Felicity

"I'm sorry your friend?" I repeat to make sure.

"No, my boyfriend." Jay put emphasis on the word boyfriend.

"Ah, got it! Hello Quintin, it's nice to meet you. By the way I need to go now. Take care, both of you!"

I walked quickly into the car without looking back. Shocks! I hope I was not too obvious earlier, it's embarrassing. I can't take any surprises anymore this is too much! I went upstairs and call Aira right away to tell her what happened. She couldn't believe it either. After I told her what happened between me and Jay we can't believe he's gay. I wanted to share it with Nate too but I can't.

After a week I called Jay to inform him he got the position. We started planning about the opening of the café. His suggestions and strategies are really great, good thing I hired him. "Okay good job! Let's have some lunch, shall we?" I asked Jay to order us some foods. I check my phone and I saw a missed call from Nate. I called her to informed her that I'm at the café right now and I'll just call her when I get home.

"Boyfriend?" Jay asked while fixing the paper on the table.

"Nope, friend. She's a friend."

"Oh. Are you one of us?" He explains to me what he meant by that. And I just laughed at him because I don't know what to say.

"That's how Quintin and I started, be careful" He winked at me and then he gets up to received our order.

I'm thinking if I will open up to Jay or not. I mean we're on the same situation. I think it's worth a shot. When he comeback I took a deep breath and ask him.

"Jay, I have a question I hope you don't get offended." Jay looks confuse. I ask him when he found out that he's gay. Like any sign. He just smiled at me to annoy me.

"Why did you ask?" I said I was just curious that's all. And that's when I found out that I'm just part of his experiment.

"How dare you Jay?!"

"Calm down Monica, I mean Miss Monica. I just really have to do it."

"What do you mean you have to do it? What? Is it a bet?"

"No! Of course not! I just did it to check if it's really love that I'm feeling towards Quintin." I wanted to get mad but I realized we just have the same reason why we did what we did on the beach. We both wanted to know what we really feel. So I told him I understand. And I open up my situation with Nate.

"Oh. That's a shame. I don't think you will win her. Just like what Aiko said in Barcelona. 'Be careful of that sadness. It's hard to love someone who hasn't finished loving someone else'. I was silent and thought about what he said. Yeah, he's right. I forgot about Pat.

Her great love.

***

Nate POV

I'm here in my Bar right now. We're done for the day. It's tiring but it's okay because there's a lot of customers earlier. I said goodbye to my crew and go home right away. When I got home I took a warm bath. My phone rings, I smiled because I already know who's calling.

"Hey can't do video call I'm in a bathtub. How's your day?"

"Oh, warm bath? You got a long day?"

"Yes, but it's fine. The bar is full packed earlier."

Since I came back from Manila, Nica and I talk often. Nica always makes my day brighter. She is very positive and lively, sometimes a bit talkative and naughty but that's okay. I'm excited because she'll be here for a week. As early as now I'm thinking where I can take her.

"Nica hang on, I'll just get dressed so we can have a video call. I'll call you back, please wait for 10 minutes."

I was about to finish getting dressed when my phone rings. I just laughed in my mind. Nica really hates waiting. The smile on my face disappeared when I saw who's calling. It's my Father.

"What do you want?"

"When are you going to drop by?"

"Why? What will I do in your house? I need to go bye." The joy I felt earlier was replaced with annoyance. After I got dressed, I immediately grabbed my phone to call Nica, but she texted, saying she was sleepy. I understand that she is totally busy preparing for her Café. I'm so proud of this girl.

I went to the study room and checked the sales of the Bar this past few weeks. Fortunately, the trend is good. After I quit my last job and saved enough capital to build my own business, I focused on planning and making sure it will be successful. I'm more productive from night to dawn, so usually during those hours I study and plan for my business.

Tomorrow I will go to the apartment, because I plan to put an extension of a small shop and Cafeteria on the side of the apartment. In that way, the tenants don't have to eat elsewhere and that also adds to the income. I just listed the things I need to do this week and then I went to sleep.

***

"Just divide it, but the space for the store should be smaller compare to the Cafeteria" I told Fred.

"Alright. How many tables are you going to put?"

" I will put six first, when sales increase, then we will add seats and the space."

"Alright! Just call me when you need me again."

"Okay, thanks again. I'll just go inside."

I went straight inside the apartment and check one by one to see how they were doing and if there were any broken things that needed to be fixed or if they had any concerns. It is important to me that the tenants in my apartment have no problems so that they can stay longer.

"Oh how are you?"

"I'm okay, thank you for asking. I'm really sorry. I suddenly lost my job. But promise that I will pay the rent with my first salary." Says one of my tenants.

"Alright, I understand. Just please don't forget to prioritize it I don't want you to incur late payments."

"Yes. I promise I'll pay ASAP."

"Okay, okay, I'll wait for that."

I moved to the next room and said hello to the other tenants. In this kind of business, it is normal to have some tenants who's behind of their rent. But as much as possible, I didn't extend it for two months. It's not only for my sake but also for my tenants. I also experienced that. I didn't prioritize paying it, later on I was buried with late fees, it's hard to pay especially when you have to pay large amount of money. I don't want them to experience that too, so as much as possible I restrict them when it comes to paying.

I went home after checking the apartment. While driving my phone rang and as I expect it to be...

My felicity is calling.