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“Oh! I will” He smirks.
“Unless you don’t want us to be friends again, Brian.”
“Fine, we’ll see how this all plays out once you are back on your feet.” He smirks.
“You want to place a wager on it?” I ask.
“Nope, no more wagers for me.” his voice is down “Let’s just not tempt fate again.”
“Agreed,” I answer. No more challenges. The only thing I'm focused on working on being a good enough man for Jade to fall in love with me."
We spent the next few hours talking about friends Ken, his cousin, and Josh. What they are all up to. Brian encourages me to allow friends to visit me. I promise to reach out to all the friends that have called once my last plaster cast is removed, and I start full therapy.
“How’s Her Royal Highness Princess Nadra?”
“Don’t know and don’t care. I know she isn’t one of the people that requested to see me. Taimani told me messed up Nadra is seeing some British billionaire, as long as she’s staying away from me. I’m fine with that. Aside from her royal title and her father. Nothing about her is appealing to me.”
“Good, that’s one toxic Princess.”
“Now that I think about it, not sure what I ever saw in her.”
“You are both royal blood and your dad encouraged it.” Brian reminds me of the only simple reason I dated Nadra.
“Dating her was a bad idea with a capital B.”
“Glad that’s over with, but you know she will be back.”
“And I’ll kick her ass out again, After I caught her doing that shit no way do I want her near me.” He laughs. We spent the rest of the day talking and laughing. Until we called it a night. I had my caregiver call Jade. The phone rings multiple times without an answer. She tries again, but still no answer.
Jade always complains that I make my caregiver wait for nothing. I instructed the Rea to leave. Though I wanted her to keep trying Jade. I’ll press the call button in another thirty minutes for her to try again.
I want to believe she’s studying and not on the phone with James. She’s certainly exhibiting all the teenage crushes. It’s upsetting to me, but there is nothing I can do about it.
I will try to keep her close to me till she realizes we are uniquely possible.
JADE
I’mnotallowedtolook in the mirror until Yasmin is done with my hair and make-up. She looks all serious about making me look the best tonight. We’ve spent so much time together whenever I come to braid my hair, we talk about my classmates and how I don’t fit in the school. I’m just lucky to have guardians who can get me enrolled in a high-end school with overly entitled students.
At first, the school didn’t think I could meet the academic standards, but I have surpassed their expectations. I’ve aced every class, especially my programming language intro class.
Today is all about having fun and not looking like the poor girl in the group.
I’m excited about the dance. James is just as excited about being my date and he’s going to meet me at the hall entrance. Aunty Lara and I had gone shopping for a dress. Turns out the school dance is a big deal at Rhanaz International School. Most of the dresses I liked we couldn’t afford. Then she had an idea that we could buy the fabric and her friend Ms. Rina, a seamstress from Columbia, could make the dress for me.
I was thrilled when Ms. Rina brought the dress last night and I tried it on. It fit like a glove. The dress is a lilac chiffon with 3D pink and peach flower applique trim. Ms. Rina had made the dress with short sleeves. All the flowers at the top and the long trims flow down to the ball style of the dress. Not too many flowers, but beautifully placed. I had told my friends at my old school all about the dance. They sound as excited as I am about the dance.
They tell me that I sound better now than when I first arrived in Rhanaz.
Ms. Rina kept her promise and had the dress ready for me in less than two weeks. I took the dress with me to Yasmin’s.
I’d seen Taimani’s dress, and it was elegant and pricey. I bet all the other girls were also spending a lot on the dress, trying to outmatch each other in their usual style. I couldn’t beat them even if I tried.
Naseer had said he would pay for my dress, but I turned down the kind gesture. I didn’t want him to do that.
Yasmin finished and said I should put on the dress. She gasped in awe when she saw my lovely dress. My hair is long, curly, shiny, and bouncy down my back. Yasmin had said we should let my real hair down and no braids. After taking my box braid down and washing my hair, she blew my hair out, then put it in twist cornrows, before starting on the make-up. It now sits light and bouncy, with a few rhinestone pins on the side to add pizzazz with perfectly done makeup. Spinning the chair to the mirror.
I’m awestruck by the beautiful girl smiling at me in the mirror. Finally, I’m convinced Aunty Lara was telling the truth whenever she said, “You are beautiful.” I grin at Yasmin, hugging and thanking her for my transformation.
