Brie was on the way to the library when her phone rang. She sighed deeply, slightly feel annoyed of being disturbed in a peaceful, beautiful morning.
"Hello?" She said matter-of-factly.
"Brie! Hi, love." Brie smiled at the sound of her beloved mom.
"Hi mom," she said, now in cheerful tone. She really miss her mom. Ever since the unwanted incident, she became homesick day by day. She text messaging her mom almost everyday, and called her every night. Her mom is her best friend that anyone could never have. Being an only child, Brie feel much loved by her mom. Her father, God bless him, has passed away due to leukaemia when Brie was just a year old. Her mom never remarried, because she said she will never replace dad from her heart.
Brie's mom, Nelly Matthews-Bright, is working as an executive manager in a business company. She work so damn hard just to give Brie the life that she could never had when she was at Brie's age now. Now, at 40 years old, Nelly was so proud of seeing Brie growing up so well and was on her way to Hollywood soon.
"How's my favourite girl?"
Brie smiled while stepping in front of the library, and she took a seat at the bench nearest. "I'm fine mom. I'm going back this weekend, for the mid-semester holiday," she said with full of excitement.
"Really? Wow, that's terrific! I can't wait to spend some time with you, baby," her mom said cheerfully.
"Me too," Brie mumbled.
"Mmm, well, Brie. I got something to tell you."
Something about the tone made Brie felt uneasy so suddenly. "Yes mom, what is it?"
"Promise me you would not freak out okay?"
Brie sighed. "Yes, mom. Now, spill the bean please?"
Nelly took a deep breath, quite shakily. "Brie... I'm getting married."
Silence is accompanying them for about 30 second before Brie practically yell at her mom. "You what, Mom???"
"I said I'm getting married," Nelly's tone began to strain at hearing Brie's harsh reaction. Brie felt like being shocked by an electricity at hearing her mom's confession. She thought mom will never remarry again and will stay loyal to dad. Obviously, all of it was wrong.
"Mom, but why?"
"Why do you ask that? Of course it is because I love him. He's my manager partner here in my office, he's nice to me, and he loves me too."
"What's his name?"
"Jamie Johnny, he is 45 years old, and he has a son and 2 daughters, all are in their 20's," her mom gave Brie the information excitedly. Brie hate to hear about it. Even though Brie wanted her mom to be happy, but thinking about her new step-dad, step-sisters and step-brother, she was afraid that she will be left out once they become 1 family.
"Brie? Are you still there?" Nelly said, felt worried about her daughter on the other side. Brie cleared her throat, just realized that she has became so quiet.
"Yes, mom. I...I'm not sure how to take this news.... it is so sudden..." she hesitated.
"Don't worry, we can postpone our wedding date-"
"No mom! Don't do that for my own selfish sake! I'm happy for you... it's just that, I am used to just have you all by myself. Thinking of sharing you with other people, it's just feel weird to me."
"Are you sure you're okay with it?"
"Yes, I'll get used to it, just need some time," Brie reassured her mom, even though she sounds not really convincing.
"Hmm okay...well, I gotta go, my boss is signalling for me. Love you, Brie."
"Love you too, mom." The line went dead. Brie stared at her cellphone for about a minutes, still disbelieved of what she just heard.
"Mom is getting married? Am I the only one that feels that the world is turning upside down?" She whispered to herself, before she stood up and made a move into the library. She feels that the day is not as beautiful as it seems.
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After the conversation with her brother last night, Archelle has a great determination to just confess to Marcus the moment she woke up the next morning. She woke up before her alarm set off, took her shower first, then get ready to go to class. Her roomate, Kendra, was just waking up when Archelle is getting ready to go.
In 4 months period, Archelle and Kendra has very little conversation together. Kendra never pulled any prank on Archelle again, and Archelle cannot help it but notice that Kendra is getting thinner and thinner. Even her tight blue jeans was clung loosely. Her face looked sunken too, Archelle thought she might feel too stress with her upcoming exam. Medical course is never easy, it can drive people crazy by just learning it. There are time when Archelle really want to ask Kendra about her well-being. Well, she is still mad about Jane ditching O'Brien, but she is not as mad as she was 4 months ago.
