It took her almost an hour to get ready. She must have tried a million dresses but none seemed to satisfy her.

She then settled on an iridescent sequin bralet and a short co-ord. The crop top clearly highlighted her boobs which made her look quite inviting.

I stared at her while she pulled up her white boots and heated the curling machine to add a finishing look to her already wavy hair. She looked at me through the mirror and raised an eyebrow.

At this I just scratched the back of my head clearly not knowing how to tell her what I was thinking without making her offended. I hesitantly took a step towards her and placed my hands on her waist as she turned to look at me.

"I love what you are wearing. I mean you look too beautiful. I mean not exactly beautiful. Like hot. Like beautiful but hot. You know what I am saying right?" She laughed looking at my uneasiness and placed a kiss on my cheek and said, "Thankyou baby! Is that all?"

I pushed my hands in my pockets and said, "It's just too open. Like it reveals a lot of your skin. But maybe it's fine." I paused for a moment to notice her expressions but she looked at me in amusement.

"But you know what? It's alright! I am just getting a bit overprotective. You look so sexy in this dress that it just makes me want to take you down right now and I was just concerned regarding all the eyeballs that will be stuck on you." I shook my head in an attempt to wither all the jealousy I was feeling at the mere thought of someone seeing her the way I do.

She then hugged me and said, her voice coming out as a whisper, "I completely understand your concern. But are you sure that you are okay with it? I can change if you want to." I quickly parted from the hug to look at her and said, "No! no silly. It's absolutely fine."

She then helped me with my outfit while giving some of her attention to her hair and finally I decided on a grey jeans with white t-shirt paired with a dark blue jacket. I quickly got dressed up while she was still engaged with her hair and makeup.

As soon as I took my glasses to put them back she took them from my hand and passed me a lense case. "I can't do this", I exclaimed nervously.

"Why not? It is the same colour of your eyes. Let me help you with it", she said while pushing me in a chair and sitting on my lap holding the lense case in her hand. It felt a bit uncomfortable first but I was in absolute love with my new look.

I looked better without my glasses and thanks to Rebekah for giving me a chance to acknowledge this. She eyed me up and down while I looked at her nervously with a smile on my face before commenting, "Look at you baby. You look so incredibly handsome. And this makes me remember of the first time when I saw you in something casual when we were going to the frat party. You should wear lenses more often. They make you look more hot."

I bit my lip while shaking my head clearly taking her compliment as an exaggeration. She looked at herself one last time in the mirror before she grabbed her white clutch lying on the bed and turned to me excitedly.

"All ready?", she asked me while grinning like an idiot. I walked towards her and quickly pecked her on the lips.

She blushed for a moment before holding on my arm and making our way out .

"I will really miss her Rex and did you see how she tried to hide those tears that were threatening to fall down her cheeks", I said while blowing into the tissue. Rex placed his palm on my thigh and pressed it gently while focusing on the road ahead.

"She will be fine. It's good that you called Rafael to accompany her till we get back. And don't worry, she is a strong lady. She has always managed on her own and she will for sure, this time also." I looked at him and he passed me a small smile reassuring me that things will be fine.

He then passed me another tissue from the box and said, "Now wipe your tears princess. You definitely don't want to look like a zombie with your mascara all over your face." I laughed at his comment and with the help of my front camera I wiped off the stray tears lingering on my cheeks.

"Perfect!", he said once I looked at him giving him a toothy grin.

We drove for almost 20 minutes before Rex brought the car to a halt in front of a parking lot. He handed the keys to the valet and came to my side before pulling the door for me while holding out his hand.

I took his hand almost immediately and like a gentleman he walked me inside. I had never discovered this side of his but also I never got a chance to visit some expensive restaurant in town as his girlfriend.

He looked at me confusingly while I just stared at him in complete adoration. We went inside to see John desperately waiting for us on one of the tables.

"Hey", he said as soon as he spot us entering the restaurant and immediately got up from his seat. We both hugged him and he mockingly said, "I thought you two bailed on me."

I shoved him on his arm and said, "Well we thought about it and no matter how good it sounded I decided to have some pity on my bestfriend." We then settled in our chairs while Rex and John decided the order.

Once John placed the orders he rested his elbows on the table and said, "So wanna catch a movie tomorrow?" I looked at Rex who looked at me with a sad look before I explained, "Umm.. Actually John... We are leaving for Seattle tomorrow."

Suddenly his happy expressions turned to emptiness and he growled, "This isn't fair Becs. I didn't even get time to know my buddy Rex. Can't you'll manage for a few days more?" I took a deep sigh before keeping my point again, "No John it isn't possible. We need to get back to school before the semester so that we can submit our projects on time."

