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So I went to the Italian Restuarant with Leon on Friday, and it was wonderful. The place itself was just fantastic, and their spaghetti is really to die for! Oh, it was nice. I wore this nice dark red sweater, with a pair of dark blue jeans and a pair of black high heels. He was dressed in a nice button-downed white shirt, black pants, and what looked to be black dress shoes. He got a 5 cheese ziti. I didn't try it, as I am not a fan of it. It was a little weird when paying, because at first, he went to pay the whole bill. I was all like, no offense, but I don't feel comfortable with you paying the whole thing, can we go dutch? and he was all like, that's fine. it was nice.

We were going to go see a movie, but there was not a movie out that we were interested in seeing. We ended up going to a little coffee shop and just talking. I told him that I was a student, and that I was aspiring to become a radiologist while sewing on the side. He asked me what I liked to make with my sewing, and I showed him my bag which I made, and I told him that I liked to make dresses as well. I asked him about himself, and he said that he had been a cop at one point, and decided to go into the presidents bodyguards and what not. I asked him if anything interesting had happened, and he said he wasn't allowed to tell me anything. It's okay, I suppose, since Charles is on secret service as well. I know enough.

He took me home  around 11, and I asked him up for some dessert. There was a pie that I had baked the day before, and we went up and sat down in my kitchen for pie. No sooner were we there and had the pie in front of us, then my doorbell rang. I looked at the door, excused myself, and went to answer it. It was Rufus. I was SO embarrassed. I told him to buzz off, that I wasn't interested in taking him back, but then Leon got up and walked over to the door. He asked me if there was a problem. I said no, and then looked at Rufus. He asked who Leon was, and Leon turned around and said that we were dating. I wish I would have had a camera for the look on Rufus' face! Leon then put his arm around me, and I asked Rufus to leave AGAIN. He turned in disgust. I can tell that there is going to be a problem there.

Leon finally left about 1:30 in the morning, and I trudged off to bed, exhausted. It was a nice night, and I was pleased with how it went. I got up at probably 10 am the following morning, and hit the books. Leon showed up around noon, to my surprise, with a bouquet of flowers and a small thing of candy. It was cute. He came in and I fed him, then we talked for a while in the kitchen before going into the living room to watch a movie. It finally hit me around 4 that I still had a pile of homework to do. I told Leon that if he wanted to stay, that was fine, but I had a ton of homework to take care of. He didn't seem to mind at first. He stayed about another hour then left, saying he would be back later. I said it was fine. I did MOST of my homework and ended up not going to bed until about 2 am.

I got up to someone hammering on my front door at like, 8 am, and went to answer it. It was Rufus, and he looked mad. He burst his way through my front door and demanded to know what the hell I was doing with a guy like Leon. I shrugged. It was too early for me to be up. So what did he do to wake me? He slapped me across the face and told me to answer him. I hit him back and told him to bite me, I wasn't going to tell him. It wasn't his business. He huffed and stuck a finger in my face, telling me that if he saw Leon enter my apartment complex again, he would hunt him down. Then, he turned and left.

He was only gone for about a minute when I locked the door and picked up my phone. I called my dad and told him EVERYTHING, then I called Charles and told him about the threat that Rufus had made against Leon. Charles said that he had a feeling that Rufus had been watching my place, and told me to stay put, that he'd come right over. Well, he showed up about 10 minutes later, Leon in tow. I was sitting at the kitchen table doing more homework when they knocked. I let them in, and the locked the door after them. Charles got mad when he seen me. when Rufus had hit me, he left a bruise on my cheek. I could see that Leon was irritated with it as well, but said nothing.

Rufus showed up no more than 5 minutes after they did, and Charles answered the door. Rufus looked madly at him, and then turned and said that he knew Leon was here, and he was mad that Leon was mackin' on his woman. Leon was pissed, and got up, facing Rufus. He said that I was not property, and I didn't belong to Rufus. Rufus lunged at Leon, but Charles caught him before he hit Leon. He put him in a choker hold and told him that if he ever put his hands on me again, he would lose his life. He released Rufus and threw him out the door. Charles and Leon ended up spending the rest of day with me, and they also spent the night. 

Today wasn't too terribly exciting, except in the fact that Charles took me to school and Leon picked me up. I think they are both going to spend the night again tonight. I'm not too sure though. 

Man, I've been procrastinating on my homework lately. I have to read "Human Body Dynamics", AND do a research paper on the wonders of the Human Body. It's a major snore fest. On top of that, I have to finish memorizing the names to all of the 209 bones that make up the human body. Woohoo. If that isn't enough, I had to take my phone off the hook so I could concentrate. Rufus has been calling nonstop; he even filled up my answering machine! I had to shut off my cell phone even because he wouldn't stop calling. I've told him I don't know how many times to stop, but he just continues. I think at this point, I'm going to go to my dad's to get my work done.

Speaking of my dad, he hasn't stop calling me either. He must think that Rufus is going to turn around and attack me once again, which I seriously doubt. He has had Charles spend the night every night at my house just so that Rufus doesn't show up. I understand what he is doing, but I don't think it's going to make a difference either way. I mean, if he shows up, then he shows up. I just... wish my dad would stop being so overly protective of me. I am an adult, and can make my own choices. It's funny though, it's almost 9 PM, and Charles still hasn't showed up yet. Generally he's here about 8.

