"Chris, I am so stupid! I have lost Peter Pencraft!" Ruth cried out as she buried her face into a pillow.
"Ruth, calm down and tell me what happened!" Christine said rolling her eyes.
"You don't understand, I had him. He was talking to me and then I slurped! Babe, I embarrassed myself so much, I think he hated me now!" She added dramatically.
Christine dropped the papers she had been reading and moved onto the bed where Ruth was hitting her chest like a woman who had lost her husband.
"When did you meet him?" She asked patiently.
Ruth wiped her tears and stared up at her friend with a pout. "We met at the club last night..."
"When I was waiting outside or before then?" Christine had kept a good eye on Ruth throughout the time they were at the club. The only time she had lost track of her was when she went to the bathroom and was delayed at the bar.
"You were outside and I went to the bar... He came and then I was drunk. I was giggling like some fool!" She exclaimed slapping a hand to her forehead. "I am sure he has thrown away the card I gave to him!"
A small smile appeared on Christine's face. Ruth could be so dramatic but this was the wrong time to remind her of this.
"Okay listen, just relax. I am sure he will call you," Christine said patting her on the back
"He won't—" she didn't even finish rebuking it when her cell phone started ringing. She threw her eyes to the device and she saw a strange new number.
"Oh my God! Do you think he's the one?" She asked as she picked up the phone and swiped the reply icon.
"Hello," she said in a sweet voice she had cultured over time.
"Good afternoon, this is Alexander... We met last night, how are you?"
Ruth jumped off the bed and covered the mouthpiece of the phone as she screamed. "Fuck! Chris, he is the one!" She jumped in excitement.
Christine laughed at her friend's reaction and got up to give her some kind of privacy. "Have fun!" She mouthed as she walked out of the room.
"I am fine... I am great. How about you?" Ruth finally replied to the handsome man on the other end of the phone.
"We couldn't really talk last night, I was hoping we could meet up later this week for lunch perhaps. If that's fine with you of course," Alex added.
"Sure. Why not?" Ruth let out as her excitement got the better of her. Going on a date with someone as huge as Alexander Pencraft was going to place her on the top of the list among her peers.
"Okay then. I will text you the address by Friday," he said in his usually calm voice. "Do have a lovely day," he added before ending the call.
"Chris!" Ruth screamed the moment she dropped the call. "Chris where are you?" She ran out of her room and went to Christine's room.
Christine dropped her papers one more time and stared at her friend expectantly. "What did he say?"
"He wants us to go on a date!" She cried out.
"That's a nice step. You see, you were worrying over nothing," Christine said with a small smile.
"Oh my God! I need to go shopping for a new dress and change my hair!" Ruth said.
Christine shrugged and was about to return her focus to the papers in front of her when Ruth snatched the papers from her. "What makes you think I am done with you? Young lady, you are coming with me! And right now!" She snapped.
A small frown grew on Christine's face as she tried to get back her papers from her friend. "Ruth, stop it. I have to prepare for this interview," she said.
"Come on! Don't you ever get a break from all of this hard work?!" She asked swinging the papers she had snatched from Christine in the air.
"No, I don't And I can't. Your dad sent me a mail earlier. He wants me to be the project manager in your company. The interview is tomorrow. I have to prepare Ruth, I can't miss this opportunity."
Ruth stopped playing with the papers and dropped them on the table. "Oh," she exclaimed softly. "I didn't know they needed a project manager," She said thoughtfully and then her face burst into a huge smile as she pulled Christine into a hug.
"Congratulations! You have the job already! I will speak to my dad. You have nothing to worry about. Now come on, you need to come with me to the boutique," Ruth said.
Christine shook her head and wondered how she had become friends with Ruth in the first place. "Ruth I am sorry but I can't go. I know you can speak to your dad and he can put in a word or two. But I really want to merit this position. Please let me just prepare for this, I promise I'll make it up to you some other time."
Ruth was a spoilt princess. She had the luxury of just sitting around and doing nothing without having to worry about rent or food. Her parents had more than enough money but not Christine. She had to take care of herself and if she let Ruth lead her around like this she would have herself to blame.
Ruth dropped her mouth into a pout. "You owe me big time Christine!" She said. "You are the one who has always wanted me to date a responsible guy. Now that I have seen one who is not only responsible but rich too, you want to abandon me?"
"I am not abandoning you. I am just not available at the moment and I have promised to make it up to you, okay?" Christine retorted.
Ruth took a deep breath and ran a hand through her hair. "Fine, I will let you get away this time. But next time, there will be no turning back!" She said before waltzing out of the room.
