Sunday, May 27, 2012

1. A Girl's Best Friend

RRR, Statham Island
Present day...
"I can’t believe I’m engaged," Kendra gushed, her blonde head bobbed up and down right along with her feet.
"Let me see it!" Victoria squealed in response. Without waiting for her reply, she grabbed Kendra’s hand and screamed some more at the size of the rock.


Dean had proposed two months earlier, and when Kendra called to let her know they’d immediately made plans to meet for lunch as soon as Victoria returned home from her assignment abroad.
“Pretty huge, right?” Kendra grinned when they’d both calmed down; she was referring to the solitaire diamond ring on her finger.

To say Kendra Mason was pretty was an understatement. The word did not do her justice. Her hair, the color of sunshine, framed her small pixie face in soft curls, her green and widely spaced eyes would have looked odd on any other person and her small mouth seemed to be in a perpetual smile. She looked like a fairy tale princess and it was not hard to see why Dean, one of Statham Island’s richest playboys, had decided to marry her after just six months of dating.
“It’s damn huge, I’m surprised your finger hasn’t fallen off,” Victoria joked. She, too, was stunning in a dark, sultry way, courtesy of being a product of mixed parentage.
"How’s Dean? He must be pretty stoked, right?" Victoria asked excitedly as they linked hands and slowly walked into RRR, the “by booking only” restaurant servicing the crème de la crème of Statham Island.

Victoria didn't have to ask how Kendra had secured a booking.  ‘Perks of having a multi-millionaire fiancé,’ she mused to herself as she followed her best friend to their table in front of the large fireplace.
"Dean's amazing. I still can't believe I’m engaged to the most wonderful man in the world," Kendra’s green eyes lit up when she mentioned her fiancé.
 A pianist, close to the bar, caressed his instrument and produced what Victoria believed to be modern classical music; the low lighting added to the already intimate atmosphere in the room, and for a second Victoria found herself wishing she was sitting across the man of her dreams instead of her best friend.

“Why can't I find a catch like Dean? I'm tired of meeting all sorts of jerks. I just want to settle down with Mr. Forever, you know," a frustrated sigh rushed from her lips.
“Victoria, don't rush him. The right man will come along and when he does, you'll know it."

“It’s easy for you to say, you have a rock the size of Big Bear on your finger,” Victoria commented dryly as she took a sip from her wine. She couldn’t believe that at twenty-six she was still single, still going home to a lonely house and a cold bed. If Mr. Forever was out there he’d better hurry up because she was really getting tired of waiting!

“Well, maybe if you stopped being picky, you’d meet the right guy,” Kendra smiled at her.
“I’m not picky!”

“Yes you are!” Kendra insisted.

“No I’m not…” Their lighthearted banter went on for some time, with Kendra reminding Victoria about all the guys she’d turned down in recent months, the list was very long, and they ran through it over the first course of their meal.

By the time they had dessert, they’d already moved on to Kendra’s dinner party that evening to celebrate Victoria’s safe return home, she’d spent the last six months covering  the civil war in Strangetown.
“I’m glad you’re back,” Kendra said much later when they were leaving the restaurant.

“Thanks,” Victoria squeezed her hand. “It’s great to be home.”

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Special thanks to Fae/Zhippidy for the poses in the opening screens.

26 comments:

  1. I love those poses in the opening scenes!!

    I have a guess where this is going, but I'm not gonna say. :) And I like it.

    I look forward to more!

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    1. Me too, Fae did such an awesome job, and Karima did great showing them off.

      I think we can all guess where this is going. But will it? LMAO!

      Thanks for reading from both of us.

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    2. P.S. not sure if you read the prologue? But if not, I think you should start there.

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    3. I did. I like the back and forth between the brothers. So alike yet so different.

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  2. Love it :) Such pretty girls and I am so looking forward to reading more of this :) I hope we get to see the dinner party! ^_^

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    1. Fae, TY, I tried to recreate them as best as I could. Next update is the dinner party, so you'll see it for sure.
      Thanks for reading and for the poses.

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  3. great job on making that chapter! Look forward to the next one. ☻

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  4. Love it! Looking forward to reading more.

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    1. ~ More is coming very soon,it is because of me that this first chapter was help up,Sorries!
      ~ Thanks so much Bri from the both of use for reading,stay tuned for more!

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  5. I've had this window open for about three hours lol. I've been reading and doing my millions of chores then reading some more.

    I can't wait for your next chapter (please don't make me wait long!!)

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    1. ~ I am glad you where multitasking,got you work done with a little reward!LOL!
      ~ Hmmm! Make you wait,or not.....NOT,it will be up as soon as I get the editing done on the pictures!LOL!
      ~ Thank you so much for reading from us both!

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  6. The shots were great! I love the poses. The fun girlfriend moments were captured perfectly!

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    1. ~ Thank you, Fae did a great job with the first lot of poses,it all helps!
      ~ I am so glad their fun, best friends, forever came through,it was what we were after,those shared rare moments!
      ~ Thank you from both of use,more coming soon!

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  7. The shots were beautiful and the poses were great. They seem really close. I wonder if they will keep that closeness since Kendra will be married soon? Looking forward to see what happens next. :)

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    1. ~ We will have to see how their friendship fares,in the coming Chapters!LOL! (I hope it is all good)they have been close for a long time!
      ~ Coming soon, I promise!
      ~ Thank you from us both for taking the time to read,more to come, I hope you enjoy!

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  8. That was way too big :) I love how girl gossip and it was shown really well here :)

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    1. ~ I knew someone would point out the big factor!LOL!
      ~ I am glad that came across it was what we were after,thank you so much for reading Lucky,from the both of us,more very soon!

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  9. Glad to see this finally off the ground!, Looking forward to seeing where it goes, will be waiting for more!~.....edenz

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  10. ~ Yes it had to be me holding the works up,(& EA technical problems!!!!)I hope it was worth the wait?
    ~ Thanking you Edenz so much from the both of us,we are now steaming ahead,stay tuned!

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  11. The pictures were beautiful, and so are both of the girls!

    We got to meet the guys last time, and it was nice to meet the girls in this one.

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    1. ~ Yes Val did a good job recreating them, & I thank you for the encouragement!
      ~ Yes through the next Chapters we will get to know them all better,hopefully!
      ~ Thank you so much for reading from the both of us!

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  12. Yay, I'm psyched to be starting on chapter 1!
    Really awesome start. The pics are just gorgeous.

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    1. ~ I was too,psyched to get started!LOL!
      ~ I am so glad you are happy about it,it is what we like to see,enthusiastic readers!
      ~ So thank you from both of us,for reading!More to come soon!

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  13. Hmm on to the next chapter but I too think I know where this is headed. I love sims romance stories on to the next chapter.

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  14. Loving this story so far! I also got a little chuckle out of Kendra; that's my real name. :) Looking forward to what's going to happen next! I'll add this story to my list of good reads. ;)

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