"What colour of panties are you wearing?"
"Excuse me?" She countered
"I won't repeat the question again"
"Red. They're red" she swallowed
"Reach below your gown. Pull it. And hand it over to me"
"Why would you want it? It's just a piece of material...
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"I do care about you Charlotte. And it hurts more than anything, that you'd ever doubted that. I don't know how we got to this point, but I'm willing to do anything I possibly can, to change this. You're the last person that should ever doubt your role in my life Char. You're more than just my friend, you're family." Raven softly swallowed, her eyes now red, as a result of the gentle stream of tears clinging to her makeup clad face
"So what's next for us Charlotte? Because I don't know how to respond to this. I don't know how to deal with this kind of information. You have to be the one to take the next step"
"Don't be in too much of a hurry Raven. I haven't even finished my story. If went on for six long months, there's no way it could just easily be retold in a couple of minutes. Don't you want to know more about Raphael? How we met? Well back then, three months ago to be specific, I didn't know him as Raphael. No, I new him as Nathaniel. Remember when I told you about the therapist I was seeing last week, and how you laughed it off because you thought I was just sleeping with him? Well, the Nathaniel I talked about, was Raphael. And I thought you knew who he was, which is why I got so mad and shocked, when I walked into your office, and found you kissing him. He saved my life three months ago. I took a drug overdose and walked down to the nearest road, to try to get any random car to knock me over, dead. Turns out the random car that would have knocked me out, turned out to be his. Thankfully he had an expert driver driving his limousine, and they took me to the hospital instead. He stayed with me throughout, where I opened up and told this random stranger whom I'd never met before, my entire story. He introduced himself to me as Nathaniel. It was later that I got to find out he was a therapist, later that I got to find out he was a billionaire who's more popular name was Raphael, and later I got to find out that for the first time a guy was interested in me just for me, and I might have a shot at being that girl, whom a guy would pay billions just to bed. Just like Mikhail did, you. It was through him I got to find out that I wasn't counterfeit, or inferior, or unworthy of a man's love. And slowly, I started regaining my confidence again, I could finally be myself again. I blossomed under his minsitrations, his touch, his kisses, the way he made love to me like he was truly happy to be at that place, at that time, with the woman of his dreams... Before I knew it, I was in love. When I told you about him last week and told you he was a therapist, whose name was Nathaniel, I had no idea that you wouldn't know his full name was Nathaniel Raphael Constantine, since everyone seems to know who he was. I'm truly sorry for slapping you, I truly didn't mean to, but you can imagine my shock and surprise, when I walk into your office, to see you kissing the man I'd just told you about, a week ago."
"But Charlie, he kissed me." Raven blurted out, worriedly
"Yeah I know that now. And I should never have doubted you in the first place, but the events of the past few months had taken it's toll on me..."
"I didn't even know Raphael was the Nathaniel you spoke about."
"Yeah, I also know that now. Once more, I jumped to conclusions, and I'm sorry"
Raven sighed softly. "Raphael... Nathaniel... I'm at a loss for what to call him, but you heard all what he said to me. It's either he's a rich, crazy guy who goes about spouting nonsense to strange females, or worse, he's dangerous, and he'd infact just given me a direct threat to my face. Are you sure that's the kind of man you want to love, or that he even feels the same way about you?"
"At this point Rae, I don't know. I'm just as confused as you. I've never seen him behave this way before. I don't know any longer." Charlotte confessed honestly, all the pent-up anger in her totally gone, leaving her in an even depressed state
"You've been the one doing the apologizing from the beginning of this conversation, but now I know I know I've got something to apologize for as well. I'm sorry for abandoning you. Love doesn't abandon, love doesn't trade one for the other, love is big enough to accommodate everyone, and I do love you Charlotte, just as I love Mikhail. And I should never have put you aside, no matter how consuming, my love for Mikhail was. And because of my mistake, I wasn't there when you needed me the most, like you've never needed me before. I wasn't there. And for that cause alone, I'll keep apologizing and feeling sorry for the rest of my life. We're not the same. We've always been different and guess what? That's why I love you. I love you eccentricities, your character flairs and idiosyncrasies and all that makes you who you are. I love you, Charlotte. More than words can say. And you are good enough. You are good for me, you're good for any man, and most importantly, you are good for yourself. Shame on whoever doesn't realize that. A girl has the right to sleep with whoever she wants to sleep with, and that doesn't mean she should be treated little more than trash. You should not feel bad about what someone else did poorly"
"You see? This is why we belong together. This is why we've always worked well together. You're my other half that keeps me in line" Charlotte sniffed, forcefully blinking away the tears coming to her eyes.
"And so are you, to me, Charlotte. So are you. We've come too long a way, and we've been too good a friend to each other that we can't possibly break everything up now. My child still needs a godmother to protect her when I'm not around, and I can think of no other person, worthy of the title." Raven replied teary eyed as well
"So what happens to us now Charlotte? Are we still friends? Or what are we? The final decision of whatever you want us to be, rests with you, and I'd humbly accept whatever you choose." Raven whispered, holding her breadth, scared of what the answer of the best friend she never wanted to loose, might be
"Are you kidding? Or are you outrightly crazy? Of course girl, we're still friends. We're sisters" Charlotte enigmatically stressed out the last word, as she beamed out, a full-on smile on her face
Raven instantly released the breath she'd been holding, a smile coming to her lips as well
"Now that's the Charlotte I know..."
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A/N: Third chapter in a row you guys. To apologize for my lack of update last week. I had no reason for not updating, except being lazy of course.
A lot of people keep asking if the book is completed, or if the story is finished. But it's not. I can readily assure you that this book would at least reach to Chapter 40, before even thinking of ending. And this is just chapter 20. So SDOS, is not even in the danger of ending anytime soon.
Charlotte and Raven's feud was quite personal to me, because I kind of had a really close best friend, and one of the reasons why we grew apart, was because she got a boyfriend who took most of her time, and I was left feeling sad and lonely. Although I didn't do any of the drastic things Charlotte did, nor did I take drugs, but being Lonely is a curse in itself. Thankfully I got through that stage of my life, but I never let anyone get quite as close to me, ever again. If you've ever had that sort of issue in your everyday life, you can leave a comment here. It'd be nice to here from someone else, about friendships.✯
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