Chapter VI: La Vie En Rose

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• Amidst Unexpected Misfortunes   Chapter XI: Surprise, Surprise

  We've been busy cleaning up the mess Jacq made. She almost burned the whole house down. Ugh. Her reason was that she just wanted to suprise me after my meeting with the applicant, which happens to be our neighbor, by cooking my favorite food, but then she forgot to put the timer on and got distracted by the cat videos she was obsessing on some mobile app. She said that she did not realize the time and her attention only returned to what she was cooking when she smelled like something was burning. She already panicked so she quickly opened the oven door and saw that the pan inside was already on fire. She just pulled out the burning lasagna, not minding whether she would get burned or not. Unfortunately, she was burnt. I wish I had pity but in my case, my worries over the disaster that occurred were greater.And now the two of us are relaxing here on our patio. The two of us are still a bit in shock. Well, me most of all. What if he did not immediately remove the pan from

• Amidst Unexpected Misfortunes   Chapter X: A Good Run Of Bad Luck

  "So..." I trailed off. "Why are you here?" I calmly asked while seated adjacent to this guy. This guy that bumped onto me causing my drink to be spilled over my dress earlier. This guy who I never thought I'd be seeing again. This guy who, surprisingly, is my neighbor's son, and the one that Jacq and I saw outside my bedroom window which by the way I didn't see his facial features so basically I didn't know it was him. And, this guy, whom Miss Palmer found to be interested in our job hiring which in fact is wrong because Pa already hired him and I think he just told Miss Palmer to tell me that she is the one who found him so that I could do a formal meet-up. This guy... Julian Caleb Davis."I'm here because I'm interested in your job hiring, and it suits what I took for 5 years in college. Besides, your Pa basically phoned my father about this." He casually said. Ugh! Pa never told me he had a plan! That man!I cleared my throat. "I'll look into your r

• Amidst Unexpected Misfortunes   Chapter IX: Mars Meets Venus

  I thought this day would turn out great. I guess wrong, then. I was shocked at the sudden impact and more so with my stained white dress. Fortunately, I ordered a cold drink, otherwise my chest might have burned. Wow. Just great. When I am really happy and excited to meet my day, there is another gimmick like this that suddenly comes. You can never be too happy in life, really."I'm really sorry, Miss. I admit, I really wasn't looking to where I'm walking. Don't worry, I'll buy you a new drink." Said the guy I bumped into. Wow. It's my first time to hear someone admitting their faults.I raised my left eyebrow and looked at him. Shocked is still evident on my face. Well, I'm not the only one who's surprised. Everyone here, are. Thanks to this, I eyed him from head to foot, guy. "Your reason is not a good excuse to compensate with the trouble you've caused." The barista earlier excused himself to give me a bunch of tissue paper. I nodded at him then I wiped my c

• Amidst Unexpected Misfortunes   Chapter VIII: Accidents Never Happen

  "Jacq! Oh my gosh!" I frantically got up and started jumping. I can't literally believe this. From all the bad news that happened this is the best news so far. Shoot!"I'm getting dizzy with what you're doing Niane! What is that? Can you sit down first?" She grabbed me by the arm and pulled me down. "What is it? Are you getting a new boyfriend? Wait. Is it a new admirer? Tell me." Wow. Overexaggerate? I pulled my left arm from her excitedly hard grip. Sheesh! This movie is getting into her. I searched for the remote and turned off the TV. Seriously, she should stop watching romcoms!"What are you saying, Jacq? That's always what you say." I rolled my eyes at her. She started pouting. "Stop that. You look ugly." Then I laughed at her. Yuck! "Anyway, Miss Palmer sent me a message. Jacq ..." I grabbed both of her hands. "She has found a replacement for Mr. Ellis!" I waved our hand. I'm getting excited. This is literally good news. "Wait! I need to call Ma and Pa,

• Amidst Unexpected Misfortunes   Chapter VII: It's Not Over Yet

  After my visit at Aroma's and the unexpected gift from the Davises, Jacq called me out for lunch. She told me to prepare a honey lemon iced tea and my famous salad. Ha! Someone's been preparing a best friend date and truth be told, we haven't had it since after college graduation. I guess being adult sucks at some point."We never have these kinds of occasions since after college. I miss this. I think we should make it a tradition to do this even after marriage and kids. Or make this a way for both of our future families to get together and know each other better. That would be great, right? Specially for the kids!" She said while we prepare the table for our late lunch date here at the gazebo.I told her that we shouldn't get excited about the future. I mean, we have our whole lives ahead of us. We can enjoy it every day. "Well, I guess you are right. But hey, I'm excited to whom I'm going to get married with. I just hope he's handsome so that we could have ad

• Amidst Unexpected Misfortunes   Chapter VI: La Vie En Rose

  3 days after knowing that Maverick is dating another woman, I made up my mind to make myself better. Something that will make him regret leaving me. But before doing that I have to do my job at 360 Degrees*. I signed the approved designs and kept my tabs at Ellis the scammer's replacement. Jacq is always at our house and decided to stay over until Ma and Pa comes back home. It's never an issue for me since we are best friends, and we are practically siblings from another womb. Things are going great. And now, for my plan.I'm about to exit the office when my phone vibrated. I got a text saying that my scheduled appointment is today at 1535H. I looked at my watch and it's 1057H. I still have enough time to go home and have lunch with Jacq. I entered my car and started the engine. "This is going to be a wonderful day." I told myself. Indeed.I drove past the beautiful fields of Fremlin. It's filled with beautiful shades of flowers. I guess flower farms are a busy