Alyssa's first message about who she was,'Roy's girlfriend' and another one was about how they were very happily in a relationship until I moved in to the Fuller's apartments,and the others were about how I tried to get close to him by befriending Missy and Miley.
The last one read, "Stop trying to get close to Roy. How would you feel if your boyfriend was still in contact with his ex?", most probably annoyed that I wasn't replying to any of her messages, but how could I, I was long asleep by the time she would've sent me the messages last night.
I read her last message again. So, she had known that I was Roy's ex? Did Roy tell her that or had she known about it when she was flirting with him on facebook, while Roy and I were still together?
People can be forgetful at times, I sighed and went on to check Roy's messages. His message was about informing me that Alyssa had taken my number from his phone and that she might give me a call.
'Great, Roy',I thought ,as when we were together, he never allowed me to even lay a finger on his phone, not that I even try to, but now, Alyssa was taking his contacts' numbers off his phone, and all he could do ,was inform me.
I sent a quick reply to him saying that she had indeed contacted me and added that they needed to sort out their problems without bringing me in between them.
As for Alyssa, I typed a quick,"I don't intend to go back to Roy. I have my own life to live and don't care about being a home wrecker to yours",and hit send.
I went to freshen up and then have breakfast. I had already asked Zeke to allow me to work from home, and he had agreed, so I went about to the kitchen, got me a glass of milk and poached eggs and bacon, with some fruits, and a scoop of ice cream on the side.
These days, I was eating like a glutton but I didn't mind, since I was eating for the two of us. I was never mindful of my weight, so it didn't matter that I was putting on weight with all the eating I was doing.
While I was munching on the fruits after gobbling down the others, I scrolled through my facebook, and just out of curiosity, I checked Alyssa's profile.
Her status read,"Some bitches need to get their hands off my man", and to my utter shock, Roy had liked it. Who was the bitch she was referring to? Was there someone else who was after Roy? Then why would she leave me such messages? And what was Roy doing liking her status? I simply didn't understand how their minds worked.
Just as I was checking her other activities, I got a message from Joshua, wishing me good morning and that his garden missed me.
I don't know why, but I blushed furiously at that. It was just a simple text message from Joshua, telling me that his garden, not he , was missing me, and here I was, blushing over a message.
I was nuts. I sent a reply back that I missed it too, and he called me back. I was taken aback as he never really called me, but after yesterday, I could expect anything to happen right?
I answered his call and his deep barritone voice came on the other end,"So you only miss my garden?"
I was dumbfounded and I nodded as if he would be able to see it, and quickly added,"yep".
He chuckled at that as he continued,"Issy, I'm not good in small talks or whispering sweet nothings like others, but it wasn't my garden missing you"
I was surprised that Joshua could be so innocent and smiled. He was explaining to me that he was the one missing me, not his garden and I found it cute.
"I know",I replied but added,"but I did mean what I said"
He didn't say anything for sometime before saying,"So, you only miss my garden and not its gardener?"
How cheeky, I thought as I replied back,"I met the gardener just yesterday, so I guess you could say, I miss the garden more".
He laughed out at that and I did as well. "Issy, do you want to come over this weekend to my place? I mean, all three of you,as it would be inappropriate for you to come over alone", he started mumbling, the tall, confident Dr. Williams was mumbling, and I laughed.
He went quiet, as though waiting for my response eagerly. I didn't make him wait for long as I said,"I'll talk with them, and its the four of us".
At that, he seemed surprised as he asked,"Four of you?"
"Yeah, Leo dropped by yesterday. He and Aurora are a thing now apparently",I said as I narrated to him about yesterday's events of Leo visiting us.
"So five of us it will be then, and if Zeke joins us then it will be six of us",I said and he went quiet again.
'Did I say something wrong? Did he not want Leo and Zeke to join us?', I wondered.
When he didn't answer, I said,"I mean, if its not ok with you, I can...". He cut me off midway when he said,"Six of us it is then", and I felt relieved.
I didn't want to exclude Zeke because we were good friends now and I owed a lot to him, for being my good friend to being my understanding boss.
It only felt fair that he be there at Joshua's place, though I wasn't sure why Joshua seemed like he was hesitant about it.
"So I'll see you Friday night?",he said and any doubts and questions about he being hesitant, disappeared right away.
"Sure Dr. Williams",I said, and he laughed out. I hung up the call and opened the laptop to start with my work.
I started working on the coding and after a few hours of it, my back started acting up again, so I stood up and went to the kitchen to get some fluids as Joshua had advised.
Aurora and Gabby had already left for work, and Leo was in the kitchen, getting himself something to eat.
"How many days will you be staying here for, Leo?",I asked him and he looked at me and shrugged,"Depends on your friend"
I didn't understand what he was trying to say, and looked at him, confusion apparent in my face as I asked him,"Depends on my friend for what?"
He chuckled and took out a ring, his mother's wedding ring from his pocket and I gasped.
"Leo, are you sure? I mean, I know Aurora is the best person I could ask for as a sister-in-law, but are you really sure about it?", I asked him because if things didn't work out between them, I'd be stuck in between, one was my cousin and the other was my best friend.
I wouldn't be able to side with either of them without hurting the other, so unless he was really sure about it, I didn't want him to take the serious step yet.
"I am pretty sure about it Ace. I've thought about it and I can't seem to get her out of my mind. I've missed her like crazy when you guys left and I...I don't know what you call this, but I want her to be in my life for the always and forever kind of thing",he said and it was evident that he meant every word he said.
My very dear cousin was head over heels in love for my best friend, and I couldn't be happier for them.