***

"Okay, so last night you were acting weird because you had a nightmare about Ray?" Felicita was munching on her French fries for lunch.

Felicita and Sarah are currently in the cafeteria just to get lunch during break time.

"Yeah, and I just can't understand why the dream feels so real." Sarah stirred her blackberry juice with a straw. "You know, even now I'm still thinking about it." Sarah then took a sip of her juice.

Felicita took another bite of her French fries before finally speaking. "Well, have you ever heard the term dream is just a dream? Or if not, is it actually a premonition?"

Sarah previously looked as if she was digesting every word she said. But now the woman seemed to be showing a blank stare. "I don't know though."

"Okay. If you feel that your dream is just a dream, you can completely forget it and continue your love life with Ray." Sarah's gaze now turned to Felicita's beautiful face. She seemed to be trying to listen to her friend's advice. "But if you feel the dream is like a sign, of course you have to stay alert." Felicita emphasized the last sentence, as if she was warning Sarah. "Because you know what? Tomorrow is a mystery. We'll never know what will happen."

Sarah apparently listened to her words very carefully. She seemed to feel the tension starting to decrease. And what Felicita said was true. "You're right. I don't fully know what Ray is feeling. Whether it's true love or not, but I have to be on guard." Sarah was seen giving Felicita a warm smile.

"Well, that's my bestie! Always understanding and willing to listen to all my advice." Felicita gave Sarah a wink, which made her laugh. She then continued to laugh with her best friend.

Sarah and Felicita were now starting to stop laughing. Sarah seemed to be checking her cell phone screen, which turned out to not have any notifications, such as a message from someone who was very special to her. Sarah seemed to be expecting news from Ray.

"Well, you know what? I mean, it's really strange. Since last night, Ray hasn't contacted me yet."

"Umm, I don't know though. I don't dare predict that. Maybe he's just busy?" Felicita started slurping her orange juice.

"Or maybe he's angry with me." Sarah exhaled heavily. "But do you perhaps have a plan or any idea?"

"What? Me? Umm.." Felicita looked as if she was thinking about something. "Okay. I have a glimpse of a plan, but I don't know if it will work or not."

"It's okay. Just say it! And if it doesn't work, there's always plan B." Sarah seemed enthusiastic to hear her friend's plan.

"Okay, if that's what you want. I'll tell you."

***

"Oh, God. Seriously! Why should I contact him when Ray himself didn't contact me first!" Sarah seemed to complain when she found out about Felicita's idea. "I mean, I'm just afraid of disturbing him. What if he's busy?"

Now the two women were in class, and it was starting to look quiet because class time had ended.

"You want to know what he's doing? Or do you also want to know if he's busy? Try calling him! You'll know the answer."

Sarah seemed to take a deep breath. "Okay."

A victorious smile appeared on Felicita's face, while Sarah seemed focused on her cellphone. Sarah looked for Ray's number and when she found it, she immediately called him.

Sarah put her cell phone to her ear, trying to hear whether the call was connected to him or not. It didn't take long for him over there to answer. And after that, a man's distinctive voice was heard, which turned out to be Ray's.

"Hello?"

Ray's voice from far away seemed to be able to create a nervous sensation in Sarah. Then the girl didn't immediately answer his call, instead, she covered the phone with her hand as if trying to prevent the conversation that was going to be addressed to Felicita from being heard so easily by Ray.

"Ray answered, what should I say?" Sarah asked in an almost whispered tone directed at Felicita.

For some reason, Felicita really wanted to feel her own slap on her forehead. "Oh, God. Just pick it up! Let the words flow by themselves!"

"Okay." Sarah nodded then took another deep breath. Then the girl took her hand off the phone, and started to talk to him on the phone.

She put the cell phone back to her ear. "Umm, hey. Honey, are you busy? I mean, you haven't called me all day." Sarah smiled in relief then directed her gaze at Felicita who appeared to be giving her two thumbs up.

"Oh well, I'm sorry. Today is quite busy. But if you need anything, you can tell me."

"Umm, actually I just want you to pick me up now... can you?"

"Sure. Are you still there?"

"Yeah, I'm still at College."

"Okay, I'll be there in 5 minutes."

