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"And you're sure there is no other way?" Karim asked, eyebrows scrunched up.
Jese smiled wisely, "Raphael can't be allowed to accompany you and this way he won't be able to even escape this hotel room, let alone bust your little date. Believe me, Karim."
That is the one thing I am having trouble doing, Jese.
"Okay, then I am going to start off."
"Good luck," Jese hugged him. "You sure you don't want me to come with you?"
"I would just like to meet her alone for once, you know, but I promise if today goes well, you'll be the first one I introduce her to," Karim smiled hugely.
"Okay, dude, go get her before Raphael comes out of the bathroom?"
Karim looked in the direction of the bathroom where Raphael was probably taking a bath and getting ready to meet Shaheen with him. He felt a twinge of guilt for leaving his best friend out of this. He didn't want them to grow apart but he also wanted a chance with Shaheen. He had never had the opportunity to meet someone who he felt this level of comfort with.
He promised himself mentally that he would, absolutely, make up to his best friend. He would apologize and explain and hopefully, Raphael would forgive him. He sighed as the door closed behind him. Standing there against the cool wall, he ran a hand over his face. What is happening to me? Why is this meeting so important? How did Shaheen become so important to me? What has this woman done to me?
I'm nervous. I've checked my face like a hundred times in the mirror. I'm behaving like a love-smitten teenager. I haven't even met her yet. Get a grip, Karim.
You're the man, you're the man.
He smiled and walked to the elevator.
Upstairs, Jese was very proud of himself. Here he was, carrying out such a huge responsibility for his friend. His heart seared with self-importance. He giggled as he enacted the plan.
Raphael will come out of the bathroom in his towel right here. Then he will go to this room unaware that I have taken the key out and given it to Karim. He walked inside, giggling.
The door will click shut behind him and he will go in, oblivious. Jese walked to the cupboard. He will take out his clothes-probably his best ones to steal Shaheen from right under Karim's nose-and wear them with some sort of attractive cologne.
Closing the cupboard, he ran back to the door and right here, with his perfect smile, he will put his hands on the handle and try to open the door but-
"Holy crap," Jese screamed and rung the handle up and down like a madmen. "I have locked myself in!"
Where's the key? Oh man, I gave it to Karim already so that I wouldn't give it to Raphael in a moment of weakness. Oh no, I'm locked and Raphael is free. Where's my bloody phone? He realized with a groan, he had left it charging outside. He was supposed to play online chess on his phone and pass the time while guarding Raphael.
He calmed down slightly. Raphael would come out and find that Jese was locked in his room and he would save him.
He sat down by the door, head in his hand.
His stomach grumbled loudly. He was hungry.
Outside, Raphael walked out of the bathroom, drying his hair and buttoning his shirt. He was ready to go. He made a face when the silence of the suite made him realize that his friend had already left. He grabbed his earphones and plugged in his playlist, hurriedly pulling on his sneakers from where he had thrown them by the door last night.
Jese jerked out of his drowsiness on hearing some movement outside his locked room, "Oye, Raphael! I'm locked here. Help me. I got locked! Brother, please."
With the loud volume of Lost Stars blocking out everything else, Raphael obliviously grabbed his backpack, took out the keycard and closed the suite behind him, desperate not to miss meeting this Copycat Varane he had heard so much about.
Karim's taxi had just begun to start when a shout from the usher made the driver stop.
"What happened?" he asked with a goofy smile on his face, still lost in his thoughts.
The door opened and in stepped Raphael.
Karim could have sworn his heart stopped.
"Dude, there's no way I'm letting you go without me!" Raphael smiled. "Sorry I got late. Where's Jese though?"
Karim didn't answer. He was feeling sick and suffocated. He had a sudden impulse to jump out of the car, do anything but this. Jese, I trusted you, man.
Raphael was still talking, "I know she's your friend and all but since you've been all praise about her, I thought I'd introduce myself with a little gift." He pulled out his jersey, "I signed it too. Is that a little egoistic of me? But she is a fan, right?"
Just kill me already. And drive off into the sunset with the girl I like. While you're at it, dig that dagger in my back a little deeper would you? Et tu, Brute and all that shiz.
[ Wow, Jese, wow. You had one job, bruh.
Sorry we are horribly late with this update but guess what? We went ahead and wrote three chapters in a go so expect the next update very, very soon and yes, we are back to updating stuff on a regular basis.
There's been some drama with people copying our stuff again. Like puhleez stahp and go write your own stuff and let us write in peace. We're trying to deal with it but its so disappointing tbh.
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