Lucy was sitting in bed under the blanket and staring at Eve, as she entered the room. Eve knew by the expression at her best friend’s face, that she was mad at her. She entered the bed slowly and sat down next to Lucy.
„I’m sorry.“ Eve almost whispered.
„No. This time it isn’t enough.“ Lucy replied.
„What do you expect me to do then, Lu…?“
Lucy turned into her direction, giving her an angry look.
„Explain to me what the hell happened between us that made you stop trusting me!“
„I trust you.“
„No, you don’t! You stopped talking to me about what is going on in your life and I simply don’t understand why!“
„I wanted to tell you after your wedding.“
„Telling me what, Eve??? What exactly happened out there at that damn dining table???“
„Justin is my boyfriend.“
Lucy was shocked.
„Since when?!“
„Since his gig at Lance’s and Michael’s club.“
„This is one month ago! You hid this information for a whole month from me! “
„I did…“
„Do you think this is normal?! Do you think this is how best friends treat each other?!“
„Lu, please don’t give me such a hard time because of this…“
„This wasn’t the first time you hid things from me, Eve! I just try to understand what the hell is going on!“
„Nothing is going on. I swear nothing between us has changed. Justin and I just agreed not telling anyone, yet.“
„Why not?!“
„Because people judge. We didn’t want to make a wave at that early stage.“
Lucy stared at Eve for a moment.
„What about Matty? Did you hide this from him, as well?“
Eve sighed. Then she shook her head.
Lucy scoffed.
„Of course he knew from the start. Why did I even ask…“
„Lucy, come on. He’s my partner. I spend more time with him than with anyone else. There was no chance hiding things from him… or Sarah…“
„Sarah knew?! You must be kidding me, Eve!!!“
„Please Lucy… I don’t wanna fight with you. Please just let it be…“
„No! I’m abnormally disappointed from you! Justin Timberlake is your new boyfriend and I found out by chance, as he was banging you on our dining table in the middle of the night!“
„I was scared about your reaction.“ Eve finally confessed. „Mom already gave me a tough time when I told her. I didn’t want hearing another lecture from you.“
Again Lucy looked at her for a moment.
„Why should I give you a lecture, Eve?“
„Because I’m together with my husband’s best friend.“
„Does it mean, you hide things because you feel ashamed?!“
„I’m not feeling ashamed but… when Josh was in coma and everybody believed there was no chance for him to wake up, everybody was okay with the idea me being together with Justin. But this isn’t the case anymore. Now it feels like I’m cheating on my husband with his best friend.“
„This doesn’t make any sense.“
Eve grabbed her face and sighed.
„I know. I just feel guilty for some reason… like I don’t deserve being happy with Justin…“
Lucy calmed down slowly. Then she grabbed Eve’s hands.
„Eve, listen to me. You deserve being happy. After all what happened to you, I wish nothing else but you being happy. And if Justin is the key, I’m fine with that. Everybody will be fine with that, because its Josh who decided not being with you. Not the way around. Understand?“
Eve’s eyes begun swimming. She nodded carefully, being relieved about the way Lucy was seeing things.
„I really love him, Lu.“
„And he loves you. He does for a very long time now.“
Eve cracked a smile.
„Ya, I ignored the fact for a while.“
„Yes, you did. You moron.
Eve looked at Lucy with puppy eyes.
„Please say we’re good again. I don’t wanna fight with you.“
„But you hurt me, if you hide things from me, Eve.“
„I know. But I promise this won’t happen again.“
„Fine. I forgive you for the last time.“
Eve smiled and fell around her best friend’s neck. Lucy hugged her back tightly.
„Thank you. I won’t disappoint you again.“
Lucy released Eve and started grinning dirty.
„Your boyfriend has a nice ass.“
„It’s not just the ass, Lu. His whole body is fire.“
„So… the sex is good, hm?“
„Oh yes… his hunger for me is… endless…“
„Are you saying he’s doing a better job than Josh did?“
„It’s completely different. Josh was freaking me with the dirty stuff, doing things to me no one did before. Justin on the other hand wants to please me however I like it and how often I like it, without getting tired…“
„So… one is the master… the other is the slave…“
„Well, that’s not totally wrong…“
At the same time Justin entered Eve’s bedroom. Her open suitcase was standing at the floor, being completely messed up. Instead of hanging her clothes into the closet, she preferred keeping everything inside. Justin shook his head and begun putting her stuff onto the hanging rail. Then he did the same with his own clothes. When he finished he noticed an envelope at the desk next to the coffee maker. There was a handwritten note on it:
Paternity test result Jake Chasez
Justin took the envelope and turned it around. It was still closed. He wondered why Eve didn’t open it up yet and why she brought the document to Orlando.
Next morning, Justin woke up by someone knocking at the door. He stretched himself, left the bed and opened up, just wearing his boxer briefs.
„Good morning.“ Kristin said, having Jake on his arm.
„Hi Kristin.“ Justin replied.
He was surprised, that she wasn’t surprised seeing him. Obviously Eve must have already talked to her mom about him.
Jake was very excited seeing Justin, stretching his arms into his direction. Kristin was hardly able keeping him under control. Justin smiled and took Jake onto his arm.
„Hey little monkey, I missed you.“ He said to Jake and kissed his head.
Jake giggled happily, grabbing his nose. Kristin watched them interact and realized, that her grandson was taking Justin as his dad.
„What can I do for you, Kristin?“ Justin asked.
„I run out of diapers.“ She answered.
„Okay, please come in. There are more in Eve’s suitcase.“
Kristin followed Justin inside.
„Hey, ehm… you can leave Jake here, if you like. I don’t mind hanging up with him for a while.“ Justin suggested.
Kristin looked at him and the baby.
„Very obviously my grandson missed you.“ She answered.
„I missed him, too. It’s been a while.“
„You are on tour, as I heard.“
„Ya… there are three weeks left.“
Kristin nodded, still looking at him. Justin knew she was having something on her mind.
„Do you have any questions, Kristin?“ He asked carefully.
„Indeed.“ She replied.
„Please go ahead.“ He encouraged her to talk.
„What will you do, when my son in law get his memory back?“
„Well, first of all we don’t know, if this will ever happen.“
„It will happen.“
„What makes you sure?“
„I simply know that.“
Justin looked at her with big eyes, not knowing what to say.
„Answer my question, Justin. What will you do when Joshua starts to remember.“
„Nothing.“
„Nothing?“
„It doesn’t matter if he remembers or not. He made his choices. It’s not like I didn’t try to convince him giving Eve a chance. All of us did, not just once. But he knew better and decided to leave her. That’s why he needs to live with the consequences.“
„Which consequences?“
„That Eve is mine and that I’m not giving up on her once again.“
„You might be right about my daughter, Justin. But Jake is his. And no matter what you do, you can’t change that fact.“
„Making a kid and being a father are two different things, Kristin.“
„I agree that Joshua brutally failed being a father so far. But as I said, his memory will be back at some point.“
„And you think he will feel the urge being Jake’s dad out of the blue, when this happens?“
„Yes, that’s what I think.“
„Well, if this situation occur, be sure we will figure something out.“
„Look.“ Kristin said, making a short break. „It’s not my intention giving you a hard time here. I’m just pointing out what you are dealing with, Justin.“
„And I appreciate your honesty. But at the same time I believe all of this is non of your business.“
„Just do yourself a favor and don’t ignore the fact, that Joshua is still there. You brought my daughter, my grandchild and yourself into a very complicated situation. And I guarantee you, sooner or later, your pretty house of cards will start to shake.“