"Okay, take care of yourself–" Sarah did not continue her conversation on the phone because it seemed that Ray had already hung up the calls. "Well, he'll be here in about 5 minutes. That's what he said." Sarah conveyed the message to Felicita. "Then what's the plan now?"

"Well, the plan is that we will do this." Felicita took out a car key and gave Sarah a confident smile.

"What is that? I mean, what does that mean?" Sarah looked surprised.

"Follow me." Felicita told Sarah to get behind her steps. Sarah immediately followed her plan until finally the two arrived at the parking area.

"What? Audi R8? Are you kidding me?" Sarah really sounded shocked when she found the luxury Audi R8 car that she and Felicita would soon be riding in.

"Yes, this is really an Audi R8 and.. no! I'm not kidding!" Felicita seemed to roll her eyes. "Come in." The Mexican girl opened the car door and told Sarah to get in immediately.

Sarah could only obey her orders, but it seemed her curiosity couldn't be completely contained. Then Sarah fired off a few more questions at Felicita. "Bruh, tell me! This Audi R8... is your new car? Or if not, then whose is it? How did you get it? Did you steal it?? Oh, my God–"

"Girl, stop!" Felicita interrupted Sarah's question, which sounded offensive as if she didn't have brakes, maybe even the brakes seemed to have failed. However, Felicita was still able to handle Sarah's unrestrained questions in her own way. "I can answer all your questions slowly– OK? Calm yourself!"

Sarah finally fell silent and just nodded her head. Then Felicita immediately started explaining to Sarah. "First, this Audi R8 is not mine. Second, this car belongs to the annoying George. Third, I got the car by seducing and– oh God, I have committed a sin just because of you! And finally, I will emphasize that I did not steal!" Felicita emphasized the last sentence, as an affirmation that she did not steal the car. Hearing all that Felicita said, somehow it made Sarah laugh out loud. "What? What's so funny?" Felicita looked at Sarah in surprise. Maybe she was confused about why Sarah was laughing because according to her knowledge, she wasn't joking.

Sarah slowly started to stop laughing then cleared her throat. "Nothing. It's just that I didn't expect you to be someone who could seduce?" Sarah let out an amused laugh this time, and Felicita could only roll her eyes, realizing that her friend was underestimating her ability to seduce.

"Okay, okay, okay. I'm just kidding, I mean of course I paid George! It's 50$ and I'm not the type of woman who can SEDUCE anyone!"

Sarah stopped laughing when she saw Felicita who was annoyed. "Okay, buddy. I was just kidding too! I mean you can definitely seduce– Look at your beautiful face!" Sarah placed both hands on Felicita's cheeks, making the two friends face each other. "All eyes will definitely be on you!" The British girl then blinked one of her eyes.

Felicita responded to Sarah's praise with her eyes rolling again. "Oh, God, seriously! Even what I said was not a joke! I'm serious, buddy. I paid George $50." Felicita opened the contents of her bag and then took out a wallet and showed Sarah her empty wallet. "See, right?"

Sarah stared at Felicita's empty wallet, making her believe in her bestfriend in the end. "Okay, I believe it. But how did you get that much money?"

"Oh, God. Is that really a question? I mean if you keep asking, I can guarantee that this conversation will never end and–"

"Hey, look, that's Ray!" Sarah reflexively interrupted Felicita's conversation when she saw Ray's figure arriving at the parking area through the windshield of the Audi R8.

"Okay, now turn your phone off, buddy!" Felicita ordered Sarah to carry out the next plan.

Sarah nodded her head, obeying the orders given by Felicita. Then Sarah immediately deactivated her cell phone. "That's it." Sarah seemed to be giving a sign that she had finished carrying out the plan owner's orders.

"Good! And now let's observe him!" Felicita smiled at Sarah, then told her to watch his every move.

Sarah and Felicita were observing every movement Ray made through the window of the luxury car. And Ray seemed to have taken out his cell phone, perhaps wanting to contact someone, and that someone seemed to be Sarah. For some reason, Sarah seems curious about who Ray was going to contact, so she was about to activate her cell phone.

"Sarah, no!" Felicita also seemed to prevent Sarah from doing things that were not according to plan. Sarah seemed to exhale heavily when she found the owner of the plan who stopped her actions to activate her cell phone.

