the pod hand in hand.
Chapter 7
My best friends waited on the sidewalk for us, holding each other tight; I hadn’t seen them look that strikingly happy ever, it was a truly beautiful moment.
“You guys! Oh this is so exciting!” I gave them each the biggest hug I could muster, and gawked at the beautiful two carat princess-cut Leo Diamond that fit snuggly on Suzette’s left ring finger. “Oh! This is exquisite. Adam you have outdone yourself,” I marveled.
We stood in the middle of the sidewalk right outside the London Eye hugging and rejoicing. Even Adam and Simon exchanged a congratulatory hug. It was a truly important moment in their lives, and mine as well. It wasn’t every day your best high school friends decided to spend the absolute rest of their lives together. And just like that I felt that hint of jealousy and was a little sad, but I didn’t let anyone see it. I continued to smile and celebrate the joyous occasion.
After the fuss had subsided a bit I took Suzette aside and let Adam and Simon talk amongst themselves.
“Listen, I’m going home with Simon tonight.” I casually said to her, hoping she’d be okay with it and wouldn’t make a fuss.
“Well… are you sure?” She inquired letting her brow furrow.
“Yeah, I mean you guys probably want some quality alone time, and to be honest I want some with Simon.” Her eyes popped open wide before she gave me an approving wink.
“Uh-huh. I know what you wanna do. You dirty girl.” Now looking at me insidiously she bit her lower lip while her eyebrows danced up and down.
“SUZE! I don’t know if that’s going to happen yet… I don’t know if we’re ready yet. But just cause I go back to his place for a sleepover doesn’t mean we have to have sex. Perv,” I quietly exclaimed to make sure the boys didn’t hear me.
“Fine, do as you please, but be careful! I really don’t want to wake up the morning after the best night of my life to find out that you’ve been chopped up into bits and left in the trash to rot.” She exaggerated.
“Please,” I said before we headed back to our men.
We each exchanged a hug once more and said our goodbyes. Adam looked perplexed as I began to walk away from them with Simon, but I knew his soon-to-be wife would explain everything; plus I didn’t need a lecture from him. So I pulled Simon away quickly to avoid Adam's inquisition.
“So, Mr. Basford, where to?” I asked coyly.
He looked at me with his hungry eyes and sweetly said “Follow me, love.”
We arrived at a very plain looking brick building. It didn’t have very many marks on it at all that would even indicate what it was. If I had walked past it without Simon I would’ve thought it was an abandoned firehouse or some other building left and forgotten. The area was in a state of urban decay, but the building looked for the most part unscathed.
We entered through a green door and into an equally plain foyer; four white walls, two small square windows with green curtains to match the door, and a small set of three metal mail boxes next to a set of creaky brown stairs. Behind the staircase was another door which Simon explained was where the other tenant in the building lived.
He took my hand in his and led me upstairs where there were two more green doors. The one on the right, which he approached, had ‘2B’ in pointy black letters right above the peephole. Simon struggled with the keys for a bit, but then the door swung open and he held his hand out to lead me in.
I crossed the threshold into a stunning loft apartment that made our hotel suite look like a matchbox. The door put you straight into the wide open living room, big enough to fit at least thirty to forty people comfortably. The building must’ve gone back pretty far, because it was definitely bigger on the inside than it looked from the street.
The two back walls were both exposed red brick with only one large rectangular window, (the black curtains closed) on the
Chapter 7
My best friends waited on the sidewalk for us, holding each other tight; I hadn’t seen them look that strikingly happy ever, it was a truly beautiful moment.
“You guys! Oh this is so exciting!” I gave them each the biggest hug I could muster, and gawked at the beautiful two carat princess-cut Leo Diamond that fit snuggly on Suzette’s left ring finger. “Oh! This is exquisite. Adam you have outdone yourself,” I marveled.
We stood in the middle of the sidewalk right outside the London Eye hugging and rejoicing. Even Adam and Simon exchanged a congratulatory hug. It was a truly important moment in their lives, and mine as well. It wasn’t every day your best high school friends decided to spend the absolute rest of their lives together. And just like that I felt that hint of jealousy and was a little sad, but I didn’t let anyone see it. I continued to smile and celebrate the joyous occasion.
After the fuss had subsided a bit I took Suzette aside and let Adam and Simon talk amongst themselves.
“Listen, I’m going home with Simon tonight.” I casually said to her, hoping she’d be okay with it and wouldn’t make a fuss.
“Well… are you sure?” She inquired letting her brow furrow.
“Yeah, I mean you guys probably want some quality alone time, and to be honest I want some with Simon.” Her eyes popped open wide before she gave me an approving wink.
“Uh-huh. I know what you wanna do. You dirty girl.” Now looking at me insidiously she bit her lower lip while her eyebrows danced up and down.
“SUZE! I don’t know if that’s going to happen yet… I don’t know if we’re ready yet. But just cause I go back to his place for a sleepover doesn’t mean we have to have sex. Perv,” I quietly exclaimed to make sure the boys didn’t hear me.
“Fine, do as you please, but be careful! I really don’t want to wake up the morning after the best night of my life to find out that you’ve been chopped up into bits and left in the trash to rot.” She exaggerated.
“Please,” I said before we headed back to our men.
We each exchanged a hug once more and said our goodbyes. Adam looked perplexed as I began to walk away from them with Simon, but I knew his soon-to-be wife would explain everything; plus I didn’t need a lecture from him. So I pulled Simon away quickly to avoid Adam's inquisition.
“So, Mr. Basford, where to?” I asked coyly.
He looked at me with his hungry eyes and sweetly said “Follow me, love.”
We arrived at a very plain looking brick building. It didn’t have very many marks on it at all that would even indicate what it was. If I had walked past it without Simon I would’ve thought it was an abandoned firehouse or some other building left and forgotten. The area was in a state of urban decay, but the building looked for the most part unscathed.
We entered through a green door and into an equally plain foyer; four white walls, two small square windows with green curtains to match the door, and a small set of three metal mail boxes next to a set of creaky brown stairs. Behind the staircase was another door which Simon explained was where the other tenant in the building lived.
He took my hand in his and led me upstairs where there were two more green doors. The one on the right, which he approached, had ‘2B’ in pointy black letters right above the peephole. Simon struggled with the keys for a bit, but then the door swung open and he held his hand out to lead me in.
I crossed the threshold into a stunning loft apartment that made our hotel suite look like a matchbox. The door put you straight into the wide open living room, big enough to fit at least thirty to forty people comfortably. The building must’ve gone back pretty far, because it was definitely bigger on the inside than it looked from the street.
The two back walls were both exposed red brick with only one large rectangular window, (the black curtains closed) on the
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