Friday

Mariana sat down on her creamy pink bed, with a cup of hot chocolate and marshmallows in her hand. The sun's ray's showered through her rose curtains and gleamed across her bedsheets.

She also had her breakfast with her in a bowl. There were slices of strawberries, blueberries, and some oats with cream. Her hair was tied into a donut bun with two curly strands coming down, and a white headband with a bow. She had on brown wavy pants and a white tank top.

She had her royal blue Dell laptop in front of her, ready to do her article writing. On Thursdays and Fridays, she was a freelance writer who wrote articles about fashion, beauty, lifestyle, environment, and news for websites. She even had her own blog where she would publish these.

She enjoyed journalism and hoped she could take it a step further one day.

Today, she was going to write an article about what was currently in fashion. She got her word document ready and began doing some research.

While she was typing, her phone lit up to reveal a message from Micah. Her cheeks rose as she picked it up and cradled it in her fingers. She loved receiving messages from him.

Bubba❤️❤️: Hi Mari❤️, how has your week been?

Mariana: It's been good🥰🥰 what about you x

Bubba❤️❤️: Mines also been good, I just wanted to see how you were doing.

Mariana: Aww thanks💕💕btw, do you want to read an article I wrote?

Bubba❤️❤️: Sure, send it to me❤️.

Mariana got an article, about the Amazon Rainforest, from her blog and then sent it to him. She then placed her phone in the middle of her laptop so she can see Micah's messages and also do her research.

Bubba❤️❤️: Btw, your picture is so cute

Mariana: Which one?

Bubba❤️❤️: The one you have on the website.

Mariana: Oh thank you😅

She couldn't stop blushing as she realized that Micah looked at her profile picture where she was stood next to some pink flowers while wearing a matching shirt, with a smile on her face and her hair in a bun.

Bubba❤️❤️: I'll read your article during my lunch break, I'm gonna head off to work now.

Mariana: Okay bye, I love you ❤️❤️❤️

Bubba❤️❤️❤️: I love you too❤️❤️❤️

She finally put her phone down and got all her materials ready. Meanwhile, Rio jumped onto the bed and stood on her thighs. His small, brown paws slowly vibrated against them. Mariana picked him up and brought him closer, kissing his furry face.

"Hello Rio," she cooed, "Do you want to watch Mommy work?"

Rio licked his lips as Mariana kissed him again. He squeaked a meow which made her giggle a little. She did it a few more times just to hear that little cute sound that she adored so much.

She let him out of her grasp and he sat down like a squashed ball on her lap. She brought her laptop closer to her and then started typing out her article.

In the middle of it, she decided to check her email which she saw a new message from an unknown person who had a creepy smiley face in place of a name. The eyes were lifeless, just an empty black abyss staring into her soul. The grin was wide, stretching unnaturally across the lips, sending an uncanny feeling down her spine.

She was about to delete it, but because of her burning curiosity to see what it contains, she opened it to see if it was just junk, but she was greeted with a bizarre riddle.

What is truth and what is deception?
What is true love and what is false?
Only I know the answer to that most questionable question.
Your Micah is not who you think.
He is mine, Mariana, and will be mine in due time.

Mariana felt her eyes freeze like ice at the cryptic words. She felt her breath go numb and her spirit was perturbed by the unsettling use of her name by this unknown sender.

She quickly deleted it and swiftly closed down her laptop. How does this person know her name and how did they know about Micah?

She wasn't going to entertain the idea and just closed the tab to finish her article. Although, no matter how hard she tried, the words were printed into her mind.

1 hour later...

Mariana suddenly woke up by the abrupt knocking downstairs. She dozed off after she finished her writing and sent it off to the editor of the website.

She sat up, with her hair cascading down her face, as the knocking increased. She groaned and quickly got out of bed to answer it.

As she descended the stairs, she started to get worried about who was knocking. Because of the message she recently received, she was a bit hesitant so she first checked the window to see who was at the door.