"Okay." Then Sarah gave up her intention and immediately put her cellphone in her bag.

"Well, it looks like he did contact you." Felicita's gaze turned back to Ray, who now looked annoyed.

"Oh, God. Looks like our efforts to irritate him even more really worked!" Sarah was seen showing a sarcastic smile.

"It's okay. That means our plan worked!" Felicita also seemed like she didn't want to be outdone by that sarcastic smile. "Okay, let's continue with the next plan."

"Okay. What's next, boss?" Sarah sounded like she was joking when she called Felicita boss.

"So, do you know what the two pizza boxes in the back seat mean?"

"Oh, my God. Since when did you order those pizzas?" Sarah looked briefly at the back of the chair.

"Well, this afternoon by delivery." Felicita also appeared to be grinning with her two fingers held up as if to form the word peace when she saw Sarah's eyes which looked round along with her mouth which was left agape, as if showing an expression of shock.

"You're crazy! Those pizzas definitely won't taste good anymore!"

"And you're so dramatic! Those pizzas would have just tasted cold! You could have even heated them up at his house first?"

"Okay, I lost again!" Sarah said sarcastically.

"Okay, how about now we just focus on him and the plans again?" Felicita didn't seem to want to argue anymore for such a trivial matter with her best friend. So, she needed to shift the situation to her original plan.

"Agree!"

"Alright, buddy. Buckle up because it looks like we're leaving soon." Felicita cast her gaze back at the object of her planning.

Sarah also followed Felicita's gaze towards Ray. And Ray was now in his car, and a second later his blue Porsche was leaving the parking lot.

The streets that evening luckily looked empty, not congested as usual. And that is of course considered profitable for a British and Mexican woman in carrying out their plans. The two women also have names that are often called Sarah and Felicita.

Felicita plans to follow Ray from behind just to help Sarah straighten out the problems between the pair. And like it or not, Sarah tried to follow the ongoing plan with her best friend.

Sarah and Felicita were in an Audi R8 who was following a blue Porsche driven by Ray. Sarah now seemed to be observing every movement of his car and then instructed Felicita to take the direction Ray was going, while Felicita was the one driving.

Sarah and Felicita's destination then stopped quite far from the direction of Ray's car which appeared to have been stopped at a house that could be said to be not big enough. All of this was done so that the mission they were working on wouldn't immediately get caught by him. Therefore, Sarah and Felicita took safe steps at a distance far enough to park the Audi R8.

"Is that really Ray's house?" Felicita raised an eyebrow when she saw Ray entering the quite small house, then her gaze passed to the Porsche that was left parked in front of the house, instead of a garage.

"Maybe. Let's try– Uh, I mean let me take these pizzas out and then I'll give them to Ray." Sarah looked enthusiastic, so she immediately took the pizzas then opened the car door and started walking out.

"Okay, good luck, buddy!" Felicita shouted at Sarah from inside the car, trying to encourage her even though it seemed Sarah didn't hear that. Sarah now arrived outside the house which seemed to belong to Ray while exhaling to get rid of her nervousness.

"Okay, Sarah, you can do it! And I hope he will forgive me." Sarah encouraged herself to press the doorbell. However, it felt like the bell wasn't working, because Sarah didn't seem to hear the sound of the bell echoing from inside. So, she was going to knock instead.

The knock went on three times but still no one came to welcome her. And Sarah didn't seem to want to give up on apologizing, so she dared to enter the house without permission. She really hopes that Ray won't be angry at her behavior which is considered very impolite. Well, Sarah hopes that Ray will understand her reasons later and then forgive her.

Sarah continued walking in, carrying two pizza boxes in her hands until she came to a room showing two men sitting. And that room seems to be a living room. Sarah saw Ray's figure there, while the other figure didn't seem like she knew who he was, even though Sarah was assuming that maybe he was Ray's friend.

"Ray?" Sarah braved herself by calling his name in the doorway of the room. The person whose name was called turned to look at her, and it seemed that another male figure also turned around.

"Sarah?" Ray looked shocked to see Sarah's sudden arrival. However, with the behavior of a gentleman, Ray walked over to Sarah who was still silent in the doorway. "What are you doing here? And how do you know my house?" Ray spoke in a hushed tone, perhaps the man only wanted Sarah and himself to know about the conversation. And coincidentally, there were not only the two of them in the room, but a red-haired man sitting on the sofa.