"Ruth, guess what?" Christine jumped in excitement a few days after her interview.Ruth who was surfing her social media pages turned a bored eye to her friend. "What? You have been dis-virgin?"Christine rolled her eyes and said, "don't be silly Ruth! I actually got the job!""Oh," Ruth said and returned to surfing her pages. "Congratulations love," She added.Christine was used to Ruth's reactions by now so it didn't bother her. Ruth was only interested in news that had to do with boys or shopping for new dresses. Any other thing was left on the garbage can of her brain. She paid zero attention to it. Christine didn't care.She had finally gotten her dream job just a few days after her graduation. She felt over the moon. She hummed to herself as she searched through her closet for a simple dress she could go out with. She had to give herself a treat. Not every graduate made this much progress in their career just a few days after graduation.She knew working for the Davies wasn't go
Christine walked into the fancy restaurant with her heart beating as fast as someone who had just run two miles. What was she supposed to say to Alex Pencraft? How would she even introduce herself? Would she be able to recognize him? Yes, Ruth had shown her a dozen pictures of the young handsome billionaire but she still couldn't trust her brain to remember the face. Her dark eyes searched the restaurant as if scanning a document. There were just a few people seated around the air-conditioned room. Soft music was playing in the background and the lights bounced around in different tones adding to the ambiance of the place. But Christine couldn't bring herself to enjoy it. The dress Ruth had forced her to wear was too short and the heels were already killing her as she stood by the corner trying to find her date. "Excuse me miss," someone said behind her and she jumped in fear. It was simply one of the waiters. Christine held her heart and took a deep breath to calm herself from th
“How long have you known Ruth?” Alex asked as Christine settled back into her seat. He knew he should have let her leave but something in him couldn’t let her go like that. There was something about her that made him feel at peace with himself. There was an aura of calmness that he just couldn’t put a finger on.Christine took a stray hair of her hair behind her ear before replying in a subtle voice, “I have known her for five years now but it feels like we have known ourselves all our lives.”A waiter came around the table and took their orders. Christine used this time to take in the dashing man in front of her. She couldn’t understand how Ruth could ever get bored of someone like Alex. He was calm and understanding. Handsome and alluring. Yet, Ruth had decided to leave him for her ex-boyfriend. If she were in Alex’s position, she would have gotten mad at Ruth, because why would my date not show and send her friend instead?It was outright rude.“Christine…” Alex called and Christin
"Believe me, princess, she's nothing but an opportunist golddigger! You can't see it because she's so good at her games." Rhoda lectured."I have told you times and again that you need to send that girl far away from you! But no, you wouldn't listen and now even your father thinks she is an angel!"Ruth sighed and combed through her hair with her fingernails."Mum, you're just paranoid. Christine is not that type of person," Ruth defended Christine as she passed an apologetic smile to Christine who smiled in return before exiting the room.She didn't want to imagine what Mrs. Davis could be telling her daughter on the other end of the phone. She was used to the woman's harsh behavior but she preferred not listening to all of that at all."Tell me, do you really love him?" Rhoda asked her daughter. Knowing the kind of child she had, she knew Ruth couldn't love such a daddy's boy but she had to somehow convince Ruth to do it anyway."Mum... Alex is so boring, I won't even lie about that
In the cold bustling streets of the city, Christine walked along the pedestrian bridge with her hands deep inside her fur coat pockets.It was a Thursday and she was heading back home. She needed to catch her bus.Working for the Davies was as hard as she could have imagined but the experience was one she would have never gotten without their help.She was grooming herself in her career and that was all that mattered.Christine was thinking about the presentation she had to do the next day when her eyes fell on a family of three across the street."Honey, your daughter is being naughty again," the woman told her husband, pointing to their daughter who giggled around with her doll.The man looked at his wife and Christine could see the love he had for her flash in his orbs.Her heart tightened painfully as she knew she had missed out on this sort of affection and maybe she would never even experience it.Her father never loved her and not her mom. That curse was probably passed on to h
"So tell me, how come you know so much about colognes?" Alex asked her.Their conversation had slowly but certainly shifted from Ruth to Christine. She found herself telling him about her love for perfumes and colognes."When you can't afford something, you stay content with recognizing them," Christine said with a small laugh.The interior of the restaurant was vintage. The furniture was sleek metal and neatly arranged with round sleek tables complimenting the wooden floors.The lighting gave out a comfy and cozy feeling as they were artistic lamps hung at different angles of the stylish European retro-style wallpaper on the walls.The atmosphere was welcoming, as expected of a nice restaurant. The ambiance was quite peaceful, with comfortable seating, chill music, and the delicious smell of food in the air.Christen was about to make a comment on Alex's question when a waiter gregariously bounced towards their table."
“I tried to wake her up but she wouldn’t budge. The poor girl must have been so tired to fall asleep that fast. Is she your friend?” The caretaker asked, handing over a big folded blanket to Alex.He took them from her and answered with a smile. “Yes, she is my friend. Thank you, Mirabel, I’ll take it from here, you can go back to my dad.”“Of course.” She flashed him a warm smile and headed the way he came.From the stairs, he could see Christine’s petite figure curled up on the couch. He couldn’t help but smile as he moved closer. She must have been very tired, but still, she had dinner with him and even followed him to see his father.He stood over her and whispered her name, unsure whether to wake her to go sleep in one of the rooms or leave her be. When she didn’t answer after a few taps, he covered her with the blanket and slowly crouched beside her in an attempt to remove the curly locks that had fallen over her face. With him face to face with her, he could hardly displace th
They both sat in the car, waiting for the bus. Chris had wanted to leave but Alex stopped her, telling her to wait till the bus arrived. So while they both waited, an air of awkwardness filled the car. Neither was saying anything.They both had nothing to say to each other. Both had a lot on their heads but nothing in their mouths so they sat there, each sorting the mass of confusion in their minds.Christine sat, turning her face to the open window. The night breeze and wind from each passing car seemed to help her ease down. She looked at the stars in the dark hue of the sky and cursed her sympathy for offering to go with Alex to his house. She cursed herself for sleeping off in his house. Ruth had been frequenting his house lately, what if she had found her there? What would Ruth have felt? Ruth was her only friend, the one that had helped her out of a rough situation. Even if Ruth was being the worst girlfriend, Christine could not do anything to hurt her.Alex on the driver’s