"Hi, Jord what's up?"
Kat asked as she answered the phone.
"Hey, bestie are you home?"
"Yes, I just got home."
"Okay I am coming over"
"What I thought you will be spending today with Kel?"
Katrina asked bewildered she didn't like the tone of his voice.
"What happened Jordan?"
"Kelvin and I broke up." He said
"Oh my God Jord are you okay what happened?" She asked stunned.
I don't wanna talk about it on the phone that's why I am coming over do you have alcohol in the fridge or should I get on my way there?" He asked
"Jord you know you can't drink on weekdays."
"I will get some on my way."
He said ignoring what she said and hung up before she could reply. The sadness in his voice made her sad as well. Jordan was usually a cheerful person. He rarely let his sadness or emotions get the better of him, he had always been the rational and realistic one of the two of them.
"Poor Jord." Katrina thought out loud.
Katrina wanted to just take her bath and go straight to bed, try not to overthink what happened earlier in the day. But Jord needs her right now. She quickly took her bath, looked for a series that they both enjoy, place the beer she had on the small table close to the TV. Just then she heard the lock on her for click. Jord knew her password so she didn't have to go open the door for him.
When he walked him the look on his face made Katrina sad. He looked lost. Jordan has been dating Kelvin for almost three years now to hear that they broke up just like that seem so foreign to her ear. Yeah they had fights but they always work it out and she only gets to hear about it after they have settled.
"Jordan" she called when he stood in one spot with beer and chicken in his hands.
"He broke up with me Kat."
He said with a broken voice. She hurried over and hugged him.
"It's will be fine Jord. I promise." Katrina said tearing up at the sight of her strong bestie crying
Jordan has never been the crying type for him to be shedding tears means he was hurt.
" I am so sorry Jord."
"No, don't apologize you didn't do a thing. That jerk should be the one apologizing," he said cleaning his eyes and trying to stop his tears.
"I should go knock him over,"
Kat said. With much seriousness, she would go over and knock him down.
"He is not here anymore Kat, except you wanna travel to Australia to knock his ass off."
"What? So you mean he came back just to tell you it's over?" Kat asked getting even angrier.
"Yup, apparently all these while he has been traveling often he had been gradually moving out of New York. He only came to tell me he is done and that he wasn't gonna be around anymore. That's not even the painful part. Kat, he got married while we were still dating." He explained crying even harder.
Katrina hugged him closer she didn't know what to say to make him feel better.
"I don't even know what to say Jord," she finally said after a long silence.
"This is f*ck up."
"I know right, I gave Kelvin my all, I never knew he could do this to me. Never knew someone who claimed to love me would ditch me for someone else." Jord said pain lacing his every word.
"I can't tell you it will be fine right now but you know it will be right? Jord you are a good guy, good things happen to good people so this will pass. You can get through this I promise."
"I know, but it's so painful. I thought Kelvin was mine forever. I built my life around him these past three years it will be so hard to just let it all go now yet I have to let it go cuz what am I even gonna hold on to? He didn't just leave, he got married. Said he was starting a new life with his partner and he didn't want any past relationship to be in the way. Kat, he called our relationship past even before we broke up. I asked him how long it has been going on and he said since last year. So for the past one year, I have been dating myself."
"It's okay, let's go to the sitting room. We got all night to talk about it."
"Am I allowed to drink my beer?" He asked.
Typical Jordan, he always finds a way to make a joke even in the saddest situations.
"Of course you can, you just have to deal with the hangover at work tomorrow or you can call in sick."
"I already told the team leader I not coming in for the rest of the week. And surprisingly he understands."
"Okay, then what are we waiting for? Let's dive in."
Kat replied. Happy that his sadness has gone down a little.
"No, lady I do the drinking you do the watching, or you think because I am heartbroken that I have forgotten you have some explanations to make? No way Kat."
Katrina laughed and pull her best friend to the sitting room.
"We can talk about me some other time Jord but today it's about you."