"Well, forgive me if I entered your house without permission, because you know, it seems like your doorbell was broken and when I knocked on the door, no one greeted and let me in. And I'm sorry too, I didn't answer your phone earlier because I turned it off. I did all this because I wanted to give you a surprise and– here it is!" Sarah explained at length in a whispering voice then handed the two pizza boxes to Ray. "I hope you will also forgive me about yesterday." Sarah now has a pitiful face, she really wants to get his forgiveness.

Ray responded to Sarah's explanation by smiling and laughing at first. "Okay, I'll forgive you because I'm really impressed, baby." Then Ray poked the tip of Sarah's nose with a naughty expression while taking the two pizza boxes from her hands.

Sarah also showed a smile like a happy child when she received forgiveness from her father. "Thank you, darling."

"Okay, I guess you can sit there, while I'll get you something to drink." Ray smiled at Sarah, then Sarah nodded with a smile in return at Ray. "But, remember! You can't sit close to Isaac!"

Isaac. So, the guy's name is Issac! A man or even a friend that Ray had talked about. Sarah did turn to Isaac after Ray warned her not to sit next to the red-haired man.

It didn't take a few seconds for the girl to arrive at the sofa which was not side by side with Isaac. Isaac previously seemed busy putting several photos into a fairly large album. However, his gaze shifted to Sarah who was about to sit on the sofa not close to him.

"Hey, you must be Sarah!" Isaac smiled kindly at her.

"Yeah, and you–"

"Isaac." The red-haired man suddenly interrupted her words.

"Yes, you must be Ray's friend." Sarah smiled awkwardly. She was afraid of Ray's sudden arrival. And according to her memory, he didn't allow her to sit close to Isaac. It even seemed like Ray didn't want to see Sarah talking to him. For Sarah, if that happened, Ray would really be too much. Maybe to be more precise, his jealousy was really too much.

"And you are Ray's girlfriend." Isaac said with a joking tone in it, which made Sarah laugh a little.

"Exactly."

"Well, maybe there's no harm in starting a friendship." Isaac shrugged at the suggestion of that friendship thing.

"Yeah, that sounds good." Subconsciously, Sarah was seen nodding her head with a smile radiating from it.

"So, do you have social media like facebook? I guess I'll just add you there. Because if Ray finds out, I asked for your number, he will definitely kill me." Isaac was heard joking, and that made Sarah laugh.

"Yeah, good idea. My Facebook name is the same as my full name."

"Meredith Sarah Isabelle?" Isaac was seen taking his cellphone from the table. He wanted to send Sarah a friend request on Facebook.

"Oh, God. How do you know that?"

"Ray often talks about you. He thinks you are the most beautiful woman he has ever met." Of course, that sentence was just an excuse made by Isaac so that Sarah wouldn't realize that he had sent her a friend request a few weeks ago, which didn't get any response from her yet. It's like he gave her a code to accept his request soon.

"Oh, God. Seriously! That sounds so ridiculous!" Sarah seemed to laugh amusedly when she heard the teasing from Isaac.

"I know." Meanwhile, Isaac just chuckled in response to her laughter.

Sarah then stopped laughing. "Okay. So, what do you do?"

"Putting photos of Ray and I's work into an album as you can see." Isaac started to put one of the photos into the large album.

"Well, that sounds fun. Can I see one of your works?"

"Of course." Isaac smiled and Sarah smiled back. Then the man invited her to see some of the photographs.

Sarah began to look at the photos displayed in the large album one by one. At the beginning of the page, Sarah looks amazed by the photo work in the form of a landscape with a name written under the photo, and that name is Isaac Hunt Sanders. It is certain that the landscape photo work is the work of Isaac.

On the next page, Sarah found several photos of beautiful women and she was surprised when she saw one of the pictures of herself there. In the photo, Sarah is wearing a navy dress and a white blazer. And the photo below was written with her lover's name, and it was clear that it was Ray who took the picture. Sarah slowly began to realize that on that day the suspicious figure who seemed to be taking pictures of her outside the apartment was Ray. The stalker has now turned into her lover.

