Nicole laid on the ground next to Grace watching the sky, she had so much fun today and it felt like her world was perfect again even though it was just an illusion, still, it was better than how she felt a few days ago, this is why she liked having Grace around, nothing beats having fun with someone you like, if she was into women, she knew she would never be alone because Grace would be one caring lover."Wait, that reminds me, you said you are going to bring your boyfriend over so that we can meet, you didn't bring him,"She accused looking at Grace who smiled weakly and looked away, the smile, held some form of sadness."We broke up,""What? Why?"Nicole asked getting off the ground and facing her friend, who had tears in her eyes, she felt like a bad friend, she dragged Grace around town not knowing how sad she was."Hey, Grace, don't cry,""I am fine, I just, it wasn't meant to be', and well, I haven't cried since it happened, you asking makes it so emotional.""I feel like a ba
"Your friend is still around?"Hee mom asked and she smiled."Yes, she would leave by Monday morning, she schools at Harvard,""Wow, she must be very intelligent,""Yes, she is,""I can tell by the way she introduced herself, I like her.Her mother responded, everyone liked Grace, even Rafael had liked her, Grace is someone no one can hate and Nicole was glad she had her as a friend."Mom, I have to leave again, Grace and I are going window shopping, I will see you later,"She said and got up after hugging her mom."Alright, take care,"Her mom responded and she left to get Grace who have been in her room all day."Grace, let's go window shopping, we can't just stay in the house all day,"Grace looked up from her phone, she smiled."I don't want to,""You don't have a choice, now get your ass off that bed, I already told mom we are going out,""You are such a bully,""Yes I am, I am your big sister remember, I can bully you,"She replied laughing."Wow, big sister, I like that, I neve
The next morning, Nicole woke up early and hurriedly finished the present she had for Grace as a thank you gift for being with her and cheering her on, by six am, she was done, she quickly ran back to the room where Grace was just waking up, she couldn't believe just how close she and Grace have become, when just a few short of a year ago, they were just passing stranger, she hoped in the new year which is just a month away, they will be closer, she won't be able to bear it if she loses Grace as a friend."Huh, good morning Nicole, why are you standing there and looking at me as if I am your whole world?"Grace asked getting off the bed and yawning."That's because you are, if you leave me, I don't think I can ever get over it, let's be friends for a long, long, time, Grace,""Aww, of cause you are stuck with me for life,""That's good to know, it's past six already, you should take a bath, and eat breakfast fast before you leave,""Yes, ma'am,"She responded getting off the bed, whil
Nicole spent the whole week preparing for her trip to New York, she and Grace agreed to meet in New York then after the party, they would go to Boston together, Nicole wanted to visit Grace's school and all, she already knew it would be fun, her mother had looked happy when she told her she was going to New York, maybe because that was the first time she has ever said that, she hardly travel except from the trips she went when she was married to Rafael, this would be her first time of leaving Florida since their divorce, by Wednesday, Nicole had everything ready, she choose to travel a day before the main event to enable her rest, currently, she sat in her room going over everything that she has put in place, not for the actual party but after it with Grace, she hasn't spoken to Aron since after that day they went in search of a good place for the exhibition, she felt bad but like Grace said, she didn't really know him that much to be so trusting, not that she still didn't think he wa
Rafael, looked around the huge party hall, he hasn't been to a party in a while but he couldn't turn down this invitation which is why he was here, as always he felt out of place and wanted to be anywhere but here, a lot of people have stopped by to say hello to him, people he knew and didn't know, he didn't like that so much attention was coming his way, yet he saw it coming, it always happens every events he attend but he didn't have a choice, Lucas was a good business partner and he had to be around for the opening of his new hotel, even though they have been rivals in acquiring this particular property, and he had lost it to Lucas, he saw Lucas as a friendly competition, one of the few business men he respected that's why when Lucas had invited him, he couldn't turn him down, which is why he was here, he caught a late flight in his private jet to New York and would be leaving when the party is over, he didn't plan on staying in New York he looked around for Caleb who said he woul
He walked out of the huge party hall, more people were starting to enter and the place was getting filled, he wanted the party to be over and done with so that he can go back home, he wasn't up for the fake smile and fake pleasantries being exchanged by obvious rivals here."We are about to start, can everyone make their way inside the auditorium please,"He heard the MC say, barely two minutes after he got out, he rolled his eyes and walked back inside, he sat with a group of people whose face he didn't recognize, he saw Josie the lady Caleb had introduced to him earlier wave at him, he waved back with a smile, he couldn't deny her beauty even though Nicole still remained the most beautiful woman he has ever met, he looked around just to be sure he had imagined her here earlier, at first it was looking like it until he spotted her again at the far end, his heart leaped but it came crashing when he saw him again, the man she had been kissing at the studio that day, they were really a
"I don't know what you want from me Rafael, I don't think you have a right to tell me who I should or should not be with, we don't have that kind of a relationship anymore and right now, you are acting like I did something bad, I am allowed to move on aren't I? like what's your expectation? do you expect me to hold on to the past forever? we were married, we were happy, shits happened and you decided to end things, I went through hell because of it, and right now, you saying such things to me is making me think maybe you wanted me to be unhappy forever, I am sorry to disappoint you Rafael, but I can and I will be happy even if you don't want me to! like I said before, you have no right whatsoever over me, better to remember that,"Nicole said and took a deep breath to calm herself, the nerve of him to talk her down, they haven't been together for months now and he expect her to remain sad, he must be joking, even though his assumption of her relationship with Aron was wrong, she had n
The next morning, she was up early and got to the airport just in time to catch her flight to Boston, Grace was waiting for her at the airport."You came, you came,"She let out in excitement when she saw her, Nicole smiled, she missed her friend for just this short week that she wasn't around, they shared a hug and Grace took her home to her apartment which was close to the Uni."It feels so surreal to have you here with me in Boston,"Grace said as they lay in her bed in her apartment, she shared the apartment with two other students who were currently not around, according to Grace, they weren't really close so she didn't know much about them, the house was not big but it was the perfect student home, she never experienced this because she had gone to school from home, she wished she had the courage back then to move out and live close to campus but she had been a shy cat."I met Rafael,"Nicole announced, she couldn't keep it in anymore, it's had been nagging in her mind since she