ChAPter SiX

This is how I imagined greeting my boyfriend...

Rachel ran out of the house to see her hunk of a boyfriend leaning against his car donned up in leather pants and jacket with a sexy smile on his pink full lips, she ran at him at full speed and jumped on him, which he gallantly caught her before kissing her so passionately that her whole inside was tingling....

Now this is what really happened....

Rachel ran out of the house to see her boyfriend blowing the horn impatiently, so she quickly hurried to the passenger side and flung herself inside. Hi, she greeted her boyfriend who was also dressed like her, black t-shirt, blue ripped jeans and black boot with a smile...

"Hi, " he responded pecking me lightly on the lips.

Yeah, a little bit disappointing don't you think but Donald is not really affectionate, but he can be sweet, I think, any way I haven't really figured him all out, after all, we have only been dating for a year, not such a long time right right let move on....

We arrived at the new bar and made our way inside and immediately eyes swung our way as we headed towards our two friends who we could see already seated at one table but no drinks in front of them yet....

I know what is going through your mind, that we were being stared at because we made such a beautiful couple like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt on the red carpet, PULEEZE, that is so far from it, the reason we drew such attention is because of our enormous height difference, with Donald looking like Dwyane Wade and me spotting my Scarlett Johansson height you see why people will consider us a sight of attraction, and hey don't go imagining I have Scarlett looks, I am just a short girl with average looks thank you very much.

We have finally reached our friends after such a long trek through the red carpet with our fans following us with their gaze.

I hope you noted the sarcasm.

"Hi, " Rachel our two other friends cried in excited surprise at seeing me voice, standing up for a hug.

Guess Donald didn't intimate them on my coming.

I smiled widely at them opening my arms to receive them.

First in my arms is my best friend Amara, a chocolate-skinned girl with light brown hair, dreads, and spotting a huge gap between her two front teeth which you could see as she smiled at me before falling into my arms.

"Girl I have missed you so much, " she cries hugging me tightly while she swayed with me....

"I missed you too bestie, " I croaked in a choky voice trying to get the air she was prevented from reaching me into my lungs...

"Hey, I want to hug her too, you are not the only one who has missed her, " muttered an impatient voice behind us...

And that is my second best friend Claire, a red-haired freckled green eyed girl who is known for her impatience, as she just clearly demonstrated now...

"Will you chill Claire I just started hugging her a few seconds ago, " Amara grumbled releasing me a bit reluctantly, and then Claire was grabbing me in another choking hold.

Yep, they are trying to kill me I thought trying to loosen her strong grip on me...

"I have missed you so much, " she cries theatrically as if trying to upstage my other friend, which caused the said friend to roll her eyes and me to chuckle.

I have really missed these two with their constant competition with one another.

"I have missed you too, " Rachel whispered to her friend finally getting her to let go as they all took a seat around the table...

"What will you ladies be drinking? " Donald asked getting to his feet...

"I feel like being daring tonight in honor of Rachel's first night out since you know, " she said not willing to mutter the word accident as if it was forbidden, so I will have a martini with lots of olives.

I and Amara rolled our eyes at our friend.

"You know you can say accident, I wouldn't mind right, " Rachel said to her friend.

"Don't want to, " Claire replied with a shrug.

"What do you want Amara? " Donald asked moving things along.

"Beer"

"Honey?"

"Beer"

"Well I will be joining Claire in being daring," Donald said with a wink in her direction, causing the red hair to look like her hair as she stares down.

I smiled inside, I was aware of Claire crush on my boyfriend, I mean is not surprising seeing the boy has the height, the athletic built, sculpted face, and beautiful hazel eyes mixed with a tinge of green that has you drowning in them when you look at them, not to talk about his dashboard abs, all these made Donald exactly the type of guy Claire usually falls for but unfortunately, he became interested in me and not her. Despite knowing this I am not threatened by her crush, to me is all innocent...

"Here you go ladies, " Donald said placing our drinks in front of us.

"Thanks, babe," I said taking a healthy swallow of my beer. Damn, is good to finally have a taste of alcohol after so many months.

Yeah, I was prohibited from drinking throughout the period of my recovery.

With everyone settled with their own drink, the topic of school was raised.

Since I have been out of commission I have missed a chunk of the second semester of my second year in college but the school promised to give me some allowance to make up when I am ready to get back to school.

Claire was whinnying about her professor who refused to give her an extension for the assignment they were given six weeks ago, and guess what that is the third time she is asking for an extension.

That is right Claire the chief procrastinator, she never does anything unless is the dying minute, and guess who her excuse was. Me, but unfortunately for her she used it last week so this time her professor isn't buying the shit she was selling and she has until Monday to submit it or she gets an F ...

Despite Claire's unserious attitude towards her classes she has managed to remain a B student, how, I can't tell you but I am sure she will be pulling off the magic again come Monday.

The topic didn't last long on Claire because we all are used to her always complaining about her professors, so Amara and Donald snatched the discussion away from her and monopolized it.

They were discussing about their upcoming biology quiz taking place come Monday, as they tried to gather how far each has gone with preparation asking each other questions.

They both want to be doctors.

Claire and I being art students, in my case literally and Claire an attorney in the making stared at the duo lost...

Claire was getting impatient with the duo making us feel like dummies and opened her mouth to say something and unfortunately inhaled the olive she had in her mouth.

She started coughing, flapping her hand in distress.

At first, we watched her like as if she was acting a movie but when the cough wasn't subsiding and the distressed look on her face grew worse we galvanized into action.

Donald was the first to reach her, he tried getting it out by putting pressure around her stomach and heaving her up but it wasn't working and our friend was turning blue, then I felt something take over me as if I am not myself.

"lie her down," Rachel ordered her boyfriend, "anyone with a knife?" she yelled urgently and one appeared in her hand as people gathered around her wondering what she was doing.

She quickly poured alcohol on it, then on her friend's throat before cutting into it.