Forever Love

Thalia sprawled out on her huge magnificent bed, her pink duvet flung to the ground, her mind roaming around the fact that she had a more than boring lifestyle. To Thalia, her life had the same daily routine, from reluctantly getting out of bed in the morning to going to her workplace and getting back home to either drink herself into a stupor or throw herself on her bed to snooze off till the next day. Thalia did her best to escape the reality of her less-than-average lifestyle. Suddenly, her apartment door was flung open but Thalia didn’t even flinch from her sprawled position, there was the sound of clumping boots leading to her bedroom then her room’s door was flung open and someone walked in leaning on the door frame. “ You look a mess darling,” The person said in a calm voice Thalia groaned and slowly sat up her messy brown hair covering her face and flowing to her waist. “ Tell me about it” She muttered to herself The person pushed herself off the doorframe and walked to Thalia who sat cross-legged on her bed. “ Aren’t you surprised to see me?” The person asked Thalia scoffed “ As if…….. You live in the next apartment, Hera. Why would I be surprised to see you here?” Thalia replied in a mocking tone Hera, her best friend, was a beautiful blonde-haired 23-year-old lady whom Thalia met 4 years ago at Ellison’s Corporation where they both work till now. “ Not the reaction I was expecting” Hera sulked. Thalia chuckled “ You kinda ruined the depressing mood I had set for myself here” Thalia jokes Hera sat on the untidy bed and used her hand to smoothen her neat short blonde hair. “ If it was someone else, I would have asked why but seeing as it’s you, I’m not surprised. I’m sure I can figure out why you’re sad in a minute” Hera said, her emerald eyes roving around Thalia’s untidy room till her eyes fell upon the upturned novel on Thalia’s clustered cabinet. “ Aha!” Hera exclaimed snatching the novel Hera looked at the novel’s title “ LOVING TILL DEATH” The title read Hera shoved the book at Thalia’s face “ Seriously, you’re sad because of a book?” Hera scoffed Thalia groaned and fell back on her bed sulkily “ HE LEFT HER, HE FREAKING BETRAYED HER HERA. THEY HAD SUCH GREAT CHEMISTRY, THIS HAS GOTTA BE THE SADDEST ENDING I HAVE EVER READ IN A NOVEL, WHY COULDN’T THEY END UP TOGETHER LIKE OTHER COUPLES” Thalia lamented covering her face with her pillow Hera sighed deeply, already fed up with the tantrum her friend was throwing. “ Sometimes I wonder why I even try,” Hera muttered, getting up from the bed while Thalia kept squirming and lamenting on her bed. Hera tucked her hand into her neat grey palazzo trousers as she scrutinized her friend then suddenly Hera smiled, clicking her fingers together. “ Ok, Snow white, get up. I’m fed up with your nonchalant attitude about life” Hera said dragging the pillow away from Thalia “ Life’s a b***h, I want to have a life just like in the movies, that type of life where It’s so easy to find the right guy and settle down…….. A life where there’s drama, not this……. Hellhole” Thalia frowned looking dejectedly around her untidy room “ Well, one thing is for sure. You’re not gonna get that kinda life if you shut yourself up here all day” Hera said tilting her neck, her sleek outfit matching well with her pale skin color and petite frame. Thalia got down from her bed reluctantly and smoothed out her creased baby pink pajamas. “ What’s the catch?” She said looking suspiciously at Hera “ Well………” Hera drawled as she pushed Thalia’s hair behind her ear exposing Thalia’s round glass-skinned face and black eyes that made her look like a doll. Thalia was certainly stunning, a fact which Thalia tried to deny fervently. “ Ok, so…… I just thought, what’s making this poor girl’s life so boring and spiceless and hopeless…..” Hera spoke pacing about the room while Thalia crossed her arms in disbelief as her friend kept on listing all the characteristics of her boring life without a pause. “Ok, I get your point. My life sucks, now what?” Thalia cut Hera short. Hera cleared her throat “ Now, firstly…… c’mon look at this apartment. It looks like an ancient Egyptian ruin, You need to clean up” Hera said looking around the room in disgust Thalia pouted “ I don’t have time to clean, I’m busy with work” She hurriedly said, the thought of cleaning already weighing her down. Hera scrunched her face up “ We go to the same workplace and we close from work at the same time but my apartment is always neat but yours…….” Hera paused and shook her head “ Don’t tell me what to do, young lady. This is New York and I’m 21, I make my own rules” Thalia said defiantly. Hera sent Thalia a cold glare making Thalia cringe and look at her toes. “Yes, ma’am. I’ll clean up” Thalia said, drawing circles on the wooden ground with her toe. “ And……” Hera began to say Thalia shot up to look at Hera while batting her large eyes cutely “ And what, Your Highness?” Thalia said, her voice dripping with sarcasm Hera tsked and adjusted the white silky top neatly tucked into her trousers. “ You have a job…. What you need is a boyfriend…… Thalia, it's high time you go on a date” Hera finally said Thalia yawned and looked at the imaginary watch on her wrist “Would you look at that? I’m late for work” Thalia said making to leave the room when Hera grabbed her feeble body and pulled her back into the room “ Don’t try to escape the topic, It’s Saturday. There is no work today. Please, Lia…..” Hera said calling Thalia by her pet name Thalia sighed “ I don’t want to get acquainted with any man after what happened a year ago,” Thalia mumbled Hera licked her almond-shaped lips “ So you don’t want a boyfriend?” Hera asked peering into Thalia’s eyes Thalia shrugged Hera straightened up “ Then how about just getting laid, that’s bound to steer up some excitement in your life,” Hera said “ Why would I want to do that?” Thalia asked Hera smiled seeing that Thalia was considering it. “ You don’t want a boyfriend so getting a good f**k from a total stranger with no strings attached is perfect,” Hera said Thalia twirled her brown hair in her fingers “ That might work but I’m kinda shy……” “You’re not” Hera cut her off “Ummm…… Well, I’m not physically attractive enough to seduce a guy” Hera gasped “ Are you kidding me?” Hera exclaimed as she dragged Thalia to the large standing mirror in the room to take a look at herself Thalia peered at her reflection, with long brown hair, black eyes, and a not-so-skinny body blessed with curves, Thalia stood at 5.5 foot and had men turning wherever she walked past “ I don’t see the beauty,” Thalia said Hera sighed “ Girl, you are way better looking than I but I’ve had 5 boyfriends in the past month while you’ve been celibate for a year. I’m going to the Hightown club tonight, there’s gonna be a lot of hot dudes there ready to spend a steamy night with you. Are you in or not?” Hera asked Thalia looked herself over one more time “ This is a pleasant change of environment for me so even without the getting laid part, I badly wanna go to dance away my sorrows, If I meet a hot man who wants me then I’m all for it” Thalia turned to Hera “ Doll me up baby, let’s go clubbing”