<completed>Promise (Juliantina)

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She ran all the way back to her apartment, she could feel hot tears streaming down her cheeks, she just wiped it off with her hands, she was the one who let Val go so she shouldn't feel like this. She felt angry and sad at the same time, how can Val move on so fast? She should feel happy for Val because she seems pretty happy with that new girl.

Juliana headed straight to her room and threw herself into the bed, she just can't stop crying but it's too late now. She feels like a sore loser if she would to text Val about it but she really hates seeing Val with that girl. She picked up her phone and scrolled to Val's name, she start typing; "Hey Val, sorry to be awkward just now but I'm just surprised that you brought your date to the cafe I'm working at. Glad to see you look so happy with her, hope everything is going well for you." There she sent it.

Val was already home with Chloe, the two of them was on the couch with a bowl of popcorn on their laps while fighting over which movie to watch.
*Ding Ding* Val's phone screen lit up, she reaches over it and saw Jul's name. She opens the text message from her, "Hey Val, sorry to be awkward just now but I'm just surprised that you brought your date to the cafe I'm working at. Glad to see you look so happy with her, hope everything is going well for you."

"I'm just giving Chloe a shot and it's just a set up by my friend who she thinks that we will make a great couple. Anyway I didn't know you are working there, Chloe brought me to the place because she loves their coffee and ambience. But i'm happy to see you again at this weird circumstance, hope we can see each other in school often :)"

Val goes back to Chloe who has decided to watch bird box, the most anticipated NETFLIX movie of all time in 2018, they decided to give a go and see what's all the hype about. She might have sneak a peek at Chloe, while Chloe's eyes were glued to the tv screen.

*Ding Ding*
Juliana quickly reaches for her phone, she feels conflicted after reading Val's text. At least she knows that Val is dating Chloe now but who knows in the future, maybe they will start to develop feelings for each other. Juliana's mind start to wander off and imagining a list of possible things that Val and Chloe will do once they are a couple; like a long walk on the beach, late night supper at one of the drive-thru, spontaneous weekend get-away, a day at the amusement park, or even a passionate make-out in the pool... She was disheartened again, she is determined to win Val's heart back despite the disapproval from her mom. Happiness matters the most to her now.

Next morning, Jul decided to drop by Val's apartment so they can have breakfast before going for their first class. She sent Val a message before she heads over, on her way to there, she kept checking her phone for Val's reply, but there's none. She felt something is amiss, how come Val didn't reply to her unless she overslept. She pressed on the doorbell, after a few knocks, she heard the bolt unlocked and she saw the girl from yesterday standing right in front of her. She looks like she got woken up by the knocks, "I'm sorry, are you looking for Valentina?"

Juliana immediately tenses up, she doesn't like what she sees, "Yes, I'm sorry to wake you up but I dropped Val a text and she didn't reply me, we were supposed to have a class at 9, I got worried so I decided to check on her."

"Oh right, let me get her for you. Do you want to come in and have a seat?"

"It's alright, I should get going first, tell her I will see her in class."

"Hey, I didn't get your name..."

Juliana left in a hurry before Chloe gets to know her name.

"Who's that?"

"A girl with brown hair and brown eyes, she looks kind of familiar, I might have seen her somewhere. She came here looking for you, she said something about sending you a text and having a morning class then she went off in a hurry. Oh yeah I remembered! She was the girl at the cafe."

"Oh shit... It's Jul."

Val grabs her phone and scrolls to Jul's name, she starts typing frantically. "It's not what it looks like, you got the wrong idea. Can you meet me at the Cafe Gloria in 15 mins, I can explain everything to you."

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P.S. sorry for the long hiatus, I appreciate all of you and thank you for the continuing support.