Chapter Forty five.

Elena's Pov.

We both fell in the plush bed at the same time.

"Argh my back and waist aches so much, I feel like someone just ran me over with a bull dozer, sheesh." she said, using her hand to pull one soft neck rest towards her, then proceeded to make muffled strangled sounds into it.

" That is what I go through almost every day." I sighed, happy that she had also experienced what I experience every other day.

We just finished having one of our intense gum sessions with my gym trainer, and boy was it gruesome. I had invited Katie to join us in the gym session and she, being idle, accepted, not knowing what she was getting herself into. Now this was the end result, she was almost broken to her bones, not that she did not work out every now and then, in fact, her figure was enviable, but the pressure was more on me, to keep my shape and not gain too much weight, according to my line of business, modelling was not easy, no occupation was, it required a lot of hard work and commitment to be able to stand out and make people notice you, not to talk of wanting to work with you. 

I was now used to the intense gym session, so it did not really weigh down on me anymore, though at the beginning, I almost thought of quitting, but I did not, instead, I kept the tears in my eyes and pushed further, now, I was a pro and this woman that was screaming in my neck rest just got introduced to the game.

"Ew.. get your stanky saliva out of my neck rest, I actually USE it you know, I would not want to be soaked in your salivary juices." I slapped her arm and she in turn sent me a glare, such that if looks could kill, I would be six feet under by now, that I was sure of. 

"You actually invited me to join in that gym training session, you knew how intense and excessive it was, but you still invited me, why are you so cruel, whyy" she made sounds that felt like she was groaning and sobbing at the same time, that I almost thought she was really going to cry. 

"Duh, sorry if you think that was intense, I personally do not really think it was that extreme, you were the one that said that I needed exercise and healthy food to keep fit, I am just showing you how life goes on around here" I smirked but this got on her nerves as she immediately hit me with the neck rest she was previously using to soothe her frustration, and guess what?. I got hit by the very part that was already wet with her saliva, and I not being one to let others prevail over me, immediately went to work with the other neck rest, hitting her on her back and butt and all over her legs, I did this till the neck rest scattered into a million feathers, no wonder why it was always so soft. 

She grabbed a pillow and hit me on the head, you know what this means! pillow fight. We started jumping around on the bed and hitting each other, dodging the opponents weapon and hitting the weak points. 

At long last, when the pillows were all gone, all of them, we fell back into the feather filled bed, I fell on my knees and grabbed two handfuls of feathers, screaming, "Noooo, not the pillows, give me back my pillows, why is this happening to me? whyyyyy" 

Katie scoffed, "You are so dramatic, too dramatic to be precise, you initiated the fight, you could not have expected me to back down in the face if such challenge did you? you could have as well surrendered and spared your pillows such gruesome and nerve racking ending, you must not blame me, you are the sole proprietor of their death" She whispered spookily and I laughed at her attempt.

"Yeah, real manipulator material" I chuckled and she joined me, looking genuinely happy.

"How are you now" I asked, looking at her from the bed of feathers.

"What do you mean, how am I, of course I still feel like I got ran over by a truck or bull dozer if you please." She smirked at how stupid my question came out.

"You idiot, you are supposed to know that I did not mean how are you feeling PHYSICALLY, I mean how you are feeling EMOTIONALLY, that is what I mean, pardon me if your IQ is not as high as mine, I was always more intelligent" I replied cockily.

She looked as if she had just been strangled by my question.

"Well, of course I am not okay, per se, but I feel like I am in a better place now than I have ever been in the past six years, I feel like I am havi a break through, but that does not mean that it is not hard for me, I mean, it is REALLY hard, being in this state of, you know, suspense, not knowing how she is taking all this, I can not even go back to my apartment due to the fact that I am scared somebody might show up and start questioning me on why I am like this, you know, it's actually very hard, I mean, it's been three freaking days and I do not even have the courage to like, turn in my phone, because I am scared, I do not know what to expect." she took deep breaths as if she had been holding her breath for a long time, still keeping that strangled expression on her face.

"You do not see me complaining, do you? " I started.

"No but.." she interrupted.

"No buts, you could move in with me and I would not have any bloody problem, I mean it would mean reduced expenses on your part, and I would have company, you do not need to be scared of anything, you are a full grown adult, you have the right to be and do anything you bloody want to be, or do. You can not let people's opinions influence you, you need to show them that you do not bloody care about what rubbish they think about you, you are capable of being happy with or without their help" I said, almost pulling my hair out in frustration.

" But what if their opinions matter a lot to me? what if what they think about me actually has the ability to influence me into doing what they want? what if I NEED them to actually BE HAPPY?, what then? " She asked, looking crest fallen, my anger immediately subsided.

I placed a comforting hand in her shoulder, "Then you have to show them that you are worth being loved, just the way you are, you have to make them love you, like this, you do not have to hide yourself to make them love you Katie, if they actually loved you when they thought you were heterosexual, they would adjust to the fact that you are actually homosexual and they would accept you wholeheartedly, just like before".

She sighed, " But then again, adjusting will not be easy"

" No, it will not, I never said it will, in fact, it will actually be a lot harder than you think, but you know, perseverance is the key, if they really loved you then, they will still love and accept you now, you just have to show them the way, guide them to see that they actually care for you and would not want to lose you, no. matter. what." I ended.

