Sugar and Sass#Wattys2016

Letting go

I entered our house to find it awfully silent. Julian was not at home. Julian works like a maniac. This man needs a break.
I went to our bedroom and switched on my laptop and started watching the latest season of Supernatural.
I must have watched it half way through when i drifted off to my thoughts again.

FLASHBACK

Saturday was no less manic. Julian was in the studio by 5 and waited patiently till we finished our photoshoot. He spoke to me during our breaks. I learnt that he has no siblings. He likes basketball and he plays the violin. Regina did not seem to care. She hardly spoke to Julian the whole time. Al and I have planned to go to this new French restaurant called 'Au bon appetit' after the photoshoot. She even threatened to 'never ever' talk to me if I bailed out again. Julian and I said our goodbyes for today and I ran out of the studio. Al was standing outside the studio impatiently tapping her heels on the pavement.

"Make me wait one more time, i'll dump you and get a new bestfriend and then pay her lots of money to get her face done like yours."
"Drama queen"

The restaurant looked classic. Ally could speak and read French fluently. She did the task of ordering our food while I gawked at interiors of the restaurant. 

"Oh my God Ally hide me."
"What?" Ally looked at me like she had suddenly forgotten English and didn't understand what I said
"It's Julian and Regina they are in the same restaurant. They are walking towards us. Don't turn back"
Maybe the translation for 'don't turn back = Turn back NOW'.
Even before i could complete my sentence Al turned back and waved at the approaching 'couple'. I had told Ally about my 'teeny weeny' crush on Julian few days ago. She thinks she can kick Regina out of the picture and fix me up with Julian instead.

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"Regina isn't that your photographer friend Abigail?" asked Julian
"hmmm..yeah." said Regina quickly typing something on her phone.
"She is here with a lady." It sounded more like a question than a statement. Was she a lesbian?

"That's her bestie. They stick together all the time."
Julian looked releaved. He liked spending time with Abigail, he started coming early to the studio just to talk to her. He loved the way she worked so passionately and put so much effort into it. She is a focused, strong headed fierce woman but when it came to talking to him she had a completely different side, the fierce woman transformed into a shy, clumsy, adorable giggly girl. 

"We should ask them to join us"
"And why should 'we' have dinner with that photographer and her friend?" Regina retorted.
"Don't you want to know what SHAW is thinking of its new ambassadors? Trust me the photographers know it all."
Regina stopped texting and hurried towards Abby's table like as if she had seen her childhood best friend after 10years.
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"Hey I'm Allison Dailey. You must be Julian. Abby talks alot about you. And you must be Regina, Abby talks about you. Sometimes"
I kicked Al's leg from below the table to make her shut up. But it didn't seem to work.
"Would you guys like to join us. We haven't ordered yet."
Thank you Al for making me more uncomfortable.
"We would love to" said Regina with a fake smile plastered across her face

"So guys how did you meet and how did you start dating?"asked Ally to break the long awkward silence.
"Julian's dad and my dad were college buddies. I had not been in a relationship since a long time neither did Julian because of his ex-.." Julian nudged Regina's elbow and she stopped talking. There was something Julian was hiding and did not want us to know about it.

"So our parents set us up on a date and we both thought the only way to get our parents to stay out of our lives was by dating each other. And viola here we are" said Regina without looking at us and rapidly typing something on her phone. This woman needs some counselling on table manners. 
"That.. That's a romantic story" Al was terrible liar. I bit my lip to control myself from laughing at Al's clean white lie.