7.

“Keith, congrats!" Hailey and Sunny cheered him up by inviting some of his friends to join them. He had finally graduated from high school and was about to begin college.

Goodbye, Tessy. He thought to himself as he posed for photos with his classmates and friends. He was planning to attend New Jersey City University. It was only a few minutes from home.

He locked his gaze on Sunny, who was taking a photo with his sister. He'd had a crush on her for years but had been too shy to admit it. He did the most insane thing that came to mind at the time. He approached them and kissed Sunny as he drew her closer to him. He expected her to pull away and slap him, but instead she drew him closer and deepened the kiss, much to everyone's surprise.

Hailey smirked. She knew they liked each other, but they were both too afraid to admit it.

Sunny's face flushed as she broke off the kiss.

"Would you like to be my girlfriend?" He asked, waiting for her answer.

“ Yes, oh my gosh yes Keith I will be your girlfriend,” she beamed with joy.

He hugged her tight, swinging her in the process.

“ Good riddance to bad rubbish!” Trash exclaimed, walking away in anger.

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“Heyyyyy, Freya." Zed happily sat down in front of her.

"Someone is in a good mood today, "Freya added, raising her eyebrows at him.

"Yeah, let's say I'm making progress with Soraya."" He explained.

"By warming her bed?” She made a lucky guess.

"And that, too." He winked at her as she smiled at him.

"Well, then, good luck." She smirked.

"Thank you, love, but you, my friend, need a man in your life." He explained.

"Well, that's not going to happen any time soon because the man I love is in love with someone else."She told him.

“"Do I know who he is?" he inquired.

"You don't." Her phone rang, and she stammered awkwardly.

"How come the colors got mixed up?"

“What happened, Mildred?" I picked them out for you, so how did the mix up happen? She inquired, irritated.

“I gave them to the production team in the same way you did, but they came back mixed up." She elaborated.

"I see you outside my office, Mildred, come on in and give me a better explanation," Freya said, dropping the phone as Mildred entered with the faulty winter collection samples.

"What the hell is this? Who else was in charge of this?" She was enraged.

“Cole did." She was referring to the head of the production team. Zed received a phone call from his boss and mouthed, "I gotta go," while gesturing to the phone in his hand. As he left her office, she nodded goodbye.

“ Tell Cole to get his ass in my office this minute!” she yelled as Mildred rushed out to do what she was asked to do. Freya was a nice person but when she was mad, it was a different ball game altogether.

“Cole, Freya needs you in her office as soon as possible "Mildred said as he turned off the television and walked into her office.

"Boss, you sent for me." He said as he walked into the office.

"What did you do to my winter collection?"She asked, showing him the shambles Mildred had brought into her office.

"That's not from the collection; it's something I was experimenting with." The collection is in my office." Cole explained.

"How come Mildred brought these to me?" She sighed, rubbing her forehead.

"I'm sure she was distracted." He chuckled as he walked out to get her designs and took the one she was holding.

“ What the hell was all that about Cole? I almost lost my job there you dimwit!” Mildred insulted.

“ It was a joke Mildred,” Cole shrugged it off smirking at her.

“ To you it was, but to me it wasn’t. Never try that rubbish with me again,” she angrily stormed out of his office.

“Should I let Cecelia Vega and her team in for the show, Ma'am?" Carla was curious.

"Certainly, Carla, and please take a sample of my collection from Cole." Carla left to do what she was told as they walked in.

"Are you ready, Ms Freya, for the show?" She inquired as the team assembled their gear.

"Cecelia, I am more than ready." She said as the makeup artists worked on her.

“5..4..3..2..1."

“Hello, this is Cecelia Vega, your host, and today's guest is Freya Grey, as promised. If you've noticed, I'm not in my studio, but rather in Freya's studio." As a few people cheered her up, she said. They had come with a special audience because Freya's studio couldn't accommodate the regular crowd.

"What's new for this season, Freya?"" Vega was curious.

"Well, I'm about to release my new winter collection 2020."" she stated

" That's fantastic. We can't wait to see and try it for ourselves." Vega elaborated.

"However, I'm curious as to how a hot, successful, and powerful fashion icon can be single and I know I am not the only one dying to know why?" Vega asked.

“Hmm, funny enough, I think the men are intimidated by my success and are unable to ask me out. For the time being, I'd prefer to remain single until I make a decision." She informed.

"Aww, dear young successful men, why?" She added emphatically.

"Any crushes?"" She enquired.

"Yes, but he's in love with another woman."She gave a painful smile.

"Wow, that's the worst kind imaginable, "Vega explained.

"Tell me about it." Freya rolled her eyes, making the audience laugh.

“Perhaps there is someone out there for you, sweetheart "said Vega.

“I’m not sure..." She began to stutter.

"Give yourself a chance; if you don't feel the same way about them, move on." She nodded.

"Thank you, Vega; I'll think about it." Freya grinned.

“ My final question before I leave, does ‘the Soraya Wayne’ intimidate you in anyway?” Vega inquired.

“ Soraya is a good business woman, no doubt. But we are in different industries. I’m doing great in mine and she’s doing well in hers. And no, she doesn’t intimidate me in any way at all,” Freya answered earning a round of applause from her audience.

“ Would you call her a friend or a foe?” Vega continued.

“ She’s neither. We both have our circle of friends and we aren’t in each other’s circle. Maybe an acquaintance.” Freya replied.

“Thank you for making time to be on our show Freya, it was a wonderful opportunity. That’s it guys, this is Good morning America,” she ended the show.

“That was a good show, Freya; even though it was on short notice, it was fun to be here "Vega explained.

"It's my pleasure, "Freya said as Vega and her team exited the company. Carla entered the office carrying samples of the collection she was talking about.

"Good show, boss." She congratulated him.

"Many thanks, dear." She smiled at her friend.