"Selina?" A familiar voice called out in surprise as Selina exited the airport terminal.
Exhausted from her flight, Selina was waiting for her twin brother to pick her up when someone familiar called her name. As she turned she realized it was someone she hadn't seen in years.
"Hey Jen." Selina said with a warm smile.
Jen ran up and hugged her, she was acting as if nothing happened years ago in Germany.
"I didn't know you were coming back!" Jen said as she released Selina from her arms.
"Well, I didn't want too many people knowing about my return." Selina said with a shrug. "Only Helios knows." Helios was Selina's twin brother, yes their parents named them after the sun and the moon.
"I know this must be awkward, especially after you rejected me two years ago." Jen said. Selina frowned slightly. She didn't reject Jen two years ago, she had been rejecting Jen for years and yet Jen persisted.
"Selina!" A young man called as his luxury sedan parked in front of the pair.
"I have to go, Jen. It was nice seeing you." Selina smiled as the man got out and helped her load her things into the trunk of the car.
As Selina's car drove off she saw another familiar figure approach Jen and pull her into his arms. How unlucky was she to run into Jen Pelaez and Alexander Sebastian the moment she landed.
Selina sighed and closed her eyes, recalling what happened almost a decade ago.
Eight years ago
"Selina, I love you." A beautiful young girl with long wavy hair and porcelain skin said as she looked up to her companion. They were walking out of school along the busy streets.
"Haha. I love you too Jen, duh, you're my best friend." Selina said as she nudged her friend with an elbow. Jen and Selina were always like this, affectionate to one another.
Suddenly Jen stopped walking, Selina had taken a few steps a head by the time she had noticed her friend was no longer next to her.
"What's wrong Jennifer?" Selina said as she looked back. "You're acting odd." Selina asked, placing her hands on her hips. Selina and Jen had been friends since they were eight years old, this year they would be graduating highschool and possibly heading off in different directions to pursue their careers. Jen wanted to become a doctor, while Selina wanted to act, she had already applied for several prestigious universities in America and across Europe.
"I don't mean it that way." Jen said in a small voice, her voice drowned out by all the noise on the street
"Jen speak up. I can't hear you." Selina complained as she walked back to her friend.
"I love you, like how your brother loves his girlfriend." Jen finally said in a loud voice. Her confession made Selina stop in her tracks.
The people around them were now all watching, many were gushing at the sweet confession, but Selina stood still. Her face expressionless, she didn't say a word as she processed what Jen had just said. The bystanders were watching, waiting for what Selina was going to say back.
"Jen, no." Selina finally said breaking the sweet atmosphere Jen had made.
The people around them began to whisper, the beautiful girl just confessed her feelings and her sexual orientation in such a sweet manner, but her friend was turning her down in the coldest way.
"Selina, Selina, you don't need to accept my love now. Give it time, please." Jen begged as she walked forward and touched Selina's cheek.
Selina gently took Jen's hand and removed it from her cheek, letting it drop to Jen's side. It was clear from Selina's facial expression that she wasn't comfortable with what Jen had just done.
"Oy, give her a chance." A bystander shouted.
"Yeah, she confessed to you. Don't turn her down." Another one said.
"This girl, she's just too much." An older lady shouted. "It's the modern times kid, you can love each other, give her a chance."
"Don't discriminate kid." Another person who was listening in commented.
Their comments made Selina feel uncomfortable, what was wrong with her rejecting someone she didn't see that way? Why were people forcing her to love someone she didn't love in a romantic way. Wasn't she free to love?
"Let's talk about this in private." Selina said, grabbing Jen by the wrist, pulling her away.
Jen and Selina dressed like opposites, Jen liked to keep her long hair down, she wore skirts and make up, she also liked to flaunt her assets as she called them, while Selina always kept her hair tied in a ponytail, she always preferred pants and rubber shoes, and although she wore make up she wasn't obsessed with it the way Jen was.
