Chapter Four

  Emma crawled out of bed with her disheveled hair and ruined make -up she did recently, her face was pale, and her reactions showed how she had wanted to be in bed for extra hours.

 She went to the washroom for her bath and came back to dress up in a pink blouse and a black balloon skirt.

   Since her sister was set to start working at the company, she was overjoyed with her success in the interview.

  Nothing would prevent her from achieving her objectives.

   The estate where they live was chilly, and the sparkling shine of the sun revealed how much better the day was going to be despite the short amount of time that had passed.

 She stood in front of the mirror and admired her beautiful looks. Her sexy body shape matched the outfit she wore, and that was also a perfect attraction to her skin color.

She dashed out of her room afterward and bumped into a cab behind her house portico.

 She took a glance at her wristwatch and noticed that it was getting to 8 O'clock. 

Oops, my bad, I promised Antoinette to get there before dawn was over, but I'm now on my way to her place, what's she going to say or think?

She murmured to herself and picked up her phone from her bag to text Antoinette, but her friend's phone was off.

 That seemed pathetic, but she got relieved by the way the driver edged the car along the road.

It was a rainy Saturday morning, but she had no choice but to visit her friend for their usual group studies.

 She usually wakes up early and completes her house chores, and afterward leaves the house to visit her friend.

 Another day to visit her friend, she got to Antoinette's house in no time.

 Antoinette was overjoyed when she saw her friend from afar.

 Isn't Emma the one I'm seeing?

She said with a beam and went to meet her friend.

 “Why the dull face?”

Emma asked her friend.

“You kept long, what were you doing in the house?”

Antoinette asked as if she didn't know about her friend.

That didn't seem to bother Emma, she took a deep breath and continued with her speech.

“I was busy today, lectures were also tiring, so I had to rest and continue my duties at dawn”. 

  “I was done before midnight, but my body needs to rest.”

Emma said with a sad face and followed her friend who replied to her reaction with a scowl to their living room.

 Feel at home girlfriend, let me get you a cool juice to quench your thirst.

Antoinette said with a smile.

She went to the kitchen and came back to serve Emma chilled mango juice.

“Thanks for the juice, baby girl”.

Emma said.

“Don't mention it, you're like a sister to me “.

She added and came to sit on the divan.

Emma continued to sip her juice warmly, she scrolled up messages on her phone whilst she kept sipping the juice.

 “It seems you're busy with your boyfriend?”.

Antoinette teased when she heard the sound of an alert from Emma's phone.

 “No, please, I don't need a man in my life now”.

 Emma retorted.

 “Wow, so you're still a virgin at this time?”.

 Antoinette asked in a shocked way.

 She thought her beautiful friend was having a boyfriend.

To her, a pretty girl like Emma must be in a relationship by now.

Antoinette muttered to herself and asked Emma for the last time if she was serious about what she said.

"You should be dating by now”.

Antoinette echoed.

 “Dating!”. Emma shrieked.

“This is something I will never indulge myself in, they used to say, it can go well for you or the table might turn”.

“Who knows, I do not trust those sayings, you have to try and see the outcome”.

Antoinette said.

Try! Did you just say, try?

Emma said stunningly.

She was surprised and never thought Antoinette would ever say that to her.

Dating wasn't a new thing to Antoinette because she started dating at an early stage of her life.

 She wasn't skeptical when it came to having affairs with any guy around.

Unlike Emma, who was timid even though her beauty was second to none.

 “You better don't lose your dignity as a woman, that's the advice I got for you”.

Emma said in a worried way to Antoinette.

“Whatever “.

“Can we get to the study room and make use of our time?”.

“Calm down, there is more time, have fun, baby girl”.

Antoinette was acting like a girl who found school as a game.

 Emma wonders why her friend behaves in that manner, she wishes to change Antoinette's mind and make her be like a woman every responsible guy will like to be with.

She had tried several times, but none seemed to bother Antoinette.

 My Mom was the one who sent the message, your thoughts on that felt like a boyfriend tone, right?

“Let's start with something else before I leave for my house, the weather is even cloudy again”.

“Emma, you can leave my house and get to your home for the studies you were referring to”.

“Today is for partying, why are you acting weird?”.

Antoinette angrily questioned her friend.

“Calm down, please, there is time for everything ".

“Cut it!”.

She yelled at her friend and continued to talk about her gibberish, which seemed sensible to her.

“This is my moment Emma, if you can't cope with that, just leave my house now bitch”.

“Are you sending me away ?”."I only came here to tell you about my sister's success at the company".

Emma said between sobs. 

“I want the best out of you and not the worst”.

 She continued to talk to her friend but she played deaf ears to it.

“ I will take my leave and won't ever stop here again”.

Emma said and dashed out of the living room.

   Antoinette wasn't bothered by her friend's retorts, she went to close the door behind her and came to sit on the couch again.

Why did I even call her to come over to my house?

   Antoinette muttered to herself and went back to her bedroom.

She needed to rest and clear the fuss, Emma might be right and wrong at an angle.

    A thought whizzed through her mind, she was feeling desperate and sorry for herself at the same time.

 Emma got back home with a sad look and threw her bag on the bed.

She felt embarrassed with the way Antoinette acted, she never expected that bad behavior from her childhood friend.

  " I just wasted my time and energy"

.Why would she treat me in such a manner?

   Emma said sarcastically.

She chuckled, taking off her clothes, and slipping into a cozy garment.

She jumped onto her bed and immediately fell asleep.