Expect The Unexpected

Chapter 24

Maria’s POV

 

It had been a week since the incident with Sam in my office had occurred. I still felt extremely worried about him and his mental health. I had gone to the clinic and tried visiting him but they told me that his condition wasn’t the best and that I should come back another time. All during the week I felt completely distracted as all my thoughts were with Sam. I hadn’t told Michael about what had happened and I wasn’t planning on doing so any time soon. Not while things seemed to be going really well between him and I. We pretty much spent every night at my place and I began to feel my feelings growing stronger for him. Even if, at the same time I couldn’t stop thinking about Sam, I felt like there was a lot to know about him, and I really wanted to know all about him. I knew that I couldn’t just randomly bring Sam up and talk about him to Michael. Then again, I wondered if he was informed about Sam’s condition. He was his step-brother. Maybe Sam had asked the doctors to not tell Michael about what had happened. I was sure that if Michael knew he would have brought it up but he hasn’t said anything.

 I had decided not to bring him up, and only speak of him when he does. But he never did and part of me began to feel worried that maybe he never would, and that I might not be able to talk to him about Sam at all. It wasn’t even that bad of a situation. I mean, Michael was my boyfriend, so why would I even want to bring up Sam and talk about him?

Apart from all that chaos that was going on in my head, I was still planning that surprise party for Michael with Vicky. We had met up with each other for lunch pretty much every day that week. Even if she didn’t bring it up, I knew that she was hiding the fact that James and her growing feelings for him was getting her down. But I didn’t talk to her about it because I could tell she didn’t want to.
Sometimes you just have to let time do its thing and eventually, if she wanted to, she’d bring him up and we could talk about how she was feeling.

Tomorrow was Michael’s birthday and we had planned pretty much everything. From the food to the guests and everything else, that included him showing up at my apartment at 6pm and all of us, which included, Me, Vicky, James, and few of Michael’s old college friends.
 ‘’Maria, did you hear me?’’ A hand was moving up and down in front of my face. I looked up and realised Vicky was standing over me, holding a piece of wrapping paper in one hand and the other hand was in front of my face.

‘’What did you say?’’ I asked, coming back to reality.

‘’I said, will this wrapping paper make my present look more appealing? ‘’ She asked.

She was holding a bright pink wrapping paper that had white bunnies, dressed in a bikini, on it. I laughed and shook my head.

‘’What are you giving him anyway?’’ I asked, standing up from the chair that I was sitting on. We were at my place, wrapping the last presents and preparing the food. It was around 4pm and people will start arriving in about an hour. Things will have to be perfect; I wouldn’t have them any other way.

‘’Well, I know it won’t be at what you’re giving him’’ she winked and I ignored her, feeling my face heat up.

‘’But it’s something really special and that way he will never forget who I am’’ She grinned.

‘’Are you planning on giving my boyfriend a sex tape of yourself?’’ I asked widening my eyes.

She rolled her eyes and went into the living room to wrap her present. I couldn’t help but laugh to myself as I went over to the oven to take out the two pizzas.
After taking out the pizza I walked to the fridge and took out a few vegetables and salad dressing. For the next thirty minutes I prepared more food and brought it into the living room and set it on the table. Vicky was sitting on the sofa staring into space; a wrapped square box was sitting in her lap.

‘’Are you all right?’’ I asked, walking up to her.

She looked up and smiled. ‘’I’m good, everything’s all good.’’ She replied and stood up.

She walked over to the desk where my present was already siting and put hers down next to mine. I had decided to give Michael a silver chain, I remember that two years ago he had lost his old one and he never had a chance to buy another one. So I decided to get one for him, but obviously that was only a small present. I was planning on having a romantic night after the party, just the two if us, in the bedroom. If you know what I mean.

After another half an hour of cleaning and making sure everything was in its place, the first guest had arrived.
‘’Could you get that?’ I said to Debra and she nodded and walked to the door.
About twenty minutes later my small living room was packed with random people that I didn’t even know.

HELLO I AM SO SO SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING IN SOOOO LONG.

I have been oddly distracted by things that I didn't know would distract me. I haven't been busy, maybe I have. I mean I underwent a weird phase of a writers block, but then again, I guess maybe I was just lazy. (Eminem 2.0there) I will update more often .I hope you can all forgive me and love me thanks bye