Perfect Twist

CHAPTER1

“Jenice stop,” Selina said, pointing a fork at Jenice.

Jenice was asking Selina to go on one more blind date for her but she was no longer buying it.

She had been helping her friend scare off all her suitors for the past week by impersonating her, and acting super weird in front of them.

“I mean common, it doesn’t really affect you in any way, you never even have to worry about seeing them again, and neither of them knows your real name.

“Of course it does Jenice, it does. I’ve had to behave like a nerd and psycho, and a hooker in just one week. I don’t even know if this is the real me anymore” Selina said drawing her chick in frustration

“Well I’m sorry, but you can’t blame me for trying to escape from the worst life ever. I mean you see the caliber of men my parents set me up with, too old and money driven, no single trait of affection, I can’t live like that.” Denice said, putting down her Fork.

She was not strong enough to fight against her mum for the man that she loves and it was really a huge weight in her heart. Selina was her only chance to breathe for a while.

“I agree that this is very uncomfortable for you too, I mean if my mum put up a show like this, it would definitely drive me crazy.Notwithstanding, you should know that she only means well for you, and she wouldn't do anything to hurt you.” Selina said being sarcastic at that last part, before putting another piece of beef in her mouth.

“Hell no! she doesn’t, I mean look at my dad, her husband, look at how handsome and wealthy he is. What the hell is she trying to do with me, how much money would they need to acquire and stop before they completely ruin my life” jenice said, super pissed at the mess she was in.

“I’m sure she didn’t have a choice with your father either, she just got lucky enough to meet a handsome man.” Selina said, chuckling.

They have been through this conversation a couple of times already, and she was used to jenice’s anger and frustration by now.

“I need a man that is breathtaking to look at, a man that would love me like he is obsessed, I need a man like Luke.” jenice said again, hugging herself and smiling with her eyes closed.

She was so In love with her ordinary man, and it was driving her crazy that no one supported them.

“I thought wealthy men were the biggest romantics” Selina asked shaking her head in confusion while laughing

“What good is romance if your husband looks like squidward from SpongeBob?” jenice replied, making both of them burst into laughter.

“Anyways, back to what you said, I can’t do it any more I’m sorry. I’m equally as drained as you are and thanks to you I’m hanging out with more strangers lately than my own family.”

“At least they never have a reason to call back, and I pay you good money. We might as well say that you are successfully ripping me off” Jenice said as they both maintained eye contact.

“They don’t call back because I act like I’m possessed, who would want to marry a woman like that?” Selina asked looking at her

“And that’s why I love you” jenice said again, smiling this time. She had no one else to help her so she knew that she had to convince her friend no matter what.

“Look not all of these men are ugly and old, give it a try once, you might actually meet the one for you“ Selina said, rolling her eyes.

She was really done with the whole thing but she knew how much it would affect jenice. They had been friends for over three years now and jenice always had her way. It was more like Selina always agreed to whatever jenice said .

“Well you know why I can’t do that, it’s not as easy as it seems, in fact it’s impossible” jenice replied, her whole face turning pale all of a sudden

“You love him that much?” Selina asked, looking at her friend in pity

“Hell yeah I do, I love him so much and it’s driving me crazy” Jenice said, running her fingers through her hair

“But you know your parents will never agree to it, they would keep harassing him till he gives up on you” Selina never failed to hit the nail on the head and sometimes it made Jenice more mad.

“And that is the exact part that pisses me off, why do they care so much about their reputation and status without seeing what it does to me and how much it affects me?”

“Luke is no longer as confident as he used to be, he doesn’t smile at me anymore or tell me I’m beautiful, it’s almost like he’s gonna explode some day and break up with me.” Jenice was close to tears at this point and Selina hated it when she cried.

Selina was generally the stronger one, and she hardly knew about love unlike Jenice. Things like this made her feel super weird so she hardly knew what to do.

“Oh Jenice I’m so sorry,” Selina said, getting up to go hug her friend.

“This is going to be the last one I promise, she’s definitely going to take a break and let me breathe for a while seeing as all five men will reject me.” jenice said again, breaking away from the hug

“s**t”! Selina was losing her mind, she knew she could never win against jenice but she was really tired of acting out of character every time

“I know, and I’m sorry. What can I do to make it up? Jenice asked, regretting almost immediately as she burst out laughing, covering her mouth with one hand

“Twenty thousand” Selina said, calling out the number immediately jenice asked

“What? Just go rub a bank girl, I always pay you Ten thousand” jenice shouted at her diamond digging friend

“Well you can refuse if you want, it would be my pleasure anyways. But I’ll just say that if you go for this one and he falls for you, the wedding will go through whether you want it or not, I’m the only chance you got and you know that” Selina was not selling herself short this time, but was also secretly hoping she would refuse.

Seeing the look on jenise’s face, Selina laughed and tried to bargain her price

“I mean common I might never get the chance to make this deal again, twenty thousand is the real hustle for me, don’t spoil the grind” Selina said again, trying to speak like a Spanish person, making jenice cringe

“What the f**k bro, I almost went deaf, the hell was that accent?” She asked, laughing at Selina.

“Fine, I’ll pay twenty thousand, but make sure he doesn't ever want to call back, he has to hate me for this marriage to fail. You know I don’t have any say in it.” She said looking at her friend anxiously.

“I got you girl, I’ll make my final performance count.” Selina replied, smiling at the amount added to her account.

She was neither a money hungry person nor was she one to cling unto wealthy friends. It was just her way of telling jenise off whenever she asked her to do something impossible, and most times jenice ended up paying the amount anyway.

“The date is scheduled for tomorrow, dinner at Ten, please be late if you like” jenise said m, as she got up and went into her room to get something.

“This is a membership card that gives you access to the inside, plus he already has a table reserved for two, so they will show it to you as soon as you arrive.”

“You know what your name is don’t you” she teased smiling at Selina.

“Yes, The almighty Jenice Johnson” Seline replied, rolling her eyes.

“Thank you so much” jenice said bugging her friend

“I really hope things work out between you and Luke” seline replied returning the hug for a few seconds before pushing her away.

”I do too, I really do.” They both smiled at each other before going back to eating their food.