Lacey: romantic

by EdaLisa Corrales

  When we got home, Robert took all are bags up to our rooms. My Aunt Linda said that she was going to go up to her room and rest before dinner. I went up to my room and put away all my new clothes. After I got them all, put away I sat in front of my window looking down at the garden and thought about my mother and how much she would have liked it here, I miss her so much. I didn’t realize I was crying when there was a knock on my door. I opened the door and Tammy was standing there. Mrs. Walters wanted me to remind you that lunch will be ready in ten minutes.

  “Okay thank you Tammy I will be read.”

  I went in, took a hot shower, and got dressed in one of my new outfits and went down to dinner. My Aunt Linda was already at the table waiting for me. I sat in the chair to her right.

  “You look very nice in your new clothes.”

  “Thank you.”

  Tammy started serving the first thing she brought out was a salad. Jane came out just as we finished are salads and took are plates. Then a few minutes later Tammy came out with the main course. It smelled so good I couldn't wait to see what it was. There was roast beef, a baked potato and corn.

  It was so good that I ate and tell my stomach hurt. When Jane and Tammy started to clean up my Aunt Linda asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.

  “Yes, I would love that.”

  As we walked, she told me that the garden was her husband’s favorite place.

  “He would come and sit in the gazebo for hours listening to the birds.”

  “He sounds like wonderful man.”

  “He was I miss him a lot.”

  “I'm sorry that you didn't get to spend more time together.”

  “It's okay, thank you.”

  We sat there a little while long and then my Aunt Linda said that she had some business that she had to take care of, and we headed back to the house. When we got back to the house I went to my room and called Miranda, the take with my Aunt made me think of her. The phone rang three times before anyone answered it was Miranda’s mother who answered.

  “Hello Mrs. Maxwell, this is Lacey is Miranda there?”

  “Oh, hello Lacey how are you doing?”

  “I’m doing fine thank you for asking.”

  “That’s good dear. I’m sorry that I never had a chance to tell you how sorry I was to hear about your mother.”

  “Thank you, Mrs. Maxwell.”

  “Hold on a moment and I will get Miranda for you.”

  “Hello Lacey, I was just thinking about you how are you doing?”

  “I’m doing okay but I miss you a lot, I miss all the talks we used to have.”

  “Yeah I do to. I hate that you had to move away.”

  “Me too I’m so worried about starting a new school and trying to make new friends.”

  “Don’t worry about it you will make new friends fast.”

  “If it wasn’t so close to school starting, I would come and see you. Maybe I can come and see you on are first break.”

  “That would be nice I would really like that, I can’t wait.”

  “I will talk you then and we will make plans for it.”

  I didn’t realize that I still had the receiver in my hand when there was a knock on my door it was Tammy.

  “Mrs. Walters sent me up to see if everything was okay and to let you know that you are late for dinner.”

  “Let my Aunt Linda know that everything is fine I just lost track of time and I will be down in a minute.”

  After Tammy, left I changed my cloths and went down for dinner.

  “Tammy said that you just lost track of time.”

  “Yeah, I was talking to Miranda on the phone and I didn't realize that we had been talking that long.”

  “How is Miranda doing?”

  “She is doing good, she wants to try and come out here and stay with us during the first long school break that we have if that is okay with you.”

  “Yeah it is okay with me I think that would be nice. I’m sure we could work something out for her to come out and stay with us.”

  “That would make me so happy thank you Aunt Linda, I will call her later and let her know that it is okay with you.”

  The next morning after breakfast, I called Miranda and told her that my Aunt Linda said that it would be nice to have her come and stay with us.

  “We will have so much fun you watch I can’t wait.”

  “Me either I will talk to you later.”

  “Okay, by Miranda.”

  Chapter Five

  Tonight, was the dinner party my Aunt Linda had planned for me to meet some the kids I would be going to school with. I was so nervous that they wouldn‘t like me. I went up to my room to get ready for the party. I put on my blue silk dress that my Aunt Linda bought me for the party. I decided to wear my hair in an up-do to show my new jewelry it was heart shaped necklace and matching earrings. I was just finishing up my make-up when my Aunt Linda came in to see if I was ready to go down before all our guests stared to arrive.

  As the guessed arrive they were showed to the dining room and seated for dinner. My Aunt Linda had Jane and Tammy prepared her favorite meal. We started with a side salad and cream of broccoli soup for are main dish we had rack of lamb with mixed vegetables and for desert we had chocolate mousse. Everything was wonderful. My Aunt Linda asked everyone to move out to the patio.

  As everyone made there was out to the patio my Aunt Linda started to introduce me to them. The first family the she introduced me to was the Jacobson’s they own one of the best law firms in Florida, the second family was the Winston’s they owned the biggest bank in Florida, and the fourth family was the Mendoza’s they owned the fanciest restaurant in Florida, and the last family was the Miller’s they own the most popular car dealership.

  After I meet everyone I went and set by the pool wondering if anyone would come and talk to me. Most kids that come from rich families don’t talk to girls like me. Just as I started to get up Jennifer Miller came and started talking to me. She looks like she could be a model with her perfectly tanned skin and her long strawberry blond hair and big brown eye.

