Chapter 35

Rhoda's pov

"Why on earth would they even do that? Of all places, why north?" Bessie complained bitterly in front of me as soon as she received her N.Y.S.C posting letter it's really funny that she has been posted miles away from home , but if i should mistakenly giggle now , she would just strangle me so i better just laugh inside and sympathize with her

"That's not nice, but isn't there anything that you can do to change that?" I ask somewhat concerned

"My parents have tried all they can but it's still the same "

"That's too bad anyway, but what about Collins, where was he posted?"

"Same place  ..."

"Then for crying out loud, why on earth are you complaining , you should go to church to go and give testimony that you guys were posted in the same place because I'm pretty sure that something like that is rare so you had better go and start packing your load and get ready to go to the north"

"Really? Just because i and Collins were posted to the same place, you really expected me to be satisfied with the place?"

"You know what Bess, you like the place or not , you and Collins are posted there or not , the fact still remains that you have no choice but to serve there so just shove your ass up your mouth and stop complaining ..Okay?"

"I should not have come to meet you in the first place then" she says as she huffs in expectation and makes to stand up

"We'll go shopping, Is that all right by you?" I say in an attempt to bribe her, knowing fully well that it would surely work, Bessie loves shopping a lot so Collins had better go to tighten up his belt if he knows that he intends to spend the rest of his life with her

"Sure, I'm always go for shopping, even in my dreams  ,I know that you are only doing this to bribe me anyway but i really don't mind you know "she concludes grinning from ear to ear.

"Like i guessed, Collins really has a lot to deal with on his sleeves "i say to her as we both laugh

"Come back as a virgin "i whisper playfully into her ears the day she's to go to the N.Y.S.C camp with Collins 

"I think you would have to tell that to Collins instead "she says as she playfully slaps my arm

"Hey ladies, i heard my name, what's the gossip about? " Collins asks leaving Richard to come to us

"Really, you think we would gossip about you, it's not like you are some kind of celebrity or something so don't feel on top of the world:

"Really, you think so, don't worry in the next two years, you would be among the people lining up for my autograph"

"Man, stop building castles in the air "Richard says coming to join us

"It's possible Richie, but only in his dreams anyway "i add jokingly as Fred and Kira come in, Fred finished is national youth corps service last year so right now he's fully working already, luckily for him, he was posted here in the west so he didn't have too many problems, unlike our two lover friends here who have been posted to the north..Argh...Such a long distance.

"I'll miss you so much" Bessie says hugging me very tight  ...I'll miss her more than she can imagine especially her tattling.

"I'll miss you too baby ," i say with tears dripping from my eyes as i hug her tightly , looking over my shoulders i can see that the guys are also doing the same only in a more manly fashion , at least they aren't crying

Now my best friends are gone , i kinda feel empty but it's not for a long time anyway , because my documents are available already and in the next two weeks I'll be leaving for the united states, Richard still refused to propose and i now wonder that back then , had it been Bessie hadn't prompted him to come and meet me , he probably would never have had the course to  that , and we wouldn't have ended up together , but for his sake I'm staying for only a year , even that year, it's like saying that I'm going for hundred years , I'm really gonna miss him. Seriously, he's still buried deep in his job

Found out some days ago that Kira's mum and my mum have been friends for a while now and i strongly hope that she doesn't snatch anything that belongs to my mum from her , like Kira did, even though i know that it is rude to think about her in that manner , i still  do ..Of course i don't really know her so how on earth am i supposed to know what she can do and what she isn't capable of doing.

Kira already stopped working at Raph editorials, even though i already advised her to stop earlier, she decided to extend it a bit, it's not like i care so much anyways, mum said that her boss's son was already trying to molest her sexually, i trust my Richard, had it been i was the one, he would have brought down the company in annoyance 

Kira was also traveling in the next two weeks and in fact our flights were the same day , same time but just not the same plane and different airports as well so that means that when Kira would be leaving i won't be able to say my final bye's and she won't be able to do the same either. My mum was coming with me based on the fact that she wanted to visit her mother in-law  and Kira's mum was going with her based on the fact that her dad isn't always around just like mine but unlike me , her grandma was late and her mum said that she wouldn't  want  her princess to stay at home alone so funny , all i know is that i am really gonna miss Richie , like a lot and i really can't bear losing him , like to anyone at all , i would probably just die of shock.

"Yes mum" i call out in response as my mum calls me down the stairs rudely interrupting my wonderful thoughts. She used to be annoying sometimes, but i love her still....