Monday afternoon. I finished putting on my brown jacket and pulled my hairs out, hearing the noise that the soft curls made over the leather. I sighed, knowing I was in for one hell of a ride. I was, in a few minutes, going to the shopping with my sister, Maria. I knew I was getting hurt feet on the end of our trip to the shopping, regardless the fact that I’m wearing completely cozy and comfy converses. I reached the handle of my bedroom’s door. When I was about to turn it, my phone rang inside of my jacket’s pocket. I sighed and let go of the handle to grab my phone. When I saw Danny’s name I didn’t hesitate in answering, pulling the green ball to the side.
“Hello!” I said normally
“Hello!” I noticed her naughty tone there “So tell me, wich brand is it? Oh, I guess this time it’s completely adorable!” She giggled “All of the dresses you take are cute but I have a idea that this one is gonna be even more!” I giggled
“I don’t have it yet!” I said, grabbing the handle and turning it
“What do you mean you don’t have it yet?!” She emphasized while I closed the door of my room
“I’m going shopping with M!” I stated
“Oh… Get ready for you feet hurting!” I sighed
“I don’t even know why I have to go shopping!” I said
“Oh yeah! ‘I have enough shoes and clothes! I don’t need to go shopping!’ said no woman, EVER!” I sighed
“I guess your right!” I said and I could tell she was smiling “I have to go now love!”
“Oh sure, hum…” She paused “Meet you next to the fountain in half an hour?” She paused for about one second “Fine, see you there!”
“Danny, wai-“But she had hanged up already.
It’s not the fact that I didn’t want her to come, I wanted but… Think this through with me… My sister, a clothes fanatic and my best friend, another clothes fanatic, this adds up to… A double feet ache for me! I want her opining and I’m glad she wants to spend her Monday afternoon shopping with me, don’t get me wrong, but… well, I just have to deal with it.
I walked to Marias’ room and knocked. After a loud and troubled ‘come in’ I turned the handle to see my little sister running across the bedroom, struggling to get ready in time. She was finishing pulling her black skirt till her waist. A large white t-shirt covered her chest and reached the middle of her thighs. A pair of ¾ socks were on top of the bed waiting for her, her beanie on top of the black leather jacket, also on top of the bed, next to the socks. I kneeled next to the bed to find a black pair of Christian Louboutin heels waiting for her to get in them.
She finished pulling up the skirt and put it over the shirt, showing off her amazing and thin waist.
“I’m sorry Jo, I got late!” She apologized
“No apologies necessary!” I said, rising up and walking towards her. She was now struggling to put her earrings on.I smiled at her and helped her put the earring correctly before she lost her ear.
“Thanks!” She breathed
“What are big sisters for?” She smiled
I walked towards the bed and gave her the socks and her heels. I stood still for a few seconds, looking at the heels and imagining if mine would be that tall. I haven’t practiced wearing heels. Normally, the morning before the party, my mom gathers all of us downstairs and helps us. Well, normally me and Jess just stay in one corner, eating popcorn and constantly saying ‘we should have picked a better movie’ just to make the girls laugh. This time was different, this time, only Jessica was sat in a corner eating popcorn. I was trying to work in my posture. Because I didn’t have my heels yet I walked bare foot over the ground. I couldn’t borrow anyone’s shoes because, believe it or not, I have the smallest feet of all the women in the house… well, except Jess.
I handed M her heels and started grabbing the clothes she had scattered all over the floor, hanging them in the right places and putting them back in the wardrobe. When I turned, Maria was ready, completely ready. http://data3.whicdn.com/images/83945431/large.jpg She had her jacket and beanie on and was higher than me, at least, two inches.
“Ready?” She asked and I nodded, closing the door of her wardrobe!
“Let’s go before I change my mind!” I said. Maria clapped in excitement and grabbed my hand, pulling me downstairs. We left without warning my mom. There was no need, she knew already that I was leaving with Maria to go shopping. She ran to my car, yes, she ran with heels on.
“Maria!” I yelled and she stopped “You’re gonna fall! Don’t run in those things!” She laughed
“Don’t worry big siss, I have practice on these!” She said and opened the door to get in.
I had unlocked the car once I got out of the door because I knew Maria would run to the car, she always does it, she’s like a bigger Jessica. I closed the house door behind me and walked towards the car. Through the window I could see Maria frenetically telling me to hurry up. I giggled and ran towards the car. Once I got in, the radio was on already in some song I had no idea what it was. I quickly put the seat belt on and drove towards the shopping center.
