You're Mine: A Bad Boy Next Door Romance

by Lauren Wood

  Sally got upstairs and pulled out her tablet that had the amount of money that was needed for each part of the trip. Though it was an approximate amount at the best, it gave her a number to shoot for.

  She quickly counted the money and added it to what she already knew she had saved. “I need at least another 1,000 dollars. Well that’s better than the 4,000 I needed earlier. I can’t believe mom and dad gave me this much money.” She said as she sat on her bed.

  “We knew how much you wanted to go.” Her mother scared her as she walked into the room.

  “Mom, how long have you been standing there?” Sally asked.

  “Just a few minutes is all. I wondered how long it would take before you came up here to see what your totals were. Do you really need 1,000 more? Could you do the trip on less?” Her mom asked.

  “Wow mom it sounds like you really want me to go.” Sally said shocked.

  “Honey, I would like to keep you here at home your whole life, but that would be wrong of me. I wanted to travel the world when I was your age too, but my parents didn’t want me too. I can’t keep you trapped in a life that you don’t want. Instead I can give you the chance to see what it’s like and be able to study where you think is best.” Her mom said.

  “You really wanted to travel? Why didn’t you tell me that before?” Sally asked.

  “Because I was fighting with myself about this whole trip. I wanted to keep your safe, but wanted to allow you to go as well. It’s hard for a parent to let their only daughter, and only child wonder off. I can’t protect you when you’re gone, you know that. But I also wanted to give you a chance that I never had. You couldn’t imagine how many times I wonder what other countries are like.” Her mom stated.

  “You know you and dad can always travel once he retires.” Sally said.

  “We may just do that honestly. We’ve been talking about it for years now. Your father is just thankful that I didn’t go off and find a different man! He says that my mother protected him by not allowing me to go. But he also wants you to go. You have to understand how hard it is to let you go though. One day when you have kids you’ll understand it!” Sally’s mom commented. “So can you go with less or not?”

  “I would rather have the little extra, just in case something happens so I have the money.” Sally said.

  “That’s practical. If we had the money we would give it to you, but that was all we could afford.” Her mom stated.

  “No mom, it won’t take me but a month to earn it, I’ll get another job. Plus I have to get the passport done. Maybe I’ll have it all at the same time.” Sally commented.

  “You could always do a rush on the passport!” Her mom commented.

  “Yeah I know. I might be able to do that, but I want to make sure I have the rest of the money still. Plus I have to buy the plane ticket.” Sally thought in her mind as she talked.

  “You’re going to be gone soon, before you know it.” Her mom smiled. “Enjoy it Sally, it’s something amazing to see other cultures.”

  “I’m so excited to go; I can’t believe I’m so close now. It seemed like such a little shot to go earlier today, and now I’m so close. Thank you so much.” Sally hugged her mom.

  “I think Johnny is waiting downstairs to hear how close you are. You know that boy adores you right?” Her mom asked.

  “Yes mom, but he’s too much of a geek for me.” Sally said and rolled her eyes.

  “Well honestly I think you could do a lot worse than Johnny Young. He’s really a good boy, and he stays out of trouble. Maybe if you ever come back he’ll still be free and you and he can marry!” Her mother said.

  “Mom, really? No I don’t really think he’s my type at all.” Sally turned red at her mom’s words.

  “Well I think he would be good to you, and that’s what is important.” Her mom stated.

  “But mom don’t you have to love the man you want to marry? I don’t love Johnny, I mean as a friend, but not more than that.” Sally told her mom.

  Sally watched as the color drained from her mother’s face. “Oh hey Johnny, how are you?”

  Sally turned around to see Johnny standing there. By the look on his face he had heard what she had said. But she didn’t know what to say to make it any better. She had never told him anything but that he was a friend.

  “Hey Johnny, how are you?” Sally asked.

  “It’s okay Sally you’ve told me plenty of times. I’m just that guy who will always be a friend.” Johnny said, his voice sounded like he was on the edge of anger. “So how close are you?” He asked.

  “I have a thousand dollars to save up.” Sally said.

  “Great, so when do you think you’ll leave?” He asked.

  Sally noticed that his voice sounded colder than normal. She felt bad like she had broken something inside of him even. But what could she do?

  “I don’t know probably a couple of months.” Sally stated.

  “Okay, well let me know if you need anything before you go, I’m right next door.” He said and turned to leave.

  “Thank you Johnny.” She said to his back as he walked away.

  “Sally Mae, did you really have to seem so cold to him? He’s such a good boy.” Her mom shook her head.

  “Mom, I’ve had this conversation with him far too many times.” Sally sighed.

  “I saw his face, he may have said he wasn’t hurt, but he was, trust me.” Her mom stated.

