Standing in your way

Chapter 21

"Hey" Sarah answers on the other end of the phone

"Hey" I reply as I open the door to my apartment

"So? What happened?" she asksme

"In short, I arrived and as I was walking towards the door a woman came out of her house"

"Oh God" she exhales on the other end of the phone "Maybe it was just a friend or relative"

"Nono wait, we meet and she asks me if I'm the "newbie", then I answer her badly and she tells me that I have to be careful how I speak and who I speak to, because she can make Lydia fire me immediately, because "she knows how to make herself listened to from her" I scoff putting the bag down

"What the fuck," Sarah exclaims

"I don't know what she meant by that, but I'm sure she's not just a friend or relative" I put on speaker as I undress

"What a bitch, first she gives you all those signals and then she's engaged? Weird"

"I know, the only thing I'll have to do is distance myself" I remain in my underwear and bra

"Distance yourself? For?"

"Well if she's engaged we can't continue with these stupid flirt" I go to the bathroom and start taking off my make-up

"Right, anyway do you want to meet for lunch?" I stop and think about it

"Yes, yes, I want to take a break for a moment, but I must at least take a shower first"

"Okay, I'll come over there to keep you company, then we'll see" I take my dressing gown and put it on to cover myself

"Ok, then I'll wait for you" I close the bathroom light and go to the living room on the sofa

"Coming" she ends the call.

After five minutes I hear the doorbell ring, I get up to open the door

"Haven't you changed?" I look at her from head to toe noticing that she was wearing overalls"Well the pants I wanted to wear were in the car, so I decided to bring the change here and change while you shower, any problems?" she enters the house with a bag in hand

"Oh no go ahead" I head to the bathroom while she sits on the couch.I close the door and turn on the water

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"Haven't you changed yet?" I ask walking into the living room while patting my hair dry with a towel

"Oh you're done, I'll change now" she takes off her shirt and remains in her bra, now she and I aren't ashamed, we've been friends for a life. At a certain point the doorbell rings.
Sarah turns to look at me, I frown

"Are you waiting for someone?"

"No, open the door since I'm naked" I reply as I close the bathrobe tighter, she gets up and goes to open the door

"Shit, it's Lydia" she turns around with wide eyes, covering her chest with her shirt

"What the fuck" I reply quickly going to the bathroom. I hear Sarah opening the door for her

"Um, good evening" she greets her

"Good evening, I'm looking for Helena" yes, that's her voice

"I'll go and call her" Sarah is about to turn around but I decide to go to them, even though I'm in my bathrobe

"Here I am" I say entering the living room, Lydia rests her gaze on my figure

"Oh, there you are, I hope I didn't interrupt anything" she says in a rather irritated tone, Sarah's face turns red as she steps aside and sits on the sofa

"No don't worry, may I know why you are here?" I approach her, moving my wet hair from my face, the drops of water fall from the tips and land on my breasts, poorly covered by the bathrobe

"You always seem to forget something" she takes her hand out of her pocket and hands me a ring, I always take them off when I play

"Oh God, thank you so much" I take the ring from her hand, her eyes take the opportunity to rest on my body

"You could have even given it to me at the rehearsal" I tell her putting the ring on her hand, she raises an eyebrow

"Seeing as you needed the earring urgently last time, I thought I'd do you a favor, I didn't think I'd be a nuisance" as she speaks to me in an annoyed tone her eyes also fall on Sarah behind me

"But you're not a bother, we weren't doing anything" I smile at her, she scoffs. As a sentence it sounded pretty bad

"Anyway, thanks again"

"You're welcome," she puts her hands in her pockets and walks away, I close the door behind her.
I remain still with my hand on the handle, Sarah also remains there on the sofa impassive

"Girl, she wants you" she tells me, I turn to look at her with furrowed eyebrows

"What are you saying" I move away from the door to go to the room to change, she gets up from the sofa and follows me

"I swear, I saw her eyes rest on your breasts several times!"