I was afraid. Sometimes, Maria disappears from one o’clock of the afternoon to eight to come to the shopping. She normally comes with her best friend and stays here all afternoon, she actually skips dinner just to be surrounded by clothes, make-up and perfumes. I much rather be in the same place all day and eat than be surrounded by clothes and stuff like that. But that’s my little sister and I love her how she is.
“Oh…” I said when she opened the car door to get out “Danny is next to the fountain and we need to go pick her up!”
“We have to be quick!” She said, closing the door of the car “I have our afternoon all planned out for us!” I gave her a small nod
Sure she had the afternoon planned. I saw her notepad, she has every single detail about every shop there is I the shopping center and she normally knows when the new collections come out so she schedules everything so she doesn’t miss one single piece of clothing. I locked the car and the second I finished doing so, she grabbed my wrist and pulled me towards the entrance
“We don’t have any time to waste!” She said, pulling me. I laughed a bit.
The minute we got in, I saw her eyes sparkle. This is her world, I have no doubt that she’s going to make this her career, not one single small doubt. She sighed, a vague smile on her lips and then she kept pulling me. When she made sure I was following her completely, she let go of my hand and grabbed a small pink notepadfrom her jackets pocket, a packet notepad. Oh, I know that notepad too well, and tell me she didn’t plan it in there, because if she did, I’m officially screwed. She opened it and I saw multiple names written with a blue pen. Oh shoot.
“So, we hve to hurry if we want to see everything. We need to go to Chanel, Victoria’s Secret, Christian Louboutin, Jimmy Choo!” She numbered “Louis Vuitton, Dior and Gucci are essential!” I sighed in disbelief. Could we really do all of this in five hours? “Oh hi Danny!” I haven’t even noticed we had stopped walking until she greeted Danny“ I think we can fit Forever 21 here, Marc Jacobs is a must too and Versace, Dolce & Gabana and I need to go to Tiffany & Co.”
“Hi!” I said and Danny greeted me with two kisses on the cheeks
“Hi love!” She smiled sweetly “Oh and Maria!” She turned to face my sister “I think Prada is a good idea too!” For the ones who don’t know, Prada is Danny’s favorite brand. I’ll just stick with Nando’s, it was amazing the last time I ate there.
“So, we need to go to Christian Louboutin and…” Danny cut her off
“No, no, no, no! Prada, quickly!”
“No, Christian Louboutin is by far ….”They lost me when I landed my eyes on McDonald’s
“I think I need a burger!” I was about to walk towards McDonald’s when they both grabbed my arms, one each, and dragged me away from McDonald’s.
“No, Shoes first, food latter!” I snorted to some hairs in my face thanks to Marias comment
They let me go when we reached the entrance of Christian Louboutin shop, I guess they chose this one first, but I won’t get rid of going to Prada that’s for sure. They scattered around the room and left me alone. I guess they were searching for shoes for me… I don’t know. We were the only ones in the shop besides the lady. Sure, who goes to the shopping on a Monday afternoon. I was supposed to be asleep, or eating as much as I can, but no, I have to go to the shopping center because I need to go to a party that has only one porpoise: Show off!
My mom isn’t actually thrilled about the idea, but it’s the only time our family gets together, all of us so she can’t skip it. I grabbed a pair of horrible pointy heels and said loud enough so they could both hear me.
“I don’t need some useless heels!” I made a puppy face, but I knew I couldn’t skip them
“Like my all time shoe hero, Christian Louboutin, would say, ‘Shoes transform your body languageand attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally’” She quoted and handed me a pair of heels
“Yeah!” Danny said, also approaching “Plus, heels have so much more to offer than just to walk! Look at the colors and all different types!” She sighed “If you give a girl the right shoe, she can conquer the world!”
“Are you trying to play Marilyn Monroe on me, blondie?” I asked and they both giggled
“Just try the shoes on okay?” Maria pointed to the pair she had gave m. They were polished black and had a huge heel, the back was red. They were actually very pretty and I liked them. I took my converses off and got into the heels. Danny had to hold me to keep me from falling down. I don’t actually know how I haven’t throwed her out of her own heels.
“It hurts!” I groaned, making the lady in the shop look weirdly at me
“Shoes are a mix of pain and pleasure!” Maria said
“I don’t feel the pleasure!” Danny laughed at my comment
“C’mon! Sit down and just let me look at your feet!”
And after that, I had to try an uncountable number of clothes, shoes, underwear, etc, etc, etc… Maria chose my dress, she actually chose my dress. I will actually doubt if my mom tells me Maria hasn’t chose her dress. When we left the shop, at nine o’clock, we had have dinner already. I had an hamburger from McDonald’s, well, not one, three… No judge okay? When I got home, I needed to get some sleep for tomorrow.
