Sexy SEALs

Chapter Seven

There was a loud roar as we finished our final year exam, and the examiner had collected all our papers. It was tough, a lot tougher than I’d expected, but the feeling of relief had reared its head and all I could think about was doing all the things that I’d put off doing for the last few weeks, which had mainly consisted of sleeping and talking to the guys.

I’d gone on radio silence because I needed to study and concentrate. Besides, after the argument with Lucy a few weeks back, it hit me hard, and I didn’t feel like socializing, even with them. She had been avoiding me like the plague, going to the room when I was in class, and vice versa. If she was my friend, she would be outside right now telling me about all the ways we would go out and celebrate, but we weren’t besties let alone friends anymore, and I felt exactly the same way that I did in high school.

Alone.

I picked up my bag, but then my cell chimed, and I thought that by some chance it was Lucy calling, and it put a spring in my step.

“Hey,” I said as soon as I got to the door.

“Congratulations!” Nan screamed out. I spoke to her last week and told her that today was the last day of exams. She must have remembered and decided to give me a call; at least someone was thinking of me.

“Yes, I’m just getting out of the exam room and…”

I wanted to lie and tell her I was about to celebrate, but I couldn’t as much as I wanted to.

“Going to celebrate?”

“No,” I choked.

“Why not? What ever happened to Lucy?”

I sighed. “Well, we haven’t been on good terms for weeks and, well…I’m talking to two SEALs.”

“Nice try at changing the subject. I love you dear, but as much I would love you talking to one SEAL, I just couldn’t imagine you talking to two. Now, tell me what’s up with Lucy?”

I didn’t know where to begin.

To tell her that Lucy had three boyfriends, or that one of them broke up with her? Or that once college was done, then she would be done with them anyway because her parents had her life mapped out for her.

“I need to apologize to her.”

“Yes Kiara. Whatever it is, life is too short for grudges. I learned that the hard way.”

I didn’t understand what she meant. I knew she had some problems on the set back when she was in her famous soap. I never knew who my Granddad was, and neither did mom. She said that back then it was all about getting high and drunk. Nan said that it could be one of three contenders, but mom told me one day that Nan was trying to save her honor. Apparently, it was all about loving and getting high in the sixties, so it could realistically be one of a dozen. Mom said that it never bothered her. She never felt the need to find out who her dad was, but it did bug me…especially the idea that it could be one of a dozen famous actors.

“I wish I could sit and speak to you all afternoon, but I just called to tell you to have some fun for a change. My fans await me.”

Then she hung up. She may be retired, but one thing was for sure; she would never tire of being famous. I spun around, thinking that I knew where Lucy would be. I would find her and put the last few weeks behind us. We were graduates, no longer students, and I couldn’t think of anyone that I would rather celebrate with, especially because if I didn’t find her, then my options would be JD or vodka.

No matter what, I was still willing to be her friend, and if she would have me back, I would do anything to make it up to her. As I rushed to the dorm, she wasn’t inside, so I dropped my bag and headed to Tom’s. I was near his building when I saw her. Lucy.

She was tearful, and the moment she saw me, no more did she ignore me like she’d been doing, If anything, she ran into my arms. I opened them because I could tell that she needed it.

“Sorry,” I whispered as she wrapped her arms around me.

She was sobbing, and I didn’t care who stared at us as they walked on by. All I cared about was being a friend, something that I should have been weeks ago.

She pulled away. “I’m sorry too. It was all my fault. I took it out on you because it was easier to blame someone. He was the real reason that I was upset. He hid me like some dirty secret, and then with Amanda and everything, I just took it out on you. Look, I should have apologized a long time ago. Please forgive me.”

Then she started to laugh uncontrollably, but I didn’t get the joke.

“You’ve finished your exams?”

I nodded my head.

“Me too.” We talked about what would happen after we took our last exam. We said that we would celebrate and share the special moment. “So, Kiara, if you’ll forgive me, I’d like to celebrate with you.”

She held my hand as if she was proposing to me, then she went down on one knee.

I laughed. “Yes, Lucy Tanaka, I would love to celebrate with the champagne, cake and heels that we promised to wear on this fine day.”

“Only on one condition…we don’t fight ever again.”

I smiled as I helped her up from the ground.

“You had me at forgive me. I’m too stubborn for my own good.”

She winked. “You’re not the only one. I’ve been miserable without you, girl.”

“I’ve been even more miserable,” I said as I wrapped my arms around her, and then we headed off to the dorm. Not just mine, but ours.