Four

“Gianna, come out, will you? Can you please open the door?” My Aunt said while knocking on the door.

I stood up and open the door for my Aunt.

“What is it, Aunt?” I asked her.

“What are you doing? I keep on yelling at you in the kitchen. I thought you were there.” She said.

“I'm just right here, in my room,” I answered her.

“Reminiscing again? Nah, you should stop that habit of yours, Gianna, you just hurting yourself if that’s the case.” Aunt said.

“I'll pick those moments that I became happy, Aunt,” I said.

“Whatever, Gianna,” Aunt said, then go out into my room.

I'll go out after my Aunt left my room and went to the kitchen. I’ll check the fridge if what’s inside, I’ll get the chicken adobo and rice in the cooker then I started eating at the table.

Later on, Aunt showed on the kitchen but to my surprise, she is fully cloth with her new branded clothes.

“I thought you didn’t come out of your room.” She asked me.

“I feel hungry, Aunt, that’s why,” I responded.

“By the way what’s with your outfit?” I said asking her.

“Nothing, I'm just trying to wear it.”

“Okay, Aunt,” I said.

I’ll bring my plate and a bowl of adobo on it then I exited the kitchen area. I’m hiding my body in the cabinet near the living room and my head was directed to my Aunt to check on her and where she is heading.

My Aunt brought her Gucci bag and went outside the house. Where is she going? As my curiosity says in I run towards the kitchen and place my plate on the sink and I go into my room to change my clothes. I want to follow my Aunt. I wear my black fitted pants and my gray jacket and a spaghetti top on the inside. I ponytail my brown curly- hair and put on lipstick. I grab my bag and went outside the house and lock the gate. I find a taxi but luckily there was a taxi that stop in front of me. I’ll get in and ride going in the city. I extend my head to see where my Aunt is, but I can't find her.

On the other hand, I'm in the house sitting alone in bed. Lance texted me and says he waited for me in the city but I don’t want to go right now, I’m not in my full state but what annoyed me the most was Lance kept on calling me, so I decided to go out then. I changed my clothes and put a gel on my hair. Then I get my keys in the pocket of my office pants. I drove my car on the way to the city. Then I arrived at the bar that Lance mentioned to me earlier. I place my car on the side so that there are much of spaces for other customers' cars.

So I went inside and I notice Lance on the corner near the music operator who is the one to play the songs. He signaled me to come with him. This jerk was smiling ear to ear.

“I’m mad at you, Lance. You're not enjoying yourself when you’re alone?”

“Sit down first, Marcus.” He said.

“Who is in the right mind that enjoying when alone? Don’t bore yourself in one place, Marcus, try to go out always.” Lance said.

I sat down near Lance and my eyes fixed on the whole place, this is fine but I don’t think it's this good for me, because I spotted some random woman, that keep on biting their lips upon staring at me.

Then Lance noticed what I'm staring at.

“Look at that woman, Marcus, they are like hungry animals that at any moment are trying to eat you alive.” He said, laughing.

“That’s was the kind of woman, I’ve been avoiding this past few days, Lance because the more they pay attention to me the more I felt irritated,” I said.

“Don’t mind them, Marcus, we are here to drink not to pick some random women,” Lance says.

I started to drink, but I’ll stop because someone caught my attention, a woman in her fitted black pants who have curly black hair, she is sitting at the bar counter alone with a glass of wine in her hand. I can’t see her face because she is turning her back in my direction. My attention was drawn toward the woman so that if she turned around, I could see her face well. But what surprised me, was when a man approached the woman and kissed her on the cheeks and grabbed her buttocks, and the woman's reaction indicated that she was not pleased with what the man was doing.

When Geoff appeared on my side and kissed me while holding my butt. I was taken aback.

“What are you doing, Geoff? You're holding my buttocks without my permission?” I said, asking him.

“Why, Gianna? What are your sudden changes? You used of it if I'm doing this and now what?” he asked me yelling.

“Don’t cause a ruckus here, Geoff,” I warned him.

“If you came out with me, Gianna. I didn’t make a scene here” he continued, a lunatic grin on his face.”

“Can't you see, Geoff, I’ll come here to drink alone but not being in your presence” I said.

I'm scared because I’m a little bit of a drunk what if he forced me to come with him? I think with a useful excuse so that I can escape from him.