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Thing work out when they're supposed to...

"And the Oscars goes to... Leonardo Dicaprio."

One day before...

"You talk like i could ever forget, Kate... Come on, you've dying for this award for weeks, dear" said Reese, laughing, sat on her legs on one side of the sofa, while Kate reminded her again of the Oscars. "Honestly" the girl continued, "i think you're far more excited to see Leo getting his first Oscar than for your own winning..."
Kate signed in agreement, staring her wine glass, with a smile.
"I am..." She said after some time, "I'm really proud of him, you know..." Once or twice she had a tough time trying not to cry. She got too thrilled when she talked about him, "I... I just love him so much and i feel like i don't even deserve this friendship that we have. It's too good to be true." than she looked at her friend to find a mix of admiration and disbelief on the other's face.
"Remind me again, why you two don't just get married? And don't tell me it's because you already have a husband! You've been through 2 other marriages before, aways listening to this same old question.
"You know why." Kate's said that many times too. Always wearing that expression: i wish i could, but i can't.
"Cuz you're afraid you two can break up and lose this friendship, or whatever it is, that you have, right?!"
Kate signed.
"And because i don't think Leo's ever considered playing this husband and wife game with me off scre..."
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?"

Kate let out a smirk.

"No. I'm not at all. I know he loves me as much as i love him, but..." she was about to say something but, all of a sudden, changed her mind, "i don't know."
"You think he prefers 20 years old girls. That's what you think, Kate. It's no need to hide, i know you."
"Maybe, i think that." She said shy, not willing to admit.
"Ok, i'd say for the gazillionth time that this is bullshit etc, but you already know that. So Kate," she hold her friend's hand, "help me out. Every time i asked you why you and Leo don't make out, you show me your reasons, which i don't agree with but..." She razed both hands kind of giving up "now... There's something you can't deny, some years ago you tried to and i pretended I believed," at this point Kate was confused. What did she try to deny before? She couldn't remember. "(...)but today, Kate, you didn't even try to hide that you love him as more than 'just friends'. I don't recall you saying: 'i already have everything i need in my marriage' or something, when i mentioned my wished about you two getting together.

Kate bitted her lip and looked away. After a certain time in silence, Reese said

"If you had only one day left in this world, would you regret never having had a love affair with him?"
"What?" — Kate asked surprised.
"Ok! Sorry! That was all of a sudden, sorry..." Both laughed, "but in fact it is a simple question, dear: imagine everyone has only more day to live, suddenly you can see your whole life passing by, your achievements, friends, family... Of course you made up many good stuff to be proud of, that's not my point. But then, there's this chapter of your life, the unfinished chapter... You and Leo. You read it again, you rethink your choices, you imagine "what if we had had something?" But then you remember this is your last day..." Kate seamed to be spacing out, but she was diving into that scenery. She was wondering her in her last day with Leo. She would regret not having married him. She knew. More than married, she'd regret not having loved him like she wanted to, "Now tell me, wouldn't you regret?"

Kate considered for some time. She could never lie, that was not the first time she wondered why she'd ever gave up on Leo. She looked at her friend and Reese could swear she saw tears forming in those blue eyes.

"Thank God i can't read my own life..." Kate stood up and walked away to the table, fulfilling her glass of wine, trying to hide the tears from her friend.
"You can be honest with me..."

Kate turned back to her, took a sip of wine. All her body was anxious and tensing. She was trying her best to look calm and comfortable, but none of her movements helped out.