.....Coffee date then
It had rained that evening Mara had decided to sleep over at Chloe's she was to visit the office tomorrow for some business meeting and was going to assess the proposal for the new building designs by different architects that showed interest in joining their project. The wanted to build a hotel in the centre of the city, they had the funds for it and with their new business partner, nothing was impossible for them to achieve. Her father had made her oversee the business, she was quite good at it.
She had gone to law school for herself. She always wanted to be a lawyer, a prosecutor for cases that lots of lawyers preferred not to handle probably because they were scared if the accused. But, fear wasn't a trait Mara had. Although the lawyer handling the Henson's fire incident lost the case involving Chloe's parents she still believed that they'd get justice for her friend. Once Chloe had sufficient leads she was going to push for the case to be reviewed by the judge.
She knew how much Chloe was hurt by this and she wanted to ease that pain and lift the burden off her best friend's shoulder.
It was tough work juggling between being a lawyer and a CEO but she handled it quite well.
Chloe entered the kitchen. It was 8:00 pm already. The cold wind and dark cloud had left the impression on the heart of most people that it was going to rain.
Chloe loved it, she loved the idea of being curled up in the sheets with the gentle sound of rain slowly hitting her roof.
But first, she knew she needed to eat something, she'd rather have one now than have one in her sleep while biting on her pillow.
she brought out the can of oats from the grocery bag, filling the cordless electric Jug with water, she plugged it into her wall socket. She brought out the small pot from the kitchen's cabinet. She preferred her pots out of sight.
She stood in the kitchen observing the can of oats, just then, her mind wandered to the strange man she had met earlier.
She held the can looking at all its side like there was something on the body of the can worthy of investigation.
"If you keep glancing at that can like that you're going to bore a hole through it", Mara said as she chuckled slightly standing at the entrance of the kitchen door with a bright smile on her face.
"How long have you been standing there?" Chloe asked in shock.
"Long enough to know exactly what is going on in that pretty little head of yours."
She hadn't been expecting Mara downstairs and the voice of Mara had Jerked her back to the reality.
"Oh please" Chloe replied defiantly
But Mara knew better, she knew she didn't want to admit it that she was lost in thoughts over a stranger she just met.
"Okay fine, you got me, I was thinking about him but not in the way you are thinking right now."
"Now Chloe, okay what's wrong?" Mara responded even more interested in what her friend had to say as she took a few steps towards Chloe.
"Well....there's something about him that sets off negatively, I can't place my hands on it yet. I just..."
"Okay cut detective Henson are you really you profiling him right now?. You have to put your detective self away sometimes, you're making everything in your life about work. If you keep up like this you'll never have time for your self so I want you to relax, take a chill pill and get to know him at least before crucifying him" Mara said in a concerned tone.
She wanted Chloe to have a life outside revenge and dealing with criminals.
Chloe wanted that too just that it wasn't always apparent that that was what she wanted.
"You're right" she mumbled, taking a deep breath.
"I think I've been single for way too long and have quite forgotten how to love. I hope he can remind me."
" time to go for that coffee date then, giggled happily
"pssst naughty" Chloe retorted
"Okay I think we should have dinner now, I'm starving, that oat ain't gonna Make itself
She said humorously.
Chloe looked at her and clenched her first as
"You!!!" She replied growling at Mara.
Mara ran out of the kitchen before Chloe would finally hit her as they both laughed out loud.
Chloe poured the boiling water into the pot and lit up her gas stove.
she made an amount that would be sufficient for both of them. She brought out liquid milk from the fridge and poured in both bowls of Oats she added 3 cubes of sugar to Mara's bowl. She knew Mara wouldn't have her Oats without sugar no matter how much she had preached to her about the detrimental health effects of sugar. They gisted during dinner and went to bed.