When Opposites Attract (10 page)

Angel

Anastasia has been dealing with her father's death this past month. She's a trooper. She wanted me there with her, so I was through most of it. I wasn't there when they went to see the body, but she told me it was horrible seeing her dad like that. I went to the funeral and it was sad, but no one seemed to cry. They were kind of honoring him. Anastasia did cry towards the end
, so did her sisters and step mom. I was there for her then and all the times after. I even slept over a couple of times, but we didn't do anything and it felt wrong to push her so she just cuddled next to me and slept, but I didn't mind. In fact, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed being there for the woman I loved.

Anastasia

This past month has been the worst month of my life. When we went to see the body it was so surreal. He had three bullet wounds on his chest right on top of his heart. That image is engraved onto my mind. I have been crying most days. I just can't believe it. I knew that this could happen, but I never thought that someone would dare to takeaway the last parent I had. I cried and cried and cried, but I knew that wouldn't make a difference. Sometimes at night I can't sleep, so I call Angel over and he comes and sleeps with me. I am really grateful he's here. I have told him that I just can't say I love you yet and I don't know why.

Angel

ONE MONTH LATER

Anastasia called me yesterday telling me she wanted to see me today. She sounded strange on the phone. I parked in front of her house, which was empty as usual. I knocked once and she opened the door like she had been waiting on the other side.

"I'm so sorr
y, you are worth the trouble."

"What are you talking about?" I asked confused.

"I love you," was all she said then she hugged me so tight I couldn't breath.

"You love me?"

"Of course, the way you acted this month it was great, and I am so grateful, and I love you. I don't think I would have survived this month without you." She started to tear up. "My dad never got to meet you." I wrapped my arms around her.

"Anastasia, I am so sorry."

"You know my dad always said that he didn't want me crying for him if he died in action. He said it was an honorable way to go." She said smiling and wiping her tears, but it was useless more would spill over.

"I remember what my mom told me when my dad passed away."

"What?"

"Her favorite quote, still is;
she lives by it. She used to tell me, 'death leaves a heartbreak no one can heal, but love leaves a memory no one can steal.’"

"That's pretty." She said into my chest.

Anastasia

I looked up at him and kissed his cheek.

"Thank you, for everything."

"No problem," he smiled down at me."

"Crap!" I said remembering something.

"What? What's wrong?"

"Our drama project is due in 3 days and we have no costumes!" He looked down at me surprised.

"Shopping makes me happy and it's costumes, so it's even more fun."

He sighed, "okay."

"Come on," I said dragging him towards his car.

"Fine," we got into his car and drove towards the mall. It was quiet, so he turned on the radio and let the music kill the silence.

"Which store?" He asked when we got there.

"Romeo and Juliet, so vintage, or costume stores? Let's just walk around." We walked around for about an hour and a half and Angel started whining.

"Okay fin
e," I said. We left the mall with no costumes.

We sat in silence again and I was thinking of possible stores.

"Oh! I know what store we should check out!" I said jumping in my seat.

"Ugh I'm tired," Angel complained.

"One last store, I promise."

"Okay. One last store."

"Yay! Okay turn left here." Angel followed my directions until we got to the store that I remember from when I was a little girl.

"I can't believe it's still here. My dad used to bring me here for Halloween and I loved it." I told Angel as we walked inside. As soon as I entered the store my eyes landed on the
 
perfect 
dress. It was love at first sight.

"Why don't you sit down here while I try on dresses
, okay?"

"Fine by me," h
e said and walked towards a chair. I grabbed the dress and went into a dressing room. The lady helped me into it and tied the corset. I thanked her and she left me to examine it. It was gorgeous! The dress was a cream color with white details. A heart shaped corset that was cream with a white pattern of intricate designs. It made my boobs look pretty good. The skirt was the same cream color and cascade around me down to the floor. Very simple, classy, a very Juliet party dress. It was perfect. I stared at myself in the mirror. I wish my dad could have seen me in this dress. He's proud Anastasia, I repeated in my head over and over as I blinked away the tears. I hope Angel likes it.

