We'll always be okay

I'm sorry Bee" Ric says again and I'm brought back to present. Maybe it's because of the thinking but I immediately want to put this behind us.

"No, I should be the one saying sorry " I say, finally managing to get my voice back.

"I know you just want the best for me but you don't have to worry ok" I add. I really do not want him getting worried over that. I don't plan on dating Paul at all if not I would have done that since college.

"You want your biscuits?" he asks

"I could come back since we planned on watching a movie" he adds.

"That's a big Yes you know" I say cheerfully.

Talk about Ric knowing how to cheer me up. A fight benefit on top of everything. (hahaha, crazy right). But that's one of the things I like about Ric. He knows what makes me happy and that's why he's the third most important person in my life. (I always tell him that, haha) He comes third after my parents and siblings. Richard Golden, Ric for short. He wanted us calling him Rich when we were younger but we preferred calling him Ric and that was to piss him off. Now he's stuck with it for the rest of his life. I think Ric sounds way cooler than Rich so I deserve to be commended for that. (Yh yh, am taking all the credit for that).

Ric and i have been friends for like forever: being cousins plus our mothers are best friends. We've always been close, sometimes even closer than I am with my siblings ( they must never hear this).

His dad Benjamin Golden and my dad Mathew Silver had the same grandfather, Benedict. Come to think of it, it seems great grandpa Benedict had a thing for precious stones since Golden and Silver had a sister named Crystal (lol). Benjamin and Mathew though cousins where very close friends who went on to marry best friends: Mary (Ric's mum) and Tina(my mum). So us being very close friends was inevitable. We practically grew up together. Same town and same school though we went to different colleges, but that didn't affect our friendship at all. We spoke almost everyday. Talking about the simplest of things to the important ones. It's no wonder we know so much about each other. We have thesame circle of friends too; Asher, Grace, Nathan and Henry. They go by Ash, Ace, Nat and just Henry. The six of us have been tight friends since childhood but Ric and I have always been closer, maybe it's because I'm not one to open up to other people and he understands that better than the others. So even as full grown adults with striving careers of their own, we still remain tight friends as always.

Ric arrives a few minutes after seven with popcorn for the movie and of course my biscuits. (Ooo, he's the best) He settles beside me on the couch as we wait for the movie to start.

"We'll always be okay right?" I ask

"Of course" he says, his eyes fixed on the tv.

I release the breath I was holding , looking away from him and fixing my eyes back on the tv. I try to concentrate on the movie but find it hard. Ric is too focused on the movie to look my way.