a gentleman at the same time. I stand as tall as I can and look up, trying to get my lips as close as I can to his. He slowly lowers his head more until our lips are millimeters apart. I feel a wet slobbery kiss on my lips and another, and another one on my cheek. I start to get licks everywhere on my face, and I feel fluffy fur against my neck. Abruptly I open my eyes to find a black fuzz ball beside me, still licking me.
"Shadow get off," I tell my precious dog. "I know you love me and I love you to, but I have morning breath and I don't think you want to kiss me with that taste in my mouth," I joke. I start to laugh, Shadow looks up to me and starts to bark. "Okay, okay, you want me to get up, I'll get up, I'll get up." I throw the blankets off of myself, exposing my body to the cold air of the morning. A shiver wracks my body, its cold and I'm wearing a thin silk Victoria Secrets tank top and shorts. I stand up off my bed and stretch, trying to wake myself up from my sleepiness. I trudge over to the bathroom, as I get in I look at myself in the mirror. I have the crusty residue in the corners of my eyes and my hair is all messy. I wipe the residue out of my eyes before going to the bathroom. After washing my hands I took my hair out of the pony tail that I had been in and start brushing it out. I part it down the middle and start to braid each side, creating braided pigtails.
I look at myself one more time before walking out of the bathroom to my closet. My stomach was growling with the anticipation of breakfast, which it was being denied. Before making it to the door of my closet Shadow stopped me by walking in front of me and barking. I bent down to pick her up, hoping that it will subdue her barking for the moment. I bring her up to my eye level and ask her, "Do you want to go on a walk today, do you?" Even though this was a waste of time because I take her on a walk every Sunday, I still asked her. She yips and barks somehow saying in her own language 'YES!'"Well, if you do then you're going to need to let me get dressed." I started off towards my closet again, her still in my arms. I walk through the hallway, humming a song in my head and dancing with Shadow. Once in my closet I grab a floral shirt and a pair of ripped jean shorts from the large array of clothing. The feel of the fabric beneath my finger tips is soft and I hope that they feel soft against my body. I quickly put them on, grab a belt, and put on a pair of sandals. By the time that I was done changing Shadow has already gone to sit by the door. I seized the leash and my cell phone from the kitchen counter, which is where I always leave it after we're done with our walk.
I put the leash onto Shadow's collar and headed out the door. Shadow's claws clicked on the hardwood flooring that was in the hallway, creating an echo. I pressed the button on the wallpaper covered wall for the elevator to come. Above the metal doorway the red numbers above said '3' and I was on level 10. As I was waiting I got a text from Taylor 'how was ur nite? i didnt c u leave. sharpay said that u left w/some hot guy. Hope u had fun caz i did;)' I replied back to her 'was okay. we didnt do anything:( but it was my fault caz it didnt feel rite. hope u were safe last nite –G' That was one thing that Sharpay and I always did, text every morning asking if each other was safe the night before. We also carried around condoms because the girl always gets pregnant when it was spur of the moment and we don't want that to happen. I began to tap my foot waiting for the elevator to show up, apparently there were a bunch of people who wanted to get in and out of the elevator.
Soon enough the elevator came, and my phone vibrated again indicating that I had gotten another text. Shadow and I stepped into the elevator and I pressed the button for level 1. I looked back to my phone it said 'wat happened? Y didnt u keep w/mr hottie? R u sick?' I rolled my eyes at those questions because I had already told her my reason behind not sleeping with Matthew. My fingers rushed against the keyboard texting furiously. I sent her a message stating that I didn't feel like it last night, that I wanted to go home instead, that I am not sick, and that I was going on a walk with Shadow so bye.
My focus then was casted on to the people that were in the elevator with me. There was an old man with grey hair that barely covered the top of his head, but what he lacked on his head he had in his ears. He had glasses, a plaid shirt with blue jeans on and was carrying the New York Times in his left hand and in his right hand he had a cup of coffee. Next to him was his wife, the both of them lived on my level. The wife had on a striped dress and was carrying their little Chihuahua named Gucci, which was ironic because the wife had the dog in a Gucci dog carrier. There was also a little boy with brown hair and green eyes with his mother that had blonde hair that was dyed blonde and blue eyes. The little boy had on a Yankees t-shirt with blue jeans and a pair of sneakers. His mother had on a low cut pink shirt with a short black shirt and a pair of blue high heels on. The mother was scowling while talking on the phone and barking commands at the poor person on the other end of the conversation while the little boy was smiling and looking at Shadow. Shadow went up to the little boy and gave him a little lick on the hand that he had outreached to pet her. The little boy started to pet Shadow and she rolled onto her back to allow him to pet his stomach.
Sadly the elevator ride was over to fast for both the boy and Shadow. Shadow and I left headed out of the door towards the bakery that I had gone to yesterday, they allowed dogs here and great bagels so this is where Shadow and I attended every Sunday morning. We walked inside and went up to the counter. A young man was at the counter when we arrived, he had dark blue eyes and head full of red hair.
"What would you like, miss?" his voice was hard but he seemed nice enough. He had on a blue side apron that hung around his hips.
"Um, I would like a blueberry bagel with light crème cheese and coffee with milk please," I asked politely. He rung up the cost and handed me a bag that had my bagel and crème cheese in it and gave me my coffee. I gave him exact change and left the bakery while trying to juggle the dog, bag and coffee. Once out of the bakery we headed toward Central Park where we would eat the bagel and take a nice walk. The traffic wasn't as heavy as usual but there was some.
Shadow and I quickly walked a few blocks before getting to the park. It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and there were few clouds in the sky. Although it was beautiful there was something that felt strange, like there was going to be something happening today that I wasn't expecting. I sat down on the nearest vacant bench and ate my bagel. It was delicious as usual, the blueberries were real not the awful fake berries that are in most bagels. I finished my breakfast and threw it away in the nearest garbage can.
Shadow was restless, she really wanted to go on a walk. We started off walking on the path that went around the pond that was in the park. There were people boating in the pond having a great time with loved ones. I wished that I would have someone to go boating with sometime, but I don't think that I ever will. I could have had someone to go boating with only if I had said yes, but that was a while ago and I don't think that opportunity will happen again. Shadow barked at the pigeons that were close to the pathway that we were on.
Going on walks with my dog was always a way for me to think over what had happened over the past week and what needs to happen for the next week without interruption or comments of others. Somehow I never ran into a person or get ran over by a biker and I believed that Shadow lead me out of harm's way. Shadow was looking out for me as much as I was looking out for her, but this walk she let me run into one of the most dangerous people for me. I walked right into a tall muscular figure with light brown hair in the back that lightly touched the top of his dirty shirt. His pants were covered in dirt and mud. I stumbled back and he turned around. The strange feeling was right today, the man turned around to see who had ran into him. His eyes grew large in shock and the look of recognition flashed across his face. His eyes were cobalt and welcoming. His face was scruffy, as if he hadn't shaved in a few weeks. I was still standing there bewildered of what had happened when he walked up to me and gave me a hug and whispered in my ear "Gabi."
How did you like it? Who is the guy that Gabi bumped into?- not like we all dont know ;) well i might change it up a little and have it be someone different that who you think. I'll have the next chapter as soon as i can so like a week or so it just depends on my will to write.