back to Sophie's place

Sophie stared out of the window while Kate drove the car in silence. They were currently inside Kate's car, heading to Sophie's place. Sophie still wanted to Meet Felix and Kate adamantly insisted on following her, since she had no chance of changing her friend's mind, Sophie finally boarded the yellow Porsche 911, Carrera.

This car was Kate's birthday present from her dad when she turned 25, she rarely used it because she was with Sophie most of the time and Sophie didn't like attracting attention, right now, Sophie could see a lot of people looking over whenever the yellow ace passed, she just sighed, boarding a taxi would sure have been a better choice than this.

She tore her gaze from the window and rested her head back on the headrest of the seat, she closed her eyes and was now In thoughts.

She now understood how her mom had felt all those years she was with them after her dad disappeared without a trace. Her mom would always put up a front as a strong woman and coax her whenever she was down or bullied by the neighbor's kids, her mom would always comfort her whenever she was sad about why her dad didn't come for the school's parents event, sometimes she would think her dad left because he hated her but her mom would always be there for her, always there to hug her to sleep whenever she cried at night, always begging her to eat whenever she refused to unless less she saw her father.

Sophie didn't realize that her mom was even suffering more than her until she found her crying on the balcony one night, her mom must have thought that she had already slept and choose to let her emotions out, little did she realize that Sophie had left her books at the balcony and had gone to retrieve them only to find the heartbroken scene of her mom crying in silence, she didn't make a single noise even when she was crying her heart to splitters.

Sophie didn't make her presence known and sneakily went back to her room, since then, she had vowed to always make her mom smile with every chance she got, her mom was surprised by Sophie's sudden change but wasn't against it, she was glad that Sophie seemed to have recovered from her dad's disappearance, little did she know that her daughter was only trying to heal her broken heart slowly.

Sophie sighed once again, she could still remember the day Felix proposed to her, Kate's strong objection and her persistent stubbornness, the times they spent together, their happy moments, Felix smiling face, his merry laughter, happy expressions, all those scenes flashed through her mind within fractions of seconds, all their glorious past was now really turning into a mare memory to remember.

She suddenly thought of something.

Could it have been...

No, it wasn't possible, they both agreed on it together, so that shouldn't be the case, right?

Trying so hard to convince herself, still, the idea of it being true kept popping up in her head, like a demon's voice trying to lure her to sin.

She shook her head vigorously, to Clear her thoughts. It couldn't be, even if it was, she could have compromised if he asked her, she didn't make the decision alone.

Sophie suddenly felt a hand land on her shoulder and her eyes opened to meet Kate, whose one hand was on her shoulder and the other hand still controlling the steering wheel "Don't worry your little head about it, everything would be okay, so just relax" Kate said softly while still looking straight ahead.

Sophie smiled and held Kate's hand, her friend really understood her well, even to know when her thoughts were in shambles, she felt lucky to have such a caring friend, although she could be annoying sometimes.

The car soon arrived at Sophie's residence, a normal two-bedroom house, the entire building was painted in plain white, the roof exempted of course.

Some flowers that Kate had planted grew around it and also on the balcony, adding an additional special taste to the beauty of the casual building.

Kate couldn't help but smile, her friend sure knew how to make a paradise by just being casual.

The duo alighted the car and walked towards the door, Kate turned and looked at Sophie who was standing on the balcony and staring absentmindedly at the door, she shook her head in pity, love sure is the most dangerous weapon ever to exist.

"How long are you planning on standing there like a statue, didn't you have something to take care of? " 

Kate's words pulled Sophie out of her daze, her eyes regained focus and she walked towards the door with heavy steps.

Kate directly pushed the door open and stormed in, leaving Sophie frozen outside, she still needed to breathe for a while before opening the door, yet Kate didn't give that thought a chance, she was already pulled in before she could realize it.

Sophie immediately because anxious about meeting Felix, she had only been away for a single day yet had suddenly started feeling wary towards him, how could she not, she had loved him dearly and cherished him like a golden egg, her whole world always revolved around him, but he had made a decision that could traumatize her, he wanted to leave her.

Seeing Sophie's uneasy expression, Kate felt a strong wave of anger from within her, she really wanted to meet Felix right now and tell him how much her fist loved his face.

"Felix!! come out here you ingrate, come tell me something to keep you alive" Kate shouted at the top of her lungs.

Sophie looked at her friend but didn't say anything, they waited for him to come to them. 

Silence.

Dead silence. It was as if not a single person was inside the house as not even a heartbeat could be heard.

"You idiot! are you ignoring me, I said come out " Kate shouted again.

Still, only silence greeted her angered-filled voice.