So I'm feeling generous even though I've only gotten three reviews on the last chapter. To my loyal readers, enjoy.

I was listening to "Fading" by Rihanna while I was writing this chapter, hence the title

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CH.29 Fading

She laid awake in bed all night, maulling over her options. She already knew what she had to do. She knew that she could not keep up this "relationship" with Chris if he was not willing to commit and Punk was right. This was not fair to Randy and the last thing she wanted to do was hurt him. Seeing Chris only reminded her of how fed up she was with being his dirty little secret. She tossed and turned, in and out of sleep for a few more hours before she decided to get up around six a.m., the need to sweat away her problems making itself known. After an intense workout, she called Rosa and requested a girl's day of mani pedis. An hour later they left the salon feeling refreshed


Yelena held out her hands, examining her freshly painted black nails. Rosa had gotten a crazy shade of lime geen, but the color was really cute on her. They somehow found themselves in a nearby mall, where Rosa dragged her into Victoria Secret

"What do you think of this one?" Rosa asked, coming out of the dressing room in a baby blue bra and matching lace panties

"I love the color on you." Yelena told her, watching as the Latina stared at her reflection in the mirror.

This was the third lingerie set she had tried on and she looked fantastic in every one

"Yeah? I like this one too. I think I'll buy this one." Rosa said, flipping her hair over her shoulder

Yelena pulled a red lace teddy off the rack

"That's cute, you should try it on." the salesgirl, Mindy told her

"Me? No, I don't think so." Yelena said, putting it back

"Why not? It would look sexy on you, you should try it on." Rosa insisted

Yelena ran a nervouse hand through her hair. She was never one to pick up lingerie. Shealways felt so exposed, but from the way Rosa and Mindy were looking at her expectantly, she knew they weren't taking no for an answer. She reluctantly picked the hanger back up and made her way to a dressing room

"Here, try this too. I'll bet it'll look smoking on you." Rosa said, handing her bra and pantie set in a pale orange and another in lavender.

She took them and went into the dressing room. She stripped down and pulled on the thin red fabric, ignoring the mirror behind her as much as possible. Gathering her courage, she stepped out.

"Damn." Rosa said "You look sexy, chica."

"See, it looks great on you. You have to get it. If you don't, I will" Mindy said "Although I might not fill it out as good as you do." she said, gesturing toward her small bust

Yelen finally turned towards the large mirror in the store. She immediately noticed the way the fabric hugged her curves and flowed gracefully mid-thigh. Her long brown hair was loose over her shoulders and her green eyes popped against the red material. It didn't look too tight on her like she thought it would. It actually did look good.

"It is nice." she finally agreed

"Good because you're getting it. Now go try on the others." Rosa urged

She slipped bck into the dressing room and changed into the orange lace set

"That looks really good on you. You have the perfect figure." Mindy said, straighting the bra straps on her shoulders so they were perfectly placed

Yelena blushed at the young girl's compliment. She liked the idea of Mindy complimenting her body but didn't take it seriously. It was probably her job to do so, but she did like the way her creamy skin looked against the pastel material. Rosa loved the lavender one the best. The two ladies were being rung up and as Yelena was pulling out her credit card, Rosa snatched it away

"This is on me." she told her with a wink

After they left the mall, they were walking the strip when Rosa stopped her

"I just got an idea. Want to do something crazy with me?"

"Like what?" Yelena asked hesitantly

The Latina motioned to the sign behind her and Yelena eyes went wide

"Roses & Ruins Tattoos" the sign read. This was indeed crazy, but the idea of it didn't frighten her

"Sure, why not?" Yelena told her

"Really? Omigod, lets do it!" Rosa squealed

The duo went inside and the heavily tattooed woman behind the front desked asked them what they were getting. After pondering over a few portfolios, they agreed on a butterfly. The weren't matching butterflies, but still pretty. Rosa went first, getting hers on her side, going hardcore and agreeing on blue ink. Yelena got hers on her lower torso, careful not to get it where her jeans would agitate it. The pain was tolerable, nothing like she expected after hearing crazy stories. When she was finished, the tattoo artist fist bupmed her

"You are officially not a tattoo virgin anymore."

Freshly inked, they went back to the hotel

"I'm glad we did this today. Remind me to call you first when I want to do something wild. Alicia would have never gotten a tattoo with me."

"I had a good time too. We should do this more often. Just don't call me if you want to bungee jump or anything like that. Then you'd be on your own." she laughed. They said their goodbyes as Yelena got off of the elevator on her floor. She kicked off her shoes and went into the bathroom, turning on the shower before stripping down. She washed off, delicately cleaning her new tattoo with two fingers like the man told her and washed her hair. When she was done, she toweled herself dry and pulled on her comfy sweats and one of Mike' "Haters Heart Me Because I'm Awesome"s T-shirts she stole from him. She relaxed the rest of the evening, watching mindless television and reading "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins. Just as she was dozing off, her phone vibrated, signaling a new text. With heavy eyes, she opened it

Goodnight beautiful

xRandy

She smiled as she typed a quick goodnight reply before returning her phone to the pillow next to her, only to have it virbate once again. Picking it up, she read the new text

Room 410

xChris

She smirked as she tossed the phone back onto the pillow, not even sending a reply and turned over, letting sleep take her under


Enjoyed? I hope you did. Just a small ramble about the tattoo. The guy who did my first tattoo actually said that to me when I was done and "Roses and Ruins" is real and I got my second tattoo there for my birthday, which was a butterfly on my right shoulder. Just wanted to put a little bit about me in here. Drop me a review!