Overlook Love – Episode 1

OVERLOOKED LOVE

 

PART 1

 

 

 

 

 

Tess and I had been friends for seven years. We met through a mutual friend while out having drinks and club hopping like mad women who had just been released from an asylum. I liked her immediately. She was bold, beautiful, open minded and somehow naughty. The whole time I kept looking at her and smiling like a smitten kitten. She had glowing and sparkling eyes. Her voice was melodious and a bit husky. I wanted us to be friends so badly and my wishes became horses. That night we exchanged contacts and thereafter kept in touch almost every day.

 

She worked for a telecommunication company while I worked as a sales lady for a car dealing company. Daily after work we met for coffee or wine. Sometime we went for short drives in her car as we planned for the weekends. Tess had a daughter. She totally refused to talk about the baby daddy saying that she doesn’t like opening closed wounds. Once you open it, it never heals. I respected her decision and we maintained our normal stories and petty gossips that touched on nothing valuable. I was the loudest when it came to laughing at our abnormal jokes. There were no dull moments between us. We gave no chance to sadness or

 

 

painful pasts and stress. We made sure our seconds, minutes and hours were spent giggling, laughing or watching thrilling and horrendous movies.

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Most weekends we found ourselves drinking till we slept on the couch either in my apartment or hers. Every Friday after school, she dropped her daughter at her mother’s house so that she can be free and socialize a little. Her mum lived alone with a domestic help who came in the morning and left in the evening. She was very fond of her only grandchild and Tess never dropped her at any given weekend, it was war. She was a widow who looked much younger than her 60 years. She was a charming lady who lived large and loved fine things. Everything in her house was exquisite.

 

One Saturday evening we decided to drop by her house without notice and her reaction was out of this world.

 

RAKSHA: Tess, you don’t come to my house unannounced and on top of that you bring a guest. Where is my shopping?

 

TESS: Mum, this house is yours and mine and Jade is not a guest anymore. She is like a family. As for your shopping, wait till end month.

 

RAKSHA: I agree, but you no longer live here. You wanted freedom saying that I was hard on you and you left. I pay electricity and water bills, I maintain the cleanliness and fumigation, so basically this house is mine.

 

TESS: In short you are saying I go back where I have come from?

 

RAKSHA: I didn’t say that, I only said you can’t come unannounced. You need to call me a few hours to your coming.

 

TESS: Mum, we only came to say hello. Don’t worry about the chicken in the fridge or the wine in the cellar. Just give me a hug and I will be out before you know.

 

RAKSHA: Can you put your ass down girl, we need to talk.

 

 

They hugged so tightly until I felt it right inside my chest without participating. A few minutes visit turned out to be hours of chatting and drowning in wine. Raksha loved happiness and she worked on that every day. No wonder she looked so young and sexy. She was just as naughty as Tess and her language was a mixer of mild and wild depending on the topic of the day. That night she taught us some dance moves that we never knew existed. We laughed and laughed until our ribs hurt and then she literally chased us away because she had another guest coming in. She was a gem, and Tess was lucky to have her as a mother.

 

As we drove off, Tess kept laughing at totally nothing and she made me laugh at nothing too. It was like a circus.

 

TESS: You see Jade, if my mum ever dies before me, I will having totally nothing to say at her funeral.

 

JADE: You can’t be serious. You have the best mother in the world. You will have so much to say about her.

 

TESS: Her being the best mum is the reason I won’t have anything to say about her. There are no words to describe that woman. She has seen me through so much. When I had my daughter, she was there for me full time. She practically raised Skyla. I love that woman Jade. She will live longer than expected because her heart is so clean.

 

JADE: I love her too Tess, she is like a mother to me too, you know.

 

TESS: By the way, where are your parents? You hardly mention them.

 

JADE: There is nothing to say about my parents. We can’t go down that road. I hate memories Tess. Let’s just move on with our lives as it is. Let the past remain there.

 

TESS: Any siblings?

 

JADE: Just shut up and drive.

 

TESS: (laughing) did you kill them all?

 

 

JADE: Stop being silly

 

TESS: Where are we going, yours or mine?

 

JADE: None of the above, I feel like dancing tonight.

 

TESS: You are a crazy woman. Name the club and I will be at the parking lot in a flash.

 

That night was lit. We danced all the styles Raksha had taught us earlier on. We enjoyed each other’s company as we downed Cellar Cask wine, Tess’ favorite. I always went with the flow. Apart from Beer and Vodka, anything else passed down my throat easily. It was around 2pm when Tess realized that she had not danced to her favorite song. She started shouting at the DJ from where we were seated and I saw heads turn to look at her. It was quite embarrassing but Tess was just being Tess. I told her to wait quietly as I went to the DJ’s box to make the request on her behalf. While pushing through the crowd, someone stepped on my foot and I found myself screaming in pain. He held me up and apologized for stepping on me. I couldn’t walk well. I showed him where we were seated and asked him to walk me there. I limped and faked pain so that he could hold me tighter. Damn! He smelt so nice and his grip was like a nut on a bolt.