  “Your name is Lacey, right?”

  “Yes, it is.”

  “So how do you like living with Mrs. Walters so far?”

  “It’s been nice so far she is really good to me.”

  “I like her it’s too bad that she didn’t get to have any children before her husband die.”

  “Yeah it is she would have been a good mother.”

  “So, your Aunt Linda is going to enroll you in St. Joseph?”

  “Yeah she said it is the best privet school here.”

  “That is the school that all of us here go to. I think you will like it there the teachers are cool and let you get away with a lot of stuff. Come on let's go and I will introduce you to the others.”

  “Okay.” I said, and we walk over to where the other kids were standing.

  “Hey everyone, this is Lacey Anderson and she is going to be going to ST. Joseph with us this year.”

  Everyone introduced themselves; there was Gabrielle, Makayla, Stephan, Jake, and Alex. They all were very nice to me by the end of the night I was invited to a couple of upcoming parties.

  After everyone left my Aunt Linda asked if I had a good time. I told her that I did and that the kids were nice to me and that they invited me to some of the party’s that are coming up. Good she said.

  “See I told you that you would make friends before you started school.”

  “Yeah you were wright I'm glad that you had this party for me.”

  I gave her a hug and then told her I was going up to my room. I went up to my room and laid on my bed thinking about how much fun I had tonight and of all the party’s that I was going to be going to. I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I knew the sun was shining through my bedroom window. I got up went to my bathroom, took a shower then got dressed and went down for breakfast. Like every morning my Aunt Linda was already at the table drinking coffee.
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br />   “Good morning Aunt Linda, how did you sleep last night?”

  “Good morning Lacey, I sleep well thank you. I have some business to take care of today so you will be on your own do you need anything before I go.”

  “No thank you, I will be fine.”

  She finished her breakfast and left. The next two week before school started went by fast my Aunt keep me busy shopping for school cloths and going to the salon and getting are hair and nails done, she even took me to the spa where we got facials and messages. The week before school started my Aunt Linda took me to get enrolled in school and to meet with the principal, Ms. Smith she was a short chubby older lady she seemed to be stern and went by the book. She made sure that I knew all the rules and that I were to stick to them know matter what. The biggest one that she keeps pointing out was that she did not tolerate drinking and drugs. I guess since I came from a less fortunate family and went to public school that I was a trouble maker. She told me that she was impressed by my grades and that she hoped that I keep them up at this school.

  When we got home from getting me enrolled in school, I called Miranda and told her all about the new school cloths that my Aunt Linda bought for me and how the party went. The kids that my Aunt Linda invited were nice to me and that they had invited me to a couple of parties that was coming up. She was happy for me and told me that she knew that I would make friends fast.

  “Thank you, Miranda, for believing in me I will talk to you at first break, and we hung up.”

  On the first day of school I was so nerve that I wouldn’t be able to find all my classes, but when I arrived Ms. Smith have decided for another student to show me to my classes. Her name was Casey Larson She has short dark hair; she was a little bit shorter than I am and she wore glasses. She talked the all the way to every class. She talked so fast that half the time I didn’t know what she was talking about.

  The first half of school went by fast at lunch I ran into Jennifer. She had me sit with them at lunch. The last classes of the day I had two with Jennifer and one with Jake. After school Robert was there to take me home. When I got home, I went up to my room and changed out of my school cloths, then when down to look for my Aunt Linda. When I couldn’t find her, I went into the kitchen to ask if Jane or Tammy if they had seen her.

  “Jane said that she had some errands to run and that she would be back later this evening.”

  “Okay thank you.”

  I grabbed me a snack and went out the sit by the pool a tell dinner.

  I was sitting there day dreaming when Tammy came out and told me that I had a phone call. I thought who me would calling me, Miranda said that she wasn’t going to call an tell next week. I got up and went to the phone in the hall and picked it up and said hello.

  “Hello Lacey, it’s Jennifer. I called to see if you wanted to ride to school with me tomorrow?”

  “Yeah I would but I will have to ask my Aunt first and she’s not home right now. As soon as she gets home, I will ask her and then I will call you back.”

  “Okay here is my number I will talk to you later.”

  When I got off the phone with Jennifer, I decided to go up to my room to listened to music and get my homework, so I didn't have to worry about it after dinner. I finished my homework and went down for dinner. My Aunt Linda was still not home, I sat down at the table and waited for Jane to come out and start serving dinner. When she came out, I ask her if she knew where my Aunt was, and she told me that she had call and told me to tell you that she isn’t going to be home an tell later this evening.

  “Did she say where she was?”

  “No dear she didn’t she just said to tell you that she won’t be home for dinner.”

  “Okay thank you Jane.”

  After dinner I called Jennifer back and told her that my Aunt hasn’t come home yet so I couldn’t ride to school with her tomorrow.

  “Okay Lacey, well ask her if you can ride home with me. I want to take you to Cafe Del Marco’s with me and then you can ask her if you can ride to school with me the next day.”

  “Okay I will see you at school tomorrow bye.”

