Choose me

As I distantly hear my alarm go off,I stretch my half numb arms as it slithers through the warm silk bedsheets. Blindly,I press the screen of the screaming device shut. It takes a moment before coming into terms of abandoning this little definition of heaven called bed to face another reality of life where I have to deal with different kind of people for an entire day. I reluctantly rise from my sleeping position and sit up getting a well deserved stretch. Making a quick gratitude to the universe before getting out of bed. I do my usual routine which entails, making my bed , going into the shower, doing my make up then setting my hair before deciding on the outfit of the day. Today being a Friday , I settle for a black high waist trouser suit,a plain white sleeveless top and a black coat. As for the shoes, black Jimmie Cho is my always to go pumps and a black Chanel mini bag. Getting out of my house, I go straight to drive way. Hop on to my Jeep Wrangler, buckle up and drive towards the office. In a couple of minutes I’m at the building, I park my car at the basement parking lot before heading to the main entrance. My high-heels click and clack while I am walking gaining attention of people moving in and out of the building. “Good morning Ms jasper”, Alimah, the new receptionist greets with a nervous smile on her face. “Morning”, I respond flatly as I walk straight towards the lift. I press the up button and the lift opens, I walk inside and press the 44th floor, where my office resides. In a long while, I reach my intended destination, I walk out and I see my secretary Hridoy is already here. As soon as he sees me he smiles and picks some papers and comes to say hello. “Good morning ma’am”, he warmly greets. “Morning Hridoy, is my coffee already at the office table?”, I question. “Yes ma’am, and you have a guest waiting in your office”, he states hesitantly still smiling. A guest??, this early morning??, but nobody called nor texted about coming over today. “Who is it??”, I ask curiously. “I don’t know ma’am, he said he is a friend of yours”, he responds handing me some files. “Okay, thank you . I’ll call you if I need anything”, I dismiss him as he nods and walks back to his office. I step on my heels , fixing my posture straight and setting a business face. Incase it’s a client or an investor, I don’t want to be intimidated. I cautiously push the door to my office and I’m met by a smiling face of someone I had not seen in a really long while. “JJ??, is that you??”, Bob smiles flickering like a hologram while getting up from his sitting position. “Bobby??”, I respond while reciprocating the smile. I place down my file and bag and engulf my long time friend in a warm hug. “It’s so good to see you Bobby, I missed you”, I earnestly state while still hugging his broad huge shoulders. Someone has been working out. “But you didn’t even call me JJ, I had to come look for you”, he responds while we let go of each other’s shoulders and now entangling our hands together. “ let’s sit first”, I state gesturing him to sit on the couch and I sit next to him. “Am sorry Bob, work has been hectic you know, but you’re here now”, I express looking at my good friend still not believing he’s here now. “At least it’s worth it. Before I forget, congratulations girl, I saw it online that you’re the leading winery on this region. Super proud of you Janet Jasper”, he dramatically states, yep , that’s my best friend. “Stop it, you’re making me blush”, faking a shy look. “Like really, that’s amazing. I think we should celebrate and please invite Sam , it’s been a while”, he says cluelessly. Well, I guess the internet finally gave it a rest about my humiliation of Sam. Bobby not being in the country for a long time, he must have not known that my shitty ex of a fiancé is married now to another woman. “He won’t be able to make it Bob”, I dumbfounded respond my mood change evident. “Why??, don’t tell me he’s on another business trip again.”, he questions a little agitated, little does he know he’s tripping on another woman’s bed. “Well, not really. It’s a long story Bobby that I’d rather we talk about it some other time”, I plead faking a smile. “I guess it’s that bad then. Do I need to break someone’s face or hire goons??”, he questions seriously. “No, no. That’s not necessary anymore. I already did that.”, I respond while we both burst out in a painfully Funny laughter. “Come here”, he stretches his arms pulling me for a hug and tapping my back before he continues “ am really sorry I wasn’t here while you were going through a tough time”, he states earnestly. “It’s all good now Bobby, am okay. Besides men ain’t s**t. Except you, you’re the shittiest”, I state while smiling. “Haha, very nice JJ”, he states while smiling at me. “Shame on me, I didn’t even ask if you need anything , maybe tea or coffee??”, I state a bit embarrassed for being a bad friend. “No , I already drank the coffee which was supposedly yours”, he states winking at me. Of course, he already made himself at home. “Haha, really??, well I guess I need to get myself another cup of coffee then.”, I state chuckling getting up from the couch and picking my bag and the files that Hridoy had given me earlier. I walk over to my desk, and put the files carefully on top of the table before sitting down. “Do you need anything else Bobby??”, I question before I ask for my coffee. “No, just another cup of coffee please”, he says giving me a dontjudgeme look. “Okay”, I respond while taking a deep sigh already getting exhausted