Free Entrelacen by Dani Morales Page B

well nothing important
happens there. I swear it’s just a black hole.
I started to have an itch after a few weeks, so I
went to have a serious conversation with my mom.
“Hey. I was wondering if you would consider
moving.”
“Why? What’s up?”
“Would you totally be against moving to
Vegas?”
I must have had a look on my face because it
took her a while to answer, so I continued talking.
“I mean you have family there, and I don’t
really have anything keeping me here other than my
brothers. If I keep taking care of them, Tiffany and
Dad are never going to learn. I want to start
somewhere new, where no one knows me.”
“Okay.”
“Okay?”
“I’ve been thinking about moving for a while,
so okay. We can move soon.”
I was so excited. We started saving money and
looking for houses. We were just so blissed out and
chipper. I bet you are wondering what my rush was.
Well let’s just say I was running away. Brian was
doing his own thing. By that, I mean he got a
girlfriend. It hurt, but I wasn't surprised. Brian was
good looking, sweet, and thoughtful. He was far from
perfect, but that’s one of the things I loved about him.
He never tried to be anything other than himself. I
envied that. I used to have this idea of who I was
going to be and what I wanted to accomplish in life,
but it didn’t happen the way I hoped it would. I’ve
spent so much time being what everyone wanted me
to be and doing things they wanted me to do. I was
tired of pretending to be someone that I wasn't. Why
not start over somewhere else? So that’s what we did.
It took us about a year to get everything ready and
save enough money. I spent some time surfing
Myspace during that time looking for new people that
I might hit it off with. Then I got a friend request from
this guy in Vegas.
The week I was there on vacation, my mom
and Brian were gambling, so I went off on my own to
find the restroom. While walking I was texting
someone on my phone and not paying attention to
where I was going. Bam! I stumbled into some guy. I
looked up, and my breath was taken away.
“Excuse me.” I tried to move around him, and
he stepped back in front of my path again.
“Hi.”
His voice was deep and a little raspy. It caught
me off guard. I stared up at him deliriously. He was so
tall I had to look up to see his face, and when I did I
noticed his amazing blue eyes. I must have been
ogling him for a long time because he got this sexy
smirk on his face. I shook my head to clear out the fog
that had rolled in so I could form some sort of words
and not look totally stupid in front of this hot guy in
front of me.
“Hey.”
“Tourist, right?”
“Umm yeah. Is it that obvious?”
“A little.”
There was the smirk again. How did he expect
me to focus if he was going to be looking that sexy?
“Not to be rude, but is there something that
you wanted?”
“Yes there is.”
I wait for him to say something, and when he
doesn’t add anything further, “Okay. Would you care
to share?”
“Your name?”
“You want to know my name?”
“Yes.”
“Really? You got in my way just to ask my
name? It’s April, and if you will excuse me, I need to
go in there.”
Pointing in the direction of the bathroom, I
made a quick escape while his attention was diverted.
I made it into the bathroom to handle my business,
texting my friend as I was walking out to tell her what
just happened. Then, what happened? I ran into a solid
chest again! I sighed and looked up, getting ready to
apologize. I really needed to start looking where I was
going.
“We have to stop meeting like this.”
Ugh, really? Did he seriously just try that line?
“Does that line usually work on girls?”
I was surprised to see a slight blush tinting his
cheeks. He chuckled softly, looking embarrassed.
“Actually you’re the first to call me out on it.”
“Ah. Well as fun as this has been…”
I trailed off, hoping he would get the idea.
Apparently he