Chapter 1:
An Invitation
I am waken up by the soft sunrise. My hand reaches after James, but he has already gone downstairs. I sit up in the king bed and stretch my arms into the air.
I rub my eyes with my palms to wake up, after that I put on my feathered chiffon robe and walk downstairs as well. One of our main maids greets me as I finish the stairs.
"Your husband is in the dining room, Mrs. Stonecord" she says in her sweet, soft voice. I smile to her and walk into the dining room.
And there he sits, my loving husband. He drinks what he usually does in the morning, coffee. I suprise him from behind and he jumps. I laugh as he gives me and ugly, but playful look.
"You´re going to pay for this!" He says, loud. I raise my eyebrows, "Pay? am I going to pay for having fun?" He laughs at my answer. I sit down opposite to him and drink the orange juice i am served. "I swear, sometimes you are such a child at heart," James smiles.
He finishes his news paper and lights a cigar. "We got a letter in the mail today, an invitation." he throws over an envelope and I open it, carefully and curious. We hardly get any invitations, unless it is from one of James´s friends at work, and he never show them to me.
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Stonecord, you are hereby invited to one of the biggest and fanciest parties of this month.
I would love to see you both there, enjoying this particuluar party.
Greeting, Jay Gatsby.
I take a deep breath, "Jay Gatsby?" I say aloud and James catches my eyes. "Yes...do you know him?" I shake my head lightly, "no, I´ve just heard a lot about his parties."
James begins to smoke his cigar. "Well, sadly, I cannot attend this party, due to business, but you may feel free to go." I look surprised at him, "Really?" All he do is nod. I can feel my heart skip a bit. It has been a while since I attended a party on my own, without James. The last one was probably one of my friends´s birthdays.
" I trust you," he says in a calm voice.
I nod and stand up. I walk over to him and plant a kiss on his cheek. My hands goes to each side of his chest as I stand behind him.
"I am so glad that you are my loving husband," I smile and kiss him again. He puts his hand over one of mine and begins to stroke it. "and I am glad you are my beautiful wife"
As we finish our breakfast I go back to our room and use the phone that is the bedside table. I proceed to call one of my best friends: Clarice. When she picks up the phone she seems dazzled.
"Long time, no hear," she laughs as she realises that it´s me who is calling. "I am invited to a party on Saturday!" I say out loud.
"By who? one of James´s co workers?" I shake my head, though she cannot actually see it. "By Jay."
Just by the name she takes a deep breath begins to ask every question in the book, but I calm her down. I tell her that it is just a party and that he won´t even recognize me. She seems to disagree.
"Have you told James?" She asks, worried. I tell her no, because he do not need to know. By the end of the call she seems more worried but she wishes me well. I lay down on the bed and close my eyes. I lay there for a while until James calls me down to play tennis or whatever sport he is into now. I quickly change and walk downstairs.
We end up playing golf. James seems to be pretty good at it. He even challenges me to whoever can get a hole-in-one first, I just laugh at the proposal. My mind is somewhere else. It is at home, getting ready for the party. James does not seem to notice anything and I try to play as normal as I can. James ends up "winning" the challenge and tells me that I will have to come up with a prize to him tonight.
"You´re allowed to dream," I tell him. He laughs and picks me up. I squeal and he kisses me.
"Oh God how I love you, Faye."
(A/N: Hope this was a good start, xoxo)