She's Mine

Chapter fourteen: The Dress

-Violet Sullivan-
I wake up to silence and Cristiano is not in bed with me anymore. My cramps have settled and I feel so much better after resting. I sit up in bed as the glistening white of the snow on the ground outside catches my eye. It's so white, it almost burns my eyes. I must have slept through yesterday because it is morning.
I roll over in bed to see a note on my nightstand.

Had to go work, Cristiano jr. will keep you company. - Cristiano

I laugh and pick up the tiny bear. He is chocolate brown with small black beady eyes. My mind drifts to Mason, I called him yesterday morning. He is finishing up his first semester at college and he seems happy. I'm glad because if he seemed upset it would put me in quite the predicament.
I haven't told anyone that after I finish my nursing program and earn enough money to get Mason through college I will move back to Boston. I don't even know what's going on between Lucio, Cristiano, and me.
It's hard to know anything when they are both constantly working. Lucio has made it clear that he wants me but he hasn't made any serious moves towards something more than what's going on right now. Flirting? Or was saying that he wants me in every way his way of asking me to be his girlfriend? Who knows.
This job is turning out to be way more complicated than I expected it to be. Since I took the day off yesterday I have even more work to do today.
I slide out of my bed and make my way to my bathroom. I see the pads and tampons Cristiano got for me before I get undressed and walk into the shower. Yes walk into the shower, I still find myself trying to step into the shower. I take a long shower and ponder over my thoughts before drying off with a towel and walking to my closet.
The floor tiles are so cold that it chills my whole body. I decide to pick something warm to wear, a pink sweater and pale blue jeans. I slide on my pair of black heeled boots and I'm already walking out my bedroom door. But I'm stopped in my tracks as I open the door because Lucio is on the other side.
"Good morning Love."
I smile and he leans down to kiss me on my cheek.
"We are attending a ball Friday night and I wanted to ask if you would come with me?"
I never made it to my senior prom because it was the week my parents died. It would be nice to experience something like that.
"Yes, I would love to."
"Other Italian families will be there too."
I nod and he kisses me gently on the lips before I continue the small journey to my office. I plop down in my chair and silently wait for my laptop to turn on. Add finding a ball gown to my never-ending list of things to do.

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After searching the shelves of a small dress shop I found near the city for my hours, I finally found my dress. Cristiano added one thousand dollars to my account so I could buy something nice and I'm glad he did because the dress was not cheap. I decided on a black silky dress. The back of the dress is low and crystals drape over my bareback. A slit moves up my right leg stopping mid-thigh and the straps are thin with crystals glistening on them. This is one of the only dresses that has ever complimented my curvy figure and my breasts. It is the only dress that has made me feel beautiful in a long time, so I got it. The dress is now hanging up in my closet and I am in my office working. It is Wednesday and the ball is Friday so I don't know why I'm already freaking out. I decide to call it a night around eleven. I close my office and walk back to my bedroom. Then I laugh at Lucio's snores before shutting my bedroom door and getting into bed.