The Single Ladies Club

15. Alicia

The single ladies club was so much better than I imagined and I had a lot of fun yesterday, the ladies were so nice, beautiful and smart. Tracy is such a good cook. I can't believe I called them ugly. Rose was right about it, it's a good way to forget about men for a while, I called her when I got home yesterday to thank her and also apologize for yelling at her. She told me not to worry, and she had also told Taylor all about me. I was so excited, our flight to New York leaves this evening. We would be using the company's jet, I would be going with mom, dad didn't care about fashion week.

Dave would be flying in to watch Rose's show on wednesday.

That was what I was looking forward to the most, I haven't seen him since my birthday that was over a month ago and I really miss him a lot. I couldn't wait to tell him all about the single ladies club and of course, about Jason Baker, I haven't really been able to get him out of my head.

I had packed my things for the trip, Jeff would come with mum to pick me up at 4. I wasn't looking forward to flying alone with her, but I had no choice. I don't really care anymore about what she thinks, she can't keep pressuring me to get a man, I'm not just going to rush into a relationship, I'm taking it slowly this time, like we said at the meeting yesterday.

Those girls have been through a lot, they are really strong women, if I had gone through half the things Tracy went through, I might have gone mad or something. How could her boyfriend cheat on her with her step-mom? It's just disgusting.

I was really looking forward to our next meeting, it's going to be fun, I didn't want to go home yesterday. It had been a long time since I hung out with friends. I was too busy focusing on my career that I didn't have time for friends. I lost contact with all my friends from high school and college.

I looked at my phone, it was already 3pm, time really runs fast when you're not looking forward to spending a 2hours 45minutes flight with your mom.

I decided to get ready, I wore a baby pink top, jeans and a long coat. Mom came by later with Jeff and few hours later, we were in the air, en route to New York. Mom and I haven't really spoken to each other, not since I gave her a piece of my mind, we weren't even sitting close to each other, she was asleep while I was working.

I decided to end this 'beef' with her, I really didn't like not talking to her, I know she only means well for me, but she has to allow me and give me time to heal, I'm not just going to jump at any man I see and make the same mistakes. This time, I have to be careful with my heart. I moved close to her seat and gently woke her up.

"Hey mom, do you want something to eat?" I asked. I couldn't come up with something else.

"Alicia, is that why you woke me? If I was hungry, I'd go get something to eat," she said. Okay, this woman was something else, I'm trying here and she's being difficult.

"Ok, I'm sorry mom, for talking back at you, can you please stop not talking to me?" I asked.

"Al, no, I should be the one apologizing. When I got home yesterday, I thought about it, I didn't know how much pressure I had been putting on you till yesterday and I'm really sorry sweetie, I can't force you to marry just any man, I want you to marry a good man like your father. I was just thinking about myself when I said those things, not thinking of how much it affects you, I don't want you to hate me. You work too much Al, and I'm afraid that you might end up being single for the rest of your life, I don't want that for you. One day, your dad and I are going to be no more, I want to make sure you have someone who'll take care of you when we're no longer here, I'm sorry I came on too strongly."

"Mom, it's okay, I also want to give you and dad grand kids. I'm not going to be single for the rest of my life, I promise. I just have to be careful with my heart, I don't want to get hurt again. Please, just let me be, a man would come at the right time and stop saying that nonsense of you and dad going anywhere. That's not going to happen, at least not now. Now, let's just enjoy our stay in New York," I told her and gave her a hug. I'm glad we've been able to put an end to our 'beef', I hate fighting with mom.