3 Childhood Friends (Prologue)

NEW YORK CITY, USA

"No!"

"Janet listen....."

"No!" Janet said again, stomping her feet angrily "You are not going to run my perfect holiday by bringing that....that...girly flirt with us!"

Tatiana sighed "Janet don't say such things about Goldie, you know she is your brother's childhood friend. It is understandable that he would bring her along with us" Tatiana tried to reason with her daughter who seemed not to be listening.

Roland stared at his phone like he couldn't hear any of the commotion around him.

"Oh come on! It is so obvious that she is taking advantage of the fact that Roland is head over heels in love with her, she is totally intruding our family time!"

"Ahem!" The blond haired girl finally spoke up "I'm sitting right here Janet.....and besides, I only felt like it would fun to go to Africa with my darling...." She looked at Roland with a sweet smile making his heart skip a beat.

"She's going" he said before holding her hand and taking her up to his room.

Tatiana sighed seeing her daughter's annoyed expression. Of course she was also against the girl coming with them because it was supposed to be a family trip, but she knew better than to complain to her son about it. At a young age he already had an uncontrollably bad temper and this girl seems to have him wrapped around her finger.

Janet never liked her even though the family have known her for more than eight years now.

Tatiana sighed for the nth time while paying her daughter's head with the intention of calming her down.

"Your brother is now an adult, he is allowed to make decisions for himself....." Tatiana brought her lips close to her daughter's ears "But between you and me....I hope they break up soon..."

Janet giggled hearing her mother's words "Me too".

"Now get ready for bed....we have an early flight tomorrow"

Janet smiled at her mother before going up to her room. Hearing the blonde's giggles from the other room, Janet groaned in frustration and covered her ears.

She reached for one of her drawers and brought out a photo.

"We finally get to go to where you spent half your life working in.....I'm so excited dad...." A single tear rolled down her cheek as she put the photo back with a smile on her face.

Hearing the girl giggle one more time she couldn't resist yelling at the top of her lungs "Go to your own house and sleep!"

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LAGOS, NIGERIA

After doing her morning chores, Michelle finally joined the rest of her family for breakfast. She sat next to her mother, grinning from ear to ear. Happy about the fact that their visitors were coming today.

Thomas stared at both his daughters who were smiling like big idiots and shook his head.

Silver chuckled, she noticed John staring at the girl next to her in a daze and she couldn't help feel uncomfortable watching him.

She cleared her throat to get his attention. John got snapped out of his daze and looked at his mother with guilty eyes, she was the only person who knew how he felt, he knew what he was feeling for her was wrong.....but at times, we can't control our hearts.

John averted his gaze from the beauty next to Silver and ate his breakfast in silence.

After doing the dishes as usual, Michelle went into her room and locked the door behind her. Despite her excitement, it didn't stop her from her studying today. She was planning to go to a college in the United States which she felt was right for her.

As a very talented designer, her aim was to become better and become someone the whole world would recognize.

She was locked up in her room for hours as usual, she forgot to eat lunch and was buried in her books. She didn't take her eyes off the pages till she heard an urgent knock on her door. She raised her head and looked out the window, "It's dark already?" She muttered to herself before putting the book down.

She carefully placed all of her books back to their positions before rushing to open the door.

"They're here!" Victoria said. Not waiting for her sister to say another word, she pulled her hand literally dragged her down the stairs.

"Welcome, I hope your flight was good?" Michelle heard her father's deep voice. Unlike the others who would try to force an accent, his words sounded purely African and natural.

"It was good"

Michelle finally made it down the stairs, she was left in a daze admiring the beautiful woman in front of her. She was holding a sleeping baby who she felt was the cutest child on the planet.

"What about Roland?" John asked as he realized Tatiana was the only person who came in.

Tatiana smiled "They brought a lot of bags, they are probably bringing them in right now"

John nodded, before Michelle could blink, he brother was already pulling her out of the house to go and assist with the bags.

"Jeez! Why is this flirt's bag so heavy...." Janet complained as she her brother bring the bag down with much difficulty.

"Let me help with that"

Janet stared at the brown skinned girl in front of her, her large doe eyes, her straight nose and full pink lips, her hair was plaited in a style she had never seen before.

"You are really pretty...." Janet couldn't help but say, she immediately covered her mouth realizing she said her thoughts out loud.

Michelle smiled, it was not the first time she had gotten such a compliment but this was definitely the first time a girl said it to her. She blushed slightly "Thank you, you are also really pretty"

Janet noticed her brother was in a daze staring at the girl and a wicked smoke appeared on her lips "Ahem! Ron, won't you go help your 'girlfriend' ?" Janet emphasized on the word to let the girl he was drooling over know that he was taken.

Roland frowned slightly, seeing Michelle his brain became quite blank "Girlfriend?.....Whose?..." He suddenly remembered the girl he brought with him and quickly nodded.

After getting all of the bags into the house, very one decided to settle down and take a breather. After introducing everyone to each other, they all decided to have dinner.

It quite lively as everyone got more comfortable with each other. Especially John and Roland who insisted on sharing a room together.

Michelle was quite angry with her brother as he did not give her a heads up, if she had know this Roland guy was so handsome, she wouldn't have insulted him countless times.

She couldn't help but stare at him while he was talking to her brother, every curve of his lips, every movement of his fingers, she couldn't help but appreciate and take in the beauty in front of her.

She had no idea how long she had been staring but she immediately reacted, when their eyes met.