"Wow the houses here are just so pretty," Lisa breathed as she set down her suitcases into the new house- the new house they were moving into.
"Your friend Mark lives just down the road too," Andrea said nonchalantly. Andrea was her mom but being the age she was and the looks she had, she preferred to be called Andrea instead of Mom. She had said that it made her feel old. Her father on the other hand preferred to be called dad, but in trivial times she would call him 'Old Man' for example times he wouldn't let her go out with her friends.
One of the most important things to learn about her family is that they were Christian and believed according to Lisa in suffocating their children with protectiveness from the world otherwise called 'love'. Lisa had quite a few siblings- 2 to be exact. Her brother Andre who was just 2 years younger had more freedom than she herself had. While the baby of the family Lea was just one year younger than Andre making Lisa the oldest- 19 years old.
Surprisingly the new community they had moved into had a couple of people she knew from when she was younger. After all it wasn't a small move they had made- it was a big into another territory move simply because her dad was a travelling Nurse. Yes! You heard right he was a Nurse while her mom was a Radiologist who could well work anywhere she moved as long as there was a Health care place. This explains why her family is so rich but what it doesn't explain is the lack of leniency on their eldest daughter.
"I can't believe I had to break up with Jason to move here," Lisa mumbled clearly disappointed she had to leave her wonderful bf of 4 yrs behind.
"Oh Andrea will find you a more suitable candidate," her old Man had tried to assure her; but Lisa knew well her mother's type and he would have to be rich and smart with no personality.
Coming from the Caribbean even though her mom was Hispanic and her dad Italian she was a mixture- coming out with a chocolate complexion, green eyes and dark curly hair. A weird mixture but it attracted guys. Maybe not the one's she wanted but she had the ability to pick choose and refuse. Her parents had always warned her about Caucasian folk but she loved the freaky white boys- their tongue and lip piercing, dyed hair, rocker/skater attitude, blonde hair but most of all she loved their freaky sex ways.
"Your friend Mark lives on the next block if you want to go see him" Andrea said as she began unpacking the things she needed at once.
"Are you sure," Lisa probed her mom "you don't need to do a spot check on me first?"
A bit annoyed Andrea gritted her teeth "Why don't you take Andre and Lea with you then?"
"Uhhh no thanks, bye," Lisa squealed before she slammed the door shut behind her.
She wondered for a bit, Mark wasn't her mother's type at least not in the complexion aspect so why was it that she pushed her to go see him? Was it because he was such a good friend during those days? Was it because his parents were also in the medical field? She could not figure it out.
"Ok this is the place," she sighed as the checked the piece of paper one last time. It was a 3 story house with a luscious green lawn out front, patio, little daisies and other flowers with a white picket fence surrounding them. Lisa walked along the tiled driveway and up the marble stairs. There was a camera above the door she noticed as she rang the doorbell.
"Who is it?" asked a voice over the intercom
"It's Lisa," she replied "is Mark there?" she stared at the camera for the longest while until she heard thudding coming from inside the house assumingly down the stairs.
"Lisa!" he screamed as the door flung open. She looked at him in amazement- he was tall, very tall at that, bleached blonde hair with brown roots and the tips frosted red, he had an eyebrow piercing, 4 ear piercings on each ear, a lip and tongue piercing. His face was cleanly shaven- no facial hair, he was sporting a pair of Reebok and jeans, he was topless with a couple hairs on his chest but showed off his six pack as he glistened in sweat. He looked amazing for someone who was just 20. Grabbing her in his arms, he squeezed her in his arms and she delighted in his masculine scent. He had changed so much from his brown hair and pale skin which was now tanned.
"What happened to your glasses?" Lisa asked curiously
"Oh those, I wear contacts now," He smiled gripping her shoulders and holding her afar so he could take a good look at her
"How long has it been?" he smiled as he took in the length of her pleated black skirt, her buttoned up white blouse with the 1st two buttons loose, her straightened hair was in a ponytail and she still didn't believe in make-up but her lips shined of gloss.
"I believe it's been 5 years but I still recognize you," Lisa smiled as he ushered her inside his Mansion of a house.
"Don't bum me out," he began "after I tried so hard to be unrecognizable."
"How could you be?" she asked "I know you so well," nudging him in the side. She saw him flinch and remembered he was ticklish
"You know I'm ticklish, don't do that," he shoved her hands away as he tried to tickle him. But that didn't work, as soon he was down on the ground with her on top trying to grip his hands to tickle his sides and his neck.
"Your soft spots are still the same," she giggled as he was losing control
"Yeah but I'm not as weak as before," he said now grabbing both her hands in his and flipping them over so that he was on top ticking her. Noticing they were getting a bit too close he said
"Come, let me show you around" as he grabbed her hand, pulling her up to lead the way. It was such a big house- he showed her the kitchen, the dining room, family room, T.V. room, 6 bathrooms, (1 in the basement, 2 on the second floor and 3 on the upstairs) 7 bedrooms excluding guest rooms, the swimming pool, games room, movie room, recording studio, the study, the gallery and last but not least his room.
"Wow," Lisa said as she scanned the room; his room was like the size of her entire 1st floor back home. He wasn't rich he was overflowing. Either that or his parents loved to spend money unlike her conservative ones. She remembered that his father was in the music business hence the recording studio and his mom was some record holding swimming champion, his older brother --Twen did sculpting and painting in his spare time while his younger brother was in Med School from the age of 16. They were a family of wonders. She didn't know if Mark was still into skateboarding but last time that's what he had been doing.
"So why'd you move back here?" he finally asked
"My dad," Lisa replied dryly "His job moves him everywhere "I'm surprised we're still on earth"
"Why don't you just move out so then you won't have to move with them," he suggested
"But I'm just in University and working part time at my age or maybe just for me in general is too much of a hassle," Lisa said now annoyed
"You can stay with me," he winked at her "I obviously have more than enough room."
"Thanks but no thanks," Lisa said remembering she didn't want to depend on anyone but herself. She only depended on her parents for school and she didn't want to have to rely on anyone she thought as she began to walk around his room.