"Okay, you just have to watch me get drunk then cuz I don't want you to drink since you have to go to work tomorrow or your boss might fire you. He said.
"Don't worry, he won't." She replied.
"Ohh, where did that confidence come from?" He questioned.
"Can we just start the heartbreak party already? I am dying to taste to chicken."
Kat replied opening the chicken box and pulling one out for each of them.
For the first twenty minutes, they just ate and drank in silence. The silence, a comfortable and calming one.
"I wished this happened on a weekend we would have hone climbing instead of sitting here and eating like two teenagers," Jordan said breaking the silence.
Kat smiled not saying anything.
"We can still do it this weekend, what do you say, Kat?"
" I can't Jord I am sorry."
"Why?" he asked frowning.
"Well, by this time Thursday I will be in California." She replied.
"For?" He asked dropping the beer he was holding and facing her.
"Business trip, a one-week-long business trip then after that another two or three weeks in Arizona for Lilac's wedding." She explained.
"So you are not even gonna be here to watch my heartbroken moments," he said laughing. The laughter laced with sadness. He seemed pretty wasted already.
"I thought we will be going to Arizona together?" He questioned.
"Yeah that's what I thought too but Lucas had other plans." She replied
"I am sorry Jord."
"No, don't say sorry you didn't do anything wrong. I will be fine don't you worry and have a great time in California."
"I wish." She replied.
She wanted to tell him about what happened with Lucas at the office today but she opt not to, he already had enough to deal with she didn't wanna bother him with her shits.
"I am spending the next couple of days with you then. I am gonna bother you as much as I can till you leave," he said pouting.
"I don't mind." She replied.
They spent the rest of the night drinking and talking about their past and other stuff.
"When do you plan on coming in for work Kat?"Lucas voiced out as soon as she picked the call, she knew she shouldn't have drunk last night, she checked the time and it was about five-thirty and she did a retake to make sure she heard him right, why would he expect her to be at work by five-thirty am?"Hello, sir it's five-thirty in the morning why will I be at work already?""I know the time, we had an agreement remember?""What agreement and why does it involve me coming to work early,""Can't, don't you remember?""Remember what?"Katrina asked, she was feeling so low, hangovers were the worst shits to deal with and hers was always extreme, this is why you shouldn't have drunk. She mentally scolded herself while trying hard to remember what she and Lucas had talked about but nothing was clicking."Did you have an anemia cuz I sent you a text last night to get here early today and told you that I will get the driver to come to pick you up bu
Lucas watched her sleep, they both had work to do but he just didn't want to wake her, she looked beautiful even while sleeping, why was he just noticing her beauty, well not totally though, he had known she was a pretty woman from the moment she had come for the interview six years ago, back then he had thought she won't last a week with him cuz she looked so fragile and vulnerable but she had proved him wrong by withstanding him and even sticking to him for so long, she is hardworking and very efficient, she rarely made mistakes and when she does, she fixes it in no time, he wasn't sure he can work with someone else at this point, cuz she is the only one who can take all his shit without complaining.Before she came to work for him, he had over fifteen Secretaries who either quit or are fired by him, she is the only one who had worked for him for a year and above, it has been six whole years. The thought that she had considered quitting at a point didn't sit well with h
"What did you just say?"She asked in shock, she must have heard him wrongly, there is no way he just said what she heard."Kat, no need to raise your voice, hear me out first,""I am not raising my voice, I may have heard you wrongly that's why I am asking,""You heard what I said, I am asking you to be my girlfriend,"He said again, this time she was sure she heard him right, did he like her? Why will wanting her to be his girlfriend be a favor to ask, he could have just asked, she suspected there is more to this but it didn't stop her lovesick heart from doing a little, Nah scrap that, her heart did a major jump for joy but she felt she needed to hear everything he wanted to say first before all these dancing or jumping for joy."I don't understand, your girlfriend?""No need to look so disgusted or dismayed Kat, I am not in love with you or anything, I just need your help to...She couldn't hear the other part of what he was saying, her ea
