Aisha's Pov. Lagos,Nigeria
We just got home and I decide to head straight to bed but unfortunately, this morning when Julie was rushing me, I left some of my clothes on the bed, basically my room is a mess, a huge mess, Sali enters my room and basically shakes her head like as if she's any better than me, this obviously happened because of Julie and besides I didn't do this out of laziness but she (Sali) normally leaves her room like this, and even sleeps on a bed with clothes, then again she can sleep anywhere and on anything, what a witch. Julie enters the room and her eyes widen, I basically sigh and wait for it, for her usual scolding but to my surprise, she says...
"Aisha, leave it, I'll do it, go and soak in the tub, take your time"
I'm so shocked and so is Sali as we are both looking at her with wide eyes, we walk close to her and simultaneously touch her forehead (it's not hot) we move to her neck and we meet the same result, we look at each other then look at her suspiciously.
"Are you tricking us" (We say simultaneously and she laughs, it start off small until she's struggling to stop, I look at Sali, she does the same, our expressions probably mirror confusion which is surprisingly funny as Julie laughs even harder than before)
"You know, when people called you twins, I used to think they were crazy because you don't look alike, only your backs are alike, but now I understand,(she's smiles brightly then taps my head, turns her head to look at Sali as well and tells us)
"You guys go freshen up, I'll handle things here, I promise it will be ok, come on, take turns soaking in the tub, ok bye.
Sali pauses and asks "What do you mean take turns"
"Oh yeah, you weren't around, only one tub is currently functioning, we keep postponing the people who are supposed to fix it because Julie and I are always at work"
Sali nods and heads for the door but pauses again "Julie,are you sure about this?
"I just decided to help you guys don't make me change mind"
(She glares and we nod our heads and exit the room, I walk gently but I actually want to run, but I'll be patient so as not to alert her, even though she knows where I'm headed,we only have one functioning tub left in the house, and I know Sali wants to soak just as much as I do but I said it first so I'm going to soak first.
I look back at her and then we start running but I'm ahead of her and this time I can win because the path way to the room is quite narrow, so I surge forward despite my tiredness, I can finally win against her for the first time today.
I pull the bedroom door open, pass the bed and open the bathroom door then quickly jump in the tub even with my clothes on,then look back at her with my mocking smirk, she glares, I stick my tongue out at her and she laughs, sighs.
"Aisha, you won this round ok, I forefeit, just please don't take too long ok, I'll wait on the bed, I'm going to get my phone first though"
"K, hel... (she interrupts immediately)
"L"
(I roll my eyes at her, she does this every time I say K or KK)
"Sali, just please kindly help your sweet mother get her phone ok" (I give her a cheeky smile and she nods)
"Ok, I'll be back"
She comes back with our phones and gives me mine then exit the bathroom probably to head to the B bed, we call it B bed because it's extremely big, it's big enough for six of us to lay down on and sleep, I message Khloe to see if she's still awake and she calls me, yeah.
Unknown Pov. Vienna.
The model just finished her shoot and she's been complaining she's tired but still won't drop down her phone, then again it isn't my business, my job is to get her and her manager to where they need to be, but I do pity her, she's an angel and yet she employed that devil to work with her, she's an internationally renowned model and yet, she treats even someone as lowly as me with lots of kindness but yet she just had to employ her, I wish her best of luck.
I hum a tune in the quiet car and the model's voice breaks the silence.
"Hey Momma, how are you doing"
"You are tired, sorry Momma, Julie did what, I'm so glad I wasn't there but I do miss the girls but most of all I miss your food, Alberta has feeding me garbage, she's been going on about stuff and how I need a diet, I know right Momma, my body is perfect and I exercise regularly, she's just being her, I know, by the way I'll be back tomorrow, yes I will, ok Momma, go and rest ok, we can't have you collapsing when you are supposed to make yummy food for me, ok, greet my sisters for me, bye, love you too.
She steps out of the car and the devilish lady pulls her luggage from the car, the model looks back at me then waves, she actually thanks me, but I at least know she's a very good person but that feels me with even more guilt because boss needs information from her and I know he won't stop until he gets it, I sigh and at least send her off with a prayer and a wave, she smiles, turns around and starts to walk to the hotel, leaving me alone with this this devil, I glare at her and she smirks.
"Eunice, what are you doing" (I finally decide to ask her)
"It most certainly doesn't concern the likes of a mere driver, stay in your lane, the way you have always done, I'll be heading inside now, have a good day.
She turns and head in to the hotel, I sigh, enter my car and drive off.
Aisha's POV. Lagos, Nigeria.
I must have fallen asleep because Julie is sluggishly shaking me, I can't believe I slept off in the tub, I mean I just finished speaking with Khloe, I know I'm tired but this is a bit surprising, Julie is still shaking me and it's obvious she's sleepy.
"Julie, thanks, go to bed, I'll be out now so Sali can come use the tub"
"Ok"
I quickly put on a robe and exit the bathroom, I meet Julie and Sali sound asleep, awwnnnnn, cute,I smile then move to join them as well, I'm just too tired to go to another room to sleep, I lie down in bed and instantly drift off to sleep.
The Next Day.
Sail's Pov
Julie decided to wake us all very early, Aisha, being the stubborn goat that she is obviously didn't answer but then again, she wants us up very early, 4 to be precise, and then again Aisha wouldn't be Aisha, if she answers her quickly, then again we are all tired.
