ALIEN ROMANCE: The Second Time (Science Fiction BBW with Alien Romance) (Paranormal Science Fiction Fantasy Antologies & Short Reads) by Claudia Moore

Chapter 1:
     
    “I don’t think I should do this. This is just a bad idea!” Sophie said as Rose helped her to zip her dress. She has been pacing up and down as he couldn’t get her ready to go out that evening.
    It was her high school reunion and the moment she got to know about it, the thought of Adam crossed her mind. He was her one true love and the one guy which she was not able to forget.
    “You are going, Sophie. It is your high school reunion – the tenth year. Aren’t you excited to see all your old friends again? Just imagine, you would be seeing a few of them after ten years. That is such a long time. You should be excited!” Rose, her best friend, and flatmate said. Rose and Sophie used to work together and have known each other for the last four years. Over these last few years, they have shared everything about each other’s lives and have gone through both the good as well as the bad phase together.
    Sophie knew that she wasn’t supposed to even say it out loud to Rose, and she was able to read between the lines. They were best friends and knew everything about each other.
    “What if he is there, Rose? What if I will meet Adam, today?” she finally asked Rose and let it all out. Sophie was not afraid to meet her old friends after ten years that night, but it was Adam whom she knew she didn’t want to face.
    Sophie knew that she was in touch with all her high school friends via various social networking sites. She even used to meet some of her close friends every once in a while. Sophie knew that she would be meeting the same bunch of people including a few unwanted ones that day, which was not the reason behind her anxiety. It was Adam.
    “Then it would be a good thing. You have practiced your speech, right? If you meet Adam tonight, what is it that you are going to say, Sophie?” Rose asked her as she was the one who came up with that dramatic speech.
    “No. I don’t remember it. No. I can’t do this, Rose. I can’t go and see him,” Sophie said as she looked at her reflection in the mirror. She was certainly looking beautiful beyond anyone’s comprehension. She was wearing a navy sheath dress and her brown hair was all tied up perfectly. Her brown eyes had an unadulterated glitter that could make any man fall for her. But she was not targeting any other guy out there. She had her thoughts fixed at Adam.
    “No. You are going there tonight, Sophie. And you are going to narrate the entire speech right now!” Rose demanded.
    “Okay. Uhm… So! Here we meet again – after ten long years, right? I can’t understand how you were able to drag your pathetic ass down here, Adam and face me after what you have done to me. You just left – no goodbye, no last words, or no memories to hold on to, you just left. I could be a thing for you, Adam because that was exactly how you treated me… but for me, you were a person. You were a living and a breathing human being to me and I can never do what you did to me to anyone else. I don’t know how you have the audacity to come here and face me? I don’t know how you wake up in the morning – I seriously don’t. But if I were you, I would simply leave this party right now. Because that is what you are good at – leaving.”
    Sophie said it all out loud and cleared her intentions. She was perfect with each and every word that she said which made Rose realize that she was getting a bit too dramatic.
    “That’s good. Just mellow down the emotions a little. You want to come out as a strong and independent woman, not an emotional and needy one. Alright? Rest everything is good!” Rose said in order to boost her morale.
    “I can do this!” Sophie said as she stepped out of the apartment and stepped into the cab.
    “Of course, you can. Go get him!” Rose said as she wished her well and saw her cab leaving the street.
    When Sophie reached the venue, for a moment, she didn’t know what to do. She met a couple of her old friends and started to