Well, and here is another new one. Since I have written a few chapters for each new story, I hope I will finish Surprise Nanny and also write something for Professor Grey story in the next days.
I hope you will like both new starts, I actually really like this story - it is going to be one of these Sex And The City kind of stories. I think it will be pretty interesting, at least as far as I have written , it is.
Thanks to Chris for the help ! :)
A TYPICAL MORNING WITH A LIFE CHANGING ENDING
"So I told him to get out of my apartment because I had an early morning. I don't need a boy in my life, I want a man, a real man." Ana said as she sipped her latte.
"Ana, you made the right choice! It doesn't even look like you are going through a breakup." Kate said agreeing with Ana.
The two girls have been friends for many years. They were always there for each other.
There was never love, lust maybe. But not love. The most luck Ana had with relationships was the mutual attraction.
Once Ana got to know the guy, she would end the relationship before it even started.
How can it be that a grown up man decides to ask her if she could let him live in her apartment right after the first time they had sex?
Of course Ana had told him that she had an early start tomorrow and that he had to leave. Ana had been in so many relationships in her life that she has said this over and over again. It was her go to line.
Ana had never had luck in relationships. Her first boyfriend was from high school. He only dated her to see a naked girl and have sex. Once Ana got into college, she had attracted many of the boys on campus. She was a popular girl. She was smart, she was beautiful and she was funny. All the guys were glued to her. If only the college guys she attracted were right for her. Unfortunately, she attracted the wrong boys. She attracted the beer drinking dreamers who kept asking her out to cheap places, the guys that kept "forgetting" their wallets when it was time to pay for the meal, the guys that kept telling her their future plans that never happened. It was a bad time, until she graduated.
Ana thought that her real life was about to start. She would finally meet a good man, get the editor's career she wanted. But that didn't happen.
With Ana's luck, the first guy she went out with was an idiot. He was the strangest of them all . But at least it led Ana to getting her dream job - the job she loved more than anything.
"And then he asked me to put on my socks! Yes, seriously! He said that it would feel better against his back." Ana told her friends as she celebrated her twentieth birthday.
"Really? Where did he get that idea from?" Kate asked, sipping her drink.
"I don't know." Ana laughed. "I think I could write a book about my life. I can call it "Ana's unsuccessful and never ending road to her happily ever after." "
And after she said those words, a lady about forty years old approached them and turned to Ana.
"Hello, you must be Ana, right?" the woman asked, and Ana nodded, not understanding who the lady was nor what she wanted.
"You might not know me, but I am the main editor and co-owner of a new magazine for women. I overheard your conversation, and your stories kinda got me. You know what I mean?" the lady explained to Ana.
"Um, maybe you could explain." Ana said, giving the woman a smile.
"Ana's Road To Her HEA . A column in the magazine. Something new and fresh, funny, real yet unbelievable. What do you say? A funny article every week, you will be well paid , and you will also gain popularity, I guarantee you that. Call me." said the woman and gave Ana her business card.
Ana just stared the business card. She read the card. Jane Johnson. Editor and Co-Owner of the women's magazine She .
This was probably better than working at Starbucks to pay her rent.
And it really was, Ana thought as she remembered her start of this new life. Now she was sitting in that Starbucks and drinking her latte.
She was not sad, not even a little for the fact that in the end she didn't become an editor, because she liked this offer more. Expressing her thoughts in her own column, writing about her single adventures. And no wonder the magazine had become one of the most popular magazines in the USA in years for woman. Jane found many interesting people with interesting stories.
And there she had met her best friends in the world – Kate and Jose .
"At least I will have another funny story to write about." Ana said thinking how would she put it in the magazine or her blog. "Actually, it is funny. The worse is my private life , the better is my inspiration for work. If everything was perfect with one of my boyfriends, what else would I write about? How I enjoy my perfect relationship?"
"Ana, you will find someone. These guys are just, well they are just for you to practice with. To practice kissing for your real man." Kate teased making Ana smile.
