BACK TO LOVE.

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It was the third day of all of them sitting around her bed waiting on her to wake up. They passed time by reminiscing on the goods times they had with her. To keep each other sane. Axel spent everyday near his wife's bed while his friends came usually in the evening to check on him and her. He had seen his children they day before and they really missed their mother and could not understand why they could not see her.

' Remember when we set them up to meet?'

Shadrach said.

' Set us up?'

I looked up from playing with her fingers while Sadé removed the fake nails.

' Yeah. We had had enough of both of you being hurt and cheated on so we decided to host the pool party for you to meet. We felt you would be good for each other.'

Omari and Sadé echoed his sentiments.

' And you are.'

' Yeah she was seeing someone then though. So your plan did not work as planned.'

' But it got you two to know each other.'

Andrew

I walked up to Omari, Shadrach,Micheal and Andrew seated at the pool bar while other guys from college sat around talking to each other or girls in Omari's parents backyard. Emily walked in with a friend of her's I had seen before at Micheal's party, two years prior. Though she had grown now and had more curves than before.

' Mike who is that girl?'

' Emily's bitter friend.'

' She's not bitter, she just doesn't like your lying, cheating ass for her friend.'

The rest of the group burst out laughing after Omari's comment. Micheal kissed his teeth and walked over to Emily to try to talk to her and get her to take him back after she dumped him for cheating once again.

' You know you won't get to know her telepathically.'

' Shutup Shad. I'm waiting for the right moment.'

' Micheal is talking to Emily, what more moment is right than now. Just stop being scared and go talk to her.'

I grabbed two drinks the bartender for the event had just made and headed towards her just as she noticed Sadé. Shad shouted something as I walked away but I was too concentrated on my mission to understand what it was about.

' Care for a drink?'

' Sorry I don't drink alcohol.'

' Oh my bad.'

' It's no problem, you couldn't have known.'

I placed the glasses on the tray of a server who passed by them. Omari had gone all out for a simple pool party and held out my hand to introduced myself.

' My name is Axel.'

She took it. It was cool and soft.

' My name is Ayanda.'

I complimented her. Sadé walked up to us just as I got her a non-alcoholic drink.

' You good babe?'

' She's-'

' I was talking to my friend Axel.'

' You set it up but when I tried to have a conversation with her, you acted like you did not want me there.'

I smiled at Sadé.

' I could not really let my friend now that we had set her up now. You know how much of a hopeless romantic your wife is.'

' Yeah she doesn't do blind dates.'