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It was already 4:30 pm. It had been 3 hours since the fortunate incident happened to Bee. She still had a huge smile plastered on her face while Lena was worried sick, thinking maybe her friend hit her head badly. Bee was always the confident woman in their group. She had several boyfriends, but barely cared for anyone of them. As far as Bee was concerned, boys were simply toys.
Lena silently wondered "Did this Eric guy change Bee's view on men?" She immediately dismissed this thought as soon as she saw Bridget snap back to reality. She slowly turned her head toward her friend and said "LENA! I have to see this guy again." For a moment there, Lena considered the possibility that her friend was only delusional, but something in Bee's facial expression made her think twice.
"Bee, you do know you only know his name?" she questioned.
Bee gave an assuring nod.
"And you just bumped into him today?" she continued
"Aha" was all Bee could say.
"And you have no idea where he lives or if he is a rapist or not" she raised an eyebrow.
"I know that Lena, but there is just something different about this guy. I want to know him better" she attempted to convince her doubtful looking friend.
"Bee, you say that to every guy you meet. What makes this ERIC person any different?"
Bee reflected for several seconds. She gave out a short sigh and looked her friend in the eye.
"Lena, I know this is crazy, but he is the only guy who looked me straight in the eye." Her voice was serious and so was the expression on her face. She knew it would sound crazy, but anyway, she said what was really in her mind.
"Bee Big DEAL! Maybe he is just as confident as you. You don't know the guy and you want to look for him" Lena was starting to become annoyed with how her friend reasoned out.
Trying to be calm, "Bee, what you're thinking is dangerous. What if he was a serial killer?"
Bee smiled sweetly
"Isn't this what you said about Kostos and look at you guys now. Aren't you happy with him?" Lena blushed and gave her friend a warm embrace.
"Bee, you are one of my best friends, I love you and I never would want to see you get hurt"
Bee was losing hope that her friend would help her. She wanted to see Eric badly, but the problem was how. She was wondering why her body seemed to look for this ERIC guy when in the first place she barely knew him. The voice of Lena disrupted her thoughts.
"But, if you think that this ERIC guy means something to you then "she paused for awhile, thinking if she should continue or not.
"Then" Bee said mockingly.
"Then I will help you" she finished. Lena was unsure if she should help Bridget, but there was something in how Bee acted that convinced Lena.
"Thanks!" she gave her friend a big hug and promised to help her set up for the big surprise she planned to prepare for her boyfriend, Kostos.
Bee's cellphone complained in her bag, annoyed by the fact that it rang 10 times already.
She pulled it out of her blue sports bag and checked the caller ID.
"Tibs what's up?"
"Hey bee, are we on tomorrow?"
"Yup, why?"
"Can I bring a friend?" she asked sounding uncertain.
"just as long as that's your boyfriend why not!" she fooled around. She knew how to annoy Tibby.
"hahahhahahah… no but seriously there's this friend of mine who I'd like to show around" she gave out a soft laugh at Bridget's attempt to tease her. Everyone knew Tibby was not ready to have a boyfriend. She was concentrated on making movies alone.
"Sure! See you there"
Bridget and Lena decided to go window shopping for a couple more hours. They enjoyed the fact that the crowd was beginning to disperse.
Hanging up the receiver, Tibby proceeded downstairs to inform her friend of her good new.
"Hey! I can show you around tomorrow and finally introduce you to my friends" She smiled at the blonde haired guy drinking orange juice in the kitchen.
"Thanks Tib. It really means a lot to me" he replied appreciatively.