Jade woke up early and decided to go for a run. She ate alot of food last night and she needed to burn all the calories.
She jogged round the park and did some stretching for an hour. Afterwards she dropped by at a nearby tea shop to have green tea.
"Where have you been Jade?" Lily asked.
"Well, I went out early to run inorder to burn some calories." Jade replied as she walked to the kitchen.
Lily follwed her and sat on one of the kitchen stools. "Hmmmm...That's strange..." Lily said.
"Why?"
"Well, because it's been a while since you went out to jog, you don't really go out to jog you mostly do your workout routine indoors."
Jade smiled." Yeah but i had to go jogging this time because i needed to burn all the calories in my system from eating different varieties of food last night. We ate alot of food last night and I mean alooooot."
"We?.. what do you mean by we?" Lily asked her.
"Vince and i"
"And who is vince if i may ask?."
"Ohh,It's the guy next door his name is vince." Lily's eyeballs nearly dropped out in shock.
*******
Vincent's plan for the day was to sleep late and eat an enormous breakfast which he'd specifically shopped for. After that his most knotty decision would be whether to while away the afternoon in solitude or to wonder down to the club.
His plan broke apart when he found himself awake and restless just after sunrise.
While Frustrated, he tried to sink back into the fitful sleep that has plagued him through the night. But every time he began to drift into sleep thoughts of Jade slowly creeps into his mind. That was more irritating to him than getting up from his bed.
There was no damn reason for Jade to be on his mind. She hasn't left his thoughts ever since they had dinner together two nights ago at the roadside mini restaurant. Where they shared varieties of food amongst themselves, made jokes and had small talks.
He'd driven her home deliberately keeping his bike's speed under the standard limit. They exchanged lukewarm handshakes and goodbyes by her doorstep. And he was certain he was desperately relieved to have parted from her company. Even though he enjoyed every second he spent with her.
It was so ridiculous for her to keep chasing through his brain, for him to remember exactly the way it had felt to hold her hands, to watch her smile and to watch her eyes go soft and dreamy as she tasted each variety of the food served to them at the mini restaurant.
It was her face, that was all. He was really intrigued by it, mostly her eyes. He shaked the thoughts of her away from his mind.
He decided to go to the gym inorder spend a couple of hours trying to sweat out the restlessness he was consumed with.
*****
"Jade, Dad wants you to come home as soon as possible. I need to know how fast you can get here, today??? Tomorrow???."
"Why?!!!" Jade was infuriated,she had no plans to go home, atleast not yet.
"I don't know why but Dad really wants to see you, so you have to come home even if it's just for a few days. It's really important that you do." Ruby said to jade over the phone.
"ugh, alright I'll be home tomorrow and I'll only stay for two days." She said while rolling her eyes.
"Thanks, I'll let Dad know and you're lucky I'm not with you right now 'cos I would have hit you on the head." Ruby said in a stern voice."
"Why would you do that?"
"It's because I know you were rolling your eyes at me like your doing now."
Jade bursted out in laughter "Really?..uhn??....Are you a witch now Ruby?"
"Silly you!..I'm not a witch, I'm your sister and i know you well enough to be certain that you were rolling your eyes at me. I have things to do now, take care of yourself and have a safe flight."
"I will Ruby, Thanks." Jade replied.
"Love you sis."
"Love ya, bye!."
****
"Please get the door Lily."
"Alright." Lily said as she walked towards the door "Who's at the door?"
She opened the door only to find Vincent standing there with both hands in the pocket of his Jeans. "Ohh, Hi."
"Hi, can i have a word with Jade?" He asked.
"Alright I'll let her know you're here, Jade!!!!!....Jade!!!!"
"Stop yelling my name Lily." Jade said as she hurried down the stairs.
"Vince wants to have a word with you." Lily said to jade with a wink.
"Uhn???...Vince??."
"Hi, Vince?" Jade said.
"Hi, you look like a mess by the way." He said with a smirk. He couldn't stop staring at her lips.
"Well yeah I'm packing up the stuffs I'll need for a few days, I'll be traveling tomorrow."
"Ohh, alright uhm...i just wanted to ask if you'd like to join me for dinner but it's alright." Vincent said.
"I really wish i could join bit for dinner but i can't. I'll just have dinner at Lily's once I'm done packing up my things." She said to him with a sigh."But thanks for the offer, i really have to get back to my packing... I have an early flight tomorrow." She said as she was about to go back into her apartment.
"Jade!" He called her name on impulse, she turned, he grabbed her and put his lips on hers. She was shocked,her mind went blank. It was a sudden move, it was unexpected. Her heart was racing but as shocked as she was she raised her hands to his neck and deepened the kiss.
"Jade, you have a call." Lily's voice from inside made her retreat from his hold.
"Huh...uhm...I-i have to go." Jade stuttered.
"Yeah...uhm...have a safe trip tomorrow." He said as he walked back into his apartment without a second glance at her.