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me off first.”
    Joey and Josh left and as soon as they got into the silver
mustang, Joey called up his brother to see where he was. When
Joey heard he was in Mandala, stuck their from a night of partying,
he was excited to take the ride to the town over, thinking of
Gabriella. Joey found it a little weird his older, married brother
was out at a party, away from his wife and children, but it soothed
his heart he had a reason to venture into Mandala.
    And then he passed her, his dream angel on his ride from
Candlewood into Mandala. She was driving a purple WRX. Joey
was waiting at a red light at the intersection, he was turning left
and he knew it was her cause he was stopped just moments before.
He had enough time to catch a clear view, besides, she was
unmistakable with her hair glowing in the sunlight. 'She glows
radiant' he thought. He then wondered why he never saw her car
before, but then again, he hadn’t been around Mandala since he
turned twenty-one, and had the time of his life with the Mandala
girls at the bars.
    “OMG a silver Saleen Mustang! Are you kidding me?” Gabriella
said, aloud to herself driving back from the coffee shop. The
mustang was decked out with rims and exhaust. She knew there
must be added horsepower under the engine, considering the work
done on the outside. Gabriella was stumped for words. Mustangs
were always her favorite. Her parents never allowed her to have
one though. The streets of Mandala are filled with hills, and in the
wintertime the snow and ice that cover the roads are un drive able
to a mustang. Her parents insisted on a front or all wheel drive car.
Gabriella realized she hadn’t even gotten a glimpse of the driver,
she was too busy checking out the car.
    When Joey was done catching up with his brother, he went
back home, and started to play a video game. Since it was
Saturday night, he wondered if Gabriella would be out. After a
little conversation with his brother, he found out her last name, that
wasn’t available on Facebook. Gabriella had her middle name,
Belle, in place where her last name would have been. It was
simple not to ask about Gabriella directly. Most people that lived
in Mandala knew Jemma, and to say her hot friend was all that was
needed to find out her name. “Oh you mean Gabriella Viredem?”
‘Gabriella Belle Viredem,’ Joey thought that had a great ring to it,
if only it were Gabriella Belle Lyaseo, his last name.
    Joey was unsure if he should venture on out tonight. He
heard from his brother that Gabriella and her girl friends are
usually out most nights of the week, especially on the weekends,
and mostly in Mandala. His brother mummered something about
that being weird to him, that they never left the town, but Joey
wasn’t paying too much attention because he was excited Gabriella
would most likely be out at one of the four bars in Mandala. Still
he was unsure if he should go out. Going out meant spending
money, which he hated to do. He wasn’t cheap, he was just well
invested in his goals to pursue his career as far as he could go.
    Joey had taken classes in architecture when he was twentytwo. He worked hard to get his license and ever since, he had been
drawing up blueprints of his dream homes. They were usually
mansions as Joey had a rich appetite, and he often wondered if he
would even ever be able to afford the houses he was drawing up.
He’d grab a vision of his dream girl in his head, and draw up a
dream home for them. The dream girl he conjured up in his head,
usually had the same image, an image that had matched Gabriella.
This is how Joey had fallen in love at first sight. Love, 'what a
silly thought' he thought to himself.
    Joey hadn’t loved much of anyone his whole life. He was
on the run from his mother since he was fifteen. He had been in
and out of juvenile detention for criminal mischief, and once for
assaulting his step father, who in which he hated, and cared
nothing for. From fifteen on, he had been sleeping