  “What am I supposed to do mom? I don’t want him to think that I will date him. I know he wants to date me, but it wouldn’t be fair to give him the wrong idea. In fact, I think I’m being nicer to him then a lot of girls might be.” Sally said.

  “Maybe you see it that way. But keep in mind that he still has feelings.” Her mom said and got up to walk out. “There’s still some cleaning up I have to do.” She said as she walked out.

  “Thanks again mom.” Sally said as her mom left the room.

  She sat there a few more minutes and thought about what her mom had said. She had seen the hurt on Johnny’s face too. It had been apparent. For the second time in the same day too he had seemed quite angry at her words. Sally wasn’t cold, she did feel bad, and sometimes she wished that he was a bit more of a bad boy. If he was just a little different she might really date him, hell she might even stay in town and give up her dream of Paris.

  Chapter 4

  Johnny went home and sat in his room; he looked at his computer and sighed. “If I didn’t get hooked on those games maybe she would like me more.” He stared and could feel his blood boiling.

  “I like the bad boys, your just way too nice.” He heard her voice echoing in his head.

  “She wants a bad boy; I’ll just be a bad boy. How do I do it?” He turned on the computer and punched in a search. How to get a bad boy image, and hit enter.

  Johnny studied the results and clicked on a few and opened them in new panels. “Johnny, it’s time to get serious and study. Learn this behavior and do it. If you want it you have to grab it. She will be mine one day.” He stared at the first page and studied the information set before him.

  You need to be self-confident and exude charisma. So you want to know how to accomplish this? I know you do, because it will be the first step to making your charm the bad-boy nature women love so much. First you will need to always be sure of every comment you make to anyone, not just the one girl. The more self-confidence you show, the easier it will be to actually become what you are searching to be, a bad boy. With that self-confidence your charisma will naturally be increased. The woman you want to impress, even if there is more than one, will flock to your door. You won’t even have to search her out anymore; instead she’ll come crawling to you.

  You do want you want and whenever you want. That’s right; you don’t ask for permission from anyone, you don’t need it. This is a classic bad boy behavior that will set you apart from the nice guy you once were. When women she you behaving like this it naturally increases their sexual attraction to yo
u. Remember that my steps will allow you the freedom to be the real bad boy inside of you, not just a fake mask that other does will try to sell you.

  You will do everything you do on purpose. What does this mean? It means that no matter what you do, it will be done on purpose. You will never apologize for looking at a woman who is beautiful if she catches you. Instead you will let her know it was done because you wanted to do it. Remember this is where getting permission and not having to do it comes in. Does that mean you should do bad things to a woman, NO. You must still treat her with respect and know that she is the creature you desire. You have come here with someone in mind, why would you ever treat this person you wanted so wrong?

  You never show fear, you are not afraid of anything. This is simple. A woman doesn’t like having to come to the rescue of any man. Not when they love the bad boy! Showing fear is one certain way that many nice guys lose those women who want something more from life.

  You will break laws, not necessarily bad ones, but just enough to show you are a bad boy. This is a hard step for many of the nice guys who are trying to change their image. It is honestly the one that many will fail to accomplish. There are a lot of women who love the man who lives on the edge and will break the law. The attraction is often not even known by the woman until it’s too late. They aren’t afraid to say FUCK YOU to anyone, even the law. This is when you know that you really desire someone, if you can accomplish this step. Sure there are some bad boys out there who haven’t broken the law, but many of the most desired are one’s who’ve at least had some sort of charges brought against them. (Some perfect examples of this are Robert Downey Jr., Mark Wahlberg, and 50 Cent); women would do just about anything to be with any of them.

  You leave women wanting more. That’s right, you don’t let her push you around, you don’t always do what she wants, and you definitely leave her wanting more from you. Once you’ve hooked your woman to your bad boy attraction they will want more from you. Whether it’s one night in the sack, or a lifetime commitment. She will always come back to you, you’ve got her hooked at this point. If she wants a kiss from you one night, give her a little kiss, and maybe a deeper kiss. However, stop and don’t continue. It may be hard if you’ve desired a certain woman for long, you’ll want to give in. Don’t do it though, it will hook her in your clasp much more. Be strong and walk away, make her wait, and she’ll want you even more.

  For more tips you can buy the full e-book available on Amazon.

  Johnny smiled some of these things he thought he had down already. “I could be a bad boy, actually.” He said out loud.

  His mind began to churn and wonder how he could accomplish these steps and win Sally over before she left. “Break the law, how will I do that? I mean, that might be a bit tough.” He said.

  Chapter 5

  Sally woke up the next day and went to get the classifieds. It was time to find another job and save up for her fashion design classes and live in Paris, France.

  “I will go to Paris, and I’m going to be in Paris one day! I can feel it in my bones.” Sally pumped herself up.