He looked at both of us in understanding but the sadness didn't left his face. Soon our order was placed on the table and my stomach churned looking at the food in front of me.

Rex laughed at me when he saw me licking my tongue. I hurriedly took a bite of the mac & cheese and sighed in complete satisfaction.

"Mmhmm! This is the best mac & cheese I ever had", I said while my mouth was stuffed with the delicious pasta. At this John finally said, "You always say that after having food when you are hungry."

We all chuckled at his comment. We then ate the food in silence and after looking at the frightening stillness between us Rex cleared his throat before adding, "So John, you never mentioned your girlfriend to me."

Just at the mere mention of Eva his face lit up like a thousand bulbs. He blushed a little before excitedly saying, "Her name is Eva and she is right now in Rome for her studies. She moved there last year and I was completely shattered because I was left alone in London as my best friend was in Seattle and my girlfriend in Rome. Eva visits me during Christmas and Thanksgiving. But your girlfriend", he said while pointing at me in accusation "she never comes to London to visit her grandmother who misses her so much and me whom she claims to be her bestfriend."

I quickly felt a sense of guilt thrashing my heart into pieces. He was so right.

I hardly visited London twice after moving to Seattle. Rex placed his hand on mine and gave it a gentle press and looked at me.

I stared at him while biting my lower lip trying to feel better. After having dinner we made our way to the pub where we were going to meet some of John's friends.

John left with his car while we trailed in ours following the directions to the pub.

John introduced us to his friends but I got to know that Rebekah already knew a few of them. One of the guys whose name was apparently Caleb eyed her and I could see his pupils dilating and his eyes turning black with lust.

I suddenly felt protective and I slipped my arm around her waist. All his friends seemed to be decent and in no time it was as if those people knew us forever.

Except for Caleb. I couldn't help myself looking at him every now and then just to make sure that he wasn't eyeballing my girlfriend.

One of the guys named Justin asked if we wanted to take shots to which Rebekah immediately agreed. She was already three beers down and I feared that I would have to handle a drunk Rebekah tonight.

I shook my head in denial to which Caleb said, "Hey don't be a dork mahn. One shot won't do any harm. Look at your girl. She is completely hammered." I felt anger boiling in my nerves and before I could even realize I was two shots down.

Rebekah stood from the sofa and sat on the table and while raising her hands in the air she said, "Let's dance. I wanna dance. Do you'll wanna dance." I pulled her closer to me to stop her from putting herself into anymore drama.

She looked at me with her puppy blue eyes and pouted while saying, "Baby! I wanna dance." I smiled at her and to her surpise I settled her on her feet and while standing up I said, "Okay. C'mon let's dance."

I patted John on the back before making my way to the dance floor with a drunk Rebekah struggling with her steps. She pushed herself into me and placed my hands on her hips.

We swayed with the music and I could see her closing her eyes every now and then loosing her balance to even stand properly. I then caught her tightly in my arms while her feet still touched the ground and slowly swinged with the beats of the music.

She looked hot. Like incredibly hot.

She leaned closer to me and I could feel her cranberry flavoured breath because of the last mocktail she had. She pushed her lips onto mine and we kissed each other furiously.

She circled her tongue on my lips wanting access to my mouth. I slightly opened my mouth to which she immediately slipped her tongue inside and I could feel myself drowning into her.

It was indeed a passionate kiss. After dancing and kissing each other for some more time I took her back to the table and made her sit with John.

I poked John in his arm to grab his attention amidst the throbbing music and screamed at him which still sounded like a whisper, "Take care of her. I will be back in a minute." He just nodded at me and I wasn't completely sure if he actually heard me.

But still I made my way to the washroom. When I returned back to the table, I didn't see Rebekah with John.

I looked around completely frightened as to where she could be. I pulled John by his arm and while glaring at him I said, "Where the fuck is Rebekah?"

He chuckled at me while jerking his hand from my hold and said, "Chill mahn. She is dancing with Caleb." I felt my hands turning into fists at the mere thought of that creep dancing with her.

I made my way to the dance floor and I saw him holding her tightly while she danced with him clueless of how he was holding her. He groped her hip and I swear I lost my patience then.

I pushed him apart from her while holding his collar and said, "Back off you dickhead. Stay the fuck away from my girlfriend." The music suddenly stopped and everyone was looking at us.

John stepped in the scene and pulled me away from Caleb. Rebekah screamed at me and said, "What the fuck are you doing Rex? We are just dancing."

I held her hand and passed her a glare before saying, "We are leaving right now. You are not in your fucking senses." We left the pub while John and his friends stood there looking at us.

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