Story Notes:

What they saw.

What they felt

What was their first reaction.

Author's Chapter Notes:

She had helped and this was how she did it.

CHAPTER 1 - A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEWLY ENGAGED

"You'd promised that you'll enlighten me about the how, when and where." he groused.

She reclined back against the headboard and started speaking.

"That had been the easiest 50 Euroes I had ever won.

Poor girl didn't know what had hit her.

Clever Me!

The first time I met him my gaydar had instantly redlined.

I knew it was only a matter of time before he met his special someone.

God he fought it tooth and nail.

But a solid shove from me sent him tumbling straight into those arms.

Ha! Ha!

Spying has always been my forte so all I had to do was find out where the cousins were going.

Gregor was a great help all I had to do was make cow eyes at our blonde diva and like a good big brother he straight away pointed his little one towards me.

I hired a sleazy escort and pointed him in his sweetie's direction in no time that creep was drooling all over him and we were good to go.

I must say it had been the worst date I'd ever been on.

Most of his attention had been on the dance floor and the way he had glared at the two of them as they had danced. Oh Boy if only looks could kill. I jabbered non stop about pointless rubbish like rock climbing and what not and all he did was smile at me sweetly and kept saying, "Oh sure," "that'd be nice,"

After almost an hour when I had finally run out of things to say to him I dragged him to the dancefloor and he got the opening he had been looking for,ever since we had arrived at the club.

He used the lamest tactic ever of bumping into them and starting up a fight right there on the dance floor. Man I'd never been so embarrassed in all my life.

I kinda merged back into the crowd so that no one would know I was with the crazy guy."

Her companion softly chuckled.

"I can't imagine him doing something like that."

She laughed softly and then continued

"What is it that they say 'Love makes you go bonkers'.

I was sure he was going to rip his rival's head off if Olli hadn't intervened at that opputune moment.

He definitely does take leave of his senses when he is jealous.

I'm sure you've noticed."

Her companion nodded in agreement.

"So just imagine that guy pawing his sweetie. What state he was in and he wasn't yet out then so he couldn't even give a genuine reason as to why he was behaving the way he was. He left the club in a huff with me chasing after him.

Man can he walk fast. I had to literally run, that too on heels, to keep up with him

He spoilt everyone's fun that night.

I had never seen him so wound up ever.

Well he had gotten angry when he had heard of Coco kissing some random guy but that had been an ego thing. But this had been pure jealousy he just didn't know what to do. He just didn't know which way to turn"

"What happened next?" her companion asked in curiosity.

"Olli with Olivia in tow landed up in No Limits right after us and the both of them fought as I and Olivia watched. She is definitely a bitch but she too could make out that something was just not kosher with Chrisitian's behaviour. After that Christian made an excuse of having a headache and bolted up here."

"Cut out the suspense and tell me what happened next." her companion prodded when she paused again

"Honestly I have absolutely no idea what exactly happened that night.

But the next time I saw them, which was the very next afternoon, both of them looked well laid and kept grinning at each other like teenagers in love."

"Oh I missed the best part didn't I?" Andi pouted.

"Yah you did." Miriam agreed.

"It must have been downright disgusting watching them all lovey dovey all the time." Andi said.

"Actually, they never did anything that betrayed that they were a couple. They never showed anykind of affection to each other in front of anyone... except Judith that is, and later Lydia."

"Oh Goddess Judith."

"The first person Christian came out to." Miriam informed him.

"So Gregor wasn't the first one to know."

"Nope, Judith was the first, next was Lydia, then Olivia was the third she caught them in bed together. Then came Gregor he too caught them in bed. He just casually walked in on them as they ..."

"Yikes! What a way to find out!" Andi said in mortification

"They kept a close rein on their feeling for each other when they had company. Whenever they were out in public they kept a formal distance from each other and except for the occassional friendly light punch on the arm they never dared touch each other."

"Kudos to them."

"Did they ever officially tell you."

"Kind of when Christian apologized for the lousy evening we had, he said 'I'm sorry but there is someone else.' the most cliched line ever heard."

"So who did you bet with? Olivia right?" Andi asked in curiousity

"Nope! Coco."

"Coco?" Andi exclaimed flabbergasted. "But wasn't she in Goa by then?"

"Nah! She was right here in Germany a few kilometers away in Cologne."

"Her job in Goa didn't start until September. She had dilly dallied hoping that it was just a phase and he'd soon be over it. But when Christian came out in the boxing ring it sealed the deal that there was no chance that he would ever go back to her so she signed her contract away flew away to goa at the end of August."

"I really am jealous of you. You had front row seats to all of it."

"Not only was I witness. I helped too." Miriam crowed proudly.

They heard the front door open and a chorus of giggles floated to their ears, "I guess they're back and from the sound of it he JUST SAID YES!" Miriam cheered.

They left Andi's bedroom and headed to the living room to confirm the happy news.