It only took 20 minutes before I arrived at Tessa's penthouse. I took out my phone to call her.
She's probably sitting angry in her room because I made her wait.
"Tess, my baby I'm downstairs," I said, pushing my horn so she could hear me from upstairs.
"Bitch shut up, you kept me waiting," she said. I could hear the hint of anger in her voice.
"I'm sorry I'm sorry, I got a little carried away. Please forgive me "I said in a baby voice trying to get pity from her.
"I hate you. I'll be right down" she said after letting out a sigh.
"Love you too," I said, making kissing sounds before ending the call.
It took Tessaa a whole 10 minutes before she decided to get down and bless me with her presence. Knowing her, she was probably stuck trying to decide what shoes and bag made her outfit pop the most.
She probably also took extra time to make me wait.
"Ouuu you came with the BMW, I like," she said enthusiastically while getting in the front seat of my car.
Tessa is of average height, with long flowing ginger-brown hair that stops right around her waist which compliments her hazel-green eyes perfectly. She is a slim thick baddie, with beautiful olive skin and has the most confident and outspoken personality I've ever seen a person have. Tessa is a little crazy, but she's also the sweetest soul you can ever come across.
It's no wonder we clicked the minute we met.
She had a tough past. Forced to take care of herself and her 4-year-old little brother at 10 years old after both her parents died in a car crash.
Life hasn't always been breezy for my girl Tess but she's still standing tall and taking life head on.
She's one of the most beautiful women in my life. I hope she sees herself and finds someone who would help her see herself like that someday.
She drives me crazy sometimes. I won't lie. But I love her to death.
She wore a pink little sundress with a laced-up back, which complimented her skin and legs. Some white platform slippers, and finished it off with the cutest little white Chanel bag I got her for her birthday.
Aww my Tessa.
I can't help it, she's adorable. It's nothing sexual, guys. Trust me I'm straighter than a ruler. I'm just like this with the people I love.
She looked adorable. On the other hand, I didn't even have the time to pull off a proper outfit.
"You look good Tess," I said smiling widely at my beautiful best friend.
"Thank you, Stop smiling crazy you weirdo," she said laughing as she hit me on my shoulder.
"Didn't have enough time to prepare I can see" She said, accessing my outfit.
Judgy much.
"Spent extra time trying to do something about thid" I said pointing at my hair.
"You should have seen it this morning, it was chaotic" I said a little frustrated
Tessa laughs "Let's just get going, you always look good anyways".
I smiled and blew kisses at her before heading out.
I decided to go to the mall to get something to wear for dinner because I didn't have anything particularly special to wear. And since Dad said it was an important dinner, I figured I'd make a good impression and at least try to look nice.
I went to my favorite store and picked out a stunning long seamless dress in a beautiful apple red shade. It hugged my curves in all the right places. The fabric is smooth, silk, and flowing effortlessly as I move.
Unlike Tessa, I'm more on the thicker side.
God bless my parents for good genes.
We're around the same height, she was only taller by an inch or two.
Since Tess came along with me, I decided to tip her by paying for whatever she got.
After arguing for almost half an hour, I paid anyways.
Tessa got a royal purple bodycon dress with an open back. It had a smooth and soft texture, allowing the dress to effortlessly flow and highlight her curves.
It looked so good. And Tessa looked like a literal goddess in it.
We got shoes to match and purses as well.
We also decided to stop at Victoria's Secret, Zara, and Sephora and got a few more things.
We grabbed some food and headed back to Tessa's apartment.
I was greeted by the familiar earthy scent that oozed out from Tessa's apartment because of the countless amount of plants she had.
We settled our bags on her couch and immediately dived into the food we got because we were starving.
We got burgers and fries from McDonalds and also stopped to get Boba tea.
"I had a weird dream today," I said taking a huge bite out of my burger.
"What's it about?" Tessa said before diving into her burger as well.
"I saw this guy. He had the dreamiest grey eyes and the most velvety voice I've ever heard. He told me how beautiful I was and I was confused because he was the true work of art" I said, now eating my fries.
"Wait, don't tell me you're still having dreams of the same guy from the club," she said, almost choking.
Two weeks ago, Tessa and I decided to get turnt and hit the club. You only live once.
For some reason I was having flashbacks of Benny. Benjamin Smith was my ex boyfriend.
Cold chills ran down my spine whenever I remember him. I was scared.
Viola calm down, he isn't anywhere near you so you're safe.
Benny and I dated for 3 years. The first year of our relationship was wonderful. I thought i was a Princess who finally found her Princes Charming.
Boy was I wrong.
The second year of our relationship, Benny started to change. He became more demanding. Didn't want me going anywhere or do anything.He wanted to control me and I wasn't up for that.
When I told him, he would get mad and try to manipulate and gaslight me. Saying very hurtful and overall abusive things to me because "he was upset".
At one point I started to doubt my self worth because he made me feel so worthless and weak.
By the third year the relationship was basically hanging by a thread but I wanted to make things work because I was still very much in love with him.
I didn't understand why he was acting so different. It was almost as if I didn't know who he was.
