Destinies Entwined

Chapter 1

Charlotte's pov

Finally! I am so thankful to god. Today was my last exam and with this I am now done with my college life. I have done bachelors in business administration along with fashion designing. Don't ask me how. These past 4 years were full of stress and frustration. A lot has changed for me and I am happy with what my life has changed into.
   Today is my last day here at New York university and to say that I will miss this place would be an understatement. I have come to love New York just as much as I love LA, where I've grown up. I've made a hell lot of friends during my time in college. Ah! You must be wondering about Nicole? Yes, that girl has been with me throughout my journey in college. Just like me nicole also come from a wealthy family and being the only hier to her father's business, she also pursued business administration along with me.
    I have been really busy since the past two months with the finals hanging on my head and with the opening of 'blend the trend'. Yes, I am now a proud owner of a boutique. It was Nicole's and my plan to open a boutique here in New York just to put our fashion degrees on use.
   So here I am standing in front of Nicole's classroom waiting for her to finish her exam so we can head out for a lunch and then to our boutique. I suddenly hear footsteps behind me and I turn around to look at none other than Luke. "Hey Lottie, how was it?" He asks hugging me. "It was good, I am just so happy that we are now done with all this shit" I reply.
    We both then decide to wait for Nicole. Oh and to clear your confusion Luke is like a big brother I never had. He is the most caring person and will do anything for the people he cares about and guess what he dating none other than my bestfriend Nicole. After moving to NYU after our graduation, Nicole and I decided to rent an apartment together rather than living in dorms. The first few months were hectic for the both of us. It was really challenging to adjust in a different place but we both did it. During the first few months we both were lost in our own painful memories. Mine, mostly consisted of Adelrik. After three months, while we both were having breakfast, I asked Nicole as to what is keeping her so sad and depressed and after pressuring her a lot, she finally gave me the most dreaded answer. It broke my heart to know that Nicole was kind of seeing Luke during our final year and she just left with me to NYU without even talking to him. I was upset at Nicole to leave things between them, hanging like this but I was more upset and angry at myself because it was me who was the cause for them to part their ways. I was so lost in my own misery that I didn't even know what is up with my bestfriend. After a lot of reassurance from Nicole, I was finally able to forgive myself and let the guilt go. I suddenly remembered how Luke made his appearance in our life after a year.
    We were both watching hangover cuddled up on a couch. It was a Friday night which was our movie night as Nicole calls it. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. After debating as to who will open the door, Nicole convinced me to move my ass over to the door to open it. And to say that i was surprised would be a understatement, when I opened the door. For I never in my life expected to see Luke standing there in all his glory with chocolates and flowers in his hand. After my initial shock i squealed and gave him a bone crushing hug. He returned the hug rather awkwardly as he was holding so many things in his hands. After hearing me squeal like an elephant, Nicole came rushing to the door. The moment her eyes laid on Luke, I saw so many emotions in her eyes. She had tears falling from her eyes. Then suddenly they both walked towards each other while maintaining an eye contact and hugged the life out of each other. I even noticed Luke shedding tears. At that moment i felt so guilty and sad that tears started to fall from my eyes too. I decided to give them both some time and walked into my room. I wanted to stay alone for a while so when they knocked on my door, I told them that I was taking a bath. After an hr or so, I went out and the scene in front of me made me so happy. There on the couch were the two of them cuddled up together and eating popcorn. As soon as they both saw me, they came towards me. I tried my best to hide the fact that I have been crying but I coudnt hide anything from Nicole. They both noticed my puffy eyes and hugged me while assuring me that everything was perfect and that I had nothing to feel guilty about. While hugging them both I coudnt help but be reminded of Adelrik. It was not easy for me to over come the heartbreak. I can never forget what he did with me even if i want to.
    After catching up with Luke,and getting to know that he also enrolled himself in NYU, we decided that he can live with us as we had a 4 bedroom aprtement. He gladly accepted. He never brought up the past and I was thankful to him for that. I made him promise to never tell Adelrik  with whom he was living in New York, if he ever asks though.
    Till this day Luke and Nicole have been together and I can't be any less happy about them being together. I was brought out of my day dreaming by a slap on my back. We have been through a lot but Nicole never lost her crazy self. "Hey girl, how was it?" She asks me while giving a hug and kiss to Luke. They both seriously need to stop with the PDA. "It was good and now can we guys go to have lunch cause I am starving, rather than you both eating your faces?" I asked them while rolling my eyes. They both gave me a sheepish look. "Yes sure, let's go to our usual" says Luke. The three of us then head towards Luke's car.
   we were sitting in the cafe and talking about our exams and our future plans. Luke will be taking over his dad's company. That was pretty much he told us about his future plans while Nicole will be also training for taking over her dad's company. Since we both will be really busy while training, we both decided that we had to close the boutique for a while and concentrate on taking over our dads companies. It won't be easy to start anew as we both were already really happy with running the botique but then we can't let our fathers down. I think that everything happens for a reason, so I am happy. "Hey Lottie, so there's this friend of mine who" I interrupt him before he could complete the sentence "no, Luke I am not interested. I am sorry" the couple looked at each other with sorry looks. I don't know what is up with them. They've been trying to set me up on dates for like a year. It's not that, that I don't like to go on dates and stuff but I am seriously not interested in dating anyone. I've been on dates with many guys but none of them has excited me.Not trying to boast, but I've been asked out by many guys but I just don't feel like dating anyone and just for you to know it's not because of that jerk. After four years i think I've moved on from Adlerik and I can now enjoy my life but sometimes there's this loneliness I feel, whenever I am alone. I want that special someone with whom I can share my things with, with whom I can go out to park with and enjoy myself like a normal 23 year old, but I guess life has different plans for me.
   We were now eating our desert when suddenly my phone stayed to ring. I took it out of my purse and saw my dad's name popping on the screen. "Hey Dad, how are you?" I asked as soon as I picked up. I really miss my parents. It's been too long since i've met them.
"Hey char! Everything's fine. Your mother and i miss you a lot" He says. But something seems off, he isn't his usual cheery self. It's as if has a lot on his mind now. "I miss you too! Are you okay Dad? Is every thing fine?" I asked in a voice full of concern. "Charlotte, please come back, we really need you right now" He says while pleading. That did it for me. I've never heard my dad sounding so worried and he has never called me by my full name. "Okay Dad, don't worry, I'll be there as soon as possible. Love you! Give my love to mom" with that I and end the call after hearing a love you too.
   Luke and Nicole are watching me with confusion so I tell them about the call with my dad. They both are really very supportive and we three decide to go together as Luke had Nicole were already going back tomorrow. All three of us then decided to head back home and meet tomorrow at the airport for our flight back to LA.
    I was now lying on my bed, it was 10 in the evening. I was done with my packing. There was this wierd feeling in me that something bad has happened. I tried to ignore the feeling and my mind suddenly wandered off to Adlerik. To be honest, I still think about what he is doing and who he is with now. I know from Luke that he is the CEO of his dad's company and doing really good. But he is not changed his whorish ways at all. I shoudnt really care about him but I can't help it. I just hope that I don't cross my path with him in LA. I will finish the work as soon as possible and come back to New York. I just hope everything turns out well. With that thought I allow myself to drift off to the dreamland.
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