1.

It's been a week passed since I became homeless because of what Collins did in my apartment last Saturday. We partied hard the night prior to that, because hello? TGIF. And he ended up crashing into my place and banged someone in my kitchen that I have no clue about since I'm drunk that night and dead to the world.

The very next day the land owner knocked on my door asking me to explain myself about the CCTV footage of a naked guy strutting outside my door. And since, I was definitely drunk and clueless about what Collins did. My landlord officially whisked me out of the building, I didn't know what else to say! I told him about Collins unacceptable behavior and my bff was there to back me up but my

landlord didn't bother to buy my statements this time.

This was the second time Collins did that by the way, so I guess I won't be surprised that my landlord finally kicked me out. But it's still so embarrassing thinking about getting kicked out from your own apartment because of some stupid accident you didn't commit.

No, that wasn't even an accident for heaven's sake!

Honestly, if Collins isn't my beloved bff since freshmen year in college I'd probably have murdered him to his sleep.

Now look at me?

Homeless.

From work, I arrived in the hotel room I have been staying for in the past few days and passed out in the mattress. Yeah, right! How bougie of me, but no. I didn't pay for my entire stay here, Collins did.

He was so sorry for me and felt guilty for what he did and since he knows I don't like staying on his own place. He suggested on letting me stay on a hotel for one week while I look for a new apartment.

Speaking of new apartment, I groaned by the thought of it. I still can't find one, every apartment buildings near to Wagner Law Firm are all occupied. I saw one in midtown but it's literally thirty minutes away from my workplace and it's way too expensive. I can't afford that, my job as a paralegal pays me fine but I won't invest on renting an expensive apartment either.

I released a loud groan again thinking that I'm about to check-out tomorrow.

Damn it! I guess I have to extend my stay here until Sunday. Guess I'll be spending my whole weekend walking down the streets of the city looking for a new place.

Shit! I hate just thinking about it.

I decided to get up from the bed and take a hot shower to release all my stress, longer than thirty minutes later I went out of the shower just in time my phone beeps, and a text from my cousin Tori pops on the screen.

Tori: u busy? Give me a call. Need to talk 2 u.

Without any second, I dialed her number and put her on loud speaker while I strip myself and grab a pair of PJ's on one of my luggages on the floor.

She answered within three rings.

"Hi Jade! I have been dying to talk to you." Tori's voice echoed on the whole room.

"Hey." I greeted back.

"Am I on speaker somewhere?"

"Yeah, sorry. I am currently changing." I replied. "What's up?"

"Your mom called me this morning and she told me that you got kicked out from your apartment."

I laughed. Of course she did, I called her the day after I arrived here in the hotel. My mom wasn't happy about it, especially with Collins. She even said that she would spank my gay ass bff if she could but that would just be weird, considering Collins is a horny unicorn himself.

"Have you already found a new place?" Tori asked.

I sighed, the hot shower absolutely didn't drained all my stress. Gosh! I love that apartment so much.

"No I haven't yet. But I'm looking tomorrow though."

"You know you can stay here in our place, right? I told Ander about it and he has no problem if you move in temporarily with us."

Tori's my cousin slash big sister, she's living with her husband Anders Lee who is an NHLer and a captain of the New York Islanders. They live on this massive house uptown, and I swear to god I want to live there. But I don't like the idea of commuting every now and then to get to work, I am used to walking like five minutes from my place to the firm.

I hate commuting.

It requires extra time to wake up early in the morning, not to mention the slight traffic. I am time-conscious, I don't have the word 'late' on my vocabulary and I love to sleep until six in the morning.

I'm used to getting ready for about an hour and a half, walk to the nearest coffee hut to grab coffee for about fifteen minutes, depends on the amount of customers. Walk another five minutes to the firm and víola! I arrived in the office ten minutes earlier.

So living with the Lee's is absolutely tempting but I won't. As long as I still have a choice, which I have, I won't.

Tori and Ander just literally got married two years ago and since Ander is always on the road because of hockey, I am sure the two are still on that love nest kinda thing, so I won't spoil all that by living with them.

"Yeah, I know." I inhaled.

"Where are you staying now by the way?"

"I'm at a hotel." But before Tori answers I already backed it up, because I definitely know how she gets compulsive when it comes to saving money. "Collins paid my entire stay here."

I heard her sigh on the other line and I can really sense a frustration in there. "Why can't you just stay with us while you look for an apartment Jade?"

She just called me Jade, she's indeed frustrated. I know Tori for forever, we're both an only child of our parents so we literally treated each other not as cousins but rather sisters.

"I don't like commuting." I honestly blurted out. "You live uptown, it's pretty far from the firm."

"No it's not!" She blurted too. "And if so, you can use one of Ander's cars. Come on! Stay with us, I want you to be around this time."

"Babe, we see each other all the time." I said chuckling because, we always grab lunch together when our schedules coincides.

"All the time, you mean once a month?" She complained. "Jade, we're literally on the same zip code but we barely see each other."

Yeah she's right! Before, we thought once I move to New York from Hastings we'll be seeing each other all the time but we're both wrong. I got so busy with my job and so was she working as a journalist plus being a wife.

"Come on Jadey! I want you to be around, especially now." She added with a sad tone.

"What do you mean?"

I heard her sigh. "I'm pregnant."

And by just that I cursed on the air due to the fact that I am absolutely surprised and totally happy about the news.

"Oh my god!" I said bouncing on the bed, I've never been more excited in my whole life.

I love babies!

And this made my shitty day so far. "I'm gonna have a nephew or a niece!"

Tori chuckled and we spend the next hour talking about it and her husband's reaction and all that.

"That's why I want you to be here, the game season is just a month away and I'll be in this house all by myself." Tori explained.

Ander let her quit the job to focus on her pregnancy, so she'll be staying on their house all by herself very so often starting next month since the new season of the hockey game is about to commence which means Ander will be on the road all the time.

Now, I started to feel like a shitty cousin.

Tori is pregnant.

She doesn't have a mom to take care of her and be with her while she deals with all the stress of being pregnant.

And me, her cousin slash sister and the only family she have nearby declined to be with her during this time.

A pang of guiltiness strikes.

I was silent for like ten seconds before answering with a sigh. "Okay. I'm moving in."

But right before Tori react and express her gratitude or whatsoever I immediately cut her. "But-- but, I'm gonna be staying there until I get my own apartment."

She sighed. "Will you at least stay with us until I give birth?"

I inhaled. "Are you using your pregnancy just to get your way on me?"

Giggling she answered maybe which earned a laugh from me. "Nice try hun, but that won't work."

"Damn! Why do you have to be so independent?" She said frustratingly. " Anyway, I gotta go now. You're moving in tomorrow."

"Alright, but I need help to get all my boxes I left in the building."

"Okay. I'll ask Ander later. See you tomorrow then?"

"Okay. See you!" I then hang up sighing.

Guess I'll be moving with the Lee's now. Looking forward for commuting starting this Monday.

I'm such a lazy bitch!

And I definitely know that.