I walked down the stairs, the aroma of pancake and bacon filled the atmosphere. so they even know how to cook I thought
"wait a minute, who is cooking if Caroline and Juliea are watching comedy show" I mumbled under my breath as I walked past the sitting room and met the two unwanted people In my life watching TV "Dad! "
"why would you cook when those two are having fun, it's not fair " I cried out
"I'm good, how was your night? " he smiled wryly at me "I see you finally wore it " he said referring to my necklace
"yeah I hope she returns" I smiled "c'mon I would help you, go and relax or prepare for work " I said taking the sauce pan from him
After much argument he finally agreed.
"Hey " Caroline said walking into the kitchen
"hey" I replied almost immediately
"I was wondering if we could go for shopping, I would like us to be friends"
"not interested " I rolled my eyes
"Arghhh, so rude" she muttered and walked away
"this is just the beginning" I sigh
__________
After a long breakfast, I couldn't be thankful enough I won't have to breath the same air as Juliea and Caroline. it's not like I hate them it's just I don't just like them, I don't get the vibes but I have to bear for the sake of my dad.
I quickly take off my clothes and have a warm shower after which I threw on a blue ripped jeans and a red v-neck tee-shirt. I do a simple mild makeup, applied nude champstick on my lips, packed my hair in a two identical messy dun and allowed some strand fall by the sides of my face. when I looked at my reflection at my huge standing mirror, I was good to go.
Today I'm giving Lisa a surprise visit and then meet up with Matt
I grab my phone and purse from my bed and headed out.
***
"check outside of your window " I text Lisa with my new number when I got to her house. it's about 25mins drive from my house.
"Bishhhhhhhhhh!!! " she yelled through her window, raising up her middle finger. I couldn't help but chuckle
"hurry up and open up "
"I'm gonna get a new best friend " she pout as she opened the door for me
"like they sell one in the mall" I chuckled making my way in "vanilla cake! "
"don't tell me you forgot about Benard's birthday " she glared at me "his birthday is the day after tomorrow and I'm baking a surprise cake for him "
"why baking today, why not tomorrow " I asked. you would agree with me fresh baked cake is the best.
"he would be home all through tomorrow and if he gets to see me baking it's no more a surprise " she explained
"oh, I get"
"darn, I miss you so much " she pulled me in a tight Teddy bear hug "why didnt you say you were coming, I would have done a little surprise party for you "
"I wanted to surprise you, I actually came yesterday" I told her "why didn't you tell me my dad remarried?"
"your dad instructed me not to, and ever since you left, I don't go there anymore "
"let's just forget about it Caroline and Juliea are annoying " I said grabbing a kitchen stool
"have you tried being friends with Caroline? " she asked as she continue with the cake she's making
"she tried this morning saying we should go for shopping, she wants us to be friends but I'm just not interested
"you really have to make peace with them or it would start eating you up"
"let's drop this topic please" I sigh "is Bernard home?"
"if he is I won't be baking his surprise cake " she rolled her eyes
"let me join you " I stood up from the stool "and I would be meeting up with Matt by 4"
"you met him yesterday? "
"yes"
"goshh, you saw him before you saw me" she frowns
"it's not really so, after the little fight I had with Juliea and Caroline, I decided to take a Walk and came across his dad coffee shop, that was how I ended up meetung hiim" I explained
"oh, so when would you be going back? "
"I'm staying for good "
"are you serious? "
"yap, I got a transfer "
"OMG, we can finally hang out together every evening" she squealed
In an hour time, we were done with the cake and was heading to Matt coffee shop
I remember the first time I had met Lisa. my dad and I had just moved over to start a new life. That very evening I decided to take a walk just to see how Miami is like when I came across a ice cream parlor, me being a fan of ice cream and had money on me, I walked in.
~FLASH BACK ~
"chocolate chip cookies dough ice cream please" I had told the waitress.
"sure" she smiled at me whilst taking my orders "I have never seen you around here before "
"yeah, I moved in today with my dad"
"oh, I'm Monalisa " she said handing me my ice-cream
"Samantha" I smile, taking my ice-cream
"I did better call you Sam " she giggled
"Lisa" I giggled
"if you wish, just a minute while I pack up, I'm done for today "
"okay"
"just seat over there " she pointed at a table
I later realized she didn't work there but was only filling in for her cousin Olivia. I also found at that she lived around the neighborhood and attended the same highschool I was given admission to. we exchanged address and phone numbers before going our separate ways . As the year passed we became closer to each other even though she's a year older than me we get pretty well along, she's like a sister to me now.
~ PRESENT ~
"woman would you stop zooming out " Lisa yelled interrupting my thoughts
"oh yes, you were saying? "
"oh jeez you actually weren't listening "
"I'm sorry "
"whatever, remember how we met? "
"yea,the ice cream parlor down the road "
"yes, I work there now together with Olivia "
"wasn't expecting the place to still be there " said
"nah it's now a restaurant 'Grab a bite '" she chuckled
"oh "
"yes, a billionaire CEO bought the place and turned it to a restaurant, over the years it became the most popular restaurant in Miami"
"does Olivia still leave with you? " I asked
"yeah, but she's kinda off and on "
"well I start working on Monday, I can't really promise you anything but I would find time to visit grab a bite, it all depends on my new boss"
"jeez my boss is super annoying " Lisa said making me chuckle