**
I woke up in my bed, my body covered till the tip of my nose. I blinked repeatedly, getting used to the light in my room. My feet still hurt from yesterday. I only noticed I was being woke up by the noise outside when I was fully awaken. A knock on the door was heard, making me jump.
“Johanna, dear!” It was my dad, but he didn’t open the door “You’re late!” I jumped out of bed
“Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot!” I said, locking myself in my bathroom. I opened the water and took my clothes off quickly, getting in the shower. I quickly washed my hair and my body. I didn’t have time to do anything more, I just ran for my life. When I got out, I blow-dried my hair enough so the natural curls would show and quickly got out, wrapped in a towel. I didn’t have time to any accessory. The time in my phone showed it was almost ten and I still needed to grab Danny in her place.
My dress was perfectly displayed in a hanger, in my wardrobe. Regardless the fact that the dress is black, it actually is gorgeous. It has no back. Yes it has no back, as I told you Maria chose it for me so I didn’t have a say on it. As I told you, it had no back and had small diamonds adorning it http://data3.whicdn.com/images/84013377/large.jpg, Maria said it would look nice with my skin tone so she just bought it and that’s it. She also told me to wear the black Christian Loubutin’s we bought yesterday.
As I put on my dress, I couldn’t stop thinking what Niall would think when he saw me. I couldn’t wear a bra, that’s for sure, but I mean, he never saw me like this… I wander if he would like me… with that thought, my phone rang. I quickly grabbed it and saw the new message I had received.
“Change of plans, I can’t go with you to the house, but I’ll show up there! Just give me the address! Miss you already, Niall X” I immediately blushed without having any idea why
I texted him the address and got back to getting ready. I was sad, I admit, but I wasn’t going to be mad. I knew he was a busy guy already and I blame him for nothing. It’s his career and he had to work for it, as long as he shows up in there, I’m happy.
I was through with clothing, not I only needed to get into my Christian Louboutin’s and walk around the room on them for a couple of minutes. My feet were still sore from yesterday so, when I got into the heels, the pain was three times worst. I held it inside, like my mom says ‘a woman can take everything to be beautiful’ and I really wanted to look beautiful for Niall today. When my feet were numb, meaning I didn’t need to get used to the pain any longer, I got out of my room. I had nothing but a purse with mw phone in it besides the shoes and the clothes. My dad was downstairs when I got down. He looked at me, perplex.
“Johanna, you look…” I smiled at him “You look beautiful kiddo!”
“Thanks daddy!2 I jumped at him and he held me, hugging me.
I hadn’t call him daddy since I was what? Six? I guess so, it’s just because, with Maria and the rest of the girls I spent all my free time with them and my ad worked hard so he just stood apart from me.
He landed me on the ground and smiled widely
“Now, go pick Danny and your friend!”
“Oh dad, Niall is going to show up in granddad’s house, he has work!” My dad frowned
“Isn’t he on vacation?” I shook my head negatively
“No, his band is very popular so it’s normal for him to be busy all the time!”
“Oh!” My dad said “I understand! But go or you’re going to be late!” I smiled
“See you later dad!”
I got out of the house and carefully walked towards the car. I was afraid I was going to fall. It’s not comfortable to walk in these, not one bit. Luckily and with a lot of pain added to the mix, I got to my car safely. Once I got inside and sat in the bench, I knew everything was going to be okay.
And it was. The weight over my feet disappeared and I only needed to drive normally. I did. It wasn’t sunny, but it wasn’t a rainy day either. It was a perfect one. I knew it wasn’t going to rain. How do I know? I lived in this city for eighteen years now, I think I can say when it’s going to rain or when it’s not going to rain. Believe me when I’m telling you guys that it’s not going to rain. The clouds covered the sun but some of the rays were seeable.
Thanks to the small distance between our houses, I quickly got to Danny’s. She was waiting already. She was wearing a golden tight dress with high heels and her blond hair was blowing with the small breeze that was felt outside.
I stopped by her side and she opened the door, getting in quickly.
“You look adorable!” She said, once she took a look at me
“Thanks! You look… You!” We both laughed
“Are you taking me to your boyfriends house now?” She asked and I smiled weakly
“He’s going to meet us there. He’s busy!”
“Oh!” She sighed “Oh well, he’s with his band mates, he’s fine!”
“I-I know!” I gasped and started the car again, starting to drive to my granddad’s house
“Are you scared he might not show up?” I thought about it for a minute. No! He wouldn’t do that to me.
