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chapter 1:Tiara

the car of my cream puff "Jackson" waiting for him by crossing my two arms while staring at the stars. I love looking at the stars, I feel like I talk to them each time I have some problems or something else. Funny but real!. All my life I have been fighting to survive, live, be happy or continue my journey mare, but obstacles impose themself into my life and I feel like vomiting each time I think to sacrifice something, s**t!

But life is more interesting when you have a particular objective to attain. One day while looking at the stars I had this revelation, objectives+ principles= success. Each thing in life has its time and I don't wish someone to disrupt me.

I hear a male voice behind me, sending me out of my thoughts. I get down from the car, put on the hood of my sweater, and get my two hands in my pocket. Finally, he is here, my cream puff... I mean Jackson the boyfriend of my childhood friend Ivy.

"So why has it taken so much time my cream puff?" I asked him.

He frowns and I chuckle realizing he doesn't like it when I give him such a surname "cream puff". I decided to call him like that because he is nice like cream, and from the first time that Ivy and Jackson came and visit me, I like talking with him for so many hours. So eventually I called him like that.

" Firstly, don't call me like that...secondly I didn't find the favorite cake of my sweetheart, so it isn't my fault." He said while keeping the cakes behind the car and inviting me to enter.

It is too late for me to visit the quarter where we are, even though I know the quarter seems to be very beautiful and very active with all the restaurants, bars, shops and the rest open. The Gooderham & worts are the big sign written at the welcome path of the distillery history District of Toronto, I had made some research on the quarter and I am sure that it would be nice to visit it whenever the day goes on.

We are finally on our way to enter the quarter and finally go and see my pouty little girl, Ivy. She said she has a little thing to tell me...no a great thing to tell me. I had tried to ask my cream puff what she has to tell me, but he acts like a grave. He has the talent of disturbing me.

The car halts and Jackson hongs the car to signal Ivy we are out. I get down from the car and he too.

" I will take your luggage, wait for her," Jackson tells me.

" ok superman" I replied.

He looks at me surely impressed by my stubbornness, chuckles once more.

" You said I should stop calling you "cream puff" so you are now my "superman"," I said.

He sighs knowing that he can't continue his stubbornness. Well am now excited to see my childhood friend and before I could continue to envy the moment, that the door open and I could see the tip of her nose accompanied by the great surprise of seeing her with a big stomach.

My mouth gladly open, my hand along my body and my eyes full of surprises, I wonder what is going wrong I mean...is this the issue she wanted to address me?. Each time Ivy do this, getting suspense into someone. At the end, all that you have are your eyes full of surprises and the simple questions of" why does she makes such suspense?".

" Surprise!!" she shouts while trying to get downstairs, supporting her stomach with the right hand accompanied with a smile.

Jackson passes behind me with my luggage and trying to help Ivy upstairs.

"Surprise!!" He shouts on his roll.

Ivy gets down at my level and hugs me living a little space in between her stomach and I, it so strange but I am sure I can do with that. She is my little philippine friend and with a big belly or not she will forever stay my friend. I rolled my arms around her very happy with this news.

" Are you not happy for me?" She asked me.

"Of course I am"

She invites me to enter and I agree, helping her to climb the stairs.

Finally, at their home, I remove the hoods of my sweater from my head and admire the home. Very modest, in front of me I can see the stairs, at my left hand, the kitchen with the door half-opened, and at my right a small parlor. Comfortable and charming, am sure it is Ivy who chooses the house.

Jackson had already got up with my luggage while Ivy invites me to get upstairs while she finishes cooking. I agree and get up. While reaching up, I found myself in front of a large corridor with a door at my right and another door at my left and in front of me. The first door is opened and I decide to enter with my curiosity, it seems to be Ivy's and Jackson's room since he is in the room, back to me and concentrated on his laptop.

I clear my throat to mark my present.

" The next door is your room." He said without looking at me still focusing on his laptop.

I step out of the room and go to my room. I open gently the door and notice that my luggage is already inside, thanks to my cream puff! I scan the room noticing that it is as simple as the house itself. It has a bed, a wardrobe, a working bedside and a door which must surely be the shower room.

I sit on the bed and attract my luggage in front of me, then carry it to my bed. I open it and start arranging my affairs to its respective place.

After some minutes I decide to take a bath in the shower room to get more comfortable and relax a bit after this journey. Water enrolling all over my body, both my body and my mind. My aunt told me to make some f*****g efforts about adaptations, but that can be done in a few days, I need time but she can't understand. It easy to adapt to people but with a whole town is a matter of time. Time is what I mostly need presently.

Finishing to take a bath I dress up with a little white underwear and a jogging trouser accompanied by my usual ponytail hair, yet am ready to go down.

Already down, I am full of emotion when I see my two friends around the dinner table laughing and taking in good moments. It has been a long time I didn't feel such a charitable feeling, that I didn't feel like to have a family because after my aunt and my father, they are my next family.

Jackson notices I am on the stairs cases stupidly smiling while looking at them amorously without shaking and invite me to join them and with pleasure I do.

Jackson serves Ivy and gives her the cakes he bought for her while I am serving my self. I take in one taste of the meal and appreciate it as usual. Ivy is definitely my best cooker, a real blue cord. Personally, I do not like mixing with garlic and onions but prefer chocolate and cream...that true I am a woman and I have to learn but it is as if cooking didn't pass through me, all the meals I had to try to do, always burn! So I abandoned.

Finished serving ourselves and as we use to do in the Catholic orphanage, we prayed before eating and I was in charge of the prayers. After pronouncing my prayers and finishing with the word "Amen" we start eating.

" um... Tiara I promise you to tell you something right?" Asked my pouty little girl.

" so you mean knowing you are pregnant isn't the important thing you needed to tell me?" I asked.

"...No there is another bigger news," she said while hiding her hand under the table while smiling at me and after a few seconds she removes her hand from under the table and shows me a ring. " surprise!!".

That was little to say, I was literally surprised. My best friend is going to get married and she is pregnant OMG, I can't believe this crap. Right now, I don't really have something to say other than congratulations, obviously, but how can I do that? Should I stand and embrace her or what? I had never felled in this situation before.

" So don't get offended by what I will spit out right now but... Are you doing all this just because my friend is pregnant?" I asked douting of the reaction of my friend Jackson.

Silence invades the room. s**t! What is wrong with me, why can I just react normally?

" I understand your point of view and you are totally correct to ask the question, but just for sure, you can be certain I love your pouty little girl. I love her more than I should, just remember that." He said.

I was satisfied with his answer and strangely his word touched me since I could pursue sincerity in his stares.

" Look sweety, if we took the time to tell you this, is because you mean so much to us, don't forget you are my family and I can't do such a thing without your consignment. I love him Tiara and I am ready to construct a family I had never have with him" she said making up my mind more and more again.

Obviously, they love each other even though I don't really understand this matter of love, I am glad for my cream puff and my pouty little girl.

" Well so...um... Not really knowing what to say than congratulations to you and wish you the best." I said

They both smile, holding each other their hand on the table and answering collectively " Thank you" They were about to kiss but no not in front of me.

"No, wait..." I stop them " not in front of me have pity." I continue under their shy regard before laughter blows over the room and we continue eating in joy...

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