Banned in a book

Sam’s POV

“So tell me sweetie, what are your plans for your birthday? What should we do?” Selena looked at me over her coffee cup.
“I don’t know, how about the usual?” I tried and already knew she wouldn’t go for that probably.
“Pizza and wine at your home and a movie, we have seen hundredths of times?” Selena asked lifting and eyebrow at me.
“Well.. yeah?”
“Is that a suggestion or a question?” She asked with a smirk and I sighed.
“I just don’t feel like party, okay?”
“You never feel like party, not in years… You should go out again, sweetie, staying at home won’t get you far.” Selena chided me and I rolled my eyes.
“I don’t want to get far… I want to spend my time with people I like and I care about… that’s enough for me. If you wanna ask Trevor to come over as well, no problem.” Trevor was Selena’s long-term boyfriend, they got engaged a couple of month ago and their marriage was coming within the next month. Trevor was amazing and normally left us girls to ourselves, wasn’t jealous of my time with her or questioning her, he was the perfect man, and Selena was lucky finding him.
“No, he is having his training with his team than anyway, we can do whatever we want… you really don’t wanna go out? A club, maybe? A bar? Something?” Selena tried again and I shook my head.
“No thanks for the offer, but I would rather do it quietly at home, are you okay?” I asked and she reluctantly nodded.

“It’s your birthday, Sammy… If you rather stay with me at home, I’m fine with that… I’m just telling you, that you won’t meet Mr. Right, there…” Selena winked at me and I laughed.
“Mr. Right? There is no such thing as Mr. Right… only because you got lucky with your man, doesn’t mean I will ever find mine.. I mean… let’s be honest… I’m turning 28 tomorrow, tried my luck with marriage and trusting a man, and what did it get me… a broken heart and a divorce. I don’t believe there is a Mr. Right for me anymore… But I guess you are right, I probably won’t meet him in my living room, but I can guarantee you, that I also won’t meet him somewhere else, too… and can we please change the topic now…”
“Fine… but you know, that Tom wasn’t the right man for you. He was an ass, he could just hide it well… Don’t lose hope in love, because Tom didn’t treat you right, sweetie. If I ever see that guy again, I would gladly risk a night in jail for payback.” Selena narrowed her eyes and I patted her shoulder lovingly.
“I know, and I am glad having you as my best friend and protector. But I am happy as long as I am not hearing him or his name ever again.” I shiver ran down my spine.
“Alright, my breaks nearly over, gotta get back to my shop now… so tomorrow evening around seven at your place? I will come over just after closing up, that sound good?” Selena asked getting up and pulling her purse out but I pushed her hand back.
“That’s on me. I will stay a moment longer… and yes that sounds perfect. Thank you.” Selena smiled, leaning down to me and kissed my cheek.
“Thanks sweetie, I’ll text you later but we will see us tomorrow at the latest… oh and by the way, check out that waiter, I think he has an eye on you, might not be Mr. Right but maybe he is Mr. Fun, huh?” Selena said a little too loud, making said waiter turn towards us and he winked at me, while my cheeks turned red and I quickly shoved Selena away.
“Go to work, Selly!”
“Don’t call me that!” Was the last thing I heard from her accompanied from a chuckle and the door of the coffee shop closed behind her.

I sunk down in my chair, trying to hide my embarrassment “I think I can be your Mr. Fun, if you want me to.” A voice made me open my eyes again and I was wondering if my cheeks could get any more red then they actual were.
“Sorry, my friend… I don’t… I mean.” I stuttered a little, not really knowing how I should reply to that.
“Think about it, here is my number.” He handed me the bill with a few numbers and a name scribbled down, saying Nathan.
Oh my… when said Nathan was out of sight into the back of the coffee shop, I quickly paid my and Selena’s coffee at the other waiter and left before Mr. Fun returned.
What had Selena gotten me into again… that woman always meant trouble… and mostly for me, but still I had to smile it never got boring with her.

Selena’s POV

I had an idea for Samantha’s birthday… I wanted to make it special, to bring some fun into her life.
I wanted to give her just a little more happiness, even though it would last only for a short amount of time.
She was someone special, a friend you won’t find often, someone who was always there for you, no matter how stressed out she was herself, if you call her she would be there.
She deserved so much more than what her little life would grant her now.
I stepped inside my bookstore, I was working here alone, not many people were finding their way into a bookstore nowadays, but I was holding on to the books, to the smell of the book, to the feel of the paper in your hands…

And a couple of days ago I found a book made for Sam, I had to admit I was believing in more than just what you could see with your eyes, I was believing in magic… Sam was always laughing at me, but I knew there was more in this world… more to this world then what she was thinking.

I walked to the back of my store, picking up the book I found and kept shut away from any of the other customers. I knew it would be the right gift for Sam, it would grant her a month full of fun and fantasy.
It would get her a man, a man just how she liked it, I was sure…
A man where you can live out your fantasy with, but is gone after a months of fun, no responsibilities attached…
And that’s exactly what Sam needs, fun and not caring… she has to live again and this would solve her problems… at least for a month… maybe that would teach her to live again and loose that shell she put around herself.

I took the book out of the shelf and looked at it… It looked old, but the picture on the front looked like someone from nowadays.
He was handsome no question, maybe a little too handsome and smooth looking, at least at the first sight. You see that face, it looked sculptured perfectly, those lips… kissable, his dark hair perfectly styled, his brown eyes boring into you, looking seducing and lazy at the same time, even if that was possible.
I let my fingers run over the cover and opened the first page, reading his name, which was needed for the small ritual we had to do, to wake him from his sleep.
It has to work, it must be working…

Again I read what I would need, for it… looked at the moon, tomorrow it would be full moon, exactly on Sam’s birthday, that must mean something, right?
This had to work… it just had to… I was believing and there was no way around it, somehow it would work, to bring my friend joy again…
“So Mr. Synyster Gates… tomorrow is your time to be freed. And I can tell you, you will like my friend, she is perfect… You just have to treat her well, or I will freaking beat your dusty ass.” I told the book and felt a shiver running down my spine.
I looked down on the book and pulled my hand away, was he winking at me?
Did I just see that?
Or was I already imagining things?
Too early for that… I need you to show up tomorrow, I smiled at the book cover, being even more sure now that it would work and brought the book towards my bag, tomorrow Mr. Gates…. Tomorrow!

Notes

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