"You must have seen wrong"

"Oh come on, she seemed bothered by my presence around you, like she was"

"Jealous?" I raise my eyebrows at her

"Yes" he nods, I burst out laughing

"She's definitely jealous, definitely," I laugh as I take off my bathrobe and get dressed

"Do as you want but I swear her look said it all" she points a finger at me and sits up in bed

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In the end we decided on a quiet restaurant, we have never tried it, it does Italian food.We enter the room and look around in amazement

"Wow, what a beautiful place" Sarah says looking at the ceiling, I nod

"Yeah, let's go and see if there's room?"

"Yes" we go towards the waiter who was at the entrance

"Good evening, is there room for two people?" I ask

"You have a reservation?" she replies, looking at her computer

"No" he nods and checks

"Yes we have, come" he gestures for us to follow and we go after him, he takes us to a fairly private table

"Please, I'll bring you the menus"

"Thank you" we reply as we sit down in our seats

"I didn't know it was so chic" Sarah whispers to me, leaning forward

"Me niether!" I reply whispering the same, we laugh slightly

"Here you are" the waiter leaves the menus on the table, I take one and browse through the food

"Mhh it all looks delicious" Sarah exclaims, I don't even look at the whole menu, I go straight to the light side

"What are you having?" she asks, lowering the pad to look at me

"Uhm I think a salad" I close the menu and place it on the edge of the table

"What's wrong with you these days? You always eat salad" she looks at me strangely and I shrug my shoulders

"Nothing, I have a bit of stomach trouble, I don't want anything heavy"

"Okay I guess" she goes back to looking at the menu. Shortly afterwards the waiter arrives and takes our orders, we keep talking about random stuff

"Helena" Sarah tells me seriously in the middle of our conversation

"What?" I furrow taking a sip of my wine, she's looking behind me

"There's her" she whispers, she meets my gaze, I widen my eyes

"What?" I whisper to her, I hear the sounds of heels approaching, she never wears heels.. Is it possible that I have to meet her everywhere?

Lydia and the woman from this morning pass a few meters from us, she was dressed in trousers and a low-cut t-shirt, Lydia always elegant

"Are you here for lunch too?" I hear her deep voice behind me, I turn around

"Good evening, yes we are here too" she nods looking at both me and Sarah, my eyes instead rest on the woman behind her who was looking at me with narrowed eyes

"Well then, have a nice lunch" she says to me, smiling slightly

"Thanks, you too" they walk away

"It's the woman from this morning" I say to Sarah whispering so as not to make us hear as soon as they're far away, meanwhile they sit on a table. Sarah looks at them out of the corner of her eye

"She looks like a bitch" she tells me, I laugh slightly.
I can see where they are sitting, Lydia has her back to me but that woman has her face in my direction, every now and then her gaze falls on me. What does she have to look at?Meanwhile the waiter arrives with our orders

"Mhh it's delicious" Sarah says taking a bite from her plate

"You want?" she offers me her pasta

"Oh no thanks" I refuse, I take the fork in my hand and some of my salad. As I bring the fork closer to my mouth, some of the salad falls on my clothes, staining them with oil

"Shit" I say, taking the napkin and trying to clean myself

"Go to the bathroom and clean it with some water" Sarah tells me, so I get up and look for the bathroom, I have to pass in front of their table..

I start to walk towards the bathroom and as soon as that woman sees me approaching, she leans towards Lydia and gives her a kiss.

My blood runs cold

I quickly pass by their table, she has a toothy smile. I open the bathroom door and go to the sink trying to remove the oil stain from my shirt.
The bathroom door opens, I look up and in the mirror I see no one but Lydia

"You and your girlfriend are cute" I tell her raising my eyebrows and smiling, an annoyed smile, she lets out a little laugh

"She's not my girlfriend" she walks over to the sink next to mine, leaning her back against it as she watches me wash the stain

"Mh, so you go around kissing random people?" I turn off the tap and straighten up, she positions herself behind me, placing firmly her strong hands on my hips. My heart stops.

Our eyes meet through the mirror

"Turn around" she says in her deep voice, I do as she tells me, coming face to face with her.