Angel's P.O.V

I really hate stores. They make me dizzy, tire me out, and I usually end up dragging my, ten pounds heavier, body towards the exit. After looking around, the place had some pretty cool costumes; I sat down in a chair in front of the dressing room. When Anastasia came out I was speechless. Wow!

"What do you think?" She asked spinning around.

"Um, wow, you, you, you look amazing." Nice, I can't even form a sentence.

"Thank you," she smiled making her look even more beautiful. I just stood there staring at her. The dress was a little darker than her skin and with her light blond hair she looked like a goddess, and she's mine! Seriously, I'm the luckiest guy on earth. Can't wait till we make love together.
 

"I also found a costume for you." She said as she pushed me towards a different dressing room. I walk inside and the first thing I see were some baggy pants thing that reached my knee and tights. Tights? She's got to be kidding me. It looked right out of the 16th century. Right down to the necktie. I didn't say anything and put it all on. When I was done I looked in the mirror and burst out laughing. I look hilarious.

"You're kidding?" I said to Anastasia as I walked out.

"You look awesome!" She said pulling me towards a mirror.

"Perfect," she smiled at our reflection.

"W
e actually look good together." I was surprised.

"I think we always look good together."

I looked at her, "you know what I mean."

"Yes, we are dressed under the same category."

"I can't believe we have to come dressed like this in front of the whole class."

"The whole school," s
he corrected as she smoothed out the shirt around my shoulders.

"What?
"

"Mrs. Dawson made it like a play we all recite our parts of the play, but don't worry we are going to be great."

"Right..." Holy crap this is horrible!

3 DAYS LATER

All the people in the "show" were supposed to come early. I picked up Anastasia.

"Careful with the dress!" She yelled at me as I put it in the backseat. I put it down and turned towards her.

"Baby, I know you're not a morning person
, but would you please calm down and work with me?" I asked.

She crossed her arms, "f
ine."

"I'm not going to ruin your dress."

After we were all ready we headed towards the school; all this trouble for a stupid class.

"We are a lot like Romeo and Juliet." Anastasia flipped through our lines.

"Yeah, I hope we have a happier ending."

"Well if you ever fake your death try to let me know in person."

"And if you ever see me dead wait a few days before killing yourself."

"Who said
I’d kill myself?" Anastasia smirked.

"You know
, that really hurt." I joked.

"Oh, poor baby."
She leaned over a placed a sweet kiss on my cheek.

'Forget it,
" I said as I parked. She smiled at me and then got out. I followed her out to her side and opened the back door.

"Oh look who it is, the worlds most infamous couple." Said a voice from behind
us, as I was about to get Anastasia's dress out. We turned around to see Sakura.

"What the hell do you want?" I asked her.

"Mrs. Darwin said I could host."

"Dawson," Anastasia corrected her.

"Whatever, just came to say, break a leg, and that this show will be amazing!" Sakura said then left. I looked at Anastasia.

"What's up with her?" I asked.

"I have no idea, but we'll find out sooner or later. Come on help me out with the dress."

"Okay," I helped her with the dress then we walked towards the school. We walked together
, but didn't really touch; sucks though. As we walked in Mrs. Dawson jogged towards us.

"Now I know you two don't get along very well, but please promise me you will try your hardest to a
ct like you're honestly in love," she pleaded.

"We promise." Anastasia and I said together. She smiled.

"Good I see you two have gotten closer. She told us, and then left to check on other students. As she left Anastasia's friend came up to us.

"Ana! How are you feeling?" She asked her very worried.

"I'm fine, Hailey, I need to tell you something." Anastasia looked at me. I nodded getting that she wanted to tell her friend about us. We told Pete, so Hailey should know too.

Anastasia

"What's up?" Hailey asked.

"Hails, Angel and I are going out." I blurted out looking down at the floor. She was silent. Crap that's never a good sign. I slowly looked up; she was staring at me with a blank face.

