End Game

Friends?

Lizzie's POV.

valentina's return has driven my head crazy. For the past three years I've been sure of the decisions I've made, but since she came back I'm not sure anymore.

For example yesterday I didn't want her to leave the party so early, I wanted to keep talking to her, and today I didn't want her to go to New York, I wanted her to stay, to stay with me, I wanted to hear about her life even though she's been telling me about it all these years through her letters.

I'm not sure anymore if I made the best decision in letting her go, here I am in my office, staring into nothingness thinking about what we could have become if I hadn't let her go.

Maybe I needed this time to forgive her but I still think about what we once were and what we could have been, I think about it every day even when I don't realise I'm doing it.

Seeing her again is strange, everything has changed and yet nothing has, I had forgotten what her laugh sounded like, or how when she talks her dimples appear. Her little freckles on her nose and cheeks. Her sweet voice and how beautifully she sings as she does her little dances in the car.

It's impossible for me to think that she hasn't dated anyone all this time, I mean she's beautiful and anyone would want to be with her.

Thinking about it I remembered Boyd and felt bad for thinking about her when I have a boyfriend.

It is strange the relationship my family has with him, they never treat him like they treat Valentina, they almost never invite him to any family dinner or if he invites them my family is always busy or they refuse the invitation with any excuse.

In fact for the company's birthday my family didn't invite him, I was the one who took him and they weren't very happy about it.

I guess the way Valentina is with my family makes them love her, I mean Valentina is sweet to them and always wants to help them. She cares about them and I thought it was nice that she sent them presents on special dates all these years. Her soul is just sweet.

"Hello, sweetheart" Broyd walks into my office making me jump out of my thoughts.
"Hi babe" he came towards me leaving a kiss on my lips.
"What were you thinking?"
"Nothing, you want to get out of here?" I said changing the subject.
"Sure...babe, the girl that was at the party yesterday...what's her name...oh yeah Valentina."
"What about her" I said nervously.
"She's a good friend of yours?"
"Well she's a friend of the family" I replied.
"I could tell, they seem to be very close to her."
"Yeah something like that, can we go now?"
"Sure honey"

Oh god should I tell him the truth about Valentina? I don't want him to judge me or go into a jealous phase when she comes back tomorrow and I have to see her at lunch. I don't want him to make her stay here awkward for me or her.

He was driving home, we were planning a movie night, something quiet, I don't want to do anything. My mobile phone started to go up and my tummy did a flip when I saw her name on my phone.

L- Valen?
V- Lizzie, hi um, I'm calling because none of the twins answered my call.
L- okay, how can I help you?
V- I talked to Kenny, she's in a good mood even though for a moment she wanted to kill me, she agreed to do your runway and we'll talk to the other models about doing it too.
L- oh my god that's really good news. Thank you Valen.
V- sure, anything for you um...I mean anything for you guys.
L- see you tomorrow crazy head
V- see you tomorrow pretty face.

She hung up without another word and I could feel my cheeks heat up, oh my god I'm obviously blushing.

"What's the good news?" Boyd asks me.
"Valentina solved the problem with the models, she talked to her sister Kendall and she saw to do the runway and now they will talk to the other models so they can do it too" I explained.
"Oh honey that's amazing, Valentina must really love you guys."
"You think so?" I asked.
"Of course, no one would do that for someone else because no one in this world really cares about solving other people's problems... plus you guys are supposed to have more models to call but she decided to help, that's sweet".
"I guess you're right" I said giving him a small smile.