“No! I think he’ll show up, he might got caught up in work an everything!”
“Alright, you’re the boss!” I giggled and she turned up the radio. That’s what she did for the next hour, hear music and sing along while I drove.
**
It was lunch time now and Niall hasn’t come yet. Since I arrived my cousins have been starring at me. Sure my dress isn’t what I usually go for but they should be starring at other place. Annie walked towards me with her normal smile. She hugged me and said I had grown up more and everything. She’s 27 and is married already, her husband is Mark. He’s nice and I like him, but right now, all my focus was in my missing boyfriend.
We were in the dining room waiting for the lunch to start. The places haven’t been decided yet so we were all standing up. Me, Danny and Maria were turned to me, making a circle. The rest of my cousins that are not Annie are in another group and are whispering something to each other. I hate that. My feet are hurting, my toes are squeezed against each other and I need to sit down quickly. Can you notice I’m rambling?! But what hurts the most is that I actually was cohabiting the id ea that Niall was missing on porous. I sighed and looked at the both of the girls in front of me. They were expecting me to freak out or something and the best part, they were there for me when that happened, I knew it.
“Do you think he’s missing on porpoise?” I asked Maria “Have I done something wrong? I don’t even know …” Danny cut me off
“Angel, just turn around and shut up!” I froze for a second but then slowly turned.
What I saw made my heart jump in happiness. He smiled at me from where he was, dressed in a pair of denim shorts and a white t-shirt. His lips had a smile playing on them. I laughed at his clothes. He had a black leather jacket over his shirt and black sneakers covering his feet. He took a glance at me and his eyes sparkled. His mouth fell open and I instantly blushed.
“Niall!” I said, running towards him and hugging him tightly by the waist “I thought you weren’t coming!”
“Why should I miss the party where I’m gonna meet my girlfriends parents, even if it is just as a friend!” I smiled widely against his chest and looked up.
The room was completely silent, even my whispering cousins had shut up to try and squeeze all of the information they could from this. I knew that, in their heads, they were judging him based on his appearance, but I know him better, I know him deeper than that. His eyes were sparkling and his lips portrayed a huge smile. I leaned in and kissed her cheek, taking more time than necessary to do so. He moaned low pitched, making me laugh out loud and making everybody in the room think I went out of my mind.
“What took you so long?” I asked “And don’t say clothes because you’re not necessarily black tie!” I smiled ant his ‘spoiled milk face’
“Well, I went to grab this!” He leaned down and grabbed a black bag I didn’t even notice it was there. He pulled out a pair of black and white converses. I looked up at him and smiled widely, jumping at him and hugging hi by his neck. His hands in my naked back made me shiver and everything down my waist tightened, but I ignored, I was too happy with his action to even notice it “I knew your feet would hurt!”
“They don’t now!” He laughed out loud too and squeezed me more against him
“No bra?” He whispered on my ear and I nodded, blushing heavily “You look beautiful, have I told you that already?” I shook my head negatively and he smiled against my neck “Well, you are!”
“No I’m not! You look better in shorts and t-shirt than I would ever look in a dress like this!” He bit my neck slightly and discreetly so the rest of the people in the room couldn’t see it
“Don’t lie to me!” I giggled again and he landed me on the ground
“I’m not lying, but now, come!” I grabbed his hand without intertwining our fingers and pulled him towards my mom and dad
Now, this was the scary part of the thing, meeting my parents. Even as just a friend, Niall wasn’t the type of person anyone would want me to be with. But I didn’t care, I just wanted him to be near me, as near as he could, as near as I could take him. I knew, b fact that my dad and my mom wouldn’t judge. Yesterday, I asked them if they knew Niall had tattoos, they said they saw in the picture and they said they wouldn’t judge him by that, but I still don’t know how they will react to what they just saw. Sure, it wasn’t anything that big but I showed affection for him, publicly, with my whole family present.
My cousins stared as I walked by, I knew I would be the target of low jokes, but I didn’t actually care.
“NIALL!” I heard Jess yell. She jumped at Niall and hugged him by the waist. He grabbed her small waist and put her over his shoulders.
“Hello Jess! How are you?” He said and she giggled out of nowhere
“I’m fine! And you?” He took a glance at me and then at our hands
“Never been better!” I blushed heavily
“Hi Niall!” Ade said, giving him a wave that he corresponded
“Hi Ade!” She smiled and gave him a small and quick hug so that Jess wouldn’t fall down
“Mom, Dad!” My parents were walking towards us and stopped right in front of the four of us. Maria rushed to get to where we were and smiled at me and then at Niall
“Hi Niall!” She said cutely and hugged him quickly like Ade did
“Hi M!” He smiled at her
“Mom, Dad, this is Niall!” I said slowly and quickly, afraid of their reaction
“Well, hello son!” My dad quickly and loudly replied, shaking Niall’s hand frenetically. I smiled widely
“Hello Sir!” He weirdly said, making me smile widely
“Please, my name is Tom!” I smiled even more
“Nice to meet you Tom!”