Julie always acts like a robot but unfortunately for her, she isn't 100% efficient as she's a horrible cook,that probably another reason she woke me up early, in order to make breakfast for everyone but I'm not in the mood so I'm just going to boil water for some cereal, her inability to cook doesn't make us all love her less, instead it makes us happy that there's at least something we can do for her that she can't quickly do or do more efficiently.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not mocking, I'm just thinking about how many issues we had the first time we finally managed to convince her to move in, she'd always re-arrange things and that usually leaves us looking for them, it had once caused a huge argument between Aisha and Julie but everything is alright now, time to get to work.
I head to the kitchen to set the electric kettle
Julie yells my name and tells me she'd finally gotten Aisha to move, she probably threatened her with her stories. I decide to ask her where we will head to and she tells me that yesterday, when we got back Julie said she had called our normal designer but she said said she won't be able to make anything at the moment as her due date for delivery is extremely close.
We had to find other options, the annoying part is the award show is in two weeks, why is she fussing over it now, she's such a worrywart and right now she's pacing about the room in a hurried manner, it's very annoying. I'm going to have to try to slow her down for Aisha's sake at least and for some quiet sleepy time, so I call her.
"Julie, JULIE!!"
"Yeah"
"Which designer's place are we going to head to?
"D'bland, it's a good brand that Khloe recommended, she said they've worked together before, she said we should look for Lucinda Williams and that's what we are going to do, but it might be a three-hour drive and coupled with the heavy traffic, we'd better leave on time in order to be able to get back home in time for Emma's arrival"
"Emma, Emma is coming back today, yeah"
I probably jumped around like a kid but can you blame, I've missed them sooooo much and I know they've missed me, I mean even Julie basically squeezed me tightly that day in Frederick's office. Wait a minute, Fredrick.
"Julie, did you ask for leave"
"Yes I did, I'm very 'Efficent'"
I give her an extremely awkward laughter, she heard me and didn't scold me, that's weird, I look at her with caution.
"I'm not in the mood to scold you for now, I guess another thing that's alike about you both is that when you're deep in thought, you end up saying things out loud"
She laughs and I keep quiet because I don't think there's anything alike about me and that baka(idiot in Japanese).
"Anyways, you are going to help me with something"
"Sure, what is it"
"Before Emma left, Aisha and her had an argument, it isn't supposed to be serious but you know how petty they can both be"
"Yeah, they are really petty, but it'll be ok, I won't have to interfere"
"Are you sure"
"You know what, let's bet on it"
Julie stretches her hand out to me and we shake but we haven't decided on what the stakes will be, when Aisha comes outside and we drop the topic entirely, but signal each other that this isn't over.
"Guys, let's go"
It looks like we'll be eating out today, I head to the kitchen and turn of the water and we head out.
Three and a half hours later
We are finally here, Julie exits the car and Aisha and I as well but Aisha seems so engrossed in her phone, and she keeps glancing around as if she's looking for someone and then we hear a very loud
'MOMMA' and there's only one white woman that we know that calls Aisha Momma - Khloe, she's finally back.
We are all so happy that we're all running to hug her, we are basically crowding her with tears in our eyes, happy tears, or am I the only one who's crying, I look at Julie and then Aisha and we're all crying. Just as we're immensed in the joy, we hear a voice that I personally haven't heard in two years, Emma, she's back, my girlfriend(Bestie, we aren't gay, we are just girls) is back.
The same way we ran to Khloe, we all, including Khloe ran to Emma, Aisha reached first but just paused awkwardly, Julie sends a smirk my way and I silently mouth be patient, we made a bet before entering the car, I stood for them settling without our interference and Julie stood for the exact opposite of that, and we staked the loser doing whatever the winner wants no matter what, just as I'm thinking about how to help this awkward atmosphere, we all here another voice but it's full of mockery and it's directed at Aisha, my ,no OUR Mother.
"Oh wow, What's this, isn't she the sad and crazy lawyer who left our agency, I'm sorry but you can't enter this store, it'll be better for you to just leave and try to get clothes for yourself elsewhere, there are no thrift shops around here, ok"
Aisha ignored her and moves deeper into the store, I'm obviously very annoyed, I know I'm not the only one, she always does this, she ignores insults about herself but the moment anyone insults a tiny strand on our hair, she'll flair up in anger.
Aisha turns back to ask "Guys, what's wrong" I don't know what she saw, maybe it's our expression or something else but she finally drops the poker face and shows real anger.
She locks eyes with Emma and they both nod, Aisha comes closer and stretches out her hand like a gentleman does for his lady and Emma gracefully accepts, they move in the store and Emma grabs a particular clothe and says
"I wants to see all the pieces of this gown and the different sizes as well"
The sales assistant looked torn but decided to stick to her job.
I look back at Julie and she huffs because she knows I've won this round
Julie mouths "You were lucky just for once, I'll do whatever you want, it's not the end of the world"
I link arms with Khloe, Julie is left without a partner but that's just for today, Steph should arrive soon.
We all follow Emma and Aisha and I can see that they've really settled.
That's they one thing that Aisha always makes sure to tell us
"No matter how angry you are, no matter who your enemy is, don't back down, instead just know that we'll be here for you no matter what, even if we have issues, I'll still join in the fight because no matter how angry you are, none of that matters when you have an enemy, I also have an an enemy"
"Unity is our only option "
And that's what my besties did, they're united against a common enemy and they gonna cook so hard, she won't be able to talk anymore.