"NATALIA!!" I yelled. "WHAT!" She snapped at me finally. "I don't like being ignored." I said. "And I don't like being talked to any kind of way." She said rolling her eyes while getting up. I grabbed her hand and turned her around so she was facing me. I looked her in eyes, and man was she mad. I took a deep breath, and said the words I haven't said in a long time. "I'm sorry." Her eyes became shocked and her face softened at my words. "Please just stay, and sit down." I asked politely. She snatched her hand from my arm, but sat down anyway. It was silent for a while, until she spoke up. "You know sorry doesn't cut it." "Well, that's the best that I can do." I said shrugging my shoulders. "You know I really don't get you Asher. One day you’re nice to me, and then another you act like I'm a piece of dirt. I thought we were making progress. I thought you at least changed. I thought that we were-" She cut her sentence in the middle catching herself. "You thought we were what?" I asked challenging. She cleared her throat but spoke up. "I thought we were getting along." I stared at her blankly not saying anything. "You have to know Asher that I will not tolerate and disrespect from you or no one. I don't deserve that. Even if you think I do-" "I don't" I interrupted her. "Then why do you do it?" She asked curious. "Like I said I'm sorry Natalia. I just say and do things that I don’t mean, and seeing my parents put me in such a bad mood, that I took it out on you. "Why did they put you in such a bad mood?" She asked me. "Nothing, important" I said trying to change the subject quickly. " Well, I'm sorry whatever it is" Natalia spoke up but sighing after. "I wish I had parents to argue with again." She said speaking up. I looked at her confused. "What happened to your parents?" "They died in a car crash." "Oh." I said not knowing what to say. "Yeah" she said nodding her head. "Who raised you then?" I asked. "My grandmother" she said quietly. “She did a good job." ” Yeah?" "You carry yourself well Natalia, all the way from you being a mother to your job, and even your living situation." She smiled at the words that were flowing out of my mouth, she looked up at me while biting her lip. "Oh, aren't you the charmer. Very nice one at that. Actually, you said sorry tonight and gave me a compliment. I was-" "And here you go again-" "Ruining it." She said finishing my sentence. She gave me a teasing smile. I took a sip of my drink giving her a smirk back. "Do you always use your charm with the ladies?" She asked curiously. "How else will I get them?" "Well you got Stacey, and that's a real gem. Got yourself a good relationship right their buddy.” She said sarcastically rolling her eyes. She had a hint of jealously in her voice but I ignored it. I didn't want to mess up the conversation. "She's hot." I said shrugging my shoulders. She smacked her lips and squinted her eyes at me mumbling the word 'typical' "What about you?" "What about me?" "What do look for in a man?" I could say I was just asking a random question but I was really curious. "Anything?" She asked "Anything." I repeated to her sipping my drink. She ran her hands through her hair and then touched the beer that was in her hand. She was looking down at the table thinking of answer, she was still biting her lip as well. I realized she did that a lot especially when she was in deep thought. After a while she finally looked up and spoke. "Safety. I look for one thing in a guy and that is safety. Safety for myself and Miya." She said shrugging her shoulders. "That's it?" "Yup." She said. "Usually most girls would have a long list of what they are looking for you know?" I said taking a swig of my drink again. "Well I'm not most girls." She said looking at my lips. I looked at her in the eyes, "No you're not at all." "Your strictly one of a kind my Natalia." I stood up and kissed her on her forehead letting my lips linger there for a second. I walked off leaving her in her thoughts. I walked up to the bar asking for another drink. I admit it, that I had something towards Natalia. ‘That I couldn't shake, and I don’t want to shake. She said all she wanted was safety. With her or not. I was going to be that one thing that she was looking for. Her safety.