Prudence returned to the hotel with a very wide smile on her face, and she met her friends in the main lobby. They looked at her with puzzled looks on their faces.
"What's wrong with you, Prudence?" asked Emma while holding her hand tightly.
"Nothing's wrong with me, Emma," said Prudence with a wider smile on her face. "I'm just happy."
"You know what, Prudence? You're very strange! You were upset last night and this morning, and now you're happy!" said Pattie with a hearty chuckle.
"I know," Prudence agreed, and she nodded her head. "But at least, I'm happy now, right?"
"Sure!" said Beth with a friendly smile on her face. "Where do you want to have breakfast, Prudence?"
"Anywhere is fine," said Prudence with a dreamy sigh, and there was love all around for her. She shook her head, because she realized that she was acting quite silly. "But…let's just have breakfast in the hotel dining room. I don't really want to go out, right now."
Pattie looked at her with an eyebrow raised. "Okay." She said with a slight shrug.
They all walked to the hotel dining room, and were seated by the window. Prudence's smile was no longer on her face, but now Pattie had that wide smile on her face.
"Now, what's wrong with you, Pattie?" asked Emma, very curious.
Pattie chuckled. "I'm excited, that's all," she said while lighting her cigarette.
"It's her birthday soon, you know," said Prudence while looking at Emma with a smile on her face.
"Oh! yes, it's going to be Pattie's birthday in seven days," said Beth while clapping her hands.
"I bet, George is going to throw Pattie a magnificent birthday party," said Prudence. "You know, since George and Pattie are now dating, and all."
"Oh! Pattie is so lucky!" said Emma while also lighting her cigarette.
"Don't be silly! No, I'm not!" said Pattie while waving her hand, and taking a drag of her cigarette gracefully like a French lady.
Prudence stood up, and walked to get her breakfast. She walked back to the table with a plate of eggs and toast on her left hand, and she was holding a cup of hot tea on the other.
"Mmm…yum!" she said as she set her food upon the table, and sat down on the chair. She began eating her food, and she didn't want to be disturbed when she's eating—much like George.
"Why did you come home crying last night, Prudence?" Pattie suddenly asked her.
Prudence looked up from her food, and looked at Pattie with a surprised look on her face. Her heart was beating very fast, and she was making up some lie in her head.
"Um…why are you asking me this question, Pattie?" she asked him back.
"I am just curious…I saw your face covered with tears when you came home after your date last night," said Pattie with a serious look on her face.
Should Prudence tell her friends what happened to her and Christian? She looked away from Pattie, and her eyes met Beth's. She looked away again, and met Emma's eyes. Her friends were looking at them with serious and worried looks on their faces.
She let out a sigh, and she knew that she must tell her friends what happened the night before.
"I broke up with Christian," she admitted with a sigh.
Her friends gasped, and they covered their mouths with their hands.
"You what?" Emma demanded in disbelief.
"I broke up with Christian," she repeated.
"Why?" asked Beth.
Prudence shrugged. "Maybe, it's because I don't love him anymore, now," she said. "I've been thinking too much, lately. I don't even know if I love him since the day I met him."
She looked at her friends. They were still looking at her in disbelief. She rolled her eyes, and scoffed.
"Please," she said while looking at her food. "It's nothing. I'm fine, really. Christian and I agreed that we shouldn't be together anymore."
She looked at her friends again, and they were still looking at her in disbelief. She rolled her eyes again, and gave them a serious look on her face.
"Will you stop looking at me like that?" she asked them patiently.
They shook their heads, and left her all by herself sitting on the table to get breakfast. Prudence ate breakfast alone on the table. She thought about the kiss that John gave her just a few minutes ago. She could still feel his lips upon hers, because it was so passionate. She was head over heels, and she swooned all the time when she was thinking about it.
"You know what, girls?" said Emma across the room as she, Beth, and Pattie were getting their breakfast.
"What?" Pattie answered.
"Prudence looked very…shiny, now," said Emma. "She looked very down and blue before we went down to have breakfast. And after going out with John for a while, she looked very happy and shiny."
"What are you trying to say, Emma?" asked Pattie.
"I think that Prudence is in love, again," she said. "And maybe that John kissed her, or something."
Pattie chuckled. "Oh, don't be silly, Emma," she said and waved a hand. "You know how strange Prudence can be."
"Well, yeah, but—"
"You can just stop thinking about it, Emma," said Beth kindly. "Put that thought out of your head."