"Bryne told me you were sick so I came over" Laura sits on the bed."What's today?" Shit! I clutch my belly and close my eyes in pain."Today is Sunday, it's already three pm""Fuck!" I try go sit up but it only worsens the pain. I can't believe I slept that long, I missed my first photo shoot, not that I was going to participate but I really wanted to tell Mr Liendor that I'm quitting."Derrick?""Bryne spoke to him already. Are you feeling better?""Yes, I'm fine, I was just feeling nauseous yesterday. What did he tell Derrick?""That you quit, he sent a mail to Liendor"."Oh, better" I sigh. "The girls were here earlier but they left so they won't wake you up. Bailey I'm worried""About?""Bryne said you vomited yesterday and now it looks like you're in a hell of pain, I don't know, could you be pregnant""Pregnant?" No no no! That can't be possible. "It's not possible" I muster all the strength I have and I sit up, resting my back on the headboard."Shit!" I draw in a breath. "I c
"Are you sure about this?" I glance at Laura "No" she carelessly answers. "What!" I stare wide-eyed at her. You see the thing about Laura, she can make very rash decisions and till now I don't know why I even agreed to this. "Chill out okay? Come on let's go" She opens the door of her car and looks over at me waiting for me to do the same.I take a deep breath before leaving the car. I check my phone for a message from Bryne, seeing none, I adjust my clothes and walk into the building, behind Laura. Everything looks so different here to me, maybe owing to the fact that I'm a nervous wreck right now. Laura leads me through a waiting room where dozens of women are seated, straight to a door which she knocks once.The nasty looks I saw on the faces of these women is just out of this world. Not that I should really care but I'm glad I'm with Laura, Laura gives me this heavenly boldness that I can't explain.She knocks once on the door before going in. "Hey Bill" Laura interrupts the
‘You see, it didn’t go as bad as you thought’. Laura leans on her car and draws in a breath. “That was a bit intense, thanks Laura” I study her face carefully, the careless strands of hair sweeping all over her face as the breeze softly passes by, if only Laura would let go of so much bitterness and anger inside her. If only! I’d be happier if she could let go and be happy genuinely, the only thing I wish for since my happiness has also been her concern. She pushes the strands of hair out of her face and tug them behind her ear, putting on a more serious look instead of the carefree one that suited her best. “I’m going to see my m-mom” Her voice falters a bit and she bends her head down. So much pain! “Can I come wi–“ “No”. She interrupts me almost too quickly. “I’ll drop you off at home” she adds. I understand how painful it is for her to see her mom live that way, I can’t say I understand her pain, but I can say I understand how it feels to lose something and you have no control
I close my eyes and just let a generous amount of air fill my lungs, I’ll be so happy when this getting a job phase is finally over and I know I’m always making so much sacrifices in my career for Bryne but what can I do, what can I do when I’m just so deeply in love with him. I know this may sound cliché and I’m probably the most stupid person to do that but most times we just have to fold our arms and think of the things we do for love and I’m okay with making such sacrifices as far as it isn’t one sided. I stash some dollar notes, my phone and some mints into my purse and leave the house. I need to go to Endi agency today, I need to speak with Mr Liendior at least because if I don’t, I’d seem rude. I get into my car and step on the gas. Today I’m just in a mood to overthink everything. Not really everything, but Baddie particularly. And though I feel some kind of attachment, some kind of familiarity already, I’d like to think it as the thrill of having someone from the same root
BRYNE There’s so much I’m thankful for. I open the door for my mom and I help her out of the car. Today is Thanksgiving and we’re spending the day at Bailey’s mom’s place. “It’s been more than two years since I’ve been in Greenville” my mom adjusts her dress and smiles widely. “Bryne” Bailey runs to me and throws herself on me. I hook my arms round her waist and close my eyes. I’ve missed her so much. She pulls away and looks at me deeply, so deep that my heart is already melting. “Happy Thanksgiving, I’ve missed you Rhino” she whispers and kisses my lips softly. My mom clears her throat and Bailey steps away from me looking already flustered. “Happy thanksgiving Bailey, it’s been long” my mom pulls her for a hug. “Happy thanksgiving to you too mom” Bailey says and they pull away from their hug. “Thanks for taking care of Bryne, even though he’s a jerk sometimes” my mom tries to whisper the last part but I still heard her. “Thanks too mom, I know he can be annoying sometimes
BAILEY Bryne looks at me and I know what he’s thinking, Jordan hasn’t gotten over Audrey and I don’t think he’d ever get over her. Audrey’s eyes land on Jordan and for a second her eyes widen and she pauses in surprise. She looks away almost too quickly and turns to speak to her mom. Jordan eyes is still fixed on Audrey and I look back and forth between Audrey and Jordan. God! This situation is amusing and I think it’s amusing to Bryne too. “You know what Jordan, you’ve been eye-glued to Audrey since she got here, just cut the drama and go talk to her” Jordan actually takes his eyes off Audrey for the first time since she got here and looks at me after I say that. “Yeah man, it’s obvious you still love her” “Do you think she’ll want to talk to me?” Jordan asks “Yes” I pat Jordan on the back “Oh, that’s great because I won’t talk to her!” Jordan turns around and Bryne looks at me with an equally confused expression. “What’s wrong with you Jordan, sometimes you just need to let
"Don't get all like that on me Jordan" I laugh and I'm sure he's rolled his eyes already."Bailey" "Oh my God! Aunty K" I turn around and hug my aunt very tightly and she laughs. "I've missed you, where did you hide yourself" The last time I saw her was when I was about to start college, I miss her so much. She once lived with us during our childhood and she helped me with so many things, I used to call her my elder sister then because she looked young, she still looks young though."Too tight" she pats my back and I loosen my grip on her."I missed you too Lee, you're all big now, look at you" she pulls away from me to have a better look at my body. "I always knew you were going to have beautiful curves"Bryne walks past us and sits beside Jordan on the table."You have a lot of talking to do, first about that hot guy" she whispers We walk to the table and she goes to talk to my mom. I sit directly in front of Bryne and Audrey is beside me. "You didn't tell me Jordan was going to
Bryne gives me the last plate and I put into the plate rack. He didn't let Kara and I do the dishes, he insisted that we do it together. Kara already left the kitchen a while ago because she couldn't stand seeing us get all 'lovey', little Devil!"My mom and I are staying at my dad's place here, we won't go back to Charleston till next week. I can't get enough privacy with you when she's around" Bryne leans on the sink beside me. "We'll figure that out, we'll try not to be loud" I chuckle and he folds his arm smiling."How possible is that" he quirks his brow up and I roll my eyes"I'll try to be less loud" I add "The whole weekend is just for us, no fighting, just us" he intertwine his fingers with mine and drops a light kiss on my hand. "Come on, we're done here, let's go"He leads me out to the living room where my mom, Ms Kendall and Audery's mom are. "Mom, I'll be leaving now" Bryne says"Okay sweetie, I'll be staying with Ms Halsey this night, the three moms' are having a than