100 Days With Mr Romero

Ciara showed up the next day, except this time, Gideon was around. I felt more comfortable with him being beside me, not like I couldn’t handle Ciara myself, in fact, this time I was prepared for her. She dressed a little more decent than the last time in a blue gown, it stopped just above her knees. I wondered if it was because she knew Gideon was going to be home.

In fact, the Ciara before me wasn’t the one I met few days ago or saw last night, this was a whole different person. The bright smile I saw on her face was one I thought impossible to ever be on her face. She carried a cheery mood with her this time unlike the cold shoulder she gave me the last time. I was more surprised to hear her speak so sweetly.

“Gideon!” She said excitedly when she saw him. “I didn’t know you were going to be around today.”

He chuckled. “I told you on the phone I was going to be around, remember? Anyways, it’s going to be my wedding after all, I should be around for stuffs like this.” He pulled her in for a hug, which lasted far more longer than I wanted. “How is the boyfriend?”

“Oh, Timothee is fine, he said to greet you,” she said as she pulled back looking at me with a small smile.

“Timothee?” Gideon said looking confused. “I thought his name was Thomas? Or did I get that wrong?”

For a moment she looked like a deer caught in headlight. “Don’t mind me, I mix them up sometimes,” She gave a laugh I found really weird, but seriously, who forgets the name of their boyfriend.

“Anyways, I believe you’ve met Emily. I’m sorry I wasn’t here to introduce you two properly.”

“Oh, it’s fine. I met her the last time, we got along real good.” I gave a fake smile when she looked at me.

Bitch.

Today we talked about the venue, designs and decorations, we all went through magazines Ciara had brought with her, scrolling through them for ideas. It was hard to decide though because I would see one and fall in love with it instantly, but after seeking the next page, I would change my mind instantly, soon I was done with the whole book and didn’t have anyone in mind.

I looked up to find Ciara and Gideon looking at me, it seemed they had finished going through theirs minutes ago.

“So, what do you think?” Gideon asked. “See one you fancy?”

I bit my lips nervously, I didn’t just fancy ‘one’, I want them all. “Eh, let me go through it again.” I went back to the magazine, flipping through the pages quickly. I looked up when I felt a presence approaching, it was just Gideon coming to sit beside me.

“Maybe we could go through it together and decide?” He suggested and I nodded, that was a better idea. I wished Lily was here, she would know the best one to choose.

“Oh,” Gideon cleared his throat. “My throat is dry, I’m coming, let me call Estelle to get me a glass of water.”

“Oh no, don’t bother, why don’t you two lovebirds keep looking at magazine while I go get you a glass of water.” she stood up before Gideon could say another word and walked out of the room quickly, too fast, she almost lost her steps and fell down. I wished she had fallen down, and hit her head on the hard floor, then she would go round with a big bump on her forehead for days, if I am lucky, weeks.

“Thanks for not making a big deal with Ciara,” Gideon said the moment she was gone.

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“I know you don’t like her Emily, you make it obvious enough, but I’m glad you’re cool with all this.”

“Well, I realized there was nothing to be jealous about, you’re with me and that’s all that matters.” Ciara came out minutes later with a glass of water and walked over to offer it to Gideon, but just as she was about to hand it over to him, she ‘tripped’ and spilled most of the content on Gideon.

“Oh, I’m so sorry,” she said. “I didn’t mean to, I twisted my ankles.”

“Oh please, you did that on purpose.” I was getting tired of her nonsense. “And what exactly did you trip over, the air?”

“You don’t have to yell at me,” she feigned a hurt face. “It was an accident.”

“Yes Emma,” Gideon said. “It’s not that big a deal, Ciara can be really clumsy.”

I don’t know why she did that or what she aimed to achieve by doing that, she probably didn’t want to see Gideon and I sitting down so close together, or she probably just wanted to piss me off. I can’t help but think every action she does has a hidden agenda. Here she was acting all sorry, but I can see beyond the facade she was putting on, what just happened was no mistake.

“Stop it.” I suddenly got angry. “OK, she acts like an angel whenever you’re around, but she’s nothing but a bitch, why can’t you see this?”

“You know you’re being really mean to me,” Ciara said. “Gideon all I wanted to do was to help, but if you don’t need my help anymore I’ll leave.”

“Don’t go Ciara,” he said and turned to me. “Emily apologize to her, she didn’t deserve all bad words from you.”

“Apologize?”

“Ciara has been my friend for years Emily, the last thing I want is bad blood between my wife to be and a friend. What exactly has Ciara done to you?”

I opened my mouth to speak but closed it back. “She knows what she’s doing Gideon and you’re letting her. Just look what she did to you!” I pointed at his drenched clothes.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Emma calm down, you’re making a big deal out of nothing.”

“A big deal?” I looked back to Ciara to see the victory smirk on her face. “You know what, excuse me, I need to clear my head.”