 

Tess spotted us and stood up so fast. She pulled me away from the guy and was so furious.

 

TESS: What’s happening here Jade?

 

JADE: He stepped on me and I got hurt a little. He already apologized so don’t start any drama.

 

TESS: Sir, you don’t know how to dance or what? See what you have done to her.

 

RYAN: It was an accident and I wasn’t dancing, it was just a head on collision of two human beings headed on opposite direction. I am Ryan.

 

JADE: Thanks Ryan, I am ok.

 

 

TESS: It is not okay Jade, I haven’t danced to my song yet and here you are forgiving this man.

 

RYAN: What’s going on here? I did step on her intentionally.

 

JADE: I was on my way to the DJ to request a song for her.

 

RYAN: What song, I will gladly do it, please.

 

TESS: It is okay. I don’t want to dance anymore.

 

RYAN: I insist madam.

 

TESS: Okay, but don’t call me madam. I am Tess and my friend here is Jade.

 

Ryan went and requested for the song and came back to the table to say sorry once more. Tess was already on her feet swinging her medium size behind left right and center. Ryan sat down without an invite and was ogling at Tess the way hyenas look at red meat being held by lions, waiting for it fall and then grab it. I didn’t like the way he was looking at her, it was a cruel way of looking at someone’s ass.

 

JADE: You don’t have to look at her that way man. It is cruel.

 

RYAN: I am not looking at her, I am admiring her. Is she single?

 

JADE: Yes she is.

 

RYAN: I want her

 

JADE: That is cruel. YOU WANT HER! Can’t you say it nicely? That sounds so blunt like you just want something in particular. You men of today are so unromantic.

 

RYAN: You want to tell me you are a woman of yester years?

 

JADE: Do I look that old to you?

 

 

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JADE: Polish your language otherwise you won’t cope with Tess.

 

RYAN: I would love to date her please.

 

JADE: Say you’d wish to court her. Who taught you English?

 

RYAN: Girl, cut me some slack. What’s the big deal?

 

JADE: When you want to catch a slippery fish, use a hi-tech net. Now, when she comes back I will go the washrooms. Throw in your net and let’s see what happens.

 

Tess didn’t play hard to get even for a minute. When I came back from the washrooms she was already inside Ryan’s box. On a closer look, Ryan was totally cute. I had not looked at him properly since his cologne took my breath away. As they chatted and laughed over hell knows what, I took my global time to peruse every corner of his being, except for the gadget. He was worth a try and I hoped Tess would fall for him even though I knew she had an on and off thing with her boss, who was married but “not happy in his marriage”. They didn’t have a relationship but once in a while they went for weekend get-away and she could come back with lots of cash.

 

One such weekend she came back and wasn’t happy even though the guy had given her 100K clean cash. She rang me to go to her house because she needed to confide something. She had cried and her eyes were red.

 

JADE: What happened dear, you smoked weed or something? Your eyes are bloody red.

 

TESS: I need my own man Jade. I don’t like what I am doing. I don’t even love the guy, it’s like I am doing him a favor for which he is paying me awkwardly well.

 

 

JADE: You earn well Tess, so I don’t think you need to do unpleasant things for extra cash, but who says no to money anyway? If you are not happy then tell him. I am sure he will still help you even without the sex part.

 

TESS: It is not about the sex. He does totally nothing in bed. He just likes my company. I give him massages as he talks about his bad child hood. I walk all over his body with my fingers as mourns weirdly and he falls asleep. When he wakes up, he thanks me with loads of cash. Who does that?

 

JADE: You mean you have never made love to the guy?

 

TESS: No! He falls asleep before I even unhook my bra.

 

JADE: And you are hurt because of?

 

TESS: Sexual starvation!!

 

JADE: Jesus son of God. With that kind of pay and you are hurt, get a grip of yourself. Sleeping with him would be worse. You’d feel so guilty and that money would be meaningless. The man just needs body massage that probably the wife can’t do.

 

TESS: This is starting to bore me Jade. I love the money but the act is not worth going away for sometimes.

 

JADE: Maybe he doesn’t function well down the road. And once in a month escape won’t kill you.

 

TESS: He has kids my dear.

 

JADE: And only his wife knows their real father.

 

TESS: You don’t know how to make anyone feel better after a horror escapade.

