The Dream

Chapter 3. (Best Friend)

*Sofie*

"Knock, knock". The sound of knocking on my door woke me up.

I slightly opened my eyes to check the time, 9:42 pm.

"Sh*t" I muttered

"Knock, Knock" there it is again.

"Who the Fvck is knocking at this hour?", I slowly rose from bed, with a heavy eye and made my way towards the door.

I'm infuriated with the person knocking on my door. And I'm ready to drop all the cursing and swearing at the person behind it.

"Knock, knock". I let go a deep breath and tightly grasped the doorknob and opened the door.

" What the fv----", I was not able to finish what I was supposed to say when I saw the person standing in front of me. She just stared at me, annoyed. Super enraged.

"What are you wearing? I was calling you for the nth time already", she said, and walked passed me to enter my room.

I rolled my eyes and let out a sigh. I'm confused.

"What do you mean?" I asked her back and closed the door.

She's sitting now on my bed glaring at me. I almost laughed at her. I could never bring myself to be angry at this red-headed girl.

"So, you forgot what it is tonight?" she smirked.

I'm completely puzzled by what she meant. My mind is still clouded.

I just gave her a complete "What-fvk-are-you-talking-about look".

She rolled her eyes and sighed.

Right there, I know she's super agitated about my behavior.

"It's the night before our anniversary, b***h" she said.

I didn't care about her calling me b***h. I'm worse than hell, but I'm softer.

My brain processed what she just said and I literally gasped and placed my palm in my mouth thinking about the mistake that I had made.

She just smirked.

I went to her and held her hand and she stared blankly at me.

"I'm really sorry Stellie." I really am and she's giving me a no-reaction face.

She shrugged and said, "If you're sorry, you had better change right now, Trin."

"Yeah! I will be." I replied and went straight to my closet to get the outfit that we had chosen days ago for our anniversary.

Oh sh*t, I completely forgot and dozed off on this important day of our lives. Our Anniversary! For all the things and people to be wiped out of my life, it is this special day that I happen to forget.

Stella Margarette Marquez is my Best of the Best best friend that I have had since childhood. Our great-grandparents happen to be friends as well since their childhood days and the seeds of friendship have been passed on and grown from generation to generation.

So, the history of our family goes a very long way.

Stellie is a month older than me. An exact 1 month. My birthday is on March 3rd and you know her birthday already. I like calling her Stellie and I'm the only one calling her that name. And she also calls me Trinnie. She can be a b***h and be very charming. She loves me wholeheartedly just like I am with her. She's everything to me and I will fight for her when I need to. But Stellie is a bit stubborn as well and I know she will always be with me until the end.

We will be celebrating our 21st anniversary. We started counting from the day we were baptized. We were baptized together on May 1st as our parents agreed. From then on, our parents always celebrated our baptismal day and so, we consider it as our anniversary. We always start our celebration on April 30th to see the rebirth of our lives. We consider the day as our New Year.

I strip off my clothes and I don't care if Stellie sees my body, as I don't care about seeing her body as well. We've bathed together countless times and we memorize each other's bodies as well. So I don't have to be embarrassed in front of Stellie anymore.

I wore the scarlet red fitted cocktail dress which accentuates my light morena skin and wavy ash-brown hair with caramel highlights. The dress perfectly shows off my curves. It is in the halter top design that shows a bit of my abs and has a criss-cross design at the back.

While Stellie, wore a deep emerald fitted cocktail dress which was an off-shoulder design. Her red wavy hair is a highlight in her outfit tonight. She wore light make-up paired with nude lipstick. She's so gorgeous.

Tonight is our official rebirth as we have already graduated from college.

I brushed my hair lightly and just let it flow, which is 2 inches below my shoulders. I applied light make-up and scarlet red lipstick that would match with my dress. I added eyeshadow and did it with a smoky effect.

"I'm all done!" I said and Stellie adjusted her gaze to look at me.

"Thank God!", Stellie replied and she got up from the bed and brushed her red wavy hair with her fingers.

"Our VVIP room is already waiting for us, Miss Garcia", Stellie said, and placed her phone inside her purse.

"I'm sooooo excited, Miss Marquez," I replied, grinning.

Stellie just scoffed.

We walked out of my room and headed for my parent's home office to bid goodbye.

We were about to open the door when Sally came out of the office.

She smiles when her gaze falls on Stellie and me.

"What gorgeous women I'm seeing right now," Sally exclaimed.

Stellie and I giggled "Thank you Sally". We both said to her

" Are mom and dad inside?" I asked.

"Yes Señorita, I've just delivered them some tea," Sally replied.

"Thank you again Sally, we'll go ahead now" I said to her and she just nodded.

I opened the door and Stellie followed me.

My parents were both busy discussing when they took a glance at us.

They stopped their work and we went forward to them.

"Ohh! you're both like goddesses" my mom exclaimed.

"I agree" dad said in approval.

"Thank you Mama and Papa" -me and Stellie

We both call each others parents Mama and Papa.

"We will be going our way now, Ma, Pa."- Me

"Yes, Ma and Pa, we'll be going now as Trinnie here has wasted some time already." Stellie said and smirked.

Mom and Dad laughed. "As always", my parents said in unison.

Stellie and I laughed with them.

"It's not always, you know," I scoffed.

"I doubt that," Stellie muttered, and I just glared at her.

"Okay, okay. Be on your way ladies. Make sure to let us know if something happens." -Papa

"Rest assured, Mr. Garcia"- Me

"Be careful my lovelies"-Mom

"Both of you as well Ma and Pa",- Stellie

Mom and Dad gave us hugs and we bid goodbye.

When we went outside, our car was waiting for us already.

Oliver, our personal chauffeur, opened the car doors and helped us to settle in.

There is something sticky between these two.

Oliver closed the door and went to the driver's seat and started the car.