Chapter 9
Maria woke up and was surprised to find the spot next to her empty. She went downstairs and saw David outside talking to her mother. She went to her office to get some work done. It was almost noon and she had to get her work turned in before she got fired. She got through with half of it when she heard the door open. She looked at the clock. 2:23 pm. She'd been there for almost 3 hours and David hadn't come to see her? He was always attached to her at the hip. She hoped it was him. She looked up and saw it was Peyton.
"Peyton. You just wake up?" Maria asked.
"Yeah. Where's David?" Peyton asked.
"Don't know. He was talking to my mother earlier." Maria said, shrugging.
She was trying not to let Peyton see how bothered she was by him ignoring her.
"Are you two having problems?" Peyton asked.
"No I just had to get some work done." Maria said. "It's about time for a break though. Let's go find him."
The two walked out of the office and found Stavros in the kitchen.
"Where's David and Aracely?" Peyton asked.
"Oh Aracely took him shopping." Stavros said. "At Woodland Hills I think."
Maria went upstairs to her room and looked up to see Peyton standing in her doorway.
"I trust David." Maria said, putting on hiphuggers and a tank top.
"But not your mother." Peyton said, smiling. "I am with you. Your car or mine?"
Maria grabbed her keys to her '69 Camero off her dresser and looked at Peyton.
"I am." Maria said, storming out of the house.
The girls made the thirty minute drive in ten minutes. Maria stepped out of the car and dialed her mothers cell.
"Hi sweety." Aracely said.
"Hi. Where are you?" Maria asked. "It sounds like you're at a concert."
"Oh we're in Old Navy dear. Those are women that are mobbing poor Davey." Aracely said with a smile.
Maria hung the phone up and ran toward the entrance.
"Davey." Maria mocked stepping in front of Old Navy.
She didn't see David or Aracely but a bunch of women screaming.
Maria worked her way through, Peyton right behind her. Maria finally found herself in front of David. Two women were grabbing at his button up shirt, the buttons had ripped off. Others were trying to feel him up.
"David, honey." Maria said, wiggling herself in between David and the girls and hugging herself to him. "I've been looking for you."
She heard a array of boos and awe's come from behind her and she pulled back and grabbed David's hand, dragging him toward the door.
"Where are you taking him?" Aracely asked.
"Too eat. You are NOT invited." Maria said, walking out of the store, Peyton behind them.
Maria and Peyton climbed in the car and David was standing outside.
"David get in the car." Maria said. "What's wrong?"
Maria got out of the car and saw the sad look on his face.
"You're mad at me aren't you? I've upset you?" David asked.
David had planned on trying to make Maria hate him but the look in her eyes and the anger on her face made his heart break.
"No. It's just that I took a break and you were just gone. You could have come and told me you were leaving. I don't want to treat you like a prisoner but it's nice to be told when you are going out." Maria said, running a hand through her hair.
"Your mom said it was your idea." David said.
"Well it wasn't my idea." Maria said. "Now let's go eat."
Maria got in and David sat in the passenger seat.
"So Davey! Did you like having all those women pawing all over you?" Peyton asked from the backseat.
Maria felt her stomach drop awaiting David's answer. She wished she could make him a one woman man but he'd been promiscuous his entire life and beyond.
"No I didn't." David answered, reaching out to hold Maria's hand.
"So where do you want to eat?" Maria asked. "Davey."
"You are the only person to have permission to call me Davey." He laughed.
"Maybe we should take him back to the market, at least women didn't mob him there." Peyton said.
"I think that mobbing involved my mother more than anything else." Maria said.
At eight o'clock the threesome finally enter Maria's house. They smell some food.
"Chinese." Peyton said, smiling.
The three entered the kitchen and saw her parents there.
"What are you guys doing?" Maria asked.
"We're having dinner. We've invited a couple of guests." Stavros smiled.
"Who?" Maria asked.
"Us." Someone said from behind them.
Maria recognized that voice. The voice she hoped she'd never see again. She turned to see him and one of the sexiest women she'd ever seen standing behind them.
David turned around and looked at them.
"Who the hell are you?" David demanded.