.


    Tiana peeked at the door for the umpteenth time, ire was not yet here. She guessed she might be with Nicus, but as time flew by, she became tenser. She wondered what ire would think of her after this, she would hate her. But it was definitely for the best. The longer it stayed the greater the pain she would feel. There was no better time than now.


    Just when she thought that; the door flung open and her eyes immediately turned to the door and that second, they locked in ire''s. No-one spoke but a thousand words were written in ire''s eyes, and Tiana knew. Nicus had told her.


    ire gazed at Tiana for a moment and as though nothing had happened, she smiled brightly;


    ''''Sorry I''mte, something came up. ''''


    She beamed brilliantly as walked over to where Leo sat, sitting down beside him.


    ''''So, what did I miss? '''' She picked her own script from the table and nced at it;


    ''''Nothing much, Leo insisted that we wait for you. '''' Larissa, who had not uttered a word since she came in, spoke ring straight at ire.


    ''''oh, how sweet of you Leo, right, I''m here now, let''s begin ''''


    Tiana''s heartbeat raced and she found it hard to breathe, she was sure ire knew about them now, but why was she acting as nothing happened?


    She chatted with her as usual, andughed like before, did Nicus not tell her, or was she trying to pretend as though nothing happened?


    Tiana gulped, more tensed than she had been before. She would have preferred if ire did not speak to her, or looked at her with disdain. Her pretending as though nothing happened was eating her up.


    ''''Right, we should be here on Monday, this script is short, so we''ll perfect it in no time, by next week we''ll y it out, hope we''re good?''''


    ire asked and they nodded.


    ''''Right, anything else Leo? '''' she turned to Leo and he shook his head;


    ''''Good, we''re done for the day. ''''


    Larissa was the first to stand up and walk out of the room, and then ire stood up; her eyes locked in Tiana for a second, and she forced a smile, Tiana wanted to smile back but her lips could only tremble, and she looked away from ire.


    ''''You should have told me, Tiana. '''' ire said all of a sudden making Leo turn to her with creased brows; wondering what was up.


    Tiana''s lips trembled and she clutched the script in her hand tightly, her eyes stared at her hands, she could not bear to see the look on ire''s face.


    ''''I wouldn''t be this mad if you had told me yourself. For once…; she stopped, her eyes brewing with tears; ''''For once I thought I was your friend. ''''


    ''''I''m sorry… I''m so sorry, I didn''t know, I… ''''


    ire shook her head slowly, ''''it is toote sweetheart, it''s toote, you should have told me earlier. Now, I''m mad at you, really mad. '''' Sheughed dryly; ''''Leave, I don''t want to look at you…''''


    Tiana swallowed hard and stood up from the couch; she turned to the door and without looking at ire she walked out.


    Leo, who had been watching them as though it was some alien show blinked;


    ''''Okay, what just happened? ''''


    He asked ire after Tiana had left. ire stood still watching the spot Tiana just walked out of for a whole ten seconds, before she suddenly walked to Leo and fell into his arms, bursting into a load of tears.


    …


    Tiana stood outside the door for the longest time, her eyes watering. She wiped her face with the back of her palm but the tears kept falling. She wished it didn''t have to be this way, she wished it was another person, someone she wouldn''t feel hurt about.


    ire didn''t deserve any of this, she was a kind soul but there was nothing she could do about it. Maybe she was right, she should have told her herself, but could she have done it herself?


    She felt a knot on her throat and she opened her lips slightly, exhaling.


    ire must really hate her now and she knew thest thing she wanted to hear now was her apology, even though she was still going to apologize, she couldn''t do it now when she was still mad.


    Tiana was cut short from her thoughts when her phone buzzed in her bag;


    She heaved a sigh when she saw who it was. She picked the call as she walked to the elevator.


    ''''Baby, I''m so sad! '''' Tiana cried immediately she picked the call, her face reddening;


    ''''ire is mad at me right now; she doesn''t want to see my face. I knew she would be sad, but it still hurt like hell!''''


    Tiana whined as she walked out of the elevator and towards the exit.


    ''''don''t worry, she''lle around. ''''


    ''''I don''t know why it had to be her, she''s so sweet. '''' Tiana bemoaned and Nicus let out a light sigh;


    ''''What do I do to make you stop crying? ''''


    Tiana pouted; ''''I would stop crying if you appear before me now, but it is not possible… '''' she stepped outside thepany and continued walking forward;


    ''''Look in front of you ''''


    ''''Uh? '''' Her brows creased and she looked forward only to see Nicus leaning against his car, a smile on his lips. At that moment, even when she was terribly sad, she couldn''t help the smile that widened her lips;


    ''''You silly… '''' sheugh-cried, and Nicus chuckled;


    ''''I''m in front of you now, so will you stop crying?''''


    Tiana held his gaze from afar, as she watched his lips curve into a smirk, she didn''t know how long he had waited there, but at that moment, she felt a wave of happiness wash through her.


    Her legs instantly walked forward and her eyes held his gaze until she stopped in front of him.


    Nicus raised his hand to her face and he pushed some strands of her behind her ear;


    ''''Are you still sad now?''''


    Tiana blushed as she shook her head, her eyes fluttering;


    ''''Let''s…let''s get into the car, people are watching. '''' She turned and quickly entered the car. Nicusughed at her shyness and entered the driver''s side, once he was in, Tiana pounced on him, kissing him wildly as though her life depended on it.