|| Aurora ||
At Melina’s,,,,,
My gaze focus at the entrance, wondering why Brittany isn’t here yet.
Javier and I have long arrived here,,, we’ve being here since 4:15pm, now it’s 4:56pm.
“I wonder what is keeping her!” I muttered to myself.
“Aurora!!” A finger snapped in my face brought me back to reality.
Javier narrows his eyes as if trying to figure something out.
“You seem worried” he states.
“Really?”
“Yeah,,, is something bothering you?”
“No”
“Come on, you clearly have something on your mind,,, do tell me”
“It’s nothing, really”
He folds his arms across his chest and lays back on his chair.
He studies my expression, I put up a fake smile to deceive him. But I seem to be failing at it, I’m very worried about Britt and that is something I can’t hide.
“Aurora, tell me the truth, tell me what is bothering you”
Ok,,, I guess I will have to tell him the truth.
“Well,,, I’m supposed to be meeting my friend here 26mins ago, but she still isn’t here, I’m scared something might be wrong”
He frowns.
“Wait,,,, hold up a sec,,, I thought we came here because you wanted to make it up to me”
Uh-oh,,, bursted!
I blinked innocently and shows him my cutest puppy eyes.
“Well,,, it’s,,, you know,,,”
“I don’t know, tell me”
“Taking you out is the only way I could leave the mansion effortlessly”
He bangs his hand on the table light and narrowed his eyes down at me.
“So,,, you tricked me again!”
“Kinda” I blinked innocently.
He falls back on his chair, clinging to his heart.
“Funk! I feel so used”
I chuckle.
“Sorry”
“You just broke my heart!” He huffed and look away from me.
I stand up and went to his side, I pinched his cheeks gently.
“Awwwn,,, is wittle Javier angry?”
“Of course, I am!”
“What will I do to make you forgive me?”
He stays silent and did a little thinking.
“How about we visit our favorite place tomorrow?”
“That’s your price?”
“Yeah,,,?”
“Ok,, but,,, ”
“Rora?!” Britt’s voice cuts me off.
I turn and see Brittany, she look so worn out. I quickly rush to her and take her into my arms.
“Ow!” She winces.
I pull away from her with a frown.
“Are you injured?”
She nods.
“Come on, let’s sit down first”
I lead her back to our table and help her sit down.
She looks at me, confusion clearly stated in her eyes.
“Oh, let me introduce you,,,, Britt, meet Javier, the General’s younger brother and my only friend in the mansion”
I turn to Javier.
“Meet Britt, my best, best friend”
Javier stretches his hand and shakes Britt’s.
“Hello, nice to meet you” he said.
“Same here”
Then there is an awkward silence,,, I guess that’s what happens when two strangers meet.
“So,,, I’mma gonna go to the restroom” Javier said.
I tell he’s tryna give us some privacy.
“Ok,,, take your time, please”
He nods and leaves.
I turn back to Britt and take her hand in mine.
“Britt, what happened? What did Eric do?”
Her eyes turns red.
“He has been lying to me, Rora!” She said in a broken voice.
“He has been lying about what?”
Tears starts rolling down her cheeks.
“All these years, I have put so much trust in him,,, I believed him and him wholeheartedly,,, but Eric took me for granted,,, he has been lying to my face,,, ”
She sobs, I rub her shoulder gently.
“What did he lie about?”
“I walked in on him with a woman,,, they,, they,,,,, ”
She couldn’t complete her sentence.
“Have you talked to him? Who knows,,, what you saw might just be a misunderstanding”
“I did,,, he said he owes me no explanation,, and when I pushed it too hard he slapped me and left,,, ”
I bang on the table.
“That bastard! I have always suspected he’s an unfaithful dog! And besides who gave him to right to slap you!”
“The woman came by later and told me she’s pregnant for him,,, that’s why I didn’t come early as planned,,,,, Rora, I’m so heartbroken,
Why did Eric do this to me, I love him,,, I love him so much”
She sobs harder. I put my chair closer to hers and hug her.
“Don’t worry,,, I will make Eric come back and beg you,,, also he isn’t worth your tears.
Don’t waste your precious tears on a dog like him,,, just let him go,,, take a look at yourself in the mirror, you are young, beautiful and sexy, any man would kill to have you by their sides.
So Eric is a fool,, a big fool and trust me he doesn’t know what he’s lost”
She didn’t stop crying,,,
“But I love him, I don’t think I can forget about him”
“Of course you will forget about him soon,,, there are better men than him in the world”
I continue telling her encouraging words as she sobs.
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|| Javier ||
“Javier!” Someone called as I step out of the restroom.
I raise my head and see my friend, Maxwell.
“Max?”
We quickly did our bro handshake, bumping our shoulders.
“Jesus! Max, what are you doing in New York? I thought you were in Japan”
“I came back for my grandma’s funeral”
I take a step back and view him.
“Man, you’ve changed” I said.
“You too, I couldn’t recognize you at first sight”
“Are you serious?”
“Yeah, I mean I saw you sitting over there”
He points towards Aurora.
“I saw you sitting with your girlfriend but I wasn’t sure it was you, until you stood up and head here that I confirmed it was you”
We shared a laugh.
“Well, it’s good to see you, how is your wife and kid?” I asked.
“They are fine but I left them in Japan, my wife just had our second child,, she can’t go through the stress”
“Wow! You have your second child already?!”
“Yeah!”
“Ok, it’s official,,, I really need to get married now”
We laughed, he turns and look at Aurora. She is saying something to her friend, it’s obvious she is trying to cheer her friend up.
“Your girlfriend is hot,,, what are you waiting for, hurry up and propose”
I look at Aurora and smile, I wish she is my girlfriend.
“She is not my girlfriend!” I told him.
He frowns and give me the ” really” kinda look.
“We are just friends”
“But I think you make a perfect match and I know you think of her not just as a friend”
He’s right.
I know I like Aurora but I want to be sure of what I’m feeling,,, I want to know if what I’m feeling for her is romantic or platonic.
“You better make a move on her before someone else snatches her from you” he advised me.
“I heard you,,, but I need to leave now, maybe we can catch up some other time”
“Yeah, take care, bro”
“You too”
Then we parted, he went back to his table and I head back to Aurora and her friend.