There he was, just sitting there like a god-given masterpiece with no errors and no flaws. He was all alone with a confused look on his face. He looked like he was murmuring something as he looked down at his phone. He was wearing a gray sweater with writing on it paired with a white collared shirt underneath, along with some dark denim jeans and black and white shoes. He looked as if he was a model posing for Hollister or Abercrombie & Fitch. He looked around as if he was waiting for someone to join him on the bench that he was sitting on. People flew by in crowds around him but the only thing that Mariah could keep her eyes focused on was that man. He had intense blue eyes that could melt a heart just by looking into them. He also had dark hair gelled into a preppy style sort of like David Beckham and he also had a long nose with little freckles around them with the most perfect lips to finish such a handsome face. And in Mariah's eyes, he was perfect.
In that moment of her standing still with her gaze stuck on this man, her mind wandered off into another world. All she could think of was what she could do to get him to notice her. He stood up and Mariah was afraid that this was the last time she would ever see this perfect human. He squinted into the distance and then sat back down on the bench. Mariah had almost forgotten where she was and why she was there. She was at the airport and was actually waiting for her best friend's plane to land. She looked down, at her watch and it read 12:50 pm. Her best friend, Simone, was supposed to be arriving at 1 pm. Mariah jumped when she saw the time and slowly walked towards the gate that her friend would soon be arriving at. She had thought of a plan to try and bump into him accidentally and then somehow start a conversation from there. Mariah was extremely shy and only had one boyfriend in her life; Paul. Things never worked out because she had only dated him out of feeling sorry for him. He had a crush on her for years so she'd decide to finally give him a chance only after finding out that he would be moving across the country weeks after. She did not even want to try a long distance relationship with him because well, she didn't like him. They broke it off after three weeks and that was her only substantial relationship ever. She had only fooled around with guys once she got to college but there were never any relationships to come out of them.
Her best friend, Simone had gone away after her fourth year in college to study abroad. Mariah always had a part that wanted to go with her but she could never afford that. It had now been two years since she'd seen Simone. They always planned to find a cute apartment and live together after college and as far as she was concerned that was still the plan.
It was now 12:58 and when Mariah turned her back to see if the guy was still there, she didn't see him. She just knew that she would probably never see his face again and then she went about waiting for her friend thinking about him more and more. She thought about how they would look together with his white skin against her dark chocolate tone. She had imagined what he would smell like and how his voice sounded when he spoke. She was already way too intrigued by this man as she remembered that she had only saw him once in her life and it would probably be the last time. She looked down as she came back to reality and when she looked up, she saw him with a huge smile running towards a woman - white, blonde, tall, skinny, and probably his girlfriend. She had lost all hope at that moment and then shortly after saw her best friend Simone struggling out with her three huge over packed suitcases. Even though what she had just saw crushed her fantasy with this dream man, she laughed as she saw her friend drop one of her bags onto the floor and then she went to help her pick it up.
''Ciao bella!" Her best friend yelled out as she went to hug Mariah. Mariah had no idea what Simone had just called her but she smiled and said,
"Hey girl, I see Italy treated you well!" She said genuinely happily noticing diamonds all over her neck, wrist, and finger. Was that an engagement ring? It couldn't be, Mariah thought to herself.
"Yes girl, Italy was...well it was amazing." Simone said while smiling.
Mariah helped her with her bags and couldn't help but ask her about all of the diamonds; they had to be fake knowing that Simone did not have THAT much money to spend.
"So can you explain to me why you are shining all over the damn place with your jewelry?" She said with a smirk on her face.
"Well, I met this guy-" Simone explained with an eager smile on her face but was cut off by Mariah.
"A man? You met an Italian man?" She practically yelled with excitement. She had forgotten there were people around her but didn't care until Simone shushed her.
"Yes an Italian man, his name is Nicolette and he is so amazing and wealthy and sexy and he loves me and wants to get married!" She said that last part all in one breath and then excitedly flashed her ring to Mariah.
The jaw dropping news had made Mariah extremely happy for her best friend but then she felt a small sting of jealousy. They were both only 24 years old and Mariah suddenly felt as if her best friend's life was passing her pathetic one by extremely fast. She had honestly accomplished nothing big except for graduating her community college with only an AA degree. For a quick second, she imagined what her life would be like if she was with the handsome stranger from before. She then snapped out of it as she heard Simone going on and on about her new husband to be. She looked up and then felt a big strong body what seemed to be 6'4 in front of her 5'3 small frame. She started with her apology for being so clumsy and once she saw who was in front of her, she immediately started to lose her words and stuttered the rest of her apology out. She felt so embarrassed and couldn't even look this man in his gorgeous blue eyes. He laughed and said "its fine." And then he turned his back to her and kept on walking with the blonde.
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For the rest of the night, Mariah couldn't think of any thing but the man. She could not understand why she was so mesmerized by him. She had seen gorgeous men all the time living in L.A. and all. She heard Simone snoring next to her and decided to get up out of the bed. The clock read 8:00 AM and she knew if she didn't get up fast that she would be late for work. Mariah looked into her closet to find what to wear for work. She decided on a white clingy skirt and a sheer black button up top to go along with the ensemble. She put on her comfortable black work heels and finished getting ready to go to work. Once she pulled up to the bank, it was now 9:50 AM so she had ten minutes to kill. She sat in her seat trying to fix her hair after the wind had blown some strands out of place. Everyone thought that her long black wavy hair was real but it was really a weave. She kept it the same daily so she wouldn't be asked a bunch of questions by her older white coworkers. She got a job working at the bank and she hated it so much but it paid the bills of her small apartment. She definitely did not want to be stuck working there her entire life. Mariah was the youngest one at her job and some old man was always trying to hit on her or stare her down which made her feel extremely uncomfortable knowing that she was young enough to be their grand daughter. "Yuck!" She thought.
As she walked into the bank, she went behind the counter to get ready for work. Her job was to greet people inside of the bank and assist them if they needed any help. She hated her boring job but something would soon change that. She could not believe her eyes as she saw a familiar tall white figure coming towards the door. He was just too hot to be real. He had black sunglasses on that covered his gorgeous eyes and a blue plaid flannel along with some jeans and when he walked in he smelt of Dolce and Gabbana, Light Blue cologne. Mariah's wide eyes stared at him as he walked past her; she just stood there frozen without any clue of what words to say. When the words finally reached her mouth she stuttered them out,
"H-h-hello sir, uhm is there anything I c-c-could assist you with?" She said with a nervous smile on her face.
"No I think I got it..." He said with a rude tone and walked straight past her without any remorse.