of my best friend funny looks. I dial the number of my secretary’s desk on the office telephone and he picks up immediately. “Two cups of black coffee, please. Thank you”, “Right away ma’am”, he answers on the other line and the line is cut off. I settle down and I decide to give my good friend attention. “So Bobby, tell me . What have you been upto”, I question as I see him get himself comfortable on the couch. “Just the usual JJ, I just landed yesterday from the UK to officially open my new club here. Other than that , everything’s well on my side, just booze,boobs and balls”, he explained while chuckling. He sure did choose the right business to invest his inheritance on. “Congratulations on that Bobby. Am proud of you”,I astoundingly state. “On which part exactly, the booze or boobs??”, he boldly asked. “On the club , you dummy”, I answer while we both share a room filled laughter. Soon , I hear a knock on the office door and Hridoy walks in placing each cup of coffee on the table in front of the couch and on my desk respectively before he excuses himself. Bobby and I both mutter a thank you as he closes the door. We engaged in random talks as we took the coffee , catching up on each other lives and reminiscing on our college life experience. “I should leave now JJ, I have an appointment in an half an hours time”, he ruefully state. “Oohh really??”, I ask . I guess I was loving his company that I felt bad that he had to leave. “Yes JJ, but we still have a pending conversation. Why don’t you come over to my club later on for some drinks?”, he entreated . “Of course, I will be there. Does half past seven sound okay?”, I ask. “It’s perfect. See you later then, don’t be late”, he states as he gets up from his sitting position. I also rise from my desk and walk over to him to bid my goodbyes. After a quick hug, he excuses himself and leaves me to bury myself on the paperwork and emails. Today being the end of week and the last week of the month, there was a couple of things I needed to finalize on. Emails kept coming and files kept piling. By the time I finished working it was almost six in the evening, I stretched my arms , my joints clapping and unknotting each other. It is now that I realized am in need of a spa day. Maybe tomorrow after checking the vines upcountry , I should check in on a spa. “Ma’am I’ll be leaving now”, I hear Hridoy’s voice sounding from my office door. “Okay, see you on Monday Hridoy”, I state wearied still enjoying my stretch . “Okay ma’am, have a great weekend”, he expressed before I hear the door being shut. “You too Hridoy”, I mutter mostly to myself since he had already left. As I felt my eyelids getting heavy, I knew that sleep was desperately calling for me. I had to rebuke that thought and quickly got up from my sit , I shut down my laptop and took the necessities I needed before heading out. I silently walked out of the building heading to the packing lot. As soon as I got in my car , I drove off home to go get changed and get ready for a night out with Bobby. I retouched my make up , simply doing my eyeliner and settling for a dark purple lipstick. I settled for a black short T shirt dress and and knee length denim heeled boots. Took a matching Gucci denim clutch and my phone, car keys,lip balm and my card. Left my house and drove off to the location Bobby sent me a while ago. I was starving so I got there a few minutes earlier. As soon as I got into the main entrance, the guard asked for my ID. I showed it to him and he immediately changed into a good oriented mood. He directed me to the front door and as soon as I parked my car the valet was already waiting for me just at the front. I got out of my car, I took my clutch and handed him my car keys. “Please take care of my baby”, I utter while gesturing to my car. Don’t judge me, I adore it. I step over to the front door and the automatic slide door unlatched. Well, hello!! Welcome to paradise. I was speechless by how beautiful the place was,amazing is an understatement. Bobby without doubt outdid himself on this one, everything seemed so classy and celebratory. It gave off, an A1 type of vibe. From the classy chairs with booth setting, to a spacious dance floor, the LED lighting looking like a blanket of stars filling the floor. The Dj booth looking awesome from a distance as pop music feel the room. “Good evening ma’am, you must be JJ”, a pretty blondie lady asks warmly smiling at me while I was still in awe of the place. “That’s me”, I responded slightly chuckling with the name she used. Bobby has a way of introducing people, huh?. “You’re welcome,Please follow me”, she gestures as I follow behind her . Even the employees seemed polite and well-mannered. She leads me to what looks like a VIP setting table and hands me a tab to check out for the menu. “We are still finishing up with the menu system. Please use this for now.” She ruefully states. “It’s okay, I understand. I’ll just check it out but can I please have a glass of red wine in the meantime”, I state smiling at her. “Of course ma’am, coming right up”, she states before excusing herself. I check sliding through the menu on the tablet looking for some food to munch. I was starving. Getting busy with contemplating on what to eat, strong arms engulf me from behind. I turn to be met by a smiling Bobby. But what caught my eye next, is a human version of a Greek god, standing next to my friend giving me a non readable expression on his face. But is he a combination of Jimin and Rege-Jean Page??, yes . A very fat YESS.