FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE

PHASE 9: START...

While waiting for the others to wake up, Marcy was busy watching T.V, she thought of visiting Fuz at the evening,

Hours passed, the only one who was waiting to wake up is Cris, Rachel sat down beside Marcy,

"Sorry, if he's like that...he really wakes up late after having too many champagne" Rachel said,

"I never knew that...when is he going to wake up? The floor is too cold at this time of day" Marcy said, Rachel laughed, she took out her phone and took a picture of Cris' face,

"Don't mind me, I do this everyday, then show it to him, it's cute that he gets embarassed" Rachel said, shortly after, Cris sat up straight, he looked around him,

"I promised to myself that I wouldn't have too much..." he said, he sat down beside Rachel,

"Good morning, Rach, Marce" Cris said, he snuggled with Rachel, Marcy stood up,

"Geez, get a room you two" she said,

She went back to the kitchen, to check on the others,

"Hey Gladys when are we going to plan?" Willa asked,

"Right after the men leave" Gladys replied,

"So, what's the color?" Peony asked,

"I'm thinking of...emerald plus aqua"

"From the sound of it, I'm already loving it!" Marcy said, the other ladies agreed,

Marcy went to her room and took a shower, afterwhich, she locked her door and finished the designs,

A warm breezy afternoon came, Marcy finished designing, she then went to the living room,

"Hey, where are you going?" Marcy asked,

"We'll just go around some shops" Gladys said,

"I'm going too!" Marcy said, she grabbed her coat and went out with the others,

While at the city, they checked out every boutiques and special shops, Marcy reserved a high class shop just for her friend, she planned to tell this when they go for their lunch, not an hour too soon they stopped by a restaurant, Marcy was known in that place, they went into the VIP section,

"Marcy...this is all too much..." Camille said,

"No, it just happens that this restaurant knows me...probably when I was still little, my parents would take me here..." Marcy replied,

"Thanks" Gladys said,

Their food was served, in no time they digged in, Marcy remembered to visit the bakery in the middle of the afternoon, after lunch she plans to take them in the shop that she reserved,

After a while, they were done,

"Everybody, I've reserved a shop...maybe there, Gladys could see some designs" Marcy said,

They went to the shop that Marcy reserved, she kept on looking at the time, Peony noticed this,

"Marcy, is everything alright?" she asked,

"I was just making sure that the time is right, no need to worry!" Marcy replied, she looked straight ahead,

"Here we are!" she said,

Everyone was dazzled, the shop was exclusively just for wedding stuff, they didn't hesitate to go inside, they browsed over to some catalogs, except for Gladys who was amazed by the line of dresses,

"You know, you can try them all you want" Marcy said, Gladys smiled, the others checked it out,

The owner came and recognized Marcy,

"I see that you're the one who is getting married, why not try all of them?" she asked,

"Wouldn't that be time consuming..." Gladys said,

"Then why not, we...have a try then you choose which is the one that you love best?" Marcy said, Gladys nodded, the owner also agreed,

Not a while, Rachel came out of the fitting room, then Willa, followed by Camille, Rachel and finally Peony, and Marcy, they posed in front of the owner and Gladys, they stood still for a couple of minutes,

"Ma'am, what are your preferences?" the owner asked,

"Chiffon, tulle or Satin would be nice, strapless, with laces and ribbons" Gladys said,

"Very good preference ma'am"

"The color of my wedding, emerald and aqua...Miss, you can change the color right?"

"Yes ma'am"

Gladys inspected the dresses, but all of them contained her preferences, she again looked at the dresses,

After a while, she picked Willa and Peony's dress, the others looked at it,

"That's so handsome!" Rachel said,

"I have decided!" Gladys said, "I'll have Peony's dress, then Willa as your dresses"

Midafternoon came, they changed and went back to the city, Marcy looked at her watch,

"I have to go somewhere...I'll be later..." she said,

"Okay, well good luck, come back home in one piece!" Gladys said,

"I will!" Marcy said,

She and the others separated, Marcy calmly walked until the subway station,

Sitting at the far end corner of the train, she began to feel sleepy, even though the bakery is just one stop away from the city, she gazed outside the window, the sunset's beautiful colors appeared, she took a quick snapshot to show it to Jared,

Later on, the train made its first stop, Marcy went out the train and grabbed something to drink on the way,

It was almost evening, Marcy was near to the bakery, when she was about to enter, the lady that she and Jared met yesterday went outside and welcomed Marcy,

"Welcome miss" she said, Marcy looked at her and her name tag,

"So, her name is Laura...another beautiful lady...she would surely suit Jared's taste" Marcy thought, she sat down outside and ordered,

"W-what am I thinking? I...Jared...I should not be thinking this kind of thing" she said, Laura came and took her order,

"One raspberry hazelnut cake and one, oolong tea, thank you" Marcy said, Laura smiled,

"Be there in a sec" she said,

As Marcy waits, she feels like Jared was a million miles away, Laura came with Marcy's order and noticed that she was a little bit down,

"Miss, is there something wrong?" Laura asked,

"Nothing at all" Marcy replied, Laura looked behind her then sat down opposite to Marcy,

"How about you? Are you alright? Wouldn't your manager scold you?" Marcy asked,

"I'm alright, Mr. Walter is a nice old guy, he's just like my grandfather...there's this thing that keeps me insecure" Laura said,

"And what's that?"

"Well...there's this guy, a co-worker actually...since I started working here, I've taken a liking to him, bit I think he's not interested" Laura said,

"Co-worker? Another place?"

"No, miss, here, my co-worker here, his name is Red or that's what the manager calls him"

Marcy was in for a shock, what she was thinking earlier was true,

Laura looked behind her, Mr. Walter came up by the cashier,

"So here ends our short conversation, miss, I'll try real hard for him to like me!" she said, Marcy smiled to her, Laura ran but Marcy caught her end, Laura looked behind her,

"Do your best" Marcy said,

"I will!" Laura said, Marcy went back to her seat, she looked straight,

A little insecurity has affected Marcy, now that she knows that Laura has took a liking towards Jared, will she suspect something which may or may not end their friendship,