Chance At Love Chapter 2

"So he broke it off saying you were just a fling?" Whitney asked Gia after Gia told her and Chad what happened between her and Nikolas. Gia nodded while tears streamed down her face.

"Gia you deserve better," Gabriel consoled.

"But I know he didn't mean what he said. There is something else to the story."

"Gia forget him," Chad told his friend.

"Simone come here for a sec," Whitney called to her sister who just entered the Book Café.

"What's up?" Simone asked with Kay in tow.

"Simone and Kay these are Chad's friends Gia, Jamal, and Gabriel. Everybody this is my sister Simone and her best friend Kay Bennett.

"Damn," Gabriel muttered to himself as he locked eyes with Simone.

"He is fine," Simone said to herself as she stared back at Gabriel.

"Well it was nice meeting you all but I see my sister and cousin waving us over. Come on Simone." Kay dragged Simone away. Simone turned to look over her shoulder. "Well I'll see ya'll later," Simone said to them as she still looked in Gabriel's eyes.

"I guess you will," he replied.

*~*~

"Oh my god Kay he was so hot!" Simone exclaimed quietly.

"And it seems that he likes you too."

"You think?"

"I know. Now lets see if we can find Miguel," Kay told her as they rushed over to Jessica and Charity.

*~*~

"Hey there's Ethan. Ethan!" Sheridan called after her nephew.

"Sheridan." Ethan hugged his aunt. "Oh hey Camilla, Anastasia, Lucas, Marcy, and Chasity."

"Brother dear. I am surprised you remembered our names," Chasity said sarcastically.

Ethan smiled at her totally missing her sarcasm. "Theresa, Paloma, and Nikolas these are my sisters Chasity, Camilla, and Anastasia."

"Hello," they cooed.

"My brother Lucas."

"What's up."

"And my mother's niece Marcy."

"So this is Theresa. My brother can't stop talking about you. Every letter he wrote he always was talking about fate," Camilla cringed.

Theresa simply grinned goofily at them as she grasped Ethan's hand.

"Well can we go in now?" Nikolas asked impatiently.

"Yeah. Let's go," Sheridan said as she opened the door.

*~*~

"Hey Whitney and Chad."

"Hey Theresa. Ya'll this is my best friend Theresa, her brother Luis, his girlfriend Sheridan, her nephew Ethan, and Theresa's sister Paloma."

Everybody exchanged heys and hellos until…

"Nikolas what are you doing here?" Gia asked him.

"What am I doing here? What are you doing here?'

"You know each other?" Ethan questioned.

"Yeah. This is my ex!" Gia and Nikolas exclaimed in unison.

*~*~

"Oh thank you," Camilla said as she sat in the chair left at the computer laptop.

"Now you saw me pull the chair out-"

"For me," she interrupted.

"No for me and then you are going to take the chair. Do you have any manners at all?"

"No. See my family are a very rude bunch and I just inherited their rudeness," Camilla smiled.

"Really?"

"Yep."

'So what is your name?"

"Camilla Crane. What's yours?"

"Jamal Woods."

"Well Jamal if you'll excuse me I have to check my email," Camilla said as she turned back to the computer screen with a smug look on her face.

Jamal opened his mouth as to protest but just walked away smiling to himself.

*~*~

"Hello Jessica."

"Hey Uncle Hank. Who's your friend?"

"Oh this is Belle Black. Belle this is my niece Jessica. Jess I was wondering if you could show her around town."

"Sure since I don't have anything else to do," Jessica answered.

"Well I got to see where your father and cousins are, "Hank told them as he walked away.

"So you live in Salem with Shawn and Uncle Phil?"

"Yeah it's pretty boring there. All I do is go to school, and hang out at Dot.Com while my parents deal with their own problems and my brother Brady gropes his girlfriend Chloe."

"Same here. Oh my god there he is," Jessica muttered as she looked towards the door.

"Who?"

"Reese Durkee."

"Do you like him?" Belle asked her.

"Yeah but he loves my sister and doesn't think of me more than a friend."

"Really?" Belle questioned with a sly smile. "Maybe this vacation won't be as boring as I thought."

"What are you thinking?"

"You will see," Belle grinned.

"So we meet again," Jason whispered in Anastasia's ear.

"Hello-"

"Jason. And you are?"

"Stacy."

"So what are you doing here?"

"Visiting my family for Thanksgiving. You?"

"Visiting friends. Do you have a last name?"

"Yeah it's Crane."

"Crane?" Jason asked as his complexion paled.

"Yeah. Is there anything wrong?"

"No not at all. You know I was wondering if you would like to go to the movies with me?"

Anastasia smiled wickedly at the thought of the horrified expression on her father's face when he heard about her date with a commoner. "I would love to."