 

JADE: What do you want me to say, that you will get your own man soon? Okay, Tess darling you will get your own Knight in A Shining Armour soon, is that okay?

 

 

TESS: That sounds better as long as it is not Shrek.

 

That day I too got paid 20K clean and neat cash for being part of the process. Poor old man!

 

And here we were, in a club and my friend totally enthralled by a man she hardly knew. I thought it was wine playing mind games with her. I was wrong. Ryan and Tess didn’t waste any time that night. I found myself alone and lonely as I watched lock one kiss after the other. He was all over her like white on rice. Really, is that how people fell in love in the 19th century? You meet, you kiss, you make love and after one week wedding, then babies, then fights and finally divorce……I

 

laughed at that thought. I liked flirting and sampling men with my eyes but relationships weren’t my thing. My heart was only for pumping blood and engaging it in performing other duties always became poisonous and disastrous. I loved selling cars and my job was my lover. I had a stuck boss who would not even look at me twice even if I went to the office naked. I loved cars and I didn’t even own one.

 

3:30 a.m. and I wanted to tell them to get a room. I was high and my bed was beckoning. I stood up and announced that I was leaving, and believe you me, Tess asked Ryan to be drop me home. She would wait for him in the club. I was mad like a cow on heat. To make it worse, Ryan didn’t come with his car, he used Taxis at night. So my girl Tess gave him her car keys to drop me. Christ of Nazareth. My thigh nerves went totally numb at the thought of it. What if he dropped me and went away with the car? What if he was a careless driver and he crashed it? But who was I to raise hell and I didn’t even own a toy car. Tess seemed less bothered by how I felt. She dashed to the dance floor and swayed left, right and center like a virgin. Ryan was already on his way out. I followed Tess to the dancing floor and pinched her arm so hard.

 

TESS: What’s that for?

 

JADE: For being stupid and naïve.

 

TESS: Go home and sleep Jade.

 

JADE: Don’t call me if he doesn’t bring back your car or if he rapes you in a ditch.

 

TESS: Call me once you are safely tucked in bed. I will pop in early morning and make you breakfast, the usual concoction.

 

I wanted to punch her so hard on the face, but what would that help me with. She was in love period. She pushed me away and I felt bad. She was supposed to be on my side. We went into the club together and we were to leave together.

 

I found Ryan at the parking lot and showed him where the car was parked. Once we got in I gave him directions to where I lived. It was fifteen minutes’ drive from where we were. He was awfully quiet in the car and I knew he wanted to say something but didn’t know how I would react. I didn’t waste any time coz I was not born dumb.

 

JADE: Is that how you seduce women in clubs? Tess is not stupid.

 

RYAN: I am offended Jade. You don’t know me well so stop making assumptions.

 

I like Tess very much.

 

JADE: Very much and you just met her.

 

RYAN: Does it matter really? Haven’t you ever fallen in love at first sight?

 

JADE: What do you do for a living?

 

RYAN: I have businesses I run

 

JADE: Dealing in?

 

RYAN: Have I been arrested, what’s with the cop kind of questions? Stop it, Tess is a fine woman and I won’t hurt her if that is what you are worried about.

 

I shut my mouth. I was talking to a man who had already made up his mind.

 

 

We reached my building apartment and showed him where to park. I was struggling with the seat belt when I felt his cold and soft hands on my open thigh. I jumped like a deer which had been attacked by a lion.

 

RYAN: Wow, chill girl. I mean no harm.

 

JADE: What are you trying to do, hit to birds with one stone? You think we are bimbos?

 

RYAN: Relax Jade; I was just testing the waters.

 

JADE: Which waters? Do I look like Lake Victoria to you?

 

At that instant he grabbed my name a planted a luscious kiss on my lips. My heart missed a beat and I rushed out the car and into the building without looking back. My apartment was on the first floor. I went up the stairs, got into my apartment and rushed to the living room window to check if he was still there. He had left. That kiss had left my lips burning. A lot of questions crossed my mind. Was Ryan playing games with us? Was it me he wanted but was fooling around with Tess to make me jealous? Did he mark us from the moment we went into the club? All that didn’t matter. I wanted another kiss.

 

I went to the shower and ran cold water through my body. I never rang Tess to find out if Ryan was back in the club. I didn’t want to know and I didn’t care……..In

 

my dream, I was marrying Ryan. It was a lavish beach wedding. I was woken up by a loud knock on the door. I knew it was Tess as she had promised to come early morning and make me breakfast. I slowly walked to the door half naked. I flung the door wide open to blast her for abandoning me the previous night. Standing there were Tess and Ryan and I on the opposite side wearing nothing but a black silk pant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OVERLOOKED LOVE