"Are you mad? Disappointed? Disgusted? Ashamed?" She stayed quiet, no distinct expression on her face.

 
"Yes," she finally said. I looked up at her with huge sad eyes. "Ana, I am mad, disappointed and ashamed that you didn't tell me." I smiled in relief. I just avoided so many problems.

"So are we okay?" She spread out her arms and wrapped me up in a huge bear hug.

"Of course! Oh, my gosh you have to tell me everything!" We were jumping around when Angel came up to us.

"So everything's okay?" He asked.

"You two make such a cute couple! I can't believe I never noticed!"

"Shhh!" Angel and I
 hushed her trying to lower her volume.

"What?"

"No one but you and Pete know."

"Who's Pete again?"

"Angel's best bud."

"Oh!"
Hailey said as it dawned on her and smiled at Angel.

"Actors get ready!" Mrs. Dawson said or rather screamed at us.

I started to panic. "Hailey, help me get ready!" I said then looked at Angel.

"See you later!" I smiled up at him and he flashed me his sexy grin. I got my dress and hurried to the
girl’s dressing room. There were two dressing rooms and this one was rather empty and thank the lord Sakura was not here. Hailey did my hair first. It was a simple updo that had a romantic Juliet feel to it. She pinned my curls in place and added a hair accessory while I did my make up. After we were done we both crammed ourselves into a tiny room set up for getting dressed. She opened up the bag and took in the cream colored dress.

"Oh wow, Ana, it's gorgeous and very Juliet."

"I know right." I agreed while taking off my sweats. She helped me into the dress and took a step back.

"You look stunning!"

"Thank you," I said and did a little curtsy. I looked through my bag making sure I had everything when I found Angel's necktie.

"Shoot could you
, please, find Angel and give this to him." I handed her the silk tie with ruffles. "Please make sure he ties it correctly."

"Okay," s
he said making her way out of the dressing room.

"And make sure he ties it right!" I called after her.

"I'll try!" She yelled over her shoulder as she ran out of the girl's dressing room.

 
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I stood on my side of the stage, Angel is supposed to be on the other, but I can't see him.

"Ana!" I heard Hailey call from behind me. I turned around to see her run up to me in her costume as well. "Angel is in place, everything looks perfect."

"Awesome, a
nd you look beautiful." I gave her two thumbs up.

"Well you did help me."
 I smiled at her and we high fived.

Then we both turned our attention to Sakura
 as she walked out on stage in a really cute red dress and her infamous push up bra.

"Hello everyone," she said in her fake
, sickly sweet voice.

"I'm Sakura and I'll be
your host for the day." I heard some guys whistle, probably the football team. Sakura smiled and winked at them. I rolled my eyes.

"I would like to start the show by introducing Craig Nakamura and Hillary Stewart performing act 1 scene 1. She bowed a little showing her cleavage
, which made the football team way louder than they should have been. All the partners get 1 scene in the play. It sounds crazy but it was actually a really cool idea. Everyone blended well together, after two scenes Sakura came back out.

"Next we have Angel Sanders and Anastasia
Somerville." I could feel the hatred in her voice when she said my name. I was already super stressed out and nervous, I'm not in the mood to deal with her pain in the ass attitude.

"But before they begin I would like to comment on how hard these two worked on this." Where was she going with this? "I saw it with my own eyes, but I think they took this project a little too far. Why don't you two come out and join me." I had no other choice but to walk out on stage. Angel did the same. I walked out with my shoulders back and head held high.

"I love you, Ana!" Someone yelled from the crowed followed by a round of applause. "You look awesome!" Yelled someone else. I flashed a smile and a little wave. I looked at Angel as we both stood on either side of Sakura. I looked from his handsome face to her smug one. Gosh I hated her. I wonder how much trouble I would get into if I punched her stupid nose into her skull.

"These two took it so far, I think they may have developed feelings for each other." The crowed laughed. They actually laughed. I looked at them in awe. Without thinking I took the microphone from Sakura and pushed her back a little. She almost twisted her ankle in her high heels, but managed to regain her balance. I looked at everyone and waited for the laughing to subside.