“Like twice Niall!” I turned my eyes to my mom. She was looking directly at me and I blushed, worried I had given too many signs I was completely in love with the guy standing in front of me. She gave me a smile and took a step towards Niall.
“Hello Niall! I’m Katrina, Johanna’s mother!” She shook his hand too and I smiled. I was smiling so widely I think my muscles were starting to tear apart.
“Nice to meet you ma’am! Now I know where she got her beauty!” Even my mom blushed at that. I blushed because she blushed and we just starred at each other. I shrugged slightly and she gave me a smile, a bigger one this time.
“I need to steal Niall for a second!” I said “Can I?” They all nodded
Niall, safely took Jess from his back and landed her on the ground, caressing her hair slightly. I could see they had a connection, and I liked it already. He grabbed my hand again and I pulled him towards Danny. She was happily watching the scene from far, a smile on her lips. She hugged Niall when he came closer.
“Hello!” She said
“Hi!” He corresponded and I smiled.
“What have you done?” I asked and they both looked at me “You’ve bewitched all my family and friends! What are you?” They both laughed out loud and I blushed heavily. Niall was holding the bag with the shoes so I just grabbed it, took the shoes out and changed them quickly. I let out a moan in appreciation about the change. We were in a good humor until my three other cousins walked towards us. We stood in a line, front to front with them. I was holding Niall’s hand now, our fingers intertwined this time.
“So, Little Johanna!” Marcie, one of my cousins said
“Who is this?” Brook asked
“Is this your boyfriend?” Jackie, the meanest of all of them asked “I thought you ha higher standards, like me!” I squeezed my eyes shut. No, I won’t have this … this…. Urg, judging my boyfriend
“Girl, I’m wearing heels higher than your standards!” I raised my feet for her to look at my converses. Danny laughed like a maniac and Niall squeezed my hand, biting his lip and fighting the urge to laugh
“You’re such a bitch!” Danny said
“What did you called me?” Jackie asked
“Oh!” She made an innocent face “I’m sorry if I offended you when I called you a bitch! I honestly thought you knew!”
This time not even I could hold on to the laugh. We laughed like three lunatics about them and I noticed Jackie was going red out of rage.
“Shut up!” She yelled.
“Oh darling, go buy a personality!” That only aggravated it even more Danny. We laughed and laughed, until she spoke again and I shut up
“Look, say whatever you wanna say about me, but nothing’s gonna change the fact that your boyfriend is NEVER going to fit in here with us!” I squeezed my eyes shut again and fought the urge to slap her “Never, ever, ever! He’s always going t be a misfit in here, always, you know your parents aren’t going to accept him!” They already did! I wanted to say but I wasn’t completely sure “None of us is going to! He’s just a little misfit like you and your whole family!” I opened my eyes unexpectedly and looked directly at her.
Who did she think she was to talk like that about my family? Who did she thought she was to talk like that about Niall? Who did she thought she was to talk like that about me? My family has been considered the misfit because we are different and we started from scratch, but she has no right to talk like that about me, my boyfriend and my family. When I noticed, and out of rage, my hand flew to her cheek. I had slapped her, hard. She took a step back, the both of her hands in her cheek
“Shut up and don’t talk about things you don’t know! I much rather be considered a misfit than be like you and have no personality what so ever!” I pulled Niall by his hand “C’mon Niall!”
I squeezed my eyes shut when we got out. I tend to cry when I get nervous and I’m starting to feel it. No, I refuse it. Once we got outside, I turned and kissed Niall hard. He wasn’t expecting it, I could tell that. He started kissing me back, holding on to my waist with one hand, the other one running down my naked back. Now I couldn’t ignore the fact that everything down my waist tightened with desire, yes desire. I felt something pressing under me, something cold, the hood of Niall’s car, wich had black windows. He let go of my waist to look for the keys in his pockets but I didn’t stop kissing him, no, I just kept kissing him hrs, holding on to his hair like it was the only thing I needed to live. When I noticed we were laid on the back of the car, him over me, pressing his crotch on mine, making me moan out of pleasure.

Notes

What will happen?! Hu? NO IDEA!!!