At first sight you wouldn't think that Jen liked girls, as a matter of fact you might be deceived to think that it was Selina that liked girls. You also wouldn't notice that among the two it was Selina that liked acting and fashion, while Jen preferred to stay in, read a book and study.
Selina finally found an empty alley. She looked around to see if anyone was nearby, when she noticed that the coast was clear she pulled Jen into the alley to speak.
"Jen, I don't like girls." Selina told her friend. She had never liked girls, as a matter of fact she was sure that she liked guys.
"Selina, give me a chance, please." Jen begged as she held Selina's hand in hers.
"Jen…" Selina said as she hesitated hunting her friend, they had known each other for so long, she didn't want something like this to ruin their friendship.
All of a sudden Jen pressed her against the wall and kissed her. Selina's first reaction was to push Jen away and run.
She only saw Jen as a friend, nothing more.
"Selina! Selina!" She heard a familiar male voice all her from behind. She stopped and turned, it was her twin brother, Helios.
"Sister, what's wrong?" Helios asked as he approached.
"Brother!" Selina said as she ran up and hugged him.
"Why are you crying Sel?" Helios asked his sister as he held her head. "Where's Jen?" Helios knew that his sister and Jen were always together, if he and Selina didn't look so much alike people would have thought that she and Jen were the actual twins.
"Selina!" Jen called out, panting as she chased after Selina.
"Jen, what's going on?" Helios asked his sister's friend.
Selina lifted her head and looked at her friend.
"Jen, I don't want to lose you. You're my best friend." Selina said as she wiped the tears from her eyes. "But I don't feel that way about you." She told Jen sternly.
"Then don't push me away." Jen begged in a desperate tone. "Don't make me go. Let me stay by your side, don't ruin our friendship. Give it time, maybe, someday you'll feel the same way about me too." Jen said as she dared to walk closer to the twins.
Selina looked up to her brother, asking for advice, but her brother just shrugged telling her that it was her decision to make.
"As of right now, I don't feel that way Jen. I like boys. I'll forget about what happened earlier." Selina told Jen.
"Thank you." Jen said with a smile.
"We'll take you home." Helios offered as he took out his keys and led the two girls to the car.
Present day
"You know that person?" Helios asked as he typed away on his phone.
"You didn't recognize her?" Selina asked her twin.
"Nope, but she clearly made you feel uncomfortable." Helios said as he placed his phone away. He always knew if something was bothering Selina, and he always felt the need to protect her and cheer her up.
"That was Jen." Selina said as she shook her head.
"Jen? Jennifer Peleaz?" He asked.
Selina simply nodded in reply.
"Well, why don't I treat you to lunch then tonight we can go hit a club. That should cheer you up." Helios said as he flashed his sister a sweet smile.
"Let's go home first. I missed mom and dad." Selina suggested.
"Take us home first." Helios told the driver who quickly changed directions.
Selina and Helios were adopted by the Ramirez couple when they were five years old. Their adoptive parents, Dante and Elissa had a hard time having children of their own, so they decided to adopt.
Selina loved them as if they were her biological parents, she couldn't remember her biological parents anyway. Every day she was abroad she missed her parents and her brother, but since the misunderstanding between her and Jen, Selina chose to focus on her career instead. She had built a fashion house that distributed all the most exclusive brands, and now she decided to take her company home to the Capital where she noticed a growing market. With the right partner she was sure she could make her company grow even larger.
"Mom! Dad! We're home." Selina called out as she and Helios walked in the door. She found it odd that there were so many cars parked both inside and outside their gates. There was also a ridiculous number of bodyguards loitering around the vicinity, her parents must have some very important guests.
"Sel, Hel, come to the back, we have guests." Her mother, Elissa Ramirez called as she heard them arrive. Selina was excited to hear her mom's voice, even if they visited her it was still different to hear her mom calling her in the home she grew up in.
Selina and Helios did as their mother asked and went straight to the backyard, Selina was surprised when she found a familiar couple in the garden with her parents.
As Selina stared at the regal couple in their backyard, she couldn't help but remember their first meeting eight years ago.