Page 2 of I Love You Again
Or,not.
It was fine. She accepted a long time ago that some people were lucky to find love. Others, like herself, weren't. She thought she had love once, but was severelymistaken.
That was just how life worked sometimes. Sometimes things didn’t go as you expected. It had taken her awhile to accept that, but she had. And, she was fine withit.
She dated when she could, but with her busy schedule at the hospital, there was no way she had time for arelationship.
She'd been working solidly without a break for the last eight months. She was so overworked that her boss, Alicia, gave her a four-week break instead of the three she requested for the wedding. Alicia also forbid her to return anysooner.
Trina didn't know what on earth she was going to do with herself with all that time on her hands, but she figured she could definitely enjoy herself inHawaii.
"Okay sweepstakes time," Lizzie declared resting her glass on the table. She got out her pocket book from her purse, and so didJennifer.
Mandy and Trina exchanged withered stares. The sweepstakes was an old running idea of theirs from their college days. They were always betting on the most ridiculous things and losing money in the process. Trina had never won abet.
"I'm out." Mandy shook her head. She grabbed the menuagain.
"No, you wet blanket. We're all in." Jennifer scolded twirling her fingers around the ends of her blondeponytail.
"Last time you guys bet that I'd gain five pounds before Christmas," Mandyretorted.
This time Trina couldn't hold back on the laughter that escaped her lips. She remembered that bet all too well. It was last Christmas, and Mandy did indeed gain five pounds, plusfive.
"It's not funny," Mandychided.
"I'm sorry," Trina said clutching her hand to her chest to still herlaughter.
"This time we have a better idea. It's a wedding. We’re going in big," Lizziestated.
"Okay let's hear it," Trina said resting her arms before her on thetable.
"We," Lizzie motioned at Jennifer then back to herself. "We bet that one of you hooks up with someone while we'rehere."
Oh Lord. Trina rolled her eyes. See this was what she meant aboutridiculous.
"No. That's not fair." Mandy huffed shaking her blonde curly hair. "And why is it Trina andI?"
"Because you guys are single. Come on it's fun." Lizziegiggled.
"So we'retargets?"
"Yup." Jennifergiggled.
"I'm telling you now I'm not hooking up with anyone," Trina assured her. She didn't do hookups anymore. That was something she left in her mid-twenties. She turned thirty last month, and she'd decided that life was going to be morefocused.
It had to be if she wanted to have her own team at the hospital. She'd done well under Alicia's team, and it was the next logical step for her to have her own. The opportunity would come around in November, so she had five months to prepare. Hookups didn't come with the image she had forherself.
"Why not?" Jennifer asked inclining her head to theside.
"Because they're never a good idea. The standard date is bad enough," Trina shotback.
"Trina you've just had a bad spell this year," Jennifer tried to assureher.
"What happened now?" Lizzie asked withinterest.
"I don't want to talk about that again." Trina bit the inside of her lips. She didn't know what the hell was going on, but lately, she seemed to be attracting the weirdest guys. Seriouslyweird.
"Oh, come on you have to tell us. We don't see you as much as Jennifer." Mandy smiled andnodded.