" I guess you are right, but I do not think I am ready then have that convo with my family just yet, let me just hide behind the curtain for a little bit longer" she whispered.

" Take as much time that you want, but just do not procrastinate, I know for sure that if I was part of your family, I would want to hear YOUR truth from YOU, rather than from any other person, no matter how close to you they may be, even if they were your twin, I know for sure that I would want to hear it from you and you alone, the thing is that, when they see they pain you have gone through and the amount if courage you have to be able to open up to them, then, I think they will understand, not accept immediately, but understand, you need to work towards the acceptance part, that is if they are not supportive enough, but you never know, they might have had an inkling of suspicion or something." I winked at her, but she still kept a serious face, probably contemplating my words.

" Yeah, the doubts that were planted there by my brother" She said bitterly, not really cherishing that particular memory of her brother, " but, I guess you are right, I need to make haste and tell my family, before word gets to them. I do not know how to start or even how to go about it, but I guess, if I was able to tell you and Josette about it, I can probably do the same for them, I still think you are being overly optimistic though, it would never play out like that, it never does, but I'll try"

It was my turn to sigh, " You do not always have to be so pessimistic you know, faith and believe can work wonders for you, stop being such a pessimist, you do not know what the future holds."

" Yeah, neither do you." she said, with a gloomy look that I just had to stick out my tongue at her.

" And, another thing" I said holding my index finger up, " If Josette does not accept you for who you are, them she must be a fool, and she would be losing someone that is more precious than gold, or any precious stone for that matter. "

She blew me a kiss, " You are such a flatterer, and I like that, you know another thing I like about you? "

" What? "I asked, eager to know.

" You make the best noodles" she said and I scowled.

" Noodles? Here I was expecting a compliment like, you are the kindest, bestest, greatest person there is".

She laughed, " But then again, that would not be a compliment, that would be a fact".

I laughed, happy at her sweet words, Josette would be really missing a great deal if she gave up on this girl, but then again, Katie deserved so much better. 

"Speaking of, I think I need to get a refill, I am starving, almost to death, my head is now feeling really light, I bet it is about to fall off, could you please help your bestest friend and make some of that your award winning noodles? " she fluttered her eyelashes at me and made pouty lips, puffing her cheeks in and out in a cute way.

"you... you... you.. bird brain, I'm going okay, do not ever make that face at me, ever again, you hear me, you.. stupid.. cute... schmuck. " I said, standing up from the bed, with her in tow.

" You know what, I think you should make a smoothie along with it, or else.. "

" or else what? " I stopped in my tracks and turned to look at her, folding my arms in front of me.

"or else... I will make that face" she said,then proceeded to make said face, I just could not stand it, I was a sucker for cuteness.

"Fineee, but you owe me" I said, continuing to the kitchen.

"You know, somehow, I have Valerie to thank, for... all this" She said after a while.

I stopped chopping the carrots and looked at her, puzzled.

"Why in the world would you have Valerie to thank" I asked, flabbergasted.

"You, know, if not for her, I would have not had the courage to come out, literally. I was so scared that day, I thought she would spew out my secret in her drunken stupor, so I pestered you to leave, but I was not quite comfortable, knowing that your curiosity had been ignited, that you would find out sooner or later, about me, and worst of all, that it would not come from me, that would have spelled the end if our friendship, I did not want that,so in a way, Valerie scared me to say my truth, only that, it did not work out as she had expected." she explained, motioning to me to continue chopping the carrots as she was hungry.

"In a way, I guess you may be right, but I still feel like all that, was you, it was you who told me, forget about any other person who might have scared you into doing it, the important thing is we are over it now, every other thing that was in the way will be cleared soon" I said.

"Speaking of obstructions, I have not heard a single word from or about our girl Amelie Banks, tomorrow is your shoot and still nothing from her? really fishy in my opinion"

 I nodded, "Yeah, I guess she is just laying low, or has probably run out of ideas on how to take me down, she might now try to face her career, plus, she is not OUR girl" 

" Which is going downhill anyways" Katie added with an evil smirk, I left it at that.

I was soon done with the noodles and Katie had already set the table, so we both ate in silence, my mind was occupied with the shoot, that would be coming up tomorrow, well well, Beam magazine, here I come. 

"Hey, Elena" Katie waved a hand in my face and I withdrew a little bit, since she was sporting a fork.

"hmmm" I replied.

"I was just saying that I will get a nap after this, my back and waist still ache" she said.

"Yeah me too" I agreed. 

Author's Note:

Guys, the typos are so much😭😭😭 I literally want to die right now, how did I not notice all this. I am feeling really bad about myself right now guys, sorry if the typos inconvenienced you😭. I know how you feel, I hate reading books with much typos too, so I will make sure I correct them.  Please, continue to stick with me and my book guys, it means a lot to me, I mean, what would I seriously do without you guys? Nothing. You guys are the best ever, for continuing to stick with this book of mine, THANK YOU. Love you guys, hope you enjoyed this one 🥺🥺. Bye, love you🥰🥰🥰.