"I don't know why you are laughing. It's not funny. It's true." Everyone stayed quiet that time. "What no comments? For your information Angel is nicer, funnier, smarter, and cuter than any jock I have ever met. I have had more fun with him than any other guy I have ever been with. So what if he dresses the way he does? I don't care and I don't care what you think either. Plus, why do we even care, they’re just clothes, it's just music? What is the big deal? I'm done with my little rant now, if you don't mind we are going to begin. I turned on the wireless microphone I had been given and took my place. A shocked Angel did the same, and a surprised and pissed off Sakura stormed off stage.

Angel

Anastasia walked to the back and turned around cueing me to start. She laced her arm through yet another extras arm and they pretended to have a conversation. I walked over to Luis, we had to borrow him to play the servant.

"What lady is that which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight?" I asked Luis.

"I know not, sir." He replied then went back to cleaning the prop he was polishing. We went about our scene, we had practiced it so many times that it was pretty much second nature.

"
If I profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss." She acted surprised by my touch then a small smile to form in her lips and she took my hand in both of hers.

"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion shows in this, for saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, and palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss."

"Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?" I said getting closer to her, an inch away from her lips. She backed away let go of my hands and walked around me putting space between us.

"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer."

"O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do. They pray; grant thou, lest faith turn to despair." I said moving in closer to her.

She inched her head back a little. "Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake."

"Then move not, while my prayer’s effect I take." I told her in a lower voice then cupped her face and without thinking too much, kissed the most popular and desired girl in front of our whole year. I felt her cheeks warm up underneath my finger tips, then confirmed it when I pulled back and looked at her. "Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged."

She gasped. "Then have my lips the sin that they have took."

I chuckled. "Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again." I brought her to my lips again. We got a few whistles this time.

"You kiss by th' book." She said with a small smile.

"Madam, your mother craves a word with you." The girl that played Nurse said and took her away. Then the light dimmed. When we were off Ana and I looked at each other both of us more relaxed we still had to play other characters in a few more scenes but everything was now out in the open and we did the big scene. Two huge weights lifted from our shoulders. She smiled and wrapped her arms around my neck and gave me a big kiss.

 
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Anastasia

Angel and I skipped school. I would never have done it but Hanadi let me since I went to school after my dad's death. Angel told his mom he was tired and was taking a day off. Since he barely ever skips his mom let it slide. Angel's mom is at work so we were hanging out at his pool. I never knew he had a pool. It was a nice surprise, I have always wanted a pool. After the stress with Sakura and the show and the nerves it was an awesome way to relax. Plus a pool beats a shocked student body that can't wait to see the infamous new couple any day.

"You were amazing." I complimented Angel. I was sitting at the edge of the pool in my pink and orange bikini. Angel went in the pool then walked up to me and rested his arms on my knees.

"You were ten times better than I was. he way you told the school off and literally pushed Sakura off the stage." He said with a chuckle.

"I love you." I said looking straight at him.

"I love you too." He looked up at me. "You know I never thought I would be telling you that."

"Me
neither," I agreed.

"Well are you coming in or what?"

"Nah, my hair."

"Typical
prep," he said with a mischievous grin.

"Whatever,
" I said I was going to get up when he grabbed my hand and pulled me in.

I shrieked and braced for when the cold water would touch my sun-warmed skin.
I swam up and took a deep breath; relieving my surprised lungs.

"Angel!" I screamed. "You suck!" I hit the water with my fists.

"You know you love me," he said backing away, he hesitated and added, "Barbie."

Tha
t pushed me over the edge and I jumped on him like a ninja! I even made some ninja sounds but he was a lot stronger than I was. I mean he wasn’t built like a football player would be but he's got something going on. "You're going to pay for that!" I told him, but it was no use he pinned me against the side of the pool. He brought his face right up to mine; we were nose to nose.