"Come again, I didn't quite get what you said?"He said and she repeated herself "Lucas asked me to be his girlfriend,"She said much louder."Wow, girl, that so nice, wow, your dreams finally came true, he exclaimed with much excitement, too much excitement for someone who claimed not to like her boss. "You don't look happy about it though,"He said after a while when she didn't smile or react to his congratulations. "Well, that's just one part of it,""Well, spill girl"He replied even more concentrated "Well, the thing is he asked me to be his girlfriend for a week, not a real girlfriend but like a fake,"She said and trailed off when he gave her a pissed look."What the fuck Katrina Elizabeth Jones, tell me you didn't agree to that, I'mma go and wipe that mudafuckers ass right now, who does he think he is and why will he make such foolish request,""Calm down, Jord, and hear me out."."I finna wanna go and
Katrina woke up with a start, she had not slept well last night though she had gone to bed early, she had been toasting and turning in bed and had given up at a point and just ended up doing some work on her laptop which had not been easy cuz her mind kept going back to the event of the day and also the upcoming trip she was both excited and scared. She sluggishly got up from the bed and headed to the restroom, brushed her teeth, and washed her face before coming back into the room to put finishing touches to the stuff she had arranged the previous evening for her travel. Thankfully, she just had her period and it would be until early next month before it would come again but she still made sure to pack pads just in case. Not wanting to wake Jordan up, she tried to move her stuff to the living area as quietly as she could, the time was just past five am and she still had a lot of time since they usually use an eleven am flight every time they traveled, bookings for flight usua
"Do we need to do this?" She asked again for the fifth if not hundredth time and Lucas decided that she is one daring woman, she has been asking the same question over and over again and he wanted to seal that pretty mouth of hers with his, knowing that if he did that she would run away and not look back helped him keep his senses. They were at a boutique and she has been asking the same question with every new clothing she tried on."Yes, baby,"He replied which made her cringe."Stop calling me that," she mouthed over the lady fitting her dress, he laughed and shook his head.When he had woken up this morning he had wanted to wait till she come to him herself but the thought of her changing her mind had driven him out of the house and towards hers, though he had met a shocker there, he didn't know she lived together with the weird guy from the designing team, he knew they were friends but he didn't know they were that closed, he wanted to ask her why they
"Wow, this is one thing I love about these trips, the food,"Katrina said, savoring the food, they were on the plane, she had waited three hours more before she could eat, it was already past eleven am, this was the longest she had stayed without food in a while and she didn't want to repeat the experience. "Sorry it took so long for you to eat, I know how hungry you were,""I can tell you that you don't know the half of it, but it's cool, and I am just gonna get used to you saying sorry and also being sweet to me,"She replied before stuffing her mouth with food, whoever prepared this food needs a pay raise because God damn it they were doing a superb job."Once again I should defend myself that I have always been a sweet and nice boss,"Lucas said and Katrina eyed him before stuffing her mouth with food again."What? I am saying the truth and you know that,"He defended. "I didn't say anything though,""Yeah, you didn't but your
"Kat, Kat,"He called trying to wake her up but she must be very tired cuz she just makes a few noises and went straight back to sleep, he didn't want to wake her up but he had no choice, they were landing soon, and she needed to be seated."Baby, you need to wake you," he whispered into her ears but she just shook off his hand and continued sleeping, she is hard to wake, he knew it already, that's why he had decided to wake her an hour before landing."Yo! Wake up sleeping princess he whispered closed to ears but she just scratched him off again."Come on Katrina wake up or I am gonna kiss you," he voiced his face moving close to hers that he could feel her breath on his face.She jumped up and their face meet his lips touching hers, she moved off him in seconds."What are you doing?" She asked staring at him with sleep-dazed eyes."Hmm, isn't that obvious? I was trying to wake you up," He replied getting off the bed."You could have ju