Things just went south after I found out he cheated on me with Pheobe Harris.
Gosh, I hated her.
I never got along with Pheobe and I'm not surprised why.
I was absolutely furious.
How could he make look so stupid by doing that to me. And here i was trying to fix things for us.
It broke my heart into a million tiny pieces when he didn't deny that the news was true.
It felt like my heart stopped for a split second.
We had a heated argument and I broke up with him. He was probably thinking it was one of those times when we got back together after a week or two but this time I was done.
Then things went even more south from there.
Benny would come to my apartment and would refuse to leave. He would cause a scene, screaming at the top of his lungs until I came outside. It got to the point that i was almost vacated from my apartment.
I would beg him to leave but he would refuse. He started stalking me, showing up at places I go to and causing a scene.
He occasionally threw rocks into the window of my building, sends me threatening messages and even threatens to kill himself and me if I continued ignoring him.
At one point I was starting to get worried for my safety. I never told my parents because I didn't want them to freak out and see him in that light.
I eventually got a restraining order filed against him.
I thought that was enough to keep him away but i was wrong.
About a week later after filing the restraining order, he broke into my apartment and destroyed all of my things and left a note saying that he would never let me be happy with anyone that isn't him.
He was later arrested for allegedly breaking and entering, defying the restraining order put against him, trying to inflict harm to me and continued harassment.
As i saw him being handcuffed away, my heart shattered into a million pieces. It hurt me to see him being dragged away by the police.
I couldn't stop recalling that night. I told Tessa about it and she thought it was a good idea to drink my sorrows away. And so we did.?
We went to This exclusive club not too far from Tessa's house. She knew people on the inside so getting in was a breeze and we had a blast.
I drank to the point I blacked out and didn't even remember how I got home that night.
Yes, it was that crazy.
Tessa filled me in the shenanigans we got ourselves into that night.
So apparently, Mr. Piercing grey eyes is the owner of the club. He just came by to offer to get me a drink when i started drooling all over him.
According to Tessa, before the bartender could come over with our drinke, I threw up all over the fine gentleman in front of me and blacked out.
I would have been thrown out of the club if not for Tessa's intervention.
Embarrassing!!!!!
"You can't blame me, that's the one thing I remember from that night," I said finishing up my burger and fries.
"I hope i never get to meet those grey eyes again because what will i even say? Hey man sorry i puked at the sight of your gorgeous grey eyes" i said looking at Tessa in horror.
She laughed "I know I said you should drink your sorrows away, but I didn't tell you to try and unalive yourself in the process," she said, continuing to laugh as she continued to tell me what happened that night.
God i just wanted the ground to open and swallow me whole.
"I mean i was hurt, you can't blame me," I said, proceeding to take my Boba tea.
We talked a bit, catching up on what was going on with each other. Since Tessa had a business trip the very next day,I hadn't seen her since our little escapade.
" I never really asked, how was your trip?" I said.
"Well I'm here and alive, that's all that matters" she said finishing up her fries.
Tessa is such a slow eater.
We decided to tidy up her living room and go through all the stuff we had gotten.
"What's the time?" Tessa asked looking around as though loking for something.
"It's about 4:30," I said looking at my watch.
"Fuck, I think I forgot my phone at the mall and I. have to go pick up Robbie from baseball practice," she said panicking a bit.
"Don't worry, I'll just call all the places we were at and ask if they saw your phone. That should save you the stress of checking every store we went into" I said reaching for my phone.
"You're a lifesaver," She said kissing me on the cheek. "I'm going to change into something more comfy, I'll be right back" she said practically running to her room.
I made a few calls while I waited for Tessa to come back out.
A few minutes later she was out wearing a black cropped hoodie and matching shorts. Her hair was in a messy bun and she had dark shades on.
"You left your phone at Sephora and what's the shades" I said as she walked towards me.
"I don't want anyone familiar to recognize me while I'm out," she said.
"When did you become a celebrity?, " I said chuckling.
"Haha you're so funny," she said sarcastically rolling her eyes at me.
We both grabbed our keys and made our way downstairs.
"Bye my baby, I'll call you to tell you how dinner with our guests goes," I said pulling her for a quick hug.
"You better," she said hugging me right back.
You know when you're feeling depressed and tired of life and you just hang out with that one friend and all of a sudden life just seems worth living again.
That's how Tessa makes me feel.
We both headed to the parking lot and got in our cars.
Suddenly my phone rings and it's my mum.
I wonder what this is about
"Viola hunny, are you on your way back?" she said.
"I'm on my way now, why?" I asked.
"Could you grab a couple of groceries for me, I'll send a list to you right now" she said.
"Okay Mum," I said, letting out a sigh.
"Thank you hunny," she said, making kissing sounds.
I ended the call and proceeded to head to a supermarket nearby to get the groceries.
As I started my journey, I couldn't help but think about the conversation I overheard my parents having before I left the house.
What weren't they telling? And why did Mum sound sad?
It bothered me alot that they were keeping secrets from me
Well, I guess I'll find out soon.This dinner better be important, else there is going to be trouble.