I think tomorrow I'm going to go look for another evening job. Working at Giant Food is okay and all, but I need a little more mu-lah, and they just won't give me the hours. Whatever. After I get my Associates in Radiology, I'll be done with that place, and I'll be able to work FULL time. Though I think I would have more money if I downgraded to a 1 bedroom apartment as opposed to two, but I love my apartment and the freedom to do what I want. I also love the fact that my guest bedroom is my sewing room as well. Charles has mentioned a few times that he feels a little uncomfortable sleeping in such girlie sheets. haha.

Well Charles just showed up, and what a surprise, Leon is tagging along once again. I guess Charles is going to sleep on the couch and Leon in the spare bedroom? I dunno. I would hate to think that Charles would be so rude as to subject Leon to that, but I don't know. Charles mentioned that he thought he had seen Rufus in the parking lot as him and Leon were heading up here. I seriously wouldn't doubt if Rufus were there, though it would be funny if he knocked and Charles answered the door. Then he'd get it. After all, Charles never got to "thank" him for cutting up my arm. Which is now scarring. What a douche. Wonder what he'll do when he learns I'm going on a date with another guy? That probably wouldn't be good. I bet he'd attempt to get Leon's phone number, address... all that good stuff just to harass him. Poor Leon. He's going to get stuck in the middle of it all.

So... today wasn't too terribly interesting, except in the fact that Rufus came crawling back to apologize.  I was over at my dad's house, and I guess he stopped by my apartment, cause Charles and Leon showed up at my dad's house with some red roses that had been left on my doorstep. I thought at first, awww, roses from Leon, how sweet, but then when I read the card, I got angry. It was all apologetic, which is so unlike Rufus. It really makes my blood boil that he would even CONSIDER coming back. The note was pathetic in itself.

"Anna,
I was wrong. I hope that you don't have any scars from what happened. And I hope you can forgive me. I love you.
- Rufus"

My dad wants to kill Rufus, which I think is kinda scaring Leon. He won't admit it, but I think it is. It would get to most anyone else, that I'm sure of.  I also wouldn't be surprised if he was having second thoughts about dating me. Oh well, if he is, I really can't tell. He stopped by briefly today with Charles to get some lunch, which I was a little mad about. Charles should have called me to tell me they were coming, that way when they showed up, I didn't look such a mess! I was SO embarrassed. Leon didn't seem to mind though, because before they left he asked me when I was free so we could go on our date. I know that I mentioned that he called yesterday and asked where I wanted to go, but we hadn't agreed on a date. So we agreed on one, and we're going out this coming Friday, to a place called Giovanni's Trattu. I've never been there, and neither has he. So, we'll see how it goes.

I really wonder what I should wear to this as well. I think a nice green top with a pair of dark blue jeans and some high heels should be good. The green will go nicely with my eyes. Now, I'll just have to find my nice coat, cause you know, it is getting cooler here in the evenings. And I don't want to be in the middle of a date and freezing my ass off.

Anyway, I'm going to go. It's nearly time for me to go to bed, and I still have some homework left to do.

Today, I was at home with Lita, trying to get some new dance moves down for our final exam (in which we are suppose to come up with a dance to a song predetermined by our professor). My brother Charles showed up with his friend, Leon. Charles got in my face about a recent attack that my boyfriend, Rufus had made on me, and I could tell by Leon's expression that he was embarrassed to be there.

Anyway, Charles told me that Rufus had been no good in the first place, that he was a womanizer from the start, and I knew that I didn't want to hear it. I turned and told Charles that it always seems like I attracted the wrong type of guy. Then, Charles asked me what happened. I told him everything. I had found out that Rufus had been cheating on me the entire time we had been together (which was like, 3 months), and I confronted him about it. He picked up a steak knife that my dad had left out on the counter, and thrust out at me with it. He hit my forearm 3 times, from where I had been protecting my face. My dad showed up just in the nick of time, and caught Rufus in the act. Rufus stopped and looked at my dad, mortified. My dad told him that if he ever showed his face around here again, My dad would kill him. Then, my dad took me to the hospital. Thankfully, I didn't need stitches, but I had to have a tetnus shot. That sucked. I had my arm wrapped up.

It felt kinda weird that Charles and his friend kinda just kept standing there while Lita and I debated possible dance moves. Then all of a sudden, Charles spoke up, as if struck by a quick thought. He told me that I should consider dating a cop. I scoffed at the idea, telling Charles that the last thing I wanted was a cop for a boyfriend. I told him that there wasn't a cop alive that would want to date "Charles little sister". They would all be too afraid of the consequences of breaking my heart. I also told him that there wasn't a cop that was good looking enough for me to date, or one that would risk their friendship with Charles to date me. That's when Leon spoke up. I thought for a moment that Charles was going to take his gun and promptly beat Leon over the head with it, judging by his reaction. But what Leon said also made me think. He said that not all cops are the same, and that I shouldn't be so harsh in my judgment. He also told me that there are cops out there that would certainly take the challenge.

I had to laugh. I asked Leon if he was one of those who was willing to "take the challenge", and he said maybe. It was weird. I mean, this is one of my brothers friends! So, I asked Leon if he wanted to go out sometime. He thought for a moment and said yes. He said that he would think about where he would take me and give me a call. Of course, I gave him my phone number. Shortly after that, he and Charles had to leave on a call. It was definitely a weird day for sure. Leon called not too long ago and asked me if I wanted to go to some fancy place for dinner tomorrow night. I'll report back how it went. This is going to be interesting.