********************* "Best Of Friends" © Tiffany and Nina ::Illusions Productions:: Chapter 20 *********************
"How are you and Nina?" Tiffany asked Joey, putting Joshua's clean folded clothes in his drawer. "We're great Tiff, I couldn't be happier." Joey always went to Tiffany for "Nina" advise, cause she knew the most about Nina besides Lance. Joey felt weird going to Lance about Nina. I don't blame him. That would be like if Tiffany and I some how split apart, and her new boyfriend comes to me for advise. I'd kick his ass! "Hey hun, I should go, I got some stuff to do." Tiffany was struggling with 2 kids. Raising a family and being a celebrity is hard work. "Alright Tiff, I'll talk to ya later." And with that, they hung up. "Who was that?" I asked, following her with the newspaper in one hand, and a beer in the other. "Joe." She said, walking into our bedroom, putting her unmentionables away. "What he say?" I chugged my beer. "Not much." She put clean bed sheets on the bed. "Cool." I walked out. I've been wondering about Tiffany and her whole theory about "I shouldn't talk about people behind their backs." She always did before, why the sudden change? She figures its not nice for someone to spill their feelings to her, and then her spill it to me, and it tended to annoy me. I wanted to know some gossip too damnit! "Have you talked to Lance lately?" Tiffany asked, coming out of the bedroom. Yes! Gossip! "No babe, why?" "I called him the other day, and he was on the other line with Danielle." Tiffany came and sat next to me on the couch. "Danielle? Whoa.." Danielle didn't have the best reputation with our group. Lance was kinda seeing her while he was dating Nina back in high school. I think they were together during senior year. We all had a bad feeling about her, but Lance refused to see our side. To this day, Nina still doesn't know. "I don't know what's going on with him, but we'll find out soon." Tiffany acted so dramatic sometimes. It cracked me up. "What do you mean, 'we'll find out soon'?" "I've invited him, Jc, Nina, and Joey for dinner tomorrow night." She got up from the couch and went into the kitched. I followed her. "You did what?" I couldn't believe she did this without asking me first. "Tiffany, think about it." "What's the big deal?" She said, taking out the ice cream from the freezer, while I got the dishes. "It'll be fun." "Yea, a fun freak fest." I had a bad feeling. I mean, imagine, a guy having dinner with his boyfriend, his ex-girlfriend, and her new boyfriend. This was going to be an interesting night. "How did they all agree to have dinner with each other?" "They don't know that each other is coming." Tiffany was very sneaky. "So Lance and Jc think its just them coming?" I asked, pouring some ice cream in my dish. "Yup, and so do Nina and Joey." She grinned and winked at me. ** "Hey! Come in come in!" I opened the door for Jc and Lance who were hand in hand. "Lemme get your coats." I hung up their coats as Tiffany walked in. "Hey guys!" She gave them both a hug. "Thanks for having us over." Lance said. "Anytime!" Tiffany said. "Come in, sit down. I'll go finish up dinner." The two sat next to each other on the couch as I sat in my chair. "So, how are you guys?" "We're good.." Jc said, holding Lance's hand. "Just livin'." "That's great." I said. "You guys want something to drink?" "Sure." They said at the same time. I got up to get some drinks. I went into the kitchen where Tiffany was preparing dinner. "When are Nina and Joey getting here?" I whispered. "Soon.." She whispered back to me. I whined, which I tended to do often. I went back to the living room. "Hey Tiffany, you need any help?" Jc yelled as he got up to help her. "Sure Jace, you can set the table.." She handed him a pile of plates. "Six plates?" He asked. "Oh.." Tiffany panicked. "I invited another couple." "Cool.. can't wait to meet them." Tiffany and Jc came and joined Lance and I in the living room. "When do we eat?" I asked. "Soon.." Tiffany said. Was that her favorite word or something? I was planning out in my head what to do, what to say when Nina and Joey arrived. What if Lance refuses to stay, and wants to leave? What if Nina picks a fight with Lance for leaving her for Jc? What if Joey and Lance start fighting over Nina? I had all these ideas in my head, and I didn't know how to react to any of them. I figured I would let Tiffany deal with it since this little gathering was her idea. My thoughts were interupted with the sound of the doorbell.