"But it's just that I am twenty-five. I have the life I have always wanted. I have two loving parents, they are separated but both love me. I have you and Jose. I have a nice apartment and a closet full of wonderful designer clothes and accessories. I have a great job that I love and pays well. I have invitations to celebrity events in New York. I am living the life I have always dreamed of having. But sometimes I just want to spend the day in my kitchen and prepare a meal for someone. I want to fall asleep and wake up in someone's arms. I want to love and be loved. I have had enough of stupid guys."
"Ana, trust me, you will find your man. Sooner or later, you will also have that part of your life fulfilled. There is someone out there for you. For me. For Jose. For everyone. And you are going to find him one day, trust me. I mean look at you! You're beautiful. You're smart. You're funny. You're great to be with." Kate laughed.
"Oh, Kate. I hope so. My Mom has been nagging me when I will finally bring a boy home to meet her. She said that in a few years, she expects me to give her many grandchildren. And I hope I won't be writing about stupid men and other stupid things in my life then."
"You won't, Ana." Kate said but Ana just gave her a sad smile as she finished her drink.
"You are my best friend, your supposed to say that." Ana said as she took her iPhone out and checked her plans. She had so many things to do tonight, she had to get going. After all she would meet her best friends later.
"Okay, I see your expression, work?" Kate asked once she finished her drink.
"Yeah, I need to meet Jane for this photo shoot." Ana said, standing up and putting on her coat. She made her hair fall over the red cashmere coat and pulled out her lipstick from her black quilted Chanel purse. She applied the lipstick and then fixed her dress before she collected her things.
"Oh, okay then. I will wait here for Jose. He said he was going to meet up for a drink."
"Send him kisses from me. I am going to get a tea to go." Ana said and hugged her best friend before she left the table and went to the counter.
"A simple black tea, medium size, no sugar added."
She ordered the tea and took out her wallet, but then realized she had no cash.
"I'm sorry Miss, but we are having problems with cards today." said the cashier.
"Oh, but I forgot to take out money." Ana said as she put her credit card back in her wallet. And when Ana flashed the guy a smile, the tea was hers.
She didn't use that often, she didn't like it. She could pay for her things, she had the money to, but the next time she comes back, she would just pay extra.
But she was glad she had the charms to sometimes get what she wanted.
She kept smiling as she walked out on the street, but the smile didn't last for long as there was a man who was walking down the street, his eyes set on his phone, and he only stopped looking at it when he realized he had just bumped into someone.
And that someone was now staring at him wide eyed, then looking down at her coat and dress that was now wet.
"Ah, the tea was hot! Watch where you are walking." Ana said yelling at the man who made her spill the hot tea on herself.
"Look, I am sorry. Let me pay for the dry cleaning." The man offered, taking out his wallet and looking for some money.
That's why he didn't like this city. It was just impossible to even go back to his office from a lunch meeting. Even when his New York office was just a few metres away. It was always busy, it was always loud. In Seattle, it was different.
Thank God he would be leaving soon the man thought to himself.
He looked at the woman rubbing her clothes unsuccessfully in hopes that the wet stain would leave.
"Look, I don't need your money. Go and buy some brain to not be that stupid and know that you have to look around when walking."
"Look, here are thousand dollars, I hope that will be enough for your dry cleaning." the man took out the money and placed it in Ana's coat pocket, but Ana just gave him a harsh look, took the money out and, as she saw a homeless guy , she gave him the money.
" That was..." Christian said, not believing what he had just seen.
"I said I didn't need your money. Now, enjoy being an idiot for giving a complete stranger a thousand dollars. Have a nice day." Ana said to him , turned around and walked away.
Her good mood was ruined. And when her good mood was ruined, she was aggressive. But the man deserved it , she thought to herself. She only hoped it was not his last money. But why would someone who doesn't have money give a thousand dollars to a complete stranger for dry cleaning? Must be some arrogant jerk. Someone she could write about . Yes, that's exactly what she would do later on in the evening before getting ready for the new restaurant opening.
But now she had to think about other things - work, meeting with Jane and getting ready for tonight's event.