Chapter 3: A DRINK AMONG FRIENDS

AMBER'S POV Yet surprisingly two hours later and here I am, sitting in a cafe sipping coffee as my friend now indulged me into the boring life of the so Almighty Jay Harden and I am reserving the urge to roll my eyes for the umpteenth time. 'Are you sure you are okay? Your eyes has been twitching a lot since we came here, is it the sun?" Mel said as she dropped her own cup of the coffee on the table and stared intently into my amber eyes. Great, she had the same eyes with that annoying bully Jay, crystal blue eyes and I wasn't supposed to hate it as my three beautiful kids Maddie, Dannie and Frankie had the same blue eyes too. Wait a minute, that reminds me where is Frankie and Dannie. I thought as Mel waved her hands in front of my face like a clown. 'Hello? Earth to Amber. Come in." She said as I snapped out of my thoughts and said, 'Sorry. What were you saying?" I said giving her one of my biggest smile of the century of fake things as she quickly replied, 'I said that Jay won the…." Oh great, here we go again. I added definitely eye rolling at this instant. Pardon me but my patience was exhausted. And this time she saw the eye roll as she said, 'Am I boring you?" She said in a hurt voice which was the kind that was bound to make ,e feel bad also and she loves doing that all the time especially when it suited her. 'What no? You aren't. It is just that….you know how I feel about Jay and yet you have seemed to make him the center of attention. If you weren't married, I would have concluded that you are crushing on him big time." I said pointing out as Mel burst out laughing and said, 'Amber you really know how to hold a grudge. Come on Bae, it has been 10 years, he is no longer a bully. He has evolved into a fine man now and I do have a little crush on him. From high school." Mel said as I rolled my eyes. Great, how could I forget myself. I was talking to the ex girlfriend of Jay Harley before he left. 'Well holding grudges is all I know. Can you believe that I can fit into my cheerleader outfit anymore? What the hell am I going to do? It was customized." I said successfully changing the topic as I saw her delve into body fitness and everything. Now what to do to avoid seen with Jay at the reunion day. He better not be here to stay. JAY POV I was packing my things…correction my maid was packing my bags as I sat down in the sofa with Daniel sipping wine. Daniel was one of my classmates back in Oxford Oaks but he had relocated to California as his work was growing and he needed a more permanent base. We were both the hottest guys in school and captain and co-captain of the basketball team back in school so we did keep in touch all this years. I had called him and told him about it and he expressed interest. Right now he was crashing here with me in my mansion. Taking another sip as I watched him pour himself another cup, I said, 'You know what I still can't stop thinking about Oxford Oaks. I mean it has been years since I set my eyes on the school. I am pretty sure it is going to be quite different." I said as Daniel nodded his head and said, ' Yes and in just ten hours from now on and you will be walking in the streets of Los Angeles. How does it feel?" He said as I clasped my hand on his shoulder and said, 'By the way, aren't you going to have someone pack your bags, I did say you were coming with me and luckily we were able to get a second ticket for you. Yet you are sitting here." I said with a smirk.. 'Mind you, I already had my bags packed. You are the one who needed someone else to do it for you. Tell me how many times did you score with the chick." He said as his eyes went over to my maid as I laughed and said, 'Come on man you know that I make it a thing not to sleep with the maids in my mansion. They are here because they like to work legitimately unlike some hoes we pick in clubs." I said as he smiled and said, 'Sure man. You know I was just kidding. Wouldn't it be shocking if we actually met our wives in the reunion. How weird would that be? I mean I do hope I see someone single and available for the picking. My mum has been bearing on my neck recently to get married and give her grand kids. And I am going to see her so desperation is my middle name." He said as I laughed and said, 'Don't worry man. We will both find someone soon. You and I will soon be checked off the bachelor's list for good, but for now I am happy to say that I am a big Casanova and I am not ashamed to hide it. Cheers to us who chase both the bags and the hoes" I said as I rose my glass cup up in the air and he did his too and we both clink it before we drank it and dropped our cups on the table. Just then the maid who had been packing up my stuff zipped it up as she carried the Ecolag and walked towards us bowing, 'Sorry to bother you Mr Harley and his friend but everything you need is in this bag. Where do I drop it please?" She said so gently. 'Oh give it to Noah to take care of it. Thanks Martha." I said genuinely as she smiled at me and walked away with the bag. 'Well bro, time to go make our arrival in Los Angeles." I said as we both stood up.