The Pact by Monica McKayhan

Author:Monica McKayhan
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General Fiction
ISBN: 9780373830930
Publisher: Kimani
Published: 2008-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Marcus

The restaurant was decorated in bright yellow, red and orange. Spanish music played softly in the background, and Mexican spices were in the air. My stomach growled as I checked out what some of the other patrons were eating: tacos, enchiladas, burritos. Chips were being dipped into salsa, and wineglasses were being turned up by some of the ladies in the place. There was laughter in the air as we stood there waiting to be seated.

“Hola, Leon!” A beautiful Hispanic woman approached, wearing very provocative clothing and bouncing her hips way too hard.

“Hola, Marianna. ¿Cómo está?” Leon started speaking Spanish very fluently, and I was in awe.

I remembered taking Spanish when I was in the eighth grade. I’d just barely passed with a low C. Spanish was not a class that interested me, and the teacher I’d had, Ms. Callahan, wasn’t a very good one in my opinion. Each day she loaded us down with homework assignments and projects that I didn’t understand, and she never even attempted to make the class interesting. Even though Ms. Callahan explained that it was essential that we learn a second language, I swore that I would never need Spanish again in life. But now I wanted to know what they were saying.

“Estoy bien, Leon. ¿Y usted?” the woman responded, telling Leon that she was doing fine. She asked how he was doing.

“Estoy bien,” Leon responded.

As southwestern-style music continued to drift throughout the place, the Hispanic woman, who had round hips and large breasts, escorted us to a table near the window. Her face was a pretty vanilla color, and she had long, black, curly hair pulled back into a ponytail. Her smile brightened the room, and deep dimples danced across her round cheeks. I could’ve sworn that she was flirting with Leon or he was flirting with her as I slid into the booth and opened my menu. I took a peek over the top of the menu and caught Leon giving Marianna a glance that made me want to pull my cell phone out and take a picture so that I could show my mother.

“This is Marcus,” Leon said to Marianna.

“Very nice to meet you, Marcus,” Marianna said in her broken English. “You’re a very handsome young man.”

“Thank you,” I said to her, trying my best not to blush. I couldn’t help it.

“What can I get you to drink, Marcus?” I just knew my face had turned beet red as Marianna flashed her award-winning smile my way. She was beautiful, and she made me nervous.

“I’ll just have a Cherry Coke,” I told her.

“I’m sorry, but we don’t have Cherry Coke.” She smiled. “I can bring you a Coke and add a cherry. How ’bout that?”

I was mesmerized, and smiled back. “That’s cool.”

I didn’t even drink regular Coke, but here I was ordering one. And when Marianna disappeared, I couldn’t help wishing she would return soon, just so I could look at her.

“Snap out of it.” Leon laughed, and I wondered how long he’d been watching me watch her.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.