<completed>Promise (Juliantina)

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Jul/Ashleigh's POV- next morning.

Jul couldn't wait till Ashleigh came knocking her door so she went to her place instead. She never stopped calling and texting Val despite her not answering or replying to any of them.

It was 8am, she impatiently pressed the doorbell continuously. Finally Ashleigh came out yawning, still half naked with a head of bed hair and looking half awake, slowly making her way to the gate.

"Go wash up, let's get going! I have got no time to waste..."

"You have to give me time to prepare, you can't come here early in the morning and command me... Just come in first."

Ashleigh opened the gate and Jul walked straight into the house without saying a word.

"Just make yourself feel at home, I will be right back." Ashleigh was annoyed and her footsteps sounded heavier than usual.

Jul sat down on the 3-seaters sofa staring at her phone hoping that Val will reply to one of her texts.

"I'm coming over in 10 mins to pick up some stuffs and I want to talk to Ashleigh not you. Please give me some privacy, I don't want to see you around when i'm home."

Jul nearly dropped her phone when she saw the text from Val. She shouted for Ashleigh, but she couldn't hear, so she went up straight to her bedroom. She opened the door and saw Ashleigh removing the towel from her body, both girls screamed and Jul slammed closed the door. "Shit! Not again!"

Ashleigh opened the door and shouted back at Jul, "couldn't you just wait for 5 mins and knock the fucking door, for christ's sake..."

"I'm sorry... Val replied me. She wanted to talk to you and she is coming over to pick her stuffs up... I think she has found a place to stay for the time being... What am I suppose to do now?"

"Really?! I mean she wanted to talk to me, should I stay at my place or go over to your house then?"

"No, you cannot go over to my place. Just pretend that you didn't know anything and play along. I'm gonna stay in your room till she is gone, she doesn't want to see me when she comes back."

"Ok then, do you want breakfast? I'm gonna make some while waiting for her..."

"I will pass..."

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Chloe/Val's POV- morning

"Ok, I just sent her a text..."

"Read to me what you have sent her."

Val passed her phone to Chloe, "How do you expect me to read when my eyes are on the road and hands on the steering wheel..."

"I'm coming over in 10 mins to pick up some stuffs and I want to talk to Ashleigh not you. Please give me some privacy, I don't want to see you around when i'm home."

"So you gonna listen to Ashleigh's explanation first?"

"Yes, I have to know who made the move first..."

"What if Ashleigh lies to you, she makes it sounds like Jul was the one who seduce her and everything goes downhill and tries to sabotage your relationship? You guys don't even know her, how possibly can you trust her words?"

"Fuck Chloe, I don't know!" We shouldn't have move to this neighbourhood in the first place, if not this won't have happened..."

"Val, it's not your fault and who knows about the future... You didn't expect this Ashleigh to appear in your life. Take this as a test to determine how strong is your relationship with Jul. No relationship is perfect, there will be ups and downs; right now you are experiencing the downside and this is normal for new couples to have arguments and misunderstanding because you are still getting used to know each other at a deeper level."

"Thanks Chloe..."

Val went straight to Ashleigh's while Chloe went to Val's place to pick up her stuffs. Val kept her cool and pressed the doorbell calmly.

"Shit it's Valentina! She's here! Juliana, you better go up right now." Jul quickly put down her teacup and made her way up to Ashleigh's bedroom. Ashleigh went to fetch Val from the gate.

"Hi Ashleigh, sorry to bother you. Can I have a word with you?"

"Is this about last night? I can explain it to you..."

"Let's just talk inside, I won't take up too much of your time..."

"Sure, of course."

The moment Val stepped into Ashleigh's place, she saw two teacups; one at counter top, the other one at the coffee table. Jul must be here, she could see the hot steam coming off from the teacup. "Are you expecting someone or you have a guest here? I saw two teacups... I can leave right now if i'm interrupting your time."

"No Valentina, I mean you can stay. I won't lie to you, Jul just came here and she is in the bedroom right now..."

"What?! She has the fucking nerve to stay at your place?!"

"No Valentina, don't get this wrong! She just came over this morning, I offered my help to drive her around so she can look for you. She was so worried about you and I could tell that she didn't sleep last night."

"Well, she fucking did it with you, how was it? Is she good? Did you guys have a great time fucking? Just what the hell do you want from me, Ashleigh?! First, you tried to flirt with me then you invited Jul to your place..."

"Valentina, I'm really sorry. This got nothing to do with Juliana. She did come over for that cup of tea but I offered her wine instead, she got drunk and I took advantage of her, she woke up and she ran out so I chased after her, I wanted to apologise and that's where you saw us outside the gate..."

"You fucking bitch, how dare you!" Val slapped Ashleigh's right cheek and Ashleigh totally could feel the pain because her cheek was burning up.

"I'm sorry Valentina and I'm really sorry to Juliana too. I really didn't mean it... She was sincere to introduce me to your friend, Chloe but I rejected her because I told her that you are my type..."

"You disgust me... How dare you say these to me?! I'm your type, you rejected Chloe then you took advantage of a drunk girl... You fucking asshole!"

"Valentina, listen to me. I'm trying to make things right now for all of us, Juliana really loves you, she was crying last night. She really pushed me away but I kept on coming to her, I was a total bitch. I swear to god, I will never do this again. I'm really sorry this has happened, please forgive Juliana because she has nothing to do with it."

"You go up and tell her that I wanna talk to her alone."