In the bottom row where there is a photo of Sarah, she sees a blonde haired-girl with the name of the photographer written on it. And it turns out that the person who took the girl's photo was her boyfriend. The photographer of the beautiful blonde woman is Ray.

For some reason, Sarah felt a flame of jealousy within when she found the figure of the blonde girl whose photo was taken by Ray. Then she immediately closed the photo album and seemed no longer interested in looking at it.

"What's wrong?" Isaac was curious to see Sarah's behavior when she suddenly stopped looking at the photos.

"Would you tell me something if I told you what happened?" And Sarah seemed to feel the same curiosity.

"Of course."

"Do you know who this woman is?" Sarah reopened the photo album and then showed him a photo of a blonde girl. "I mean, why did Ray take her picture? What's going on between them?"

Isaac stared at the photo and then looked like he was thinking about something. "So, are you jealous?"

"Isaac, don't change the topic!"

"Well, that's–"

"That's my sister." A man's deep voice suddenly came from the kitchen towards the living room, interrupting Isaac's answer. And the source of the voice turned out to be Ray, who came into the living room while bringing water and pizzas on a large tray. "Sorry for the long wait. I just didn't know what food and drink to provide. Therefore, I just made tea because that's what I happened to get." Ray put two cups of tea and the pizzas on the table.

"It's okay. I like tea." Sarah smiled at Ray who then appeared to be sitting next to her. Then the woman immediately drank her tea without having to get orders from Ray first. "And your sister looks beautiful." Sarah praised the blonde woman in the photo as she put the teacup back.

"Of course." Ray smiled at Sarah as if confirming that the blonde woman was indeed beautiful. "Isaac, didn't you say you were leaving?" Ray's gaze shifted to Isaac.

"You're right, I almost forgot." Isaac smiled sarcastically at Ray. "Well, I'm leaving now."

Ray watched Isaac leave, while Sarah took another sip of tea. It was like a diversion from looking at Isaac's departure or Ray's face.

"Well, you shouldn't talk to that player." Ray turned his gaze to Sarah.

"He was the one who asked me to talk. Therefore, I just tried to answer him." Sarah put her tea cup back then looked at Ray.

"Then, will you two be friends next?" Ray can be heard saying sarcastic sentences.

"He was the one who asked me to be friends and I think I agreed." Hearing Sarah's statement seemed to be able to make Ray clench one of his hands into a fist, as if he was trying to hold back his anger. And that anger felt like jealousy.

"Then when you two feel comfortable with each other, will the friendship begin to the next stage?"

"What do you mean?" Sarah didn't understand what Ray was saying. It's just that the woman seemed to catch a glimmer of jealousy radiating from her lover.

"You'll date him then leave me." Ray clarified the meaning of his words.

"No! It's not that easy if I already love someone!" Sarah tried to deny it even though her statement was really true. "You are my first love, Ray. I love you."

"Well, I'm impressed by what you just tried to explain. But believe me, those words you tried to convince won't affect me that easily. Don't you remember that we used to be friends?"

"Friends? We only met each other before and didn't fully know each other. And somehow we were able to continue our relationship to the next level."

In the living room, it seemed like the atmosphere was starting to heat up, when Ray and Sarah argued about something that initially seemed trivial. But now it seems that it is no longer a small problem.

"So, you regret everything that happened between us? You regret being with me?"

"No! I'm even happy to have you. I love you Ray! But if you don't believe me, I can understand. And you know what? I just can't understand why you're overreacting like this just because Isaac and I are talking to each other?"

"I just don't want to let you be in his arms. Is that too much to ask?"

"It's not, but I think your jealousy seems too much. And you know what? Previously I intended to fix everything, but it turns out I was wrong. This all looks even more complicated and I think I'm just going to let all these problems subside by themselves–" Sarah paused her explanation with such a pang in her heart. "I'll go now."

Sarah immediately left, wanting to leave him alone. But with quick steps, Ray caught one of the girl's arms. "Sarah.."

"Let go of me! You don't need to stop me!" Sarah turned to Ray, then he caught a drop of tear that just fell from her eye.

Ray resignedly let go of his grip on Sarah's arm. For some reason, Ray felt hypnotized by her sadness that radiated. He may not feel like he can bear it. As a result, Ray could only stare at Sarah's back which was slowly fading away.