Just Friends

CHAPTER- 7

AMANDA

"You look great!"

Jade gave Nicole a self conscious smile as she stood in front of the mirror fidgeting with the dress.

Nicole had selected a navy blue sleeveless dress for her to wear for dinner at the Carter house.

Jade had bought the dress from a small boutique 2 years back during one of her rare trips to New York.

And she had never worn it.

The hemline of the skirt came barely till mid- thigh, and though the colour was very pretty and brought out the green of her eyes, it made her self conscious.

"Jade stop fidgeting. You look beautiful."

Nicole was sitting on the bed going through all the earrings Jade owned, trying to figure which would look good.

"You mean that? Don't you think it's too much?"

Jade stepped away from the full length mirror and looked at Nicole.

She had come from Jo's ice cream parlour, to find Nicole waiting in front of her apartment.

The twins had immediately been ushered in by their mother. After a quick wash up, they had been settled in front of the TV and Nicole had started getting Jade ready.

Even now almost an hour later the cute cartoon noises were coming from the living room.

"Yes I mean it! You wait and watch one look at you and Alec will forget all about his girlfriend with her British accent."

"I'm not trying to steal Alec away, Nicole."

Jade turned back towards the mirror to hide the blush that had crept onto her face.

"I know that Jade. But sweetie, he's the dumbass who didn't realise that you were in love with him."

"Nicole!"

That was the thing Jade had been trying to avoid since she heard that Alec was coming back to town.

The reason why she was so reluctant to meet Alec after so many years was not only that he was her best friend and they had lost contact.

But also because, she, Jade Tucker, had made the biggest mistake in the world and had fallen in love with her best friend.

And when, Alec had moved out of town, attracted to all the unknown things out in the world, he had taken one thing with him. A piece of her heart.

Nicole was the only person she had told about it.

"What?" Nicole came to stand near her, "It's the truth!"

"It was the truth. I'm no longer in love with Alec. It was 8 years back and I have grown out of that stupid infatuation."

"Grown out? Really? You were the one who was stress eating when you heard that he was coming back."

"That's a different matter."

Jade started combing her hair. She knew that Nicole was telling the truth, but admitting it would make it more difficult to face Alec in the evening.

8 years and about 15 relationships later, she had still not managed to find someone to replace Alec in that corner of her heart.

"Jade you can lie to me, but not to yourself."

Just as Nicole was going to say something else the doorbell rang.

Nicole gave a look to Jade that made it clear that they were not done with the conversation and went out to open the door.