Laura:
Howie and I spent the day at the beach for a while, just enjoying each other’s company. I was so glad to be back in his arms, after not seeing him for almost 6 months. Though we’d call each other every time we got a chance to do so.
We headed back to my apartment around 5:30 pm. We got home and went inside and sat on the couch in the living room.
"When are we going back to the states?" I asked, while I leaned against his shoulder.
"In about a week, why?"
"Just wondering." I sighed. I wanted to spend more time with him, but I also wanted to go back and see everyone else. Though I knew we would in a week, but still. When you don’t see your best friends for almost 6 months, you start to really miss them and everything.
"What’s wrong?" Howie asked.
"Hmm? Oh, nothing. I just was wondering, that’s all."
"No, I know you Laura. There’s something you want. Tell me, it’s ok"
"Well, I want to spend more time with you and everything. I want to spend more than a week with you, just you and me. But I also want to see AJ, Brian, Kevin, Nick, Dani, Amanda, Kristin, and even Becca, because I haven’t seen them in almost 6 months. But waiting an extra week is fine."
"Do you want to go now?"
"No, because I want to spend time with you. Ok, this is confusing, I know. Sorry."
"Laura, we have about 2 months off, and I’ll spend almost every day of that with you. And we’ll have a lot of alone time. If you want to go now, we can go now."
"But you just flew all the way here a day ago to be with me."
"Like I said, if you want to go see them, tell me, and I’ll set it up to go now."
"You would do that for me?"
"Of course! I’d do anything for you, you know that right?"
"Yeah, I do. You know something, Howie?"
"What’s that?"
"You’re the best boyfriend I’ve ever had, and I love you for everything that you do and you are." I gushed.
"Well, I love you for everything too. So, when would you like to go? Tonight, or tomorrow morning?"
"Hmm...." Before I could finish my thoughts, the phone rang. I picked up the phone that was sitting on the couch and turned it on.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Hey Laura."
"Hey Dani, what’s up?"
"Not much. Is Howie there?"
"Yeah, he is."
"Do you mind if I talk to him real quick?"
"Nope, here he is." I handed the phone to Howie.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Hey Howie, how’s everything going down there in Australia?"
"Pretty good. What’s up?"
"Well, I have some good news, but bad for Nick."
"What happened?"
"Well, Nick was at the mall earlier today, and he saw Becca there with this guy. He thought it was just one of her friends. But Felicia noticed the guy as her ex-boyfriend, and Becca as the girl who he cheated on her with. So, Becca has been cheating on Nick, and he broke up with her finally. So, he needs some support. He’s not answering his phone at the moment. I just thought you’d like to know."
"Well, I guess we were right that she was using him. That’s really bad. He shouldn’t have had to find out like that. Do you want Laura and I to come home?"
"You don’t have to, I just wanted to tell you so you’d know what was going on when you got back."
"Well, actually Laura wants to go home early, so we might leave tomorrow."
"Ok, cool. Well, I gotta go. AJ wants to go out. I’ll talk to you later. Tell Laura I said bye."
"Will do. Bye Dani, thanks for letting me know."
"No prob. Bye."
Howie hung up the phone and looked at me.
"Well, Becca cheated on Nick, and they broke up and it looks as if Nick isn’t doing that well. So, there’s a perfect reason to go home early." He informed me.
"Ok, so when do we leave?"
"How ‘bout tonight?"
"Yeah, that’s fine with me."
"Ok, go pack and I’ll call the airport."
"Ok." I kissed him and got up and went into my room. Getting my suit case out and started packing.
Steph:
I went to Felicia’s after work to see what she was doing and if she wanted to go out. I knocked on her door and waited for her to answer. I heard the lock unlock and the door slowly open. She barely opened it, and peeked through the crack.
"Hey."
"Hi Steph." She sounded horse.
"Can I come in?" Normally she opened the door more, but not tonight.
"Um, yeah sure." She opened the door and walked inside. I followed her to the kitchen, where she was making coffee. I sat on the stool that was at the little island in her kitchen.
"What some coffee?" She asked.
"Sure."
"Ok." She sounded sad and tired.
"Felicia, is something wrong?"
"Hmm, oh no, nothings wrong." She looked at me this time, and I saw that she had been crying. Something I normally never saw with her.
"Oh my god Felicia. Why are you crying?"
"Just a bad day. And I can’t seem to stop." She let a tear fall.
"But you never cry. Something had to have happened."
"Nick. He came to visit me at work today, well he actually just bumped into me. And I offered to hang with him on my break. But we saw Becca and Bret together. He found out that she had been cheating on him and I was the one who told him."
"What? Becca was cheating on him? With who?"
"Bret." She whispered.
"Oh my god. That bitch! I can’t believe her!"
"Yeah, well it happened."
"Are you going to be ok?"
"Yeah, I’ll be fine. Just let me calm down, forget today and I’ll be fine."
"Ok."
We talked, then sat in her living room, watching old re-runs and drinking our coffee. I stayed there all night, to see if she was going to be ok....
