It Started with Ria

Chapter 20- Lamborghinis and Stories

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Chapter 20

Ria’s POV

After about 20 minutes of staring at the TV watching some mind numbing sitcom that was desperately trying to be funny Nic joined me in the den. Nic actually came and set right next to me on the love seat. Wow, okay maybe things don’t have to be major weird between us. I mean we are both adults I made a stupid move, he rejected me, and now we move on. I send a text to Tom to tell him to set me up a date, a real date.

He has been trying for so long now for me to get back into the dating game and I have adamantly refused out of fear, but what do I have to fear now? Nic will be there to supervise so the date cannot attack me and knowing Nic has no romantic feelings for me it’s not like he would get jealous or anything.

10 minutes later

Text from Tom

Tom- he chica I am super doopery excited and I have the perfect guy. Is tonight okay?

Me- sure and he better not be ugly.

Tom-LMAO would I send an ugly dude to you? It’s Brock Reiny the football star at Uni

Me-okay J

“Hey, Nic would you mind accompanying me on a date tonight?” I ask. He looks at me wide eyed.

“Ria I-I really think you are great but—,” he starts and I quickly understand his panic.

“No, no I don’t mean a date for the two of us. Tom is setting me up on a date with Brock and I realize I need to run things by you first,” I tell him and his face turns bright red due to his embarrassment his jaw tightens.

“Oh, I see. Well, I am sure that would be fine,” he says in a clipped tone. I can understand his problem. I mean who wants to go as the tag along on a date. Maybe I could talk Tom into coming with us to keep Nic company.

2 hours later

The door bell rings and I rush down the steps but when I reach the door I take a deep breath and look through the peep hole. Standing looking very delicious is my best friend Tom and apparently Brock. I pull the door open and Tom hugs me.

“Dude, she is my date,” Brock says laughing obviously knowing Tom is gay. Nic walks up behind me and shakes Tom’s hand. All the while I am looking over my date…Okay, okay I am totally checking him out. He is well-built probably from football, He has light brown hair that has a lot of blonde streaks in the top, he has gorgeous green eyes, and the face of a male angel. Man, if I feel half the spark with him as when I kissed Nic…Ah! Ria shame on you! Okay concentrate I have a date.

“Hi, I am Ria,” I say holding my hand out for Brock to shake. He lifts my hand to his mouth all the while his eyes are raking over my body. He softy kisses my hand as he looks me in the eye.

“Lucky as hell,” he replies and chuckles as does Tom while i am looking at him incredulously. “My name is Brock but tonight it’s lucky as hell because you’re my date,” he says with a huge smirk plastered on his face. I blush madly and smile shyly at him, which causes his smirk to grow. Nic comes to stand next to me to where he is almost in between me and Brock, I look at his back annoyed that he ruined that moment.

He shoved his hand out. “Dominic, Ria’s bodyguard. If you try to hurt her I will break you in half. As long as we are at that understanding the night will go fine,” he says stiffly as Brock and he size on another up. Men are so weird with the whole dominate male thing; testosterone overload, ugh.

I reach around Nic and put my arm through Brock’s and start pulling him to his car. “I’m really sorry about him, but it’s been a rough month or so and he takes his job very serious,” I tell Brock.

“Hey, I would’ve done the same thing if I was protecting a fine specimen like you,” he says leaning into me and I am feeling a great deal of relief that Nic didn’t scare him away. I really need this date. I need to get over my fears of men.

Nic and Tom drive in Nic’s truck while I ride with Brock.

“I hope a movie is okay?” he asks.

“Of course, that sounds like fun. I haven’t been to the movie theatre in a while,” I reply with a whole hearted smile.

Meanwhile back in Nic’s truck

“Brock is the linebacker for our football team the Mavericks. I think he and Ria make a cute couple don’t you?” Tom asks me and I just look at him like he has lost his ever loving mind. It’s his fault we are even doing this whole thing. Tom seems unfazed by my ire.

“Too bad for me that boy is straight because momma would tap that,” Tom says looking at me. We are following behind Brock’s Lamborghini; of course he would have to be filthy stinking rich and good looking; everything the girls look for in a guy.

“Oh, is he putting his arm around her?” he asks as he rubber necks to the windshield trying to get a better view. My hands tighten on the steering wheel.

“You know Ria hasn’t really been on any dates well realy ever, considering what happened with Gerald and then the one guy she trusted afterwards treated her like yesterday’s dog poo. I hope she can give Brock a chance because he is exactly what she deserves. He is a good guy ya know. He and his family volunteer all of their holidays at the homeless shelter. He may be easy on the eyes but the boy has a brain as well. He is rumored to be studying for medical school, because he wants to do the whole doctors without borders thing,” Tom keeps rattling on but I got stuck back at the Gerald thing.

“What is the Gerald thing?” I asked. He looked over at me horrified.

“Um I thought she would’ve told you. I really shouldn’t say I mean it’s really her story to tell,” he says looking guilty.

“Come on man, give me a break here,” I beg. He looks like he is really thinking it over hard.

“Well, I will tell you the gist of it but the details will have to come from her. When her parents died in that awful car crash Cliff and Doris rushed to her side but they had to be evaluated before the state would just hand her over, sounds like a safe practice, right? Well until they were cleared she had to stay with another couple who had clearance as foster parents. The man’s name was Gerald and he decided he wanted little 17 year old Ria. Ria was very sheltered by her parents. Her first date was suppose to be at prom that same year. It never happened. She literally had no idea what happened between a man and a woman other than love. Gerald touched and kissed her all the while she tried to resist him so he beat on her until the point that she was finally rescued by Cliff and Doris. After that well you met the douche bomb she dated and he is the only guy she ever let kiss her and he tried to take advantage of her one night and she refused him and he ruffed her up and threw her out onto the street. She hung out with Elise for a while and tried to pretend that she wasn’t falling apart but then that went south the night well the night she got arrested. This will be her first real honest date I guess ever,” he says all the while I stayed deathly silent afraid if I spoke up that he would stop telling me about her.

Brock shouldn’t be the one to take her out, it should be me. And I know one guy she let kiss her actually I guess she kissed me. But she trusted me and let me in and I rejected her. Man, just when I think I couldn’t be a bigger dumbass I prove myself wrong. Knowing just how innocent she is makes all the crap I used to say to her even worse. I look at the sleek, fancy car in front of us and pray that I can keep my jealousy under control.

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NIc better realize what Ria had offered him and act on it before Brock takes his girl!!