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Nina's POV

Things are finally calm. It all feels... right. Being friends with Joy is nice. Sure, it is a little bit awkward. But we manage. Just like mine and Jerome's relationship. We take it one step at a time, and we just manage.

Today is going to be interesting. I'm going to have lunch with Amber and Joy. I'm almost positive that Amber hates Joy for what she did. But she'll just have to forgive her. Like I did. I'll never forget what Joy and Fabian did to me. You can't just erase the memories. But I do my best and forgive her. I don't look back at the past and I "just keep swimming".

After Jerome's accident, I learned a couple things. You shouldn't hold grudges against people- you don't know if you'll get the chance to forgive them. Jerome could have died. And it could have been anyone. That's one of the main reasons why I am forgiving everyone. I forgave Alfie as well. If it weren't for him, I probably wouldn't be friends with Joy or Fabian.

After sitting in bed, thinking about these things for about an hour, I decided to get ready to meet with everyone. Jerome had left early that morning- he had to go to work. Alfie told him that he could take the day off, but Jerome insisted that he went.

I walked out of bed and stretched. I cracked my back and my knuckles then stood there for a second, taking a deep breath. I turned to look at the clock and it read 10:30. I was meeting up with Joy and Amber at 12:00. That gave me just the right amount of time to get ready.

I decided to take a quick shower. Then I blow dried my hair and curled it. By the time I was finished with that, it was 11:15!

Quickly, I started rummaging through my closet. I decided on a black and white striped baggy shirt with a black plain camisole underneath. The black part of the shirt was made of lace with flower designs in the lace. After I had my shirt on, I walked to the bureau and looked for bottoms to wear. I searched through my wardrobe and found the perfect thing. It was a black zip up skirt. It had a long zipper in the front of the skirt. I tucked my shirt into it and let the skirt rest just above my hips. It hit about mid thigh. I walked to my closet and and pulled out a pair of white wedges. They had white on the shoe part with a peep toe at the top and a flower near my toes. The wedge part was made of fake wood. Next I went to my jewelery box and picked out a set of big hoop earrings. For a necklace, I wore my Paloma Picasso kiss pendant necklace from Tiffany's. Satisfied, I looked back at the clock and read 11:45. I was going to be late, so I grabbed my purse and ran to my car.

After a 30 minute drive, I arrived at the restaurant. I made my way inside and already saw an ugly sight. Amber and Joy were arguing at the table. I quickly walked over to their table and heard the last bit of what Amber said.

"-such a slut, then you and her wouldn't be in this mess!"

"Amber! What are you talking about?" I asked. The last thing I needed was for Amber to mess up my friendship with Joy.

"I was just telling this slut that the whole thing is her fault!"

"Amber... It's over. Stop talking about it." I warned her.

"She called me a bad friend!" Amber yelled. People were starting to stare, so I took a seat at the table and kept telling Amber to hush.

"Can you just forget it and enjoy the lunch? Please?" I begged them. Joy had started in on Amber saying that she is a bad friend.

"Fine..." They both muttered.

"Okay. So what are you guys getting?" I asked, nonchalantly.

"Joy's most likely getting someone's boyfriend..." Amber muttered.

"YOU BLONDE BIMBO! JUST SHUT THE BLOODY HELL UP! NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU THINK! YOU THINK YOU KNOW STUFF, BUT YOU DON'T! NINA AND I WORKED STUFF OUT AND YOU'RE JUST CAUSING PROBLEMS!" Joy shouted as she stood up from her chair. She grabbed her purse and looked back at me. "I'm sorry, but I'm not dealing with this. I'll talk to you later, okay?"

And with that, Joy left and all eyes were on us. We decided it would be better to just slip out of the restaurant while we still can.

~Later that night!~

After my attempt at having lunch with Joy and Amber, I came home and cleaned the house. By the time I finished, the place was spotless! Then I decided to make dinner. I made fish and chips and set the table for when Jerome got home. Just as I was finishing cooking, Jerome walked in the door.

"Hey, you home?" He called from the doorway.

"Yeah! I'm in the kitchen!" I hollered to him. I heard footsteps and then he appeared in the kitchen a moment later.

"Smells good. What is it?" He asked as he wrapped his arms around my waist. We were rocking side to side as I tried to finish cooking.

"It's fish and chips. And it's ready. Can you take this over to the table?" I asked and pointed at the pan. He nodded and walked the pan over to the table. I got the bottle of wine and brought it to the table. We began eating and made some small talk about work and other little things.

"So how was lunch with Joy and Amber?" He asked. I groaned and put my head in my hands. "I'm guessing not well?"

"No. Not at all. They started fighting and made a scene. Joy left and Amber and I decided to sneak out from embarrassment. It was really bad." I explained. He nodded and gave me a sympathetic look.

After dinner, when I was washing the dishes with Jerome, the phone started ringing. I walked over to it and answered.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hi Nina." Two guilty voices responded. I recognized Joy and Amber instantly.

"Hey guys. Umm... Are you together right now?"

"No. I called Joy because I felt guilty about lunch. We worked everything out and put you on 3 way to apologize for the way we acted." Amber explained.

"Yeah, we're really sorry, Nina. Can you forgive us?" Joy piped in.

"Of course. But I have to go. I'll talk to you guys tomorrow. Bye." I said and hung up the phone.

"Who was that?" Jerome asked when I resumed my place in washing dishes.

"Joy and Amber. They called to apologize."

"That's good!" He responded and I nodded. We talked about little things for the rest of the time that we were washing dishes. We decided to watch a movie on the couch, so we rented the movie Paul. It was really funny, but by the end, I was asleep. In Jerome's arms. And I felt safe. My last thought of the night was I could get used to this...

End chapter 10!

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