Zoe's POV:

"Zoe, wake up.....it's eleven thirty already....you have been sleeping for hours......wake up"

What is that noise?, it's been disturbing my slumber for the past 'something minutes. I open my eyes slowly to find Eric in front of me

"Finally you're awake, I've been trying to get you awake for some minutes now"
"So you were the one disturbing me?" I said while stretching and he gives a smile
"Well, you've been sleeping for so long, you really do sleep a lot" he says still smiling and I turn over to him angrily
"I sleep a lot?, are you trying to call me lazy or something?" I asked
"No, it's not like that Zoe it's....."
"O be quiet, I knew I should have gotten married to Aaron and not you, I left my innocent boyfriend who really loved me only to come here and suffer with you, Aaron would never accuse me of sleeping too much, he'll probably watch me sleep instead" I interrupt him climbing off the bed
"No, I'm not trying to......"
"Shut up, you've already ruined my morning" I interrupt him again before finally leaving him alone in the room

This is all Chloe's fault, she could have just waited for Aaron to propose to me before she planned a wedding with Eric and then none of this could have ever happened.

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Chloe's POV:

"Chloe, go and blend the pepper" I heard mum scream from downstairs
"I've already done that mum" I scream back
"Well, it's too thick so..., do it again" she screamed again and I grumbled before reluctantly going downstairs to re-blend the peppers.

I'm so tired of living alone with mum, dad has to go to work early and comes home late sometimes so I'm mostly with mum bit I don't really want to be. I've been working my butt out through out today and she still seems to find faults in everything I do. I'm really sick and tired of her continuously screaming at me, I'm not a child anymore, I'm 22.

I move to the kitchen and remove the peppers I already blended from the fridge ready to put them in the blender and I find myself smiling as I do this.

I'm supposed to be mad since I've been doing all the work in the house today but I'm very happy and I don't know why. Maybe, it's because Alec texted me to meet him at Golden Plates again today by 3:00 sharp or because I hate blending peppers and I've blended this one for like three times today even when I know mum won't actually use them. I'm pretty sure it's the former.

"Chloe" I hear mum scream again from the living room
"Yes mum" I say rushing over to meet her
"I want you to finish with the peppers and stack all the dirty clothes in the washing machine but don't turn it on, just leave it there" she said looking at my eyes directly to see if I was going to grumble, that's a habit of hers
"OK, mum" I said emotionless
"And one more thing, I'm going out today by one o'clock to visit a friend of mine so I want you to stay here and clean up the house, I don't want any of your friends coming over OK?" She asked and I nodded and went back to the kitchen before doing a weird victory dance.

I'm so happy she's going out, gives me more time to not clean the house and meet up with Alec.

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"Good bye mum" I yelled as mum was already going out but she didn't answer me

Not like I was expecting her to

Now, what to wear.

I rush upstairs in search for what to wear to go see Alec. I know I shouldn't bother because this is obviously not a date but I just feel the need to dress up and not casual dress up, dressup-dressup.

It takes me thirty whole minutes before I finally agree on a plain white t-shirt, black jeans and black toms. I pull my hair into a messy bun and put my phone into my black purse. OK, I know this is still casual but come on, I'm more dressed than I usually do.

I check the time, it was just 1:42.
Damn!, why did u have to dress up so early, now I'll be too eager to go.

I check the time again, it's still 1:42. The only thing I can do right now is wait......

I'll just....wait.... 1:43

I'll just....wait.... Still 1:43

I'll just....wait.... Still 1:43

"O, damn!!!" I yell angrily as I pick up my phone to call Alec, I can just wait, I mean it's been 2 hours now and it's still 1:43

"Hello" I hear Alec's soothing voice from the other end of the line
"Hi" I say now thinking I was stupid to call him right now  "Are you busy?" I asked him like the complete idiot I was
"Not really, why?" He asks and I tried to think of an answer in order not to say something really stupid
"I got ready like a few hours before the real time for our meeting so I was wondering if we could probably meet up...,now" That sounded really good in my head, why did it come out that way
"Meeting?!" He asked with a chuckle obviously surprised at my choice of word. I can't blame him, I am surprised myself.
"OK, meet me at Golden Plates right now for our 'meeting'" he teases before ending the call.

I quickly grab my purse and rush outside carefully locking the doors. Now I need to find a taxi, I really need a car....

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"Hey, you're looking really gorgeous today" Alec compliments and I struggle and loose with my body not to blush at his compliment.
"Thanks" I finally say (more like mutter) as I take my seat

"So, why did you want to make this date begin earlier?" He asked
"Well, funny story, I was......wait a minute....did you just call this a date?" I asked and he flushed
"I mean, meeting" he said and I giggle
"I hope I didn't disturb you or anything?" I asked
"No, I didn't really have much to do at the office today" he responds and I smile as I finally pick up the menu to order

Alec works as an Engineer at DeVance Construction and he has a good pay too. As we eat our chicken nuggets, he tells me how he plans to save up a lot of money and build his own construction company and employ workers there.

We finish eating and begin talking about random stuff again, most off the times, I was the one doing the talking, I really liked talking (I don't know why) and Alec seems to be a good listener which made it easier for us to communicate

"It's not communication if you're the only one talking Chloe" my subconscience says but I completely ignore her.

We continued talking for a while before I decided that I wanted to go home. I had to go before mum arrives or we'll be having Chloe's right arm for lunch and unluckily for me, I'm Chloe.

He dropped me off at my house, we said our goodbyes and he zoomed off. Without even asking me to go out with him tomorrow. I was actually having a good time with him and now I'll be back to being miserable again tomorrow.

I knew all of this was too goo to be true

Author's note:
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