The Unexpected

Chapter 17

What? Who? When? Why? She remembered the strange car.In front of her was a note, a bouquet of roses which smelled insanely good and a bottle of rosé. Did Nick drop those? Possibly not. She kept the things in her room and rushed downstairs to meet Nick.
"Hey Jena!"
"Hey Nick. Where are we headed?"
"Let that be a mystery"
She nodded,hesitated for a bit and eventually asked, "Did you drop anything at my door?"
"No,why? But I did see a car leave your place before I arrived"
"OK. It's nothing really."  He pulled over in front of a restaurant where they had a very juicy steak as well as pie for dessert and some hot dogs as take away.
"Ugh. I'm stuffed Nick" said Jena caressing her close-to-bursting-out stomach.
Her companion smiled and apologized for the seemingly too much-to-take treat.
The atmosphere changed, "I'm sorry Jena.Very sorry"
She stared at him for what seemed to be a decade and finally broke then silence ,"It's fine Nick. I haven't entirely been honest with you either." He looked at her in a way which conveyed the unspoken message urging her to spill the news.
"I'm in a relationship Nick. It has been a couple of weeks.
He looked hurt and that was understandable viewing the fact he wasn't over her. Jena felt the urge of holding him in her arms and telling him it was okay and all was going to be fine but that was Jemea's job not hers. She shot him a look full of concern. He gulped hard and with what seemed like a struggle said, "Tell me about him"
Jena laughed,"No you tell me about Jemea." They spent the rest of the evening talking about their partners and it felt so right but Jena didn't understand why Nick seemed to shudder at the sound of Jack's name. She ignored it though.  The ride was a little more tense.Once they arrived, she hugged him and alighted from the car. Suddenly she remembered the note and other stuff.Jeez, if she was in Africa she would've been told it was some initiation.
Upon her arrival, Fred and Sia were sprawled lazily on the couch watching Netflix and eating Pringles. The walk to her room seemed to take forever. Once ahe was in, she bolted the door ,sat on her bed and contemplated for a bit. She got up and took the stuff out of the closet. The flowers were still very fresh an smelled divine. She  put them in a vase with some water and read the note:
Hey Jena. I'm the guy from the party. The one you danced with. You can't know who I am ,not just yet. With time,you will find out and I hope you forgive me for the suspense and everything else. I love you and will always do.
                                                              Stranger
Was this some prank from Fred and the others?She stomped angrily into the living room and said "Fred are you playing some sick prank on me with the roses,note and the rest?!"
He was taken aback."No! What roses? What are you talking about?" She explained as explicitly as she could and he just smiled knowingly, "Just let it be." Jena apologized for her outburst and returned to her room. She called Jack as soon as she got in and told him everything. "Baby,none of this matters OK? Don't let it get to you" He said calmly. Jack soothed her worry. He was such a blessing ! What would she do without him? The day had been long so before she knew it,after muttering a little prayer she was asleep