One More Time ( Becky x Freen )

Chapter 16

"Finn luk, come here for a moment, baby!" Freen called to her son as she walked towards the shoe rack.

They went home early today to prepare for her night with Mario. Heading back to the apartment, Freen decided to stop at the nearby restaurant to order some dinner to take for her son and Becbec. Arriving home at six twenty, she had about forty minutes to get ready since Mario promised to pick her up at seven.

Placing the food on plates, she left her son with the other girl to enjoy their dinner while she went to get ready. A minute before seven, Mario called and told her that his sister, Minnie was already at her door and would be waiting for Freen in front of her apartment building. She told Minnie that they already had their dinner and she just needed to put on any movie for them so they wouldn't bother her too much. She also told the babysitter to call her immediately if necessary.

She was wearing strappy sandals with heels, and she opened her mouth to speak when Finn appeared. "I'm going out with uncle Mario now. You're going to be nice to P'Minnie na? Just tell her if you need anything, but don't bother her too much, okay? And don't do anything you know I won't let you do. I'll be back before nine, and take care of Becbec, ka?"

"Ka, Mae... I know, just enjoy your dinner." Her son told her, acting like the big boy he was.

Freen went to kiss Finn on his cheeks. "Be a good boy while I'm gone, okay? I love you..."

"I love you too, Mae..." Finn said as he wiped the invisible lipstick from his cheeks.

Just as Freen looked up and straightened her body, she saw Becbec's head shyly looking from the other side, watching them from afar. When she noticed Freen looking at her, she tried to hide herself from Freen's eyes.

Freen waited for her to glance over again and when she did, Freen smiled widely and waved at her. But again, the little girl hid her face and body behind the wall. It turned into a silent peek-a-boo and Finn noticed and he raised his eyebrows at his Mae.

"What's wrong with your BFF? She barely spoke to me tonight, I thought we were over it na?"

"I don't know, Mae. She talked to me, as usual." His son answered.

Freen sighed, not understanding the other girl's behavior. Early this morning they were fine. As they headed to the salon, Becbec talked a lot with Freen, telling her how excited she was to wait until Finn came back from school. She told Freen what she planned to do with Finn, and how Finn made her happy.

But later that night, when Freen sat next to her while the girl played "teacher and student" with Finn, she gave Freen a stern look and moved away to sit somewhere else away from the tall brunette. And when Freen asked her what she wanted for dinner, she didn't answer. Instead, she went to whisper to Finn what she wanted.

Freen thought it was just her normal weird behavior and decided to let it go without questioning anything further.

"I'm leaving now, baby... tell me goodbye to Becbec and I'll see her later tonight too, okay?" She said to her son while looking at the watch on her wrist. With that, she walked out the door after she told Minnie to lock the door and wait for her to come home later.

As she walked out of her apartment building, she saw Mario standing in front of his black Honda car. He gave her a huge smile when he saw Freen and went to open the passenger door for her. Freen smiled at his kind gesture.

Although Mario said it was just dinner, but it seemed like it was a date as he brought Freen to a rather expensive restaurant with a single red rose waiting for her on the table.

Throughout their six years of friendship, this was like the hundredth time Mario had shown his romantic gesture towards Freen, but he had never spoken about it. The first time they met was in the second week that Freen started her class at Beauty College when she and Mario were assigned together as a group with three other members.