  She circled a few jobs and called to set up interviews.

  “Hey mom, I have a couple of interviews today and am going to do my passport.” Sally said as her mom entered the room.

  “Are you going to get it sped up or not?” Her mom asked.

  “No I think I’ll just get a few more jobs and work to save up the money. I would love to get more than I need saved up, and the time waiting for the passport will give me it!” Sally told her mom her plan.

  “Oh that’s a really good idea. Where are your interviews?” Her mom asked.

  Sally told her mom and then went to get dressed for her interviews and other things she wanted to get done for the day. She had an extra hop in her step as she went out the door to get it all done.

  Coming home later that day she was even happier than ever.

  “Hey how did the interviews go today?” Her mom asked when she came in that night.

  “Great, I got part-time at each of them, now I have three jobs! By the time I get my passport back I’ll be able to by a flight and go!” Sally jumped up and down with excitement.

  “That’s great news sweetie, I’m so happy for you!” Her mom hugged her and joined in the celebration.

  “I have to get ready, I work two hours tonight. Then tomorrow I have a full day between the other two places!” Sally kissed her mom on the cheek and ran upstairs.

  The weeks flew by and Sally added her money to the kitty. Each day she came home to see if her passport had come yet or not, but so far nothing.

  “Mom you didn’t get the mail today did you?” Sally asked as she came in the door.

  “No sweetie, didn’t you get it yet?” Her mom replied.

  “No, I was hoping you got the mail and it was here.” Sally answered.

  “Well how long has it been now?” Her mom questioned.

  “It is a little over three weeks now. But they said it could come as quick as two weeks. Also that it could take a couple of months.” Sally looked down at the floor.

  “Don’t worry honey, just remember how much money you might save!” Her mom tried to cheer her up.

  “its okay mom, I’m so busy with work I don’t really think about it much.” Sally admitted.

  “Good honey. But you look tired, are you off the rest of the day?” Her mom asked.

  “I have a couple hours before I got in tonight. I’m going to go and get some sleep.” Sally said and went upstairs.

  “Alright sweetie, do you need me to wake you up?” Her mom yelled up the stairs.

  “No mom it’s okay, I’ll set the alarm.” Sally yelled back.

  Her head hit the pillow and Sally was out. Her dreams were of Paris and creating the most beautiful designs. She saw her name on the labels of clothes that people, including celebrities, would buy and wear.

  This was a dream she’d had all her life and now to know that she was so close, it was exhilarating. She thought back to when she was only four years old and making dresses for all her dolls. Her parents had congratulated her on her skills.

  They had helped to increase her love in fashion design by buying her books as she got older. When she was 12 they had found a summer program in Lincoln for Fashion Design and had taken her to it. Her mother and her had stayed the week in Lincoln and would come home on weekends to visit her dad.

  She smiled as she thought of the many sacrifices her parents had made for her. This dream wasn’t just hers anymore, it was her parents as well by now. The gift of money on her birthday had proven it to her.

  When she had first learned that the top designers studied in France and had talked about going; it had seemed like they didn’t agree.

  They had wanted to be happy for her, but she could see in their eyes their pain. She knew it was because of their desire to keep her close. But hadn’t really understood it much. However, like her mother said, maybe once she had kids.

  However, now it was just the desire to finish her dream to a completion. Even if she didn’t ever become a top designer that everyone knew. The fact that she could say she had lived in Paris and studied fashion design was enough.

  Sally woke up an hour and a half later. The remainders of the memories that had led her dreams still there in her mind. She smiled and felt refreshed and ready to go to work.

  She ran downstairs to see a note on the table.

  Hey sweetie, we went out for supper. I made you a sandwich it’s in the refrigerator. Eat before you go to work.

  Love you, Mom & Dad

  P.S. Johnny stopped by to see you

  She grabbed the sandwich, and ran out the door. Johnny would have to wait, she didn’t have time right now. She thought in her mind when she might have free time, but didn’t know. “I’ll get to him later, I’m sure he only wants to know how much I have saved up.” Sally said to herself as she got behind the wheel of the car and drove off to work.

  It wasn’t until a fe
w days later that she had a few minutes to go see Johnny. She walked next door and knocked on the door. Johnny’s mom answered the door.

  “Hi Mrs. Young I came see Johnny.” Sally smiled at his mom.

  “Oh hey Sally, I’m sorry he’s not home right now, he’s at work.” His mom said.

  “I didn’t know he had a job.” Sally said shocked.

  “He just got it a few days ago. He’s working at the mechanic shop.” She said. “If you want you can stop by and say hi to him.”

  “Maybe if I have the time, thanks.” Sally responded.

  Sally knew she didn’t have time today, so she figured maybe they would meet up soon. She was due at work in half an hour and it took 20 minutes for her to get there.