Kendra needs help, and it better be soon! Archelle thought while brushing her hair. The image of Marcus came back into her mind and she began to shiver with excitement. She couldn't wait to see him again. She missed him dearly, even though they met everyday & text messaging always. She want to hug him, to kiss him and whispered "I love you" into his ear. Oh, how great the power of love she felt at this moment.
"Hey, you're up early," mumbled Kendra as she walked to her closet and pick up her towel. Her hair is tousled everywhere and her eyes are not quite open yet, she did look like a walking zombie.
"Yep. I have something to do, urgent," Archelle replied nonchalantly, applying light make-up on her face. Once she felt satisfied with her look, she went to grab her bagpack and saying goodbye to Kendra. Kendra just waved her and mumbled goodbye to her while continuing wandering around the room.
Archelle was nervous. She was well-aware of it. She never felt so nervous before, that she even got palpitation because of it. She was happy, scare and desperate at the same time. She needed to get this over it. Just confess and run, that's what she intended to do.
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Archelle couldn't keep her eyes from the doorway to the class. It's 7am and Marcus is still not arrive yet. She was getting more anxious by the time class is almost half-packed with eager students. When Marcus made his entrance to the class, with his usual whitish-teeth smile on his face, she was on the verge to get panic attack, but she did remain in control of herself.
"Morning, beautiful," Marcus said as he took a seat next to her.
She tried to reply him but the words got stuck in her throat. She cleared her throat. "Morning too."
He can sensed something is weird about Archelle and decided to ask about it. She just shrugged nonchalantly. "Nothing. It's cold today."
"Cold? But you're sweating," he said softly, smirked.
Archelle couldn't even think about any words to reply so she just shrugged once again and act as if it was no deal. She couldn't believe it that her great determination suddenly lost at nowhere the moment she set her eyes on him. She was so determine to confess to him of how much she love him, but this is not as easy as it seems. In fact, this is the hardest thing she ever have yet to do so far.
Oh come on, Archelle! Get over it, you can't move on with your life without knowing about his feeling toward you! She screamed at herself in her mind.
"Umm Marcus? Are you busy tonight?" She asked with shaky voice.
"No, I'm all free. Why? Wanna hang out together?" Marcus raised his eyebrows with a sweet smile.
"Yeah, sure. You still owe me..." she trailed off.
"What...Oh! Yeah, I promise you to treat you a game of bowling," he slapped his forehead and sighed. He smiled back at her.
"Cool.... Glad you remember it."
"A guy has to remember every bit of his words that comes as a promise," he stated, proudly.
"You're such a brat," she slapped his forearm playfully. He just laughed.
The conversation was stop when Mr.Rufus came into the class and began his never-ending-4-hour-lectures. By the time the 2nd hour is up, almost half of the class are in their own la-la land, but Mr. Rufus doesn't seem to mind about it. Archelle couldn't fell asleep nor concentrate on the lectures. Her mind keep replaying on what she will tell Marcus later. She haven't decided on how she will tell him, where the situable place, and what word she should use. She groaned silently, wishing she had friends that know more about it. To tell the truth, she has no other close friends besides Marcus, ever since she & Brie broke up their friendship.
Brie......
Gosh, she suddenly miss Brie. It's been so long since they see each other. She miss Brie terribly. Brie will know what to do about this situation, she will be a great help for Archelle about this, considering that Brie has one experience of being in love before.
But.... she didn't know if Brie is still in love with her.... one way to find out was.... to talk to her roomates about it. But, her roomates are so resent on her, she never dare to go to their room anymore. They hate her because she hurt Brie's feeling. It made her feel so frustrated because they don't really understand the situation.
But still.... she missed her friendship with Brie. Brie and her had been bestfriend for 5 years, it was a shame that their friendship didn't last long over some thing called "love". Love can make people happy and sad at the same time, she guess.
She sighed deeply at the sentiment of it. Marcus heard it and he stared at her with a questioning look. She just shook her head and pretend to concentrate on the lectures.
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