Rose sat on her bed, rolling the day's events through her mind.
"Holy God." She giggled, then stopped. She was fucking giggling! This man had been back in her life for less than 24 hours and she had already been reduced to a catholic high schooler. She resolved that she needed to control herself, at least at work, and it order to do that she would just have to gush about John at home. And she knew just the ear to yak off.
"Hello?"
"Mira! Hey sweets, how are you?" Rose greeted her long time best friend over the phone. She heard a quiet shuffle and a man's laugh.
"Hang on a moment, Ro." Immediately after Mira said that Rose heard her yell "Stop that you fucking weirdo," and a loud smacking noise followed by a deep but whiny "Miiiiiraaaaa".
"Sorry about that. Antonio doesn't know when to keep his hands to himself." She hissed. Rose smiled in response. "You know if you keep abusing him, he's going to leave you." Mira began to reply but Antonio butt in. "Oh I wouldn't dream of it Rosemary, Mira is my soulmate, no matter how...prickly she can be." A loud thud could be heard on the other end of the line followed by a mix of both Spanish and Italian as the lovers probably cussed each other out.
"Mira, should I call back later?" Rose managed through her laughs.
"What? No, no. Don't worry, Tony was just leaving to go drink with the guys, weren't you Tonio?" Rose couldn't hear his reply so she just assumed it was affirmative and launched into a retelling of this morning's surprise reunion.
"Hmm." Mira hummed when Rose had finished.
"That's it? Hmm?" Rose balked, she had thought Mira would be more helpful, when she says as much Mira concedes.
"I think you should fuck him. I didn't go to high school with you but he sounds attractive enough." She hesitated a moment "But not right away, make him work for it. Men like that."
"I'm not going to fuck him! It would just make everything super messy and I really can't afford to screw this up, Sonya would have my ass."
"Ugh," Mira grunted, "I never liked that bitch. Who flirts with someone's fiancΓ©e right in front of them?" Rose listened to Mira rehash the "Christmas Party Incident" for what could have been the eightieth time. While her best friend ranted she stripped down and got ready for bed. In all honesty she should have been getting ready to go out and party or something, after all it was a Friday night, but work had ridden her hard that day and she decided to save the club for another night.
"And then the slut says, 'Oh I had no idea you were engaged, you two don't look like you suit each other at aaaaall!' My ass, you didn't know." Rose rolled her eyes and spoke over Mira's quick stream of Italian expletives.
"Yes, Mira I know, it was my Christmas party."
"Oh yeah. Anyway, when you do fuck him, and I know you will, tell me all about it, yeah? Ok, love you. Bye." Rose barely got a 'good-night' in before she received an earful of the dial tone.
"Nice talking with you Mira. And thanks for the vote of sexual confidence." She muttered to herself. However when she slid in between her sheets she turned what Mira had said over in her head. If John wanted to play games, who was she to stop him?
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Rose stepped into the elevator Monday morning and pulled on the hem of her leather pencil skirt. She smoothed down the breezy white shirt she had tucked into her waistband.