She saw Micah's younger sister, Makayla, stood outside dressed in a dark pink hoodie, black shorts that showed off her thick, dark legs and she had on a LV mini backpack. She then opened the door and greeted her with a smile.

"Hey Makayla, what are you doing here?"

"I just came to see you today," she exclaimed. "Is that alright? I hope I'm not disturbing you."

"No it's okay, you can come in." She let Makayla in who strolled in and sat down on the couch. Her long black braids swayed down her back in a high ponytail.

"What have you been up to today?" Makayla asked as Mariana sat next to her. She was seventeen and was only four years younger than Mariana.

"Nothing much, just working today."

"Oh, what were you doing?"

"I was working on a article for an online fashion a magazine."

"Really? Can I see it?"

"Sure." Mariana raced upstairs to her room and grabbed her laptop which Rio was sat on. She went back and handed it to Makayla.

"Wow, this is really good," she commented, scrolling through the pictures that Mariana used.

"Thank you." She smiled. She always enjoyed the times she spent with Makayla. Out of all of Micah's siblings, she felt closer to her the most.

"Can I suggest some things for your next one?"

"Sure, go ahead."

Makayla started typing rapidly onto the black keyboard until her mom's brand 'Crystals Consilios' came up. She saved a few pictures into a new file and handed the laptop back to Mariana with an innocent smile. "Here you go."

Mariana chuckled and shook her head in amusement at Makayla searching up her own mother for ideas.

"Hey would you like some mango ice cream?" She suggested, remembering that she still had some leftovers in the freezer.

"You have that?" She said with one eyebrow raised.

"Yeah I made it myself. Come, I'll show you."

She led her into the kitchen and Mariana took out the ice cream box with the mango one inside. She dished out scopes for her and Makayla and also filled two glass cups with apple juice.

They got their servings and went to outside to the backyard and sat down on a table with a umbrella above.

Makayla happily sipped her drink while going on her IPhone 11, it's crimson shade shining into Mariana's eyes, while she the same thing while occasionally looking at the emerald green grass.

She was enjoying herself but her mind kept drifting back to the message she saw earlier. Those words which were like poisonous vines, wrapped around her brain as it kept coming back to her name being used by an known person. She felt uncomfortable and felt like she was being watched.

"Are you alright Mariana?" Makayla asked, noticing her discomfort.

"Um yeah..." she said, her words dripped out of her trembling lips. "Can I just ask you a question?"

"Yeah sure, what is it?"

"Has Micah ever dated anyone before?"

"Um, well there was this one person but I don't think it was official, so I'm going to say no."

"Oh okay."

"Why are you asking by the way?"

"Just wondering," Mariana said, trying not to act suspicious and just looked at her phone,

"Are you jealous?" Makayla smirked.

"No," she answered quickly.

"Hm okay," Makayla chuckled.

Mariana just laughed along while becoming increasingly uncomfortable. She still wasn't going to let that message disrupt her peace, especially since it could just be spam or something messing with her.

****

When the twinkling hours of the evening came, Mariana got out some packets of chips and drinks in the living room. Every Friday, her and Elena would spend Friday evening watching Netflix.

She got dressed into her furry pajamas and slumped downstairs in her pink fluffy socks. She had Jane The Virgin all ready on the screen with the next episode yet to be played.

When Elena came, they sat down on the couch, snuggled in blankets.

"How's my little Mariana?" Elena asked, rubbing her hair.

"I'm alright," she removed Elena's hand from her. "How have you been?"

"Pretty good! I've been looking forward to this all day!"

"Same," she said and pressed play.

While they watched Jane get cockblock by Rafael, and their laughter died down, Mariana's mind traveled unexpectedly back to the message she received earlier. She tried to push it at the back of her mind but it just kept coming back to front when she least expected it.

However, she wasn't going to let it dominate her mind because she trusted Micah completely without a doubt.

A/N: Hey guys, I hope you like the double date!!!! Xxxxx

What do u guys think?👀