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“Sorry, it’s just so surprising coming from you.”
“Thanks, but I didn’t sleep with him. I said almost!”
“Still, that is pretty devious for you. I’m proud of you.” I smile at her and shake my head.
We spend the rest of our time talking about Maci and how much she is growing. I can’t help but think of how old mine and Andrew’s baby would have been now. Maybe, Maci would have grown up with her and became best friends like I am with her mother. I should be sad when I think about losing the baby, but I know everything happens for a reason. If we would have had the baby, then the divorce would have been messy, and I definitely wouldn’t have been able to move to Baltimore and pursue school.
I’m not saying that I’m happy it happened, I’m just saying that what is meant to happen will happen regardless.
“Anything left you need to do before you leave Friday?” I shake my head because I know that I’ve checked everything off my list besides finish packing.
“Just got to get the U-Haul packed once I finish packing the rest of my things.” Ilene wraps her arms around me in a hug before we get into our cars to leave. She acts like this is the last time she will ever see me.
“I am so proud of you Allison; I don’t say that enough.”
She has no idea how much that means to me, but I never doubted that my friends didn’t support my dream of writing. Dexter and my friends have been my biggest supporters from the start.
“You are one of the reasons I’m doing this Ilene, you have always supported me, and I love you for that. More than you will ever know.”
“Damnit Al.”
She is crying now and It’s a bit shocking to see her lose herself in public. She always keeps her tough girl act up, so no one assumes she is weak. She isn’t but she doesn’t let her emotions show this easily.
“Now I better get to see Maci before I leave!” That puts a smile on her face.
“Of course, god damn you for making me cry!”
“I still have a few days left so stop acting like I’m moving across the country. You can come see me whenever and I’m hoping to visit on my weekends if I’m not swamped with work.”
“I know, it’s just weird to think that you won’t be a quick drive away anymore. We have never been this far away from each other before.”
She isn’t wrong, we have always been close. Throughout high school especially! I thought she was my soul mate because of how close we were, but I think most people think that at least once with their best friends. We both drive away and instead of going home I decide to go get some dinner.
I usually just do take out on Saturday nights but I’m in the mood to be out tonight. With it being my last Saturday living in New York. I go to Little Ricky’s which is my favorite Italian restaurant. The hostess greets me, and I’m finally used to not being embarrassed when I say a table for one. There is nothing wrong with being by yourself and learning to love yourself. I promised that I wouldn’t jump into another relationship so fast like I did with Andrew, and I intend to keep that promise. I want to find myself without being pushed into another direction by someone else.
“Hello, my name is Elise I’ll be your server today, can I start you out with a drink?” I have come here so many times I lost count. I know exactly what I’m getting since I order it every time I come here.
“A glass of chardonnay and the chicken alfredo please.”
“My kind of gal, you know what is good.” We both chuckle and she goes to put in my order.
I start to look over my school schedule again to see if my creative writing teacher was posted yet, but it’s still tba. At least we were giving all the information we need for the class, so we aren’t behind. We already got our first assignment which reminded me of high school English class. The first day of class is always the introductions and to tell something about yourself. This class wanted us to write a page about our favorite book and why. I already know what book I’m picking but I don’t know how I’m going to narrow it down to one reason why. I can’t say that one of the reasons I love the book is because it helped me get closer to my twelfth grade English teacher.
I write another bullet on my to-do list for the paper. It has to be submitted before the first day of class which is odd. Maybe the teacher wants to go over them with us the first day and see where we are with our writing styles. The waitress delivers my wine and lets me know that it will be just a few minutes for my food. I take a sip of my wine and as I turn my head to the front door, I choke on that sip and start coughing. I can’t believe my eyes and I’m over here choking like a fucking idiot.
Chapter Ten
That didn’t take long! I should be pissed at what I’m seeing but I did tell her that it didn’t bother me and that I was over it. I still didn’t expect them to be going out a day after that. I finally get my coughing under control, but it’s too late because they both are staring at me. Andrew actually looks concerned for me, and Jasmine looks nervous. I decide to act like nothing happened and go back to whatever I was doing on my phone. The hostess goes to seat them and just my luck that they’re seated in the booth right in front of me. Jasmine takes her seat, and then Andrew sits across from her. Great, I get to eat while trying not to look up at the man I was in love with for years. Hopefully Jasmine’s head will block his
face for me, but who are we kidding, he is so much taller, and she is a petite little thing.
The waitress brings back my dish and asks if there is anything else I need. I point to my wine glass which is half gone.
“Another one of these please.” She smiles at me, and I hope I didn’t come off as a damn wineaholic. I glance up at Andrew and he is staring at me, and a little smirk is on his face when he sees what I’ve ordered. We had come here a few times before. I still remember the last time we came.
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“What’s the occasion babe?” I see Andrew’s face lighten up at my question.
