With Just One Night

Chapter One

                  

Virginity.

It's something we all know of, something we've all talked about. It's something we, as a culture, obsess over.

It's a very valuable thing to have, if you're a woman, and a very perplexing thing to have if you're a man.

Female virginity is valuable to society, but a man's isn't really worth anything; in fact, it's better for a man's social status if he is not a virgin.

And this ties into what is known as the sexual double standard: Women are shamed for having sex and men are rewarded for it.

-http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/08/losing-virginity-for-good/

Warning: The names and some places in this story are fictional. I would make California as cold as Alaska if I want it to be that way. So don't correct me about the places. I don't live in the US and I'm not really good in its geography (though I know some). Please be nice. :)

                  

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"I'm so tired, good thing everything went well." She said as she sat in her pink Queen Anne chair.

She watched as her friends sat across her in their respective chairs.

"Yes. By the way, you did a great job! The flower arrangement was a classic!" Sophia said as she pour some tea. She gave each one of us a cup.

"Thanks, Sophie. The bride really looked elegant in her dress." She also complimented her.

"Thank you, Kara." Sophie smiled at her.

"You know what guys? I never thought we could pull off that kind of wedding! It was a lot of hard work and it paid off in the end! It's going to be the start of us being an in demand event organizers!" Irish grinned, excitement visible on her face.

"Don't get too much excited, Irish. This may call for a celebration but we got a lot of things to do. Check out our email. We got tons!" Leah said while turning her Macbook to them.

They started SILK Weddings and Events just over a year ago and so far, they're doing really great. They organized a couple of corporate events, fashion shows and weddings. They are now well-known in Los Angeles. Well, thanks to their surnames.

She and her friends came from prominent families. Before they created the business, they worked in their family's corporation but they were never happy about it. They have been best of friends since fifth grade and could not stand without each other long.

They decided to make their dream in High School come true. You know, about putting up a business where all their creativity stands on its own. Sophie is a fashion designer. She studied in France five years ago and after worked in her mother's famous clothing store in Hollywood. Irish is half Italian and true to her blood, she is a marvelous cook. She went to Italy to study culinary. She also travelled to different countries like Japan, India, Mexico, Spain, Indonesia and the Philippines to discover different cuisines. Leah is very good with details and design. She's an interior designer by profession and being with her mother all her life, she got her passion in baking. She dropped being a designer six years ago and enrolled herself in an international baking school. For the last years, she mastered in making incredible cakes for weddings and special occasions.  While she, Kara Davis, her family owned the largest flower farm in Southern California. She grew up with flowers around her and loved them very much. Her mother didn't allow her to quit their family's business. But her work went from closing contracts to supervision. She liked it though because she still needs their flower shop for event planning.

"Maybe we could work on that tomorrow, but this time, we can celebrate. Hey, it was our biggest project ever!" Sophie screamed before sipping on her tea.

"Err, girls, I don't need this tea. We need wine," Leah said after putting her cup on the table.

The two nodded their heads in agreement. She raised an eyebrow.

"What?!" She exclaimed. "It's late and we need to take a rest!"

Irish rolled her eyes. "Oh, Kara the Virgin, you really need to get laid!"

Before she could even answer, Sophie dragged her out of their office.

"Don't even dare to say a word. I know you're waiting for your Raymond to come back. But what the heck? We won't let you be devirginized tonight, she's just joking."

"Ms. Davis, I need you to sign this papers." Mary, her secretary said when she entered her office.

She hand her the folder and went inside her own office. After last weekend's wedding, she's now focusing on her shop for now. Their next event would be in a month's time, so she could manage the shop for two week before actually prepare for the event.

"Is there anything else for me to do today?" She asked Mary.

"Nothing else, Ms. Davis. Just supervision for now," Mary said before going out her office door.

All kinds of flowers are delivered every week from their farm. Then, they will be the one to distribute the flowers to different small shops in LA. They also import flowers to different parts of the world.

After scanning some papers, she told Mary in the intercom to prepare. She needs to go downstairs and check the flowers. It's Monday and it means delivery day. It's the busiest time of the week and her supervision is much well needed.

After some time of checking the quality of the flowers, she went inside a glass office. She sat on a white couch and checked her phone. She could still see the workers on her view through the glass wall.

Are you okay? She read the text message sent by Sophie.

Her brows furrowed. Why not? She replied.

Oh, I guess you haven't checked your IG yet.

She quickly turned to her apps and pushed the Instagram icon.

She scrolled down and looked at some post. She even liked some of it. But after a while, her heart started pounding and she almost drop her phone to the wooden floor. She read the post of her ex-boyfriend's sister.

Finally, Vanessa as my sister-in-law! Congrats brother and sister! J Best wishes! <3

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A/N:

HI GUYS! I hope you'll support this story. Please don't be too harsh on me. It's my first all-English novel and sometimes I'm out of English words and ended up repeating the same words again and again.

He-he. I really want to write and reach out to different parts of the world through my writings. Well, please do vote if you want to read and join Kara in her adventures in discovering the world that is new to her and soon discover what is love and how much she is willing to sacrifice for the one she loves.

Also, let me know if you have someone in mind to be cast as Kara. I have been thinking of a celebrity or some youtubers that are popular. You know, just to make the story more... imaginable.

:))))))))))

Love lots,

NoisyPizza