Escape II: What They Were Never Meant To Know
Characters:
Cloe
Ved
Eboney
Jay
Gel
Slade
Brian
Riley
Carmen
And others…
Everything changed after they got off the plane they all went there separate ways. Ved got off the plane never looking back he went back home and lived in his parents beach house until he got his head together and then went to college for his scholarship in soccer and computer engineering. Eboney and Jay stayed together moving into a classy apartment while Eboney went to college to become a fashion designer while Jay was the star of the rugby team. Gel moved on to inherit all of her dad's money because of a heat attack he had while she was in Hawaii, turned out her mom left her dad after she found out if was having an affair with his secretary, she's now working on her own make-up line with the help of Eboney. Slade, Brian, Riley, and Carmen both went back to the agency and nobody heard from them since then.
Ved was on his way to meet Gel at a local café nearby his college USC to get up to date with what's been happening with her and the others. It's been a year since the incident in Honolulu happened and the group doesn't really bring it up. Ved always thought to himself what would Cloe be doing right now. He never went out with anybody after Cloe he pretty much kept to himself not bothering anybody but it was hard, because he was the best player on the soccer team and just about every girl thought he was so adorable. He looked up at the crossing sign and saw that he could walk across. With out looking he accidentally bumped into someone and made them drop all of their belongings.
"I'm so sorry," Ved said bending over to help the person.
"No worries," the girl said to Ved.
Ved looked at the girl quickly because he could never forget that voice.
"Cloe," Ved asked the girl.
Cloe looked up at him in shock.
"Ved," she said to him.
Ved pulled Cloe into a much anticipated hug that he had been waiting for. The car in front of them honked for them to get out of the way.
"Sorry we were having a moment," Ved yelled to the car.
Cloe laughed at his remark and they walked to the side of the road.
"So umm how are things with you," Cloe said with a smile on her face.
"Well I'm going to USC and playing soccer and I'm working on computers still and also my business degree," he said to her.
"Wow, Ved's doing it big who knew the loud mouth in the back of class would actually be going to college," Cloe said to him.
Ved laughed at her comment "And what about you,"
"Well umm I go to the Academy of Art Institute in San Francisco for photography and interior architect and design I still dance I go to The Ballroom of Sacramento whenever I get the chance. And I think that's about it," She said to him.
"Why didn't you go to Julliard for dance you were one of the top dancers in the country," Ved asked Cloe.
"You know I hated dancing it was just something my parents made me do," Cloe said to him. Looking in a different direction.
"Hey I'm meeting Gel and a couple of friend café down the road would you like to come," Ved asked her.
"I would'nt want to mess anything up that's between you two, and I'd feel stupid" Cloe said a little uneasy.
"There's nothing between me and Gel and how would you feel stupid," Ved asked her with a smile on his face.
"Oh I thought that maybe you two would have hooked up or something on those lines, but I'm going to be late I should go," Cloe said looking at her watch.
"Well it was nice talking to you we should really have a talk sometime," Ved said to her.
Cloe looked down at the posters she was carrying and then back at Ved.
"I'm sorry for what I did," Cloe said to him.
"What are you talking about," Ved asked her.
"About the whole needing time thing I just had to find out who I was," Cloe said looking him in the eye.
"Look it's fine don't worry about it, here this is my number if you ever want to talk," Ved said to her taking a pen and paper out of his pocket. He wrote the number down and gave it to Cloe and she put it in her pocket.
"Hey Cloe you coming," a guy with dark hair and tan skinned yelled to her from across the street.
"Just a second," she yelled to him but he was already walking across the street towards her.
The guy walked over to the two of them he was taller than Ved by a few inches and looked at Ved like he was a threat. The guy leaned in to kiss Cloe on the lips and then looked back at Ved.
"Stephen this is Ved one of my oldest friends, Ved this is my boyfriend Stephen," Cloe said putting her head down just a little.
Ved felt like he just got the wind knocked out of him when Cloe said that Stephen was her boyfriend. Ved shook Stephen's hand and they both looked at Cloe.
