Chapter 2 Best Friend

I Walked to the café surprisingly happy, the marriage long forgotten, maybe it was because it was rainy, a nice weather for me though. Splashing through the deep puddles of rain water that has began to form, getting weird glances from the people taking cover from the rain , don't judge me , I love rain and it was a perfect weather for me , maybe I was the only one enjoying the weather as I see people around were scampering to take cover and I was the only idiot standing in the rain. "Hello there" I greeted my one and only best friend and the closest person I have to a sister. "Jennifer , how many times do I have to tell you to always bring an ......." Of course, how could I forget I was gonna get scolded. "I brought an umbrella with me" I cut her off not ready for an earful. " Nevertheless, you shouldn't come out in the rain , you could get sick and I am too busy to tend to a sick friend" " Yes, mom, I understand" I teased earning an eye roll. "So, how are you doing ?? She asked as I took a seat opposite hers. Now she remembers to ask for my well being after scolding me, how lucky I am to have such a friend. "I'm cool and tell me you kept my ice cream pudding" "of course I did, I don't want you stomping your feet on my new flooring which cost a lot money" I rolled my eyes because I wasn't that dramatic over an ice cream, maybe I was but just a little bit. Wait, did she just acted like we both didn't co-owned the café . " I don't just understand your weird combo and I don't think I will ever do" she continued. " Well, if I can't choose one flavor, why not have them all, right ?? " You're weird" " And you like me" "do I have a choice" she said looking at me and we ended up bursting into laughter. " oh shit, why am I so forgetful" "what is it" I questioned clueless. " I got a contract to prepare a wedding cake for my client and I've got to do it tomorrow but you are gonna help" Of course marriage, I forgot too soon. "What's with the look?? She queried pausing my train of thoughts. "what look?? I asked oblivious to the fact that the word wedding has soiled my mood. "The sullen look on your face like you lost something, you did something bad, didn't you??oh my God , you had a one night stand with a hot stranger, did you get pregnant ?? Seriously, pregnancy, she's crazier than I thought . " First of all, eww second of all, I didn't lose anything nor did I do anything bad, not a one night stand with a stranger and before you ask further, I am fine" I answered , stopping her from babbling about how she's gonna be a great godmother to my non existent babies. " spill" she demanded this time. " Spill what ?? I asked in pretense of not knowing what she was talking about , making it more obvious by avoiding eye contact with her. "you obviously know what I am talking about, I saw like thousands of emotions across your face moment ago, so spill" She's exaggerating right, I don't have thousands of emotions right now on my face. " I don't know anything" I answered still denying, I am a bad liar, I know. " okay cool, if you don't tell me what's bothering you, your ice cream pudding is gonna suffer for it" she threatened. Oh , she didn't. "You wouldn't dare" "Try me" she challenged . She's damn serious and when she's serious like this, she's dangerous. But, she doesn't have to involve my innocent ice cream. Gosh, she's scary with her eyebrows raised up in expectation. "Fine, I might likely get married" I blurted out. " WHAT!! She screeched spewing the drink in her mouth on my dress. "eww, Sarah " "Sorry" she mumbled sheepishly handing me a tissue . "I want the tea" "what tea?? I deadpanned oblivious to the pun and she gave me the " are you really serious right now" look. Oh, she wants the full story and I narrated it to her. "So, technically you are likely getting married to one of the knights. Since there are only two and you are not gay, you're getting married to ... HOLY SHIT !! Again ,why the hell is she screaming a lot, at this rate, I am gonna have an ear bleed. " what?? Am I getting married to a mob boss, I don't even know anything about him other than he is a Knight". " You're getting married to Alex". Oh that's his name, what kind of bride doesn't know the name of her supposed future husband , well that kind of girl is me. "I guess, maybe" "You guess?? Have you seen him!! I'm sure my ears are bleeding already. " No, I haven't" I answered .  " we can do some research about him, what do you say?? She said obviously not asking and doing that weird wriggling of her perfectly arched eyebrows which makes her look cool, I tried doing that many times and I looked like a clown, whenever she does that, it's not always good. " No, no no no" I refused immediately not like I wasn't curious, I know Sarah would do more than research and I don't want to stalk the poor guy . " Oh, come on, we are not doing anything bad, we are just gonna do a little background research on your future husband". Few minutes later, I found myself sitting beside Sarah with her laptop open staring and her drooling at the image of Alexander Knight. How she convinced me , I don't know, maybe curiosity got the better of me. His eyes were captivating and he's not bad, at least he's not a mob boss. "I am not gonna lie, he looks good" meh that's me. "Just good?? This guy is smoking hot , wealthy and one of the top eligible bachelors and you're just going to say he looks good" I shrugged. " puh-lease , he looks cold and uncaring to me, maybe even arrogant and egoistic" " my dear Jenny, women are more interested in men who are cold, arrogant and uncaring especially those who are appealing and wealthy, alpha males like your husband" she expressed drawing out the husband word on purpose and poking me while giggling which was getting me annoyed. " He is not my husband" "Yet" " Enough with the marriage talk, I am already unhappy as it is, so don't remind me, let's change the topic" " Oh I am sorry, my bad, I forgot that part" " let talk about the wedding cake" I changed the topic on noticing the look of pity on her face, I don't want her to pity but I am definitely sure she's worried about me. That worked as she began to talk animatedly , she's so much in love with her choice of career. As she was far away in her imagination, my mind unconsciously drifting off to a certain brown eyes.