It was 10:01pm and the girls were finally getting dressed and ready to party hardy. "Seriously Nicole, my butt is PERFECT." Jasmine said, smiling as she slapped her butt a few times and watched it jiggle. "Um no Jasmine, your butt is BIG.. there's a difference.." Nicole joked. The girls laughed. Selena's phone rang, she rolled her eyes. "Lord.." Selena mumbled. "Who is it?" Jasmine asked. "Probably my aunt again.." Selena said and grabbed for her phone. "..She's been calling me all day and ma says that she's.." When Selena saw who was REALLY calling, her mouth dropped opened. Nicole and Jasmine rushed over. "What! Who the fuck is it??" Nicole asked as her and Jasmine peered down at the Caller ID. Selena flipped open her phone and with a breath, placed the phone up to her ear.
"Hello..?" Selena answered. "What's up Selena?" Anthony's voice made Selena close her eyes and swallow. She tried her absolute hardest not to sound like she was dying inside.. "Not much." She answered nonchalantly, looking over her shoulder for her friends. Nicole and Jasmine had passed out and were laying on the floor. "That's what's good. You got plans for tonight..?" He asked. Selena could almost hear him smiling. He wasn't loud but as if to have heard him, Nicole and Jasmine miraculously awoke and jumped by Selena's side, motioning for her to say no. Selena smiled. "Nah, no plans." She answered. Jasmine and Nicole just smiled and giggled. "Even better. I'll come threw 'round 11.. don't keep me waiting ma." And with that, he was gone. Selena even listened to the dial tone for awhile to see if she was really just on the phone. Nicole, Selena and Jasmine just kept screaming and screaming until.. "SILENCO!!!" Selena's mother yelled. But they didn't have to make any noise, their excitement was doing all the talking.
At around 10:45pm, Selena said goodbye to her girls. Hanging out and partying every Saturday night was almost like a tradition for them, but they all understood that an opportunity like this, only came once in a lifetime. Anthony's car was so black that it could hardly be seen at night, but Selena saw the gleam of the chrome rims from under her streets, streetlight and came running down the stairs. "I'm going out ma, I'll be back in a little while." Selena said as she hurriedly grabbed her coat and purse. "Selena!" Her mother called. Selena was literally 2 seconds from the door. She turned around and faced her mother. "What ma? I'm kind of in a hurry here." Selena admitted. She could feel her phone vibrating in her pants pocket. "I see.. I just thought that maybe you'd sit down and have dinner with me. I made red rice and salsa.. You use to love it when you were a baby." Her mother smiled. Selena rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I was too young to know it was gross. Can I go now..?" Selena asked, impatiently opening the door. Ms. Gomez looked away disappointed, and just nodded for her daughter to leave. Selena couldn't get outside fast enough. She locked the door behind her and sighed a sigh of relief. Anthonys car was still outside, waiting for her. She walked up and opened the car door, Anthonys cologne hit her hard and lured her into the car. He inspected her first, looking at her from head to toe before smiling or speaking. "What's up beautiful?" Selena smiled so hard she thought her cheeks were gonna explode. "Just chilling.. sorry for making you wait. Ma was bugging.." Selena admitted and shook her head. Anthony shrugged and started the car then began driving. "No problem, all moms are the same, ya know? Easy to need, hard to want.." Anthony smiled and winked at Selena before looking at the road again. Selena smiled and looked out her window. She had to be the luckiest girl on the damn planet right about then. She wondered where they were going. "I got some green in the back. You smoke right?" He asked, not looking at her. That was a definite NO-NO for Selena. "Yeah, for sure." Selena lied. He smiled. "Coo.. We can roll up at my spot then. You okay with going to my crib right?" He asked. Selena didn't even have to answer. The look on his face said he knew she couldn't and wasn't going to say no. Selena rolled her eyes and just smiled. The ride was pretty long and while they made small talk, Selena kept visualizing what his house was going to look like. Chandeliers, marble floors.. maybe even butlers. Her fantasies soon got replaced by reality when Selena realized that they had parked. She looked around, the house they were in front of was completely run down and the area they were in looked like some crime scene she saw on TV. She looked at Anthony for reassurance. "Here we are beautiful." He said and got out. She got out too, hesitantly. He grabbed her hand and smiled, leading her up the porch stairs and threw the door. The house was booming, young men, older men, everywhere.. smoking and drinking. Selena kept quiet and let him lead her up the stairs and into what she guessed was his room, he closed and locked the door. Selena got nervous. "Take a seat. I gotta break this shit up.." He said and pulled a bag of weed out of his pocket and sat at a desk that was across from his bed. Selena looked around, Anthony's football jersey hung from his closet door. He had pictures of his family everywhere, and his room smelt just as sweet as him. Selena calmed down a little and took her jacket off. She sat down on the bed and watched him. "I didn't know you were having a party.." She said. He smiled and continued working on the weed. "That's cause I'm not having a party. Them downstairs, there just a few employees of mine." He said nonchalantly. "Employees? Them grown men work for you?" Selena asked. Anthony looked up at her and smiled, but didn't answer. Instead, he got up and walked over to her, then sat next to her on the bed. He ran his hand down her cheek and neck. "I heard you were mixed blood Selena. Spanish and black?" He asked. He was making her feel good. "Yeah.. I heard you were full blood. Cuban?" He nodded and kissed her neck. She closed her eyes. "You wanna know a secret about Cubans..?" He asked and started kissing her ear. She smiled and nodded, eyes still closed. Out of no where, he grabbed a fist full of her hair and yanked her neck back. Selena gasped for air. "We like it rough.. real rough." Selena swung at Anthony but he kept squeezing that handful of hair he had until her scalp felt like it was bleeding. He rammed her head into the bed and began ripping off her clothes, all the while, insulting her and calling her names. Selena cried.. cried the heaviest tears she had ever cried. Her voice was hoarse and rasp from screaming. "Mmm.. come on Selena. Speak some of that Spanish for me.. I'm not gonna stop until you do." He said. But as much as she truly did want it all to just go away, for his hands to stop touching her and for his body to lift off and away from hers.. No, sounded the same in every language.
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