"Cloe we have to hurry up the ride up there is going to take us about an hour or so," Stephen said to her.
"Okay well Ved it was nice talking to you," Cloe said to him with a smile.
"Yeah you too," Ved said to her.
Cloe and Stephen walked away from Ved, but Cloe took one last glance at him and then turned back around towards Stephen. Ved was on his way to the café to talk to Gel and his friends. He walked into the café to be greeted by all of his friends.
"It took you long enough," Dave said to his friend.
"I bumped into an old friend," Ved said to them.
"Who was it," Gel asked him.
"Cloe," Ved said simply.
Everybody looked at each other and then back at Ved.
"You mean your ex-Cloe," Gel asked him again.
"Yeah," Ved said to them while looking at the menu.
"Wait a second the Cloe you were head over heels for, the one that everybody said you too would end up getting married," Dave said to him.
Ved looked up from his menu for the second time.
"Yes that Cloe," Ved said to them.
"Not to be rude or anything but you two never did tell us what happened in Hawaii," Ruby said to them.
"Yeah what did happen," Dave said with a smile on his face.
Gel and Ved looked at each other.
"Nothing," Ved and Gel said at the same time.
"Sure," Ruby said to them.
"Hey, how are Jay and Eboney doing ," Dave asked Ved.
"They're doing good hopefully I might drop by their apartment on my way home," Ved said to them.
"Yeah that's great and everything but back on the subject about Cloe so what's she up too," Gel said with a huge smile on her face.
"Hi can I take your orders," the waiter said to them.
"Yeah what time is it," Dave asked the waiter.
"It's 5:48," he said to the table.
"Well I'll talk the Italian Stallion with a Kenyan AA," Ved said to the waiter.
"Umm lets see I'll take The Cobbster but I don't want the diced beefsteak tomato, and then a French Vanilla," Ruby said to the waiter.
"I'll take the Turkey Club with a Hazelnut," Dave said to him sharing a menu with Ruby.
"And you miss," the waiter said.
"Umm I'll have what she's having but instead I want a Snickerdoodle Decaf," Ruby said to him. The waiter took all of the menu's and left.
"Why do you always eat salads I would get sick of them," Ved said to Gel.
"Don't change the subject you and Cloe I want details," she said to him holding her ground.
"Fine she's doing good she goes to a college in San Francisco for art, it sounded like she had a show to go to," Ved said to her.
"I thought she was going to Juilliard," Gel said to him.
"I did too but she turned it down to do art but she still dances," Ved said to her.
"That's good," Gel said to him.
"Does she have a boyfriend," Ruby asked him.
Ved looked at her and then answered her question.
"Yeah he showed up when I was talking to her," he said to her.
Everybody looked at each other and soon felt sorry for Ved.
"It happens to the best of us," Dave said to him.
They soon got their food and started to eat. When they were done they agreed to meet back like they always do the next week. Ved walked Gel to her car as the soon started to talk.
"I never thought I would see her again," Ved said out of nowhere.
"It's a small world as they all say," Gel said to him.
"Yeah," Ved said trying to get a joke out of it.
"Do you think about her," Gel asked him.
"All the time sometimes I think to myself what would have happened if Patsy never shot her," Ved said to her.
"Yeah that's true but sooner or later Ved your going to have to move on and stop thinking about her," Gel said putting the keys into her car to unlock it.
"Nobody forgets their first love," Ved said to her.
"Yeah your right I still remember mine Tom Robertson," Gel said looking at Ved.
"That guy I use to hate him in high school," Ved said laughing.
"Yeah just about every guy did," Gel said to him.
"Hey do you need a ride or anything," Gel asked him.
"No I'll walk home it's not that far away, I'll call you later about the engagement party," Ved said to her.
"Okay take care," she said to him seating down in her car.
"You too," he said to her walking away from the car.
Ved started his walk home thinking about Cloe and her new boyfriend. He was happy he finally got a chance to see her after such a long time he didn't know that in a few hours they would soon be joined at the hip again…