  I don’t know what time it was when I heard my Aunt Linda coming down the hall I wanted to go out and ask her about riding to school with Jennifer but just as I was going to open my door, I heard second set foot steps and then a man’s voice. So, I decided to wait and tell tomorrow at breakfast. They were whispering and giggling I heard my Aunt Linda tell the man to keep it down because she didn’t want to wake me up.

  The next morning, she did not come down for breakfast, I asked Tammy about it and she said that she was informed that she was not coming down and that they were to take her breakfast up to her room. I ate my breakfast then went up to my room and got ready for school. I was hoping that my Aunt Linda would come out of her room before I went to school, but she didn’t.

  At lunch I sat with Jennifer, Gabrielle, Makayla, Stephan, Jake, and Alex.

  “So were you able to talk to your Aunt about going to Cafe Del Marco’s with me today.”

  “No, she got home real late last night, and this morning Tammy told me that she was not to be disturbed.”

  “That’s too bad I real want to take you to there after school today.”

  “I’m sorry I will try and ask her tonight when I get home and maybe I can go with you tomorrow.”

  “Okay well call me tonight and let me know if you can or not.”

  Gabrielle grabbed her tray and got up to leave, as she got up, she gave me a nasty look and told Jennifer I don’t know why you would want to take her there it is boring there and then walked off. Gabrielle and Jennifer are best friend. Jennifer looked at me smiled.

  “Don’t worry about her she is just jealous that I made a new friend.”

  When I got home from school my Aunt Linda was out by the pool having a drink with a gentleman that I haven’t seen before. When she seen me, she called for me to come here. I went out there and sat next to her.

  “Lacey this is my friend and the CEO of my company Sam White he’s going to be joining us for dinner tonight. Sam this is my niece Lacey.”

  “Nice to meet you Lacey you’re more beautiful than your Aunt said you were.”

  “Thank you and it is nice to meet you to.”

  At dinner Sam and my Aunt Linda talked a lot about her company and how thing was going and that they were going to take over another company.

  It was obvious that they were more than business partners, the way they keep looking at each other. I finished my dinner quickly and asked to be excused. Before I left, I asked my Aunt Linda if I could go with Jennifer to Cafe Del Marco’s after school tomorrow. She said that it was okay. So, I went up to my room and called Jennifer to let her know that it was okay with my Aunt Linda to go with her tomorrow.

  “Good I will see you tomorrow” she said and then we hung up. After I hung up, I went to my desk and done my homework, took a shower and went to bed. In morning when I went down to breakfast my Aunt Linda and Sam was sitting at the table.

  Good morning Lacey they both said at the same time.

  “Good morning.”

  “So how did you sleep last night?” Sam asked.

  “I sleep good thank you.”

  I sat down and had my breakfast.

  “How late are you going to be tonight?” My Aunt Linda asked.

  “I should be home around eight or nine. Is that okay?”

  “Yes, that will be fine.”

  I finished my breakfast and ran out the door to go to school. Today I had Robert take me to school, so I didn't have to worry about my car sense I am going with Jennifer after school. When we go to the school Jennifer and Gabrielle was standing by the front doors.

  “Hello Lacey.”

  “Hello Jennifer, Gabrielle.”

  “Can you go with me today?”

  “Yeah and I am excited to go.”

  Gabrielle just looked at me and smirked.

  “I don’t know what you are so excited about
it’s not that exciting of a place to go and she walk off to class.”

  “Don’t worry about her like I said yesterday she is just jealous.”

  “What could she be jealous about me for, I don’t have anything, and she is a lot prettier than me?”

  “Don’t worry about its Lacey lets go to class.”

  At lunch it was the same old thing everyone was gossiping about what this person and that person. The last half of school went by fast after my last class I went and put my books in my lock and then went out to the parking lot to meet Jennifer. She was already at her car by the time I got there she was talking to Jake and Alex. When she seen me, she waved and called for me to hurry.

  When we got to Cafe Del Marco’s it was packed with all the high school kid. We walk in and Jennifer took us straight to a table up stair where Makayla, Stephan, Jake, and Alex were sitting. I don’t know how Alex and Jake got there before us we left at the same time. As we walk up Jake said what took you two so long. Jennifer just laughed, and we sat down. We were talking about Alex’s party this Saturday, when Gabrielle came up and sat down.

  “So, are you going to go Lacey?”

  Alex was just staring at me waiting for me to give my answer.

  “I would love to as long as it is okay with my Aunt.”

  “Good it’s going to be a lot of fun everyone is going to be there.” Jennifer said.

  When I said yes Alex got a big smile on his face. Just a little before nine I told Jennifer that I need to get home.

  “I told my Aunt Linda that I would be home by nine.”

  “Okay I will take you home.”

  We said goodbye to everyone and was off. On the way home Jennifer told me that she thinks Alex like me.

  “I thought that he was going out with Gabrielle?”

  “No, he’s not. She wishes that they were.”

  “So, you think that he does like me?”

  “Yeah I do I can see it in his eyes. What do you think about him?”

  “I think he is cute.”

  When we got to my house Jennifer said. "I will see you at school tomorrow.”

  “Okay I will see you tomorrow.”

  When I got in the house my Aunt Linda was in her office the door was opened. I knock.